Super SaiyanAlternate namesSSSSJSS1SSJ1Super Saiyan Level 1Sūpā Saiya-jinDebutManga: Volume 11, Chapter 123 'Life or Death'Anime: Transformed at LastUsersClassTransformationColorSuper Saiyan (超サイヤ人 Sūpā Saiya-jin) is an advanced transformation assumed by extraordinarily adept members of the race in the, as well as Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball parody manga, Neko Majin. Three further transformations succeed Super Saiyan (two in the Dragon Ball manga canonicity), and the premier Super Saiyan form has three additional branch states.
There are also two completely different types of Super Saiyan that appear in the movies (the and ).Super Saiyan Goku. Contents The LegendThe ability to become a Super Saiyan, was once considered to be nothing but a legend, because it had not beenSuper Saiyan Gohan for the first timeperformed for over one-thousand years (three-thousand in the english dub). First stated that a Super Saiyan has achieved a level of power so overwhelming that it could only be maintained in a transformed state. However, when this legend was proven to be true when accomplished the feat during his titanic battle against the evil tyrant, he maintained this state in his saiyan form.
Despite only being told through the legend, considered to be the strongest being of his time, became paranoid over the possibility of truth behind the legend of the Super Saiyan, as evidenced by the constantly growing power of the Saiyan race. Because of this fear, Frieza drew the conclusion to annihilate the Saiyan race by destroying Planet Vegeta (although eight Saiyans were established in the manga and anime to have survived the genocide:, and, four of which are non-manga and thus appear in the anime specials or movies only), thus sparking the end of the Super Saiyan legend.Future Trunks as a Super SaiyanAccording to (in the FUNimation dub), the Super Saiyan transformation comes in response to a need, not a desire. In all known cases, the form has been initially triggered by either desperation or indignation. Any other conditions are unknown, and motivation tends to differ; for example, achieves the form out of anger over the murder of his best-friend, and achieves the form through sheer frustration at his original inability to achieve it, especially over.
Saiyan hybrids are naturally skilled at this, as they have the emotion of (full blooded Saiyans tend to suppress their feelings) with the fighting potential of Saiyans. As the Saiyans train during, they discover uncharted levels beyond the first Super Saiyan level. The appearance of a Super Saiyan is different in each form, more so in the fourth and final form to the point where the original transformation has since been literally reduced to that of a 'child's play thing' (says Vegeta after witnessing transform and harness the power adeptly at such a young age).In the main series, all living Saiyan-blooded males following the Frieza Saga manage to reach at least the first level of Super Saiyan.
No female Super Saiyans are ever seen, however the Perfect Files implies that has the potential to transform and might have become a type of Super Saiyan never seen before.OverviewThe first Super Saiyan transformation occurs when a Saiyan who has reached a very high level of power, has a calm, pure heart (good or evil), and loses himself in a fit of rage. However, the transformation must be triggered in response to a great need, example being in case to defeat. While physical change is not too drastic, the power output increase is colossal; the form is said to originally multiply the Saiyan's power by fifty times its normal amount, though it can be inferred that the multiplier decreased somewhGoku is the first to transform into a Super Saiyan in a 1000 yearsat as new Super Saiyan levels were introduced. This was made evident by Kibito's inability to even hold the Z Sword (which in his base form could, and without practice) whilst being far superior to Frieza, normal-form being nearly even with Yakon, an opponent whose power was more than a fourth of Goku's Full-Power Super Saiyan level, amongst other things such as base Future Trunks knocking Imperfect Cell out of West City with a simple kiai. Despite this possible decrease in power augmentation brought on by this form, it is still shown to make the user several times stronger (and much more so in sub-forms such as, and Full-Power Super Saiyan).The most noticeable change is that the Saiyan's hair becomes golden in color and seems to stand on end, giving it a rising, flame-like appearance.
This applies to all of the Saiyan's hair, including scalp hair, eyebrows, and (as it was revealed in ) the fur on their tails and as Golden Great Apes. Natural eye color temporarily changes to a greenish-blue, muscle tone becomes more defined, and the skin tone (and clothing) becomes lighter mainly due to the energy and light output of the golden aura. As the natural floodgates of the body are opened with the transformation, excess energy is radiated from the body in the form of a pulsing, flame-like aura. There is also a marked personality alteration, where the Saiyan becomes unusually aggressive and more prone to acting on impulse.
The first character to achieve the Super Saiyan transformation in the series, is Goku, in the midst of engaging Frieza.SSJ Goku, in DBZ Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans.The Super Saiyan transformation also has an interesting, unique effect on Goku's family. In addition to its normal effects: the way their eyes are drawn changes slightly. Normally, the outline around the eye is not fully drawn (it circles around about 3/4 of the way the eyeball). When in Super Saiyan, their eyes are fully surrounded by an outline (the same way that all villains are drawn; this is mainly due to Akira Toriyama wanting to show the anger and hatred that must be present for a Super Saiyan transformation).It was theorized in the film Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
That these Super Saiyan transformations prevented Goku from performing his Spirit Bomb technique. One must be pure of heart to perform the technique, and as a Super Saiyan, Goku's heart is full of rage, although not necessarily contaminated by evil. In the film, when Goku becomes a Super Saiyan after gathering power for his Spirit Bomb, he loses control of the energy and instead absorbs it into his own body. During the Kid Buu Saga, Goku assumes the transformation only after successfully creating and throwing the Spirit Bomb, although since this took place after he mastered the Super Saiyan form during the Cell Games Saga, it could just be that anger no longer filled his heart when he transformed.Super Saiyans can defy the negative and crushing effects of a dying planet Usage and PowerThe Super Saiyan form was first achieved by after witnessing his best friend Krillin's death at the hands of Frieza.
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In this form, power grossly outclasses the evil tyrant's, a feat made more impressive by the fact that, prior to the transformation, was no match for him, even with the Kaio-ken multiplying his power 20-fold. In order to combat sudden burst of strength and power, released all natural bodily inhibitions and utilized 100% of his power, only half of which he used to stop Kaio-ken x20 attack. Though he seemed to gain the upper hand while holds back, he loses faith when he realizes that his attacks are no longer debilitating, with merely shrugging off his most forceful blows. Add an image one of pure evil as opposed to Goku's good, although Vegeta was not actually fully evil at the time. With this new power under his belt, Vegeta confronts and overcomes Android 19 and Dr.
Gero, blithely killing #19 with the powerful Big Bang Attack. However, when the true Androids of Future Trunks' grim prediction, Android 17 and 18, arrive, they easily defeat both Vegeta and Future Trunks' Super Saiyan forms, Trunks in particular being felled in a single blow from #17, as opposed to the trained Vegeta who withstood a much longer and abashing beating, signifying his superior strength.
This power is noted by Kami as he brings up the topic of how Vegeta is now more powerful than Trunks, who 'killed Frieza and his father in an instant.' The limits of the Super Saiyan transformation were pushed even further with the introduction of Cell. With the basic Super Saiyan form now unable to combat the power of the Androids, Goku advises training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber because he believes that there is a way to ascend past the normal limitations of an untrained Super Saiyan, and in doing so would make them strong enough to take down the Androids.
By the time Cell had reached his Perfect Form after absorbing both the Androids, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and GohanTrunks in the DBZ movies.had all spent time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, advancing to new Super Saiyan forms. The Super Saiyan's standard output of power would be outclassed by the Ascended and Ultra Super Saiyan stages. Unlike Vegeta and Future Trunks who make use of these stages (which either consumes one's energy rapidly and produce an increasingly higher level of strain, or reduce the Saiyan's speed to nil, with the latter doing both), Goku and Gohan work to perfect the initial transformation after deciding that it was the best form to use overall, prompting their transition into Full-Power Super Saiyan, the concept of making the Super Saiyan form no different in energy output and strain than the basic form of the user's body. The initial transformation and its advanced grades are later rendered obsolete by the introduction of a far more powerful level, (which is the form used by Gohan to defeat Cell), followed by Goku's introduction of Super Saiyan 3 during the Majin Buu Saga, and finally, Super Saiyan 4, introduced during.Goten and, sons of Goku and Vegeta respectively, attain the ability to transform at a remarkably young age, again to widespread surprise from the main cast. (Goten, who was about a year younger than Trunks' age of eight, stated that his transformation was so long ago that he was unable even remember it occurring.) Though their reasons for so easily transforming are never officially stated, the common theory is that it could have been the DNA inherited from their fathers' ability to transform already during their conception, supported by the fact that it took Gohan, who was also a child when he made his transformation, unbearable hardship to achieve (Gohan was born prior to the start of Dragon Ball Z, thus before his father's transformation). Their fusion form, Gotenks, seen late in Dragon Ball Z, easily gained the ability to transform into all three levels of Super Saiyan in the series within no more than a half-hour of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber (although he has only ever been seen assuming the first and third forms, since he bypassed the second form to ascend to the third level), with the combined energies of Goten and Trunks balancing out the high ki consumption of the final transformation.
In case, he would have been conceived in the Alternate Timeline under very similar circumstances, although it is possible he was not conceived after Future Vegeta became a Super Saiyan, as the alternate counterparts transformation was never shown. However, despite a younger Future Trunks being weaker than his child alternate counterpart, he was still able to transform at the age of 14 (making him either the youngest or second youngest Super Saiyan in the alternate timeline, depending on when Future Gohan transformed), although he was considerably weaker due to lack of training.In the television special The History of Trunks and within the manga, Future Gohan is shown to have gained the Super Saiyan transformation long ago, most likely after witnessing the Z Fighters being slaughtered by the Androids. Therefore, Future Gohan may have assumed his transformation before his present timeline counterpart (by technically a matter of days), although he was far weaker because he was never trained by his father in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and never mastered the Super Saiyan form. After he is killed, we see Future Trunks transform for the first time (only in the anime, for Trunks seemed to already have attained the transformation rather recently in the original manga), thus showing his original transformation.In the last episode of Dragon Ball GT, Goku and Vegeta's descendants, Goku Jr.
And Vegeta Jr., are shown to be able to transform into Super Saiyans from a young age, as well. S first transformation in particular was shown in the Dragon Ball GT special, A Hero's Legacy, aired at around the time that episode 40 was broadcast. Add an image.
The terms 'Ascended Super Saiyan' and 'Ultra Super Saiyan' are actually just common fan terms to differentiate between the two bulked up forms, as they are never named in the manga or anime. However, they are named in the Daizenshuu as Types or Grades 2 and 3, respectively. Goku and Vegeta are the only full-blooded Saiyans that can transform into Super Saiyans in canon series. Broly is the other, but only in the films. (Onio is a full-blooded Saiyan that can also turn Super Saiyan, but he only appears in Toriyama's self-parody of Dragon Ball called Neko Majin, and also interestingly lacks a tail).
In the Budokai Tenkaichi series, as well as the first Broly Movie, Broly's base Super Saiyan Form (before he turns into his Legendary Form) has Blue hair instead of the usual Gold. This is presumably due to the controlling device his father put on him, as in 'Second Coming', his Super Saiyan form had gold hair. This 'Second Coming' appearance was made available as a secondary costume in the sequel games, as well as the Legendary Super Saiyan variation, which features whiter skin and torn clothing to match. In Dragon Ball GT when Goku goes Super Saiyan whilst having the tail sometimes his tail does not change color to gold, when both the tailed Super Saiyan 3 appearance and the first Perfect Files cover seem to indicate that the tail should have turned gold.