Super Saiyan God Ritual

[shadowmaria]

So I'm rewatching Dragon Ball, and it hit me

During Battle of Gods, the SSJG Ritual is stated to require six pure-hearted Saiyan's to create a single Super Saiyan God

What's got me confused is that in Dragon Ball GT, a similar process was used to increase the power of Super Saiyan 4 Goku against Baby, however if memory serves only Goten, Trunks, Gohan, and Pan were available Saiyan's to lend their strength (plus Majuub)

This could be different in Dragon Ball Super, and it's possible Tarble may or may not show up (though probably not in Super at this time

In Battle of Gods, the ritual is only able to take place because Pan is in utero, however it's not been noted yet that Videl is pregnant, and considering that Pan is 4 years old ten years after the battle with Buu; Videl was either pregnant for, like, five years or Toriyama has screwed his own timeline again.

So without the fetus that is Pan, that only leaves Goten, Trunks, Vegeta, and Gohan on Earth to help the ritual.

What I'm getting at is what are the leading theories as to how is the ritual going to take place in Super?

[Duskp]

They can either change it to 5 saiyans, somehow introduce Tarble now, or simply keep Pan anyway.

I don't think the timeline is very clear on Super. We know it's at least six months, but probably more. They could also disregard the post-buu stuff and make Pan older anyway.

[DoomieDoomie911]

They're probably going to keep Pan. I don't think Toei's very concerned with continuity.

[nickzambuto]

Man, that's a good question. Maybe in the last moment when Beerus loses all of his patience and is about to destroy the earth, Nappa suddenly appears from behind a rock and reveals that he was alive this whole time watching the Dragon Gang and planning his revenge, but after seeing Vegeta's outburst of rage and passion at Bulma being slapping,'he has seen the light of good and joins their ritual. However the twist is that when everyone channels their energy into Goku, the power is actually directed at Nappa instead because of his more pure heart, and he defeats Beerus singlehandedly.