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RandomGuy96
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by RandomGuy96 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:30 pm
Axiom wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:Old Kai said that the effect would be greater than fusion.
You sure?
Chapter: 501 (DBZ 307), P6.2-6
Context: Elder Kaioshin gives the Potara to Goku
Elder Kaioshin: “Here! Put this Potara on your left ear! [ ] Put the other one on Gohan’s ear. Just by doing that, you two will be able to merge together! Like with Fusion.”
Goku: “Huh! Re-really!?”
Elder Kaioshin: “Of course. And what’s more, the effect is greater than with Fusion!"
The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
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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by Axiom » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:41 pm
hhhmmm, ok. I'll look at my copy of the manga when I get home, and post a pic.
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by Kakashi » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:01 am
Draken wrote:Kakashi wrote:
My bad, Vegetto is much stronger than Gogeta
Someone spouting out opinion as fact again, who'd have thunk

Read the Manga
Goku thinks he needs SSJ to beat Gotenks-Boo when he fuses with Gohan but Old Kaioshin says he can do it in base
SSJ Gogeta ~ Base Vegetto
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by RandomGuy96 » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:06 am
Vegetto being much stronger than Gogeta actually is a fact.
The Monkey King wrote:RandomGuy96 wrote:dbgtFO wrote:
Please elaborate as I do not know what you mean by "pushing Vegeta's destruction"
He's probably referring to the Bardock special. Zarbon was the one who first recommended destroying Planet Vegeta because the saiyans were rapidly growing in strength.
It was actually Beerus disguised as Zarbon #StayWoke
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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by Axiom » Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:41 am
Kakashi wrote:Draken wrote:Kakashi wrote:
My bad, Vegetto is much stronger than Gogeta
Someone spouting out opinion as fact again, who'd have thunk

Read the Manga
Goku thinks he needs SSJ to beat Gotenks-Boo when he fuses with Gohan but Old Kaioshin says he can do it in base
SSJ Gogeta ~ Base Vegetto
And he transforms into SSJ Vegetto. Your comparison was meaningless.
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by Kakashi » Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:22 am
Kakashi wrote:Draken wrote:Kakashi wrote:
My bad, Vegetto is much stronger than Gogeta
Someone spouting out opinion as fact again, who'd have thunk

Read the Manga
Goku thinks he needs SSJ to beat Gotenks-Boo when he fuses with Gohan but Old Kaioshin says he can do it in base
SSJ Gogeta ~ Base Vegetto
And he transforms into SSJ Vegetto. Your comparison was meaningless.[/quote]
I am talking about Gokuhan and not Vegetto
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by hleV » Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:47 am
Axiom wrote:
And he transforms into SSJ Vegetto. Your comparison was meaningless.
And only later realizes just how powerful he actually is.
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by Draken » Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:21 pm
Then why not revert to base if he was already over 50x stronger than Buuhan? I'm pretty sure it'd be much more humiliating to lose to a base Saiyan than a SSJ.
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by hleV » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:25 pm
Draken wrote:Then why not revert to base if he was already over 50x stronger than Buuhan? I'm pretty sure it'd be much more humiliating to lose to a base Saiyan than a SSJ.
- It wasn't about humiliating Boo, it was about saving friends.
- Vegetto's form makes no difference in how much Boo gets humiliated. Compare 1 vs 50,000 and 1 vs 1,000 to see what I have in mind.
- Reverting to base wouldn't look cool after going through the trouble of transforming into a SS. (Not only in-universe, but also to the reader.)
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by KentalSSJ6 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:32 pm
Youd think someone would have asked Toriyama this question at some point. I dont see why a fan or interviewer just asked whats the potara and fusion dance multipliers. Far as I see it Potara is base PL X base PL and Fusion Dance is base PL + base PL.
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by Draken » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:34 pm
I don't think AT was trying to infer "Guys look Vegetto could use less than 2% of his power and beat up the most powerful villain in the series with no effort but it looks cooler this way."
When he transformed he was already a SSJ, but he wasn't sure of his full power. I think he'd start with something greater than 2% against such a mighty foe, which would basically one shot Buu.
Fusion Dance is base PL + base PL.
Because Toriyama doesn't write the series with a calculator and he himself is probably like dafq are these guys' powers when asked.
And I'm pretty sure it's safe to say it's greater than addition or the Metamorians wouldn't go from weak ass + weak ass = impressing Goku.
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by KentalSSJ6 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:42 pm
Would base PL + base PL multiplied by a few tens sound more appropriate?
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by Kamiccolo9 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:59 pm
KentalSSJ6 wrote:Youd think someone would have asked Toriyama this question at some point. I dont see why a fan or interviewer just asked whats the potara and fusion dance multipliers. Far as I see it Potara is base PL X base PL and Fusion Dance is base PL + base PL.
I seriously doubt he cares, or has any idea about fusion multipliers. The way he wrote the story is pretty much "when a strong guy fuses with another strong guy they become an even stronger guy."
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by TheGmGoken » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:05 pm
Kamiccolo9 wrote:KentalSSJ6 wrote:Youd think someone would have asked Toriyama this question at some point. I dont see why a fan or interviewer just asked whats the potara and fusion dance multipliers. Far as I see it Potara is base PL X base PL and Fusion Dance is base PL + base PL.
I seriously doubt he cares, or has any idea about fusion multipliers. The way he wrote the story is pretty much "when a strong guy fuses with another strong guy they become an even stronger guy."
That's how I ook it. Only thing I debate about is potara fusion power up. Only because of Elder Kai's statement. Regular Fusion I really don't care about. To be honest sometimes I doubt they combine the users power. They just gt a huge power up.
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by DBZGTKOSDH » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:13 pm
hleV wrote:It wasn't about humiliating Boo, it was about saving friends.
He wanted to humiliate Boo to the point that Boo would feel so weak, he would absorb him.
James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.
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by hleV » Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:53 pm
DBZGTKOSDH wrote:hleV wrote:It wasn't about humiliating Boo, it was about saving friends.
He wanted to humiliate Boo to the point that Boo would feel so weak, he would absorb him.
It was about proving Vegetto's superiority over Boo in general, and it makes no difference in which form he does it.
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by Axiom » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:27 pm
Didn't media list Gogeta's powerlevel at 2,500,000,000? Meaning Gogeta's base (if going by the multipliers) would actually be weaker than SSJ3 Goku.
Found it
2,500,000,000/50 (for base SSJ) =
50,000,000
Goku's last recorded powerlevel base form =
3000,000
IF Goku could go SSJ3 on Namek =
120,000,000
More than likely the same scenario for Vegetto, I don't think base for would be enough for Buu honestly, even in the Anime it was implied that while Vegetto was stronger, it wasn't by a large margin.
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by TheGmGoken » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:39 pm
I don't go by that. That means Cooler > Gogeta Base
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by Axiom » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:49 pm
TheGmGoken wrote:I don't go by that. That means Cooler > Gogeta Base
?? How do you figure? Cooler was still weaker than SSJ Goku by a LARGE margin.
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by Saiga » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:53 pm
That same guide that gives the 2,500,000,000 battle power for Gogeta gives Cooler a battle power of 470,000,000 and Broli a battle power of 1,400,000,000.
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