Everything seems to indicate that Goku is more powerful dead than alive and this fact confirms it.
It is known that Goku is a character who has achieved acquire truly overwhelming power and strength as the plot of the series has developed, since he has trained tirelessly to be able to break his own limits and become one of the most powerful warriors in the universe.
However, despite the immense power that Goku possesses, he has been exceeded multiple times by villains who have surpassed him in strength and skills during their confrontations, which has led to the fact that in some of these battles he has lost his life.
However, in one of the chapters of this franchise it has been shown that Goku is much stronger dead than alive. Next, we tell you the details.
Dragon Ball reveals the reason why Goku is stronger when dead
The Majin Buu saga has been one of the most interesting that Dragon Ball has had, since in this one they could discover and learn amazing skills that completely changed this series, one of these has been the iconic and controversial transformation of Goku’s Super Saiyan 3.
In this saga, Goku was able to return to Earth despite being dead, since Uranai Baba has granted him one day in the world of the living so that he can fight in the Martial Arts Tournament and meet his son Goten. It is known that in Dragon Ball a deceased person can keep his body due to acts of bravery that he has done in life, just as it happened with Goku, who was allowed to train in the other world after dying.
During his stay on Earth, Goku was able to fight against the fearsome Majin Buu for a brief period of time, since he was only distracting him so that Trunks could get the radar of the dragon balls. In the middle of this encounter, Kakarot shows Buu the Saiyan transformationsmaking use of Super Saiyan 3 for the first time, which requires an exaggerated amount of Ki to obtain it.
However, due to the overwhelming consumption of energy that this transformation requires, Goku’s time on Earth was noticeably shortenedreturning to the other world.
Later, in the chapter #508 of the manga, it has been seen that Goku has asked the old Kai to revive him so that he can face Kid Buu, since he has become an almost insurmountable being. Kakaroto decides to make use of Super Saiyan 3, since he previously realized that this transformation gives him served to deal with this villain.
However, when trying to use Super Saiyan 3, he realizes that need to gather more Ki while alive unlike when he was dead, since in that state he was able to do it without problems.
The transformation of Super Saiyan 3 has been presented as the most powerful of all known. However, this has a great limitation and that is that it consumes a huge amount of energy which causes excessive wear and tear on Goku who cannot maintain it for a long time.
For this reason, Goku has used this powerful transformation on a few occasions and especially when dead in the other world, since, in this state, the Saiyan can afford to Gather the required amount of Ki required by Super Saiyan 3. This has shown that Goku is more powerful being dead than alive, since being alive he could not meet the demands that this form asks of him.
This chapter has confirmed that Goku is more powerful being dead than alive, since in that state he was able to gather the necessary amount of Ki and achieve Super Saiyan 3. However, when he was revived he could not do this same feat, as it required a greater use and consumption of energy. Proving clearly that if he had been dead he would have made it without problems.