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I dont think you can blame Gohan for that. Vegeta and Trunks were able to become Super Saiyans before him. Vegeta literally just because he was pissed off at himself and Trunks just casually went Super Saiyan the first time he appeared for cool mysterious new character factor. Gohan didnt become a Super Saiyan until quite a while after those two. I agree his first transformation was lame since it wasnt used for anything special like a great battle or character moment though. I guess once Toriyama came up with Super Saiyans he felt he had to make them all reach it and you can tell over time his writing got lazier as if he just didnt care at all anymore. That ultimately peaked with the Buu arc which is just fucking terrible and all over the place writing wise. It sets Gohan up, throws him under the bus, brings back Goku and ultimately lets the biggest joke on planet Earth actually play a huge part in saving the universe. It really feels like a huge middle finger.