Near Death Power- Up

[Senzu_Bean]

Goku was several minutes unconscious. Five minutes is enough to give brain damage or even kill. So, of course that doesn't happen in Dragonball.

[Fox666]

Just for reference:
http://www.kanzentai.com/bp.php?id=guide

What about the change in Goku's battle power after that?
Even after the battle with Freeza, formidable enemies surpassing human knowledge appeared one after the other to face Goku. Though the power-ups received after having wounds healed became small, Goku and co. began using transformations and fusions to increase their battle powers, to the point where they could no longer be measured numerically...

Note
The ending paragraph seems to mostly be a way of explaining why no battle powers are available after the battle with Freeza, saying that past this point battle powers become simply immeasurable. The way the note about near-death power-ups becoming "small" is phrased in Japanese (sukunakunatta), it could either mean that they became small, infrequent, or simply insufficient.

Was it ever stated that Broly got a near-death power-up? Or are fans just assuming this because he looks¹ strong...?

¹You can't take the sense of power from fillers serious

[dbgtFO]

Was it ever stated that Broly got a near-death power-up? Or are fans just assuming this because he looks¹ strong...?

I do believe it was stated in a Daizenshuu volume(the sixth most likely).
I remember this guy on this forum, who repeatedly asked for Broli translations and IIRC a Daizenshuu quote saying Broli got stronger during those 7 years was one of those he was interested in getting translated.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Goku was several minutes unconscious. Five minutes is enough to give brain damage or even kill. So, of course that doesn't happen in Dragonball.

You talk about it as if five minutes of unconsciousness always definitely means brain damage of death, when there have been causes of people who've been unconscious for a long time and survived mostly unharmed (as in, no lasting side-effects).

And again, Goku's a Super Saiyan. He's not normal.

[Senzu_Bean]

Was it ever stated that Broly got a near-death power-up? Or are fans just assuming this because he looks¹ strong...?

Mr. Toriyama sketch of Broly design states he got stronger.

And again, Goku's a Super Saiyan. He's not normal.

Thus you prove my point. Unconsciousness doesn't kill the Saiyans, which means they never got near death after Namek.

[Piccolo Daimao]

And again, Goku's a Super Saiyan. He's not normal.

Thus you prove my point. Unconsciousness doesn't kill the Saiyans, which means they never got near death after Namek.

Unless the one making the person unconscious is so much stronger than the Saiyan in question. Like Zarbon piledriving Vegeta, who soon afterwards fell unconscious, but still got a big enough Zenkai to eventually kill Zarbon.

[Senzu_Bean]

Well, Vegeta didn't get as much beaten by #18 and he did by Zarbon.

[Fox666]

In comics unconscious don't harm characters.

[beast mode]

In all works of fiction, everyone knows the secret spot where you can hit someone's head to cause zero brain damage while knocking them unconscious.

[Kroni_Hunter]

Gohan definitely almost died after being attacked by Buu, his ki was so low nobody could even find him.

[Rocketman]

Gohan definitely almost died after being attacked by Buu, his ki was so low nobody could even find him.

In that case, though, Buu outright states Gohan didn't gain any strength.

Of course, that is after Gohan had every scrap of hidden power unlocked, so maybe there was nothing left for the zenkai to draw on.

[Fox666]

Of course, that is after Gohan had every scrap of hidden power unlocked, so maybe there was nothing left for the zenkai to draw on.

Touché

[Piccolo Daimao]

Gohan definitely almost died after being attacked by Buu, his ki was so low nobody could even find him.

In that case, though, Buu outright states Gohan didn't gain any strength.

Of course, that is after Gohan had every scrap of hidden power unlocked, so maybe there was nothing left for the zenkai to draw on.

Isn't he talking about when Fat Boo blasted him away? Vegeta couldn't sense his ki and thought he was dead.

As for during his fight with Gotenks Boo, I don't think it was stated that he was at near-death. He was just beaten up.

[Kroni_Hunter]

Gohan definitely almost died after being attacked by Buu, his ki was so low nobody could even find him.

In that case, though, Buu outright states Gohan didn't gain any strength.

Of course, that is after Gohan had every scrap of hidden power unlocked, so maybe there was nothing left for the zenkai to draw on.

I'm talking about the first time he fights Buu. He was on the brink of death and had to be healed by Kibito. (Or was it Kaio, can't remember.)

[dbgtFO]

I'm talking about the first time he fights Buu. He was on the brink of death and had to be healed by Kibito. (Or was it Kaio, can't remember.)

It was Kibito.
And you are right, Gohan was near death as was stated by Kaioshin.

Since Vegeta was nowhere near death against Recoom, but still got massively more powerful, I don't think it matters much that "only" his arm was broken against #18. Afterall #17 stated they would all die, which means they ALL would, so Vegeta was near death, but if he did get a power up it was nothing noteworthy, which goes with the D7 statement.