Although he is Goku’s son, the truth is that Gohan is much more like Vegeta than his father in this aspect of his personality.
It is no secret that, initially, one of the reasons why Akira Toriyama created Gohan was to be Goku’s replacement and take center stage in this franchise. And, although he tried to make this change on several occasions, in the end he did not succeed for different reasons, including fans’ rejection of the idea of replacing Goku.
Gohan has similarities, but also many differences with his father’s personality, mainly being the fact that he does not enjoy fighting. However, something that not everyone knows or does not realize is that, in reality, Gohan is more similar to Vegeta and there is a characteristic that confirms it. Next, we will tell you the details.
Gohan has as much arrogance as Prince Vegeta
Vegeta is a very proud and arrogant character.
As we have mentioned, Gohan can be a very interesting character who, over time, has had great development. And we met him when he was just a child who didn’t like conflicts, what remains so. But he was very crybaby, understandable at his age and with the dangers he was involved in.
And Gohan not only experienced the loss of his mother, who sacrificed herself in the fight against Raditz, but also had to live on his own in the wild and face dangers to stay alive. From an early age he has experienced all kinds of traumatic situations.
However, Gohan has shown to have great potential, a hidden power that is detonated by anger. And when the child explodes with rage, his true power is released and turns him into a being to be feared. But it’s not all, since a characteristic trait that he shares with Vegeta also emerges.
When Gohan unleashes his true power and overcomes his opponent, it immediately goes to his head and he becomes very arrogant. In fact, even if you are the strongest being, this arrogance can be your destruction, as demonstrated in the Cell Games.
Gohan was able to annihilate Cell, but he simply decided to humiliate him and demonstrate his arrogance by having the advantage.
But this is not something unique to Gohan, Vegeta is also a very arrogant character when he feels that he has the advantage or that he surpasses his opponent in power. This was also demonstrated in the Cell arc, when the prince of the Saiyan had surpassed the limits of his Super Saiyan and was stronger than Cell’s second form.
At this moment, Vegeta became confident in his power, so allowed him to absorb Android 18 to complete its perfect condition. Something similar happened when Gohan faced Cell after reaching Super Saiyan 2.
In this state, Gohan surpassed Cell in his perfect state and, instead of immediately finishing him off, He simply dedicated himself to playing and extending the fight while mocking the villain. This caused Cell to be filled with anger and decide to self-destruct.
Gohan refused to destroy Cell, ignoring what his friends told him. Consequently, Goku ended up sacrificing himself so that the world was not destroyed in the explosion. This arrogance of the little boy caused this situation.
Gohan could have also defeated Buu immediately, but he didn’t.
But it is not something that stayed there, because later when he obtains his final state, his power surpasses that of Buu, but instead of finishing him, just play with the villaingiving him time to come up with a plan to turn the situation around.
Gohan’s arrogance It’s a point he shares with Vegeta. and that is quite destructive for them. And when we compare him to his father, Goku is not so arrogant.
Gohan has to demonstrate his personal growth and master Beast Mode for future battlesbecause all the chips seem to have been put in motion and all possible help will be needed.
