Amuro Ray wrote:A few things - South Kaioshinn is NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER said to increase Buu's power. Not in the Manga, not in the guidebooks, not in the Anime, it's purely a theory that has been conjured by fans to explain something that is blatantly obvious. The guidebooks tell us that DaiKaio makes him weaker and makes NO mention of the South Kaioshinn - so please refrain from using it in your arguments, it's hard enough to interpret and argue sloppy writing, much less a theory made by fans.
Dai Kaioshin makes Boo weaker, yes. Nothing is mentioned about South Kaioshin so the logical assumption we can conclude from this is South Kaioshin does increase Boo's power. Why can we make this assumption? Because Evil Boo(Super Boo) later absorbs Gotenks and then Gohan and they were both shown to increase his power. We then see Boo revert to a Buff Boo, the same Boo that he becomes when he absorbed South Kaioshin, and Goku explicitly states his power increased.
Strength Checker wrote:Chapter: 507 (DBZ 313), P13.5
Context: as evil Boo reverts to his South Kaioshin form
Goku: “H-hey…Vegeta…His ki is increasing, ain’t it…!?”
Amuro Ray wrote:Second, we KNOW "Buffbuu" is stronger than Superbuu(or whatever you want to call him) It's stated twice in the manga that I recall, once by Goku and again by Kibito, Kibito also referred to Kidbuu as the most dangerous - his nature of being "unpredictable" is never mentioned (again, this is a fan theory) - so they could only be referring to his strength, correct?
Strength Checker wrote:Chapter: 508 (DBZ 314), P4.2-7
Kaioshin: “In m…my era there were five Kaioshins…until they were defeated by the Majin Boo that the wizard Babidi created…I was the youngest and most powerless one, but I somehow survived, with only heavy injuries…But the other four fell to Boo…First, two were killed…the North Kaioshin and the West Kaioshin….And then the South Kaioshin, the burliest and strongest one, was…somehow absorbed by Boo….. “
Elder Kaioshin: …And he became that huge Boo from before? “
Kaioshin: “…Yes…Next to be absorbed was the fat but kind and gentle Dai-Kaioshin….The Majin Boo that Bibidi created was evil itself, a failed creation that even Bibidi himself couldn’t handle, but by absorbing the Dai-Kaioshin, he somehow become controllable…. “
Elder Kaioshin: “…So he was finally completed…Which is to say…that this current…small Majin Boo…is the initial…mo…most troublesome one…”
Kaioshin: “….Yes…the heart which he gained by going so far as to lower his power through absorption…has returned once again to the way it was…he has no self-control whatsoever…he has become evil itself…”
I'm sorry, but no. The Kaioshin never calls him the most dangerous. And Goku doesn't call him the most dangerous either. Elder Kaioshin calls him the
most troublesome one. but that doesn't necessarily mean strength, now does it?
Amuro Ray wrote:Third, according to the guidebooks, we know Gotenks to be stronger than Vegeta (and as a result anyone weaker than Vegeta), but his strength is NEVER compared to Goku's in the Manga, in the anime Goku dismisses the notion they are on his level. It is MY assumption that Goku is stronger than Gotenks, the Anime also strongly supports this theory
In the manga Goku flat out states that, after the Majin powerup Vegeta received, Vegeta was as powerful as him. They were literally equals.
Strength Checker wrote:Chapter: 458 (DBZ 264), P10.3-4, P11.2-3
Context: after Goku and Vegeta fight a bit
Goku: “Un-unbelievable…I thought I trained considerably in the afterlife…But we’re completely even…You trained more than me…”
Vegeta: “…No, that’s not it…I think I did perform more special training than you, but you’re a greater genius than I am…No matter how much time passed, this gap wouldn’t change…I realized this, when you fought with that monster Babidi sent…It was a shock…That’s why I secretly resolved myself…[ ] At the tournament, the people who knew that pair who Babidi made into his underlings said that they had become far stronger than before…I remembered that, and I thought…That if I were taken over by him too, then the gap between you and me would vanish…And I was right…”
Strength Checker wrote:Chapter: 469 (DBZ 275), P5.3-4
Goku: “…I’ll be frank. It’s no use. I can’t defeat [Majin Boo]. [ ] …There was practically no gap between Vegeta’s true strength and mine…And Majin Boo is still fine despite Vegeta sacrificing himself, right? Sorry, but I couldn’t win, no matter what.”
So if Gotenks surpassed Vegeta's base strength then it would be the same for Goku's base strength.
Amuro Ray wrote:Finally - while a minor, when the subject of the Dragonballs are brought up, Goku ask Vegeta if he's going to revive Gohan AND Gotenks to fight. Gohan is shown to be clearly superior to Gotenks, why would they need both of their help if this being was weaker than Superbuu?
This has been mentioned before and I have stated what Goku was saying in this sentence:
Strength Checker wrote:Chapter: 514 (DBZ 320), P7.4
Context: after Vegeta has the Earth brought back with the dragonballs
Goku: “Oh, I know! You’ll bring Gohan and Gotenks back to life so they can fight.”
Vegeta: “No.”
Goku says that Vegeta will bring back both Gohan and Gotenks back to life with the wish. So either of them can fight. Goku never implies that they would be be used to fight Pure Boo together. If Goku was implying that they were going to use both boys he would have worded it better. He would have said something like "Oh! You'll bring Gohan and Gotenks back to life so they can
both fight." The "and" in Goku's sentence is merely pertaining to the wish. If I brought back everybody who died on Earth would you not state that I have also brought Gohan
and Gotenks back to life? Because that is correct, right? I brought back both Gohan and Gotenks back to life. I didn't bring back only one. And I certainly would not bring back one without the other. So when Goku says this sentence what he's basically saying is "You'll bring back both Gohan and Gotenks back to life using the dragonballs." and then following that "So they are alive to fight." Again, Goku never explicitly says that they would both be fighting. Goku never says they would both be brought back to life to fight. Goku just says they will be brought
back to life so they
can fight.