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The Ultimate Form, Its Evolutions, And How It Lives Up To Its Name (DBS: Super Hero Spoilers Ahead)
Dragon Ball is a show with many different power altering techniques and transformations, from Kaioken to Super Saiyan to even fusion. Knowing this, many characters use these different forms and techniques in their goal of attaining further strength. But which is the best and why is it the best? If you were to ask me, that honor would go to the Ultimate form.
The Ultimate form has been and is known as many things throughout Dragon Ball’s lifespan: Potential Unleashed, the Mystic form, Power Unleashed, Power Awakening, and obviously Ultimate. Essentially, the form draws out all of a person’s hidden potential and even heightens a person's senses, as Gohan was able to see without his glasses after transforming in Super Hero, but his eyesight reverted to being poor once he powered back down into his base form. As if that wasn’t enough, the form seemingly doesn’t take any stamina away from the wielder to use. The form is typically gained through enduring Elder Kai’s ritual, but Piccolo showcased the ability to be granted the form from Shenron via a wish.
In no uncertain terms, the power that this transformation can grant its user is absurd. Gohan was able to outclass Super Saiyan 3 Goku’s power as soon as he received the form, beat Super Buu before he absorbed Gotenks, and after further training in Dragon Ball Super it was shown to be able to keep up with Super Saiyan Blue.
As if the form wasn’t crazy enough, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero gave us the fun information that just like Super Saiyan, the Ultimate form can evolve into separate, more powerful transformations. While this has caused some confusion in the fanbase, as the Ultimate form is already supposed to draw out all of a person’s latent potential, episode 90 of the DBS anime implies that Super Saiyan can be combined with the Ultimate form.
My point being that just because the Ultimate form brings out all of your latent potential doesn’t mean that your power can’t be further amplified. That being said, I think that’s what these evolved forms are doing: simply amplifying the user’s power after bringing forth their latent potential.
But that’s not all these evolved forms have to offer. When I said “just like Super Saiyan, the Ultimate form can evolve into separate, more powerful transformations”, I didn’t mean something like an Ultimate 2, Ultimate 3, etc etc, I meant that everyone who evolves their Ultimate form gets a transformation (seemingly) entirely unique to them. While it’s never directly stated why in Super Hero, I think the reason is pretty obvious: the transformations are themed around the sources of the character’s potential, and different character’s potentials come from different places. Gohan’s Beast form is unlocked in a moment of rage at seeing Piccolo hurt by Cell Max, just like the rage boosts he would experience as a child.
Piccolo’s potential comes from his Namekian heritage, but more specifically, his fusions with Nail and Kami. Think about it: his Orange form was granted to him by Shenron, the eternal dragon originally created by the Nameless Namekian who would eventually split into Piccolo and Kami. By fusing back with Kami, that means that Piccolo has returned to being the Nameless Namekian, so Shenron helping out his creator with a new transformation makes sense. You could also argue that Piccolo’s fusions not only made him stronger in the moment, but increased his potential, allowing him to grow further and faster than he would have been able to without undergoing them, but that’s a discussion for another time.
It should come as a shock to no-one reading that these transformations are ridiculously powerful. Given how Gohan’s Ultimate form allowed him to keep pace with Goku’s Super Saiyan Blue, amping the power of the form beyond that is insane to think about, and it’s no small amp either. Before Gohan obtained the form, he seemed pitiful in comparison to Cell Max, but once he transformed he was able to tank a punch from Cell Max without even flinching. I think it’s safe to say that the amp in power provided by Gohan’s Beast form outclasses the amp that Goku’s Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken x20 amp gives him, which putting it simply means that I think that Beast’s amp is greater than x20 the power Gohan’s Ultimate form provides him.
Orange Piccolo isn’t as powerful as Gohan, but that doesn’t mean he’s a slouch either. The Orange form gives Piccolo enough power to easily defeat Gamma 2, who was stronger than him in his Ultimate state. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the Gammas are stronger than Android 17 who, get this, was also able to fight evenly with Goku’s Super Saiyan Blue form. Given how Orange Piccolo knocked out Gamma 2 with one punch, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that Piccolo’s Orange form gives him a similar amp to Gohan’s Beast form. I’m not saying that Orange Piccolo and Beast Gohan are equal in power, just that the amp their forms provide are similar.
So let’s summarize the main points just to make sure we got everything nice and tidy: the Ultimate form draws out all of the user’s latent potential with minimal to no stamina usage which can be further amplified by other powers, such as Super Saiyan. The form can also evolve into a new, unique form depending on the source of your potential, and these evolved states amplifies the user’s already drawn out power to ludicrous levels.
And that does it, really. That’s why I think Ultimate is the, well, ultimate form to strive for to increase your power in the world of Dragon Ball. I don’t really know how to end this other than saying that this is just my interpretation of the forms based on the information I know about Dragon Ball and that if you have a different interpretation then more power to you. I’m not trying to convince anyone that they have to agree with me, just sharing my own personal thoughts and ideas. I plan to write more short essay stuff like this as well, I think my next one will be talking about the human Z-Fighters!
If you’ve read this far, thank you so much! This is the first time I’ve ever sat down and wrote something like this and while I’m not expecting it to do super well, it’s cool knowing that maybe someone will read it and agree with me. If you see this, have a great day!
Literally the cutest thing oml
Just found out it was ocxcanon week! This is late but OH WELL! Here is art of Piccolo with my oc Advocaat from my fic “My Only Lord”.
Was working on an AU I have called “Temporary Nanny” where Piccolo gets hired to care for Frieza’s son Kuriza. The png for some reason stopped showing on AO3 so I’ll repost it here instead. Link to the fic below. Rating may change in the future:
Please, DBS manga. I only ask that when you write the Superhero arc...PLEASE GIVE GAMMA 2 A HAPPY ENDING! Never thought I would ever post anything on this site till now.
I DONT KNOW HOW TO USE TUMBLR HELP
Anyways there's currently two people carrying the Piccolet ship on their backs (and I'm grateful to y'all two, i deadass don't know how to tag people but u know who u are)
So here's my addition to the ship
Yes it's this meme and yes i can't draw AND YES I DON'T DRAW PEOPLE OFTEN PLEASE FORGIVE ME
First time and probably last time i post here
Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem
Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao
Was concerned so
Made a scarf for you
Nose warmer
So that's what it's for xp
Just doodling, literally rained recently and the weather officially gone from boiling to freezing, in one day x" wish u coziness
29.10.2024, Commission Mani
I was gifted a horrible new treasure by an IRL friend- the most amazingly icky Piccolo mask! Compared to my old Piccolo mask it’s oversized and made of way thinner, cheaper material, and is covered with some sort of gross substance. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen LOL
Also gonna remind you all that there’s an Ugly DBZ Merch / Awesome DBZ merch twitter, and I frequently post silly Piccolo mask photos there that don’t make it onto the main blog.
I often see people worrying about Piccolo living a boring life up there on the Lookout ...but how could life be boring when you're three people in one body and you can sing the whole The Plagues all by yourself
and you even have a GOD with you and he can happily sing about burning down your cattle and your sheep and your oxen and your whole world while you and your buddy shout THUS SAITH THE LORD
and Dende, being one person in one body, sadly doesn't share the enthusiasm and just suffers in silence
Movie Universe - Universe 6
Después de que se revelaran los guerreros restantes del universo 6, todo indica que el Universo 6 es una referencia al Universo de las películas de DBZ
Uhh idk it's my birthday month now and I'm just gonna tell you guys how I think the pixls react to Tippi and Count Bleck being a thing because they most likely just saw Tippi as a newer pixl. If you don't see a pixl here it's most likely because I didn't know how they'd react 😔😔
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Thoreau: YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A PIXL!?
Count Bleck: ... Okay, well, she wasn't always a pi-
Thoreau: EEEWWWWWW *Vomits.. Like... Pixl vomit or something I do not know 😢*
Count Bleck: ...
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Barry: ... Wow. That pixl is already dating. I've been here for 1500 years and still haven't been given a tulip.
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Carrie: Oh I didn't know that... Why aren't you guys surprised
Bowser or whatever in the 4: I dunno
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Piccolo: *Playing some sad ass music on the world's smallest violin while Bleck vents about losing Tippi*
Bleck: ... I don't need the music.
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Boomer: *spamming 1 to put bombs on Bleck*
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I think that's all I'm doing uhh umm stay hydrated guys
And now for asexual  one 💖💖
just finished watching dragon ball (1986) and i couldnt help but notice the little red/blue color scheme during the goku vs piccolo fight like why are they tv girl coded
NOOO I MISSED PICCOLO DAY