What is ki and how is it applied in Dragon Ball?

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What is ki and how is it applied in Dragon Ball?
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+ Solid Snake	Jun 22 2016, 10:54 PM Post #1
滅Are you frightened? Posts: 8,961 Group: Elite Member Member #6,739 Joined: September 11, 2011 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime Dragon ball, z, gt, Naruto & Shippuden, Bleach, Rosario + Vampire What Browser do you use? Kept you waiting huh? Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Naruto, and Bleach	What's your thoughts on ki? How is important? What impact does it have? Thoughts?
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breaker335	Jun 22 2016, 11:03 PM Post #2
Posts: 879 Group: Member Member #13,278 Joined: June 5, 2016 Gender Male Country United States	Ki is everything in Dragon Ball.



* Ketchup Revenge	Jun 22 2016, 11:26 PM Post #3
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" Posts: 6,083 Group: Retired Forum Moderator Member #9,012 Joined: February 9, 2013 Gender Not Specified Country Chile Favourite Anime FMA: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball, Samurai Champloo, Soul Eater, Assassination Classroom What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Assassination Classroom, Deadman Wonderland	I distinctly remember Toriyama stating that he drew a lot of inspiration of elements in DB from Star Wars, which I wouldn't doubt considering he parodied and referenced it numerous times during his Dr. Slump run since it was prime real-estate at that time. In addition to this, George Lucas stated that a lot of the concepts in Star Wars when it came to the Jedi and The Force were inspired by Asian cultural beliefs with chi/ki. I think of ki as The Force in Star Wars. The single energy that unites and binds everything in the universe, with people being able to manipulate that energy and use it to their advantage. However, ki seems different in Dragonball than the force because one can increase their ki by increasing their physical condition. Jedi only seem to hone their skills by becoming better with manipulating the force, and not actually physically training rigorously in order to increase their own capacity for it. That seems to be where the two divert and are different. Ki in DB is used for things other than fighting, although we rarely see that side of it.
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Darker	Jun 22 2016, 11:56 PM Post #4
The Lord of the Dark Posts: 15,357 Group: Member Member #11,968 Joined: January 7, 2015 Gender Male Country Spain	Ice Queen Emeriti Jun 22 2016, 11:26 PM Jedi only seem to hone their skills by becoming better with manipulating the force, and not actually physically training rigorously in order to increase their own capacity for it. That seems to be where the two divert and are different. Actually, The Force can allow you to be stronger, faster or tougher, increasing one's level of strength, speed and durability to superhuman levels. Not much training is required, though they DO train. They also meditate to have better control over The Force. Ki ain't much different to be honest. On-Topic: Ki is (for the most part) a bunch of generic energy blasts. They are cool, but there's not much that makes them unique besides the appearance. Sometimes they're cool, like the time Goku moved his kamehameha to hit King Piccolo behind him, that's pretty original. But for the most part, Ki attacks don't do much but being shot and blowing up stuff. Beam struggles aren't cool anymore.
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+ Solid Snake	Jun 23 2016, 06:39 PM Post #5
滅Are you frightened? Posts: 8,961 Group: Elite Member Member #6,739 Joined: September 11, 2011 Gender Not Specified Favourite Anime Dragon ball, z, gt, Naruto & Shippuden, Bleach, Rosario + Vampire What Browser do you use? Kept you waiting huh? Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Naruto, and Bleach	King Piccolo can take out a city with a casual ki wave of his hand. His Makosen attack is undoubtedly stronger though lacks destructive feats to show it. I found this interesting though: Chapter: 161, P13.4 Yajirobe: “But man, what kind of a guy are you?...I can’t believe you beat someone who could blow a city to pieces…” Does this mean Goku was taking at least city level attacks during his battle with King Piccolo? Tien also had a comment that related to Goku's destructive power (from a knee kick to Drum's face). Are the two related kinda?
	Shinnozou tomete kureru! ~ Evil Ryu SSJG and SSJ4 Goku Sig SUPER THANKS CELL Dragon Ball: Ultimate Road Story http://dbzf.co.uk/topic/8434874/1/#new Naruto and Goku's Adventure Story http://dbzf.co.uk/topic/8435708/1/#new


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