Goku was "struggling" with Vegeta when they first fought.
Vegeta was "struggling" with 1st Form Freiza.
#17 was "struggling" with Piccolo.
1st Form Cell was "struggling" with #16.
Goku was "struggling" with Pikkon.
Stalemates often include struggling. Dabura was not overly above Gohan like Broly seemed to be and Dabura was stated to be Cell's superior.
Looks to me like Perfect Cell < Dabura < Broly
Originally posted by Damborgson
The Gohan that fought Broly was still notceably superior to Cell. He was stalemating Dabura who was supposedly more powerful than Perfect cell according to Goku and Vegeta. And Broly was having fun using Gohan as a stress reliever.
Gohan was panting at the end of their fight, where Dabura was perfectly fine, and is several times stated to be weaker than his teen self.
Originally posted by Zack Fair
Probably because they are 2 entirely different things/sources of energy? not to mention its a FKN star.
So he did get through the core of the sun and lived to get out the other side. Thats an amazing feat of endurance/durability even if it did kill him. Also true juggerman. Which is why I mentioned earlier they are 2 different things.
Reminds me to DL the movies. Got the entire z saga but always forget about dem movies.
Originally posted by BloodRain
Goku said that Dabura's probably at Cell's powerlevel, and that if he was stronger he would have been a strong opponent back then. Comparable to Cell, but definitely weaker.Gohan was panting at the end of their fight, where Dabura was perfectly fine, and is several times stated to be weaker than his teen self.
He said that they were about the same. Then later in the fight when Vegeta was getting pissed Goku said Dabura was stronger than he'd thought. Never was it implied that he was weaker than cell, and I think that Toriyama's purpose was to show just how different the scale in power was between a guy like perfect cell and a guy like fat buu was.
Yeah no doubt he was weaker, but to be able to drop from the point where you can beat the crap out of someone no problem to being tied with them is pretty huge.
Originally posted by BloodRain
He went through the Sun?Seriously, he was shot /through/ the Sun?
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Yeah Bro. From a family kamehameha lol.