Defend this, Gohanfags.

In the first he knew his dad or someone else would save the day so it was a lot less pressure and he could act impulsively

Goku did not let him have that serenity in the second panel

Gohan had spent the better part of his childhood fighting aliens and watching his friends and family get brutally murdered, he was already used to it. By the time Cell came around though he had been re-softened up by Chichi. Not a defense, just an explanation.

Toriyama is not a consistent writer.

>>158991266
>memecrunch.com

>>158991266
well, first time piccolo was fighting on his own and getting owned, and Gohan jump in just to stop it.

Second time with cell, everyone is getting beaten and tortured "BECASUE" of Gohan, thus the guilt. (even though this was kind of all goku's fault, but gohan took it personally)