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Potential Unleashed

Other names:Senzai Nōryoku Kaihō,潜在能力解放Gohan-type Super Saiyan 2,Unlock Potential,Final Warrior, Mystic,Mightiest Warrior (Saikyo No Senshi Gohan),Strongest Warrior, Super (Chou),Elder Kai Unlock Ability,Ultimate,Ultimate Power, Super-Awakening,Power Unleashed, Ultimate Form,Power Awakening, Potential Releasing Ability

Inventor:non
Users:Gohan/Future Gohan/Xeno Gohan,Seven-Three,Piccolo,Clone Gohan,Goku,Xeno Goten,ace,Future Warrior/future warrior2
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Oc users:Brockton Lincoln,prime piccolo

Information:is a powerful state accessible to someone who has had their latent potential unlocked,most often through Old Kai's Unlock Ability,which allows them to use their latent power at its highest level.|As a result of this the user enters into a state that unleashes their full dormant potential and can focus it to push their power well beyond their normal limits.

When Gohan accesses his Potential Unleashed state,his appearance does not undergo any drastic changes. While he essentially remains normal in appearance,his facial features become slightly more defined. His eyes become sterner and outlined, showing noticeable intensity when serious,similar to his Super Saiyan forms. In the anime version of the Universe Survival Saga,it also tends to make a bang of hair fall over his forehead (this does not occur in the God of Destruction Beerus Saga). In Dragon Ball Super:Super Hero,it is shown that this form straightens hair upwards like a Super Saiyan as Gohan's hair stands up despite Gohan wearing his hair down in his base form. In this form,he is dubbed Ultimate Gohan.

For Piccolo his body takes on a yellowish hue,losing the lines along his arms. His aura appears to take on a golden glow similar to that of a Super Saiyan. His belt also changes from red to black. He also gets more muscular in this form. His variation of the transformation refers to him as Piccolo (Power Awakening).|The power of Gohan's Potential Unleashed form was stated to be greater than the Super Saiyan 3 transformation. Thanks to it being a different power boost from Super Saiyan,Gohan no longer needs that form. While normally taking roughly a day to perform and complete the ritual by Old Kai,Gohan's exceptionally immense dormant capacities required Gohan to continue for several more hours. Once finished, Gohan was instructed to power up as if to transform into Super Saiyan but to throw in a kiai while doing so. When Gohan did so,his first transformation sent massive shockwaves rippling across the Sacred World of the Kai and left even Goku astounded at the sheer power his son now possessed. Old Kai explained that Gohan's unchanging appearance was the result of Gohan naturally harnessing so much power that there was no need to transform. At the time,Ultimate Gohan exceeded even Super Saiyan 3 Goku's might.

When taking on his Ultimate state, Gohan's transformation releases enough force to split the clouds. While in this state, it also improves one's sense,as Gohan does not require his glasses to properly see. Gohan is able to maintain this state indefinitely throughout his daily life unhindered. Despite being a natural state that unlocks one's most inner developed capacities,regular training is still required to keep up his peak performance after the initial release, as lack of such will leave the person unable to access this state. The state can however be regained either through proper training or quickly though enough rage.

After a reunion with Goten,Trunks, and Piccolo,Gohan quickly overpowers Super Buu with little effort. As Super Buu became unable to land a single hit on Gohan who subsequently pummels the monster mercilessly,Super Buu proceeds to blow himself up in an attempt to kill Gohan. However Gohan succeeds in escaping the explosion,taking Piccolo and the boys to safety with him. Super Buu returns one hour later, insisting on finishing his fight with Gotenks before battling Gohan. However once the boys fused into Gotenks,they as well as Piccolo are immediately absorbed by Super Buu.

With his new power,Super Buu's strength was on par with Ultimate Gohan's. However thanks to Piccolo's superior combat skills and intellect, Super Buu was able to gain the upper hand by playing mind games with Gohan to catch him off-guard and systematically wear him down. Realizing that the odds were now against Gohan,a newly revived Goku suddenly arrives and attempts to use the Potara Earrings to allow both him and Gohan to fuse together. However, Gohan accidentally drops the earring, and by the time he managed to find it, Gotenks had defused inside Super Buu's body,prompting the evil Majin to absorb Gohan and become more powerful than ever. Buu greatly enjoyed the lack of a time limit on the power he gained from Gohan's Ultimate state but Super Vegito still thrashed him in the following battle.