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Definitive Guide on DB Speeds - Metaphors, Exaggerations, and Literalism
Topic Started: Jul 24 2014, 07:45 PM (1,977 Views)
* Yu Narukami
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Chapter: 164, P4.4
Popo: “We’re incredibly high up in the sky here. The air is thin. It’s tough on you humans. That’s why it’s no good for people like you who make so many unnecessary movements. This is an important principle, even down on the ground. A stance as quiet as the sky, movement as fast as lightning"

Honestly, I just interpret this as 'Don't waste your breath talking and distracting yourself' and 'When you move, make sure you move with speed.' Lightning strikes directly and doesn't waste time moving towards anything else but it's target. Though, that's just my interpretation.
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Clearin
Jul 24 2014, 09:38 PM
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Jul 24 2014, 09:34 PM
You can't be as calm as the sky because either the sky is too calm (for any anime object to compare to) or the sky is too un-calm to compare to (thunderbolts, etc).

It's a metaphor in the most basic sense.
Like I said, being as "quiet as the sky", which in this context almost certainly means the calm sky, just means "be silent". If a calm sky makes no noise, and you make no noise, you're being literally as quiet as the sky.

It's probably not literally possible for any real human to be 100% silent, but this is an Anime. It's not literally possible to lift 40 tons, or go to speeds surpasssing a jet plane while flying. I don't doubt that DBZ characters can literally be completely silent if they train enough.
They way you're interpenetrating is a hyperbole. A human can't be as quiet as something that doesn't make noise since they still have their blood vessels pumping. Then going from quiet to calm is a metaphor. It's nearly impossible to see it literally.
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He doesn't say "calm" he says "quiet", as in making no noise. Being completely calm is something else.

I also want to point out that Goku was never stated to swim across the planet in one day. The page you showed just says Goku swam from the other side of the planet, no timeframe is ever given, it could have been a week or longer.
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Yeah, and making no noise is a metaphor/hyperbole because it's impossible to make no noise when your body is constantly making noises.

Alternatively it's impossible to be as quiet as something that makes as much noise as the sky (it's actually A LOT).

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man i used the lightning thing once in a serious debate awhile ago
i feel like such a fool, i only used it cause i read a scan online and the way it was worded made it seem
like actually faster then lightning but one look at herms and i was like nope
morale of the story don't trust online scans
good job itachi btw
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This thread could be very useful in the future. I am going to put this in 'Threads of Interest'. Necidad, if you see this and disagree, please PM me.
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