Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

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Re: Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

Post by MyVisionity » Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:31 pm

Super Saiyans are not supposed to be out of control rage monsters. Rage is only the trigger for the transformation. And clearly Goku takes his anger out on Freeza from the jump.

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Re: Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

Post by ABED » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:02 pm

Akira wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:03 pm The initial transformation to super saiyan wasn't the rage induced killfest some may have expected, but that saiyan gene was present. He did lose his head in a different sense, he became so battle hungry, he passed on chances to escape or outright kill Freeza. Goku let him power up to 100%, all for the sake of his lust for all out life or death combat. He wanted to break Freeza physically, and psychologically. He wanted to prove absolute saiyan dominance over his opponent.
All things he would've done had he not turned SSJ. Remember, Goku is the guy that wouldn't accept help against Piccolo in the 23rd TB because he didn't want to be disqualified.
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Re: Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

Post by jjgp1112 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:08 pm

ABED wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:02 pm
Akira wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:03 pm The initial transformation to super saiyan wasn't the rage induced killfest some may have expected, but that saiyan gene was present. He did lose his head in a different sense, he became so battle hungry, he passed on chances to escape or outright kill Freeza. Goku let him power up to 100%, all for the sake of his lust for all out life or death combat. He wanted to break Freeza physically, and psychologically. He wanted to prove absolute saiyan dominance over his opponent.
All things he would've done had he not turned SSJ. Remember, Goku is the guy that wouldn't accept help against Piccolo in the 23rd TB because he didn't want to be disqualified.
Yeah, but in the case of Piccolo he just wanted to win for himself...with Frieza he actually wanted to break his spirit and made sure to twist the knife real good when he ended the fight. That's a departure for him.
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Re: Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

Post by KBABZ » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:21 pm

jjgp1112 wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 10:08 pm with Frieza he actually wanted to break his spirit and made sure to twist the knife real good when he ended the fight. That's a departure for him.
That and Goku was kinda disappointed that for all his power, Frieza has a bad habit of not realizing when he's in a losing situation and is just as stubborn has his lowest lackeys. For Goku that must have been disappointing.

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Re: Did Dragon Ball sleep on utilizing an angry Goku?

Post by Asmo » Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:26 am

SupremeKai25 wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:15 pm What about this scene? Did it not show Goku get overwhelmed by rage?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6MMxU88fs
This was actually the first thing that came to mind for me.

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