Superman vs Goku (Official Thread)

Started by Vvendeta135 pages

Originally posted by Endless Mike
[B]A large majority of Goku's fight with Frieza in the anime was filler, in the manga it was much shorter. The entire fight wasn't taking place at super speed, as shown by the fact that everything around them was happening at normal speed (rocks falling, waves crashing, lightning striking, Bulma, Gohan, and Picollo doing random crap in the background, Kaio talking to Yamcha and the others in the afterlife and people on earth, etc.)

Well if we check Doomsday Superman we see only glass is coming from the building and in front of the entire city. That does not mean they are slow, are they?
If the authors are suppose to draw light speed, we as readers get to see nothing, Goku has dominate it 100 g, normal g he will be able to move at the speed he is show in the Tv. Accept that the first arc Goku Roshi first tournament they are beyond sound speed, and then Roshi can not see Goku in the second tournament.

Originally posted by Endless Mike
[B]
You are now completely changing your argument, since you claimed that Picollo told Gohan that using your eyes to follow a fight was useless and they had to rely on tracking their ki instead.

That did happen, I tough you said you have read the manga.

Originally posted by Endless Mike
[B]Goten and Trunks were flying all over the place, up in the air, punching and kicking and dodging at super speed. That's not the only example. Stop making excuses. People could see the Cell games fights, they could see Goku fighting fat Buu, Mr. Satan could see Goku, Vegeta, and Mr. Buu fighting Kid Buu, etc.
Stop trying to dismiss any incident you don't like. Goku was worried about Yakon:
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He had to transform to SSJ2 to defeat him.

Satan and the reporter only saw the beginning of the fight with Goku, once they power up, they could not follow, maybe just when they talking.

Goku in the dark planet of Yakon avoided the monster by feeling his movements

He transform SSJ 2 to make him explode with the huge amount of energy that he expelled at that stage, Vegeta start to realise here that Goku was Superior than him.
Trunks and Gotenks were fighting for the crown mostly in normal stages, using that at argument to say there are slow is like if I use this:

Originally posted by Endless Mike
[B] Gotenks' flight took 29 minutes (since he started as soon as he fused, fusion lasts 30 minutes, and after Picollo arrived he left immediately and Picollo said he only had one minute remaining in the fusion). Then when he reached Buu's house, he yelled at Buu and immediately defused (meaning he took a whole minute to fly from wherever he was just to another spot on the earth).

For flying the Z use ki to do it, and a more ki they release they seen to flight faster, but Superman have better feats for that.
To fight the Z since Roshi explode in speed enough to avoid or attack, when fighting is different that when flying, to the point that they leave after images and appear behind the opponent without being percept, is a technique.

Goku is not slow in fact after 100 g Goku SSJ1 technique to appear behind the opponent is beyond even Freeza could not follow, Gohan took the Senzu beans from Cell without Cell noticing it. Goku can fight find with Superman.

Originally posted by Endless Mike
[B]
Also, Super Buu 3 (with Gohan absorbed) took a minute or so to fly to where Goku, Vegeta, and Baba were before they fused. As soon as Baba took Vegeta back to Earth, Goku sensed him (Baba stated their location was "a long way off" since she was scared of Buu). Goku IT'd to Vegeta's location, and Buu took off after him at top speed. In the meantime, Baba explained some things and left, then Goku and Vegeta had a whole conversation where Vegeta yelled at Goku for not letting him know about SSJ3, and Goku eventually convinced him to fuse. This is all while Buu was racing toward them (at one other spot on the planet) at his top speed. There are plenty more examples. DBZ characters have never, ever demonstrated the ability of Superman or the Flash to zip from one part of the earth to the next hundreds/thousands of kms away in a split second (without teleporting).

Is true, is an inconsistence, Toriyama seen here to care less about details, maybe to make the history different, we can find such things in Superman histories too, that does not erase his pass feats, is just for the sake of the history that Superman and Goku and others characters take time, to give suspense, to make the history exciting.
For how DB is made, Toriyama don´t aply the logic of time in favour of the history, in the battle with Freeza, the 5 minutes is done in several chapters, with events in different places, that in the anime was stretch too, but that does not mean Goku is slow, for that matter, Toriyama give Goku the Shunkan Idou (original name meaning Instantaneous movement) to stop making feats speed.
Superman could catch easy the plane in the movie, but is more emotion to see that he takes his time, don´t you think?

Ok Superman is not mean to be a fighter even if he show training by mongul, and Batman
but Goku is mean to be a fighter since his first appearance he show martial arts knowledge, he never stop training, and his skill is more show in DB, in Z is change a little for power and beams attacks, but Goku is better fighter than Superman overall, is rare seen Superman fighting using moves with kicks and elbows, we mostly se him using only his punch, with Goku we have seen, kicks, heat butts, elbows, side kicks, block and punch, releasing blast from his feats, using techniques from others (Kienzan, Tai o ken), etc.
Superman is cool but he never is going to be a fighter character, Goku is.

This battle is never ending, because Goku never fought someone like Superman, but in the same way Superman never fought with someone like Goku. Who is better is always up to opinions until Toriyama and DC make a official crossover and that never Going to happen.

Originally posted by Violent2Dope
Goku was lifting 8 tons easily in base form, he was lifting 2 on each limb, he can lift more than 10 tons in base, but less that 40.

Actually he was lifting 2 tons total before South Kaio changed it to 40 total

Originally posted by Vvendeta
[B]Ok, is good this debate is still on, I was failing in my school

That seems to be a trend with you.

and this is a time consuming debate, I will intervene sometimes.

My point is that Goku is underestimate and the truth is change in this Thread to make Superman superior.

First of all Endless Mike Goku never said 10 tons each was impossible, that is not the original translation, he said he won’t be able to move, that scan is probably translate by someone like Creshok.

Stop lying. It was translated by the same people who run [/QUOTE] this site, which is one of the most well - known and respected DB fansites online.

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Second that it can be considered a low feat of Goku, and even so is not his maximum strength, still has 2 big Supersaiyans transformations, in between

Did I ever say it's his maximum strength? It's his maximum in base form.

Piccolo is equal to SSJ1 and is far, very far behind from Supersaiyan 2, to the point that in the manga he curse his powerlessness to Cell, who is inferior to SSJ 2 Gohan, who is inferior to SSJ2 Goku and Vegeta. even with plot holes, you can not denie that if Cell or Freeza appear in the end of the Manga, they will be disintegrate easily.

More of the pointless ABC logic. Unless you can quantify exactly how much stronger they are compared to each other, all of that is meaningless.

And like i said the last time, Science from DC and Marvel is different from Science DB, impossible to compare, DB Universe is more towards the fantasy.

If you really believed that, you wouldn't even be trying to debate this.

Dbz Characters are beings of energy, the size of their attacks does not matter, the power they have evolve since DB, mostly the Daimao Arc, is when DB change from the silly Fantasy, but yet Goku has an evolution of speed and power.

The same Blast that disintegrate a city from Piccolo Dai mao is nothing Compare with a blast from Raditz, and Nappa, and so on, until the Buu Saga, a blast power increase in millions times according to the history that is undeniable. [/B]

DBZ characters are not made of energy, they are made of matter. Furthermore, you can't say something is "millions of times more powerful" without any calculations to back those numbers up.

Originally posted by Vvendeta
You can not know what is the maximum strength of a SSJ3, not even the Maximum of SSJ 1 considering he can power up a lot even without pass to the second level, you said that you have read the manga so you sure recall the time that Goku train in the Room of spirit and Time he have perfect control of his SSJ 1 form that was Superior to Vegeta´s and Trunks who were Superior to Second form Cell who was Superior to Android 16 Who was Superior than First form Cell who was a lot Superior than Piccolo merge with Kami who was equal to Android 18 who was out of a legue for the first SSJ1 form and Freeza, this means to Transform into a SSJ1 from a base form is a jump in power more than the 50 times it was in the Freeza Saga, liking it or not, the maximum power of a SSJ3 is immeasurable and Toriyama make clear in the end that Goku never stop improving.
But Superman has more feats of strenght than Goku.

A = 10

H = 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

G > F > E > D > C > B > A

Does this mean that G > H?

Originally posted by Vvendeta
Goku never stop levitating with the 40 tons as normal, Goku didn’t feel the weights at all as Supersaiyan.

As soon as it went to 40 tons, all of his limbs were pulled down and he started sinking, and he had to transform immediately.

As a comic relief Goku barely touch Chi chi and Chi chi went out of the house trough the wall. And Vegeta train in 300g, that show their strength
*snip*
After the room of spirit of time Goku only interact his power with Cell, The monster Yakon and Buu, Buu is the ultimate stronger being in DB Universe, so you don´t see difference of great advantage in strength like when Superman interact with normal humans or Superheroes like Batman.

That simply shows that Superman has much better control of his strength than Goku does. And 300 times gravity is absolutely nothing to him. He can move moons and planets, and escape black holes.

Also, link your images, don't use image tags.

Well if we check Doomsday Superman we see only glass is coming from the building and in front of the entire city. That does not mean they are slow, are they?

No one ever claimed that the entire fight between Superman and Doomsday took 5 minutes.

If the authors are suppose to draw light speed, we as readers get to see nothing, Goku has dominate it 100 g, normal g he will be able to move at the speed he is show in the Tv. Accept that the first arc Goku Roshi first tournament they are beyond sound speed, and then Roshi can not see Goku in the second tournament.

I don't remember any confirmed sound speed feats at the first budokai....

That did happen, I tough you said you have read the manga.
*snip*

Of course it happened, you missed my point. I was saying that their eyes are still useful for tracking others as shown by the androids saga.

Satan and the reporter only saw the beginning of the fight with Goku, once they power up, they could not follow, maybe just when they talking.

Lie.

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^Normal people commenting on the fight all the way through

Goku in the dark planet of Yakon avoided the monster by feeling his movements *snip*

Which was exactly my point. If they were moving at even a tiny fraction of lightspeed, sensing him with air currents would have been useless since air can't move that fast. Also, you just shot down your own argument that I was using a bad translation, since those pages have the exact same translation I have.

Trunks and Gotenks were fighting for the crown mostly in normal stages, using that at argument to say there are slow is like if I use this: *snip*

Except for the fact that:

- Trunks and Goten were not completely exhausted after fighting for hours on end across the entire country and had multiple injuries all over.

- Trunks and Goten were fighting the same way all DBZ characters fight, they even went SSJ. Claiming that their fight doesn't count is just special pleading.

For flying the Z use ki to do it, and a more ki they release they seen to flight faster, but Superman have better feats for that.
To fight the Z since Roshi explode in speed enough to avoid or attack, when fighting is different that when flying, to the point that they leave after images and appear behind the opponent without being percept, is a technique.

And what's your point? Rorouni Kenshin characters can do the same thing.

*snip* Goku is not slow in fact after 100 g Goku SSJ1 technique to appear behind the opponent is beyond even Freeza could not follow, Gohan took the Senzu beans from Cell without Cell noticing it. Goku can fight find with Superman.

Except neither Frieza nor Cell have speed feats anywhere near Superman. Also, link your images.

Is true, is an inconsistence, Toriyama seen here to care less about details, maybe to make the history different, we can find such things in Superman histories too, that does not erase his pass feats, is just for the sake of the history that Superman and Goku and others characters take time, to give suspense, to make the history exciting.

Except the difference is that DBZ characters don't have any of these kinds of feats at all, while Superman has many.

For how DB is made, Toriyama don´t aply the logic of time in favour of the history, in the battle with Freeza, the 5 minutes is done in several chapters, with events in different places, that in the anime was stretch too, but that does not mean Goku is slow, for that matter, Toriyama give Goku the Shunkan Idou (original name meaning Instantaneous movement) to stop making feats speed.
Superman could catch easy the plane in the movie, but is more emotion to see that he takes his time, don´t you think?

The movie is non - canon, and besides, this whole thing is an appeal to emotion fallacy. You can't just assume that Goku can move that fast if there is no evidence that he can.

Ok Superman is not mean to be a fighter even if he show training by mongul, and Batman
but Goku is mean to be a fighter since his first appearance he show martial arts knowledge, he never stop training, and his skill is more show in DB, in Z is change a little for power and beams attacks, but Goku is better fighter than Superman overall, is rare seen Superman fighting using moves with kicks and elbows, we mostly se him using only his punch, with Goku we have seen, kicks, heat butts, elbows, side kicks, block and punch, releasing blast from his feats, using techniques from others (Kienzan, Tai o ken), etc.
Superman is cool but he never is going to be a fighter character, Goku is.

Superman has 1000 years of combat experience in Valhalla. He's knowledgeable in multiple martial arts, and knows how to use pressure points on the body. Even without his powers, he can defeat street - level peak human characters and armed thugs.

This battle is never ending, because Goku never fought someone like Superman, but in the same way Superman never fought with someone like Goku. Who is better is always up to opinions until Toriyama and DC make a official crossover and that never Going to happen.

If you think that, then why are you even debating this?

Originally posted by Endless Mike

As soon as it went to 40 tons, all of his limbs were pulled down and he started sinking, and he had to transform immediately.

You have to use the word immediately don’t you?
Originally posted by Endless Mike

That simply shows that Superman has much better control of his strength than Goku does. And 300 times gravity is absolutely nothing to him. He can move moons and planets, and escape black holes.[ /quote]
Goku don´t have to do those things, he is a fighter.
[quote=Endless Mike]No one ever claimed that the entire fight between Superman and Doomsday took 5 minutes.

The part that I show is showing Doomsday and Superman fighting in front of people, of course if that were Goku your coment would be different.
Originally posted by Endless Mike

I don't remember any confirmed sound speed feats at the first budokai....

Remember that Roshi and Krillin were not seing.
If you read the manga remember that just after the tournament Goku avoid bullets and Roshi catch them from a machine gun.
Originally posted by Enless Myke

Of course it happened, you missed my point. I was saying that their eyes are still useful for tracking others as shown by the androids saga.

They could not follow Dr. Gero.

Lie.^Normal people commenting on the fight all the way through

As same as Doomsday vs Superman, besides, the moments they See are not showing any kind of action, but after, they don´t follow the moments of movement, like Sups vs Doomday.

Originally posted by Enless Myke

Which was exactly my point. If they were moving at even a tiny fraction of lightspeed, sensing him with air currents would have been useless since air can't move that fast. Also, you just shot down your own argument that I was using a bad translation, since those pages have the exact same translation I have.

Who say they are moving in light speed here? And, Is that Goku normal avoiding it, without even glowing?
Originally posted by Enless Myke

Except for the fact that:

- Trunks and Goten were not completely exhausted after fighting for hours on end across the entire country and had multiple injuries all over.

- Trunks and Goten were fighting the same way all DBZ characters fight, they even went SSJ. Claiming that their fight doesn't count is just special pleading.


They were Saiyans for short moments.
When looking for Ki they were confuse by the constant change of scenario by Babiddi, once they sense Buu they reach there fine, they are no specification of time for you to say they were slow.
The Tenkaichi is a crowd pleased event in the Manga, does not erase the speed of Goku.
Originally posted by Endless Myke

And what's your point? Rorouni Kenshin characters can do the same thing.

They are no slow as you try to put then, Goku child Second tournament arc could do it without problem. you seen to try to convince people that that speed never change.

Originally posted by Endless Myke
Except neither Frieza nor Cell have speed feats anywhere near Superman. Also, link your images.

Originally posted by Endless Mike

Except the difference is that DBZ characters don't have any of these kinds of feats at all, while Superman has many.


You base Superman fighting speed in his flying, I base Goku fighting speed in his fighting, Since his 100 g training and counting he previous speed evolution since DB.
Originally posted by Endless Mike

The movie is non - canon, and besides, this whole thing is an appeal to emotion fallacy. You can't just assume that Goku can move that fast if there is no evidence that he can.


But there is, you like to ignore to make Superman look better, and I use the movie to explain why we can see such histories like Batman hitting Superman. For entertainment, that don´t erase Superman or Goku speed according to their creator/writers


Originally posted by Endless Myke

Superman has 1000 years of combat experience in Valhalla. He's knowledgeable in multiple martial arts, and knows how to use pressure points on the body. Even without his powers, he can defeat street - level peak human characters and armed thugs.

You are the Superman expert tell me if that history is canon before or after the crisis, and why after that still Superman is draw fighting mostly with his fist.
Originally posted by Vvendeta

This battle is never ending, because Goku never fought someone like Superman, but in the same way Superman never fought with someone like Goku. Who is better is always up to opinions until Toriyama and DC make a official crossover and that never Going to happen.

Originally posted by Endless Mike

If you think that, then why are you even debating this?

Because is fun?
About your comment about my grades, I pass my middle exams for your information and I just join this side in October so you don’t know me to say that is a trend on me to fail.

And I know Goku better match for Superman than any other character, is the most dispute crossover all over the internet in many languages.
And I don´t have to obey you, if a want to post a big scan ill do it.

Originally posted by Endless Mike

A = 10

H = 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

G > F > E > D > C > B > A

Does this mean that G > H?

???????????

In the case of Cell Saga.

A=Gohan SSJ2
B=Cell
C=Goku SSJ1
D=Vegeta and Trunks
E=Piccolo after R. of Sp. And Time.
F=Cell Second Form
E=Android 17
G= Cell first form after absorbing humans
H=Piccolo merge with Kami=Android 17
I=Android 18
Then long behind the SSJ1 in Freeza arc
So A is superior from B to Z, plain logic.

That is how DB argument and history is in each of their Sagas, that is how we know they are stronger, and is diferent from DC and Marvel.

Oh right so your using Superman feats from 15 years ago and comparing it to Gokus strongest showings, nice one.

Originally posted by Vvendeta

You base Superman fighting speed in his flying, I base Goku fighting speed in his fighting, Since his 100 g training and counting he previous speed evolution since DB.

But there is, you like to ignore to make Superman look better, and I use the movie to explain why we can see such histories like Batman hitting Superman. For entertainment, that don´t erase Superman or Goku speed according to their creator/writers

No we base his fighting speed on the fact he can move and react and grab things, and build things, and everything at super speed.

Batman has never hit Superman except once in Hush when Batman says Superman could kill him if he wasn't holding back and resisting the mind control of Poison Ivy and again when Batman was being controlled by Black Rock and had gained super strength. Never has Batman ever beaten Superman either.

Originally posted by Vvendeta

If you recall that Kind of transformation Goku achieved in the room, Cell told Trunks that is a easy and naïve way to power up, and Trunks realise Why Vegeta didn’t follow that Path, Goku also told Gohan that what they Going To Try is To control SSJ 1 form until their body don´t feel strain when they power up and to go higher (much higher than in the Freeza Saga) that kind of Training allow Goku to leave far Behind Vegeta and Trunks, To break the SSJ1 Wall and allow Gohan to pass from SSJ1 to SSJ2 as same like From Normal to SSJ 1, beyond the transformation, that is Toriyama´s argument for the Cell Saga. That kind of transformation that you are talking even Roshi was able to do it.

Goku saying he won´t be able to move as he was doing it, is different than saying is imposible, and he was not Glowing at the time he was levitating. From 8 tons (2 tons each limbs) to 40 tons he just need to do 5 Kai o Ken, SSJ 1 is better and easier transformation for Goku, he dominate it perfectly after the Cell Saga.

Except that Trunks was still stronger physically than Cell while not more powerful nor faster yet he still could have killed Cell by just being stronger phyiscally. USSJ and USSJ2 made the person physically stronger but they were slow. FPSSJ made them more powerful and faster which is what Gokou did.

If Gokou didn't need ssj to do it than he wouldn't have. Gokou didn't agree until King Kai said he could go ssj. If Kaioken would have worked then he wouldn't have complained about it at all.

Originally posted by Vvendeta
The part that I show is showing Doomsday and Superman fighting in front of people, of course if that were Goku your coment would be different.

They could not follow Dr. Gero.

As same as Doomsday vs Superman, besides, the moments they See are not showing any kind of action, but after, they don´t follow the moments of movement, like Sups vs Doomday.

Superman and Doomsday were sitting there pounding on each other...Of course they could be seen. Plus he was weaker and slower also.

Didn't Gero like use a bright flash to get away or something to run away? Gero wasn't stronger than Vegeta or Piccolo.

Superman and Domsday didn't do anything for them not to follow. They stood exchanging blows. Something Superman should have been smarter than to try and do since he was getting hurt a lot more than Doomsday was.

Originally posted by Endless Mike
Stop lying. It was translated by the same people who run this site, which is one of the most well - known and respected DB fansites online.

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Hiya. I just found this forum thread / discussion going through some website referrals. I have nothing I desire to contribute to the actual conversation taking place, but I would like to point out that while I'm flattered at the kind comments you've given Daizenshuu EX, that image is absolutely NOT something we have done.

We do not "scanslate" the DragonBall manga, as it has essentially been optioned for translation and production in our country (USA) since we began our site back in 1998 (Viz began releasing a separate run of both DB & DBZ in 1998 in a traditional, monthly comic book format).

We have "scanslated" things like Neko Majin Z, and have promptly taken them down upon domestic release (the only example thus-far being Neko Majin Z 5, which appeared in the October 2007 domestic Shonen Jump). However, I repeat, we have never done the actual DragonBall manga. I have no comment on these particular images' translations.

Hope that helps in some way!

Originally posted by SuppMan
isn't goku's kameyameya attack magic? i mean, you never see him shoot it with out saying " KAAA MEEEE YAAAAA MEEE YAAAAA!!!!". haha. it's kind of like a magical hymn he must say and then the magical burst of energy comes flying out of his hands. isn't superman vulnerable to magic? haha. I'M JUST KIDDING! superman's counter for this would be to say "HEAT VISION LASER BEAM!!!!" when he shoots his eye laser stuff. that would make his lasers magic to i suppose. haha. anyways, i like both of them alot, but superman wins hands down. goku has to train to increase his powers. superman just becomes more powerfull.. goku likes the moon and well, the moon is just sun rays reflected... superman for sure..
There's a certain sense to it being "magic".

It's a kiai or "battle shout" its a means of helping the mind to focus the energy that its weilding much like certain stories that involve magic like the Riddle of steel's Magic system. However the type of energy being used is not actually magic but ki.

Goku's ki is about as much magic as when other superheroes use energy type powers.

I will say this: Arguing Goku's ki is magic sense ki does have a supernatural basis around it is a more plausible argument then anything i've seen posted yet.

Brute force: Superman wins.

Versatility: Superman wins.

Fighting in space: Supes doesn't need to breathe so Superman wins.

Speed: Goku, but just barely.

If ki is infact considerd magical, Superman will be blown to smitherins immideatly. Which would be a huge upset cause we were all expecting an epic battle.

If ki is not considerd magic, no amount of kinetic force is going to keep Superman down. You're just going to piss him off. And all the punches and screaming and ranting isn't going to do you any good.

Btw, I don't consider Goku's feats beyond ssj1 when he fought Freiza as a good argument. Akira intentionaly made Goku the pinncale of power at that point. But demand for more caused him to comeup with more storyline, which was why it went down-hill from there.

Everything post-Freiza is little more then very well-written non-cannon elseworlds.

And instead of just arguing, why not someone make a fan doujinshii of it? It'd be alot better then alot of the fan-crap out there. And it'd be one of the rare few without any sortof yaoi pairing. (God willing..)