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#14454: Apr 13th 2015 at 7:56:11 AM

New chapter of Revival of F is out too btw. Focusing on Goku and Vegeta's training mostly.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
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#14455: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:06:20 AM

We also have telepaths who know where New Namek is.

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#14456: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:11:39 AM

While farming for Dragonballs I manged to get Crusher Ball and Mach Punch to drop in the same run. Afterwards I wished for Super 17 and he is great.

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#14457: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:16:55 AM

We do, but they can't teleport.

Goku combines the knowledge of how to reach New Namek with the physical ability to get there reliably and immediately. He couldn't point it out on a starchart, but he can be there and back in an afternoon.

It's doable without him, but much harder and requires collaboration between multiple characters. As is true with many things, having Goku around makes the rest of the cast unnecessary.

edited 13th Apr '15 9:18:50 AM by TobiasDrake

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#14458: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:28:19 AM

Is there anything stopping Goku from just teleporting out of Afterlife? I'm pretty sure he can go back and forth no problem.

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#14459: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:33:56 AM

Cosmic rules forbid it *waves hand*

edited 13th Apr '15 9:34:31 AM by Enlong

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#14460: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:35:23 AM

[up] That, pretty much.

It's never directly stated what would prohibit Goku from just teleporting to Earth with his shnazzy halo whenever he feels like it - and made murkier by the fact that he CAN teleport to and from Afterlife with no ill consequences if he's alive - but it is consistently portrayed that if he's dead, he can't leave without Fortuneteller Baba's spooky temp-necromancy thing she did for him and Grandpa Gohan.

edited 13th Apr '15 9:37:11 AM by TobiasDrake

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#14461: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:37:25 AM

It's possible that there's absolutely nothing stopping him from a technical standpoint but he doesn't because it's against the rules.

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#14462: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:38:37 AM

I don't think that would stop him.

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#14463: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:58:09 AM

They tell him it's impossible in the hope that be doesn't try it.

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#14464: Apr 13th 2015 at 9:59:33 AM

Kaio-sama can testify to the fact that that wouldn't stop him.

edited 13th Apr '15 10:02:07 AM by TobiasDrake

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#14465: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:01:06 AM

Maybe they keep him there with delicious food?

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#14466: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:02:17 AM

That would totally stop him.

  • KAIO-SAMA: NEVER push the Kaioken above x3! It will annihilate your body!
  • GOKU: KAIOKEN x20!!!
  • KAIO-SAMA: Not sure if I overestimated the harm or underestimated reality's willingness to suit your whims.
  • Years later
  • GOKU: Hey, Kaio-sama! I got really upset over the fact that I had to rely on others to achieve Super Saiyan God so then I just kept the power without the transformation!
  • KAIO-SAMA: Well, that answers that.

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#14468: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:14:12 AM

I prefer the translation that suggests that the whole Goku Retaining Some God Power thing was almost like a muscle memory thing, that his body became stronger due to fighting at a level it normally wouldn't be operating at.

Which, to me, sounds a bit like a souped-up version of training under extra gravity, putting his body under unusual strain.

[up] *Just after Battle of Gods* "Hah! I was right! Love did give me superpowers!"

edited 13th Apr '15 10:15:58 AM by Enlong

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#14469: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:15:42 AM

No but he had to absorb the god power. Otherwise why would his hair suddenly started turning blue?

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#14470: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:16:42 AM

Because blue is higher energy than yellow or red.

Best stay a good distance away if his hair starts radiating ultraviolet light.

edited 13th Apr '15 10:17:12 AM by Enlong

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#14471: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:17:01 AM

Bulma has been stronger than a Super Saiyan God this entire time.

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#14472: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:17:31 AM

Bulma is stronkest there is.

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#14473: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:24:07 AM

  • VEGETA: I punched a hole in the moon for you. TOP THAT!
  • BULMA: I built a functioning Time Machine from scratch, out of spare parts utilizing theoretical physics I had to develop myself.
  • VEGETA: Not in this timeline!
  • BULMA: No, not in this timeline, because my invention unmade the entire need for its existence in the first place, thus allowing you to live long enough to punch a hole in the moon for me.
  • VEGETA: ...I'm confused. Does that mean I win?
  • BULMA: *smirking* Sure.
  • VEGETA: HAH! PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS STRIKES AGAIN!!!

edited 13th Apr '15 10:24:34 AM by TobiasDrake

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#14474: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:27:15 AM

Bulma: Wait. What moon?

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#14475: Apr 13th 2015 at 10:28:28 AM

Vegeta: ...The fuck do your tides work then?!

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