At the end of the series yes he definitely was but during the Buu Saga I would say Gohan was stronger
Maybe by the end of the series, but during and at the end of the Buu Saga, Mystic Gohan is clearly the most powerful non-fused character.
I guess I could be persuaded into believing this.
Барбоса;2927861 said:
Nope. Mystic Gohan had surpassed SSJ3 Goku and Gotenks by the end of DBZ. His butchering of Super Buu, a manifestation that Goku said he could not beat and one that Gotenks was either level with or slightly above, suggests that.
I'll speak on the boys a bit later on as I have no need to talk about them more than once. As far as Gohan is concerned, that is just plain tom-foolery. When Gohan gained his 'Mystic' powers he was far above the power of Super Buu -- that much we can agree. However, you forget to factor in one detail. The detail that specifically notes that in whatever battle -- the harder the battle -- a saiyan becomes stronger. Goku fought not only the same fused Buu that practically murdered Gohan; but also the incarnation of the Buu with the absorption of Gohan. Moreover, he fought a brutal match with Kid Buu -- one that is arguably the hardest fight he had ever faced.
That added to the fact that EVEN the creator of the manga, Akira Toriyama suggest that the strongest character in the series (non-fusion due to Vegeto) was without a doubt, undoubtedly Goku.
Good point; but I didn't feel the need to mention Vegito seeing as how he is half Goku. Either way, with the exclusion of Vegeto, Goku is the strongest.
With all do respect good sir but I disagree. Goku had difficulty keeping up with buu infused with Gotenks but was able to keep up with Kid Buu easily. Buu with Gohan infused posed a real threat which is why Goku was so desperate to fuse with somebody because he knew that individually He and Vegeta were no match for Buuhan as I like to call him. All Kid Buu was is that he was the original form and the most evil and sadistic incarnation of the other Buu's
This is just plain silly. Buuhan(Buu after he absorbed Gohan) is clearly the most powerful form of Buu. Kid Buu was just evil and sadistic.
Барбоса;2927861 said:
Incorrect. Kid Buu is weaker than Buutenks and Buuhan and arguably with some circumstantial evidence was no stronger than Super Buu. Kid Buu's threat comes from the combination of the immense durability that all Buus had demonstrated with his complete lack of moral compass.
I've always been convinced that it's Super Buu with Gohan, Piccolo & Gotenks.
Giving it second thought, that is correct. I was wrong here.
I disagree. During the Buu Saga, Goku said on many occasions that he wasn't strong enough to face Super Buu. Remember when he and Vegeta were inside of Buu and rescued the others? Goku was trying to get Vegeta to fuse with him then because he wasn't strong enough to take on Super Buu. Gotenks was completely even with Super Buu; which would mean that Gotenks SSJ3 was stronger than Goku SSJ3 during the Buu saga.
Барбоса;2927861 said:
This is highly debateable. In a fight, Goku would probably win but not because of SSJ3 Gotenks not being a power match for him but because of the time constraints of the Fusion technique.
Goku constantly over-estimated the powers that the Gotenks fusion possessed. More often than not, he'd cream himself over the boys; yet, not knowing that, truthfully, the boys were but mere jokes that were no where near the power of even the weakest form of the Super Buu collection. To the same time, Goku under-estimated his own ability to, uh, kick-ass. SS3 Goku, it looks as if, he's being under-rated by a good number of people. Just as SS3 Goku would have had enough power to defeat the fat Buu, he would have also had enough power to destroy the Super Buu form.
I would say they were fairly even, if super buu was indeed stronger then he would of proved it. In at no point during the duration of their fight did Super Buu show any signs of defeating Gotenks. In fact just before Gotenks fusion ended its clear that he had the upper hand. Even Piccolo had mentioned that they were even and Piccolo is one wise mother fucker, I wouldn't question his judgment.
Nope, they were completely even and that's the bottom line because Piccolo said so....
Барбоса;2927861 said:
Again debateable. SSJ3 Gotenks may have been strong enough to defeat Super Buu if he had not messed around before going SSJ3. He certainly had the power and moves to critically hurt Buu as seen after using the Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack
Nates. I'd say that all you guys were speaking truth had it not been for the fact that: Super Buu was already aware of Gohan's coming; and as a result, he decided to 'toy' with Gotenks as a 'warm-up' as he awaited for Gohan. Super Buu explains this himself in the episode where Ultimate Gohan arrives. Moreover, claiming that Piccolo "even" declared so, is fallacy. Piccolo didn't know the true measure of the capacity to which Buu's power could be. He only had assumptions -- no hard evidence. Also, to say that Gotenks didn't defeat Buu because he
played around too much is silly. Gotenks wasn't nearly as strong as Super Buu was.
The other two I agree with.
SS3 Gotenks was stronger.
SS3 Goktenks had a power level of 4,500,000,000
SS3 Goku had a power level of 1,080,000,000
This could obviously be due to the fact that Gotenks was a fusion, and Goku was not.
What lenguy said.
Барбоса;2928118 said:
I would also question how consistent Goku's SSJ3 power actually is. As has been already mentioned, his 'dead' state may have enabled him to push the boundaries of SSJ3 but once he receives a new life from Elder Kai, he may not have been able to scale those heights straight away so the SSJ3 Goku that squared up to Fat Buu may have been stronger than the SSJ3 Goku that faced Kid Buu; although Vegeta's humility in admitting that Goku was better than him could easily stem from him knowing that Goku was pushin himself beyond what his mortal body should have been able to take so it is quite possible that SSJ3 Goku was as powerful during the Kid Buu saga than he was in the Fusion saga and perhaps more so.
You and I both know that Goku was no ordinary being. Dead, alive -- Goku knew no limits. Goku could push himself far beyond the limitations of any dead person or mortal could soley due to his persistance to destroy evil and become stronger. C'mon, dude. This is Goku we're talking about here; not Ichigo Kurosaki.
Барбоса;2928129 said:
This is the way I see the breakdown in the power of Buu's various forms
1. Buuhan
2. Super Kid Buu/Kid Buu
3. BuuTenks
4. Buucolo
5/6. Super Buu
7. Majin (Fat) Buu
8. Evil (Skinny) Buu
9. Good Buu
Fixed.