'Dragon Ball Super' explains the name of Gohan's powerful new transformation

‘Dragon Ball Super’ has returned Gohan to the status he should never have left. Goku’s son already unleashed his true potential in the movie ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ with his new and powerful Beast Transformation, a new level of power on par with his father’s Ultra Instinct. In the latest episode of the manga, we saw how the two warriors tested their potential and faced each other in one of the most anticipated battles in the history of the saga. Now, thanks to this new episode, we know the origin of the name of Gohan’s latest transformation - officially Gohan Ultimate - previously known as Beast.

Piccolo’s Influence on Gohan’s Awakening

Thus, after being known as Gohan Beast in the movie ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ - an arc that has already been adapted to manga format - his new official name, Gohan Ultimate, was recently confirmed. However, thanks to the latest episode of ‘Dragon Ball Super’, we have learned the true origin of the name Beast. And Piccolo has a lot to say about it.

Piccolo has had a great influence on Gohan since he was very young, training him and increasing his power on several occasions, and was also the one who gave the name Beast to Gohan’s final transformation. To understand the situation, we have to go back to the first arc of ‘Dragon Ball Z’, when Gohan was nothing more than a small boy who was banished to the desert by Piccolo himself, with the goal that the young Saiyan would awaken to his true potential through anger, a trait shared by all Saiyans.

Well, thanks to this way of awakening his true power, Piccolo addressed Gohan as if he were a beast, hence the name Beast, although it was recently confirmed that his official name is Ultimate. We will see how far Gohan Ultimate can go in a new arc where Black Frieza is postulated as a new and dangerous threat, as he was able to take down Goku and Vegeta in a heartbeat thanks to this new transformation of the mythical villain.