This was pretty much established in the T.O.P. no? Asides from that, you are right about this never being showcased in any other fight and that was me assuming. Given how the starting post on this topic says that it could be a possibility, though not definite, I wasn't sure, though seeing as to how nobody objected to this as well as seeing many other fans go by this statement, I took it as truth.Koitsukai wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 2:05 pmWhen and where was this confirmed, beyond a mere way of saying? I recall Vegeta saying something similar to that to Dodoria but with clearly different implications, not necessarily during the fight, and later repeated the speech to Zarbon, confirming that saiyans get stronger after recovering from fatal injuries, not before or while getting injured. That's why Zarbon gets fucked and Vegeta calls him out on it, because he let Vegeta recover, but Vegeta never grew stronger in their first encounter. Krilin chimed in on it by understanding that's the reason why Goku kept getting stronger as a kid after each fight, not mid-fight, something that never happened to Goku.Yasai9001 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:34 pm Now that's it's been established that Saiyans can grow stronger as they fight (sure depending on the circumstances), it is possible Nappa gained some strength (especially since there was a three hour wait where his body could just be resting and recuperating whatever little bit of damage done) prior to springing right back into action just moments prior to Goku's arrival.
Which was consistent with the power ups they received althroughout the show, and specially consistent with what happened on Earth, which is part of Vegeta's explanation to Dodoria.
Excluding the anime ToP, Black, transformations and techniques I can't rememeber any fight where they got stronger during the fight, usually they enter a fight with a certain power and win or lose with it. Not even vs Goku, Vegeta got stronger during the fight as it went along and got trashed by KKx3. Only after.
It was never blatantly shown that Saiyans get stronger during their fight until the top (correct me if I'm wrong), which is why I believed Nappa could have gotten stronger during the waiting period as his body was pretty much in a resting state at this point. It couldn't have been much of a boost anyway since he was fighting weaker opponents, albeit it's simply another thing to think about.
Still on the fence about it personally, but it's majorly believed to be the case now. What's your take on it really