BoG Strength Run-Down

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:52 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:Oh, my mistake. Sorry about that.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Zephyr » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:07 pm

Thanos wrote:It would undermine all the years of training and improvement Goku has gone through since beating Freeza. Yeah, no.
The only significant fruits of all of that post-Freeza training and improvement that were shown were the attainment and mastery of new transformations. He never really uses his base form again, even to fight even lower minions. I mean, yeah there's Uub at the end, but he was still a boy who didn't know how to use his power.

What I'm getting at is that I don't see why it's necessary for Goku's base form to have ever surpassed 120,000,000.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:10 pm

Thanos wrote:It would undermine all the years of training and improvement Goku has gone through since beating Freeza. Yeah, no.
When was Goku shown to have gotten 50 times stronger without transformations after Freeza? That was only in GT.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:46 pm

The scene where Vegeta casts aside his pride for everyone’s sake was shocking. To think he’d go that far. (laughs)

I thought people might even get angry at me, but in the video, it was even sillier than I’d imagined. (laughs) But in the story Toriyama-sensei made, Vegeta was supposed to waver, and there’s even a moment where Vegeta briefly surpasses Goku because he’s got something to protect in Bulma, so that silly scene was also necessary as a lead-in to make it stand out.
Sounds like the scene is a gag scene after all and its only temporary. Same could be applied to basically every character.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by mistershin » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:49 pm

DBZGTKOSDH wrote:
Thanos wrote:It would undermine all the years of training and improvement Goku has gone through since beating Freeza. Yeah, no.
When was Goku shown to have gotten 50 times stronger without transformations after Freeza? That was only in GT.
Goku vs Uub ?
Uub has rage boost, which makes him unconsciously tap into Pure Buu's power. (Similar to Gohan's Rage boosts)
Thus Goku, takes him away so that he can control this power and make it grow even higher.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:53 pm

So Toriyama had wrote Vegeta to be more powerful than Goku for a short period of time. I wonder if he's behind Beers saying that Vegeta, and Goku will be formidable in the future. :D

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Son_Gohan » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:56 pm

Excellent work, as always.

This helps clarify and reinforce a few ambiguous ideas for me in the manga. Now that the concept of beings with higher status holding special properties in their ki has become more officially clear, it throws light on the whole Kaioshin-Kibito situation; why they weren't able to truly grasp their ki at the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai, and Dabura distinctly stating how they couldn't use the pair's energy for the revival of Buu.

Also, the statement of Goku's base power being inferior to Freeza's ties in to Kaioshin's comment on how his kin could defeat someone of Freeza's level in a single blow and Goku's reaction displaying that of amazement, despite it being a seemingly simple feat for him as a Super Saiyan. It really puts things into perspective concerning their power, since most fans I see will just take for granted there being any real limits and always assume they only keep growing stronger.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Zephyr » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:56 pm

mistershin wrote:
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:
Thanos wrote:It would undermine all the years of training and improvement Goku has gone through since beating Freeza. Yeah, no.
When was Goku shown to have gotten 50 times stronger without transformations after Freeza? That was only in GT.
Goku vs Uub ?
Uub has rage boost, which makes him unconsciously tap into Pure Buu's power. (Similar to Gohan's Rage boosts)
Thus Goku, takes him away so that he can control this power and make it grow even higher.
Yes he taps into Buu's power, but how much of it he could/did tap into right then is unspecified, and is nothing more than speculation.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:57 pm

Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:So Toriyama had wrote Vegeta to be more powerful than Goku for a short period of time. I wonder if he's behind Beers saying that Vegeta, and Goku will be formidable in the future. :D
That line makes no sense. Vegeta can't be formidable unless he becomes SSJ God. And knowing Toriyama. I blame the script writer nonsensical for that line.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Tyro » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:01 pm

mistershin wrote:
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:
Thanos wrote:It would undermine all the years of training and improvement Goku has gone through since beating Freeza. Yeah, no.
When was Goku shown to have gotten 50 times stronger without transformations after Freeza? That was only in GT.
Goku vs Uub ?
Uub has rage boost, which makes him unconsciously tap into Pure Buu's power. (Similar to Gohan's Rage boosts)
Thus Goku, takes him away so that he can control this power and make it grow even higher.
How does Oob being able to tap into Boo's power imply that he even surpassed Freeza in the first place? Oob obviously didn't tap into all of his potential power and his only canonical fight was with Goku whose base power we don't know, nor do we know what degree of effort/power he (Goku) was using. I don't see how this implies above Freeza's level at all, there just isn't enough information to draw a conclusion from.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:09 pm

If SSJG is a pure blood only transformation then Beers line will make sense. If not, then I dunno. :P I'm not fussed though, I get to see Vegeta do something. :D

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Well in this movie Goku absorbs the "other realm", so him being above Freeza then isn't unbelievable at all, hell, he seems to be more powerful than his SSJ3 self so he should be able to take on Boo too.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:11 pm

Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:If SSJG is a pure blood only transformation then Beers line will make sense. If not, then I dunno. :P I'm not fussed though, I get to see Vegeta do something. :D
If its confirmed SSJG is pure blood only then yeah it does make sense. Though how does a pure blood form allow half saiyan power.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:14 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:
Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:If SSJG is a pure blood only transformation then Beers line will make sense. If not, then I dunno. :P I'm not fussed though, I get to see Vegeta do something. :D
If its confirmed SSJG is pure blood only then yeah it does make sense. Though how does a pure blood form allow half saiyan power.
I know, I've thought about that, and I can't come to a conclusion. :P

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by VyeRo » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:14 pm

dbzfan7 wrote:
The scene where Vegeta casts aside his pride for everyone’s sake was shocking. To think he’d go that far. (laughs)

I thought people might even get angry at me, but in the video, it was even sillier than I’d imagined. (laughs) But in the story Toriyama-sensei made, Vegeta was supposed to waver, and there’s even a moment where Vegeta briefly surpasses Goku because he’s got something to protect in Bulma, so that silly scene was also necessary as a lead-in to make it stand out.
Sounds like the scene is a gag scene after all and its only temporary. Same could be applied to basically every character.
I'm pretty sure that silly scene is the Vegeta dance sequence and him trying to stay on the good side of Beers. He's talking about that silly scene making his power up stand out more.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:15 pm

Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:
dbzfan7 wrote:
Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:If SSJG is a pure blood only transformation then Beers line will make sense. If not, then I dunno. :P I'm not fussed though, I get to see Vegeta do something. :D
If its confirmed SSJG is pure blood only then yeah it does make sense. Though how does a pure blood form allow half saiyan power.
I know, I've thought about that, and I can't come to a conclusion. :P
Same applies to SSJ4. The Saiyan ki would have human ki as well so it wouldn't work.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by Saiyan Prince Vegeta » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:17 pm

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what gets confirmed, or doesn't. :)

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Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:20 pm

Saiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:I guess we'll just have to wait and see what gets confirmed, or doesn't. :)
Hopefully the Choezenshuu will answer the question.
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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:26 pm

mistershin wrote:Goku vs Uub ?
Uub has rage boost, which makes him unconsciously tap into Pure Buu's power. (Similar to Gohan's Rage boosts)
Thus Goku, takes him away so that he can control this power and make it grow even higher.
We just learned that Goku was a God at that point.
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Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.

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Re: BoG Strength Run-Down

Post by The Monkey King » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:48 pm

Isn't Buu saga base Goku stronger than Buu saga Piccollo who would one-shot Frieza?

Then again this wouldn't be the first time Goku's base form power has been underestimated like in the saiyan saga when Vegeta and Nappa though his PL was only 5000, in the Namek saga when the Ginyu force thought his PL was only 5000, in Yo! Son Goku and Friends return when Tarble thought he would be too weak to beat Avo and Cado when bast Trunks and Goten could do it easily.
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Post by dbzfan7 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:54 pm

The Monkey King wrote:Isn't Buu saga base Goku stronger than Buu saga Piccollo who would one-shot Freeza?

Then again this wouldn't be the first time Goku's base form power has been underestimated like in the saiyan saga when Vegeta and Nappa though his PL was only 1000, in the Namek saga when the Ginyu force thought his PL was only 5000, in Yo! Son Goku and Friends return when Tarble thought he would be too weak to beat Avo and Cado when bast Trunks and Goten could do it easily.
I think you mean 5000. Also most of these times were because they relied on scouters.
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