Dragon Ball: why Goku did not use the Kaio-Ken in the fight against Cell but against Frieza

Goku did suffer in his fight against Frieza in dragon ball. The eternal five minutes of Namek’s destruction were intense and, as expected, the Saiyan was victorious after becoming Super Saiyan. All good with this, but there is an interesting fact that we must take into account: why did Goku use Kaio-Ken against Frieza and not in the fight against Cell?

We have the answer in the figures of dragon ball and plot development. The Kaio-Ken is an empowering technique that gives the user a multiplier increase in power, speed, stamina, and use of the senses. Goku learned this ability from Kaio of the North.

So, to surprise the audience, Akira Toriyama chose to make the Super Saiyan a much stronger multiplier (x50, approximately) so that it is not compared to the Kaio-Ken and there is talk of a true evolution.

Later, Toriyama tried to nerf Goku making Super Saiyan 2 twice as strong as the first Super Saiyan, which doesn’t make sense as that would mean Super Saiyan 1 would be just as powerful as Super Saiyan 2.

We can therefore say that the reason was to make a real difference between Super Saiyan 1 and the Kaio-Ken.

It should be noted that the Kaio-Ken is a Kaio technique, which means that Goku must have a pure heart to use it, just as it happens with the Genkidama. Instead, the Super Saiyan is fueled by anger and would not be compatible with the Kaio-Ken technique.

DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPERHERO | Trunks and Goten’s dilemma

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero It has been long in coming for Latin America and there are several things that the poster promises, but they are not so impressive on the big screen. It is true that we learned about the plot and the main events through spoilers from Japan, where the premiere was several weeks ago, but even so, there were a couple of things to observe to reach the conclusion that little or nothing was done with Goten and Trunks.

From the poster Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero we thought that Toei Animation would dedicate several fixes to Goten and Trunks. The most obvious is that we are facing the adolescent versions of both characters, who were announced as the next generation of protectors of the Earth in the World Tournament Saga, which is the third part of the story of Majin Buu in Dragon Ball Z.

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