The problem is that it didn't really invoke any losing lasting change since by the next saga he was willing to sell his soul. So didn't learn his lesson.
As for Super, what are you talking about? Vegeta is a good person with a healthy rilvary with Goku. Nothing like it was in the past where he sold his soul for power.
I mean, he admitted he was only acting evil so that Goku would fight him seriously, but that Babidi had no control over him. He used Babidi, he didn't really lose his soul. He also fully knows about the Dragon Balls so any victim wasn't permanent.
This isn't even a debate, as soon as he came clean his behavior changed completely, proving it was an act.
After his death, Vegeta was still too proud, that's why he crushed the potara. That's not really what I call a lesson learned.
He said Goku was number 1, whatever, since we know that didn't last either.
Plus, how is him becoming more of a family man with Trunks and Bulma not lasting changes ? The way both speak of Vegeta + Vegeta's scenes (with them and goodbye) is clear enough to show that he isn't anything like he used to be prior to Trunks' arrival (and death). That originated from the end of the Cell saga.
18 had several chances to run from Cell. She didn't and wasted everone's sacrifice to save her, including Trunks who could have wasted her.
She didn't have several chances to run from Cell though.
I've detailed the sequence of events as they happen in the manga, I have yet to see what she did that was really dumb and out of character.
There's no way in hell she could guess Vegeta would let Cell absorb her. You can't call somebody dumb for not seeing that coming.
Also I don't know what you're talking about with Trunks, when he warned her, Vegeta interrupted him right after, and Cell landed next to them within a couple of seconds (see his speed after he absorbed 17).
I feel like the anime is twisting your perception of the events.
he could have done many things but once he decided to push back on the genki dama he was fucked -if only because Goku recovered enough energy to push the Genki Dama-. maybe if he had tried to teleport away once actively pushing against the Genki Dama he would have be distracted enough to get rekt. I mean, Cell looked away one second and got rekt
I don't really care honestly, I don't like the character. He was scared of the Genkidama which proves he knew how dangerous it was. The fact that he didn't throw a piece of himself away (even a tiny one like against Vegeta) is dumb. I was only trying to showcase that Buu also turned "dumb" for the sake of ending the fight.
but he spent a good while pushing back and forth with Gohan while he could do something smarter. he could have played the longer game, Gohan had no way of recovering in the short term without Goku to teleport him to Dende or something. Hell, Gohan was in his last legs (and arm). if he had gotten Gohan to waste that last kamehameha, he would have had an easy time beating him.
Cell resurrects and almost immediately goes into a beam battle because ??? strategically he ain't too hot. hell, at least spawn some Cell jrs to fuck up Gohan before you do your big kamehameha or something. Kid Buu at least played around with the saiyans for a good while and needed to be distracted so he could be baited into eating a genki dama. somehow Buu comes out as the smarter bad guy here
Huh.... He killed Trunks, trashed Vegeta, he blasted Gohan and Gohan said "I lost half my power". Cell felt that, he had nothing to fear. He ignored Gohan was holding back even more. To be fair that was probably inconceivable that his new improved perfect form was completely outclassed by a 10 years old.
I'd say he was overconfident, not dumb. To him this was impossible to lose. And who knows what would have happened without Vegeta. Buu showed fear, so he is dumb because he knew it was dangerous yet didn't take any precaution.
but yeah, once he gets hit by Vegeta he goes immediately. if the distraction needed to do instant transmission is bigger than the distraction needed to look at Vegeta for one panel, doing instant transmission is suicide
It's not "one panel". From the moment Vegeta blasts him, Cell only looks at him, the only time he turns his head back at Gohan is when the beam is about to destroy him. So no, doing "instant transmission" is not suicide, it was literally impossible to use it here since he wouldn't be able to react on time. And before that point he thought he would win, if his perma-smile didn't give it away.