Some arguments I threw together, regarding the comments made about Kid Buu's size:
1.
- Buu's ki had been increasing just previously, and everyone was in a panicked state
- After he completely becomes Pure, nobody is panicking about his ki
- Thus, after becoming Pure, Buu's ki was no longer a cause for concern
- Therefore, it must have dropped to a combattable level
2.
- Vegeta mocked how small Buu got physically
- Just because he only explicitly mocks his physical size, does not mean that his ki didn't also shrink
- Vegeta is a mean and rude person
- Thus, it would be in his nature to unnecessarily mock somebody for something completely inconsequential
- Therefore, Vegeta only referring to Buu having shrunk physically
does not support the idea that Buu's ki
didn't shrink when he became Pure
3.
- Goku says that
now they can take him
- This means that every point prior to him being Pure, they could not take him
- Such points would logically include:
-- Prior to them fusing to become Vegetto
-- Vegetto himself would be exempt from this for obvious reasons
-- Them being small inside of Buu
-- Them having regained their size outside of Buu
-- When Buff Buu was present
- Therefore, the only form of Buu that Goku and/or Vegeta could defeat without fusing would be Pure Buu
4.
- Goku says that they can now take Buu on after Vegeta mentions him shrinking physically
- This does not mean, however, that Goku was responding directly to Vegeta's comment, and nothing explicitly conveys that he is
- Goku and Vegeta could have simply been making independant commentary on the state of the situation:
-- Goku: "He's weaker? We fucking
got this shit now, mang."
-- Vegeta: "Hah, he's short now!"
- Therefore, Goku's comment does not need apply to Buu's physical size
Let's then take the conclusion from each argument above, and form the core argument:
- Buu's ki must have dropped to a combattable level
- Vegeta only referring to Buu having shrunk physically
does not support the idea that Buu's ki didn't shrink when he became Pure
- The only form of Buu that Goku and/or Vegeta could defeat without fusing would be Pure Buu
- Goku's comment does not need apply to Buu's physical size
- Therefore, Kid Buu is the wekaest form of Buu and the only one that Vegeta could take, and at no point do the questionable lines that appear to support the flipside support it as concretely as they support this one.
Small addendum:
Vegeta making "the misjudgment of an enemy's physical size" mistake against Cell can easily be attributed to Vegeta's then hot-headed cockiness and not wanting to follow his instincts. There's no reason why Goku and Vegeta during the tail end of the Buu arc would have the same mindset as Vegeta did when Cell first became Perfect.
Mjb1985 wrote:Yes the fan theory consists of the logic that since Kaioshin ki is specifically stated to not be used to revive Buu , while Goku and Gohan's ki is able to , there is a difference there. Which is factual.
Then with the surrounding logic of how Buu's power varies , people put two and two together and wala! A reasonable logical fan theory!
I'm aware that the theory makes sense. I'm simply saying that you can't use a fan theory as a premise in an argument where the only acceptable premises are factual things depicted and/or stated in the manga.
