Why did Toryiama get so obsessed with power levels

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Why did Toryiama get so obsessed with power levels
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dragonnovice	Jul 10 2015, 01:09 AM Post #1
Posts: 20 Group: New Member Member #12,462 Joined: July 7, 2015	in Dragonball...it always seemed like he was trying to quantify each character's strength/power level compared using numbers..and it seemed like alot of episodes dealt with comparing power levels... compared to say Marvel/DC comcis where power levels arn't really defined as much....what i mean is, they arn't quantified no one says Batman's strength level is 500 vs. Superman who is 1,000 or something..unlike DBZ where i see fans always compairing character's strength often in american comics character's powers level are pretty much implied (this character is stronger then this character).. but maybe its just a manga tradition...i notice that power levels often tend to be quantified much more in manga than american comics



Darker	Jul 10 2015, 11:21 AM Post #2
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,357 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	In Western comics they use FEATS, not statements that say "this guy is stronger than this other guy". And Power Levels were only used for the bad guys to realize the heroes were stronger than they originally thought. Also, Superman = 1000, Batman = 500? An alien god who lifts several planets is just twice in power level compared to some rich guy that can barely even lift a car? Unless you were just giving an example.
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TheACE	Jul 10 2015, 12:08 PM Post #3
The Last GT Fighter Posts: 4,146 Group: Member Member #9,279 Joined: March 31, 2013 Favourite Anime DB/Z/GT, Digimon, YYH, Yugioh!, GetBackers What Browser do you use? Chrome, Safari, IE Favourite Manga Rave Master, FLCL, .hack//legendofthetwilight, Naruto II	Akira Toriyama quit caring about power levels in season 4. And he didn't even bother with them until season 1 of Z. It was just a plot device to show the heroes struggling against and overcoming overwhelming odds. That's why the last power level recorded is 5. On Future Trunks, before he lets loose and merk's Frieza, Cold and their army. He never uses them again formally, from then on the line for every new character, new villian and when a hero has overcome is basically "Wow, what an amazing Ki!" Or "That Ki... Its beyond anything I've ever felt, its Goku (Gohan, Trunks, etc.) So in short, Akira Toriyama does not obsess over power levels, Akira Toriyama's fans have a love affair with the plot device that was an allegory for "Not judging a book by its cover." Because, actually I don't know why fans have an obsession with them. I don't even like them and understand that they're arbitrary numbers, but even I have a power level list. Ita kinda sad really.
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+ ThePrinceOfSaiyans	Jul 10 2015, 12:44 PM Post #4
魔王子 Posts: 9,797 Group: Elite Member Member #10,492 Joined: November 16, 2013 Gender Male Favourite Anime Dragon Ball Z What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Dragon Ball	TheACE Jul 10 2015, 12:08 PM actually I don't know why fans have an obsession with them. I don't even like them and understand that they're arbitrary numbers, but even I have a power level list. Ita kinda sad really. I think people just have fun trying to assign a hypothetical number to a character in an attempt to figure out who's stronger than who. It's also a sort of artistic expression as Kaboom would put it: Kaboom Hence their creation in this thread and on this forum in general is dealt with as more of an artistic expression or tossing around theories than any strict form of "factual research." Thus there is no "right and wrong" when it comes to this.
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