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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#7601: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:15:13 PM

Though, he hasn't done much in the way of banditing. Also, does Beerus outrank the Kais?

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#7602: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:18:02 PM

Yamcha could be a werewolf.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#7603: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:20:20 PM

[up][up] He's definitely stronger than Supreme Kai, who is explicitly less powerful than the Saiyan characters even after accidental fusion.

Supreme Kai wasn't the most powerful of the Kais of his time (you might even make the case that he was the weakest), but I don't think the others would be that much more powerful than him that they could take Beerus.

edited 2nd Sep '14 4:21:51 PM by KnownUnknown

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#7604: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:33:05 PM

Kami/God is God not only because he chose to be one; he replaced the previous God, who was at the end of his lifespan.

Needing to purify his soul in order to become the new God is the reason why Piccolo exists in the first place.

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#7605: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:39:12 PM

The South Supreme Kai was probably the strongest Kai, being able to put up a fight against Kid Buu before being absorbed, but Beerus is on a whole 'nother level.

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#7606: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:44:19 PM

A powerup that come from inner peace would be an interesting contrast to the Super Saiyan state, which comes from embracing the rage and bloodlust that comes from being a Saiyan.

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#7607: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:45:41 PM

Meets the criteria for not being able to be replicated by the Saiyans too.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#7608: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:53:03 PM

And then Goku learns it to become even stronger!

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#7609: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:53:58 PM

Nope.

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#7610: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:54:24 PM

I could at least buy Goku being able to learn it, though. Vegeta learning a powerup through meditation would be horseshit.

And, once again, Yamcha the Werewolf.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#7611: Sep 2nd 2014 at 4:57:30 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up] It doesn't change the situation much: Kami's backstory is still that he's an alien who came to Earth and opted to take up a godlike position - just that the previous guardian made him go through a stipulation in order to get the job. We know next to nothing the previous guy, and the next guy was Dende (who as far as we know didn't need to go through any special circumstances at all).

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#7612: Sep 2nd 2014 at 5:07:29 PM

The previous guy didn't make him go through a stipulation, it was part of the job requirement.

It's said in the manga that Namekians are a naturally peaceful people, and the only reason God had to undergo a procedure to expel the evil from his body is because he became corrupted from growing up on Earth and experiencing the violence and hatred on Earth. Dende didn't have to go through a similar procedure because his soul didn't need purifying; while there was that one time where Namek became a warzone due to outsiders for about six days, the rest of his life was spent peacefully tending to the Namekians' idyllic paradise. There was no corruption in his soul to purge.

edited 2nd Sep '14 5:09:47 PM by TobiasDrake

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#7613: Sep 2nd 2014 at 7:42:07 PM

I'd like to see the panel for that, legitimately out of curiosity - direct elaboration on Kami's backstory being so rare. But in any case, it still doesn't change the story much. It's either a stipulation of the job or a stipulation his predecessor gave him, and one or the other doesn't change the nature of the position much.

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#7615: Sep 2nd 2014 at 7:50:31 PM

It's kind of odd to think of people praying to Dende. Or any of the other "gods", but especially Dende, who is just some alien child some random people abducted.

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#7616: Sep 2nd 2014 at 7:59:10 PM

^^ I've read the entry, but I wanted to know what issue it was to get a bit more info. Especially as neither that page nor the page for the guardian before him go in depth about the nature of taking up the job - both simply say that his predecessor wouldn't take him unless he had no darkness in his heart.

edited 2nd Sep '14 8:01:06 PM by KnownUnknown

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#7617: Sep 3rd 2014 at 12:56:08 AM

[up][up][up][up][up]"while there was that one time where Namek became a warzone due to outsiders for about six days"

And the time the Green Namekians genocided the Albino ones.

... What ? It's still the Dragon Ball ABRIDGED thread, I can make a reference to it...

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#7618: Sep 3rd 2014 at 1:24:09 AM

Vegeta learning a powerup through meditation would be horseshit.

But... he's already done that. He spent 3 days meditating in preparation for Super Saiyan Grade II, and continued that in the RoSaT.

Goku also gained Super Saiyan 3 this way (and you can see him meditating in Other World in the manga/anime).

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#7619: Sep 3rd 2014 at 5:21:04 AM

So is "zenkai" like a copyrighted DBZ thing or is it just a word anyone can use? Because I'm writing a story where someone (an antagonist) has a similar ability to grow stronger the more they fight powerful opponents, and I was wondering if I'd catch any flak for using it.

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#7620: Sep 3rd 2014 at 5:24:03 AM

Zenkai means "last time" in Japanese. No clue how that goes with "Get's a power up after getting nearly beat to death".

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#7621: Sep 3rd 2014 at 5:27:04 AM

>zenkai means "last time"

LAST TIME, ON DRAGON BALL Z!

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940131 Since: Feb, 2014
#7622: Sep 3rd 2014 at 5:40:41 AM

[up]Man, I love that. Has anyone else seen the Kyle Herbert/Nostalgia Critic video?

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#7623: Sep 3rd 2014 at 5:42:03 AM

The one where Kyle goes around as the narrator the whole time until he's smothered just so he shuts up?

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#7625: Sep 3rd 2014 at 8:15:13 AM

According to the Dragon Ball wiki, zenkai means "Full Release".

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