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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#29126: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:12:18 PM

Gohan could have killed Kid Buu while dead, probably.

All Yemma would have had to do was give him a body.

I mean, Goku's otherworld body had his weighted training clothes, which he wasn't wearing when he died.

That body also didn't have a hole in the chest.

Then he had a body after Cell self-destructed. An explosion like that wouldn't likely have left Goku's living body in one piece afterwards.

edited 23rd Nov '15 3:15:02 PM by unnoun

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#29127: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:17:12 PM

God restored Goku's body when it was granted to him the first time, which is why it didn't have a hole in its chest. He might also have dressed Goku in the weighted clothes.

Not sure about the second time, though. Maybe Kaio-sama fixed the damage after...fixing the damage to himself...I don't know.

edited 23rd Nov '15 3:19:13 PM by TobiasDrake

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#29128: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:18:24 PM

When Elder Kai died he didn't seem to have any trouble getting a body.

He got a halo then he sat up again.

Seriously it's probably one of my favorite scenes.

edited 23rd Nov '15 3:18:59 PM by unnoun

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#29129: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:19:39 PM

He's a divine entity. He can probably bestow that right upon himself.

You're right, that is a great scene, though.

The ability to repair a body when granting it to a soul under special circumstances is unquestionably within the capabilities of those divine entities who oversee the afterlife. We've seen the evidence of that. I was just questioning how long it takes, but it can't take very long given your point about Goku during the Cell Games.

Somebody spruced his body up quickly enough for him to be right back in contact with Gohan in just a little more time than it took Cell to regenerate and come back. Given those time constraints, it would definitely be possible to repair Gohan's body and send him off post-mortem to fight Pure Buu.

edited 23rd Nov '15 3:20:58 PM by TobiasDrake

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#29130: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:22:43 PM

I'm a little surprised Cell didn't stay in Otherworld afterwards.

I mean. I'm not that surprised, because of course Cell would want to show off his new improvements and beat up Gohan for challenging him, but.

He could at least have said hi to King Kai.

It's rude to blow up someone and their house without at least introducing yourself.

Even Beerus knows better than that.

edited 23rd Nov '15 3:27:13 PM by unnoun

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#29131: Nov 23rd 2015 at 3:59:48 PM

So...what abilities would Goku have gotten if he had accepted Kami's offer of taking his job?

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#29132: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:12:43 PM

The ability to see everything happening on Earth below, presumably.

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#29133: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:24:15 PM

Dominion over Mr. Popo.

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#29135: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:30:57 PM

Also, the ability to move freely between Otherworld and Earth. Probably other neat things like telepathy and... who knows what else.

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#29136: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:34:06 PM

Getting a cane.

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#29137: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:34:59 PM

Kibitoh Kai's instantaneous movement still uses energy. He could have teleported Gohan over after revival, but by the time he had gained enough stamina to do so, he would have been dead.

Yes, that bugs me that people rag on Goku for forgetting his sons when he still saved Dende, who is kind of important and Vegeta didn't grab anyone. Did I ever mention Vegeta doesn't really appeal to me?

But anyway, a much sillier name to me than whatever the disputed name for Gohan is, is Genki Dama. "Energy coin", really? People complain about "spirit bomb"?

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#29138: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:36:22 PM

@Tob To be fair, Vegeta and Goku are stupidly proud and dumb respectively. It's pretty in-character and one of their character flaws.

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#29139: Nov 23rd 2015 at 4:52:13 PM

How is not wanting to be fused with someone for the rest of your life and lose your entire identity a flaw in your character?

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#29140: Nov 23rd 2015 at 5:05:13 PM

I'm giving Goku a pass on the first Crushing of the Potarra earrings. He was outright saying they would still need them and only crushed his after Vegeta destroyed his and made the single earring worthless.

Not rescuing his sons was an error, but they did need Dende, and he grabbed Hercule out of instinct.

Not much to say about the other stuff they did.

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#29141: Nov 23rd 2015 at 5:43:47 PM

I always liked the idea of an alternate universe where Demon King Piccolo died without having Jr and Kami died also. Goku would take up the mantle of Kami out of guilt and Popo would train him in the ways of God. The result being a slightly weaker (he might not even have Super Saiyan 3) but more mature and responsible Goku with God powers.

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#29142: Nov 23rd 2015 at 5:44:56 PM

You mean a monumentally weaker Goku.

And also lots more dead people. 'Cause no Dragon Balls ever again.

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#29143: Nov 23rd 2015 at 6:36:18 PM

If these Super Dragon Balls are as big as planets, how big is the dragon?

Also, how do you collect planet size dragon balls?

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#29144: Nov 23rd 2015 at 6:38:09 PM

At this point, they can probably throw a large planet as casually as a ping-pong ball. Wouldn't be too hard for them.

...I'm willing to bet at least one of them has become a planet, though. Being a magical crystal ball shouldn't cancel out having gravity, slowly pulling in space matter towards itself, and if given enough time, it might even have developed an ecosystem...

edited 23rd Nov '15 6:41:52 PM by BaffleBlend

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#29145: Nov 23rd 2015 at 6:44:41 PM

Like what happened with Unicron in Transformers Prime ?

edited 23rd Nov '15 6:44:57 PM by Cortez

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#29146: Nov 23rd 2015 at 6:45:45 PM

Exactly like that.

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#29147: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:22:17 PM

@push That wouldn't happen at all. Goku would have to be a different type of person.

Besides if Piccolo died, Raditz comes and kidnaps Gohan and kills Goku. End of the story.

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#29148: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:31:57 PM

Dragon Ball's surprisingly resistant to big changes. If you make a major change somewhere then everyone's going to die somewhere down the line if you don't make numerous major changes.

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#29149: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:32:21 PM

Goku didn't even feel guilty when he found out he squished ol' grampa Gohan, can't see him being too upset about Kami getting himself killed because he lied to Goku about how their bond works.

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#29150: Nov 23rd 2015 at 7:33:43 PM

To be fair, when he found that out, everyone was busy getting their shit stomped in by Vegeta and Gohan had just turned into an Oozaru if memory serves. He didn't have time to feel guilty.

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