First_Tsurugi06
Video Game Engine of War
Originally posted by Kento
He still had that anger though. That's why he toyed with Cell, and why he had a drastic decrease in power after Cell blew himself up since that anger was replaced with grief.And if Gohan was fighting Dabura at ssj then Adult Gohan would be stronger than Teen Gohan at ssj even if Dabura is only Perfect Cell.
And Gohan did become the strongest Z fighter..unless you count GT..which nobody does.
Anger was more like what tirggered the transformation, as is the usual requirement for SSJ1 as well (though Goku had achieved SSJ2 and SSJ3 due to the supposed lack of limits on energy in the Otherworld). After that, I wouldn't say Gohan was still "angry" as opposed to just maintaining a bit of a change in personality (from reluctant to fight to a merciless and practically sadistic killing machine). Cell's self-destruction seemed to be what called him back.
As for Dabura and Gohan fighting, it had been said by some sources that Gohan hadn't used SSJ2 against Dabura or ever again since using it at the Wolrd Tournament in front of Kibito. Putting that aside though, I'm pretty sure it was implied by someone (either Vegeta or Goku) that Dabura may have been holding back for a while. As far as pre-SSJ2 Teen Gohan fighting Perfect Cell is concerned, Gohan was still reluctant to fight Cell in the first place; he seemed to have lost those kind of qualms when he grew up. I think the general idea of Vegeta's complaints was that Gohan's SSJ2 form in general was more powerful when he was younger. That of course would mean that he supposedley was fighting at SSJ2 against Dabura, which has likely been argued over by the same people who debate whether Gohan was SSJ1 or SSJ2 when fighting Broly (I myself am undecided).
As for Gohan being the strongest Z-fighter, I do believe that's actually Vegito. Thoug that of course is if you count fusions, whom to me, are usually in a different category unless said otherwise. I mean, by the end of the Buu saga, Gohan was technically the most powerful Z-fighter remaining, as Vegito had separated with the Potara Earrings destroyed, and Gogeta was never canonically conceived.
Yeah, I don't count GT either, unless specified otherwise, as is the case in this thread, to which I can only say what I said earlier; Neither Gogeta or Broly are necessarily canon, but as said by others, SSJ4 Gogeta was meant to be the single most powerful character in the Dragonball franchise, canon or not.
Even if Gohan had kept training I think CIS would keep Gohan from beating Buu before he gets absorbed.
That's kinda what actually happened; Gohan didn't finish off Super Buu, who escaped death by self-destructing and absorbing Gotenks and Piccolo. Regardless of the circumstances, Gotenks' fusion was still temporary even inside of Buu, thus if anything was to blame for Gohan being absorbed, it kinda was CIS, but a bit on Goku's part due to exactly how he stopped Buu (with a Destructo Disk, leaving a part of Buu free to absorb Gohan), and the fact that he called off the need for the fusion when Gotenks finally DID defuse in Buu's body, but also on Gohan's part due to having missed the initial catch for the earring (though he did find it before getting absorbed).