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Here’s the thing I think for why Gohan has this issue, Gohan has this habit of relying on Goku, in the sense that Goku has this ability to surpass any challenge, and rising up to face the fight. Gohan has admired this about his father, combined with his lack of interest in fighting. He believed that as long as Goku and Vegeta from Super onwards are there, they won’t face trouble. But Frieza’s return changed that, because for the first time, even if Goku and Vegeta were there, Frieza was still able to destroy the Earth in desperation resulting in deaths of his family. For the first time, Gohan’s belief was shattered that the presence of Goku and Vegeta will help them overcome any challenge. That combined with Piccolo sacrificing himself again, must have given Gohan the nasty wake-up call that not only he must start training again, but he cannot keep relying on his father and Vegeta to step up every time.

After this saga, Gohan definitely keeps up with his training to some extent, because he doesn’t become as thin as he was then, and the Beast Form awakening in the movie Super Hero.

The whole "Goku wanting someone to succeed him" thought may not have crossed Goku's mind if not for this conversation. At this point, Goku knows that if he died during a fight, the Earth's Dragon Balls will not resurrect him again, but maybe the Namek ones would. But what happens when you die not in a fight, but from a disease, and you know that this is not something the Dragon Balls can fix? In fact, given that all the Z-Fighters, including his son Gohan (Gohan may have died 13 years after the others, but he sadly did die) died because he was not there, that was a shocker already, and Goku must have wondered whether the others stopped training or didn't take it seriously.

This is where Goku might have the start of a realization that his friends might be relying on him a bit too much, and they need to find ways to face the dangers without his presence. In fact, this might be where Goku starts wondering who could succeed him, before thinking about Gohan. Of course, Gohan does not want to succeed his father, because even if he is stronger than Goku, he lacked the fighter's instinct, for which as I mentioned in this post, there is a possible reason for Goku not knowing about.

When Raditz arrived, Goku was not training properly. Raditz defeated him pretty badly. In fact, Piccolo actually calls Goku out on this, saying that he had spent five years developing the Special Beam Cannon (Makankōsappō in Japanese). This fight hurt Goku badly and it ended with him sacrificing himself just to stop Raditz.

In Prisoner of Azkaban, by letting Pettigrew escape, Dumbledore said that he owed a debt to Harry. In Goblet of Fire, Pettigrew sacrificed his hand to give Voldemort his body back. In return, Voldemort gave him a silver hand, but dropped a line warning him not to waver in loyalty again. The silver hand is actually important. It seems that Voldemort had some sort of spell on it, so that if Wormtail's loyalty ever wavered for even a second, the hand may kill him.

One of the things that we are shown about Krillin’s childhood is that he was bullied in the Orin temple by the other monks in training. When these bullies showed up in the 21s World Martial Arts Tournament, look at how he shrinks back from them, Goku may not have completely understood that they were Krillin’s bullies, but he understood that Krillin was intimidated by these guys. That’s why he gives Krillin permission to go all out. Krillin would go on to do just that.

From the time we see Voldemort as a kid, it is shown that he loved to collect objects, or souvenirs. The box we are shown in Dumbledore’s memory clearly showed that he had stolen these from others and loved to keep it. This is important because it shows a secondary purpose to the horcruxes. In essence, how did Voldemort get the objects? He stole them from others (Nagini and Harry may not count). Voldemort stole the objects and then had a portion of his soul kept in them. Its not just a way to grant himself immortality, but it’s also a mark to show that these were his possessions and nobody can take them. Sure, he may give these to others for safekeeping, but ultimately, they were his.

The idea to teach Goten and Trunks the fusion technique was a last ditch effort, because Vegeta and Gohan, whom Goku would have taught the technique were dead (Gohan was still alive, but they didn't know). While Goku hyped the technique, there was a problem that he didn't think about, the personality.

See, Goten and Trunks may had more power than their fathers at their respective age, but they are still kids, so while Goku does impress the seriousness of the situation on them, he didn't have any idea on what would be the kids' personality when fused.

When Gotenks was formed successfully, the arrogance of the boys came through, and it got them beaten up. That was the issue : the arrogance. This arrogance was a huge problem for the boys. Even in the fight against Super Buu, Gotenks did a lot of showboating, and it led to bad consequences (the others dying). Piccolo really had to deal with their arrogance a lot, which knowing their fathers must have pissed him tremendously.

The first scene is after Trunks has explained the threat of the Androids, and the Z fighters resolve to fight to change the future. After Goku asks Piccolo to train with him and Gohan, they go back where Goku and Chichi have a discussion. Naturally, Chi-Chi is angry and Goku is trying to be calm and explain that Gohan wants to fight. Of course, it ends in Goku accidentally knocking her out of the house because he doesn't understand his strength. The second scene is when Goku recovers from the heart virus and decides to train in the Time Chamber. He asks Chi-Chi if he could take Gohan with him to train as well.

The reason I am bringing these two scenes is because we see Goku and Chi-Chi discuss Gohan's involvement in battles for the first time. In the Saiyan saga, they could not discuss it because Goku dies and Gohan got kidnapped. While the Frieza saga involved Gohan deciding to go with Krillin and Bulma on his own. These two actually shows them discussing as parents about their child. Goku asking Chi-Chi for permission shows how much he values her permission to train Gohan, because he knows how protective she is of him, along with everything that has happened plus how important Gohan's studies are to Gohan. Goku does not want to disrupt his son's education unless there is no choice.

This is where we see Alfred’s frustration with Bruce. Its clear that Bruce was hit hard with Rachel’s death plus his belief that she chose him over Harvey Dent. Alfred also burned the letter that Rachel had written where she said she chose Harvey over Bruce to avoid hurting Bruce more. Its clear that this choice was now showing consequences. Alfred tells Bruce that losing people is a part of living, but Bruce is not living, he was just waiting for things to go bad to become Batman again. He tells Bruce about his fantasy of seeing Bruce with a wife and kids at a café in Florence. And then, Bane’s arrival makes Bruce want to put the cowl again.

After seeing Bane in action, Alfred gets more worried and tells Bruce that he is quitting. He can’t bear to see Bruce die, and he will be content if Bruce decided to stop going down his path of destruction and finally reveals the truth. Naturally, Bruce is hurt and calls out Alfred for using Rachel to stop him. Alfred feels that it was time to let the truth out. Bruce being hurt, bids farewell to Alfred.

All of this was my long way to say that given the fact that Alfred is Bruce’s parental substitute, this subplot feels like a father watching his child go down a path that will definitely end in his child’s destruction and he can’t bear to see that. He shares his hope that his child would lead a better life instead. Sadly, the child is determined to go down that path.

That’s why Bruce decided to fulfil Alfred’s fantasy. He went to the café with Selina to show Alfred that he had indeed stopped going down that destructive path and truly moved on, giving Alfred, who is like his father peace and the idea that he had not failed.

Giving Cell a Senzu bean was also because Cell had lost energy, and in a way Goku negated the fact that Gohan had an advantage because he was fresh while Cell had lost a huge chunk of energy.

In the Half-Blood Prince chapter, "Spinner's End", when Snape, Narcissa and Bellatrix are discussing about Dumbledore, Snape said that the duel with Voldemort had shook him and he had sustained an injury because his reactions were getting slower. It may be true to some extent, but I believe Snape said that because Dumbledore may have told him so.

In The Deathly Hallows, when Dumbledore and Harry are conversing about Dumbledore's usage of the stone in the chapter "King's Cross", Dumbledore said that he lost his head when he saw the stone, because he was overcome by his belief that he could use the stone and see his parents and his sister and apologize to them. He forgot that the ring would be a Horcrux, hence his injury.

When Krillin is on his job as a police officer, he gets injured by a stray bullet. #18 chides him for getting injured by a stray bullet. Its clear she's worried for him, because she did not expect his durability to get lower. Marron also wonders whether her dad was weaker. This spurs him to accept Goku's decision to spar before they both go to Master Roshi's island like the old days.

This is where we see the issue Krillin is facing. Master Roshi catches on that Krillin is feeling lost. He feels frustrated with his strength and wants to grow, but he had no idea how. Roshi explains that he can feel this in the hesitations in Krillin's punches and footwork. Krillin then opens up about Marron wanting a strong dad, and #18 calling him timid. Its clear that what happened in the episode has impacted him deeply on top of everything he has gone through.

By this point, Krillin has died thrice, plus the enemies they have faced were stronger than he was and he feels like a weakling surrounded by 2 full Saiyans, 3 Hybrid Saiyans, a Super Namek and his own wife, along with the case that he cannot catch up to his best friend. All of this has weighed him down.

This is why I think Master Roshi sends him along with Goku to the Forest of Death. It was more for Krillin than Goku, because Krillin had to confront his fears and face them head on. He himself admits that this is what Roshi wanted him to do. After this, Krillin finally decides to start training again.