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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21052: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:41:48 AM

If Goku goes long enough without food he becomes weak enough to lose to Yamcha. So Saiyan metabolism has to be amazingly bad. No fat storage or anything.

But Saiyan digestion has to be amazingly good or everyone Goku has ever lived with would be up to their necks in waste products.

edited 17th Jul '15 7:42:12 AM by unnoun

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#21053: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:43:44 AM

Sayians convert food into energy with 100% efficiency. They are in effect walking annihilation reactors.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21054: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:45:22 AM

But starvation is incredibly detrimental to them.

In a war of attrition, Saiyans would lose every time.

Humans can last a lot longer with a lot less food than Saiyans can.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#21055: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:48:06 AM

Sayians would just eat the humans.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21056: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:50:10 AM

Not if you could trap the Saiyans somewhere or fit the humans with self destruct or poison.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#21057: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:53:33 AM

Goku was just weaksauce at that stage, Vegeta went about 6 days without food and no complaint in the Freeza arc. He also went three days without food in the Android arc.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#21058: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:54:13 AM

I got the impression he ate some of the Namekians at that village.

And he got some Senzu beans.

Namekians would win in a war of attrition.

edited 17th Jul '15 7:54:50 AM by unnoun

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#21059: Jul 17th 2015 at 7:55:33 AM

I dunno, they'd run out of Namekians faster than Sayians would run out of food.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#21060: Jul 17th 2015 at 8:02:32 AM

[up][up] He's never shown eating them (Occam's Razor) and it was six days before the first senzu.

Plus still that three days in the android arc with no eating.

Oh, and Gohan went for about two days without food in the Boo arc and was still in fighting shape.

Depends on how often Namekians need water.

edited 17th Jul '15 8:02:48 AM by Saiga

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#21061: Jul 17th 2015 at 8:06:27 AM

Are there any other red pant army characters in heroes?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#21062: Jul 17th 2015 at 8:55:34 AM

So I just re-called something:

In Yo Son Goku And His Friends Return, Piccolo (or was it Vegeta) was yelling at Goten and Trunks to remember to sense the enemies Ki in order to anticipate their attacks, which is interesting.

Obviously, sensing the ki of powerful opponents lets them know when an enemy is coming, but I never considered that they use it to anticipate enemy attacks in the heat of battle.

Too bad high power levels started to dictate everything, because being able to do this is only useful if you have a high Power Level yourself, since all the skill in the world is useless if your enemy is so fast and strong he can curb stomp you in one hit.

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#21063: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:07:36 PM

Imagine if Saiyans had gourmet cells in their bodies. Think of the food bill....

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#21064: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:10:58 PM

So, if Cell could go Super Perfect and Mira can become Super Mira due to having Saiyan genes within them, does that mean anyone could have Super Saiyan power if injected with Saiyan blood?

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#21065: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:15:12 PM

Um...I'm inclined to say no.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#21066: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:17:18 PM

They'd probably turn into monkeys and die in the process.

Or grow Goku hair on their chests.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#21067: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:17:38 PM

Or die of blood poisoning.

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#21068: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:19:41 PM

Maybe they'd have easier ki manipulation capabilities, but idk. It's a risky thing to try.

BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#21069: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:21:33 PM

Well, you can't just inject someone with wolf blood and have them grow wolf traits.

Foreign blood is rejected by the body, not absorbed and integrated.

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#21070: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:33:22 PM

In real life, that is.

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Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
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#21071: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:35:50 PM

Even in Dragon Ball genetic manipulation is probably bit more complex than blood transfusion.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#21072: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:37:36 PM

Yeah, like eating 17 and 18.

It only works for Cell and it requires extensive laboratory testing for the proper genetic markers to trigger that obscene power boost.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#21073: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:40:55 PM

Yeah, it did take a brilliant scientist other than Bardock to combine all the heroes' DNA into one being.

I doubt it's just like -poke- "Now you have superpowers!"

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#21074: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:42:24 PM

And let's not forget that they key to activating a Saiyan's legendary evolution is beating them halfway to death and keeping them there.

edited 17th Jul '15 6:54:57 PM by Soble

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#21075: Jul 17th 2015 at 12:46:48 PM

You know, combining a Namekian's regeneration, Frieza's ability to survive near-death conditions, and Saiyans' Zenkai ability is a REALLY genius combination. Even if it took a suicidal temper tantrum to really reap the benefits of it.

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