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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ZombieVito » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:10 am

Bullza wrote:
ChiefWamsutta wrote:Probably because we would just be guessing at when Goku is Saiyan Beyond God and when he is regular Base. It also wasn't really said if he ever had it or not.
Goku has only ever been a Saiyan Beyond God during his fight with Beerus and then all the way up to when he fought Frieza. When he fought Copy Vegeta and when he fought Monaka/Beerus.

The two base theory absolutely does not work with the story. It can't be made sense of, he doesnt switch between powers or anything like that. It only works if you can accept the show had behind the scenes issues.

By all accounts Final Form Frieza would have beaten the absolute tar out of Base Black (at least before the last zenkai anyway).
Sure it can. As Goku put it "Super Saiyan Blue is when a Saiyan with the power of Super Saiyan God, transforms into a Super Saiyan". In other words:

Super Saiyan Blue = Super Saiyan + Super Saiyan God power.

Since Goku and Vegeta can turn Super Saiyan since the U6 arc, that means that they can in fact control their Super Saiyan God power and suppressed it at will since they can't have that power when they turn gold as per Goku's description.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ChiefWamsutta » Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:22 am

Hugo Boss wrote:Are you guys aware that Herms and Emma Winters translated this stuff on the Fact Thread?

By the way, if you want to save the trouble of reading it, it's said Goku used the last bits of power he had left in that kamehameha, he had reached his peak condition a while ago, but continued to drag that fight. One episode later, Vegeta reflected that Goku surpassed Super Saiyan God, in order words he mastered the power. This point is corroborated several times in other medias, such as in the interview I mentioned pages ago.
Yeah, I always saw SS Goku after losing SSG as, essentially, Goku with only 15% power left (or some number). Reaching his peak condition sounds like the highest power level he was at was when he was an SSG.

To me, the wording of mastering the power implies adding a portion of SSG power to his Base to boost Base higher.
Bulma's Foot Masseur wrote:You would think that if Toei could release that Black arc timeline graph, then they could fucking tell us how Super Saiyan God currently works.
It's one of three things: 1) Toei is working on it currently and going to release it; 2) Toei is not working on it because they don't care at all; 3) Toei is not working on it because they genuinely do not believe there is power level problem and it is somehow consistent in their minds. If it's number three, then I hope they get pressured to release one.
ZombieVito wrote: Sure it can. As Goku put it "Super Saiyan Blue is when a Saiyan with the power of Super Saiyan God, transforms into a Super Saiyan". In other words:

Super Saiyan Blue = Super Saiyan + Super Saiyan God power.

Since Goku and Vegeta can turn Super Saiyan since the U6 arc, that means that they can in fact control their Super Saiyan God power and suppressed it at will since they can't have that power when they turn gold as per Goku's description.
Vegeta never had the power of Super Saiyan God though.

For Goku, Super Saiyan Blue = Super Saiyan + Super Saiyan God power.
For Vegeta, Super Saiyan Blue = Super Saiyan + ?????

This is why I believe it is a new form entirely, and not just certain ki being mixed with Super Saiyan. This is also backed-up by the fact that Goku transforms into this form like a power-up, versus his hair heterogeneously mixing from yellow into blue as the god ki emerges to dominate his mortal ki in the Super Saiyan form.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by ZombieVito » Fri Mar 10, 2017 2:46 am

He did, Vegeta got the power of Super Saiyan God on his own thanks to training with Whis.
Minute: 6
Kuririn: "Unbelievable! Vegeta's obtained the power of a Super Saiyan God, too?!"
Goku: "Yeah. And unlike me, he didn't borrow the strength of other Saiyans. All of that is purely his own power."

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:23 am

supersaiyangodgogeta wrote:Already countered this. Goku says that his power itself feels no weaker. Post god Goku was using the same power, but not in the same amount, hence why Beerus deemed his post god power as inadequate initially.
No that is the assumption. You don't know he wasn't using it in the same amount. All Goku said was that "I don't feel like I got weaker at all" His strength did not drop one iota going from SSJG to SSJ. Beerus deemed it as inadequate initially only after Goku ran out of breathe and had to be saved from drowning and you can't say he was only in that position because he was weaker because there's nothing to say that the SSJG Goku from a moment earlier wouldn't have had the exact thing happen to him because he can't breathe under water either.
Why would I assume what? You're guessing when he did.
How is it a guess? He said as a SSJG he was fighting at 100%. He went back to being a SSJ of equal strength and then soon after powered up even further yet again. Then he said he was using every last ounce of power but then still found more power from somewhere to destroy a much more powerful energy mass.

All whilst they kept talking about his limits.
That's not what it means. Someone being at their limit during a beam struggle doesn't mean that their attack has every ounce of their ki. Gohan wasn't out of ki after losing the beam struggle to Lavender.
Of course it does, the word limit is defined as "a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass". If Goku was capable of bringing it out more power then it was not his limit. If he could have brought out more power then he would have but he couldn't, he thought at that point that the fight was over. It was only after he surpassed his limits did he bring out more power.

Gohan was never said to have been at his limit unlike Goku and the poison was clearly effecting him. Goku also wasn't out of Ki after that Kamehameha either so those aren't good examples.
Base Goku isn't a Super Saiyan God. Super Saiyan God Goku is a Super Saiyan God. Merely having the power of god doesn't make you a Super Saiyan God. You need to assume the form itself. If Goku didn't absorb SSJG, then he wouldn't be able to use it. How hard is this to understand? Absorbing the form doesn't magically make it disappear forever. Goku in the movie reactivated SSJG after absorbing it.
That is completely wrong going by what Toriyama himself said.

"Goku has already absorbed [Super Saiyan] God’s power and made it his own, so there is no need for him to transform into [Super Saiyan] God."

That is why in the anime because he did absorb it's power it has never been seen again. In the manga they never said anything about him absorbing the power and that is why it is seen again. Yes I know it happened in the movie, at the time is confused people because of it but it was a mistake they seemingly fixed with the anime by having Base Goku destroy the sun looking sphere in place of where SSJG Goku did so in the movie.
He doesn't have the god ki, therefore isn't using everything SSJG has.


God Ki has nothing to do with their strength. He no longer had God Ki after he went back to Super Saiyan because they were all sensing him on Earth but his strength didn't change.
You're argument is nonsense because Goku can transform into a Super Saiyan, therefore you somehow equating Base Goku to Super Saiyan God doesn't have any merit. It just means that you were wrong, even though you don't want to admit it.
It's not wrong. It is a clear issue with the anime. He's able to turn into a Super Saiyan in the manga because he doesn't have the power of a Super Saiyan God in Base as is proven because he can turn into a Super Saiyan God to get stronger.

The anime had Goku absorb it's power though like in the movie and when he turns Super Saiyan he's just supposed to be blue now. This messed things up when Super Saiyan came back into it because if he could still turn into the regular Super Saiyan then he shouldn't have the power of a God but they already said that he did.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by supersaiyangodgogeta » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:37 am

Bullza wrote:No that is the assumption. You don't know he wasn't using it in the same amount. All Goku said was that "I don't feel like I got weaker at all" His strength did not drop one iota going from SSJG to SSJ. Beerus deemed it as inadequate initially only after Goku ran out of breathe and had to be saved from drowning and you can't say he was only in that position because he was weaker because there's nothing to say that the SSJG Goku from a moment earlier wouldn't have had the exact thing happen to him because he can't breathe under water either.
If Goku's power wasn't inadequate, then he wouldn't have been in that position by Beerus' own word, so nah. SSJG Goku wouldn't have been in that position. You're not making any sense. You're basically saying that Goku's power being deemed inadequate is due to his inability to breathe underwater, but no it was due to his power.
Goku was using the same power, but not in the same amount. This is blatantly obvious. Your argument is saying that there should be no difference between SSJ and SSB Goku, which makes no sense whatsoever.
How is it a guess? He said as a SSJG he was fighting at 100%. He went back to being a SSJ of equal strength and then soon after powered up even further yet again. Then he said he was using every last ounce of power but then still found more power from somewhere to destroy a much more powerful energy mass.

All whilst they kept talking about his limits.
If SSJG was stated to be at full power and SSJ Goku is shown powering up, then that means that before he powered up, he was below the maximum. If Beerus labels post god Goku's power as inadequate for someone who absorbed SSJG, then he isn't operating at it's full power.

As was said before, nothing implies that Goku surpassed his limits yet again. He just didn''t hit his current limit. His current limit allowed him to disrupt the sphere by punching the core and he was knocked out in the process. That's it. No need to make this far more complicated than it needs to be.
Of course it does, the word limit is defined as "a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass". If Goku was capable of bringing it out more power then it was not his limit. If he could have brought out more power then he would have but he couldn't, he thought at that point that the fight was over. It was only after he surpassed his limits did he bring out more power.

Gohan was never said to have been at his limit unlike Goku and the poison was clearly effecting him. Goku also wasn't out of Ki after that Kamehameha either so those aren't good examples.
No, that's just the amount of power they can keep releasing at a time. The amount of power they can constantly flow into their attacks at a time does not cross X threshold.
By definition, Gohan was at his limit unless you're assuming that he was holding back, so nah. Yet he wasn't even close to being out of energy unlike Goku and Vegito whom were stated to charge their attacks with every ounce of their ki preemptively before firing it.
That is completely wrong going by what Toriyama himself said.

"Goku has already absorbed [Super Saiyan] God’s power and made it his own, so there is no need for him to transform into [Super Saiyan] God."

That is why in the anime because he did absorb it's power it has never been seen again. In the manga they never said anything about him absorbing the power and that is why it is seen again. Yes I know it happened in the movie, at the time is confused people because of it but it was a mistake they seemingly fixed with the anime by having Base Goku destroy the sun looking sphere in place of where SSJG Goku did so in the movie.
It's talking about the ritual. The ritual was the only known way to transform into a Super Saiyan God, but since he made the power his own, he doesn't need the ritual. Hence why everyone is surprised that Goku can turn into a Super Saiyan God without the ritual during the fight against Freeza. Goku transformed into an SSJG to stop Beerus' attack, so yes he did have a need for the form in the movie itself.
SSJG was never seen again because the writers didn't make Goku transform into it. Don't know why you're guessing a reason as to why it never appeared again. Nothing implies that SSJG Goku countering the sphere was a mistake. You and the "other people" you're referring to are only being confused by your own bias.
The writers made SSJG Goku in the movie negate the sphere because that's simply what they did.
The writers made Goku without SSJG in the anime negate the sphere because that's simply what they did.


God Ki has nothing to do with their strength. He no longer had God Ki after he went back to Super Saiyan because they were all sensing him on Earth but his strength didn't change.
If that's the case, then Super Saiyan Blue Goku shouldn't be any different than Super Saiyan Goku, yet he is. You can't keep ignoring that. Both SSJG and SSJ Goku were using power sources of equal power, which is the Super Saiyan God power. They were not using it in the same amounts for reasons that were already stated multiple times.

It's not wrong. It is a clear issue with the anime. He's able to turn into a Super Saiyan in the manga because he doesn't have the power of a Super Saiyan God in Base as is proven because he can turn into a Super Saiyan God to get stronger.

The anime had Goku absorb it's power though like in the movie and when he turns Super Saiyan he's just supposed to be blue now. This messed things up when Super Saiyan came back into it because if he could still turn into the regular Super Saiyan then he shouldn't have the power of a God but they already said that he did.
No there is no problem. Something going against your beliefs gives the illusion of something being wrong, but that's just your bias. You're trying to over-complicate everything for no reason at all and it's getting ridiculous. If what you're saying is true, then he would've went Super Saiyan Blue against Beerus. The same fight that you're trying to use as evidence contradicts your argument.

Goku in the anime can transform into an SSJG, just like his manga and movie counterparts. He doesn't just happen to be the only one that can't transform into it because you say so. He mastered the form itself in order to evolve it to Super Saiyan Blue. That is stated, so he can still use the SSJG transformation whenever he wants.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:04 pm

Goku was using the same power, but not in the same amount. This is blatantly obvious. Your argument is saying that there should be no difference between SSJ and SSB Goku, which makes no sense whatsoever.
It's not obvious because what you're saying is completely wrong. As mentioned the narrator said he was now beyond the level of a God. As was also brought up by Hugo Boss, Vegeta also says that he surpassed it.

You're arguing against the facts. Goku fought underwater, he struggled due to being able to breathe so Beerus says he should be stronger than that. Goku came out of the water and forced Beerus into space where he then said "this is the power of Super Saiyan God".

There is nothing that ever implied he is using a lesser amount of that power.
If SSJG was stated to be at full power and SSJ Goku is shown powering up, then that means that before he powered up, he was below the maximum.
Yet we know he wasn't due to Goku saying he did not get weaker. So if he was shown to power up then he'd only be stronger.
No, that's just the amount of power they can keep releasing at a time. The amount of power they can constantly flow into their attacks at a time does not cross X threshold.
Again this is all assumption based on nothing. The Gohan example is useless, that's nothing in anyway like the scene I'm referring to so forget that.

The Kamehameha that SSJG fired was his best he was capable of prior to surpassing his limits again. If he was capable of dishing out more power then he would have but he couldn't hence him thinking the fight was about to be over. This Kamehameha wasn't nearly as powerful as SSJ Goku's best as was very clearly shown.
SSJG was never seen again because the writers didn't make Goku transform into it.
....No that's silly, very silly. It was never seen again because they already explained in very simple English that he'd absorbed the power and it fully merged with him. There is nothing for him to transform into as Toriyama specifically said.

If they've had it return in the manga multiple times then they wouldn't just feel like not doing that in the anime version, that'd just be stupid for merchandising reasons. He's not transforming into it because he can't.
You're trying to over-complicate everything for no reason at all and it's getting ridiculous. If what you're saying is true, then he would've went Super Saiyan Blue against Beerus. The same fight that you're trying to use as evidence contradicts your argument.

Goku in the anime can transform into an SSJG, just like his manga and movie counterparts.
I'm not overcomplicating anything, you're ignoring what's been said. Even though Goku specifically said he didn't get weaker you're saying he did get weaker and then trying to come up with a reason for why Goku said that.

You're ignoring that the narrator and Vegeta said he surpassed it. You're ignoring that Toriyama said there's no need to transform into it. You're ignoring the very obvious image in the Resurrection F manga that implies it. You're ignoring that he Goku said he was a Saiyan with the power of a God. You're ignoring that the manga never said it showed that he absorbed that power. You're ignoring that the promotional material referred to Resurrection F Goku as a Saiyan Beyond God. You're ignoring that Beerus said he'd got much stronger and was about to fight him.

He was never any weaker. He turns Super Saiyan now and he turns Blue.

The manga made a significant change where Goku did not absorb the power so he could still transform freely into the Super Saiyan and God forms. That causes the problem with the anime because they went with the original version.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Hugo Boss » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:04 pm

ChiefWamsutta wrote:
Hugo Boss wrote:Are you guys aware that Herms and Emma Winters translated this stuff on the Fact Thread?

By the way, if you want to save the trouble of reading it, it's said Goku used the last bits of power he had left in that kamehameha, he had reached his peak condition a while ago, but continued to drag that fight. One episode later, Vegeta reflected that Goku surpassed Super Saiyan God, in order words he mastered the power. This point is corroborated several times in other medias, such as in the interview I mentioned pages ago.
Yeah, I always saw SS Goku after losing SSG as, essentially, Goku with only 15% power left (or some number). Reaching his peak condition sounds like the highest power level he was at was when he was an SSG.

To me, the wording of mastering the power implies adding a portion of SSG power to his Base to boost Base higher.
It's more like "I can't get any better than this and I used up almost all of my power, but at least let me try this". Then, he pulled that classic shonen move.

By mastering, I mean he kept from Super Saiyan God what was convenient, which was the power. Godhood being gone was irrelevant to him.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by supersaiyangodgogeta » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:16 pm

Bullza wrote: It's not obvious because what you're saying is completely wrong. As mentioned the narrator said he was now beyond the level of a God. As was also brought up by Hugo Boss, Vegeta also says that he surpassed it.

You're arguing against the facts. Goku fought underwater, he struggled due to being able to breathe so Beerus says he should be stronger than that. Goku came out of the water and forced Beerus into space where he then said "this is the power of Super Saiyan God".

There is nothing that ever implied he is using a lesser amount of that power.
Beerus said what he said because Goku's power was not as it should as he said himself, not because he couldn't breathe underwater. Do you even realize how ridiculous that sounds?
Nothing during the fight implies that Goku surpassed SSJG's stated 100%, so everything you're saying is moot.
Yet we know he wasn't due to Goku saying he did not get weaker. So if he was shown to power up then he'd only be stronger.
He says that his power didn't get weaker, so it just means that both SSJG & SSJ Goku are running on Super Saiyan God's power, not a weaker source. We see Beerus label his power as inadequate, so Goku powering up wouldn't mean he was getting stronger than his stated full power.
Again this is all assumption based on nothing. The Gohan example is useless, that's nothing in anyway like the scene I'm referring to so forget that.

The Kamehameha that SSJG fired was his best he was capable of prior to surpassing his limits again. If he was capable of dishing out more power then he would have but he couldn't hence him thinking the fight was about to be over. This Kamehameha wasn't nearly as powerful as SSJ Goku's best as was very clearly shown.
The Gohan example isn't useless because you want it to be. Gohan was nowhere near out of ki after losing the beam struggle to Lavender where he wasn't holding back. Being at your limit=/=gathering all of your ki into a single blast, then firing it.
All SSJG Goku did was fire a Kamehameha at full power. Every single ounce of his power including all of his reserves weren't currently inside the Kamehameha like what SSJ Goku did. If the beam struggle continued, then yes, SSJG Goku would've lost all of his power eventually.
....No that's silly, very silly. It was never seen again because they already explained in very simple English that he'd absorbed the power and it fully merged with him. There is nothing for him to transform into as Toriyama specifically said.

If they've had it return in the manga multiple times then they wouldn't just feel like not doing that in the anime version, that'd just be stupid for merchandising reasons. He's not transforming into it because he can't.
That isn't even what was said. It was stated that he had no reason to transform into it anymore, not that he couldn't. And the only known method for transforming into SSJG at that point was the ritual, so that's what it's referring to. Goku absorbing God means that he had no need for the ritual.
We already saw him transform into an SSJG during the film, so he can transform into it as he desires. Whether or not this disagrees with your preconceived notions is entirely irrelevant.
I'm not overcomplicating anything, you're ignoring what's been said. Even though Goku specifically said he didn't get weaker you're saying he did get weaker and then trying to come up with a reason for why Goku said that.

You're ignoring that the narrator and Vegeta said he surpassed it. You're ignoring that Toriyama said there's no need to transform into it. You're ignoring the very obvious image in the Resurrection F manga that implies it. You're ignoring that he Goku said he was a Saiyan with the power of a God. You're ignoring that the manga never said it showed that he absorbed that power. You're ignoring that the promotional material referred to Resurrection F Goku as a Saiyan Beyond God. You're ignoring that Beerus said he'd got much stronger and was about to fight him.

He was never any weaker. He turns Super Saiyan now and he turns Blue.

The manga made a significant change where Goku did not absorb the power so he could still transform freely into the Super Saiyan and God forms. That causes the problem with the anime because they went with the original version.
Everything in the bold is an assumption. Every bit of it. With you believing things like that no wonder you think that the anime is "inconsistent". Goku saying that he has the power of a Super Saiyan God doesn't make him equivalent to one in base. Saiyan Beyond God is a state of being, not form or transformation. As someone who has absorbed SSJG, Goku is a "Saiyan Beyond God". That isn't a reference to him surpassing it's power level, but simply going beyond it due to making the power his own.

The rest after the bold is nonsense. No change was made, that's just a problem with your interpretation that you don't want to admit is wrong.
When Goku goes Super Saiyan, he goes Super Saiyan, not Blue. That's shown even in the Goku vs Beerus fight where he only uses the basic Super Saiyan despite being a Saiyan Beyond God.
When he transforms into Super Saiyan God and uses Super Saiyan simultaneously, he goes Super Saiyan Blue. That's what was stated. Base Goku was never equivalent to a Super Saiyan God. He has no God ki in base, so adding in Super Saiyan isn't going to make God ki magically appear.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:20 pm

Beerus said what he said because Goku's power was not as it should as he said himself, not because he couldn't breathe underwater. Do you even realize how ridiculous that sounds?
He already said the power had fully merged with him. Fully, not partially. The Narrator talking over this exact episode said he was now beyond the level of god. Beerus said he should have more power than this after he was dragging his lifeless body out of the water, a body that was lifeless because he was drowning.

Beerus did not make that comment whist they were fighting in space. Only after he almost drowned. You're focusing way too much on this line.
He says that his power didn't get weaker, so it just means that both SSJG & SSJ Goku are running on Super Saiyan God's power, not a weaker source.
No it means his strength did not decrease. Goku didn't even notice that he'd gone back to Super Saiyan God as far as he was concerned he was still fighting at that same 100% until he was interrupted.

If his strength had suddenly dropped he'd have known about it. He would have gotten weaker and he said he didn't.
The Gohan example isn't useless because you want it to be.
It's completely useless when the poison rotting away at Gohans body was a big part in him struggling in that fight, it obviously was not the limit of what Super Saiyan Gohan was capable of. Goku was not out of Ki after that last Kamehameha.
It was stated that he had no reason to transform into it anymore, not that he couldn't.
Same difference. He's not going to ever transform into it anymore because there is no need for him to do so. All of that power was already in his Base form. Even if he could transform he'd be the exact same strength.

He turned back into it the movie, something that seemingly wasn't supposed to happen. The anime was much more consistent with what Toriyama said and with what happened next with Resurrection F. It even had Goku go from Super Saiyan to Base instead of Base to Super Saiyan.
Everything in the bold is an assumption. Every bit of it.
They're all facts. I quoted you what Toriyama said. Goku did say he was a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God to Frieza in both versions. The Resurrection F manga did show an outlined image of God behind an attacking Base Goku. Several things referred to Base Goku as a Saiyan Beyond God. Beerus did say to Goku he'd gotten much stronger. The manga never said he absorbed it's power and you can look as much as you want but it's never said unlike the other versions.

So your comment makes zero sense.

You've also now ignored that besides the narrator, Vegeta too says Goku surpassed Super Saiyan God.

Context: Vegeta stands out in the middle of nowhere, reflecting on Goku's fight with Beerus.
Vegeta: "He surpassed it. Super Saiyan God. The level of gods."

Significance: Both Vegeta and the narrator mention that Goku has "surpassed the level of (the) god(s)"...."The interesting thing of course is that rather than talk about Goku simply "reaching" a godly level (as in the standard phrase), Vegeta and the narrator instead talk about Goku "surpassing"."

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by supersaiyangodgogeta » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:56 pm

Bullza wrote: He already said the power had fully merged with him. Fully, not partially. The Narrator talking over this exact episode said he was now beyond the level of god. Beerus said he should have more power than this after he was dragging his lifeless body out of the water, a body that was lifeless because he was drowning.

Beerus did not make that comment whist they were fighting in space. Only after he almost drowned. You're focusing way too much on this line.
The power merging with Goku just means that he has all of the power. That doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean that he was using all of it as an SSJ.
Goku was reduced to his drowning state because his power wasn't adequate to produce another outcome.

Beerus said what he said in response to Goku's power, not his inability to breathe underwater. Lets stop with the reaching, ok?

Don't know how you can even say the bold given your apparent tunnel vision on obscure quotes that mean absolutely nothing, yet your adamant about them proving your "point".
No it means his strength did not decrease. Goku didn't even notice that he'd gone back to Super Saiyan God as far as he was concerned he was still fighting at that same 100% until he was interrupted.

If his strength had suddenly dropped he'd have known about it. He would have gotten weaker and he said he didn't.
It means that he was operating under the same power, not in the same amount. We already see that SSJ Goku gets stronger when he uses SSJG's God ki in conjunction with the form. That's Super Saiyan Blue. So using the actual God ki does grant a power increase in the form of SSJG.
It's completely useless when the poison rotting away at Gohans body was a big part in him struggling in that fight, it obviously was not the limit of what Super Saiyan Gohan was capable of. Goku was not out of Ki after that last Kamehameha.
That was his limit with the poison rotting his body, yet there was no implication that he used up all his ki.

If you're saying that Goku didn't use all of his power, then you would have to make the argument that Vegito didn't use all of his ki in his Final Kamehameha either even though it's stated that he did. Running on fumes isn't really any indication that they didn't use up their power, especially not when it's stated that they did.
Same difference. He's not going to ever transform into it anymore because there is no need for him to do so. All of that power was already in his Base form. Even if he could transform he'd be the exact same strength.

He turned back into it the movie, something that seemingly wasn't supposed to happen. The anime was much more consistent with what Toriyama said and with what happened next with Resurrection F. It even had Goku go from Super Saiyan to Base instead of Base to Super Saiyan.
No it's not. He has no need for the ritual since he already absorbed the power. The ritual was the only known way of transforming into SSJG and Goku didn't need it. That's all Toriyama's quote means. His strength changes in the manga and movies when he transforms into an SSJG. The anime isn't magically different than the 2 other media that portray the exact same thing.

You're assuming that him transforming in the movie wasn't intended. Unless you have a quote from the producers saying this, it's moot. We may actually get somewhere when you stop treating your wild guesses like they're absolute fact.
They're all facts. I quoted you what Toriyama said. Goku did say he was a Saiyan with the power of a Super Saiyan God to Frieza in both versions. The Resurrection F manga did show an outlined image of God behind an attacking Base Goku. Several things referred to Base Goku as a Saiyan Beyond God. Beerus did say to Goku he'd gotten much stronger. The manga never said he absorbed it's power and you can look as much as you want but it's never said unlike the other versions.

So your comment makes zero sense.

You've also now ignored that besides the narrator, Vegeta too says Goku surpassed Super Saiyan God.

Context: Vegeta stands out in the middle of nowhere, reflecting on Goku's fight with Beerus.
Vegeta: "He surpassed it. Super Saiyan God. The level of gods."

Significance: Both Vegeta and the narrator mention that Goku has "surpassed the level of (the) god(s)"...."The interesting thing of course is that rather than talk about Goku simply "reaching" a godly level (as in the standard phrase), Vegeta and the narrator instead talk about Goku "surpassing"."
Goku told Freeza that he possessed Super Saiyan God's power. So what? That doesn't equate Base Goku to SSJG. Goku is only a Super Saiyan God when he utilizes it's Godly ki.
Yes, Beerus states that Goku has gotten stronger. So what? That just means that Goku is in general, stronger than before. ROF Goku>BOG Goku.

Goku "surpassed" Super Saiyan God by absorbing the form and making the power his own. Super Saiyan God's power level wasn't stated to be surpassed until Super Saiyan Blue.
It doesn't need to be said that Goku absorbed the power in the manga since it's shown. He transformed into SSJG under his own power, just like he did in the movie after he absorbed it.

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How was base Future Trunks able to defeat SS Trunks? The base adults are always depicted to be stronger than the kids even though the Daizenshuu claims that Goten is on par with Gohan. How do you make sense out of this mess?
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DBZ Macky wrote:How was base Future Trunks able to defeat SS Trunks? The base adults are always depicted to be stronger than the kids even though the Daizenshuu claims that Goten is on par with Gohan. How do you make sense out of this mess?
Did we actually see the fight? As far as I recall it happened off screen and by the end they were both still standing.

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DBZ Macky wrote:How was base Future Trunks able to defeat SS Trunks? The base adults are always depicted to be stronger than the kids even though the Daizenshuu claims that Goten is on par with Gohan. How do you make sense out of this mess?
Did we actually see the fight? As far as I recall it happened off screen and by the end they were both still standing.
Nah, we didn't. But little Trunks was seemingly out of breath while big Trunks was just there standing.
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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by TheUltimateNinja » Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:51 am

DBZ Macky wrote:
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DBZ Macky wrote:How was base Future Trunks able to defeat SS Trunks? The base adults are always depicted to be stronger than the kids even though the Daizenshuu claims that Goten is on par with Gohan. How do you make sense out of this mess?
Did we actually see the fight? As far as I recall it happened off screen and by the end they were both still standing.
Nah, we didn't. But little Trunks was seemingly out of breath while big Trunks was just there standing.
Trunks could have gone SSJ off screen and then dropped back down to base.

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Post by Rubens » Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:02 am

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think you guys often rely too much on the Daizenshuu to make sense of things. Personally I don't believe Goten and Trunks on their own are much stronger than android arc super saiyans (or maybe in between then and the Cell games).
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TheUltimateNinja wrote: Did we actually see the fight? As far as I recall it happened off screen and by the end they were both still standing.
Nah, we didn't. But little Trunks was seemingly out of breath while big Trunks was just there standing.
Trunks could have gone SSJ off screen and then dropped back down to base.
Though I think SS Kids should at least be stronger than the base adults, that sounds like stretching it a bit.
Though I won't deny that it is possible. I just don't think that was the implication at all.
Rubens wrote:Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think you guys often rely too much on the Daizenshuu to make sense of things. Personally I don't believe Goten and Trunks on their own are much stronger than android arc super saiyans (or maybe in between then and the Cell games).
It isn't just the Daizenshuu though.
1. SS Goten was already able to fight on par with SS Gohan, compare this to SS Kid Future Trunks vs Future Gohan from the Manga.
2. Even a Ki Blast from kid Trunks would (apparently) be enough to destroy #18, and they needed to suppress the attack.
3. The kids were considered to be the last hope of Earth instead of Piccolo, and that's before fusion was introduced.

Not to mention that they would have made huge gains inside the RoSaT. Big enough to leave Piccolo awestruck when they fused into Gotenks.
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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by TheUltimateNinja » Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:19 am

DBZ Macky wrote: It isn't just the Daizenshuu though.
1. SS Goten was already able to fight on par with SS Gohan, compare this to SS Kid Future Trunks vs Future Gohan from the Manga.
2. Even a Ki Blast from kid Trunks would (apparently) be enough to destroy #18, and they needed to suppress the attack.
3. The kids were considered to be the last hope of Earth instead of Piccolo, and that's before fusion was introduced.

Not to mention that they would have made huge gains inside the RoSaT. Big enough to leave Piccolo awestruck when they fused into Gotenks.
There's more:
1: Trunks is able to land a hit on an on guard Vegeta easily, this makes Vegeta flinch and hit back out of reflex.
2: Gohan says if he's not careful the squirts will pass him soon.
3: Piccolo is shocked when they power up for Goku, he even gets pushed back a little.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Hugo Boss » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:10 am

DBZ Macky wrote:
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DBZ Macky wrote: Nah, we didn't. But little Trunks was seemingly out of breath while big Trunks was just there standing.
Trunks could have gone SSJ off screen and then dropped back down to base.
Though I think SS Kids should at least be stronger than the base adults, that sounds like stretching it a bit.
Though I won't deny that it is possible. I just don't think that was the implication at all.
It doesn't seem like Big Trunks used Super Saiyan in that fight.

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Post by Bullza » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:32 am

The power merging with Goku just means that he has all of the power. That doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean that he was using all of it as an SSJ.
The comment about how his power had fully merged combined with Goku saying he hasn't got weaker is a clear indication to people watching that he just was not weaker. The Narrator and Vegeta's comments that he was beyond the level of Gods is a clear indication that he was stronger than he was shown to be while he was a Super Saiyan God as the ending of that fight shows.

You're whole argument comes from just that one line that Beerus said to Goku only after he was struggling to breathe. Not before it during the several minutes where they were fighting in space and the Narrator says they were hitting each with each other with enough power to destroy the universe.

Any inadequacy that he might have had was completely gone anyway once Beerus said "this is the power of Super Saiyan God".
It means that he was operating under the same power, not in the same amount.
Which again is proven to not be true if the Narrator and Vegeta said he was beyond that level. If they're saying he's stronger then he's not weaker.
That was his limit with the poison rotting his body, yet there was no implication that he used up all his ki. If you're saying that Goku didn't use all of his power, then you would have to make the argument that Vegito didn't use all of his ki in his Final Kamehameha either even though it's stated that he did.
But that wasn't the actual limit of Super Saiyan Gohan's power. It was just the best he could do whilst severely handicapped, it is not the best that his power is actually capable of producing. Vegito did use all of his Ki because they defused straight afterward. The Kamehemeha that Super Saiyan God Goku used was the best he was capable of prior to once again surpassing his limits.

Despite what Goku said he still had power left after that final Kamehameha with Beerus being surprised that he still wasn't at his limit yet.
No it's not. He has no need for the ritual since he already absorbed the power. The ritual was the only known way of transforming into SSJG and Goku didn't need it. That's all Toriyama's quote means. His strength changes in the manga and movies when he transforms into an SSJG. The anime isn't magically different than the 2 other media that portray the exact same thing.
No it doesn't mean that whatsoever, you're looking for things that aren't there. He absorbed the power, it's his power that is part of his Base state as the Resurrection F very obviously showed. Therefore there's no need for him to transform into it because he's already got that exact same power in him already. That's the only thing that that means.

His strength changes in the manga because he never absorbed it, they never showed him absorbing it, they never said he absorbed it. That is a straight fact that you are arguing against. If he were capable of transforming into it in the anime they would have definitely have brought it back just like every other form.
Goku told Freeza that he possessed Super Saiyan God's power. So what? That doesn't equate Base Goku to SSJG. Goku is only a Super Saiyan God when he utilizes it's Godly ki.
Yes, Beerus states that Goku has gotten stronger. So what? That just means that Goku is in general, stronger than before. ROF Goku>BOG Goku.
He didn't say he just "possessed" that power. He said he was a Saiyan with that power. Even though he has that same power he isn't actually a God until he obtains God Ki.

Goku fought Beerus as a Super Saiyan God, the aura disappeared but the power stayed inside him anyway, he was shown to get even stronger as a Super Saiyan. The narrator and Vegeta say he surpassed it. He then trains and gets stronger and Beerus tells him he's grown much stronger and wanted to fight him. He was stronger at that point then any point when he fought Beerus before.

Base Goku (RoF) > Base Goku (BoG) > SSJ Goku (BoG) > SSJG Goku
Super Saiyan God's power level wasn't stated to be surpassed until Super Saiyan Blue.
Which I already said was true because Base Goku was only as strong as he was because of Super Saiyan God's power in him. It was the source of all his strength.

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Re: Official Unofficial "Dragon Ball Super" Power Level Discussion Thread

Post by Bullza » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:41 am

DBZ Macky wrote:How was base Future Trunks able to defeat SS Trunks? The base adults are always depicted to be stronger than the kids even though the Daizenshuu claims that Goten is on par with Gohan. How do you make sense out of this mess?
Maybe he got a huge boost in power training with Vegeta. It was sort of overlooked a little bit in the anime, he did "train" with him but it only appeared to be that one sparring session. A preview did mention that he'd grown stronger as a result of his training.

The manga did actually show him training with Vegeta in the Gravity Machine as well. Perhaps Sparring + Gravity training does wonders for their power.

Considering he was said to be no match for a suppressed Base Black before and then later he was able to smack Super Saiyan Rose Black into a building then...yeah I'd just say he really powered up from whatever training he was supposed to have had.

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