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From a single cell
Tweet Topic Started: Sep 1 2012, 04:13 PM (661 Views)
Spirit Metaphor	Sep 1 2012, 04:13 PM Post #1
Posts: 130 Group: Member Member #8,196 Joined: August 28, 2012 Favourite Manga Berserk	If Cell is able to fully regenerate from a single cell then that would mean each of his cells has a mind of its own and should be stuck in a constant flux of asexual reproduction. Edited by Spirit Metaphor, Sep 1 2012, 04:13 PM.



~~GridZero~~	Sep 1 2012, 04:31 PM Post #2
Posts: 5,387 Group: Suspended Member #7,577 Joined: April 27, 2012 What Browser do you use? Chrome Favourite Manga Fullmetal Alchemist	Toriyama wasn't shooting for scientific accuracy.



Pylons	Sep 1 2012, 04:32 PM Post #3
Posts: 1,998 Group: Member Member #7,432 Joined: March 11, 2012	I remember when my brother deleted my banjo kazooei file when I was literally about to face the witch boss. Same reaction.
	Let's Go Baby We Rollin'!!!


lunar2	Sep 1 2012, 10:22 PM Post #4
Posts: 9,150 Group: Member Member #5,265 Joined: September 24, 2010 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime dragonball/z/gt/movies What Browser do you use? internet explorer or firefox	Spirit Metaphor Sep 1 2012, 04:13 PM If Cell is able to fully regenerate from a single cell then that would mean each of his cells has a mind of its own and should be stuck in a constant flux of asexual reproduction. nope. because dbz creatures have souls, he only has 1 consciousness, no matter how many cells survive.
	list of canon sources: the DB manga, and the Dr. Slump manga as it applies to the crossover during the rra saga. list of non canon sources: everything else, regardless of origin, format, or quality. for those that blindly follow word of god


* Crashbreaka	Sep 1 2012, 11:02 PM Post #5
Captain Oblivious Posts: 6,888 Group: Retired Staff Member #7,771 Joined: June 14, 2012 Gender Male Country New Zealand Favourite Anime Onepunch-Man, Gurren Lagann What Browser do you use? Chrome Favourite Manga Seven Deadly Sins, Food Wars, Onepunch-Man	Cells cells aren't necessarily the same as the ones we know about. Heck, the guy could supposedly blow up the entire solar system, that's already majorly different that anything we would know about. Maybe its based of a 'Hive Mind' system.



Selsiuss	Sep 1 2012, 11:19 PM Post #6
Posts: 915 Group: Member Member #6,762 Joined: September 16, 2011 Favourite Anime Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Favourite Manga Dragon Ball	This entire discussion comes from an incorrect Funimation Dub line. In the original and the english Kai versions, Cell says that the nucleus of his regeneration is in his head and he will always survive as long as that is unharmed. He says nothing of each Cell having a life of its own. That came from the original Funimation Dub, which is, of course, vastly inaccurate.



Spirit Metaphor	Sep 2 2012, 01:49 AM Post #7
Posts: 130 Group: Member Member #8,196 Joined: August 28, 2012 Favourite Manga Berserk	If it's only one particular Cell that can regenerate the rest of the body, that makes a lot more sense. Perhaps that explosion technique Cell used is designed to shield the regeneration nucleus in his head. That still doesn't explain how he was able to regenerate after Goku's instant transmission kamehameha since his head was blown clean off and the regeneration occurred from the remainder of his body. I'm also curious as to whether Cell's passage into Otherworld was actually canon, I have not read the manga. It just bothers me that Dr. Gero is able to create a new soul using science. Consciousness is depicted as both scientific and supernatural Then again, time travel is depicted as scientific when there's absolutely nothing scientific about it (it's impossible). I don't have any problem with Buu because the explanation is explicitly magical from the beginning. Edited by Spirit Metaphor, Sep 2 2012, 03:16 AM.



Selsiuss	Sep 2 2012, 04:33 AM Post #8
Posts: 915 Group: Member Member #6,762 Joined: September 16, 2011 Favourite Anime Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Favourite Manga Dragon Ball	Goku's teleporting Kamehameha against Cell is a well-known plot-hole. Toriyama was just thinking about making a cool fight and forgot about the nature of Cell's regeneration. Personally I just pretend Cell was able to move his nucleus to his stomach just before Goku hit him.



Spirit Metaphor	Sep 2 2012, 06:03 AM Post #9
Posts: 130 Group: Member Member #8,196 Joined: August 28, 2012 Favourite Manga Berserk	That's a bit like Elder Toguro from Yu Yu Hakusho, shifting the location of vital organs. Edited by Spirit Metaphor, Sep 2 2012, 06:04 AM.



lunar2	Sep 4 2012, 06:20 PM Post #10
Posts: 9,150 Group: Member Member #5,265 Joined: September 24, 2010 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime dragonball/z/gt/movies What Browser do you use? internet explorer or firefox	Spirit Metaphor Sep 2 2012, 01:49 AM If it's only one particular Cell that can regenerate the rest of the body, that makes a lot more sense. Perhaps that explosion technique Cell used is designed to shield the regeneration nucleus in his head. That still doesn't explain how he was able to regenerate after Goku's instant transmission kamehameha since his head was blown clean off and the regeneration occurred from the remainder of his body. I'm also curious as to whether Cell's passage into Otherworld was actually canon, I have not read the manga. It just bothers me that Dr. Gero is able to create a new soul using science. Consciousness is depicted as both scientific and supernatural Then again, time travel is depicted as scientific when there's absolutely nothing scientific about it (it's impossible). I don't have any problem with Buu because the explanation is explicitly magical from the beginning. @IT kamehameha. the only possible explanation is if cell was referring to namekian regeneration, without knowing how the rest of his heritage affected his biology. since Icers appear to have a very durable biology, possibly having redundant organs, it is likely that cell has more than one core, and the shock of having his head blown off made him miss the fact that he regenerated without his head. @souls. since souls aren't well defined even in real world religion, it is possible that all sentient minds, regardless of structure or origin, have souls. the idea that only humans have souls, or more generally, that only naturally conceived/born organic creatures have souls, is simply bias on our part. @time travel. not impossible, just impractical. the amount of energy that would be required to send anything backwards in time is greater than the amount of energy in this universe. now, if there are multiple universes, then time travel is possible, since we could simply consume another universe to travel back in time in this one. however, dragonball "time travel" is actually travel between parallel universes, which are commonly referred to as timelines.
	list of canon sources: the DB manga, and the Dr. Slump manga as it applies to the crossover during the rra saga. list of non canon sources: everything else, regardless of origin, format, or quality. for those that blindly follow word of god


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