Mirai Gohan and and normal Gohan diffirences

[Bardock15]

The Gohan from the future with Trunks was one of my all time fav characters. He was so brave, nobel and caring for people. He truly had the heart of his father.

But the adult Gohan we saw in the original series seemed diffirent. Mainly physically. He had more muscle and was much bigger basicely.

I always wondered what the reason behind that was. I'm guessing because he trained and fought more extensively in the future compared to the series, where he only fought rarely, and sometimes got free passes to get to another power level?

[Socar]

But the adult Gohan we saw in the original series

By this do you mean the Gohan we see in the Majin Boo arc, or at the end of Z after the 10 year break, or GT? If you mean the one we see in the Boo arc, he's actually more of a teenager (I believe he had just become a freshman in high school).

Anyway, I suppose one of the main differences would be drawing style. Honestly, I've never noticed that much of a difference between how much physical muscle Future Gohan and Teen Gohan had in the manga, but I might just be forgetting. And yeah, Teen Gohan was significantly stronger, so if you're looking for an in-universe answer, that would be a good reason.

[ParAq]

Highschool Gohan looks scrawny compared Future Gohan, yet he was still stronger?

[Socar]

Actually I misread what Bardock15 said. I thought he meant "from the original series" as in, the main time line, and by Adult Gohan, he meant the Gohan from the regular series.

Anyway, to flip it the other way around now that I think I know what he's talking about, honestly, after looking back at the manga, there really aren't very many good shots to see just how physically buff he is. I think it could go either way (and I don't care to pull out the anime movie at the moment). But yeah, you could probably make the argument that Future Gohan might have more physical strength due to constant fighting and training during all those years, and that Teen Gohan just has greater ki.

Also, something I just noticed that I didn't catch before for some reason, in the manga, they have Future Gohan in his base form sparing against a SSJ Future Trunks. Gohan is clearly in control of the fight as well (by the end Trunks is sweating and is all out of breath, while Gohan doesn't seem to be that tired), and only has one arm.

*Adds that to his list of evidence that Trunks and Goten were most likely very low level when they first became SSJ*

[Bardock15]

I see now I made a huge mistake. I meant to say that the Gohan from the MOVIE was physically bigger and seemed to be stronger as well. And Socar you were correct, I did mean that Gohan. I mean, when he was Saiyaman I think he was an adult, and with Gt when he's married and all of that he looks 'scrawny' like SaiyaMel said. He looks nothing like Mirai Gohan.

And Socar, you mentioned a diffirent drawing style. Was this really the case? It could be since I believe Toriyama didn't make the movies. Interesting.

[ParAq]

And Socar, you mentioned a diffirent drawing style. Was this really the case? It could be since I believe Toriyama didn't make the movies. Interesting.

Actually he was minorly involved in the movies (and also in some of the DB and DBZ filler) - he contributed stuff like character designs/illustrations and some rough ideas on story plots.. the rest he basically left to TOEI.

He was even involved in the first couple of episodes of GT from what i gather.

[Socar]

I see now I made a huge mistake. I meant to say that the Gohan from the MOVIE was physically bigger and seemed to be stronger as well.

Yeah, that's probably due to keeping up his training more. In the movie, he was MUCH older than he was when he was Saiyaman (as I said before, that took place when he was just a freshman in high school), where as Future Gohan when we see him is more like 23 years old. As for him seeming stronger, that's more just due to how in the anime they made him beat up on the Androids more (in the manga though, Gohan was pretty much completely outclassed). In reality however, teen Gohan from the series was far stronger and could have easily taken care of them.

I mean, when he was Saiyaman I think he was an adult

Nope, just a teen.

and with Gt when he's married and all of that he looks 'scrawny' like SaiyaMel said. He looks nothing like Mirai Gohan.

Well, in GT he was in even worse condition than he was in the Z series. It had been something like 10-20 years since he did serious training for any significant amount of time.

And Socar, you mentioned a different drawing style. Was this really the case? It could be since I believe Toriyama didn't make the movies. Interesting.

It's pretty hard to say without actually comparing them side to side. Gohan, even when he was a teen, looked a lot more buff when you put him in his fighting gi, as opposed to his school clothes.

[Brolly]

Yeeah when gohan was sayia man he was still just a teen in gt he got marryied to videl then they had pan.

[Legend]

One of the greatest compliments anyone ever made to the Mirai Son Gohan character was how he was depicted in Shin Budokai - Another Road. I could just picture him suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder. He would relive those battles with the Artificial Humans and ultimately his death repeatedly in his head in addition to how he would be distant from the others. It taught a great lesson concerning violence and the consequences that come from it whether you actions were on the side of good or not.

I always favored that version of Son Gohan for all the reasons that were mentioned above, he far outshined that whiny weakling in main continuity. I wish Toriyama had developed the Son Gohan in the main story in a somewhat similar fashion.