News culture Dragon Ball: This iconic scene from the anime makes no sense, this character should have transformed into a Super Saiyan at that moment!
Although the Dragon Ball manga recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary, it is still very popular today. As proof, he was recently presented with a new animated series called Dragon Ball Daima, and even the original series continues to be talked about. Recently, netizens were amazed at an iconic but inconsistent scene.
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A striking scene, but one that poses a problem
Even though many fans of Dragon Ball Although many believe that the saga should have ended at the end of the Frieza arc, most are still very happy that it ended up continuing for much longer. This is particularly thanks to the fact that they were able to take advantage of the following arc, that of cellwhich is one of the most popular, thanks in part to the moment Sangohan transforms into Super Saiyan 2. But during this arc Some believe that another character should have benefited from this transformation: Prince Vegeta.
Remember. After confronting Sangohan, Cell becomes afraid and realizes that he cannot eliminate him. As a final blow, he then decides to create a ki overload powerful enough to sacrifice himself while simultaneously blowing up the Earth and all of its inhabitants. To prevent him from getting there, Goku in turn sacrifices himself by teleporting to another planet with his opponent. However, while the explosion ends Goku's days (and the planet he was teleported to), Cell actually returns to a larval stage, specifically regenerating by absorbing Goku's life energy. With this new power, he becomes powerful enough to face Sangohan again and teleports back to Earth. Before the other characters can even realize what just happened, Cell sends a death ray from the future at Trunks in front of his father Vegeta.
A personality story?
When Future Trunks dies in front of Vegeta, Vegeta becomes enraged and transforms into a Super Saiyan before attempting to confront Cell himself, but the fight lasts no more than a few seconds. According to some netizens, this scene is problematic because Vegeta was said to be so angry that he turned Super Saiyan 2just like Sangohan did at the time of C-16's death. However, if we analyze the character, we find that he is not so incoherent after all.
First, throughout Cell's story arc, Vegeta made it clear that he doesn't care about his familyBulma and Trunks included. When he gets so angry when Trunks from the future dies, it's to the viewer's surprise, but also to his own surprise, which isn't exactly conducive to reaching such an advanced stage. Secondly, you have to understand this Vegeta's power increases were never achieved in the same way as Goku or Gohan. Vegeta's entire personality revolves around his desire to surpass his rival, rather than any form of altruism. Every time he passed a power level, it was not to stop an evil enemy or in response to a loss, but to surpass Goku. A personality that will only change in the next story arc, leading to one of the most impressive moments in the entire saga.
Therefore, if we could think that Vegeta should have transformed into Super Saiyan 2 at the time of Trunks' death from the future, This would ultimately go against his entire narrative arc. The fact that he became so angry at that moment is already a first step towards his humanization, but it was still too early to grant him such a change.
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