Dragon Ball Super Strength Discussion Thread

Discussion specifically regarding the "Dragon Ball Super" TV series premiering July 2015 in Japan, including individual threads for each episode.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:30 am

RandomGuy96 wrote:That's also clearly not a literal statement of strength. It's a reference to the "Saiyan Who Has Surpassed God" label for his post-god base. We know for a fact that that THAT form was still weaker than SSG.
The "Saiyan beyond God" form from Dragon Ball Heroes is base Goku from FnF movie, who is indeed at SSG level. In BoG, it was stated that Goku got insignificantly weaker after he went from SSG to base, FnF had no mention of Goku getting any weaker than before, and the FnF manga shows that base Goku is at SSG level. According to DBH, he has become even stronger than SSG by the time FnF starts, which would be reasonable since base Goku was slightly weaker than SSG in BoG, while he has trained with Whis for a year in FnF.

Super retconned all these. In the anime, the base form appears to be 50 times weaker than SSG, and in the manga, Goku never absorbs any of the SSG power.
More explicit proof that base/SS/SSG doesn't work the same as it does during the Beerus fight: SSB is explicitly said to be as powerful as SSG.
No, SSB is repeatedly said to be a form that surpasses SSG.
Yes, but I was asking if there was actually explicit proof of that, rather than supposition.

EDIT: In addition to not even flinching from Cabba's punch, he also sits still, smiles, and lets Cabba pelt him with dozens of ki blasts, to absolutely no effect.
Before Vegeta smilled & tanked Cabba's punch, he was fighting at a level close to him, since he had some trouble with him when they were fighting in the same form, which shows that Vegeta's SS form works like Cabba's.
He has a reason not to transform: just being in the state drains stamina (same logic as not breaking it out for every fight at the tournament). On the other hand there's really no logic for not one-shotting Gotenks if he can in base. There's especially no sense in letting Gotenks block punches.

Additionally no one at any point notes he changed his battle power when he fights Goku, which would have been pretty important to mention. if he was "suppressed", then it would also be peculiar for Goku to suppress himself to the exact same level to fight him at first, rather than being at full power in base. Nor would it make any sense for Goku to not note he was suppressed, either when fighting him or when sensing his ki from Kaio's planet and coming to the conclusion that Vegeta's trying to kill Gotenks.
Like I said, just because he wanted to kill Gotenks doesn't mean that he wasn't holding back, he was already fighting at a level that Gotenks stood absolutely no chance. Freeza did exactly the same thing back on Namek.

We literally see Copy-Vegeta powering-up against Goku. I can't understand why you over-complicate things.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Sonicjamareiz » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:11 pm

The power levels are somewhat back on track? Well let me throw yet another wrench in the mix in the manga SSG Goku is stronger than ssgss Vegeta... I'm out :silent:
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by namekiansaiyan » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:21 pm

Sonicjamareiz wrote:The power levels are somewhat back on track? Well let me throw yet another ranch in the mix in the manga SSG Goku is stronger than ssgss Vegeta... I'm out :silnt:
Follow the anime, ignore the 10% line and accept that Piccolo training with Gohan made Piccolo stronger, have only 1 base and it makes some sense.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:28 pm

Y'know what'd be nice? If people stopped trying to smash information from the movies, TV show and manga together and realized they're separate continuities with separate conflicting events and facts that CANNOT work together as a way to complain about how the anime ruined what the manga said or vice versa? Wouldn't that be nice.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:30 pm

Just checked the newest chapter to see what the above comment was referring to and from what I skimmed through it would appear not only can Goku turn into a Super Saiyan God at will but it goes

Super Saiyan Blue > Super Saiyan God > Super Saiyan > Base

So Base certainly isn't equal to SSJG in the manga. Was Kaioken involved? I'll have to double check.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:32 pm

Bullza wrote:Just checked the newest chapter to see what the above comment was referring to and from what I skimmed through it would appear not only can Goku turn into a Super Saiyan God at will but it goes

Super Saiyan Blue > Super Saiyan God > Super Saiyan > Base

So Base certainly isn't equal to SSJG in the manga. Was Kaioken involved? I'll have to double check.
There is no Kaio-Ken in the manga.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by namekiansaiyan » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:35 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:Y'know what'd be nice? If people stopped trying to smash information from the movies, TV show and manga together and realized they're separate continuities with separate conflicting events and facts that CANNOT work together as a way to complain about how the anime ruined what the manga said or vice versa? Wouldn't that be nice.
Thats is what I said in the Manga thread that you can't mix and match anymore, in my post above yours all I basically said is that the anime is better.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:35 pm

Seeing as how Goku still have the Super Saiyan God. That pretty much confirms that Goku didn't absorb the god power in the manga. So Goku's Base and SS should only be a good chunk stronger that his Pre God self. This would give us a easier placement for guys like Piccolo. Hit and SS Goku looks on par with each other so.

Base Goku [Pre God] < Assault Form Frost ~< Base Goku [Champa Arc] < Final Form Freeza [Namek] <<<<<<< Piccolo < Tired Final Form Frost < Final Form Frost << SS Goku = Hit < Mr. Buu <<<<<<<<<< Tired SSB Vegeta < SSG Goku < SSB Vegeta ~< SSB Goku
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:37 pm

Vegeta isn't significantly weaker than Goku. Blue's stamina problems are more of a factor in the manga than the anime, apparently, Vegeta lost a tenth of his power just activating it once and that using it multiple times in a row is very taxing on the body.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Khin » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:42 pm

ekrolo2 wrote:Vegeta isn't significantly weaker than Goku. Blue's stamina problems are more of a factor in the manga than the anime, apparently, Vegeta lost a tenth of his power just activating it once and that using it multiple times in a row is very taxing on the body.
Guess that gives us more clarification. Edited my post.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:50 pm

So it looks like going by the manga the 6/10/15 scale could still be the case.

There's really no point in even comparing the anime and manga anymore. They've been mostly similar but this chapter completely changes that because it means most of the fighters are Buu saga level. Hit is 1/10th as strong here as he is in the anime. That could also be true of Beerus and the others.

Perhaps it isn't impossible that in the anime too Goku is capable of becoming a SSJG at will because he was able to do that in the movie as well and perhaps it could be stronger than Super Saiyan and Base isn't God level but that's a ton of assumption.

It could also be likely that if Goku using Kaioken was a Toei thing then maybe he wont use it again for a while which could also mean that Black or other characters could be weaker than Hit maybe.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Overlord78 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:52 pm

Bullza wrote:So it looks like going by the manga the 6/10/15 scale could still be the case.

There's really no point in even comparing the anime and manga anymore. They've been mostly similar but this chapter completely changes that because it means most of the fighters are Buu saga level. Hit is 1/10th as strong here as he is in the anime. That could also be true of Beerus and the others.

Perhaps it isn't impossible that in the anime too Goku is capable of becoming a SSJG at will because he was able to do that in the movie as well and perhaps it could be stronger than Super Saiyan and Base isn't God level but that's a ton of assumption.

It could also be likely that if Goku using Kaioken was a Toei thing then maybe he wont use it again for a while which could also mean that Black or other characters could be weaker than Hit maybe.
I'm pretty sure that 6/10/15 scale doesn't mean anything in both the manga and the anime.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:01 pm

It probably doesn't but with Kaioken not being used in the manga that scale can still apply.

Still in any case even though I preferred how the Goku vs Hit fight played out in the anime, I think the power structure in the manga is much better and makes a lot more sense.

It explains why Buu was an important addition, why Piccolo was seemingly above Base Goku, Cabba isn't SSJG tier in base despite only being a young Saiyan who'd never heard of Super Saiyan, it doesn't cheapen the power of Super Saiyan God, him being able to turn Super Saiyan God at will matches what happened in the BoG movie etc.

It's a lot more straight forward than the anime.

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Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:32 pm

Praise the manga for making more sense than the anime.
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Post by dbgtFO » Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:41 pm

Ah, it's so good to have the manga to compare and contrast with Toei's silliness in regards to power level consistency.
In light of this evidence, it does seem like the SSGSS Kaio-ken was Toei bullshit just like back against Paikuhan and Frost and Cabba really are supposed to be relative weaklings just like I always thought(well not always, I actually was clamoring for Cabba to be Ultimate Gohan + level early on).

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:08 pm

Actually thinking about it, the manga isn't that much better.

The anime is just going inline with what happened in the Resurrection F movie. Base Goku was vastly more powerful than Super Saiyan Gohan and should be much stronger than SSJ3 Gotenks and Buu and should be as (or around) as strong as Super Saiyan God.

Toriyama said in an interview that because Goku had absorbed the power of SSJG he wouldn't need to transform into Super Saiyan God again which he doesn't in the anime.

In the manga though, this Champa arc which we are supposed to believe is continuing on from the Resurrection F movie has Goku still be able to turn into a Super Saiyan God and he seemingly hasn't absorbed the power of a God at all which I suppose would put his Base level at regular levels which then does not fit with the Resurrection F movie at all. You'd have to say that in the manga continuity Goku never fought Frieza in Base form.

The anime actually fits better with the Resurrection F movie that Toriyama wrote.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:12 pm

Bullza wrote:Actually thinking about it, the manga isn't that much better.

The anime is just going inline with what happened in the Resurrection F movie. Base Goku was vastly more powerful than Super Saiyan Gohan and should be much stronger than SSJ3 Gotenks and Buu and should be as (or around) as strong as Super Saiyan God.

Toriyama said in an interview that because Goku had absorbed the power of SSJG he wouldn't need to transform into Super Saiyan God again which he doesn't in the anime.

In the manga though, this Champa arc we are supposed to believe is continuing on from the Resurrection F movie but Goku can still turn into a Super Saiyan God and he seemingly hasn't absorbed the power of a God which I suppose would put his Base level at regular levels which then does not fit with the Resurrection F movie at all. You'd have to say that in the manga continuity Goku never fought Frieza in Base form.

The anime actually fits better with the Resurrection F movie that Toriyama wrote.
The manga of F has an outline of Super Saiyan God appear behind Goku as he rushes Whis during their training, this implies that his base form, while not fully absorbing God into itself like BoG the movie (which BoG the manga doesn't ever imply he did, he only ever fights Beerus as a God and never in base or SSJ like the other versions) still has a stronger base form than before. This is evidence by F manga Gohan and Piccolo stating they can't take on Freeza and Goku still being able to whoop Freeza's ass.

Manga Base Goku might not be as powerful as the others, but his base form is most definitely in line with its own continuity and stronger than what it was before.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:32 pm

Well it depends if the F manga is also in the same continuity as the Super manga continuity but the way the Super has gone about it does not seem to fit with what was said by Toriyama in either his interview or the movie.

1. Toriyama said that Goku had absorbed Super Saiyan God's power and made it his own so there's no need for him to transform into it anymore.

2. Goku as he is normally is drastically more powerful than he was before, possibly many times stronger than Super Saiyan Gohan.

3. When he turns into a Super Saiyan Blue he says something along the lines of it being the Super Saiyan form of a Saiyan with the power of Super Saiyan God.

Their base form is supposed to be around as strong or equal to as strong as Super Saiyan God. So Base Goku giving Beerus a good fight makes sense and Base Vegeta stomping SSJ3 Gotenks makes sense.

But here Goku can still turn into a Super Saiyan God even though there's no need for him to but it also makes him stronger as well. There's an apparent boost from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan God even though again in the Battle of Gods movie which Toriyama wrote there's supposed to be little to no difference because he'd absorbed it.

None of this contradicts the Super manga itself because it glossed over BoG and skipped RoF but the manga does not fit with what Toriyama said or what happened in the movie and the reader is supposed to believe that the events of the movie happened in the manga.

So the anime does fit more in line with Toriyama's comment and movies. What the manga does seem to get right though is that Goku does not use Kaioken which does contradict the 70% line, somewhat if that wasn't just retconned anyway.

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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ekrolo2 » Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:38 pm

Bullza wrote:Well it depends if the F manga is also in the same continuity as the Super manga continuity but the way the Super has gone about it does not seem to fit with what was said by Toriyama in either his interview or the movie.

1. Toriyama said that Goku had absorbed Super Saiyan God's power and made it his own so there's no need for him to transform into it anymore.

2. Goku as he is normally is drastically more powerful than he was before, possibly many times stronger than Super Saiyan Gohan.

3. When he turns into a Super Saiyan Blue he says something along the lines of it being the Super Saiyan form of a Saiyan with the power of Super Saiyan God.

Their base form is supposed to be around as strong or equal to as strong as Super Saiyan God. So Base Goku giving Beerus a good fight makes sense and Base Vegeta stomping SSJ3 Gotenks makes sense.

But here Goku can still turn into a Super Saiyan God even though there's no need for him to but it also makes him stronger as well. There's an apparent boost from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan God even though again in the Battle of Gods movie which Toriyama wrote there's supposed to be little to no difference because he'd absorbed it.

None of this contradicts the Super manga itself because it glossed over BoG and skipped RoF but the manga does not fit with what Toriyama said or what happened in the movie and the reader is supposed to believe that the events of the movie happened in the manga.

So the anime does fit more in line with Toriyama's comment and movies. What the manga does seem to get right though is that Goku does not use Kaioken which does contradict the 70% line, somewhat if that wasn't just retconned anyway.
I don't get how the anime falls more in line when it basically throws out any and all sense he makes out of anything.

The Super Manga has its own version of Battle of Gods that's separate from the movie and TV show. In that, Goku fights Beerus exclusively in his God form then powers down after a Kamehameha drains him and that's the end of the battle. Nothing is said about Goku absorbing God ki until you read the F manga and notice the silhouete of God appear behind Base Goku and his power being stronger than Piccolo and Super Saiyan Gohan, even a weakened one.

We also don't see Goku use Blue against Vegeta so how Blue works in the manga is up in the air, all we know is Goku and Vegeta (apparently) killed Freeza together and reached a level of power that surpasses Super Saiyan God. Given the latest chapter, it appears as if Toyotaro is merely treating God as the SSJ1 to Blue's SSJ2 instead of a temporary form as a gateway to more power.

And honestly, Toriyama contradicted himself in recent interviews. First blue was a weak color then he went with it, first he said Goku and Vegeta wouldn't use anything but Base and SSJ1 then he goes and makes a new form,... So really, the man barely has a clue what he wants what to do and how it works anymore.
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Re: Dragon Ball Super: Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Chiki » Sat Jun 18, 2016 4:08 pm

Well Toyotaro clearly doesn't care about Toriyama's statements like Base Goku being able to access SSG power. So in the manga, Base Goku = BoG Base Goku or slightly stronger, and he can access SSG for godly power and SSB is above that.

At least it's simpler, but it contradicts Toriyama's statements.

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