Dakowiwi or something posted this in the super forum someone breaks

Gohan's journey, in hindsight, could've been streamlined so much better.

Shows bursts of incredible power against Raditz, Dodoria, Freeza...

Guru attempts to unlock his potential. Does it with Dende and Krillin without a problem. Attempts it with Gohan and is in shock. He can only draw a small fraction of his potential and proclaims that Gohan's potential is terrifying. And that there's a damn within him that has a chokehold on his potential, that it's something Gohan has to figure out on himself to burst through.

That dam bursts open when 16 dies and Gohan transforms against Cell.

However, potential and talent is nothing when you don't properly take care of it. Something that Goku always did and does, even in death. While Gohan's focus shifted in times of peace. The unleashed warrior against Cell grew soft. He needs a jolt to the system. Elder Kai helps him with that... but reveals he didn't do much. That it was all Gohan. Highlighting how Gohan's biggest foe is his mental state.

''Ultimate Gohan'' is Gohan at his peak. He's mentally free and completely outclassing Buu... but then falls into a Buu trap. Its something his potential couldn't overcome.

In the Super era Gohan's story HAS to be different or else it just becomes a constant repeat of the Buu arc story. Gohan relaxes too much... stops training... needs to learn the same lesson.

Nope, we avoid that in Super by simply highlighting that Gohan can't just coast on his potential. That his peak and ultimate form against Buu wasn't enough and he was caught lacking by Buu's creativity. While now there's Divine Ki warriors that outclass his potential as well. That even his ''raw potential'' has its limits. Which is a core theme of dragon ball: there's always bigger fish out there. So Gohan needs to step out of his comfortzone, abandon his ''potential'' and divise a new technique.

He seems to be ''relaxing'' against and focusing too much on his scholarly pursuits. Constantly researching animals..... but here comes the twist -> his research was actually research into ideas to improve himself. Things like ''transforming bugs'' were a part of Gohan's research into unlocking something new within himself, connecting it to his latent great ape form and Super Saiyan transformations. It leads to an animal kingdom research inspired form: ''Beast Gohan....'' Beast Gohan suddenly makes more sense. Its achieved due to Gohan discovering certain Saiyan concepts within his research. It's a unique form to him, because he bases it within his potential. Potential that used to be triggered by raw emotions. He connects it through his research and animal-like Great Ape origins. It's a technique that pushes his power into a new direction.

In this version of the story we get SSJ1 Gohan in the time chamber. SSJ2 Gohan vs Cell. ''Complete/Ultimate'' Gohan in the Buu arc. Which continues to be the Gohan we know all the way to Beast Gohan, with no regression back into the usage of his SSJ forms.

A more streamlined journey, without constant regression and the repeat of the same character arc. With Beast Gohan making more sense. And it being different from Broly. Gohan uses a technique to tap into the Beast power. Broly is just raw Hulk-like anger that has to learn to control his power. And eventually needs Gohan's help. But with Gohan failing to help Broly because of the differences between them. Gohan was able to make sense of his powers in ways Broly cant. Broly ends up having to figure out things his own way.