The Dude Bro POWERLEVELZZZ crowd love him, everyone else hates him with a passion. No matter the country, Its one of the few consistent things about the Dragonball fanbase.
Power Levels are not bullshit, they are legitimate tools for measuring character's strength levels relative to each other, and Broly is overhyped non-canon garbage that needs to stop existing in all forms of media for the future.
I liked how Shaman King used it. Kind of did some examining of how putting a number to your power forces you to perceive your own limitations, and how thinking you're mathematically outclassed can sap you will to fight a battle you could win.
(and how osme numbers really are insurmountable and require different tactics)
I have a message from another time...
The thing you're complaining about would be true whether they stuck a numerical value on it or not.
Frieza would still would have insanely outclassed everyone he fought on Namek, except Super Saiyan Goku, whether we got numbers on it or not. They didn't even provide power levels during the fight.
Edit: Whether you think it makes the "problem" more visible or jarring is one thing but Power Levels, as in the values, were not the cause of that. Another thing I'm confused at why people don't understand.
edited 6th Nov '15 6:15:30 AM by LSBK
I mean, I guess you could measure the power levels of Yamcha, Krillin, and Tien relative to each other, but ultimately they have the same power level of "gonna get stomped".
After a certain point being way more powerful than the last guy doesn't really change what the fights are like other than who can fight them and how small the energy balls they use to destroy planets are.
Skipped the last 8 pages, looking at this page, I assume I just missed Power Levels talk?
SSB? Super Saiyan Bod?
edited 5th Nov '15 10:30:32 PM by wanderlustwarrior
Goku and Piccolo beat Raditz despite being much weaker than him put together. SSB Goku beat Golden Freeza despite being weaker because Freeza didn't train the form. USS 1 Trunks was far outclassed by Cell despite being stronger. Power Levels matter, but in no series they exist in are they the end-all be-all.
This is such a huge generalisation and it's really not accurate. Broli has fans and haters on both sides of the spectrum, including people who put characterisation first.
There is more to Broli than his muscles or power. He's got fans interested in him for other reasons as well, like how he is a villainous Super Saiyan (the first real example we had), how he embodies the Vegeta's original ideal for the Super Saiyan while utterly horrifting thd current Vegeta, how he draws much inspiration from Sun Wukong's myth just like Son Goku, and how he's different from the villains who came before him.
Oh and Japan doesn't hate him exactly, lampooning him is a prevalent meme but that would be like saying the west hate Yamcha. Or saying the Japanese hate Yamcha. Etc.
The parodies aren't really mean spirited, and Broli is contractually obliged to appear in the video games because of his popularity. They even use Broli to sell Japanese-exclusive media, which is where his new Super Saiyan 3 and 4 forms originated from.
Can I just say how much I love "My trucker hat! Ya plumb done gon dagum did it now, son!"
If I can ever convince my brother to play Raging Blast 2 with me again I'm going to say that whenever my hat gets blown off by an attack.
edited 6th Nov '15 12:29:24 AM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Didn't Toriama make Power Levels to be kind of unreasonable? Like Frieza's army kept assuming that the level was low because that's what the scouter said and they lost?
This would presume that they had no issue beforehand with the scouters and that they do have some use of giving someone a base idea.

Spirit Bomb absorption is one of those cool things that's best not thought about for very long
I think the split is based on whether you're more drawn to characters or power levels. A good portion of the fanbase is fond of him
edited 5th Nov '15 8:47:17 PM by Hylarn