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Dragon Ball Z: Is the Super Saiyan really that special?

The Super Saiyan is a transformation that gives a massive power boost to the user, and this ability is specific to Saiyans. When we first saw Goku gon Super Saiyan in his fight with Freiza on Planet Namek, it was quite a game-changer for the entire series. But is this transformation really that special? According to a popular theory, the Super Saiyan transformation is pretty much normal to the Saiyans. This theory suggests that Goku was the first Super Saiyan only because the Saiyans before him never had to push themselves so much, and never developed feelings of love which would trigger them like Krillin's death triggered Goku. This theory, however, was debunked when Toriyama introduced the S-Cells, which was honestly the dumbest thing he could come up with. AV

Goku v/s Beerus: The 3 different versions

Goku and Beerus' fight gave us quite the chills when we first saw our beloved Saiyan attain a new form, Super Saiyan God. In fact, we got to see this fight three times, first in the movie  Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, then in the anime  Dragon Ball Super and then in the manga. Yes, the manga came a little later in this case, but went ahead as it didn't include the adaptation of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F.  However, there are quite a few notable differences in all the three variants of this fight. 1. MOVIE In the movie, during their fight, Goku loses his Super Saiyan God form and continues to fight in his base form, and then turns Super Saiyan. Then Goku and Beerus take the fight to the stratosphere and Beerus releases a giant energy blast that almost looks like the sun. Goku tries to prevent it from hitting the earth, and while doing so, loses his Super Saiyan form and goes back to his base form. However, soon after this, he has an awakening of some kind ...

Tokyo Revengers: The first glimpse of Mikey's Dark Impulses

The latest Tokyo Revengers: Chapter 263 shows Mikey's backstory, and has hinted the reason of Mikey's dark impulses. In this chapter, we are shown Mikey's dad, who seems like a very cheerful person. Mikey looks up to him. We are then told that Mikey's father died in a car accident when Mikey was merely three. His father's death was what triggered his desire to get stronger. Mikey trained hard to become strong and loved beating up other bad guys. We are also shown that Mikey's mother is in the hospital, and Mikey gets to see her once a week. From the looks of it, she seems to be having some terrible disease, but she is always cheerful. She always talks about Mikey's father when he gets to see her, and Mikey loves his mother and wants to prove to her that he is strong. Soon, in a scene we are shown that Shinichiro comes running and informs them that their mother is in critical condition. They go to visit her and have a talk. His mother ...

Tokyo Revengers: Takemichi is not the only Time Leaper

The Tokyo Revengers manga is on it's final arc right now, and the series has seen quite drastic changes to the characters and the plot as well. However, the plot twist that Tokyo Revengers: Chapter 256  has indicated might be the biggest one so far. During his fight with Kakucho, Takemichi had a vision and comes to know that Haruchiyo Sanzu is planning to kill everyone by running them over by a train. Takemichi and Kakucho form a temporary truce and go to stop Sanzu. After a few more events, Takemichi boards the train to stop Sanzu, and has another vision where Sanzu stabs him with his sword from behind. Takemichi quickly dodges this attack, which leave Sanzu wondering, as he had attacked from a complete blind spot and there was no way Takemichi could have dodged that. Sanzu then says, "Are you a Time Leaper too?" We didn't get to know what Sanzu really meant by this because he is then pushed off the train by Kakucho. What do you think? Could H...

Dragon Ball Super: Gas might not be the universe's strongest warrior

Gas is the most recent antagonist from the manga, and sure gave Goku, Vegeta, and Granolah a pretty hard time. Although most of us thought that he was the universe's strongest warrior as had been predicted by the Oracle Fish in Dragon Ball Super: Chapter 70,  recent events say that this might not be the case. After Vegeta transfers his remaining energy to him, Goku goes on to fight Gas, but is indeed stalling for time. He does so by teleporting to various different places and planets using Instant Transmission as Gas follows him. It is actually a trap, as our beloved Saiyan is slowly taking Gas away from the others. Goku finally takes Gas to Beerus' planet, where they meet Whis. Goku, having a greater prowess over Instant Transmission, teleports to Planet Cereal where the others are, leaving Gas with Whis. Whis, however, does not interfere and lets Gas leave. This takes place in Dragon Ball Super: Chapter 82. After Gas leaves, Whis makes a comment that G...

Death Note: Light might actually be able to come back

Death note truly was a marvelous anime. With all the plot twists and the insane storyline, it makes it place among the most loved animes in the history. At the end of the anime, we saw Light die of a heart attack. Ryuk killed light off because he thought it would be too boring to sit back and see Light rot in prison, and anyway it was part of the deal that when the time came, Light would be killed by Ryuk himself. This theory is about an insane plot twist that would explain how Light could possibly come back and continue his reign as Kira. This theory is a combination of a few other theories, and here we go. 1. The person who touches the Death Note for the first time, becomes a Shinigami after their death. Now, as quite popularly stated, it is possible that the person who first comes in contact with a Death Note when it comes to the human world will be reincarnated as a Shinigami after death. To back this up, we get to see a new Shinigami wearing clothes similar to Light pr...

Naruto: Itachi's powers might actually be based on japanese mythology

Itachi Uchiha is a beloved character who fans just can't get enough of. He's been through a lot of hard times and sacrificed his own self for the sake of his little brother, Sasuke. Itachi is also shown to possess the Mangekyō Sharingan, which allows the user to extend the reaches of their visual prowess, and gives them new powers. But did you know that some of these powers are based on japanese mythology? 1. Tsukuyomi This was the first special ability that was introduced to us when Itachi came back to Konha after the death of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage. Itachi uses this attack against Kakashi, who is trapped under a genjutsu world, where time runs differently. Itachi tortures him, hoping to break his soul down, but Kakashi being strong, doesn't give up. This is quite an awesome skill, but it is based on the japanese god of the same name. Tsukuyomi is shown to be the god of moon, which corresponds to the full moon shown in Itachi's tsuku...

Dragon Ball Z: Who told Frieza about the Super Saiyan?

We all know how much Frieza was scared of the Legendary Super Saiyan showing up one day. In fact, the galactic emperor went so far as to attempt to wipe out the entire Saiyan race by destroying their home planet. Ironic, how Frieza is defeated by the same thing he feared. But how in the first place, did Frieza even come to know about this legendary golden haired warrior? Well, the story starts when Frieza blows up Planet Vegeta. Remember this one Saiyan who tried to stop Frieza? Yep. I'm talking about Bardock, Goku's father. Well, Bardock tried to stop Frieza, but ultimately failed. Frieza blew him up with an energy blast and Bardock seemingly died. But that wasn't the case. According to the manga Dragon Ball Z: Episode of Bardock, somehow, Bardock gets transported to the past. He finds himself on a planet that is similar to Planet Vegeta, only to find no Saiyans, instead, there are other beings inhabiting the planet. Bardock notices these beings ref...

Dragon Ball Super: Jiren is the Buddha

Jiren is one of the most recent antagonists as shown in the anime. He impressed almost everyone with his strength and he is even capable of stopping Goku. He blocked Goku's Kamehameha with ease and didn't even use his full strength during his fight with Goku. Toppo (or Top) observed that Goku in Super Saiyan Blue was not enough to surpass Jiren. How can this be? Well, fans suggest that Jiren is actually inspired from the Buddha. This theory goes deep into how Akira Toriyama even thought of making Dragon Ball. Fans point out that Jiren's powers lie in his eyes. In Buddhism, the third eye is the ultimate form of enlightenment. One's eyes are powerful enough to create entire worlds. This theory states that Jiren might as well be inspired from Buddha. In the early days when Akira Toriyama started writing Dragon Ball, he created the protagonist Goku, inspired from Sun Wukong. Wukong is a character from the ancient literature Journey to the West and he has admitte...

Dragon Ball Z: Future Trunks is the real protagonist?

Dragon Ball typically follows the traditional way. Bad guys show up, they give heroes a bad time, then the heroes power up and there is a happy ending. But, is reality the same? In Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super, we see Future Trunks, who is a beloved character of many fans. He has a very tragic past and his present is somewhat tragic too. But remember the time when he came back during the 'Frieza-Androids Interlude' part? He came back to the past to warn Goku and the others about the upcoming danger. And, with that, things got complicated. He gave Goku the medicine for the heart virus, of which, Goku was supposed to die. With that, Future Trunks left and came back when the Androids Invasion took place. The heart virus had started showing its effects on Goku and was giving him a hard time. Then, the medicine comes into use and saves Goku. Like most time travel movies, things should have changed in the time Future Trunks came from, but thing is, they didn't ...