For over 35 years, Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball has been a consistent source of enjoyment for fans of anime and manga. This has led to a strong connection between Dragon Ball‘s audience and its creator.
Dragon Ball knows how to embrace certain common storytelling techniques and patterns used in shonen anime and manga, while also defying these conventions in surprising ways that continue to delight dedicated fans.
Dragon Ball Super has introduced several new characters who have defeated both Goku and Vegeta, causing them to train and unlock new powerful forms like Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego.
However, their massive power increases fail to match one of Dragon Ball Z‘s most popular characters, whose latest powerful form has made them even more unbeatable.
What Is The Connection Between Saiyans And Humans In Dragon Ball?
A fan theory, which came from somebody on TVTrope’s WildMassGuessing, is that Saiyans and humans could have a biological link. This thought comes about because of their clear physical likeness, with only one main difference – the tail in Saiyans like those seen early in human evolution.
Furthermore, the fact that Saiyans and humans can reproduce successfully in Dragon Ball Z suggests similar genetic compatibility.
There are two possible explanations for this suggested relationship: either both species came from a common ancestor population that spread across the galaxy, or an initial single species got divided into two separate populations by interstellar forces over time.
Nonetheless, if humans indeed originated from the Saiyan line, this hypothesis becomes even more meaningful.
Both races have experienced much evolution. Saiyans might have lost some genetic characteristics that initially aided their strength, and a precursor Saiyan could have possessed the legendary Super Saiyan God form before Goku and Vegeta achieved it.
If this link with our ancestors remains, it’s possible that today’s humans have held onto those strong genetics that the Saiyans lost during countless changes.
This could explain why Gohan and Trunks, who are hybrids of Saiyan and human, quickly showed the Super Saiyan traits – their human sides have dormant but powerful Saiyan genes from earlier generations.
A notion like this might just put an end to the long-running argument about Beast Gohan being more powerful than Goku, especially for devoted followers.
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