*sits down*
*sips tea*
*clears throat*
Back in the Battle of the Gods arc, SSG Goku and Beerus first 2 clashes destroyed a planet on screen and was even felt by the Kaios at the Kaioshin Realm. Old Kai first noted that the universe will be annihilated by the third clash, and the narrator also reiterated that it threatens to destroy the universe. Whis later remarked that he wasn't able to stop the fight and that power was capable of destroying the universe. However, Goku managed to nullify the shockwave effects by clashing with Beerus at the perfect angle, saving the universe from destruction.
Thesis argues that Goku is half-responsible for the shockwaves that is capable of destroying the universe, as he must have exerted an equal and opposite force to nullify Beerus's punch. However, this is extremely problematic because of a few reasons:
- Traditional laws of physics as we know it do not apply here. The shockwaves, though destroyed nearby planets, should logically destroy Earth first. If you think the shockwave grows stronger as it travels further away, then logically the Kaioshin realm would've been destroyed first. It might be because their punch is so powerful, it wraps spacetime etc. Either way, we can no longer assume that this argument holds true.
- Statements can be unknowingly taken out of context. Old Kai might have spoken out of existing knowledge of Beerus at 100%. The Narrator might have just been serving the purpose of recapping what was established by Old Kai. And Whis was probably joking considering he would have stopped Beerus or redo time even if he destroyed a galaxy, let alone the universe itself.
Antithesis: Many characters later in the show are easily a hundred times more powerful than SSG Goku. Yet none of them is able to replicate this feat except for Beerus and Champa, whom were stopped by Whis and Vados. This suggests two things:
- It is more probable that Beerus is the one more responsible for the shockwaves because he has actually shown the capacity to do so.
- It is unlikely that the shockwaves was able to destroy the universe because Whis did not attempt to stop the fight despite perfectly capable and willing to do so.
Some may rebutt the anti-thesis that Goku has mastered the shockwave nullification, thus his future battles did not cause such a phenomenon. However, other characters who are 50x more powerful (eg. Kefla, Anilaza, Black) have fought each other before. Unless you are saying that every one of them has mastered the same technique, and every one of them decides to hold back for every punch. It almost seems like the multiverse is at mercy of all these everyday fighters. Logically speaking, hitting at the perfect angle isn't a technique that can be mastered anyway.
Thesis 2: Another argument that I've seen is Goku's remark after his first fight against Beerus. He said even with fusion, he couldn't have defeated Beerus, yet SSG Goku seems to stand a chance against him. Thus SSG Goku is stronger than SS Vegito, whom defeated Super Buuhan whom was able to destroy the universe. Again, many of the same problems here:
- Goku's remark might have been unknowingly taken out of context. He was clearly speculating about going against 100% Beerus. But as we know later, Beerus barely used 1% against SSG Goku.
- SS Kefla was able to defeat SSG Goku while suppressed. You may argue that Goku was fatigued, but mind you that Goku was much stronger then compared to BoG, not to mention Vegito is logically stronger than Kefla due to better compatibility.
- Even if we ignore those points, Buuhan's feat isn't universal itself. It collapses dimensions rather than destroying the universe. It is not unlike destroying a pillar of a building, but call yourself building level when it collapses on its own due to it.
Rebuttal: Some may think that BoG SSG Goku was stronger than ToP SSG Goku because he was given the ki of 5 other saiyans.
- This is just wrong. It is not as if Goku somehow lost the ki he gained from the ritual. In fact, he clearly said that he absorbed all of it as his own.
- Even if this is true, the difference it make is negligible as 4/5 of them were fodder compared to Goku, so a mere 3x increase will guarantee an improvement.
TLDR: SSG Goku is not universal because there are too much contradictions and assumptions that cannot simply be ignored.
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