Gohan might get more relevance in the manga from now on.
Gohan has long since ceased to be one of the main characters of Dragon Ball Super to become a supporting character appears from time to time and fights some battles. Even so, Gohan is still considered as one of the most powerful saiyans of the universe, even more than his father Goku, that’s why this transformation of Gohan that we see for the first time in Dragon Ball Super is so special. Could it mean that he will have more prominence from time to time?
We talk about the transformation of gohan in super saiyan, an iconic transformation of the character since he first transformed as a child, during Cell’s tournament after he killed Goku. This aroused all of Gohan’s rage that helped him transform into a super saiyan and finish off the villain. The thing is, from that moment on, Gohan has almost always preferred to use the Unlocked Potential given to him by the Great Patriarch of Namek while still a child, the true and most powerful form of Gohan.
The most spectacular version of Gohan, now in the manga
The truth is that in the Dragon Ball Super anime we did see Gohan transform into a Super Saiyan a couple of times, but it hadn’t happened in the anime until now. Specifically, in chapter 94 of the Dragon Ball Super manga, where Piccolo hatches a plan to reawaken the Gohan’s combat instinct to help them destroy the new Gamma androids. The idea is to impersonate a soldier and make Gohan believe that the Red Ribbon army has kidnapped Pan, who is also in on it (via ScreenRant). What we did not expect is that Gohan will become a super saiyan upon finding out.
It makes some sense, since, in Dragon Ball lore, the super saiyan state is only unlocked when you feel a great inner rage, like when Goku sees Krillin die at the hands of Frieza. Here, that rage is that of a father worried about his daughter. Finally, after his encounter with the android Gamma and a new call for help from Pan, Gohan ends up releasing his unlocked potentialits final form, but we will have to wait a little longer to see what happens next.
Gohan unleashes his potential unlocked in Dragon Ball Super
We will see from now on if Gohan takes on more prominence in the manga or when the Dragon Ball Super anime returns, although at the moment there are no concrete details about it