Goku can't survive in space, but can breathe?!

[TenshiGokuu]

So i was wondering if whenever Goku could actually breathe in space, because during Frieza fight, he told Goku that he would not be able to survive in space, but Frieza on the other hand would? LIKE HOW?
He obviously alive and has to breathe oxygen too? now it got me thinking if the whole theory whenever Goku could not survive in space meant that in terms of, ohh he would not have any food or water to sustain himself in space for long period of time, while Frieza could just return to his ship? if that's the case then, I am wondering could Goku just tried to find some other place to stay, because we know that if he went full Super Saiyan 1 he could easily travel at around 52,083km+ per second and that's assuming the power level stays linear which it doesn't, meaning he could probably pull off more than just that.

The reason i made this thread was because to see what would have really happened if Goku could not find any ship to take off? if Frieza near his death state could survive a point blank namek explosion, then Goku would have survived aswell, leaving him with few options Find some other planet to stay.

[RandomGuy96]

If Goku needs to breathe, which he clearly does, then he can't survive in space.

[penguintruth]

He can survive as long as he doesn't think about how he can't.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

All I can provide is Toriyama's statement on the matter.

What are your thoughts on the story you made having become an anime?
With manga, from the story to the art, everything is completed by drawing it myself. Nothing appears beyond what I’ve come up with myself. But with anime, I leave it up to other people, there’s a possibility that something greater than I myself imagined will be finished up, right? That’s the most enjoyable part of it! This time in particular, the battle scenes were greater than I had imagined. They were better by far than what I’d imagined! I was most concerned with the final battle, but when I was writing the story, no real image of it came to mind. With battles, there are really parts that you don’t understand unless you draw it in pictures…so I was worried about what I should do if there was no power in the centerpiece battle. But…the power was greater than I had imagined! Just as you’d expect from animation professionals! I thought, at the very least, I myself had never seen that sort of super-showy battle scene before.

I thought that things would get out of hand if they fought right there at Capsule Corporation, but naturally, the location changed. (laughs) To think that they’d go all the way into the stratosphere[1]……but thinking about it, they’re both aliens, after all. Maybe they can just barely breathe.

Kanzenshuu Translation Note
[1] Judging by the film, they’re in low Earth orbit, which is in the ionosphere, and definitely not survivable by ordinary mortals. But let’s not over-think this…

[xJeffx]

Maybe he was holding his breath? During his fight with Frieza, Goku held his breath underwater for a while.

[Hellspawn28]

Maybe they are not fully in space in the battle between Beerus and SSjG Goku.

[Saiyan007]

That part of space is called the exosphere.

•Exosphere: The exosphere is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The exosphere goes from about 400 miles (640 km) high to about 800 miles (1,280 km). The lower boundary of the exosphere is called the critical level of escape, where atmospheric pressure is very low (the gas atoms are very widely spaced) and the temperature is very low.

The atmosphere here merges into space in the extremely thin air.

So Basically there is little to no air up where Goku and Beerus was.

It just shows Saiyans have a better lung capacity also he could of stayed up there longer but he was exhausted from the fight not becuase of the lack of air even when he was out of breath he was still up there showing no signs of asphyxiation

[Friezacooler]

krillin can survive in space. They fight and move faster than light speed or godly eyes can see. So to question whether they can breathe in space at that point that question becomes pathetic.

[Kamiccolo9]

krillin can survive in space. They fight and move faster than light speed or godly eyes can see. So to question whether they can breathe in space at that point that question becomes pathetic.

Krillin cannot breathe in space. That was the reason they had to use one of their wishes to Porunga to move Krillin's soul to Enma's realm, so that he wouldn't die of suffocation upon being revived where Namek used to be.

[Friezacooler]

krillin can survive in space. They fight and move faster than light speed or godly eyes can see. So to question whether they can breathe in space at that point that question becomes pathetic.

Krillin cannot breathe in space. That was the reason they had to use one of their wishes to Porunga to move Krillin's soul to Enma's realm, so that he wouldn't die of suffocation upon being revived where Namek used to be.

movie 2 shows different.

[Kamiccolo9]

krillin can survive in space. They fight and move faster than light speed or godly eyes can see. So to question whether they can breathe in space at that point that question becomes pathetic.

Krillin cannot breathe in space. That was the reason they had to use one of their wishes to Porunga to move Krillin's soul to Enma's realm, so that he wouldn't die of suffocation upon being revived where Namek used to be.

movie 2 shows different.

The manga trumps Movie 2. And I don't seem to remember Krillin ever being in space in that movie.

[Friezacooler]

movie 2 shows different.[/quote]
The manga trumps Movie 2. And I don't seem to remember Krillin ever being in space in that movie.[/quote]

starting from 52 minutes in to the movie.

[Kamiccolo9]

starting from 52 minutes in to the movie.

Ok. All I'm seeing is yet another reason to totally discount Movie 2. The manga has greater authority than the movies, and it states that Krillin cannot survive in space. And by "states," I mean that it flat-out says that he can't survive in space, and that if he were to be revived without moving his soul to Enma's, he would die.

Edit: In the translation that I just looked up, Kaio says that both Krillin and Goku would die if brought back to life where they died previously (at this point, everyone still thought that Goku had died when Namek exploded). That's a pretty direct statement that they can't survive in space.

[mmg86]

if he went full Super Saiyan 1 he could easily travel at around 52,083km+ per second and that's assuming the power level stays linear which it doesn't, meaning he could probably pull off more than just that.

Please take a look at when Goku first demonstrated teleportation, how far away they were from Kame House, and you will realize your assumption was quite far from reality.

[goku the krump dancer]

Goku at twelve had a body that was twice as strong as that of an average human. So even by then he could survive about twice as long as the average person in space but now were in BoG/End of Z territory where he's a bagillion times better than he was in the beginning so he should be able to survive space a bagillion times longer than he could before.

that

or what PenguinTruth said.

[Monkey D Goku]

I always like to believe Sayians had the ability to store up oxygen within their bodies for use in space. Like Bardock was in space fighting Frieza and his men.

What I thought Frieza meant is that Goku could survive in space for a short period of time due to him storing up oxygen but he would still eventually suffocate.

[Hellspawn28]

krillin can survive in space. They fight and move faster than light speed or godly eyes can see. So to question whether they can breathe in space at that point that question becomes pathetic.

Krillin cannot breathe in space. That was the reason they had to use one of their wishes to Porunga to move Krillin's soul to Enma's realm, so that he wouldn't die of suffocation upon being revived where Namek used to be.

movie 2 shows different.

The only movies that I feel like we can used in debates other then BOG is Movie 9 and 13 given how they fit into the timeline very well. The older DBZ movies never made much sense.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Saiyans are shown to be able to survive in the stratosphere of a planet, but they can't survive in the vacuum of space.

[rereboy]

That part of space is called the exosphere.

•Exosphere: The exosphere is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere. The exosphere goes from about 400 miles (640 km) high to about 800 miles (1,280 km). The lower boundary of the exosphere is called the critical level of escape, where atmospheric pressure is very low (the gas atoms are very widely spaced) and the temperature is very low.

The atmosphere here merges into space in the extremely thin air.

So Basically there is little to no air up where Goku and Beerus was.

It just shows Saiyans have a better lung capacity also he could of stayed up there longer but he was exhausted from the fight not becuase of the lack of air even when he was out of breath he was still up there showing no signs of asphyxiation

For all we know the atmosphere on Earth in Dragon Ball can be significantly different from the real world. But I agree that Goku must have a incredible lung capacity.

[Polyphase Avatron]

From what Toriyama said I take it to mean that he can breathe in a much thinner atmosphere than humans can but still not in a vacuum.