How Dragon Ball Super KILLED Power Scaling

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  • Опубліковано 3 лис 2023
  • #DragonBallSuper #DragonBallZ #DragonBallDaima
    In today's video we deeply analyze Dragon Ball Super. This is unlike Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and the soon to be Dragon Ball Daima. Dragon Ball Super has a reputation for altering the way traditional dragon ball worked. In today's video, we cover the various ways that Dragon Ball Super Killed Power Scaling. This analysis includes the anime and manga adaptions of Dragon Ball Super.
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  • @NyBeans92
    @NyBeans92 7 місяців тому +1476

    Roshi has more potential than Frieza gohan and broly combined

    • @blueflare4139
      @blueflare4139 7 місяців тому +57

      Nah I HAVE more power than Goku, Broly, Vegeta and Grand priest combined

    • @Minizu4
      @Minizu4 7 місяців тому +15

      He was Reverse Searing and then deep frying Jiren.

    • @Minizu4
      @Minizu4 7 місяців тому +45

      @@blueflare4139 That is such a random comment I can't lie

    • @blaketindle4703
      @blaketindle4703 7 місяців тому +68

      Ultra Instinct Master Roshi dodging Jiren’s attacks might be the worst writing in the series lol

    • @brad377
      @brad377 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@Minizu4Nah he's stronger than them all but i'm stronger than xeno goku ssj4

  • @Infamous_wu13
    @Infamous_wu13 5 місяців тому +525

    this like having sakura be able to keep up with naruto and sasuke for the plot

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  5 місяців тому +18

      Explanation?

    • @MRBass6000
      @MRBass6000 4 місяці тому +108

      For some reason in the end of war arc she managed​ to damage kaguya and keep up with naruto and sasuke even though while we see naruto and sasuke get stronger through Shippuden we don't see sakura do anything important or get any stronger and yet for some reason she is on the same level as them Which doesn't make any sense@@QaamansLand

    • @jowe8153
      @jowe8153 4 місяці тому +27

      It’s like having Sasuke and Naruto be able to keep up with madara for the plot

    • @AntiWhiteOut
      @AntiWhiteOut 4 місяці тому +5

      ​@QaamansLand one thing I wanted to say is that the scouters were developed by friezas engineers and his belief was that power levels were inherently fixed and when goku beat frieza he also made the idea of fixed power obsolete, but I miss dragon ball giving us people's power levels. They kinda did it in the buu saga a little with babadi using that word for power levels I can't remember.

    • @orimoreau3138
      @orimoreau3138 4 місяці тому +1

      might have been for practical reasons. By the time Goku first turns super saiyan his power level is 150 million and it only gets crazier afterwards.
      It would be a bit silly for them to talk how super saiyan 3 gotenks 300 trillion power level has nothing on super Vegitos 500 decilion. Messy
      @@AntiWhiteOut

  • @IcZ2013
    @IcZ2013 7 місяців тому +1695

    Strange. How can Master Roshi get so strong in the main timeline with "secret training" but cannot get strong enough to defeat the androids after so many years in the future timeline?

    • @Mandalore_ultimate
      @Mandalore_ultimate 7 місяців тому +297

      Everyone in the future timeline but Future Trunks is greatly underpowered

    • @Dogan_TM
      @Dogan_TM 7 місяців тому +267

      He must've forgor 💀

    • @supersaiyan9949
      @supersaiyan9949 7 місяців тому +26

      @@Mandalore_ultimatebut scaling says that Goku was a bit stronger than 1 android on 1 on 1 combat.Cause Future Gohan says that he wants to be as strong as his Father,and Future 18 said that 17 would lose to Gohan.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +102

      ​@@supersaiyan9949What are you referring to? You are mixing manga and anime facts

    • @stonedwizard0420
      @stonedwizard0420 7 місяців тому +89

      If you want an answer besides "because Toriyama needed him to be weaker for one plot, and stronger for another", Roshi hid in a submarine in the Future Timeline and had neither the space, proclivity, or inspiration to train.

  • @bigpurplepops
    @bigpurplepops 7 місяців тому +943

    Does anyone else think the ToP would’ve made WAYY more sense if they just said Buu still counted as a Kai and couldn’t participate?

    • @animegematria
      @animegematria 7 місяців тому +268

      but that would be like foreshadowing the moro arc... dragonball doesn't foreshadow in its storytelling that's silly 😅

    • @SuperTyrannt
      @SuperTyrannt 7 місяців тому +164

      Yes it would and I bet 10 million Zeni that they forgot that he had TWO Kais fused into him not just one

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому

      @@animegematria Bro. No one fucking cares about the moro arc. It's a disaster of poor planning and ignorance of DB lore and mechanics.

    • @anidiot192
      @anidiot192 7 місяців тому +87

      ​@@animegematrianot really, because it was already established in the buu saga that buu absorbed the kai that resulted in him becoming fat buu.

    • @animegematria
      @animegematria 7 місяців тому

      what plot point in the moro arc? @@kryptoskillet1131

  • @rebal180
    @rebal180 7 місяців тому +910

    Power Scaling in general killed the concept of being a skilled fighter. At a certain point in Z it became less about who is the better fighter and more about who is getting the bigger power boost.

    • @shiningarmour6805
      @shiningarmour6805 7 місяців тому +127

      I liked that in Z, because it actually tells you fundamentally that Power and Skill are interchangeable.
      And this goes if you played any video game where you out-gear the current content.
      You can just brute force your way out of a challenge with 0 skill, specially if it goes as absurd as 1 hit k.o.
      This pisses people off, because they want to hump Skill as the superior of the two, and it kills their reality when in pvp they get a jerk that 1 hit K.O.s them too.
      To quote Yomi from Yu Yu Hakusho "in a battle where your opponent has more experience OR strength, things will _never_ seem fair" because the imbalance *is* what determines the winner.
      It is extremely rare to see a dead-even match up. In fact, whenever you see one, it's meant to trigger in your brain that it might be rigged and phony.

    • @milicenty
      @milicenty 7 місяців тому +41

      ​@@shiningarmour6805 I actually agree with this. Especially since you got it right when people want Skill to always be the superior to Power. I think people have a bias towards one or the other and you can never get a clear cut example in most series that shows both sides being equals. Overall I like seeing both being portrayed well.

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому +60

      Bro. If goku was an average little boy and wasn't five times stronger then a normal child this series would have ended with Bulma doming him in the first issue.
      Power levels have ALWAYS been a thing in DB. Hell, what skill was taught by master roshi's milk crate training from OG DB?

    • @UltraGreenNo.57
      @UltraGreenNo.57 7 місяців тому +13

      I mean super literally gives skill and power boosts to any individual giving them complete plot armour.

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому +18

      @@UltraGreenNo.57 Yeah. The 5hing with master roshi in top and krillian having a beam struggle with ssj blue was indefensible.

  • @cslack813
    @cslack813 7 місяців тому +463

    I just don’t understand why toriyama decided to say that all the Z fighters (except Tien) haven’t been training. It would have been so much easier to accept these absurd power jumps if they said they kept training in their own ways. I mean they all have a responsibility to protect earth so it doesn’t make sense for them to give up.
    But it’s more frustrating that Tien who does train is disrespected so hard as to be eliminated earlier than those who didn’t.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +3

      Roshi?

    • @cslack813
      @cslack813 7 місяців тому +26

      @@QaamansLand what about him?

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +3

      Power scaling thoughts?

    • @cslack813
      @cslack813 7 місяців тому +65

      @@QaamansLand I’m not a fan of power scaling in general as it’s inconsistent/debatable *at best,* and nonsensical bickering that is rendered meaningless when Toriyama does something like Beast Gohan, Golden Frieza (I’m fine w black frieza) or fucking Granolah/Gas 🤦🏻‍♂️
      Roshi is awesome. He’s not typically viewed as a Z-fighter but he’s clearly capable of a lot. Blowing up the moon to revert goku back to his human form is the foundation for DB power scaling. Toriyama probably thought this was a funny, stupid gag but _holy shit did he set the bar high immediately with that one._ By the end of Z I’d honestly put him around Demon King Piccolo level. He doesn’t really continue to grow in Z.
      His DBS feats are crazy but most of his representation was nostalgia fan service and I’m okay with that. I don’t sincerely think Roshi stood a chance against 99% of fighters in DBS and to call him god-level (I saw a video about this just today) is disingenuous and not following the spirit of Toriyama’s portrayal. He never wanted Roshi to be viewed as some SSB level fighter.
      The writing gives certain characters a moment to show they they can surpass their limits and do things considered impossible. Roshi’s max power kamehameha was a great throwback to og db and that’s all. This moment doesn’t have any real significance in terms of power scaling. More about giving a character one last moment to shine and him seizing the moment and shining brighter than ever.
      With regards to his ultra instinct in the manga… Idek what to say. It was a gag but also just a way to remind the audience that roshi is a lifelong martial arts master who would have picked up the tenets of ultra instinct naturally throughout his journey. I don’t look beyond that. Saying he is remotely close to jiren level is just silly. He’s still about the same power level as before to me.
      I hate applying actual numbers to power scales because they lost most meaning when we found out earthlings knew how to suppress their power levels and raise them too. Vegeta said as much when he was on Namek and criticized Dodoria’s reliance on the device. The fact that we fans choose to apply numbers onto these characters after Vegeta does this makes it all the more ridiculous.
      DBS recognizes the bar is so high it has no meaning. That’s why trunks can fight against merged zamasu, why gohan can beat kefla or why the universe 6 saiyans are so unreasonably strong without any of the work to justify it. So just watch and have fun.
      I could have accepted a lot more of the ludicrous power scaling if SSB and SSGod weren’t “godly.” The idea that vegeta and goku have attained godly forms that are stomped by almost every significant fighter from the other universe’s is frustrating. UI/Ego should’ve been the “godly” forms.

    • @dulguunshallot1018
      @dulguunshallot1018 7 місяців тому +12

      Whats wrong with launch tho they must hate her too
      1st forgotten
      2nd they gave a pee love interest to tien not her

  • @JaxBlade
    @JaxBlade 7 місяців тому +147

    DragonBall Super producers in board Room:
    *Deep Sniff Coke* Okay look stop focusing on story & cohesion & all that BS, what Most of these rabid fans eat up is New Forms & Sparky Sparky Booms, so take those gray model figures of the characters over there & then change the colors, Blue, Green, Purple I dont care.
    They gonna eat it up and Make us all A LOT of MONEEEEY *coke sniff*
    ~ Canon Event lmao

    • @PegasusPablo
      @PegasusPablo 7 місяців тому +4

      Jax, something I've always meant to ask ya, what's your height and weight?

    • @animegematria
      @animegematria 7 місяців тому +7

      Sparky Sparky Boom Boom!💥💥💥

    • @Leo-nard0
      @Leo-nard0 7 місяців тому +10

      @@ultrainstinctgoku1926 Sounds like a rabid fan salty lol

    • @chromesucks5299
      @chromesucks5299 4 місяці тому +2

      this is so true, their forms and names are really uninspired too, not only that but they change the their bodies or anything to keep it cheap to animate

    • @boltskyline2957
      @boltskyline2957 4 місяці тому

      I believe it

  • @JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache
    @JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache 7 місяців тому +314

    After watching this video, I can safely say that the writers for both the manga and the anime don't give a $hit about power scaling, and anyone trying to make sense of it is just making fools of themselves trying to defend this crap.

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +27

      Dbz literally has the same problems

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +32

      Dragon ball z power scaling is not that much better then super. I know it’s probably nostalgia blinding you so I’m just going to start listing of z messed up power scaling. For the the first one we can literally start of in the beginning of z. When raditz was introduced he was stronger then piccolo and goku and was not having much of a hard time in beating them but somehow your gonna tell me a toddle who has never fought in his life and had no training can severely injure him in one attack(but since he’s a prodigy/mutant or hybrid is excusable
      ). Mind you raditz is a trained warrior race space pirate who fights and conquer for a living since a child,but a toddle nearly one shooting him Is fine because he’s throwing a tantrum but for now we will let that slide for for a bit. Let’s forward to the namek saga with gohan. In the beginning gohan wasn’t even on the level with Dodora. Fast forward he gets his potential unlocked and goes on to fight the ginyu force. Gohan was no match for recoome which seems right so for. But then u jump from gohan not touching reccome to gohan literally able to swap hands with second form frieza. Let me remind u that recome is not even 10% of of first form freiza but your telling me in a span of 24 hours(me being generous) gohan can’t touch recome but can fight second form freiza and damage him. If even you use the classic frieza was holding back its instantly voided with Neil not being able to hurt freiza in the slightest in his first form. Even if I high ball gohan to the power lvl of 35,000 after the boost he would still be weaker than Neil. I think we all forget gohan is literally around 5 years old with most of his experience from surviving in the wilderness no heavy combat experience like raditz are even goku. A toddler was able to the strongest being in the universe and surpass goku in the beginning of z with just emotions alone when in og dragon ball you had to work your ass and train. But somehow gohan being able to fight ssb goku when confirmed he’s been training after the resurrection of freiza is so outlandish and makes no sense in logic and power scaling in the franchise with years of experience with his power and actually grown but nope super started the trend of jumping in power out of no where with no explanation.
      The concept of getting a enormous power up from emotions is z changing power lvls. Now let’s talk about piccolo. Your telling me somehow piccolo in 2 month can fight second form freiza when the guy couldn’t stand up to nappa in the slightest mind you he was training for one year in preparation for the saiyan. How those piccole in 2 month jump from less them 8,000 to atleast (low-balling here) to 100,000 mind you he wasn’t doing heavy training for a whole like he was for the sayains and was showed to be meditating
      On king Kai planet but as soon as freiza those in hell and get stronger now it’s another bullshit powerup. With Neil who was 42,000 doesn’t make much sense on how he can shoot to one million +. If you add them together It’s only 142,000. If u multiple that then piccole one shots final form freiza at a 100%. Now let’s get on goku who surprisingly
      Doesn’t have the biggest power lvl jump here but still quit a big offender. How those goku from 90,000 base start of namek reach over a million with a zenkie boost to rival final form freiza with out headcanon, but as soon as android 17 has been revealed to be training on a island for years and was probably around ssj3 it’s a huge problem that he’s that strong. How those goku big of jump of power did not occur when he gets healed out of the hospital bed and u can’t use the excuse that he was injured more ,when he was even more battle torn from the battle on earth with vegeta. Goku was at least still able to move in namek but after getting injured but with the battle with vegate he couldn’t even move. The zenki boost goku would of have to at-least receive is 20x. If zenki boost for goku is that large then his power lvl arriving to namek after leaving the hospital bed with out training should of been (going to low ball his power lvl to 7,000 before getting heal to prove a point on how massive the namek zenki boost was.)after fighting vegeta at 140,000. Remember 20x is the lowest multiplication. I seriously don’t get what’s the out rage about freiza and 17 being that strong in super I’m totally fine with 17 freiza is definitely questionable but again a toddle with no experience can scare the living day lot of somebody who fights all the time and actually injure him and freiza was originally the most powerful being and was confined to be a mutant. The androids being 99x being more powerful then freiza doesn’t make any sense to begin with from the android saga. Everybody complains about super sayain blue and god being suppressed so easily when super saiyan was easily as irrelevant as soon androids appear(17 & 18). Your telling me dr gero can make beings more powerful then a legendary prophecy that majority of the universe knows about even guru said a super saiyan is unbeatable. The most feared man in the universe was obviously bothered just hearing about it being mentioned. But some dude on earth can make take some regular humans not even martial artists but young adults make the transformation look like child’s play. Let’s talk about the whole tien holding back semi perfect cell. How those that make any sense from a power scaling point of view. Imperfect cell was a moment a go was able to take piccolo strongest attack with no damage who was relative to android 17. Android 17 was able to man Handel tien with no sweat, again he’s a being stronger then super saiyans. Even if I put tien at the lvl of android 19 are 20 there should be no way that can hold back imperfect cell who was destroying beings stronger than super saiyans for breakfast mind u imperfect cell took piccole strongest attack with no damage. But somehow tien was able to stall semi perfect who was stronger then 17 and piccole and then absorbed 17 but piccole strongest attack who was par with 17 doesn’t faze imperfect cell. If tien attack is that powerful he should of one shot nappa and used it against the androids of the first meeting they would of been destroyed are injured. But I guess master roshi using techniques like the mafuba and dodging Jiren(obviously holding back and not fighting him full strength ) with a techniques is where we crossed the line and say power scaling is ruined. I can keep going all the way to the end of the cell saga to the buu saga but I would be up all night. This is me just saying a lot of the problems in the db franchise today has always been provident since z. And super story problem is pretty much similar the same problems of z after the namek saga. Why don’t all put down the nostalgia bong and stop taking a hit of it and actually analyze everything fairly. Or My best ideal is to just enjoy it instead of nitpicking every little thing because that can ruin anything. Like they say comparison is the thief of joy.

    • @whatifonepiece
      @whatifonepiece 7 місяців тому +68

      ​@SD-wj9bv Not to the extent of Super. You can still make sense of OG and Z's powerscaling and it is way more consistent to understand than Super by a long shot. Super fans just can't take criticism when it falls short.

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +16

      @@whatifonepiece I feel like both there Power-scaling is not that good at all and both have very lazy power ups that make no sense. A lot of super problems extends from dbz especially after namek. Once after namek sage the quality of the story drops of. At the end of the day if where going to criticize super might as well include z since of the same problem are present in it especially the starting android saga. That’s why don’t really bother looking to deep into dragon ball. Definitely the ending of og to namek is a masterpiece in spite of some of criticism I have for it. After that in my opinion the story is decent to mid

    • @amiablereaper
      @amiablereaper 7 місяців тому +16

      Tbf
      Writers as a whole generally don't care about power scaling
      What matters is whatever point the story is trying to make
      And as long as it's relatively believable that characters could be at the comparative power level they need to be for a battle, there's no need to get more specific.
      DB does have a tendency to stretch believability in this regard, esp. with super Saiyan transformations, but it's perfectly clear how the writers put themselves in a position where these power boosts needed to suddenly happen, and after gotenks SSJ is so cheap they sell it at the dollar store so the whole kefla situation doesn't really push sny new boundaries

  • @randomusername3873
    @randomusername3873 4 місяці тому +20

    I love how goku and vegeta are constantly training with gods, learning to use different kis and techniques, unlocking more and more forms
    Then you have gohan and c17 that "trained" and they somehow keep up😂

  • @jahizgod
    @jahizgod 7 місяців тому +61

    This gives me faith that my life can have an unbelievably massive power up that no one expected

  • @J-zf9gu
    @J-zf9gu 7 місяців тому +259

    In all honesty, out all of the non-sayain transformations introduced in Dbs, I personally feel that Piccolo's are the best. Mainly because the power gained from them makes sense since Piccolo is one of the few characters besides Goku and Vegeta to train near daily. Also, since the reason why Shenron gave the power boost to Piccolo pretty fair since, in a way, Piccolo created Shenron, and so therefore Shenron has a lot of respect for Piccolo.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +8

      Roshi?

    • @J-zf9gu
      @J-zf9gu 7 місяців тому +32

      ​@QaamansLand Roshi's is a close second since his ultra powerful secret training allowed him to casually jump from moon level to being able to casually dodge Jiren in a way that makes total complete sense in the narrative and isn't total nonsense for the sake of plot.

    • @DBZ96587
      @DBZ96587 7 місяців тому +5

      That's why Piccolo is the goat

    • @xiphosmaniac
      @xiphosmaniac 7 місяців тому +24

      Wasnt it established a VERY long time ago that Shenron is locked to the power level of its creator, and therefor, cant make people stronger? Theres a limit to its power? As the series goes on, all the rules just get retconned. I remember when it was a big deal losing people...because we had 1 wish...and you only had 1 extra chance at life..hell in Dragon Ball, oolong wishing for a pair of panties is still one of the biggest FUCK YOU's in anime, simply cuz he knew how much work went into gathering those dragon balls, only to sideline literally everyone for something he couldve just bought at the store. That was one of those moments where your jaw drops in disbelief. Now a days, we have 3 wishes, unlimited rez's, hell we can even ressurect entire planets and populations if we word the wish right! gross

    • @georgiepig5726
      @georgiepig5726 7 місяців тому +9

      @@xiphosmaniac that was back when kami was the guardian of earth and the earths dragon and kami was just super weak when dende came to earth in the cell saga dende was much more physically stronger then and more efficient with how he upgraded the earths dragon balls to make shenron become closer in strength to what porunga could do not only that but its not like in dbs super hero that shenron can just immediately unleash piccolos potential dende literally has to upgrade shenron for a second time its a very well animated part of the movie and a lot of attention is actually focused on it and shenron being locked to the power of its creator is still something that hasn't been retconned since again dende is stronger then kami was plus he actually has knowledge of how to make the dragon balls more proficient since he still remembers what namek is like and how things are done there

  • @supagreatman2826
    @supagreatman2826 7 місяців тому +328

    To whoever is reading this keep going,you're doing fine! No matter how slow your progress each new week is filled with tiny steps forward. Be proud of yourself you got this!

    • @EzBreezy750
      @EzBreezy750 7 місяців тому +9

      Eat Well Play Well Study Well or something 😂

    • @OnlyTwoShoes
      @OnlyTwoShoes 7 місяців тому +16

      Nah, I'm gonna off myself. Nice try though.

    • @Fqtl
      @Fqtl 7 місяців тому +7

      Umm i have a living phobia telling me not to off myself is ableist

    • @xlro8f853
      @xlro8f853 7 місяців тому +4

      Thank you.

    • @BowserXeno
      @BowserXeno 7 місяців тому

      ​@@OnlyTwoShoeswhy

  • @OnlyTwoShoes
    @OnlyTwoShoes 7 місяців тому +81

    The moment Frieza said the 'N-word' we all knew it was over.

  • @brianartist8027
    @brianartist8027 7 місяців тому +21

    “Yurin powering Roshi by putting her Yurin on his face” is wild😭😭😭😭

  • @LandrixM
    @LandrixM 7 місяців тому +22

    20:48 What's With The Zoom In There Huh? What Ya Lookin' At?

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +6

      What zoom in are you talking about?

  • @emperorpalpatine9841
    @emperorpalpatine9841 7 місяців тому +98

    There was also the case of Vegeta being in SS Blue and not being able to damage base Goku Black, but when Goku Black turn SS Rose he has to resort to doing a cheap stab at Vegeta because Goku Black was being beaten.

    • @aceclover758
      @aceclover758 7 місяців тому +32

      In that case
      The manga made more sense
      Goku Black was no match for Vegeta until he unlocked Rose

    • @VanAnon51
      @VanAnon51 4 місяці тому +3

      SSB is stronger than base Goku black, but then SS rosé matches or surpasses SSB1.

    • @boltskyline2957
      @boltskyline2957 4 місяці тому +6

      Yeah exactly my thoughts. Its like Rose made him weaker during that vegeta fight because in base, he even smiled at vegeta blue pumching him.

  • @Sugar_SpiceDB7ZS
    @Sugar_SpiceDB7ZS 7 місяців тому +33

    Thanks Qaaman for having my input on some of the music and that one scene with Goku training with Whis in the gravity chamber. You rock brother!

  • @lucidmind9676
    @lucidmind9676 7 місяців тому +26

    If only the casual viewer knew the work that went into this, the streams for this were fun af to be apart of

  • @moseslalmuanpuia8988
    @moseslalmuanpuia8988 4 місяці тому +9

    Guys, it's super. Even mr satan in super could slam majin vegeta

  • @rafagd
    @rafagd 4 місяці тому +19

    Here's a reminder that the numerical power levels were always bullshit. Every single person in lore that relies on those numbers alone gets their asses kicked hard.

  • @reptilian_geneticist
    @reptilian_geneticist 7 місяців тому +16

    Yeah there is a huge lack of comparative power scaling between characters in DBS... basically all we can do in DBS is compare character feats which get convoluted without any direct comparisons (like Dabura being compared to Cell in DBZ)

  • @fyredust960
    @fyredust960 7 місяців тому +7

    Another banger from our boy Qaaman! Yo this turned out absolutely amazing bro, well done!

  • @mr.patriotjol
    @mr.patriotjol 7 місяців тому +34

    But I think we are missing the ultimate question. How strong is Mr PoPo

  • @arrownoir
    @arrownoir 7 місяців тому +26

    Cabba solos the entirety of DBZ even if they were to all fuse together…just think about that for a second.
    I mean base Cabba.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +9

      Master Roshi?

    • @arrownoir
      @arrownoir 7 місяців тому +9

      @@QaamansLand His crazy ascension came in super.
      But he would probably achieve the same feat as well, based on how ludicrously powerful they made him.

  • @mr.patriotjol
    @mr.patriotjol 7 місяців тому +13

    Another great video Qaaman. Really appreciate your hard work for all you do.

  • @thatmedicisaspyohno9184
    @thatmedicisaspyohno9184 7 місяців тому +8

    Qaaman I been watching you for awhile and I gotta say, you really are the Dragon Ball analyzer. You very underrated and deserver more subs.

  • @ErisEntropy
    @ErisEntropy 5 місяців тому +3

    "For more OG Dragon Ball fans that want to see more serious fights, Gotenks doesn't really bring the best out of this"
    If you actually mean the original Dragon Ball then I don't understand this reasoning. Dragon Ball had a lot of comedic or lighthearted moments during some of the biggest fights. If you mean DBZ, things did get a lot more serious there, for the most part. I understand more, but there were still silly comedic frames, gags and jokes thrown in. I'm not trying to gatekeep, and I'm not saying fans need to like Gotenks to be a fan, but if someone doesn't like these moments then I don't really see that as being a fan of "OG Dragon Ball", because comedy and gags are ever present in Dragon Ball.

    • @Cross-kd5xb
      @Cross-kd5xb 5 місяців тому +2

      Blud really said "for more OG Dragon Ball fans that watched Krillin defeating Bacteria with toilet humor, Gotenks doesn't really bring the best our of it" and tougth he made a point xd
      This guy simply never watched DB and it shows over and over again in this video

  • @Austinfdp
    @Austinfdp 7 місяців тому +11

    20:49 is wild.. i see why them girl his fav

  • @BiggieCheeseJr.
    @BiggieCheeseJr. 7 місяців тому +48

    Finally, it is done. I bet you didn't expect this video to be as big of an undertaking as it turned out to be

  • @whodatboi2567
    @whodatboi2567 7 місяців тому +35

    Dragon Ball really did suffer from Toriyama not being beholden to his editors.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +3

      Roshi?

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому +5

      Toriyama isn't writing any of this.
      He's just giving them a rubber stamp so they can CLAIM he has given his approval.
      What part of that disasterous ass pull called the gokublack arc(aka the character assassination of future trunks) felt like a toriyama story?
      Fucks sake it was supposed to be future Goten but surprise surprise they made it a GOKU story and managed to permanently ruin future trunks forever and destroy DB time mechanics forever so they can force a terrible as fuck GOKU AM GREET narrative that just...ruins it for everyone.

    • @whodatboi2567
      @whodatboi2567 7 місяців тому +21

      ​@@QaamansLand Nah, his editors that oversaw his work and would force him to make certain changes (the most famous one being the changes they forced him to make in the Android Saga). You could see the difference in the Buu Saga and how unfocused it was; showing that Toriyama is one of those artists that thrives when being guided by pressure and artistic limitations.

    • @EliC09
      @EliC09 4 місяці тому

      @@incognit01233future trunks sucks

  • @chomper22
    @chomper22 7 місяців тому +1

    Nice job Qaaman and Mike! Fun stream on that last day lol let’s gooooo

  • @Cailan_Mors
    @Cailan_Mors 7 місяців тому +27

    Dragon Ball power scaling stopped making sense when Roshi blew up the moon

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +3

      Reason

    • @AlastorD
      @AlastorD 7 місяців тому

      Or at least when Roshi commentet in the 22. Tournament how much stronger the Kikoho is than the Kamehameha after he blew up the Ring because apperently Tournament Ring

    • @deonterector
      @deonterector 7 місяців тому

      That's like saying Dragon Ball power scaling stopped making sense because kid Goku broke the manga panel.... Dragon Ball at the time didn't have any rules when it comes to power scaling....It was a gag manga at the time.

    • @AlastorD
      @AlastorD 7 місяців тому +10

      @@deonterector The Moon Feat was how Roshi defeated Oozaru Goku in the 21. Tournament. Its not just a random event that can easily be dismissed as just a gag.

  • @acidicalien6477
    @acidicalien6477 7 місяців тому +8

    A lot of people put heat on goku using his transformations against the weaker fighters he was recruiting for the T.O.P but I think it wasn't to say they were all god level or equal to blue, but for goku to show his teammates that these would be the level of some of the people they would have to stand off against, Its pretty solid evidence that goku is more or so flexing these transformations than rather actually using them at the power we typically associate these transformations with with the exception of 17, I think he made this very clear when gohan basically had to beg him to use his max power and got one-shot which makes sense. Not that he needed to go full power to do this.

    • @franksterprankster9771
      @franksterprankster9771 4 місяці тому

      Yea but he still had to use blue kiaoken x10 or 20. Surprised he didn’t die from that if that was full power

  • @corey2232
    @corey2232 4 місяці тому +19

    Wait, I thought everyone knew this back in DBZ? Super didn't kill it, Toriyama killed it decades ago. If anything, the Buu Saga should've proved this to everyone.
    How many weird situations with power scaling & Buu variations did we get? We had to get weird explainations like "SSJ3 Goku was just trying to stall for time against fat Buu, not trying to win!" and "Kid Buu is just the mOsT dAnGeRoUs (whatever that means) not the strongest!" to explain why base/SSJ Goku could keep up with & defeat him.
    Buu separating from himself, then reabsorbing himself to get stronger, Gohan getting a power up from just dicking around with the Supreme Kai for dozens of episodes - only to dominate & lose anyway, all the time spent on fusion power ups - only for them to not matter at all & still just wrap up with the same Goku spirit bomb stuff... Power scaling & ass pull power ups has been a DB thing for along time now.

  • @Mrhandyhitman
    @Mrhandyhitman 7 місяців тому +8

    Where Dragon Ball Z killed the power scaling was when they had Friezas power be more than 1 million and had him at 120,000,000 im his final form maxed out. Once the numbers got outrageous Toriyama just said screw the numbers. I have an excel sheet and video idea of how to fix the power scaling for the Frieza Arc

  • @BiggieCheeseJr.
    @BiggieCheeseJr. 7 місяців тому +2

    19k after one day damn, well deserved man. Time to add my view for real

  • @XZAVIER-DAA-GOD
    @XZAVIER-DAA-GOD 7 місяців тому +8

    Love all the music in here especially Lost Courage, Dark Half & Stand after Confusion

    • @emperorpalpatine9841
      @emperorpalpatine9841 7 місяців тому +1

      How did you know the music before any of it even played? Are you kami?

    • @mr.patriotjol
      @mr.patriotjol 7 місяців тому

      @@emperorpalpatine9841no he’s a Yoshi

  • @WarnerBros9000
    @WarnerBros9000 7 місяців тому +4

    i think the problem is that dragon ball has NEVER been good about power scaling because it has always just been about who hits hardest and moves fastest which leads to uninteresting fights. at this point trying to think about power scaling in any media is just stupid and should barely factor into entertainment value, especially if you treat it like a science

    • @bodbyss
      @bodbyss 4 місяці тому

      I don't think it's stupid to care about power scaling, when the original series spent, what, 20 volumes telling us that power scaling was all that mattered? Sure, power scaling is linear and uninteresting. But it's all we had for all of that time. This isn't a problem with the fans, this is a problem with the series. And when DBS goes and tries to shove power scaling under the carpet, I don't think that really fixes the problem. As that effectively shoves all those years of narrative under the carpet too. It's kind of hard to expect the fanbase to make that kind of transition. For some, it's impossible. We're just too used to how things used to work.

  • @johnbradley7385
    @johnbradley7385 7 місяців тому +43

    I actually really like how the weaker fighters’ fighting styles are more technique-based rather than power. Like krillin always having destructo disk & solar flare up his sleeve, Roshi using the evil containment wave, etc. While goku and Vegeta basically just use elevated speed and strength by other names now

    • @zombies5100
      @zombies5100 4 місяці тому

      And Tien with his ki ko ho

  • @KyanbuXM
    @KyanbuXM 7 місяців тому +8

    Yeah, Supers problem is how large the leaps and power got over the course the Z onward. It wasn't too bad in DB with smaller leaps, you could buy that one of the fighters could catch up through training. But once Z came around, things got wildly out of control. With the Namek Saga being the worst it. Its unfortunately not possible to tell the stories toriyama wanted to tell without breaking power scaling. Because SSJ exists, and new villains have to be scaled with it in mind. Which makes it impossible to have any of the non saiyan fighters fight alongside goku and actually be relevant. And that's just sad, when you can't tell meaningful stories with your ensemble cast. Because they cannot nuke a universe.
    If you ignore the power scaling issues, some of the super arcs are decent. I'm not sure how you could make the ideas of Super work while respecting power scaling without nerfing or cutting the god forms they wanted to market so badly.

    • @bodbyss
      @bodbyss 4 місяці тому +2

      I really do like the character stories going on in DBS. Vegeta and Goku's one-upsmanship, and different fighting styles, Frieza becoming the new 'Vegeta' of the series, Piccolo becoming relevant again, etc.
      The problem I have is the power system underpinning all of these stories, is a complete mess and gets in the way of itself. You basically cannot figure out how much stronger the characters are now, compared to when they were in DBZ. It's impossible to make the comparison.
      So in order to enjoy modern DB, you basically just have to admit to yourself that the power levels are a mistake and you must ignore them. Which basically invalidates like a quarter of the dialogue of that part of the series. In a lot of ways, DBS may actually be a better series than DBZ because more people have relevance and character arcs. But it doesn't make sense. The problem is it clashes with everything established up until DBS.

  • @bodegajackeys
    @bodegajackeys 7 місяців тому +3

    would you be interested in making an in-depth what if video about the entire bobobo cast vs the entire dragon ball cast? how individual characters would be against each other. both manga and anime? been enjoying your videos.

  • @RancorSnp
    @RancorSnp 7 місяців тому +76

    I feel like ToP in particular can't be used for the power scaling debates, because of the no-killing rule. Which means that any fighter must adjust their own power level to roughly match that of their opponent, maybe like twice as strong is the most they can use in order to ensure they do not accidentally kill the person they are fighting, making ToP more of a showcase of skill rather than raw power. Now, this does have obvious problems, like for example people like Hit - who do not have control over their power level. And especially Mafuba, I do not see why the technique would care about how much power the target is currently using, rather than what amount of power they have in total.
    But yeah ToP is supposedly working under different rules than most of the fights in order to make it work as a narrative and not just be Jiren blowing up the entire arena after the fight starts ^^'

    • @universalg_
      @universalg_ 7 місяців тому +5

      Good point

    • @Nestle245
      @Nestle245 4 місяці тому

      Nice theory

    • @NoConsequenc3
      @NoConsequenc3 2 місяці тому +1

      It's a contrived way of having Goku survive despite the power scale

  • @crowstar9069
    @crowstar9069 4 місяці тому +2

    DBS Killed the last spark of interest I had in Dragon Ball, now there’s only nostalgia left.

  • @BaconMinion
    @BaconMinion 7 місяців тому +30

    If the ToP was, say a few months down the road and everybody had time to train, then I could at least sort of accept some of the huge gains, especially with the time chamber. It would have also given the U6 Saiyans time to learn and perfect SSJ, maybe even explore forms beyond it.

    • @buster3041
      @buster3041 6 місяців тому +10

      Super has very poor writing lol

    • @kennethdelacruz4444
      @kennethdelacruz4444 5 місяців тому

      They start to train after golden frieza saga if toriyama said they been trained, I think after Golden frieza saga arc, Because they know the danger when goku and vegeta is not in earth to save them.

  • @BowserXeno
    @BowserXeno 7 місяців тому +6

    Can we appreciate the hard effort qaaman and mike has put into this one video for us?

  • @miketate3445
    @miketate3445 7 місяців тому +3

    Power will always be irrevocably broken. Before Raditz arrived, characters could already destroy the moon. Where do you go from there when you need to animate a fight? Like, moon breaking energy can't scratch Nappa, but you want me to belive that this punch that does cause damage to him doesn't immediately vaporize the entire earth? Yeah, the punch is connecting with Nappa, not the ground, but the ground is right the heck there and we're dealing with thousands of times more energy than it takes to blow up the moon. Then we get quadrillions upon quadrillions upon quadrillions of times stronger when Super rolls around, and you want me to accept that these punches don't instantly create a black hole the size of several galaxies?! And the animations we see on screen are no different visually than what we had at the beginning of Namek.
    Don't get me wrong. It's all a ton of fun and I love it. But it can't possibly make a lick of narrative sense.

  • @Vegibyte
    @Vegibyte 7 місяців тому +9

    I always saw the per-tournament spar with Goku and Krillin as Goku helping prepare Krillin for the potential power of the opponents. SSJB has better Ki control so it would also arguably be easier for Goku to not accidentally use more power than Krillin could handle.

    • @buster3041
      @buster3041 6 місяців тому +4

      Then his base is what he should've used

    • @Nestle245
      @Nestle245 4 місяці тому +1

      Should've never went blue no matter what. He can always hold back in his base form.

  • @Bludgeta9001
    @Bludgeta9001 7 місяців тому +34

    At this point, i want Roshi to surpass everyone.

    • @dreadrath
      @dreadrath 7 місяців тому +5

      Weirdly I'd be okay with this even if it is nonsensical, mostly because Roshi is one of my favorite fighters in the show, due has loads of cool techniques and he's pretty clever too.

    • @Leevodevo
      @Leevodevo 7 місяців тому +5

      I mean he made the Kamehameha which is responsible for how many Ws in the series?

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Leevodevo 1

  • @frostyfrenchtoast
    @frostyfrenchtoast 7 місяців тому +39

    Truthfully, “power scaling” was already on the rocks by the namek saga at the very least, and the Buu arc just cemented this. The Buu arc specifically having most of if not all of Super’s power scaling shenanigans but is readily given the green light by fans because of its seniority and legacy.
    On the aside, Super doesn’t get enough (if any) due praise for its focus on skill in fights. Goku changing the angle of his punch against Beerus to negate some of the effects and neutralizing them despite being weaker than Beerus is a great example of this. Goku watching for Hit’s movements and targeting his time cage’s activation window was a smart way to get around a cheesey ability with just pure martial intuition. Goku destroying Jiren’s footing instead of beating him head on or using ki mines to slow his advance was also quite cool. I do think DBS sort of inherited a lot of its power scale wonkiness from the Buu saga and was forced to work *around* it for the sake of the narrative rather than appeasing geeks; but I do appreciate the times where it’s not just punchy punchy as I do think Z did lose that element in translation along the road.
    Another point of praise is the usage of transformations as “stacks” as opposed to something like SSJ2 or 3 where it’s just “super saiyan but more”, as the mixing of God and Blue is always fun to see in both the anime and manga and shows a minmaxing of the two forms. In the Granolah saga Goku mixes some of Ultra Instinct with SSGSS to hide his vitals and to become harder to detect. Again in the Granolah arc a clear separation is given between Gas’ quick obtaining of instant transmission being more unpolished and Goku had years of actual experience on him with the move, being far more efficient with it. Goku vs Kale/Caulifa also showed this experience gap with the two not using their forms to their full potential and being endlessly sloppy with their coordination and attacks. Goku was fatigued and was pretty much *training* them during that bout which was cool. This video kind of painted Caulifa as obtaining SSJ then soloing the cast or something when that just wasn’t the case at all.

    • @shido_rimru_
      @shido_rimru_ 7 місяців тому +6

      Bro even in og dragon ball king piccolo detroyed city in one shoot and roshi blown up moon

    • @frostyfrenchtoast
      @frostyfrenchtoast 7 місяців тому +5

      @@shido_rimru_ and characters like Gotenks could scream tears and rifts in space-time in the time chamber lol, but Caulifla getting SSJ is too much for people to handle lmao.

    • @ganoninthepit
      @ganoninthepit 7 місяців тому +9

      @@frostyfrenchtoast I think people would've been fine with Caullifla being a Super Saiyan if she'd just BEEN one in the first place before she was introduced. It's the series' own fault for having them learn that form in a literal day when no one asked it to.

    • @ganoninthepit
      @ganoninthepit 7 місяців тому +7

      I think Super still deserves a lot of flack for taking the Buu Saga's power scaling issues and making them infinitely worse. They didn't even TRY to explain gaps that were more egregious than ever. They gave Goku and Vegeta god tier universe destroying power in base, and forgot that half the time when they fought other characters. It's a goddamn disaster.
      With that said, I agree with you that it deserves credit for at least trying to bring skill and technique into fights. It did a lot more of that than a lot of Z, frankly. it's a shame its production issues, horrid characterization issues, and power scaling obscured that honest effort.

    • @frostyfrenchtoast
      @frostyfrenchtoast 7 місяців тому +5

      @@ganoninthepit I legit don’t think it matters. Goten and Trunks learned it in a very similar span of time as children, and Caulifla was already said to be a combat prodigy *while* being a different type of Saiyan entirely. And even beyond that, her SSJ was particularly impressive or powerful compared to the main cast’s anyways, so it’s not that consequential. The forms are instead used as story elements particularly with Kale, so I don’t have a problem with it.
      Again, laughingstock sorta acts like Caulifla is some overpowered character that was granted SSJ only because she’s a female character, despite the fact that she was getting jobbed by a fatigued SSJ Goku not even taking the battle seriously and she was fighting with Kale to boot lol. This wasn’t actually mentioned by them though lol.

  • @mrwhite2039
    @mrwhite2039 7 місяців тому +4

    DBS power scalling is the dumbest thing about it. It's so absurd its laughable

  • @Marvalis
    @Marvalis 7 місяців тому +7

    we did it boys, we finished the video

  • @chivamarudelasrosas5774
    @chivamarudelasrosas5774 7 місяців тому +6

    Ive never seen thst clip of the android’s just eating trunks punches like that they did him so dirty 😭😭😭

  • @scotthenderson3519
    @scotthenderson3519 7 місяців тому +4

    My Problem with DBZ power scaling is the fights still often look the same. The use the same moves in the same way. The only difference is the hair color.
    If you took out the hair color I don't think you could tell the difference between a super or blue or red or god

  • @Tyronethegod3
    @Tyronethegod3 7 місяців тому +35

    I honestly hate power scaling cause it leaves no room for possibilities. There's no situation where a character beats a stronger character by having a good day or stride. Maybe a character has a more aggressive battle style which doesn't work as well against a defensive style. So the character changes and has the advantage. It always feels like oh this character was an arc after so it's automatically stronger....like that's lazy writing.

    • @holdmyown06
      @holdmyown06 6 місяців тому +4

      Like in dragonball

    • @Tyronethegod3
      @Tyronethegod3 4 місяці тому +11

      @@holdmyown06 actually Dragon Ball had a solution for that. Remember when Trunks was SSj Grade 3. Cell says "you're stronger ...but you can't win!" Goku explained this to Gohan strength great but speed and energy consumption takes it's toll. So they tried a different approach which is respiratory training in maintaining a weaker form. For endurance.

    • @Tyronethegod3
      @Tyronethegod3 4 місяці тому +9

      @@holdmyown06 Goku says to Raditz in ep 3 "just cause you're stronger doesn't mean you can win!" Cause Piccolo and Goku had coordinated attacks and made a plan (Full Nelson Special Beam Cannon) or when Goku, Gohan, and Krillin worked together to nail Vegeta with the Spirit Bomb. Vegeta was stronger clearly, but they used Teamwork.

    • @bodbyss
      @bodbyss 4 місяці тому +5

      Yes that's the problem with having characters jump 10x or 100x or 1000x in power. It's a problem with dragonball's world building. The completely linear power system with massive jumps in power, leaves no room for possibilities, variance, creativity. The power system established by DB since the 90's, has been bad since the 90's.
      Maybe other shows are more for you and me?

    • @randomusername3873
      @randomusername3873 4 місяці тому +1

      A good writer could have a stronger character loose to a weaker one with strategy
      Dragonball writers apparently don't care at all

  • @Raptor727
    @Raptor727 3 місяці тому +2

    4:05 they did trunks so dirty here💀

  • @nolsee1176
    @nolsee1176 2 місяці тому +1

    Power levels have always served the narrative, and trying to make sense of it is pointless. Even back on Namek, Vegeta's Zenkais went 18,000 to 24,000 to about 32,000, but then suddenly 500,000 or thereabouts so he could grapple with Frieza. Then Goku went from 90,000 to 3 million because the story needed it to be able to fight Frieza at all. Then fans started trying to fill the holes by saying oh it was the healing tank juices, it was his mental strength, whatever. But it's as simple as the narrative dictates power scaling.

  • @benjaminjohnson4477
    @benjaminjohnson4477 7 місяців тому +5

    And people want to know why I stopped liking dragonball. Smh this definitely explained one aspect perfectly

  • @dreadrath
    @dreadrath 7 місяців тому +18

    I've always believed power scaling stopped making sense around the buu saga. Only super took that non-sensical aspect and cranked it up to 11. Really, I'd be more interested if there was some cosmic explanation for the sudden massive power jumps, sort of like the energies of the universe shifting or enriching over time and thus allowing living being to ascend more quickly than they could have years before. But then that would probably result in an eventual singularity or something where somebody gets too powerful and the cosmic forces of the universe become oversaturated and eat through the fabric of existence like too much ink on paper; caused by U7's denizens never-ending quest for power.... where was I going with this again?

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +1

      Master Roshi?

    • @mightymal
      @mightymal 5 місяців тому +2

      @@QaamansLandhas been alive for centuries and has showed techniques can give a slight edge in combat it’s not like he straight up whoop jiren juss had a moment and I can say he deserves it bc it probably some of them characters last time fighting

    • @MedK001
      @MedK001 4 місяці тому

      "caused by U7's denizens' never-ending quest for power"
      That sounds a bit like GT's evil dragons storyline doesn't it! It'd have been cool.

  • @BassLiberators
    @BassLiberators 4 місяці тому +1

    Toriyama said years ago that power scaling doesn't apply beyond the Cell Saga.
    After that point it's all about who performs their martial arts better.

  • @CluuKai
    @CluuKai 3 місяці тому +1

    Frieza actually makes sense though. Because Frieza was stronger than everyone except Goku once he became a super saiyan in the namek saga even after all of everyone’s training up until that point, and Frieza hadn’t trained a day in his life up until super once he was resurrected. We already see that Frieza has almost unmatched potential, so Frieza training for the first couple times of his life makes sense for him to make such great jumps in power.

  • @Noamb7
    @Noamb7 7 місяців тому +6

    20:47
    ??? Wtf

    • @Benescoli
      @Benescoli 6 місяців тому +2

      😂😂😂

  • @haven2moses556
    @haven2moses556 7 місяців тому +11

    Broly himself is 1 of the biggest ass pulls
    In no way shape or form should he EVER BE anywhere CLOSE in power to Goku and Vegeta
    Countless battles, training with literal Gods and Angels
    Absorbing and mastering God Ki
    Techniques mastered
    Battle strategies mastered
    All thrown out the window
    Legendary or not that was the biggest middle finger to everything Goku and Vegeta had done in the series
    At least Gohan trained and fought side by side with some of the best warriors ever and his potential was teased from day 1
    His beast form was ass pull but it still made more sense than Broly and Frieza in my opinion

    • @yaryardays957
      @yaryardays957 6 місяців тому +3

      Broly is a mutant sayian no?

    • @nirogalactoid8398
      @nirogalactoid8398 4 місяці тому

      @@yaryardays957no he is just a lucky ass mf

    • @brendanjohnson8979
      @brendanjohnson8979 Місяць тому

      @@nirogalactoid8398yeah, a mutant. Which Frieza is as well. So assuming they naturally just have far more potential then the average being of their race

  • @KrakenGameReviews
    @KrakenGameReviews 4 місяці тому +3

    Dragonball fans try to accept that it's a comedy manga at heart and not a true martial arts manga challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

    • @Llmonty_
      @Llmonty_ 3 місяці тому +1

      If the show isnt serious then they need to stop trying to make serious arcs then

  • @supersaiyan9949
    @supersaiyan9949 7 місяців тому +3

    DBS changed a lot of rules,that old DB had.But the greatest problem is power scaling.
    In BoG SSJ2 Vegeta in rage stronger than SSJ3 Goku,how is that possible,Majin SSJ2 Vegeta give all his life energy to explosion,and he still don’t kill Buu,while SSJ3 Goku could kill Buu easily.Also Goku and Vegeta become weaker than before.Like Vegeta says that 150g didn’t even hard now,but in Z he trained with 700g.Goku is weaker than Frieza in base,cause Beerus after SSJ transformation said that he knows how Goku killed Frieza,and says that it’s his maximum.While in Z Goku clearly become stronger than Piccolo in base,who stronger than Android 20,who stronger than Mecha Frieza,who stronger than 100% Frieza.Beerus says that he used 10% against Vegeta,and that means that he used more power against SSJG Goku,and after absorbing power of god in base,SSJ Goku as strong as SSJG Goku before that,and Goku can transform into SSJ3,which 8 times stronger than SSJ,that means that SSJ3 Goku can give a fight against more than 80% of Beerus power,which is really close to 100%,but Goku is still weaker than Beerus until he achieves MUI.
    RoF:Gohan is weaker than 18.Piccolo and Gohan weaker than captain Ginyu who’s power is 120000,how did they become that weak.
    To6g7:nothing special.
    Black:Why is Vegetto so weak,we know that in DBS Vegetto=Gogeta in power,base Gogeta give a better fight than two injured SSJB,who still stronger than SSJG.Goku in SSJB was able to give a good fight against Fused Zamasu,Base Vegetto>=SSJB Goku,he could easily beat the hell out of Zamasu with just Kaioken,but no,SSJB Vegetto on his level.
    ToP:How did 17 become that strong?How Ultimate Gohan in DBS who is on the same level as he in DBZ,on level of SSJB Goku.That means that Goku and Vegeta in SSJB are still weaker than Pure Buu.How did Roshi become that strong,he always just read journals.
    Conclusion:Super really downgraded all Characters in power.Now team work and skill are more important than power.Cause how did Roshi with power of like 139 can dodge from attacks of opponents with uncountable power,it’s impossible,he just get speedblitzed.They changed the Potara power,not they are equal to Fusion,while before they multiplied.They made Old Kai liar,almost every thing that he said in DBZ and DBS are wrong.

  • @lovesgibson
    @lovesgibson 7 місяців тому +8

    This video just made me realize that the whole training for the androids thing makes no sense.
    When Trunks first came, he and Goku were around the same level… but after 3 years of training, they are still around the same level?
    Trunks didn’t train for 3 years, he just went back to his time, and then entered 3 years into the future in his Time Machine.
    This basically implies that Goku really didn’t get much stronger at all, the only ones who really got much stronger was Piccolo and maybe Gohan, apparently Vegeta didn’t even get much stronger since he needed Super Saiyan to beat the androids, yet Piccolo was strong enough to take on the androids with his own power… so much nonsensical stuff in this arc lol.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +2

      I wrote down a future topic because of your comment.

    • @Didz90Cp6uja
      @Didz90Cp6uja 7 місяців тому +1

      Oh you mean, andorid 19 and 20? Yes, it is true, piccolo was stronger then SAYIANS in base forms, which means, that he improved ALOT! I see it now!

  • @DarkChaos1701
    @DarkChaos1701 4 місяці тому

    When a video starts with Lost Courage playing in the background, you already know it's gonna be great.

  • @Chizinky
    @Chizinky 7 місяців тому +1

    The part about trunks learning the ultimate asspull transformation from gohan and gohan being the master of said transformations is really funny

  • @gamingonamonday6342
    @gamingonamonday6342 7 місяців тому +10

    This is why I like to emphasize a cool spectacle and story over number based power values when I write. It's just way more fun. As long as it makes sense for the character and is thesable, who cares. Just have fun.
    This goes doubly for the villains I write. A cool visual spectacle and a intimidating but logical villain can be one of the most memorable characters.

  • @The_Oblivion_Light
    @The_Oblivion_Light 7 місяців тому +9

    All in a nutshell, in the beginning for Earthlings, powers were sensed and was mastered without technology until the death of Radditz. The tool to read power scales by scouters was just introduced after Bulma snagged Radditz scouter and modified it. Before that, they could always feel how big or small the power was. As time progressed with everyone getting stronger, the use of the technology was obsolete and could not measure the true power level my numeric means as even Bibadi's doohickey couldn't read the complete and rising powers of fighters as he mentioned they was hiding. In a way, I believe that technology had its limits and had not place in Dragon Ball after the Frieza Saga.

  • @mailowmailow5207
    @mailowmailow5207 4 місяці тому +2

    Powerscaling was never alive in the first place

  • @levig3576
    @levig3576 7 місяців тому +1

    Love the tenkaichi music in the background btw

  • @bacd-nn2lg
    @bacd-nn2lg 7 місяців тому +7

    We need more transformations in Dragon Ball like SSJ 5.

    • @EWOODJ
      @EWOODJ 7 місяців тому +11

      Screw that

    • @ironrex6979
      @ironrex6979 3 місяці тому

      @@EWOODJno, that’s cool

    • @brendanjohnson8979
      @brendanjohnson8979 Місяць тому +1

      @@ironrex6979agreed. It was teased in GT by bulma and I still would love to see something like that or exactly that of the ssj5 shown in dbAF

  • @ilovethelegend
    @ilovethelegend 7 місяців тому +8

    So, I'll say it once, and I'll say it a hundred times.
    I'd rather have more characters that are able to participate in a meaningful way than power scaling that makes sense.
    Obviously, if I could have both, I would want both, but I've ALWAYS felt like it was a huge weakness in Dragon Ball's writing that they had all these interesting secondary protagonists and a huge cast of characters, but functionally none of them mattered besides Goku.

  • @YophiGames
    @YophiGames 5 місяців тому +1

    At least Gotenks was meant to be a joke. Kale and Caulifla were supposed to be serious characters.

  • @ZangetsuGetsuga7
    @ZangetsuGetsuga7 2 місяці тому +2

    20:48 🤨😏 Now i see why they are your favorites characters

  • @bigpurplepops
    @bigpurplepops 7 місяців тому +3

    I always find it amazing how when people have issues with writing or story progression the answer is always “Power Scaling Is Cringe”.
    It’s just lazy writing 9/10 times imo.

  • @Some_Fuck
    @Some_Fuck 7 місяців тому +3

    Honestly I'm just sick of the transformations and flashy lasers, I wanna see more techniques like the Kaioken or literally anything involving actual martial arts.

  • @fulltimeslackerii8229
    @fulltimeslackerii8229 7 місяців тому +2

    finally someone is mentioning this in a stand alone video.

  • @maddg985
    @maddg985 3 місяці тому +2

    I stopped caring about power scaling when I saw cabba vs vegeta in uni 6 tournament

  • @blackwidow7804
    @blackwidow7804 7 місяців тому +3

    At least the Roshi/Jiren bullshit wasnt in the anime.

  • @spritvio639
    @spritvio639 7 місяців тому +3

    I feel like all the shortcuts Dragon Ball takes now with powering up characters, just makes the story worse because it essentially robs them of the journey.

  • @finnish_hunter
    @finnish_hunter 4 місяці тому +1

    You really think, dare to think that fucking Cabba deserved the ssj that fast? What? Has Cabba never before been angry at all?

  • @pepeelghetto1231
    @pepeelghetto1231 5 місяців тому +2

    While It's true that DBS has awful scaling, DBZ was also horrendous in that regard.
    The fact that, for example, there's valid arguments for Goten, not gotenks, JUST GOTEN > piccolo during the buu saga, should be enough evidence.

  • @Egalemanly
    @Egalemanly 7 місяців тому +7

    That Beerus X 18 art at the end Jesus

  • @maxharper3737
    @maxharper3737 7 місяців тому +19

    To be fair Piccolos orange form makes sense, its heavily implied he got the power of king Piccolo added to him making him fully complete. Basically hes a Super Namkeian

    • @spacepillow
      @spacepillow 7 місяців тому

      Could it not just be Piccolo getting his potential unlocked like Gohan did?

    • @maxharper3737
      @maxharper3737 7 місяців тому +1

      @@spacepillow It could be but the Something Extra line, plus the fact his form looks like King Piccolo makes me think its something else.

    • @spacepillow
      @spacepillow 7 місяців тому

      hm yeah, that would be cool. I honestly didn't really notice that it looks like King Piccolo. Just looks wide to me lol.@@maxharper3737

  • @spokoman23
    @spokoman23 2 місяці тому +1

    Power scaling has been on life support since after the Namek saga, but Super just killed it 3 time over.

  • @goketerhc6766
    @goketerhc6766 7 місяців тому +5

    Hello, the thumbnail and its artwork are mine. You credited the wrong person, could you please correct it? 😅

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +2

      Are you serious or kidding? I got this from the original page.

    • @goketerhc6766
      @goketerhc6766 7 місяців тому +3

      @@QaamansLand I'm serious, if you check the original page it says credits to GoketerHC and has a link to the profile. It's my artwork, his is an edit I gave him permission to.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +8

      You are absolutely correct. This is an error on my part.
      Sorry for the inconvenience.
      The link has been fixed.
      ~~Qaaman~~

    • @goketerhc6766
      @goketerhc6766 7 місяців тому +3

      @@QaamansLand thank you so much! And no problems, I should be thanking you

  • @kaienglish271
    @kaienglish271 7 місяців тому +10

    I will say just if you didn’t notice Goku going Blue against Krillin was him testing him to see how he would handle that sort of pressure and intensity because in the tournament there would be multiple people on SSB level. That why we see Krillin shaking at first but then calms himself down to face SSB Goku. SSB also offers extreme Ki control so he could’ve been SSJ2 level for all we know

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +1

      The problem with this it addresses like a lot of these problems originated in super were in fact z had many problems like this way before super. It would of been better if the bud was about db bad power scaling over the years

    • @terrakage4462
      @terrakage4462 7 місяців тому

      @@SD-wj9bv tbh z had the problems but it was lest obvious. If goku is in ssj2 vs ssj3, we know that he is either restraining himself or actually going all out. Ssb, that level of power decides what it wants to be. Z was simple but still logical and easy to follow. With some suspension of disbelief. At most the problems really became noticeable in buu arc.

    • @kaienglish271
      @kaienglish271 7 місяців тому +1

      @@terrakage4462 I really think that’s all it is. Z was just easier to understand power wise. When in Super they introduced multiple ways of someone getting stronger even in a weaker form. What I think most ppl just don’t understand

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +1

      @@kaienglish271 who’s getting stronger in a weaker a form in super?

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +1

      @@terrakage4462 I’m just saying z was no where near perfect in the power scaling department and I definitely agree dragon ball super has the worst scaling when it comes to the anime. It’s just more noticeable in super, but the main point is the complaints about characters shouldn’t be able to fight this one guy and then all of sudden get substantial
      power boost is not a new concept to the story. Example in the anime everybody was complaining that future trunks was able to fight goku black and called it shit power scaling, but in z u had gohan who was no match for recoom who isn’t even 10% of first form freiza but in a couple of hours out of nowhere he can damage second form freiza when Neil couldn’t even put a scratch on this guy in he’s first form and may I remind u Neil was stronger than gohan that fought recom

  • @Derysss
    @Derysss 3 місяці тому +1

    20:47 mad zoom you got in there my guy

  • @bryal7811
    @bryal7811 4 місяці тому +1

    Honestly the power scaling stopped mattering during the end of the Frieza arc. I appreciate that it tried a bit during the Android and Cell saga though. The idea being mastering super saiyan to conserve energy was great! It also setup it's own consistency for Gohan going SS2 who was inherently special for his mixed blood and from the way he was raised by Chi-Chi to be peaceful. It made perfect sense that Gohan was the only Saiyan that could ever possibly reach the realm of SS2! Then you know; Buu saga and SS2 just being another capstone for Goku/Vegeta despite ones personality being the deciding factor for it. Then SS3 existing for no reason!
    To this day, I still think that the movie "Battle of the Gods" should have had Trunks and Goten as the disciples of Beerus and Whis while Goku and Vegeta worked for the Kais in the afterlife. (The same way they did against when facing off against Janemba.) I have a personal headcanon that the ToP arc would have had Goku and Vegeta return with several "old enemies" they defeated in the afterlife that would have scaled just fine.

  • @fulltimeslackerii8229
    @fulltimeslackerii8229 7 місяців тому +19

    super was doomed from the start. there was no feasible way to realistically catch up any non saiyan to a post BoG Goku. and instead of acknowledging that and focusing on the saiyans, they gave everyone off screen power ups so that people wouldn’t complain about “the goku and vegeta show” (which is extremely dumb). and this doesn’t just apply to the Z fighters. besides hit whos 1000 years old, there’s no feasibly reason to believe that anybody in all the universes could even come close to Goku and Vegeta without God Ki or some kind of divine training. frost, dyspo, U7 saiyans, the bergamo and friends. all of these jobbers shouldn’t even be close to a post BoG Goku’s BASE FORM, especially without a transformation

    • @kaienglish271
      @kaienglish271 7 місяців тому +4

      But that’s the thing from different universes we can’t say just because they don’t have God ki they can’t be as strong as Goku and Vegeta.

    • @incognit01233
      @incognit01233 7 місяців тому

      God ki is trash and blue has been an ass ugly gaudy jobber form from jump.

    • @cooper2211
      @cooper2211 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@kaienglish271The problem with that tho is they dont give us a backstory that supports them having a life of struggle where they get said power they just are and we're supposed to just accept that.

    • @kaienglish271
      @kaienglish271 7 місяців тому +2

      @@cooper2211 why would they need a life of struggle to show how they are strong? You’re asking them to show us every character who is strong with a backstory on how they got strong. This is what you’ve got to understand just because we see Vegeta, Goku , Piccolo and etc struggle to get stronger don’t apply that to other Universes they are completely different to our Universe 7

    • @cooper2211
      @cooper2211 7 місяців тому +3

      @kaienglish271 Why wouldn't it be good to show HOW characters we've never seen before got to the strength they are other just taking it at face value because they need to be some "tension" on how goku and vegeta can overcome said foe(s) or at the very least give a plausible reason characters are as strong as they are. A good example is Hit a assassin that has lived for hundreds of years where obviously he'll have gained immense experience and strength during that time to get where he is, but everyone that is just suspend disbelief and roll with it.

  • @jg5004
    @jg5004 7 місяців тому +11

    GT fanboys are gonna be really salty when they finally come to terms with the fact that Super Roshi solos GT.

    • @animegematria
      @animegematria 7 місяців тому

    • @TheOjamaYellow
      @TheOjamaYellow 7 місяців тому +24

      More like validated in knowing how awful Super is.
      -GT fanboy

    • @Lazypackmule
      @Lazypackmule 7 місяців тому +5

      GT fanboys are actually happy to have people who understand this series even less than they do

    • @animegematria
      @animegematria 7 місяців тому

      GT is awful so you're not really saying much if you're "GT fanboy" @@TheOjamaYellow

    • @boltskyline2957
      @boltskyline2957 4 місяці тому +11

      Horrible scaling isnt somethong to be proud of

  • @sr.brigadeiro7718
    @sr.brigadeiro7718 6 місяців тому +1

    nice vid

  • @starsoftstudios6804
    @starsoftstudios6804 7 місяців тому +2

    So... For the early parts of the video the situations that you say are wierd or ridiculous are missing alot of context like Tenshinhan not wanting to hurt Master Roshi out of respect or Goku testing Krillin's resolve against fighters who are potentially as strong as a SSB level character or 17 not needing to sleep or eat because of the infinite energy who also has a base power higher than Frieza training for thirteen years and so on, the context for some of these issues is there whether you like it or not but that fact that they weren't mentioned has me raising an eyebrow somewhat. Cool video though.

  • @cslack813
    @cslack813 7 місяців тому +4

    Let’s be real. Power scaling in DBZ was inconsistent at best during frieza saga and the numbers had no meaning once perfect cell arrived. The writer basically abandoned the idea of numerical power levels before then and it’s fans/shueisha giving numbers by this point.

    • @kubrickianoforever7823
      @kubrickianoforever7823 2 місяці тому

      In the Frieza saga it wasn’t inconsistent at all, you were always able to say who was stronger and why

  • @IStoleUrBaguette
    @IStoleUrBaguette 7 місяців тому +5

    if someone says the power scalling is ok, just say:
    ''master rochi?''

  • @dunkmanpr5398
    @dunkmanpr5398 2 місяці тому +1

    This is exactly why i didnt enjoy Super that much. Most of the exciment of Z was seing the struggle and the anticipation of how the new form will look and fight after all that struggle. Now transformations pop left and right without much effort. Theres so many, its hard to keep up

  • @MrTocksick
    @MrTocksick 4 місяці тому +1

    The Buu Saga killed power scaling, Super just lit in on fire and danced on it.

  • @ultrainstinctgoku1926
    @ultrainstinctgoku1926 7 місяців тому +4

    eh the Super manga has relatively consistent power scaling. If you have media literacy, you’d know that the roshi scene wasn’t meant to display his power level. The anime had too many cooks in the kitchen and we saw that in the Tournament of Power where sh*t hit the fan crazy

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +1

      What do you mean by cooks metaphorically?

    • @ultrainstinctgoku1926
      @ultrainstinctgoku1926 7 місяців тому +2

      @@QaamansLand writers. Too many different writers every episode to the point they don’t even follow one another’s continuity. Remember when Vegeta used Final explosion vs Toppo, and it was stated he was out of power? Next episode he powers back up into Blue. Don’t even get me started on Super Saiyan Caulifla and Kale fusing into BASE Kefla, even though the rules in Z stated they should be stuck in Super Saiyan after fusing like that.
      The manga has at least Toyo and Toriyama (for the most part)

  • @JaylonDBZ
    @JaylonDBZ 7 місяців тому +10

    I don't think it killed powerscaling per say, but rather, it killed the fans abilities to Accept how strong certain characters are.

    • @QaamansLand
      @QaamansLand  7 місяців тому +5

      Explanation?

    • @kys90210
      @kys90210 7 місяців тому +16

      This comment makes absolutely no sense, how do you expect the fans to accept the absurd strength increase of said characters

    • @calebokoro.
      @calebokoro. 7 місяців тому +2

      Fr, who let smooth brain cook😂

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому +1

      @@kys90210 I mean your able to except in z

    • @SD-wj9bv
      @SD-wj9bv 7 місяців тому

      Power-scaling was never that great since dbz