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Son Gohan (孫悟飯, Son Gohan) is a main character in Dragon Ball.

A Saiyan hāfu, Gohan is the son of Son Goku and Chi-Chi, and is introduced as a spoiled toddler with an unfathomable amount of hidden potential. Unlike his father, Gohan is a brilliant scholar and lacks a passion for fighting, but due to the various threats to the Earth, he spends much of his life participating in its defense, often helping to turn the tides when the dormant depths of his power are unleashed.

Gohan is initially trained by his father's former nemesis Piccolo, before training together with Goku in the Room of Spirit and Time, and later under the Eastern Kaiōshin in the Sacred Kaiōshin Realm, ultimately becoming one of the strongest characters in the series.

Possessing a bottomless[5] amount of hidden potential awakened by his rage, Gohan is the first to unlock a level beyond that of the regular Super Saiyan, and is among the most well-known characters of the series. He is the husband of Videl and father of the quarter-Saiyan Pan.[8]

History

Background

Dragon Ball

Saiyan Arc

Freeza Arc

Artificial Humans Arc

Cell Arc

Majin Boo Arc

Abilities

Forms and Transformations

Giant Monkey

The Giant Monkey (大猿, Ōzaru) transformation occurs when a person with Saiyan heritage and with a tail absorbs enough Bruits Waves through the eyes, usually from looking at a full moon but can also be triggered via a Power Ball. This stimulates a gland in the tail, enabling a seemingly unavoidable transformation. Due to his own Saiyan heritage, Gohan was born with a tail, the only known Saiyan-half in the series shown to be born with one, and as such, he possessed the ability to transform into a Giant Monkey. When transformed, his power was multiplied tenfold, but because the boy had never receievd any proper training, Gohan lost all form of mental control, becoming a primal beast. However, during the fight against Vegeta, Goku and Kuririn's words were able to reach Gohan enough to regain some rational thought and focus solely on Vegeta.

This form is Gohan's least utilized transformation, and he has only been seen transforming twice as ultimately, his tail was permanently removed.

Super Saiyan

Super Saiyan (超(スーパー)サイヤ人, Sūpā Saiya-jin) is a legendary transformation achieved through rage by pure hearted individuals, tied to a thousand-year-old legend. Gohan became a Super Saiyan at nine years of age (ten if including the months spent in the Room of Spirit and Time), during the intense training he endured with his father to help him ascend. Gohan obtained the form with more ease than his Saiyan peers at the time due to inheriting a large number of S Cells from Goku,[9] as well as his own prodigious nature. At the time, he was the youngest to appear as a Super Saiyan until the appearance of his brother, Son Goten, who accessed the state effortlessly at the age of seven. In this state, Gohan's capacities are increased 50-fold, his musculature grows more defined, while his eyes become sterner and green, his hair turns blond while standing up more with no loose strands, and energy is manifested as a golden aura.

When he first attained the form, Gohan had notable trouble sustaining it and quickly reverted to his base state, physically drained. [10] Some time later in the Room, Gohan was seen freely transforming into the Super Saiyan form and utilizing it to train. However, when he reverted to base state, he was still notably tired.[11] Gohan would later go on to master the Super Saiyan form.

In the original manga and Dragon Ball Z anime, it is ambigious whether Gohan still has access to the form after having his potential unleashed by the Elder Kaiōshin, due to his power already being well-beyond the previous limits that Super Saiyan alone would provide via the Ultimate form; additionally, the way the Elder Kaiōshin instructs Gohan to tap into his unlocked potential, as well as Ultimate Gohan's later fight against Super Boo (Gotenks and Piccolo absorbed), seemingly implies the complete replacement of Super Saiyan.[12]

Super Saiyan 2

Ultimate

Ultimate (アルティメット（究極), Arutimetto) is a distinct transformation achieved after having his potential unlocked by the Elder Kaiōshin through his potential unlocking ritual.

By powering up as if going Super Saiyan, but with the inclusion of a kiai,[12] Gohan successfully taps into this new power. When accessing this form, Gohan experiences subtle differences, looking identical to his normal base state but with slightly more upright and rigid hair, sterner eyes,[13] and the addition of a lock of hair hanging down over his forehead in the Dragon Ball Super anime and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.

Ultimate Gohan

In the original Dragon Ball manga and Dragon Ball Z anime, the power-up is introduced as a permanent transformation[a] that allows Gohan to use the power of Super Saiyan 2 in tandem with his unlocked latent potential at their highest level without placing limitations on Gohan's body, and, most importantly, without the anger or the loss of energy typically required to sustain his forms,[2] thus eliminating the need for the Super Saiyan forms. In addition to the Elder Kaiōshin's unlock ability granting Gohan full access to all his developed capacities, Gohan is capable of pushing his power well-past those levels, as in this transformation, the full extent of his dormant capacities are fully unleashed for him to use at his fingertips by simply raising his ki.[14] As Ultimate is a harnessed manifestation of his natural power, Gohan is able to maintain this form indefinitely throughout his daily life unhindered.[b]

With this power, "Ultimate" Gohan was able to easily overwhelm Super Boo, a stronger variant of the Boo that had nearly killed him earlier and a foe that the incredibly powerful Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks was near even with, but was soon outmatched by the Majin after he absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo. In the anime, Ultimate Gohan was able to contend much better against the Gotenks and Piccolo-absorbed Super Boo. After Gotenks' fusion runs out from within Boo, the Majin's loss in power is enough to allow Ultimate Gohan to be able to handle him.

Beginning with Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the Ultimate form is seemingly treated as a transformation Gohan is capable of transforming in and out of from any previous state, and requires regular training to properly access it and thus becomes weaker over time with lack of training like any other. During which, his diminished self can only access this form while maxing out his power, as seen in Super Hero, while also causing his hair to spike up like Super Saiyan.

Beast

Son Gohan Beast

Gohan Beast[15] (孫(そん)悟(ご)飯(はん)・ビースト, Son Gohan Bīsuto)[16] is an evolution of the Ultimate form unique to Gohan awakened through rage as a result of witnessing Piccolo's apparent death at Cell Max's hand. Whis refers to Beast a singular talent Gohan achieved on his own, without the use of Super Saiyan or divine energy.[17] In this form, Gohan's eyebrows turn white, while his hair turns light gray and lengthens and lengthens considerably, bearing resemblance to his old Super Saiyan 2 hairstyle as a boy. His eyes become fully red with black pupils. Gohan's power is such that he effortlessly withstood a full power punch from Cell Max and defeated him without much difficulty.

Through further training with Piccolo, Gohan learned to better control himself while in the form, molding his near limitless potential into Beast.[18][17] The full potency of this form can only be achieved by using rage to swell the user's ki, and then retaining control.[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ As seen in Chapter 514, where Gohan is shown still being in the form after having been killed and resurrected, as well on the cover of Chapter 518, which shows an older Gohan still in the form despite having retired from fighting.
  2. ↑ As seen in the final chapters of the manga, where Gohan is shown functioning without any noticable discomfort.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VARIETY OF DB – Anime Edition: The Super Saiyan Pedigree". Dragon Ball Supplemental Daizenshuu: TV Animation Part 3. Japan: Shueisha, 10 July 1996. ISBN 4-08-102019-1. (p. 92)
  3. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! METEOR, 2007
  4. ↑ Dragon Ball Kai Episode 142: Boo is Overwhelmed! Ultimate Gohan’s Super Power!!
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "PERSONAL HISTORY/GROWING UP". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide. Japan: Shueisha, 04 August 1995. ISBN 4-08-782752-6.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Heroes Collection 2 – Son Gohan". Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide: Character Volume. Japan: Shueisha, 03 April 2009. ISBN 978-4-08-874804-7. (pp. 8-9)
  7. ↑ "RACIAL GROUPS – Characteristics". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 4: World Guide. Japan: Shueisha, 04 October 1995. ISBN 4-08-782754-2.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 518: And So, After 10 Years (p. 1)
  9. ↑ Toriyama's Saiyan Q&A
  10. ↑ Chapter 382 (p. 8)
  11. ↑ Chapter 387 (pp. 5-7)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 496 (p. 4)
  13. ↑ Chapter 496 (p. 6)
  14. ↑ Chapter 497 (p. 7)
  15. ↑ "Gohan Beast and Orange Piccolo English", on Twitter.
  16. ↑ Todd Blankenship [@Herms98] (June 28, 2022), "Herms' translation of Toriyama's comment", on Twitter.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Dragon Ball Super Chapter 103: An Inheritance to the Future
  18. ↑ Dragon Ball Super Chapter 102: Son Goku vs. Son Gohan
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