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Do you think Gohan should have got a zenkai during the fight with Buutenks?
Topic Started: May 9 2018, 02:44 PM (613 Views)
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It's been made painfully obvious that, one way or another, the Saiyan near-death power-ups stopped being a thing after the Freeza arc ended, with the singular exception of Cell's botched suicide-bombing attempt. Heck, even the databooks even acknowledge their lack of relevance going forward:
"Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7 - Son Goku: Trajectory of Battle Power Growth"
 
Even after the battle with Freeza, formidable enemies surpassing human knowledge appeared one after the other to face Goku. Though the power-ups received after having wounds healed became small, Goku and co. began using transformations and fusions to increase their battle powers, to the point where they could no longer be measured numerically...
The manga version of DBS even has Trunks say that Goku and Vegeta can't power up that way anymore because they've already hit their limits. In-Universe, Saiyan healing boosts probably beget diminishing returns after a certain point, just like anything other power-increasing method.

Out-of-universe, Toriyama probably wanted to do away with the near-death power up mechanic because of how unbalanced it was. It was a useful tool to get Goku and co. up to a level where they could compete with Freeza, but after that it could have serious problems in regards to the tension and the stakes of the narrative if any problem could be solved by:

1. Get the s*** kicked out of you.
2. Eat a Senzu or get healed by Dende.
3. Rinse and repeat until satisfied.
4. ???
5. Profit!
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May 20 2018, 03:51 PM
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May 18 2018, 11:54 AM
Bump

I'm watching the Freeza 2nd form fight and Gohan gets a zenkai even just from a pretty minor beating, after being healed by Dende (who also healed him against Buutenks).
A minor beating? Freeza was about to crush his skull.
So? He hadn't crushed it yet and overall hadn't done much damage.
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May 21 2018, 09:56 PM
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May 18 2018, 11:54 AM
Bump

I'm watching the Freeza 2nd form fight and Gohan gets a zenkai even just from a pretty minor beating, after being healed by Dende (who also healed him against Buutenks).
A minor beating? Freeza was about to crush his skull.
So? He hadn't crushed it yet and overall hadn't done much damage.
Gohan was still implied to be half-dead when Frieza was through with him.
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He was fine and even fighting back right until Freeza started pressing his head into the ground. It's like being strangled....your ki would drop, but it doesn't mean you're badly damaged.
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