In a recent interview, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama revealed that for Saiyans to become powerful Super Saiyans, they need to have enough S-Cells. Dragon Ball fans are already comparing this revelation to midi-chlorians.
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When asked if anyone who trains enough can become a Super Saiyan, Toriyama replied (via @Herms98), “It’s not like anyone can become a Super Saiyan through training and anger. In order to become a Super Saiyan, one’s body must contain something called ‘S-Cells’.”
Toriyama explained that once these S-Cells reach a certain amount, anger can trigger a massive increase in S-Cells, causing a physical change. That, he says, is Super Saiyan.
“Most Saiyans have some S-Cells, although not a great quantity,” Toriyama continued (via @Herms98). Thus, one of the reasons why Goku and Vegeta’s kids became Super Saiyans is that they inherited these cells. They have the genetic make up to become Super Saiyan.
This means that no matter how hard you train or how angry you get, if you don’t have enough S-Cells, you cannot become a Super Saiyan.
You can read the full exchange below:
Alright, here’s a full translation of the S-Cells and Super Saiyan God questions from the new Toriyama Q&A. pic.twitter.com/l9FoizTb8C
— Todd Blankenship (@Herms98) November 30, 2017
How do fans feel about this?
So, S-Cells are the reason behind the Super Saiyan transformation. Every Saiyan has one. Now we all know why Trunks, Goten and U6 Saiyans became super Saiyan. And they had it in numbers because of their respective fathers. Finally, the debate is over! pic.twitter.com/sdJmpgZeWo
— Ankit Nixon (@LogicSeasoning) November 30, 2017
People are comparing S-Cells to midiclorians, and I get it, but… the force was spiritual and magic, but SSJ always felt like just something biological. Thus, science. So S-cells feel natural.
— Luis (@SmugStick) December 1, 2017
Cell wasn’t a Super Saiyan, he didn’t have enough S-Cells ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
— Smol Christmas Boi (@Ju_Bai_Da) December 1, 2017
Okay so S-cells explain how Goten and Kid Trunks got Super Saiyan early I like that but please don’t use S-cells to justify the horrible writing of Fake Broly and horrible Written female Saiyan you just can’t lol
— Neo (@AxeIandZane2010) November 30, 2017
…okay, but, wait, this still doesn’t really add up
how do you get MORE S-Cells from a saiyan having a kid with a human, if, it’s SOLELY a genetic trait found within saiyans
— ;;exaaaaaams (@HntroftheHntrs) December 1, 2017
This whole thing of “ki” vs “S-Cells” is sorta like real life. “Ki,” in the sense of a mystical power, is an old explanation for martial feats.
Now, those same breathing and movement methods are attributed to physics and psychology.
In DB, though, they’re both used.
— Nobel Kendamu (@KendamuZ) December 1, 2017
To the people comparing S-cells to midichlorians… stop. Midichlorians went completely against everything Yoda taught Luke about the force in Empire. S-cells just add onto what we already know.
— Gokou Blacc (@JJtheGamerGuy) December 1, 2017
I REALLY LIKE the S-Cells point!
It really elaborates on the scientific side of it that was sorta touched on with the evolution line in the U6 tournament. Plus, the show has always had scientific influence.
Plus, if you don’t like the name, it still makes sense just in the idea.— KJ (@rakurai_network) November 30, 2017
-=At the Dragon Room=-
“People didn’t like the tingly back explanation, what should we do?”
*out of the darkness, Toriyama turns his chair around and leans forward into the light, hands folded over mouth*
“S-Cells.”
— ????KEN Kringle (@DetectiveX) November 30, 2017
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10 responses to “Akira Toriyama Reveals The Secret Behind Dragon Ball’s Super Saiyans”
It’s not like it ever made much sense to begin with. The entire sayan race gets wiped out by someone who could be beaten by a super sayan (and no one in the entire race could transform?) and then 30-40 years later the last few sayans are on par with literal Gods.
I’ll be sticking with my head-canon, that the reason Saiyan’s get so much stronger after a battle is that their bodies learn to handle/manipulate the type and intensity of the energy around them, so when they get beaten down their bodies adapt to compensate.
Goku turning SSJ was a rare occurrence, but once there was one the others nearby adapted. It still took Vegeta a while since he didn’t spend that much time in close proximity to Goku, but Gohan got there after training with Goku in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Gohan passed it onto to Goten.
This idea also works for the whole god ki thing they’ve been doing in Super. If they weren’t training with Whis/Beerus they never would have got there, but being around god ki taught their bodies to handle god ki.
Yep. And they do that thanks to S-Cells. Humans can not do it. 😛
Krillin owned counter: +1 (Ding!)
God I love the first SSJ transformation episode vs freeza.
I always assumed it was biological, I mean its right there in the name “Super Saiyan”, when we know Saiyans are the race of Goku, etc. I mean, its kind of corny putting a name to the underlying mechanism, but this isn’t exactly a revelation.
So it’s like the X-Men version of genetic mutation? Kinda figured that, already.
Too be honest i dont really want to make sense of it. Its just awesome as it is. Trying to apply logic and science to it just ruins it for me..
It’s plausible but an incredibly flimsy way of trying to scientifically explain something that was previously accepted as a result of mysticism (Ki and energy forces, etc.). It also raises more questions than it answers.
How do these cells multiply enough to allow anger to create a physical change? Why do Goku and Vegeta’s kids, who are half human, have enough S-Cells to transform young while Goku and Vegeta didn’t activate until in their late adulthood? How did Gohan achieve SS in the Hyperbolic time chamber after many failed attempts? Was he generating more S-Cells the entire time?
Is it just a once off activation? Goku and Vegeta powered up a lot pre-SS without any transformation and then after they can just switch it on with a little powering up. Also, is it anything to do with the whole “Saiyans that come back from the brink of death are stronger than before”? Does being near death increase the number of S-Cells as some kind of trauma response?
I stopped caring about those little details and just watched for the spectacle and nostalgia.