Galan007
|Quantum Observer|
To clarify...
SSB Goku and SSB Vegeta WERE portrayed as equals in the film, and THAT'S what we should be looking at -- their MAX powers.
If we look at their lower levels, then at first glance it makes it seem like BASE Goku ~/> SSG Vegeta, based on their individual bouts with Ikari Broly. Obviously I'm not going to assume that base Goku can actually hang with SSG Vegeta in a battle, because that's just foolish. There were clearly inconsistencies in how their respective power-levels were portrayed in the film UNTIL Goku and Vegeta both reached their SSB states and equalized. Additionally, it was never implied that Goku had to lower his ki to match Vegeta's before they fused, which further implies that they were intended to be equals.
IOW, in the anime, manga, AND film, FP Vegeta is on par with FP Goku. UI is literally *the* only thing that puts Goku noticeably ahead of Vegeta -- *the* only thing that Vegeta would still be "desperately trying to catch up to" at this point.
As for Broly and Jiren: Freeza has sensed BOTH of their powers, and still believed Broly was well beyond ALL in the light novel(and again, that wasn't even FPSSJ Broly -- it was just normal SSJ Broly.) Couple that with the promotional material citing Broly as the strongest being they have ever faced, and the only unfused being who has been confirmed as 'probably' more powerful than Beerus(THE most powerful GoD), and I'd say Broly's intended level is pretty clear, tbh.
And as I said to carv: FP Jiren being more powerful than Belmond does not make him more powerful than Beerus by default, given that Beerus is far and away the most powerful GoD. So that comparison doesn't work for me. I understand where you're coming from, but it simply comes down to me viewing the evidence at hand a bit differently than you.
Toriyama clearly has Beerus on a [very dynamic] sliding scale where power is concerned. The stronger Goku and Vegeta are written, the stronger Beerus seems to become as a corollary. In BoG it supposedly takes 70% of Beerus' power to defeat n00b-SSG Goku. Fast-forward to just after the Zamasu arc(set AFTER Goku/Vegeta had trained in the RoSaT for a few days/years AND received multiple zenkais from all the battles they'd been involved in since BoG), and Beerus can casually one-arm ragdoll FPSSB Vegeta after becoming slightly annoyed. Fast-forward to the Zen Exhibition Match, and Goku is absolutely awestruck by the power/skill Beerus is displaying against the other GoDs, and flat-out states he couldn't possibly hope to compete with him. Fast-forward to the Broly film, and the director implies that Beerus is still above even MUI Goku, and Goku STILL uses Beerus' power as a measuring stick for Broly's power, despite all of the hyper-powerful warriors he'd encountered at the ToP(inc. FP Jiren.)
And tbh, all of this aligns with the statement Toriyama made when he was promoting DBS a while back: "Well... First off, right now I don't have any plans for Goku and Vegeta to surpass Beerus and Whis."
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