How strong did the humans get?

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Bussani » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:30 pm

p123 wrote:I have Tenshinhan at 2,500,000 during the Androids Saga.
I still say that's some incredible progress all things considered, but I'd still be willing to buy it.
IMO, Shin Kikoho definitley causes Cell some discomfort. And if he can cause Cell discomfort he would absolutley obliterate Freeza 100% power. If we replace Cell with Freeza, Freeza would be dust IMO...
I was thinking about this, and I can't help but think about Goku having trouble flying with 40 tons of weights on him in the Buu saga. If that can make it hard for base Goku to fly, I think a powered up Kikoho from even a not-incredible Tenshinhan should be able to hold Cell back, even if it couldn't, say, kill Freeza; it just has to provide a sufficient downward force that makes it hard to fly out of.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by p123 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:32 am

Yes, I would think Tien being at 2.5 million is probably the highest possible range for one to think the humans could ever get. I can't ever see Tien being over the Base Saiyans in the Android Saga, and like I said, Shin Kikoho nearly forces us to make Tien as strong as possible.


Do you think AT had in mind that he wanted to show Tien's awesome push power blast? I think the intention is that Tien did what he accomplished to do on Kaio's planet, which was to surpass Goku using differing means. I would say Shin Kikoho is the by product of that statement wouldn't you?

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by CatouttaHell » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:48 am

I just want to say that increases in Dragon Ball don't always really make any sense. Son Goku went from 260 to, what, 350 or so after three years of training at Kami-sama's place? The Earthlings went from the low hundreds to the mid to high thousands from ONE year of training there. Not to mention Pikkoro training to defeat Goku for 5 years and going from 350 or so to 408, then training for another year against the Saiya-jins and going to over 2,000 (or thereabouts.)

Considering this and all the facts Senzu_Bean listed, it's possible that Toriyama just decided "oh the Earthlings are all stronger than the base Saiya-jins" without actually thinking about how they could have gotten there. Maybe he even intended to have them play a much larger role but him scrapping #19 and #20 for the main villain roles, scrapping #17 and #18 for the main villain roles, and then scrapping first form Cell as the main villain role he realised he could no longer do it with the current villain(s) or just eventually forgot?
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Bussani » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:38 am

p123 wrote:Do you think AT had in mind that he wanted to show Tenshinhan's awesome push power blast? I think the intention is that Tenshinhan did what he accomplished to do on Kaio's planet, which was to surpass Goku using differing means. I would say Shin Kikoho is the by product of that statement wouldn't you?
Well, Kikoho is a kiai attack, and the basic definition of a kiai attack is like an invisible shockwave of ki that blows your opponent away--so "awesome push power" is pretty much right. I think Toriyama probably only really wanted to show that despite not being able to do much, Tenshinhan was still heroic enough to give up his life just to slow Cell down.
CatouttaHell wrote:I just want to say that increases in Dragon Ball don't always really make any sense. Son Goku went from 260 to, what, 350 or so after three years of training at Kami-sama's place? The Earthlings went from the low hundreds to the mid to high thousands from ONE year of training there. Not to mention Pikkoro training to defeat Goku for 5 years and going from 350 or so to 408, then training for another year against the Saiya-jins and going to over 2,000 (or thereabouts.)
I don't know if I'd say that doesn't make sense. A lot of factors affect how much progress you make from a type of training, even in real life. In fact, I'd go as far as saying the humans are amazing in their own way, because they always seem to make greater progress from the same training Goku's already done than he did while doing it. But that doesn't change the fact that their increases would have to be astronomical for no adequately explained reason for them to make the sort of progress some people think they should have, so you can't really fault other people for reaching a different opinion when they consider this.

Could Toriyama have made them as strong as he wanted with no adequately explained reason? Of course. He could even have made Kuririn gain incredible power before the Buu saga by doing no training at all if he really wanted to. But that kind of argument doesn't convince me that the humans would have become that strong, and this thread is all about that opinion at the end of the day.

I think I'm rambling now.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Fox666 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:48 am

CatouttaHell wrote:I just want to say that increases in Dragon Ball don't always really make any sense. Son Goku went from 260 to, what, 350 or so after three years of training at Kami-sama's place? The Earthlings went from the low hundreds to the mid to high thousands from ONE year of training there. Not to mention Pikkoro training to defeat Goku for 5 years and going from 350 or so to 408, then training for another year against the Saiya-jins and going to over 2,000 (or thereabouts.)
Actually 400 and a few should be the supressed power of Goku and Piccolo, didn't? The V-Jump lists Goku as 910 in the 23rd Budokai.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Nazi Cola » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:19 am

I always assumed that was his Super Kamehameha's level.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by dbgtFO » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:59 am

Nazi Cola wrote:I always assumed that was his Super Kamehameha's level.
But it wasn't stated that it was, so Goku's MAX at the 25th TB was 910, which really shows the difference between him and Tenshinhan.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Fox666 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:29 am

Nazi Cola wrote:I always assumed that was his Super Kamehameha's level.
Some fans made that assumption. I believe even in kanzentai website the battle power guide has that comment. However that's pure based on the similarity with Goku's Kamehameha against Raditz that is 924.

I believe that the Kamehameha simply unleashes Goku's full power or has a very small differece (differently from the Makankousappou).
dbgtFO wrote:But it wasn't stated that it was, so Goku's MAX at the 25th TB was 910, which really shows the difference between him and Tenshinhan.
That should be the case. If you look at the battle of Goku and Piccolo, after Piccolo was almost with no power, still he can make all of the others fighters not interfere with his fight against Goku.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Senzu_Bean » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:49 am

Goku cannot be 910 at the 23rd TB cause he is only 416 against Raditz. Of course the 910 is referring to his full power, which is his Shin Kamehameha. That would put his capabilities around 409 against Piccolo.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by dbgtFO » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:59 am

Senzu_Bean wrote:Goku cannot be 910 at the 23rd TB cause he is only 416 against Raditz. Of course the 910 is referring to his full power, which is his Shin Kamehameha. That would put his capabilities around 409 against Piccolo.
416 is his suppressed level.
924 is close to his full power, if not even.
Raditz not picking Goku's 900 level up is just like Ginyu and Jeice's scouters not picking anything up from Goku other than his 5000 level, even though he fought all out. Or when Gohan kicked Nappa with all his might, Vegeta's scouter didn't pick anything up.
That's just how I feel.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Titan » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:06 am

First of all, I'm not trying to force my point of view on anyone.
Ok,but when you say that the other members are ignoring everything you are disrespecting them.
I respect your opinion so i only demand the same kind of treatment.
But Goku's head-start on them this time was enormous, even without Super Saiyan. For the record, I wouldn't expect Goku to make blinding progress training for the Androids either.
That's what keep us apart,i think Goku improved tremendously a lot more than the humans.
I mean that Earth is a colossal step down. It's all well and good that they learned and incorporated stuff into their training, but the tools they have available are more limited.
No, it isn't,i already explained you that they have kaio's style which means weighted clothing and those specials weights that we see Goku using in the Buu saga..That's kaio way of training which is more or less the same as training on a gravity chamber or even better.
If he surpassed the Freeza that it took a Super Saiyan to kill...that'd be even more incredible.
No,i only said that they would need to come above Freeza's supressed power which is in the millions.
Shit, if they'd made as much progress in the time they had like you suggest--in Earth's environment no less--he shouldn't have passed up on 2 years in the Room of Spirit and Time. But I guess he's only allowed to make that sort of progress between arcs?
Shit what?I never said that, i said they progressed a few millions while Piccolo touched the ssj realm hundreds of millions.Base sayans IMo would have 20 or 30 millions( just some random numbers to make you happy).
So their progress is still small when compared to base sayans or Piccolo.
Later,Piccolo fused with kami and all the ssj surpassed Piccolo by far,so shit it doesn't make any sense to compete against such adversity.
What you're telling me is that despite Kaio telling them that training with him on his planet for 158 days is like training on Earth for several thousand years*, they could actually make better progress than that on Earth thanks to what they learned. Please forgive me if I find that to be a bit of a stretch of the imagination. I still think it'd be incredible if they just got themselves into the millions by the Androids' arrival.
He meant that doing regular training on the Earth without his way of training(style) was less effective.Keep in mind that Goku and Piccolo are training in the earth too.

I was thinking about this, and I can't help but think about Goku having trouble flying with 40 tons of weights on him in the Buu saga.
That's an inconsistency Goku should be able to handle those weights easily.



Piccolo and the humans were useless against Nappa and Vegeta,but they still were in the thousands at the time.That's the reason why V -jump gives 75 000 to Krillin in namek.
There is always some kind of proportion in their evolution until ssj.,ie,hundreds of millions and that's the only thing they complain as something unattainable.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Fox666 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:12 am

At least that was these pages suggests for me, 416 stands for Goku the same way 1,220 stands for Piccolo

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Toriyama never bothered about giving the battle powers of the Raditz battle in the manga. :lol: But to think of it, we only get to know a very few at the Saiyan saga.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Bussani » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:49 pm

Titan wrote:No, it isn't,i already explained you that they have kaio's style which means weighted clothing and those specials weights that we see Goku using in the Buu saga..
Weighted clothes are Kami's thing. The weights from the Buu saga are magically conjured by Kaios; how would the humans get them on Earth? I mean, Kaio was asleep for most of the saga and didn't even know Earth was in danger. I guess they could have made do by strapping cars to their backs, but it's not quite the same...
No,i only said that they would need to come above Freeza's supressed power which is in the millions.
I'd accept that, actually, but I'd still think it was remarkable.
He meant that doing regular training on the Earth without his way of training(style) was less effective.
I think you're just saying it means what you want it to mean.
That's an inconsistency Goku should be able to handle those weights easily.
The guides say it's using bukujutsu and lifting those weights at the same time that makes it hard, thus keeping Cell from bukujutsu-ing out of a hole shouldn't require as much force as we might imagine.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by p123 » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:54 pm

Realistically, the Z senshi and all villians should be at their near max potential by the time of Raditz arrival. I mean Goku trained his entire life and is what around 30 and his power is 416? If you have been training your whole life your simply not going to be making huge improvements like that son.

All of the training devices are things created by AT to use as an excuse to ridicolous power ups created by plot device. Realistically, even if Piccolo/Goku survived against Raditz, which would be highly unlikely, no way would they actually be stronger than Raditz in one year. I mean they trained their whole life to be 1/3 of Raditz.

They just got a hell of a lot stronger, because the plot called for way stronger villians, in which way stronger hereos are needed.

Saiyans should never surpass Freeza, at least not for many generations. It seems the son is always a step ahead of the father. If you take the fighters at the same age perhaps 5 years old ....

Goten > Gohan > Goku > Bardock

Trunks > Future Trunks > Vegeta > King Vegeta


As you can see, the later the person came into the saga, the stronger they are. Which is another plot device, Goten/Trunks are ridicolous proteges that make Gohan look like a slow learner simply because they have to be ridicolously strong to play any part in the story.


But even so judging that the son generally can surpass the father, it would probably take another 10 - 50 generations of Saiyans to surpass Freeza. And that's if one of them is lucky enough to turn SSJ.

Also, I think the removal of the tail could play a part. Perhaps the removal of the tail, which forces Oozaru, Saiyans main power, to be cut off, the human form of the saiyan receives larger zenkais since it doesn't have that back up plan anymore. Or something of that nature.


But anyway, nearly every powerup is a plot device, and the means of attaining those power ups, are just unrealistic ways to get that impossibly strong, but just enough for us to say, hey it's because of that ridicolous training. AT's just covering his bases IMO...

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Rocketman » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:22 pm

Piccolo's only eight years old when Raditz arrives, though.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Titan » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:16 am

Weighted clothes are Kami's thing. The weights from the Buu saga are magically conjured by Kaios; how would the humans get them on Earth? I mean, Kaio was asleep for most of the saga and didn't even know Earth was in danger. I guess they could have made do by strapping cars to their backs, but it's not quite the same...
Part of kaio training it is about training under weight pressure,so it makes sense that if they wanted to keep that way of training they would need those weights.What do you think it is harder training than Goku?
At least for me it is using those weights alongside with meditation and many other things that we don't know until we see Goku training later.
Remember, Tenshinhan is shown using a weird outfit in the manga prior to the android saga.Nobody knows how much weight had that outfit.
On the other hand,Kami weights are completely different, that's why i believe Kaio is the guy behind it,specially, because he also magically conjured a costume for Goku when he returned to the Earth.
I think you're just saying it means what you want it to mean.
Believe me i'm not, i'm just expressing what is more plausible according to what we see about Kaio's training later in the Buu's saga alongside with my personal interpretation exactly like you are doing.
The guides say it's using bukujutsu and lifting those weights at the same time that makes it hard, thus keeping Cell from bukujutsu-ing out of a hole shouldn't require as much force as we might imagine.
It is hard to imagine that Vegeta never used bukujutsu in the gravity chamber under 300 g.

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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by p123 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:28 pm

Piccolo would be an exception of course. But Vegeta/Goku should definitley be hitting their limits during the Raditz Saga...

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:44 pm

p123 wrote:Piccolo would be an exception of course. But Vegeta/Goku should definitley be hitting their limits during the Raditz Saga...
Why? Despite looking almost identical(save a possible tail), they aren't human in the same sense we are, they are Saiyans. They retain their youth much much longer, to the point where they are physically still at their peak potential (early 20s) until they reach around 50-60. Even in GT, if Goku hadn't been wished back to being a kid, he would only be around 45 since he was dead between Cell and Buu. That leaves him before the the mark where the rapid aging process begins.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by Bussani » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:20 pm

Titan wrote:Remember, Tenshinhan is shown using a weird outfit in the manga prior to the android saga.Nobody knows how much weight had that outfit.
That fuzzy thing he and Chaozu were wearing in a title page? I assumed it was just because they were training on a mountain peak or some other cliche.
On the other hand,Kami weights are completely different, that's why i believe Kaio is the guy behind it,specially, because he also magically conjured a costume for Goku when he returned to the Earth.
All the clothes Kaio ever made were lighter and more durable than usual, not heavier. The weights Goku was using in heaven were something completely different. And again, I doubt Kaio was sending them stuff when he didn't even know Earth was in danger.
The guides say it's using bukujutsu and lifting those weights at the same time that makes it hard, thus keeping Cell from bukujutsu-ing out of a hole shouldn't require as much force as we might imagine.
It is hard to imagine that Vegeta never used bukujutsu in the gravity chamber under 300 g.
I never said he didn't. Although that said, we never see anyone using bukujutsu while undergoing gravity training in the manga, so I don't find it that hard to imagine, now that you mention it.

Plus Vegeta wouldn't weigh half as much as the weights Goku had trouble with in the Buu saga under only 300g.
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Re: How strong did the humans get?

Post by p123 » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:04 pm

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:Why? Despite looking almost identical(save a possible tail), they aren't human in the same sense we are, they are Saiyans. They retain their youth much much longer, to the point where they are physically still at their peak potential (early 20s) until they reach around 50-60. Even in GT, if Goku hadn't been wished back to being a kid, he would only be around 45 since he was dead between Cell and Buu. That leaves him before the the mark where the rapid aging process begins.

Well only because Piccolo is only 8. That's the whole thing...Yes Saiyans stay in there prime a hell of a lot longer. But no one goes through massive increases after 25 years of training. After that long of hard training, your likely reaching most of your potential.

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