>>5709797I'ma tell you right now, the animators got lazy. It's why there are legendary debates like Gohan vs Dabura and what you mentioned Vegeta vs Kid Buu as to whether or not they were using SS2 or not. Vegeta already could go SS2 but even with that, he would still be largely weaker than Goku. This is why he needed the majin boost AND why Goku called him out for the act since it wasn't a big boost to close the gap between the two in SS2.
I swear if Toriyama had a lick of sense if not foresight, he would've used Majinfication for Vegeta to pull out SS3 and use SS3 as the form that exemplified the gap between the two and why Vegeta was having such a pissy fit.
>>5709787>>5709773I mean you're not wrong on both accounts, especially narrative-wise. But I'm going to say this, SS2 sucks for everyone who isn't Gohan. Hell, even Buu Saga Gohan's SS2 is hot dog water due to how much Toriyama didn't give a shit. You could tell with Gohan, Toriyama put a lot of effort into designing the form in the Cell Saga. Whereas in the Buu Saga, he just have them spike up more and added in lightning that he would on many occasions forget to add. Vegeta is only the second worst, though some can say it's worse than Buu Saga Gohan's SS2 and I wouldn't object to that.
Hell Kid Trunks and Goten never get SS2, unless we go GT. That's how much it matters to Toriyama. He even forgot it was a thing when BoG was in production and thought SS3 was SS2.
