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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#10801: Apr 10th 2015 at 4:00:42 PM

I mean, Goku spent like ten years going from a power of 10 to 300 something before he died the first time.

And I wouldn't call Super Saiyan 2 or 3 anything to sneeze at.

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#10802: Apr 10th 2015 at 4:01:03 PM

I thought he was talking about Shaman King too.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10803: Apr 10th 2015 at 4:02:39 PM

If you count Super Saiyan 2 and 3, then you should count Super Saiyan 1 - which blows them out of the water, being a 50x increase when those two were an 8x increase.

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#10804: Apr 10th 2015 at 4:45:09 PM

Well, to be fair, the bonus from SSJ 2 and SSJ 3 does stack with the SSJ 1 buff, so if they were as large as them, it would make the power inflation even more absurd.

Also, what were the other series you were thinking of, if Shaman King wasn't one of them? I don't think death is that often a buff. The only thing that I could vaguely imagine it fitting is Yu Yu Hakusho.

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#10806: Apr 10th 2015 at 5:17:53 PM

But Chad, Orihime and Uryu aren't de- Oh.

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#10807: Apr 10th 2015 at 5:33:40 PM

I can't think of anyone in Bleach actually getting a power-up from dying. I suppose you could make an argument about Ichigo more or less doing that.

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#10808: Apr 10th 2015 at 5:52:11 PM

Hmm, I think Asura gets stronger due to coming back from death faster with each one (First death took him 12,000 years to come back from. The next one 500 and the next one after that took only an afternoon, as he did so by literally climbing a tower in Naraka, ie, Buddhist Hell).

edited 10th Apr '15 5:52:24 PM by Demongodofchaos2

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10809: Apr 10th 2015 at 5:54:23 PM

I was thinking...

  • Yu Yu Hakusho - Yusuke does it twice and there are some sort of examples
  • Bleach - Not really, but it's commonly seen that way. But I guess Hollows would count.
  • Naruto - Even though he doesn't REALLY die, Sasuke is at one point told he needs to die to get stronger.

Actually I think a lot of anime pull the whole "you must die to become stronger" thing without actually having them die.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#10810: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:12:26 PM

[up]could've used the Sage Ex Machina one for Naruto.though they werent dead dead.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10811: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:44:33 PM

Oh yeah, just saw this:

I like that training for four months have become the DBZ version of Batman's Prep Time.

Four months prep time, what now?!

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#10812: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:46:22 PM

time for Super Saiyan God Ascended Super Saiyan?

or Ascended Super Saiyan God Ascended Super Saiyan.

oor Ascended Super Saiyan Ascended God Ascended Super Saiyan.

shame Super Saiyan 3 didn't get an alternate name.

edited 10th Apr '15 6:48:31 PM by alekos23

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10813: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:48:36 PM

Nah, Cell will come back as Golden Super Perfect Cell Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan.

Who, despite the name, is beige.

edited 10th Apr '15 6:48:59 PM by Saiga

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#10814: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:51:13 PM

Goku dies tragically in Revival of B when Buu kills him while he's naming his new form.

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#10815: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:52:47 PM

Goku is then revived before his body even finishes fading, and fuses with himself to form Super Mega Goku, and transforms into Super Saiyan God Squared.

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#10816: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:52:49 PM

[up][up][up] I would pay to see The Reanimation of C

And we need an Ultimate Sayian God Gohan to do him in.

edited 10th Apr '15 6:53:04 PM by TheFarmboy

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#10817: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:53:16 PM

Yeah, in Shaman King, they actually do die to increase the power of their souls. Though Yoh got around that in an earlier arc, where he instead walked through a hellmouth cave that stripped away his senses to the point it was as if he was dead. Had the same effect, though.

It came to mind because of Uub being powerful due to his soul, effectively.

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#10818: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:54:00 PM

It would actually be kinda cool if the villain was Cell from an alternate reality where Trunks and Krillin forgot to destroy Gero's lab, so he had Majin and God cells.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10819: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:54:27 PM

Holy shit, Golden God Cell predates Golden Freeza by about 7 years.

That's hilarious.

Or six years in this case.

edited 10th Apr '15 6:56:29 PM by Saiga

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#10820: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:54:45 PM

[up][up]That would be cool.

[up]This will never not be funny.

edited 10th Apr '15 6:56:34 PM by VeryMelon

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10821: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:57:28 PM

I wouldn't really want to open up more timelines in Dragon Ball, especially not ones based on what if decisions.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#10822: Apr 10th 2015 at 6:58:24 PM

Plus, Time Patrol would just wipe him out.

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#10823: Apr 10th 2015 at 7:08:45 PM

Looks like training for four months gave Cell a mighty chin @first Saiga link.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#10824: Apr 10th 2015 at 7:12:26 PM

Hah, four years old

[up] Yeah I don't know why the artist thought that was a good idea. Going for a Pharaoh look?

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#10825: Apr 10th 2015 at 7:36:56 PM

Four months prep time, what now?!

It's a running gag in comicbook circles, whenever people are doing "Vs. Discussions" someone will always come around and Say Batman can defeat "____" if he gets prep time.

I'm making a comparison we keep joking about how 4 months was all Frieza needs to level grind.


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