Personality
At first, because of his mother's protectiveness, Gohan starts out quite different than his father, as he is at the start of his appearance quite polite, timid and easily scared. Only after Piccolo's training does Gohan start to acquire his father's love of adventure and freedom. As Gohan starts to join the other heroes in battle his temper starts to show as the villains insult and underestimate him. While he loves martial arts, he never quite inherits the love of fighting Goku has; instead he only fights when the need to protect his friends and loved ones arises.
Being the son of Goku, Gohan inherited great powers of his own, however due to his peaceful nature he only releases them when anger grows inside of him during a battle. His personality also differs from Goku's during battle, since Gohan shows much less merciful methods against his enemies when at full power. Gohan proved this during the battle against Garlic Jr. when he defeated each of Garlic's minions by killing them, when fighting Cell by claiming a murderer like him Sadistic personality disorder needed to suffer before being defeated, and during his battle with Buu, whom he heavily and deliberately humiliated when every one of his attacks showed no effect against Gohan.
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