Why exactly are hybrids stronger?

[Piccolo Daimao]

I think Piccolo may've had some idea of the concept of sex, since the child of Katatz had been living on Earth for at least 200 years before he became the God of Earth. But not much more than the basics.

[kaialone]

Luckily he isn't a gossiper.

Seriously: I think he treated it like we see mating animals- nothing special, funny noises and moves, but it has nothing to do with us.

My classmates always burst into laughter when they see birds mate/fight on the streets.

On topic: I dnt think Toriyama put much thought into as to why hybrids are stronger,but I'm gonna go ahead and asume its because they just happen to inherit all the good parts from their parents and few of the bad parts?

[Bussani]

I really doubt hybrids are stronger than pure blooded Saiyans. The manga didn't state it in any volume.

Chapter: 204 (DBZ 10), P12.1-2
Vegeta: “At any rate, the battle power of Kakarrot’s son is unusually high, even by the standards of Saiyan children.”
Nappa: “Maybe his reading was wrong.”
Vegeta: “No, it wasn’t wrong. Raditz really took a large amount of damage from that brat’s attack. It seems that mixing Saiyan and Earthling blood begets a powerful hybrid.”

The tailless second generation are super ultra child prodigies.
Saiyan genes have an extraordinarily good compatibility with Earthling blood. Because of this, when the two races are mixed together children with formidable power are born. Particularly, those Halflings born without tails hide an exceptional battle power. There are many things that they naturally master from a young age, such as the ordinarily arduous transformation into a Super Saiyan. In spite of having such an outstanding battle sense, they do not have a fondness for battle like a pure Saiyan. Instead, it seems that the violent temperament of the Saiyan has been relaxed through their Earthling blood.

[Herms]

Chapter: 204 (DBZ 10), P12.1-2
Vegeta: “At any rate, the battle power of Kakarrot’s son is unusually high, even by the standards of Saiyan children.”
Nappa: “Maybe his reading was wrong.”
Vegeta: “No, it wasn’t wrong. Raditz really took a large amount of damage from that brat’s attack. It seems that mixing Saiyan and Earthling blood begets a powerful hybrid.”

Nappa even responds by calling such hybrids "Super Saiyans", the first time that phrase ever appears.

[Eire]

He saw ONE child and made a statement. How reliable is he?

[violadude]

He saw ONE child and made a statement. How reliable is he?

That makes sense from an in-universe perspective, but from an out of universe perspective I believe Toriyama is giving us information about the Saiya-jin race through Nappa. So while in reality it would be a wild assumption to base this claim from one child, it's something that the author makes the character say and obviously wants us to know so we should take it as fact. Thats my opinion anyway. After all, we can't have Tori-bot constantly coming in and interrupting the story to explain to us everything about the series.

[Eire]

it's something that the author makes the character say and obviously wants us to know so we should take it as fact.

That leads us to state where characters never lie, say stupid things, are misinformed or doesn't intend to tell the truth. That's convenient for Author and reader, but for long term just boring. Isn't unreliable narrator more interesting? We accidentally got a bit of unreliable narrative when it comes to Sayians history that makes it my favourite part.

[violadude]

it's something that the author makes the character say and obviously wants us to know so we should take it as fact.

That leads us to state where characters never lie, say stupid things, are misinformed or doesn't intend to tell the truth. That's convenient for Author and reader, but for long term just boring. Isn't unreliable narrator more interesting? We accidentally got a bit of unreliable narrative when it comes to Sayians history that makes it my favourite part.

Well that's an interesting take on it. I wouldn't have thought about it that way. I still tend to believe what the characters say in a work of fiction as truth unless they are later contradicted.

In a way though, Nappa was contradicted, because Future Trunks was a Saiya-jin/Human hybrid and he didn't seem to have a particularly large potential, not compared to Gohan at least.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Chapter: 204 (DBZ 10), P12.1-2
Vegeta: “At any rate, the battle power of Kakarrot’s son is unusually high, even by the standards of Saiyan children.”
Nappa: “Maybe his reading was wrong.”
Vegeta: “No, it wasn’t wrong. Raditz really took a large amount of damage from that brat’s attack. It seems that mixing Saiyan and Earthling blood begets a powerful hybrid.”

Nappa even responds by calling such hybrids "Super Saiyans", the first time that phrase ever appears.

But he's not talking about the Super Saiyan of legend, is he? Because I think he uses "chou Saiya-jin" when referring to Gohan, and when the Super Saiyan legend is introduced, Vegeta says, "suupaa Saiya-jin".

In a way though, Nappa was contradicted, because Future Trunks was a Saiya-jin/Human hybrid and he didn't seem to have a particularly large potential, not compared to Gohan at least.

Really? Trunks' only mentor was Gohan, yet he became a Super Saiyan and surpassed him, who'd been training for 13 yeas, in only 3 years.

Oh, and Goten and Trunks. 'Nuff said.

[violadude]

I guess what I meant was that Trunks wasn't hinted at having a super hidden special power in the same way Gohan was.

[Michsi]

Gohan does seem to be a special case. It isn't just his human/saiyan heritage , that incredible power he has seems to be something unique.

[Piccolo Daimao]

I guess what I meant was that Trunks wasn't hinted at having a super hidden special power in the same way Gohan was.

I suppose not, but that's just the way the story went. Gohan is a special case. His hidden power comes out when he's enraged.

But Trunks still had a large potential, because, in only 3 years, he surpassed a guy who'd been training for 13 years. That's pretty damn impressive. And he became a Super Saiyan and easily killed Freeza. Trunks' power was just overshadowed by Goku, Vegeta and, later, Gohan.

[Bussani]

Trunks was a Super Saiyan who could beat the former strongest being in the universe with ease at the age where Goku was still training with Mr. Popo. He may not have had the enormous naturally power that only peeked out when it felt like it that Gohan had, but I have to wonder if, even with the right training, Goku, Vegeta, and any other Saiyan could have become that powerful at that age.

[Super Saiyan Turlast x4]

That's a good question. When you think about it, Goku basically had better training than Trunks ever had in his life up to the arrival on namek, but that Goku is still much weaker than Trunks by default, without even including Super Saiyan into the equation.

To be honest, if Goku and Vegeta never powered-up through healing as much as they did, they'd be incredibly weak. That's why I don't think any amount of special training would ever put them around that sorta level at that age.

[jackjack]

They achieved and mastered Super Sayan by themselves at the age of 7 with no real training, just light training and by messing around.

I believe it's mentioned that you just have to stay in the form long enough to the point where you get used to it, right? So for all we know, they did just that while always messing around as Super Saiyans, without knowing it would help them in any way.

[Kaboom]

My best guess is that the form just comes more easily and naturally because they were born with it. But at the same time I wouldn't count on them having to amount of total and absolute control that their elders attained from specific training for it.

[jackjack]

What specific training?

[Kaboom]

The whole, "we'll stay in our Super Saiyan forms for as long as we possibly can until it becomes like our normal, stress-free state" procedure. Calling it "training" may be a bit of a stretch, admittedly, but it still strikes me as something that takes focused effort and dedication.

[Rocketman]

2nd scenario: What is he doing to his woman? She screams in pain!

Boy have you got things backwards.

[SylentEcho]

Vegeta states that Saiyans retain their youth and their hair doesn't grow more than a certain length because their bodies are suited for battle and because they're a warrior race.

So the fact that Trunks', Goten's and Gohan's hair grows like humans and the fact that they age normally suggests that their bodies aren't designed for just battle like pure Saiyans. So how come hybrids are still stronger and have more potential?