When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
Huh. I guess that, in addition to the guidebooks, the anime also outright stated he was a SS2. Add that to the pile.
The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
Wouldn't be the first time the anime was wrong. Hell wouldn't be first time the anime used the wrong form.RandomGuy96 wrote:Huh. I guess that, in addition to the guidebooks, the anime also outright stated he was a SS2. Add that to the pile.
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Well at least the anime and three different guidebooks are all consistently wrong, I guess...?
The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
I don't go by guidebooks the majority of the timeRandomGuy96 wrote:Well at least the anime and three different guidebooks are all consistently wrong, I guess...?
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
The anime saying full power doesn't mean he was SSJ2 just then he turned into a SSJ. Now as for what I was saying
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Then bang is different and the ssj2 hair is wider and closer to Kid Gohan's ssj2 hair.
This
looks different then
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One more time
SSJ2
ssj1
Then bang is different and the ssj2 hair is wider and closer to Kid Gohan's ssj2 hair.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
I really don't see any difference there. I do, however, see a clear difference between SS and SS2 Gohan in Movie 10...
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense. We can safely conclude that the anime at least has him as a SS2.
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense. We can safely conclude that the anime at least has him as a SS2.
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The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
One is MUCH MUCH more spiker than the other. Which looks caln.RandomGuy96 wrote:I really don't see any difference there. I do, however, see a clear difference between SS and SS2 Gohan in Movie 10...
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense.
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The first two look exactly the same, the only difference in the others is angle and slight off-modelness.
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No in Toei world it means he's fighting all out as a ssj. Besides there is a hair difference.RandomGuy96 wrote:
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense. We can safely conclude that the anime at least has him as a SS2.
Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
I'm sorry if this sounds condescending, but what? He didn't have sparks because he was "rusty"? I'm not sure that makes any sense. Do the sparks have a mind of their own and decide whether they want to appear or not based on how often someone has trained or used the form? Because I always found the "power dictates sparks for Gohan" argument odd when at less than half power, which is verbally confirmed, he had lightning against Cell, and it's highly unlikely he got THAT weak over the years that he'd lose more than half of his power.DBZGTKOSDH wrote:I also believe that Gohan was a Super Saiyan 2 all the time, from getting angry with Spopovitch, to training with the Z-Sword, because he has the same hairstyle in all these instances, while his SS hairstyle was different from that a month before the tournament, and because it makes more sense for Gohan to be a SS2 against Dabra & Boo. So, while I still believe that the sparks are a trait of SS2 (and SS3), I guess Gohan's ki was "rusty" due to the lack of training for so long, so he didn't show sparks most of the time (only against Kibito, and he only stayed as a SS2 briefly).
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
No, it doesn't. I'm not sure how "he opens up at full power" and "he did everything he could" could possibly be twisted to mean anything else.miguelnuva1 wrote:No in Toei world it means he's fighting all out as a ssj. Besides there is a hair difference.RandomGuy96 wrote:
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense. We can safely conclude that the anime at least has him as a SS2.
There's no hair difference. The only noticeable hair difference in the anime was the clear demonstration of the differences between the two bang SS hair and the one bang SS2 hair in M10.
The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
To the OP:
I looked through the manga a bit more and found something that you may or may not have seen before. Before the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament Gohan trained Goten a bit:
you could compare this against his SSJ 2 form.
I looked through the manga a bit more and found something that you may or may not have seen before. Before the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament Gohan trained Goten a bit:
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
Yes there is I'm looking right at it. M10 is only easy to tell from the bangs but if you look at the pics I posted you can see a difference as well.RandomGuy96 wrote:No, it doesn't. I'm not sure how "he opens up at full power" and "he did everything he could" could possibly be twisted to mean anything else.miguelnuva1 wrote:No in Toei world it means he's fighting all out as a ssj. Besides there is a hair difference.RandomGuy96 wrote:
Also, yes, that's exactly what it means. Why repeatedly say he's at full power if he's not actually at full power? Makes no sense. We can safely conclude that the anime at least has him as a SS2.
There's no hair difference. The only noticeable hair difference in the anime was the clear demonstration of the differences between the two bang SS hair and the one bang SS2 hair in M10.
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The hair looks very different. Much more spikey. Seriously. One panel or even 3 panels of no sparks maybe. But the entire fight he had zero sparks. Would Toriyama forget sparks for that long when a few chapters later Goku and Vegeta had sparks.Saiga wrote:The first two look exactly the same, the only difference in the others is angle and slight off-modelness.
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So am I, and they look the exact same to me. Add that to the fact that he's stated to be a SS2 twice in dialogue and clearly has SS2 hair by the standards of M10, which explicitly showed the differences, and I think it's pretty clear.Yes there is I'm looking right at it. M10 is only easy to tell from the bangs but if you look at the pics I posted you can see a difference as well.
The Monkey King wrote:It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWokeRandomGuy96 wrote:He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.dbgtFO wrote: Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
I'm guessing you mean dialog from the anime. Which also said Pure Boo is the strongest.RandomGuy96 wrote:So am I, and they look the exact same to me. Add that to the fact that he's stated to be a SS2 twice in dialogue and clearly has SS2 hair by the standards of M10, which explicitly showed the differences, and I think it's pretty clear.Yes there is I'm looking right at it. M10 is only easy to tell from the bangs but if you look at the pics I posted you can see a difference as well.
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Considering ssj and ssj2 were never differated from in the anime till Goku shows the form to Buu and according to m10 Gohan only used ssj2 from the budokai on.RandomGuy96 wrote:So am I, and they look the exact same to me. Add that to the fact that he's stated to be a SS2 twice in dialogue and clearly has SS2 hair by the standards of M10, which explicitly showed the differences, and I think it's pretty clear.Yes there is I'm looking right at it is only easy to tell from the bang if you look at the pics I posted you can see a difference as well.
Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
They would be different by the fact that they were drawn by different animators. Most of the key animators responsible for his appearance at the tournament worked on episode 231:
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How should I explain it... it's not because he is weaker, it's because he is untrained for so long. His ki is "rusty" because of the lack of training.Nazi Cola wrote:I'm sorry if this sounds condescending, but what? He didn't have sparks because he was "rusty"? I'm not sure that makes any sense. Do the sparks have a mind of their own and decide whether they want to appear or not based on how often someone has trained or used the form? Because I always found the "power dictates sparks for Gohan" argument odd when at less than half power, which is verbally confirmed, he had lightning against Cell, and it's highly unlikely he got THAT weak over the years that he'd lose more than half of his power.DBZGTKOSDH wrote:I also believe that Gohan was a Super Saiyan 2 all the time, from getting angry with Spopovitch, to training with the Z-Sword, because he has the same hairstyle in all these instances, while his SS hairstyle was different from that a month before the tournament, and because it makes more sense for Gohan to be a SS2 against Dabra & Boo. So, while I still believe that the sparks are a trait of SS2 (and SS3), I guess Gohan's ki was "rusty" due to the lack of training for so long, so he didn't show sparks most of the time (only against Kibito, and he only stayed as a SS2 briefly).
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Re: When was Gohan a SS2 in Boo arc (again)
That can be weaker.
What happens if you stop lifting weights. You lose muscle. You become weaker.
What happens if you stop lifting weights. You lose muscle. You become weaker.
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