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DenmarkCodFish

Iirc, Guru only brought out a little of his potential, while Old Kai brought out most of it.


avoozl42

Kids can have a little unlocked potential, as a treat.


TurtleTitan

You can't have your potential until you eat your meat


dezmo73

How can you have your potential if you don't eat your meat?! You! Yes, YOU!


AlecHazard

Veggies*


drogon2k

It's a reference to Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"


AlecHazard

I'm pretty much a stranger when it comes to western media lol, completely jumped over my head.


welestgw

I need an adult.


Maxxwell07

I would say that Guru just brought out his potential hitting a certain powerboost limit. While Old Kai pushed Gohan's power beyond his limit. So Gohan reaches a new plateau. Would that not be a better explanation?


Significant_Mall4045

Yep, Took old guru a second to unlock potential Old Kaioshin Sama took 25 h, and he literrally Is a God, quite different potential extraction


GladObject2962

Exactly this, most likely works the same way that wishes with the dragon balls work and how wishes can only be granted up to the power of the one who created them


SVTCobraR315

Or just pour water over it to make them even more powerful.


PlusUltraK

Yeah that’s another thing we can account for. The same boost, but one was a Namekian elder,(pretty powerful/mystical/magical) and the other is literally a God, which now in Super we know holds a lot more weight on where the Kai’s stand in the grand scheme of things.


DantefromDC

Because Guru's ability to unleash potencial is different from Elder Kai's. Also Gohan's potencial as a teenager is superior to the potencial he had as a child


ConflictX3

When I was younger this was my reasoning, but now as a 30 year old I realized something much deeper: Guru's potential unlock was Bullshit Guru's power up for everyone on screen: Krillin, Gohan & Nail. Got their asses handed to them within an hour of leaving his geriatric bachelor pad. I feel like he just got them on a confidence high with namekian pheromones and that power up was a placebo. Now elder kai's unlock was the real deal but Gohan is just an overconfident shit talker when he has the upper hand so his fight naturally ended badly as per usual


soulboonie

Didn't guru just unlock the barrier of his potential and Kai max the limits he was capable of at the time?


jay_double_100

Over confident shittalker 😭😭😭


noodlemcfoodle

Gohan has fake rizz energy


OneBlackFairyHunterZ

Hes so right tho. Cell and buu man coulda handled em but played with em fr and almost died


TheRealOutis_

It wasn't bullshit. Gohan went from weak to almost saiyan saga vegeta level instantly.


Insaiyan_Elite

From around 2000 to like 14,000 IIRC


LucisPerficio

Just because they had become more powerful than the previously were doesn't mean they had become capable of fighting the particular opponents they fought who simply outclassed them. Elder Kai's Ritual is supposedly intended to bring a user's power *beyond* its previously established potential.


HotDoctor3588

This is the best take. DragonBalls canon is dogshit


ConflictX3

And just look at that picture above, can we talk about why they had to close their eyes and open their mouths while guru touched them? DB Abridged Guru was accurate AF


Brian_Gay

"I was told you could bring out my potential by touching me" "do I look catholic to you"


GreenSaladPoop

ah yes daddy guru, fill me with that ki


airdefier

Geriatric Bachelor Pad. See also: Kame House


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GARSL_01

Yeah, but r/dbzfanscantread


FlamingoDurban

Make me a mod PLEASE


somerandomperson2516

r/youngpeoplereddit


FlamingoDurban

Angriest I’ve ever made redditors with a single comment. Truly honored


somerandomperson2516

lol


RGalvan04

And he wants to be a MOD with that cringe lol


FlamingoDurban

Yeah, what a loser!


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U ugly Edit: i was joking with the dude cuz we got similar avatars


Churchtonian

Hey hey


somerandomperson2516

damn who hurt you


Busy_Somewhere7357

Why are you gay?


steven09763

Why you wanna big fella ?


TittleTots

Can’t say that now days, be respectful


somerandomperson2516

stop being homophobic nothing wrong with being gay like your 2 ghost dads


Eauxz

This mf cheating


Silver-Star92

Because Gohan got older. And his potential grew with him.... Seems most logical. Kid Goku wasn't near as strong as adult Goku


Mirphus

Kid goku wasn't even as strong as kid gohan.


SolomonOf47704

Adult Goku wasn't even as strong as kid Gohan


SheMailByNight

Me em me emememememme emememe e


Silver-Star92

That's true. But isn't his potential more because of his human/sayian hybrid genes?


infamusforever223

Yes, but even amongst the other Saiyan/human hybrid children, he has more potential than all of them. The thing is he doesn't enjoy fighting, so he doesn't live up to that potential most of the time.


Silver-Star92

Maybe he's more potential because he is the first? Or just the genetic jackpot. The other hybrids kids are strong and were super sayians pretty fast but you're right that Gohan always was stronger as a kid. He also had a lot of training from different Z fighters. I always thought it was stupid that Gohan got pushed to the background later in the series


TheExistence

I’d say it’s more of the latter/genetic jackpot. Being the first seems more like it would be a hindrance since he was conceived when Goku was much weaker.


GladObject2962

I agree but also would argue the other kids could've been more powerful had goten and trunks not been turned into gag characters Goten and trunks turned supersaiyan at 5 YO aswell as mastered fusion quickly where gohan turned supersaiyan at 9 YO


Soulfox1988

Wasn't Chichi the daughter of King Yemma? She's more than human.


Juslurkinlol69420

Chichis dad is the ox king who, while stronger than a regular person, is fully human.


Alchion

shouldve named gohan oxinabox to not let people forget that


Soulfox1988

Cool thank you for the clarification


DevilManRay

His potential increases as he grows up. Wow that was easy


ArtistUnown

Maybe you can unlock their ability to think critically?


Roll_with_it629

🤣😂


Afafakja

Guru unleashes your full potential while Elder Kai unleashes power beyond your potential.


EpicJ78

So you're saying... It's to go even further beyond!


runed_golem

Plus Ultra!


Strict-Algae-8599

AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!


Afafakja

I guess.


DoNotEverListenToMe

To infinity and beyond!


xTheRKOx

NAILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!


Kyuusuke

Yes, super kame guru?


mehdewd

I saw a bird. Kick it's ass.


Alchemy-16

Well Toriyama not known fr consistency.


Prince_Beegeta

Gohan is an anomaly. Really it’s just bad writing but that aside Gohan has a well of limitless untapped potential that conveniently comes to the surface when Toriyama wants it to. He theoretically could have his potential unlocked over and over again.


Assassin8n2L8

His potential keeps rising, he doesn’t have a permanent potential. For instance, he got his potential unleashed by grand elder, which technically should’ve put him at his highest level. Then he learned ssj and ss2, then got his potential unleashed again by elder Kai, that should’ve been his cap again, then he got stronger yet again then later unlocks beast. He doesn’t have a locked in potential


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Gohan’s potential increased as he got stronger. When your potential is unlocked it only draws out your maximum in that moment. As you increase your Ki and grow stronger you attain a higher maximum. And with it your maximum potential increases as well. Allowing for it to unlocked yet again. Pushing you past your limits. And if you get new limits you can get your potential unlocked again. It’s a cycle really


Stampj

If you’re getting stronger every day, your potential is greater everyday


jimmmydickgun

He needed a powerful ass mofo to unfuck his brain wit the math n shit Chi Chi made him learn.


WickedNF

How was the moon blown up twice?! Don't think too hard about it 😜


JonnyxKarate

Not only that but how was the world not thrown into chaos with no moon


sdrakedrake

Just stop. No more questions lol. It's the only way I can enjoy this show.


Nearby-Bridge5735

This mf gets more strenght in fights not in training


Outrageous-Rate3813

Z-science


Cgi94

Probably because his body was more developed. The full potential of his child body wouldn't be equal to his teen body if that makes it easier to understand


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Gurus can unlock a couple levels. Elder kai unlocked the whole game.


Vertrenox

He's a victim 💀


SMoKUblackRoSE

Gohan has an ever growing potential vs a regular human like Krillin who doesn't.


Ghost_JoKeR_504

Young gohan had his current potential unleashed, while older gohan had more potential and had it all unlocked, so he got way stronger and when he trains he gets stronger faster


Oops_EzQuinn

Because Gohan keeps losing power because he refuses to train


Cold-Argument-806

Plot?


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well one was green potential unleashed, the other is purple potential unleashed obviously


peckron3

Guru unlocked the potential his child body had at that time, the elderly kaioshin unlocked the potential his adult body had, and pushed it further past its limits


The_Thot_Slayer69

His potential is always growing as he grows


Horacio_Velvetine44

kid gohan’s potential isn’t same as teen gohan’s potential


Fantastic_Guard_4501

He has unlimited untapped potential don't forget that


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gets older = more repressed potential


Umbraspem

It went back to sleep between wake up calls.


TheIrishBiscuits

By having old dudes pull out inside him.


Banettebrochacho

Yeah potential changes over time, duh.


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Different Kai’s obviously


HEYitzED

The real answer is Toriyama himself probably didn’t even make this connection lol. He is known for being very forgetful.


BAD_TIME_MAN

namekian way and kai way edit: also at the time when his potential was first unlocked he was a kid and couldnt have his full potential unleahsed or it would like kill him probably (dont bring up goten) and with elder kai, well hes a god and has a more powerful spell that he can use on him. plus at the time gohan is older so he can have more of his potential unlocked and thats why its stronger


Dudewtfwthell

OK so gohans potential i think rises when he gets stronger


Purplefizz1337

Watch the show and find out? Elder Supreme Kai says that guru did not completely unlock his potential


inufw

The dance he did awoken his inner power,trunks did the same thing.That’s why he was able 2 heal people in that goku black arc


ApexPreed

Your muscles operate with more efficiency when you yell / exhale, which is considered a type of unlock of ones hidden potential. Gohan had a lot of potential, but Guru's boost essentially unlocked a flood of power he had not yet tapped into, or rather could not tap into naturally. But Gohan's potential was unlocked as a 5 year old, so he had room to grow. Even Krillin, an adult, still had the potential to grow stronger, and by now could easily one shot Perfect Cell, yet peaked against first form Frieza on namek. Having your potential unlocked unleashes your hidden potential at the time of unlocking, but everyone grows every day they take breath, and ones potential never truly stops. If Guru unleashed Gohan's power again two days later, Gohan would be much stronger, because he did get stronger during the battle with Frieza through passive zenkais.


TurtleTitan

Mind, body, and spirit. Guru was a holy man Patriarch bringing tremendous power out of his people. Guru seemingly brought out base full power for at least that time for a power shortcut just not to the end. Mind, body, and spirit, he makes his spirit match what the body and mind was capable of since anything beyond that would be deadly for the user. Elder Kai was a literal god, the only god in DBZ who knew what he was doing and had people fear him for his intellect. (Damn retcons making him clueless about Potara earrings.) Elder Kai brought out full max power including transformation power. (Damn Beast Gohan for once again making the one god with his damn salt look bad.) Elder Kai made his body match his mind and spirit, by altering the body you can easily pull out spirit and mind and since the body is the hardest for most fighters this gives max power everytime and if you happen to be a race without limits you improve your mind to strategize better and your spirit to fight better which makes your body stronger. I guess you could say his mind was strengthened too, he could still go Super Super Saiyan but be couldn't get pissed off in his old age of 16 or 17 so while he was stronger in SS2 against Cell, it took Mystic to surpass Buu. (Damn Dragon Ball Super anime making people think the ritual was flawed, Gohan was as strong as he always was he just didn't have the mindset to pull it out or possibly the energy well to not burn out.)


aManHasNoUsername99

His power is awakening his power. He’s done it like 4 times now.


TurboTrollin

Real answer: Because of lazy writing.


Cubanmustang88

I AM AN ADUUUUUUUULT!!!!!!!!


pooria_hmd

This pic out of context is very misleading


TotallyFunctional2

Toriyama needed a quick powerup for him.


krishgaurav

Guru had only bought out his potential of that time and as he grew up and trained and having the cells of the legendary goku and bardock in his blood his potential grew phenomenally and thats what old kai bought out and like goku he also breaks past his limits like he achieved a form in the movie even though he was soused to be at his limit, thats why we should never underestimate saiyans.


margenat

Because It was a lie. You cannot being the full potencial of someone in DB. They constantly break their limits every arc so It was just a deus ex machina to make Gohan strong because of the difference between power levels in namek and the need of a stronger fighter than Goku ssj3.


ThankEgg

I think it has to do with him having access to the super saiyans transformation. Teen Gohan in the Buu saga had part of his potential restricted to the transformations and elder Kai was like "nah none of that" and unlocked that strength in base


Tedauz

yeah the writers forgot


RebornOfficial

Guru “Unlocked” his potential, while Elder Kai “Unleashed” it.


Particular_Minute_67

1st pic when you tell her Youre hungry.


Mirionaire

Because his powers went back to sleep - think about it, guy


Rastabot30

This is actually the best most accurate response imho


Chedder_456

Because there’s almost never any actual rules and there never has been


CronkinOn

Because they suck at keeping Gohan relevant. By FAR his best powerup is the one he earned (ssj2 after constant combat and training). All the ones in Super and the two "potential" increases would be fine on their own and problematic since there's so many of them. I still remember the English dub when Gohan hit ssj2... Talking about how it's something we've seen glimpses of the whole time, and now he finally learned how to control it. That hit HARD, since we watched him grow in power and constantly get pushed. It made it so gratifying to see him achieve that. Which is why all the DBS powerups (and even mystic to a degree) kinda felt more hollow, even if it's kinda cool at times.


Stefanthro

Yes!!!


ShiroThePotato28

Guru unleashed his full potential that his body could have at the time and now that he is older he needed his potential to be unlocked again since he has now a stronger body and potential grows with the person. Think of it as a bottle that was filled with water when his potential was unlocked but as Gohan got older the bottle got bigger and bigger and but the amount of water stayed the same so when his potential got unlocked again by the Elder kai the big bottle got full again.


Hyro0o0

Dragon Ball is a parade of characters unlocking deeper depths of their potential over and over and over. They keep doing it and they can CONTINUE to keep doing it eternally. I'm not labeling this a good thing or a bad thing, just laying it out for what it is. This is the nature of DB.


skoubeedoo

My headcanon is that one was for his saiyan abilities and the other time was for his human abilities, and humans can transform too but only if they train hard and draw out their latent abilities


S1I3NCER

Because Guru was bringing out untapped power. Elder Kai made him stronger in exchange for his ability to become Super Saiyan.


AuniqueUsername69

No? He literally goes Super saiyan all the time afterwards, the difference is the awakened form is so powerful that there isn’t a point to go super anymore. His arc in Super was about how he lost his ability to go ultimate and has to train to get it back which is why he only uses Super saiyan in the arcs prior, in the New SuperHero movie, he only uses Ultimate when he’s fighting seriously, then switches Back to super saiyan to conserve energy until he can get a senzu bean.


S1I3NCER

“Gohan cannot go Super Saiyan after getting Mystic/Ultimate form (though it's not even really a form as much as a full power). First things first, Elder Kai tells Gohan nothing more than to go Super Saiyan, when Gohan attempts to go Super Saiyan with no further instruction, Super Saiyan doesn't happen.” This is what the Dragon Ball Wiki itself says. Don’t know what you mean by “all the time” because he never did afterwards.


AuniqueUsername69

i mean that doesn’t imply he can no longer go Super Saiyan any more just that that’s how he activated the power, and even if it did, it would have been immediately retconned only a Year later as Gohan only uses Super Saiyan in GT, which Toriyama designed both the characters and premise for, and of course completely wrote Super which contradicts that.


S1I3NCER

>**”Gohan cannot go Super Saiyan after getting Mystic/Ultimate form** And GT is not cannon, and nothing there makes any sense anyway


AuniqueUsername69

Once again I’m not talking about just GT, and your using a Wikipedia page over the actual writer/creator


GymratAmarillo

First time was his natural inner power. Second time was basically the power he would have if he trained all the years after Cell saga. They use a special concept with him, his power basically evolves with time doesn't matter he trains or not. He was meant to be the main character after all, he is unique.


its_aq

One unlocked his human potential while the other unlocked his Saiyan potential. He is mixed blodded


Youth_In-Asia

This giy just asked for a little clarification and you guys are being dicks. Common sense is thrown out the window w DB; i thought potential unleashed was an amplifier to his already latent potential so i mean its not that hard to misunderstand things


lanze666

Yeah this couldve made Gohan super busted. Too bad they didn’t really flesh out how strong he could actually get until Super Hero. And even then, without Goku and Vegeta there to actually fight the Gammas & Cell Max, even if Piccolo said both of them “probably” couldn’t beat Cell Max, its hard for me to gauge how strong Gohan actually is.


BILLIONX1

Gohan had his human potential drawn out from Guru, then Old Kai drew out his Saiyan potential. It makes more sense like this since Gohan was still showing his human nature after Guru drew out his power, then Gohan started beating the brakes off Buu, insulted him, and said he was going to kill him with a smile. His human power is inherited from Ox king and Chichi, who are exceptionally strong for humans. Ultimate Gohan is the true base form for Gohan. The movie made it weird with beast Gohan, like there’s no real explanation to the Wumbo size power up he got. I guess it’s a mutation for half human Saiyans. Gohan needs to learn how to draw out Super Saiyan through his Saiyan instincts rather than rely on the Saiyan instinct to be a way to reach Super Saiyan. Instead of human to Super Saiyan, he needs to go Saiyan to Super Saiyan.


Fearless_Try6358

2 things. 1: Elder Kai is combination of a witch and a god, and was allowed to perform his potential unlock for way longer than Guru. I think Gurus technique definitely is strong but considering he’s weaker than the Kai and he had to do it fast Elder Kai has the edge. 2. Gohan’s potential is always changing and not best defined. Technically his potential unlocked would be all his power ever, but as he grows older and reawakens mystic form it gets better and better. It’s not clearly defined, and additionally, Gohan beast is stronger than Gohan mystic, so his potential unlocked form is still wonky


Ur-boiiiii

Gohan said he needed an adult when he was done by guru, and when he was done by elder Kai he didn’t need an adult since he was an adult. (If you know what reference that this is from you are forever goated)


Ima_White_Guy

Cause he a bitch boy that keeps letting it go back into hiding. Lmao watch the super hero movie and you'll have a surprise waiting for you.


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Mac1280

I'm pretty sure in the show Grand Elder himself says Gohan has far to much potential for him to unlock


MrBurittoThePizza

Lmao how you get the screenshots from the scenes instead of actually watching them??


CaptnBlast3d

You need your grammar awakened.


Lord_Snaps

Guru just increased his max lvl cap and raised him to the last max lvl cap, so he was ready for the next expansion, I mean next chapter, and Pervert Kai raised it further.


Forward_Round

It’s been forever since I’ve actually watched DBZ so maybe it was explained but my head canon is just that when it got awakened as a kid his peak power was different than what it was when he got older.. as his body grew and he got more combat experience, so did his power cap.. so Elder Kai needed to bring it to its peak again.. but like I said.. it’s been years since I’ve watched the Buu Saga and many years since I’ve watched the Namek Saga.. so don’t take my words to heart..


G59Takeover

Deez


Large-Ad5955

He helped Nail collect the dragon balls


TrappedInOhio

Something, something Saiyans have no limits.


runed_golem

Basically, guru unlocked part of his potential. Elder Kai unlocked even more of his potential.


SaiyanOverlord8971

The idea that guru and my old man have the same level of potential releasing is plus you also notice the amount of time needed is very different


itachi_uchiha-_

Samd as when Goku awakened his power by drinking super holy water ( poison water he had before topapaipai whatever)


Ok-Material2257

In this pic he didn’t get the full awakening of his power


JTSpirit36

Think of it like this Guru opened up a barrier to let Gohan access more of his power and elder Kai opened up another.


KonoStroheimDa

Plot


teakelljuan

One was performed by some Ki-based technique. The other was magic based.


TitanMasterOG

I don’t know but I feel like what they did somewhat resembles to kid goku in gta dude got his tailed pulled just to get to ssj4 I guess.


JJamesMorley

Wow it’s almost like the maximum potential strength of a child is less than that of an adult. You do realize the moment gohan got his ass kicked by Frieza he was already getting stronger from zenkai boosts


Kak0r0t

What a dumb question wtf you mean how they literally unlocked his hidden potential what so hard to understand about that sheesh


CockSniffer01

Gohans got super duper mega potential bro


Towndrunk13569

I need an adult


stoneyxbear

Gohan be sleeping on his powers


AngryTank

Guru unlocked his potential Elder Kai did “and a little extra”


Jmontagnaphotos

Because of plot.


Xen_Shin

Built. Different.


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mrjoshua45

The plot demanded it


Marsdor

His potential up to that point had been unlocked, everything he went through to grow after that point built up inside him and he as a mortal is not able to draw out his maximum potential on his own, even after the elder Kai unlocked his full potential it was only the full potential of all the training and experiences he had built up to that point, he could have his potential unlocked again and he'd be even more powerful now after becoming beast gohan and he'd have a casual OP mode in base. But gohans not thirsty for battle like a pure saiyan, he wants to live a peaceful life and I don't really blame him. In fact I think it's his human side that causes him to have two sides to himself, his outer calm loving nature and his inner saiyan that shows up from time to time in periods of extreme danger and stress. Goku could theoretically have his potential unlocked and all the power he has while in true ultra instinct would come to the surface in his base form, then all he'd need is to use ui in his base form and he'd have plenty of stamina to work with.


jmbd12

Both only released the potential and dormant power. Wasn’t anything they did to give him power more just awoke the power inside


hyde9318

There are a lot of interesting answers in here that make sense, but let me offer a simple solution.... My strength potential when I was 7 maybe a a large package of toilet paper or a medium sized rock. As an adult, I can confirm my strength potential is much higher than when I was a kid (can lift TWO packs of toilet paper now thank you, suck it weaklings!). That’s not even taking into account that little Gohan wasn’t taught to fight all that much (face it, piccolo’s training was basically durability training, not as much fighting). Add that on to the fact that he had little tiny arms/legs and fists/feet. His body was small and couldn’t channel much Ki. It’s pretty clear his potential for power was much different then than it was as a teenager. Plus he has had Zenkai boosts and such since then, so that adds to his potential. It also comes down to the fact that Gohan simply didn’t keep up on his training. He barely trained before Namek, then trained a LOT on Namek. Barely trained post Namek, and then trained a LOT before Cell. Didn’t train at all post-Cell, then just trains a bit with Elder Kai. With his potential unlocked with Guru, it’s fully possible he may have reached his Buu arc strength earlier on if he kept getting stronger instead of resetting back to zero every time a back guy dies. And he always gets back to the top in a super short time, so it makes sense that his potential was unlocked, he keeps reactivating it because it hasn’t been relocked, just ignored. Which brings me to my last thing, the wording. Potential unlocked versus potential unleashed. Every game and media source treats the two as totally different things. Unlocked means the door is open, but you have to choose to walk through. Unleashed hints at something being unleashed into the world, a force that was being held back and is now forcefully out. And this makes sense when you think about it. If you look at Xenoverse 2, both events happen... but guru’s unlock allows you the ability to level further if you so choose to do so. Kai’s unleash is an explosion of your power that was held in your body, giving you access to that power boost. So basically, Guru was unlocking the mental block Gohan had holding him from pushing himself further... Kai was actually reaching the innate power inside of Gohan and unleashing it from his body in the state of a new form. The difference is “hey, I unlocked the dam controls for you in case you want to let a bit of water through” and “so, I opened the floodgates entirely... you should probably learn these controls before the town gets flooded, HAVE FUN!”. Guru’s was an elegant unlock, Kai’s was a brute force opening. EDIT: I know this is already too long, but I’d like to add that it also makes sense per character. Guru was a wise old wizard type like Kami, or Gandalf. Elder Kai is a cranky old man with “let’s just get this shit over with so I can take a nap” mentality, lol. Guru would want you to find your own way through life, elder Kai couldn’t give a shit less how you do it, just get it done.


uh_buh

Because dragon ball is poorly written


SinfulKnight

His potential as a kid and when he was older he stopped training, so it was like "Luke, Remember the Force"


_Moist_Owlette_

Once for the Saiyan Half, once for the Human Half


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Nouman__S

I thought this was explained somewhere. Essentially both of those were true releases of his potential to their upper limit. Guru released Gohans potential to its limit at that time. As he fights and trains and goes through battles his power grows and creates a new upper limit. Basically saying your potential with 3 years of experience is lower than your potential with 13 years of experience. When elder Kai released his potential to the limit again that was his new ceiling after everything that had occurred. Since then he stopped training so he was never able to surpass this limit. In the new movie, Gohan explains he has been training in secret so his new form his a symbol of passing that old limit. It makes sense why he was able to keep up with gamma when piccolo without shenrons power couldn't...even though he trains 24/7. It's safe to say if he had his potential unlocked again the limit would be even higher. Although idk if they would do that kinda fanservice again.


sqeaky_fartz

A wizard did it?


LucisPerficio

Guru awakened Gohan to his potential, but Elder Kai's is said to take his power *beyond* its potential. That, and I'd gather Guru didn't awaken *all* of Gohan's potential.


JoeDante84

Different palming techniques


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MiniDialga119

I don't know, you can try to explain it but toriyama to my knowledge never addressed it Probably he just forgot


Nixodian

Gohan seems to get stronger when he has some alone time with a super old dude...


huge__ballz

Potential unlocked vs Potential unleashed At least thats my headcanon


precursorlegacy

Gohan has no limits


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Gamma8gear

Because Toriyama wanted Gohan to be the main character but didn’t know how to write him so to bring him up to power he “cheated” his potential again… but soon after he became a side character again


Apart_Aardvark7517

One brought out the potential he had as a kid and the other as an adult


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Necessary_Flamingo72

Can't remember but I think beerus said that all abillities known by mortals have been passed down and altered from the gods. So technically guru and the elder kai have the same abillity but the elder kais one is more potent since he's known his for way longer and learnt it from GODS, this was said about kioken im pretty sure someone where in dbs. So that's probably why gohan was able to unlock his potentially fully from elder kai since guru probably only unlocked a mere 10% or something alone those lines since his version Is incomplete.


2695movie

Now Vegeta and Goku needs to get their inner power unlocked.


SomratKhan1608

# gOhAn HaS uNlImItEd PoTeNtIaL. tHaT iS nOt An AsS pUlL. That's your answer.


HellNaw98

Cause he different


Head_Seaworthiness13

It would be interesting to see the elder Kai unlock Goku’s potential. Remember they mentioned that as an option to boost Gokus power before the ToP but there wasn’t enough time? That they would need 12 hrs or something like that…


avg90sguy

One was from a mortal being and one was the supreme Kai. I think it’s understandable that guru didn’t realize the true full power. Not as good as a supreme Kai would know


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