Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

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Re: Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

Post by Hitiro » Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:42 pm

OWmyDragonBallz wrote:Something I believe we haven't discussed yet is how Freeza has his body in hell when villains supposedly lose them as stated by Kami and Piccolo.
If this movie is supposedly "the true canon continuation post boo" then fans who say that would have to accept other world arc. :clap:
Is there proof that Freeza had his body in hell? It could be a dream-like state?
Do you honestly think this is what hell looks like? XD

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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:09 pm

I don't think there is an issue with Freeza getting that strong in such short time. We've seen Goku & co. getting huge power-ups in short time, and Freeza a) is a mutant, b) has never trained in his entire life, c) is born with the 2nd highest known BP ever, so fuck logic since 1st chapter with Freeza.

I just realized though... Freeza can kick Vegetto's ass! :lol:
OWmyDragonBallz wrote:So taken from Freeza's recent quotes for the movie says that even Majin Boo isn't a match for him which I have no idea why Freeza even knows about Majin Boo let alone having his body in hell? This BoG stuff is creating quite the mind fuck, anyone agree?
Freeza didn't have a body in Hell, his body is destroyed by Trunks, and even when it was restored in FnF, it was still in pieces. The body Freeza has in Hell is either a fake body, or his spirit had taken the form of his body before its destruction.
rereboy wrote:Because, after his defeat on Namek, he could just have trained for 1 month, become way stronger than anybody, and then come to Earth and wipe out Goku and the rest. This makes him look stupid.
I'm not sure if his body was in proper condition for training back then.
Hitiro wrote:Is there proof that Freeza had his body in hell? It could be a dream-like state?
Do you honestly think this is what hell looks like? XD
This is 100% real, actually. We see Freeza disappearing from that place after he was revived.

And while I like the idea of Hell having an area like this, it does create a plot-hole... Hell was said to be similar to the Demon World, which is why Dabra was sent to Heaven for punishment. But wouldn't this part of Hell be an even worst fate for Dabra than Heaven? I really, really doubt the Demon Realm looks like that... Except if that place in Hell was recently created, after Dabra's punishment. Maybe Dabra inspired Enma Daio to make this place.
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Post by AvatarReiko » Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:55 pm

Its kind of hard to wrap my head around the fact that Freeza is going to be stronger than Vegetto. I mean…Vegetto. That is a monstrous power up.

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Re: Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

Post by Thanos » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:26 pm

No matter how good the explanation for his boost is, I don't think I'll be able to see it as anything more than an excuse to bring him "up to speed" with post-SSJG/Whis-trained Goku, which just sounds ridiculous. That's quite a leap in disbelief, even for Dragon Ball. :/
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Re: Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

Post by dbzfan7 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 4:46 pm

rereboy wrote:I believe that Toriyama just doesn't care as much about consistency and continuity as us. Its not simply a matter of forgetting things, the man is a gag artist at heart and true to his genre, he simply doesn't take things as consistency and continuity as seriously as us.
This is the bottom line, but people see to believe Toriyama totally cares and has been carefully making sure it all fits into his manga.
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Post by Zephyr » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:25 pm

rereboy wrote:I believe that Toriyama just doesn't care as much about consistency and continuity as us. Its not simply a matter of forgetting things, the man is a gag artist at heart and true to his genre, he simply doesn't take things as consistency and continuity as seriously as us.
I have to agree with this as well. And while I would greatly prefer if he paid more attention to detail, respected complete and seamless consistency, possibly even had a fact checker or lore master when he makes these new stories, I've come to terms with the fact that such is just an unrealistic ideal. I actually find it rather strange to expect some kind of flawless consistency in Dragon Ball stories. It's simply not a dominant or defining characteristic of the franchise.

However, I don't find Freeza's potential powerup in the upcoming movie to be problematic or inconsistent with the series. It's certainly out of left field, but that's about it.

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Re: Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

Post by RandomGuy96 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:17 pm

OWmyDragonBallz wrote:So taken from Freeza's recent quotes for the movie says that even Majin Boo isn't a match for him which I have no idea why Freeza even knows about Majin Boo let alone having his body in hell? This BoG stuff is creating quite the mind fuck, anyone agree?
Nah, he's still weaker than Android 18. The movie can say whatever it wants, it's still just a movie, and one that's about ten times harder to fit than movie 4.
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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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Post by Bullza » Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:00 am

RandomGuy96 wrote: Nah, he's still weaker than Android 18. The movie can say whatever it wants, it's still just a movie, and one that's about ten times harder to fit than movie 4.
We get it, you hate Frieza, no need to become another GmGoken like broken record who just keeps harping on about the same thing constantly.

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Post by Neon Z » Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:22 am

OWmyDragonBallz wrote:Something I believe we haven't discussed yet is how Freeza has his body in hell when villains supposedly lose them as stated by Kami and Piccolo.
If this movie is supposedly "the true canon continuation post boo", then fans who say that would have to accept other world arc or at the least stop bashing the fact that they do have their bodies during that time. :clap:
Well, special punishments had been established too (like sending Dabura to Hell). That hell still is completely different from the anime's, and although he had his body he was a in pod and couldn't move.

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Re: Freeza is now stronger than Boo saga?

Post by DieHard » Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:46 pm

the movie fits perfectly with the anime, bad guys in hell have bodies,and freeza was sealed so he coudldn use his body.this is in the manga too, enma says it was hard to retrain raditz

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Post by Dayspring » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:58 pm

Some additional context after reading the chapter:

Freeza says he's a prodigy, so much so that he's as powerful as he is without every having trained even once in his life. Those four months of training are supposed to be intense (what methods get used are unknown, though). Think Goku's week-long training for Namek, only lasting for 120 days instead of just 7. Also, it's Freeza, not some random Saiyan with low potential like Goku.

Additional consideration: the only time an opponent was strong enough to make Freeza dirty before was his dad. That means he's never truly fought seriously before his battle with Goku, either, which gives his claim quite a bit of credibility.



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Post by DieHard » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:36 pm

He is lying, he says he has got strong in his mecha form, he trains. [PORNOGRAHPIC IMAGE REMOVED BY MODERATOR. USER BANNED.] [PORNOGRAHPIC IMAGE REMOVED BY MODERATOR. USER BANNED.]

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Post by fadeddreams5 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:55 pm

Dayspring wrote:Freeza says he's a prodigy, so much so that he's as powerful as he is without every having trained even once in his life.
I don't understand how this makes Frieza a prodigy. The only person of his race he can compare himself to is Cold, and their powers are comparable without training. So is he a prodigy too? Prodigy of what? Do they even have a race?

I wish Frieza would have given some clues of his origins and status as a mutant instead of just calling himself a prodigy. That'd be more plausible because then we'd know his body's composition is different and has the potential to generate more ki than any other organism. All I would have wanted was a better explanation...
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Post by Dyno » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:26 pm

Freeza put Kakarot on the ground in the new trailer, and remember... A post-trained by Wiss Kakarot. Yes... He *argh* is stronger... :sick: than everyone in Buu saga. :?

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DieHard wrote:He is lying, he says he has got strong in his mecha form, he trains. [PORNOGRAHPIC IMAGE REMOVED BY MODERATOR. USER BANNED.]
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He never said anything about training in relation to his cybernetic attachments. The entire reason he became more powerful following his body being rebuilt by those cybernetics is because he was rebuilt with cybernetics that augmented his strength.

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Post by Dayspring » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:56 pm

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Dayspring wrote:Freeza says he's a prodigy, so much so that he's as powerful as he is without every having trained even once in his life.
I don't understand how this makes Freeza a prodigy. The only person of his race he can compare himself to is Cold, and their powers are comparable without training. So is he a prodigy too? Prodigy of what? Do they even have a race?

I wish Freeza would have given some clues of his origins and status as a mutant instead of just calling himself a prodigy. That'd be more plausible because then we'd know his body's composition is different and has the potential to generate more ki than any other organism. All I would have wanted was a better explanation...
Freeza calling himself a prodigy in this context tells us that he's naturally gifted in terms of strength, which is true given how he's 1,000x stronger than Ginyu, who in turn was the strongest mutant after Cold.

Freeza does and does not have a race. Cold is a mutant, but Freeza (technically) is not, he's the offspring of one. So Freeza is basically the first of his species, his son Kuriiza the second.
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Post by sayian_nation_ » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:38 pm

rereboy wrote:
Even without being able to match Goku's power in the future, the people that goku let go could cause destruction on earth por elsewhere and kill a lot of people. Even being sronger, goku can't be everythere and save everyone and he can't expect the people he let go to play by the rules.
He let Piccolo live and look what happened after. He became a very valuable ally, trained Gohan...things happen for a reason.

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Post by OWmyDragonBallz » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:12 am

During his battle with Goku, why didn't Freeza escape and come back in 4 months if he could supposedly surpass every saga by that time?

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Post by RancorSnp » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:30 am

If I am to be honest, I really do not see Freeza getting 20 times or so stronger during 4 months (though still hope the movie will shed some more explanation on that powerup) as much bulls**t as goku getting 38 times stronger by the most lucky and unexplained zenkai he has ever obtained.

And have really high hopes for that movie myself, this can be really epic piece of art.

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Post by mAcChaos » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:15 pm

OWmyDragonBallz wrote:During his battle with Goku, why didn't Freeza escape and come back in 4 months if he could supposedly surpass every saga by that time?
Too proud and stubborn. That would be admitting that Goku was strong enough to make him run.
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