Will other Anime/Manga characters ever surpass Goku?

[The Monkey King]

SS Vegeta was faaaa~aaaaar from weak enough to destroy Earth, yet Big Bang Attack, his most powerful technique, couldn't destroy the Earth. Some techniques aren't made to destroy planets or solar systems.

Yeah, because the ki was condensed:

Big Bang Attack:

A ki wave which Vegeta fired at Artificial Human No. 19. This technique, which easily destroyed Artificial Human No. 19, could be called Super Saiyan Vegeta's version of the Gyarik-ho. However, the differences between it and the Gyarik-ho are the ki's shape and firing method. First, he sticks one hand out in front, then emits a ki blast from the palm of that hand. This ki is condensed down into one big lump and can deal heavy damage inside a specific range. This is in contrast with the Gyarik-ho, which attacks a wide range. After the Big Bang Attack was fired, the ground around where Artificial Human No. 19 stood was completely wiped out, as if it had been dug away. Such effectiveness made it Vegeta's strongest attack at the time.

I don't see what point your trying to make here. Vegeta's big bang attack has the condensed ki of multiple planet busters.

[DarkPrince_92]

My money is on One Punch Man. I can bet safely that he'll give Goku some trouble.

Naruto characters are getting there. Doujutsu is definitely something to be reckoned with. No telling what a Mangekyo Sharingan can do to a Saiyan's mind.

[KentalSSJ6]

My money is on One Punch Man. I can bet safely that he'll give Goku some trouble.

Naruto characters are getting there. Doujutsu is definitely something to be reckoned with. No telling what a Mangekyo Sharingan can do to a Saiyan's mind.

I always say One Punch as a gag manga, kinda like Squirrel Girl from Marvel.

The whole Genjutsu thing on Saiyans is a 50/50 for me. If Goku got caught off guard, then yeah I can see it getting him but if hes focused and watching for any sort of weird tricks by the enemy, I dont think hed let them pull it off. Besides, we have seen he can fight without seeing. Goku could one punch nearly anyone in Naruto anyway right?

[The Monkey King]

My money is on One Punch Man. I can bet safely that he'll give Goku some trouble.

Naruto characters are getting there. Doujutsu is definitely something to be reckoned with. No telling what a Mangekyo Sharingan can do to a Saiyan's mind.

Genjitsu only work on beings with a chakra system, DBZ characters don't have those.
One-Punch man sounds like a 'No-Limits Falacy' has he one shotted being who can tank moon/planet busters?
Could he beat Galactus with one punch?

[KentalSSJ6]

My money is on One Punch Man. I can bet safely that he'll give Goku some trouble.

Naruto characters are getting there. Doujutsu is definitely something to be reckoned with. No telling what a Mangekyo Sharingan can do to a Saiyan's mind.

Genjitsu only work on beings with a chakra system, DBZ characters don't have those.
One-Punch man sounds like a 'No-Limits Falacy' has he one shotted being who can tank moon/planet busters?
Could he beat Galactus with one punch?

If Genjutsu is nullified on DBZ characters, than the Naruto universe is thoroughly screwed.

In terms of physical strength, speed, and durability, DBZ has Naruto trumped across the board. Genjutsu was their only ace in the hole and if you need Chakra for it to work on you, then that VS match is over.

[rereboy]

My money is on One Punch Man. I can bet safely that he'll give Goku some trouble.

Naruto characters are getting there. Doujutsu is definitely something to be reckoned with. No telling what a Mangekyo Sharingan can do to a Saiyan's mind.

Genjitsu only work on beings with a chakra system, DBZ characters don't have those.
One-Punch man sounds like a 'No-Limits Falacy' has he one shotted being who can tank moon/planet busters?
Could he beat Galactus with one punch?

We don't know. Here's one of his most impressive feats:

Spoiler:

Onepunch-man hasn't actually done anything regarding fighting that looked that he had a hard time doing it. He does everything casually. We have no idea what kind of limits he has.

[Mewzard]

Well, One-Punch Man is getting less Gag-Manga-y as time goes on. Kinda like how Dragon Ball got more serious as time went on. He's still an amazingly strong hero.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure characters got some insane abilities as time went on, so I'd love to see how Goku would handle fighting

Spoiler:

competent Time Stoppers, people who can remove Cause and skip straight to Effect, people who can trap you in an infinite loop of resetting to 0, forever stuck repeating the same events, and no matter how you alter them, failing and being reset to 0, restarting the universe by massively speeding up time, and being able to replace one's own injured body with a twin from another universe, and bringing your own self back so coming into contact with it destroying you both.

Saint Seiya's nice about feats since we get a lot of direct statements:

Bronze Saints fight at around Mach 1 (normally, the main characters are an exception), their armors only freeze at -150C, covers the least amount of the body, etc.
Silver Saints fight at around Mach 2-5, their armors only freeze at -200C, average coverage of the body, etc.
Gold Saints fight at The Speed of Light (due to having properly awakened the Seventh Sense, the Sense of Cosmo), their armors only freeze at -273.15C/0K/Absolute Zero, covers most of the body, until fighting

Spoiler:

the God of Death, Thanatos, the Gold Cloths remained unbroken since the Ages of Myth, and contain the power of the Sun due to bathing in it's light since the Ages of Myth, etc.

The Bronzes hit God level once they're pushed to it,

Spoiler:

Cosmo of a god's level awakening Athena's Blood that was used to repair their Cloths, turning them into God Cloths, which easily tank blows that would vaporize a Gold Cloth, speed well beyond lightspeed, and likely increases cold-endurance, given Thanatos said it would take a cold several hundred times below Absolute Zero to Freeze his Surplice.

Yet, Athena and her Cloth are even beyond that, given

Spoiler:

Athena's Aegis wasn't scratched by a slash from Hades' Sword, which cut through the stomach of Seiya's God Cloth, and her power was still above theirs, as they were above minor gods, but not at the level of an Olympian

And in Next Dimension, we see that Chronos, the God of Time, is even above that

Spoiler:

when he casually cracks the Aegis, and sends it cascading through time and space, and about to do so to Athena as well.

Would love to see how Goku would fair on Toriko's World. Goku would totally see it as heaven, a realm of powerful monsters to fight and eat. Toriko and co still haven't entered Gourmet World, so I suppose that's when we'll start getting more DBZ esque stuff

Spoiler:

(though, the Meteor Spice did an extensive amount of damage to the Human World, and to the people living on it...Also, Toriko's Ultimate Routine would be insane in a fight with people like Goku)

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[Kingsley]

Yamamoto from Bleach could probably roast Goku alive

[EXBadguy]

SS Vegeta was faaaa~aaaaar from weak enough to destroy Earth, yet Big Bang Attack, his most powerful technique, couldn't destroy the Earth. Some techniques aren't made to destroy planets or solar systems.

Oh? http://youtu.be/Xnqtg0bte6w

Yamamoto from Bleach could probably roast Goku alive

Goku survived many flames than that, so nope. Even his Bankai won't do anything.

Would love to see how Goku would fair on Toriko's World. Goku would totally see it as heaven, a realm of powerful monsters to fight and eat. Toriko and co still haven't entered Gourmet World, so I suppose that's when we'll start getting more DBZ esque stuff

Spoiler:

(though, the Meteor Spice did an extensive amount of damage to the Human World, and to the people living on it...Also, Toriko's Ultimate Routine would be insane in a fight with people like Goku)

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I heard from the creator of the series that Toriko would definitely be friends with Goku.

[Mewzard]

That was filler. Filler feats don't count towards stuff like that. If it was so effortless for Vegeta to blow up a planet, he could have done it before Goku could have countered.

But yeah, I could see Goku and Toriko as friends. Just let them drag Komatsu to cook the food they catch, and it's all set. Having the rest of the Four Kings join in would be fun too though. Coco, Sunny, and Zebra.

[Gonstead]

Kenpachi would sure as hell love the fight.

Where do you think an unrestrained Kenpachi ranks?

[KentalSSJ6]

Kenpachi would sure as hell love the fight.

Where do you think an unrestrained Kenpachi ranks?

Hard to say. Kenpachi using two hands when fighting nearly cleaved the 5th Espada in half when it was in its Resurrection form.

Before fighting Juha Bach, Kenpachi killed 3-4 Sternritter which are apparently Captain Class enemies if not higher.

Now Kenpachi has assumingly unlocked all his strength and possibly his Shikai and Bankai after his duel with Unohana (which kinda ripped off the whole Saiyan Zenkai thing).

Going off what we have seen and pairing that with a possible Shikai and Bankai, id say Kenpachi would be Saiyan saga level, maybe a equal for Nappa.

[The Monkey King]

Kenpachi would sure as hell love the fight.

Where do you think an unrestrained Kenpachi ranks?

Before, maybe King Piccolo level.
Now, I'm speculating a huge increase of power with his bankai so maybe BoZ level.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

Well, One-Punch Man is getting less Gag-Manga-y as time goes on. Kinda like how Dragon Ball got more serious as time went on. He's still an amazingly strong hero.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure characters got some insane abilities as time went on, so I'd love to see how Goku would handle fighting

Spoiler:

competent Time Stoppers, people who can remove Cause and skip straight to Effect, people who can trap you in an infinite loop of resetting to 0, forever stuck repeating the same events, and no matter how you alter them, failing and being reset to 0, restarting the universe by massively speeding up time, and being able to replace one's own injured body with a twin from another universe, and bringing your own self back so coming into contact with it destroying you both.

Spoiler:

Doesn't Made in/Stairway to Heaven reset the JoJo Universe anyway? Not that I can blame Araki for wanting to do so at that point? A bit redundant to ask someone to deal with something the person's actual opponents in-universe could not.

For a lot of later Jojo, you wonder if Goku's ki manipulation gives him any defense against the stands with physical effects. Whereas I'm curious how instant transmission would work against the metaphysicals, namely if for that moment Goku would physically leave the area, thus leaving no body for a time stopper like Dio to hit and no target whose actions you can reverse. It's not much, but if Goku can attack out of it it's the best he's got.

[KentalSSJ6]

Kenpachi would sure as hell love the fight.

Where do you think an unrestrained Kenpachi ranks?

Before, maybe King Piccolo level.
Now, I'm speculating a huge increase of power with his bankai so maybe BoZ level.

Kenpachi feats,

Cutting a building roughly the size of a skyscraper in half with one swing

Spoiler:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hIp3YK9R5Y

Kenpachi unfazed after being impaled by a series of blades

Spoiler:

Kenpachi defeating Tosen while under Tosen's Bankai that removes the ability to sense energy, see, smell, and hear.

Spoiler:

Kenpachi blocking Nnoitora's attack bare handed

Spoiler:

Kenpachi also blocking Nnoitora's Cero bare handed

Spoiler:

Kenpachi killing Nnoitora with Kendo

Spoiler:

Kenpachi casually cleaving a roughly 10-12 foot thick piece of rubble in half

Spoiler:

Kenpachi cleaving Giriko down the middle with one blow, who possessed the Time Tells No Lies ability which caused enemies to burn in the flames of time after a set amount of time passed.

Spoiler:

Kenpachi with 3 dead Sternritter, who are assumingly Captain level.

Spoiler:

This is all before his fight with Unohana and before the possible Shikai and Bankai. Pairing this with that possibility, id say Kenpachi possibly equaling Nappa doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

[hulkty]

Yeah. Yugi. Activate Mirror Force. I win.
Want to come back from the dead and try again?
Too late. Monster Reborn. ...Goku is now Yugi's b*tch to control.

[Polyphase Avatron]

No one from Naruto, Bleach, or OP can beat even Saiyan saga Vegeta.

[Black_Liger]

Pfff, all those feats? Goku has Chichi for a wife. that alone is more suffering than any freaking genjutsu or pawnch could put him in XD (love chichi btw) XD

[SaiyanZ]

Tenchi Muyo
Saint Seiya
Gurren Lagann
Gunbuster/Diebuster
Space Runaway Ideon
Umineko series
Digimon
Pokemon
Bastard!!
Haruhi Suzumiya series
Noein
Sailor Moon (manga)
Ah My Goddess
Bokurano
Heroic Age
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Kara no Kyoukai
Serial Experiments Lain
Slayers
Lost Universe
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Ronin Warriors
Saiyuki
Shaman King
Shingu Secret of the Stellar Wars
Sora no Otoshimono
ToAru Majutsu no Index

All have stronger characters (or at least characters that could beat him in a fight by using cheap techniques).

Of course a lot of those series are not as good or entertaining as DBZ.

I agree with this list except for Shaman King, especially with the new movie. I think Buu-tier characters even before BoG can beat Hao with G.S.

[SaiyanZ]

Also in Toriko, Jirou used his Knocking on the Earth and almost stopped its rotation. So Toriko is approaching DBZ levels as well, they're Saiyan saga level imo at max