Any relation to Tien, maybe? Toriyama once said that Tien lost the many god-like powers that came with having a third-eye because of his spirit being tainted by the evil of Tsuru-sennin.
We have the Third Eye in Dragon Ball Daima being put on Gomah's head and granting him amazing powers. Could this have any relation to Tien and him having a third-eye of his own? What kind of powers could he have if he could access the abilities granted by having this third eye?
I know Tien is loosely based on Erlang Shen, but I don't know all that much about the character and what he is capable of. Any insight or opinions?
The all seeing third-eye and Tien
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Re: The all seeing third-eye and Tien
I had a similar hunch some time ago, though I don't realistically think they're going to go down that road. That would be neat, though. Gomah defeats everyone and heads for Earth, just to be defeated by Tenshinhan's hand.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
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Re: The all seeing third-eye and Tien
Hold up, when did Toriyama say that? I must have missed that interviewYasai9001 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:27 am Any relation to Tien, maybe? Toriyama once said that Tien lost the many god-like powers that came with having a third-eye because of his spirit being tainted by the evil of Tsuru-sennin.
We have the Third Eye in Dragon Ball Daima being put on Gomah's head and granting him amazing powers. Could this have any relation to Tien and him having a third-eye of his own? What kind of powers could he have if he could access the abilities granted by having this third eye?
I know Tien is loosely based on Erlang Shen, but I don't know all that much about the character and what he is capable of. Any insight or opinions?
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Re: The all seeing third-eye and Tien
https://imgur.com/opOX3dZdbs fanboy wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 4:59 pmHold up, when did Toriyama say that? I must have missed that interviewYasai9001 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 2:27 am Any relation to Tien, maybe? Toriyama once said that Tien lost the many god-like powers that came with having a third-eye because of his spirit being tainted by the evil of Tsuru-sennin.
We have the Third Eye in Dragon Ball Daima being put on Gomah's head and granting him amazing powers. Could this have any relation to Tien and him having a third-eye of his own? What kind of powers could he have if he could access the abilities granted by having this third eye?
I know Tien is loosely based on Erlang Shen, but I don't know all that much about the character and what he is capable of. Any insight or opinions?
Re: The all seeing third-eye and Tien
It'd at least be interesting if they'd expounded upon the powers Tien would potentially have if he were to have access to all the powers from his third-eye. For right now, considering the little information that we have and based off the fact that the Demon Realm and Outside realm are connected in some way, I'm going to look at all the techniques granted to Gomah as something Tien would be more capable of if he hadn't been under the negative influence of The Crane Hermit.nineko wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:31 am I had a similar hunch some time ago, though I don't realistically think they're going to go down that road. That would be neat, though. Gomah defeats everyone and heads for Earth, just to be defeated by Tenshinhan's hand.
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Just spitballing, but maybe way down the line somewhere, Tien's ancestors are from the demon realm...maybe so are the Saiyans.
BS aside, I'm looking at this third-eye as a guideline to what Tien would be able to do more seamlessly; he already had outstanding potential as an adolescent, so one could imagine how much powerful he'd be if he could tap further into this power.

