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RandomGuy96
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by RandomGuy96 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:06 pm
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Howzabout, Pure Buu (SSJ3 Gotenks and Piccolo absorbed) vs. Super Buu (SSJ3 Goku and SSJ2 Vegeta absorbed)
Well due to my... 'unique' look on Gotenks in general, Pure Buu would win. All other things would be close to equal (Goku really brings nothing to the table) and he'd have a slight power advantage. Not to mention that absorbing Vegeta and Goku should drop Super Buu's intelligence massively, while Pure Buu's will rise or remain the same.
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The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by TheGmGoken » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:09 pm
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Howzabout, Pure Buu (SSJ3 Gotenks and Piccolo absorbed) vs. Super Buu (SSJ3 Goku and SSJ2 Vegeta absorbed)
FUCK! Really. This a tough one.
SSj3Gotenks can give Pure Boo a much needed Boost but SuperBoo is already strong. And Gotenks can defuse. So...... I give it to SuperBoo.
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by RandomGuy96 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:11 pm
Oh right, I forgot about that. Super Buu would be smart enough to blow himself up and hide out for 30 minutes. Or teleport to another planet and hide out for 30 minutes.
Changing my answer to Super Buuku. You effectively can't beat Super Buu if you're dependent on a time limit in any way.
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The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by Kamiccolo9 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:13 pm
RandomGuy96 wrote:Oh right, I forgot about that. Super Buu would be smart enough to blow himself up and hide out for 30 minutes. Or teleport to another planet and hide out for 30 minutes.
Changing my answer to Super Buuku.
Pure Buu would have Piccolo's intelligence though, and would also be capable of teleporting after seeing Super Buu do it. Or he could just blow up the planet.
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by RandomGuy96 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:14 pm
Pure Buu would have Piccolo's intelligence
...I'm not sure how that's supposed to be a point in his favor...
and would also be capable of teleporting after seeing Super Buu do it. Or he could just blow up the planet.
But how would he know to teleport to the exact same place as Super Buu? Also, Super Buu can still blow himself up and hide his ki for 30 minutes, like he did when Gohan was looking for him. Seems pretty foolproof.
I'm 99% sure this is filler, but Pure Buu couldn't even find Goku and Vegeta when they hid. He had to resort to tearing up the universe until they came out and found him.
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The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by TheGmGoken » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:15 pm
Kamiccolo9 wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:Oh right, I forgot about that. Super Buu would be smart enough to blow himself up and hide out for 30 minutes. Or teleport to another planet and hide out for 30 minutes.
Changing my answer to Super Buuku.
Pure Buu would have Piccolo's intelligence though, and would also be capable of teleporting after seeing Super Buu do it. Or he could just blow up the planet.
Who's the better and smarter fighter? Goku or Piccolo? Since Pure Boo got Piccolo and Super Boo got Goku. These two play a MAJOR factor. I mean Super Boo would get Shudokan Ido and Goku's skill. Now Pure Boo would just be smart(Can't picture that).
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by RandomGuy96 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:16 pm
Not likely. Buff Buu absorbed a presuambly very wise god, but he was nothing more than a feral berserker. And again, no amount of intelligence would help him find a Super Buu who was sufficiently devoted to hiding.
The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by Kid Buu » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:18 pm
RandomGuy96 wrote:Not likely. Buff Buu absorbed a presuambly very wise god, but he was nothing more than a feral berserker. And again, no amount of intelligence would help him find a Super Buu who was sufficiently devoted to hiding.
This Super Buu has both Goku AND Vegeta in him though, his arrogance will be over 9000.
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by RandomGuy96 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:20 pm
He was still able to maintain some measurement of competency and guile with Goten and Trunks absorbed, so I doubt Goku and Vegeta will be that much of a hindrance. The critical point where Buu stops being smart seems to be 3-4 dumb people, 2 and he should still be fine.
The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by Friezacooler » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:05 am
Hetappi and Toribot vs 12 gods of destruction vs Grand Kai and SSj God Goku after training.
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by Draken » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:40 am
Toribot solos before the fight starts.
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by Kamiccolo9 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:42 am
Who is Hetappi?
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by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:11 am
Saiyan Saga Tenshinhan vs Seripa
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by RandomGuy96 » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:16 am
Kakashi wrote:Saiyan Saga Tenshinhan vs Seripa
If Raditz at 1,500 was representative of a typical saiyan, I figure that Seripa must be far above that to be considered unusually strong for a low class. She's probably weaker than Nappa though, so 2,400-ish? Enough to easily beat Ten unless she gets arrogant and tries to tank a Kikoho. Which can happen, since Ten can always fool her by hiding his ki.
The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
Herms wrote:The fact that the ridiculous power inflation is presented so earnestly makes me just roll my eyes and snicker. Like with Freeza, where he starts off over 10 times stronger than all his henchmen except Ginyu (because...well, just because), then we find out he can transform and get even more powerful, and then he reveals he can transform two more times, before finally coming out with the fact that he hasn't even been using anywhere near 50% of his power. Oh, and he can survive in the vacuum of space. All this stuff is just presented as the way Freeza is, without even an attempt at rationalizing it, yet the tone dictates we're supposed to take all this silly grasping at straws as thrilling danger. So I guess I don't really take the power inflation in the Boo arc seriously, but I don't take the power inflation in earlier arcs seriously either, so there's no net loss of seriousness. I think a silly story presented as serious is harder to accept than a silly story presented as silly.
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by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:26 am
RandomGuy96 wrote:Kakashi wrote:Saiyan Saga Tenshinhan vs Seripa
If Raditz at 1,500 was representative of a typical saiyan, I figure that Seripa must be far above that to be considered unusually strong for a low class. She's probably weaker than Nappa though, so 2,400-ish? Enough to easily beat Ten unless she gets arrogant and tries to tank a Kikoho. Which can happen, since Ten can always fool her by hiding his ki.
Raditz is the lowest level of a saiyan IMO. I disagree he is 1,500. He is stated in the Manga and Toriyama to be slightly superior to a Saibaman
Was it stated that Bardock's crew have a high power for low class Saiyans? I have Selypa at 1,800 making her barely weaker than Tenshinhan
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by Draken » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:40 am
Kakashi wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:Kakashi wrote:Saiyan Saga Tenshinhan vs Seripa
If Raditz at 1,500 was representative of a typical saiyan, I figure that Seripa must be far above that to be considered unusually strong for a low class. She's probably weaker than Nappa though, so 2,400-ish? Enough to easily beat Ten unless she gets arrogant and tries to tank a Kikoho. Which can happen, since Ten can always fool her by hiding his ki.
Raditz is the lowest level of a saiyan IMO. I disagree he is 1,500. He is stated in the Manga and Toriyama to be slightly superior to a Saibaman
Was it stated that Bardock's crew have a high power for low class Saiyans? I have Selypa at 1,800 making her barely weaker than Tenshinhan
Yea their entire crew was becoming strong for low class scum, which made them a target.
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by Kakashi » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:51 am
Draken wrote:Yea their entire crew was becoming strong for low class scum, which made them a target.
Low class Saiyans should be at minimum over 1,000 and at maximum 3,000 IMO so everyone except Bardock should be above that? Bardock was said to be strong for a low class Saiyan but his crew? Give me a quote
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by Kid Buu » Wed Dec 25, 2013 6:59 am
SSJ Bardock Vs. Vegeta/Kuririn/Gohan when they fought 1st Form Freeza.
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by Pantalones » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:55 pm
Power-wise, SSj Bardock has to be right around 1st-form Freeza's level minimum (since he was already at 10,000 before he went to fight Freeza.) So even if you assume he didn't get another near-death boost when Freeza blasted him, he's still got just as much an edge over Vegeta and company as Freeza did, he just can't transform again to power up more. So Vegeta is pretty much useless, Gohan could probably hurt him if he gets rage-boosted but otherwise is even more useless than Vegeta, and Krillin could probably kill him with a Kienzan but he'd have to have a lot of luck to actually hit him dead-on with it, and aside from that (or blinding him with a Solar Flare) would also be useless against somebody at that level.
Unfortunately for Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan... Bardock probably wasn't at the bare-minimum 10,000 or so when he went Super Saiyan... though there's no way of knowing where he actually ended up. He could be only 33% stronger (going by Vegeta's 18,000 ---> 24,000 boost) which would put him at 666,666 in Super Saiyan, a power level which would freak out both Vegeta and religious nuts. He could be 2.5x or 3x stronger (going by some of the other near-death boosts we see), which would mean he'd be over a million in Super Saiyan. Worst case scenario (for Vegeta and company), he could've followed in his son's footsteps and gotten an absurd 33x near-death boost, which would put him at sixteen million when he went Super Saiyan (and 330,000 in base, which would still probably be a bit too much for them to handle without ganging up on him and getting lucky... unless you think Vegeta was actually close to Freeza's 530,000 during their little arm-wrestling match, rather than the official 250,000 level for him.)
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by DBZGTKOSDH » Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:23 pm
Pantalones wrote:Power-wise, SSj Bardock has to be right around 1st-form Freeza's level minimum (since he was already at 10,000 before he went to fight Freeza.) So even if you assume he didn't get another near-death boost when Freeza blasted him, he's still got just as much an edge over Vegeta and company as Freeza did, he just can't transform again to power up more. So Vegeta is pretty much useless, Gohan could probably hurt him if he gets rage-boosted but otherwise is even more useless than Vegeta, and Krillin could probably kill him with a Kienzan but he'd have to have a lot of luck to actually hit him dead-on with it, and aside from that (or blinding him with a Solar Flare) would also be useless against somebody at that level.
Unfortunately for Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan... Bardock probably wasn't at the bare-minimum 10,000 or so when he went Super Saiyan... though there's no way of knowing where he actually ended up. He could be only 33% stronger (going by Vegeta's 18,000 ---> 24,000 boost) which would put him at 666,666 in Super Saiyan, a power level which would freak out both Vegeta and religious nuts. He could be 2.5x or 3x stronger (going by some of the other near-death boosts we see), which would mean he'd be over a million in Super Saiyan. Worst case scenario (for Vegeta and company), he could've followed in his son's footsteps and gotten an absurd 33x near-death boost, which would put him at sixteen million when he went Super Saiyan (and 330,000 in base, which would still probably be a bit too much for them to handle without ganging up on him and getting lucky... unless you think Vegeta was actually close to Freeza's 530,000 during their little arm-wrestling match, rather than the official 250,000 level for him.)
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have to assume that Bardock got a near-death power-up, since to transform into a Super Saiyan, a requirement is to have power beyond the standard Saiyan level, which is between 30.000 & 90.000 (Goku was beyond that level at 90.000, but Vegeta still wasn't beyond that level at 30.000).
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