Dragon Ball Super

[MFauli]

Ep 92

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SSJ being reduced to a "tingly feeling in your back" is kind of shit.

On one hand ... yes. On the other hand, it´s cool that they´re giving a pseudo-biological explanation for how you activate SSJ. Just for the record, SSJ activation never made sense. Goku turned into SSJ on Namek because he got REALLY angry. But he got REALLY angry during old DB, too, when Kuririn was killed by one of Piccolo´s children.

Personally, I try to rationalize it that way that you have to truly BELIEVE that you can transform yourself into SSJ for it to work. When Goku first transformed into SSJ on Namek, he was angry, frustrated, and simply wanted to have the power to beat Freeze; therefore he manifested the SSJ. It was easier for everyone else, because they already KNEW that the SSJ transformation was real, so they were higher motivated to make it happen. It´s similar to walking over smoldering coal - if you don´t know that it works, you wouldn´t even try. But after you see people doing it, you realize that it actually isn´t difficult.

[DarthEnderX]

But he got REALLY angry during old DB, too, when Kuririn was killed by one of Piccolo´s children.

Did he still have his tail then? Because I seriously think not having a tail is a requirement for SSJ, because the only time a SSJ has had a tail has been on non-canon stories like movies and GT.

More realistically though, he didn't go SSJ back then because Toriyama hadn't thought of it yet.