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Before Goku went Super Saiyan, he delivered one of the coldest reality checks in anime history on Namek. This video highlights the pivotal moments from the Dragon Ball Z Namek saga, showcasing Goku's intense training and the desperate situation he faced alongside his son. We examine the brutal "Ultra" strike and his eventual monstrous Oozaru form, emphasizing the Saiyan Power and the desperate situation on Namek.
0:00 The Coldest Reality Check in Anime History
1:54 Forged in a Biological Beating Chamber
4:25 The Psychological Humiliation on the Battlefield
6:43 Anatomy of the Perfect Elbow Strike
9:44 The Micro Burst Combat Hack
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Before Son Goku had golden hair, before
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he screamed for 20 episodes to unlock
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Super Saiyan, [music]
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he pulled off the single coldest, most
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disrespectful reality check in the
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history of anime. Go back to Namek in
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1991. [music]
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The stakes were not just high, they were
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completely hopeless.
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Vegeta, the monster who decimated
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Earth's defenders a year earlier, had
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been battered within an inch of his
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life. Krillin was hospitalized on his
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feet with broken ribs.
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And Gohan, a 4-year-old child, had his
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neck physically broken by a flying
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piledriver kick from an orange-haired
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giant who treated the entire massacre
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like a Saturday morning gymnastics
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routine.
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Recoome wasn't just winning, he was
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playing with human corpses for comedic
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applause.
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And then a round white spaceship lands
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in the grass.
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A man in an orange gi steps out.
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He doesn't yell. He doesn't power up. He
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doesn't charge a Kamehameha.
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He hands out three magical beans, walks
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across the crater with his hands
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completely down by his sides, steps into
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the strike zone of an intergalactic
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executioner, and ends the nightmare with
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a single casual nudge of his left elbow.
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It took less than 1 second.
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It broke the scouters, shattered
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Vegeta's entire understanding of the
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cosmos, and redefined [clears throat]
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what god-tier martial arts look like for
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an entire generation.
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Today, we are breaking down the anatomy
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of the greatest flex in shonen history.
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How 100 times gravity rewrote Goku's
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biology, the [music] secret microburst
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technique that fooled the Ginyu Force,
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and why this single elbow strike is
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Akira Toriyama's undisputed master class
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in pure combat choreography. To
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understand why Recoome folded like cheap
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lawn furniture, you have to look at the
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6 days Goku spent traveling through deep
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space.
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When Goku left Earth, his power level
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was sitting around 8,000.
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With Kaio-Ken times four, he could push
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it to 32,000 for a few seconds, which
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nearly tore his muscles off his
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skeleton.
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He was strong for an Earthling, but on
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Namek, 32,000 was mid-tier garbage.
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Zarbon and Dodoria could match that, and
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Captain Ginyu was sitting at a massive
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120,000.
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So, what did Goku do inside that tiny
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tin can?
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He didn't just train. He subjected
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himself to a biological torture chamber.
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>> [music]
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>> He dialed the gravity machine up to 100
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times Earth's gravity. [music]
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Think about the physical reality of that
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number.
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Goku weighs roughly 137
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lb.
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Under 100 times gravity, his body
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weighed nearly 14,000 lb.
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His heart had to pump blood with the
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hydraulic force of an industrial fire
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hose just to keep oxygen reaching his
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brain.
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His lungs were carrying the weight of a
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commercial truck with every single
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breath.
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And every time his muscles tore, every
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time his bones splintered under the
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crushing atmospheric load, he ate a
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Senzu Bean.
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Because he is a Saiyan, every single
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near-death recovery triggered a Zenkai
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boost. His biology rebuilding itself
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denser, stronger, and infinitely more
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adaptable. By the time the ship touched
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down on Namek, Goku wasn't just a
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martial artist who hit the gym.
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His muscles had been compressed and
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forged under the density of a collapsed
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star.
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Walking on Namek's normal gravity felt
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to him like floating in warm bath water.
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>> [music]
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>> He hadn't just gotten stronger. He had
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entered a realm of effortless subatomic
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control that the scouters on Namek
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physically were not programmed to
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comprehend.
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Hold on to that 100X conditioning
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[music] because in a few minutes we're
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going to break down the exact microburst
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mechanics that allowed him to hide that
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absurd power until the millisecond of
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impact. Goku steps out of the ship,
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senses the fading lifelines of his son
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and friends, and arrives at the
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battlefield just as Recoome is winding
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up for the final execution stomp.
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Look at the choreography of this
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entrance because Akira Toriyama delivers
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the greatest psychological humiliation
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in manga history without Goku throwing a
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single punch. Goku lands between Recoome
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and the half-dead bodies of his friends.
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He looks at Recoome, a towering,
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blood-soaked brute who just broke
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Gohan's neck, and what does Goku do?
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He turns his back on him.
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In a combat zone, turning your back on
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an active opponent is the ultimate
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declaration. You are so completely
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beneath me that you do not even register
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as a threat to my survival.
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Goku kneels beside his son.
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>> [music]
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>> He pulls out the pouch, feeds Gohan half
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a senzu bean, and watches his boy's
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spine snap [music] back into alignment.
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He walks over to Krillin, feeds him a
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bean, patting him on the shoulder like
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they're meeting up after school. And
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then, he walks over to Vegeta.
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Vegeta, the genocidal prince who
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murdered his friends a year ago, the man
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who swore to butcher Goku, is lying in a
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crater coughing blood, his armor cracked
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to pieces.
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Goku extends his open hand holding a
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fresh bean.
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Eat this, Vegeta. You fought hard. Save
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your strength.
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Look at Vegeta's face in that panel.
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[music]
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Vegeta isn't grateful.
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Vegeta is experiencing pure,
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suffocating, EXISTENTIAL RAGE.
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A low-class warrior, a clown from the
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boondocks who was supposed to be
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executed at birth, is looking down at
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the prince of all Saiyans with pity.
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Vegeta [music] eats the bean, stands up
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with his energy restored, and watches
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Goku with trembling eyes.
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Because Vegeta realizes what the Ginyu
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Force hasn't figured out yet.
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Goku isn't angry.
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Goku isn't sweating.
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Goku is standing in front of three elite
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galactic commanders with the calm,
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relaxed posture of a man checking his
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morning mail.
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Vegeta backs away into the rocks,
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knowing something impossible is about to
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happen. Recoome checks his scouter,
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laughs at the reading of 5,000, and
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prepares his ultimate signature
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wrestling move.
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>> [music]
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>> Now, let's dissect the single greatest
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strike in the entire Namek saga, the one
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elbow master class. [music]
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Recoome has had enough of the mind
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games.
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He drops into his athletic stance,
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[music]
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charges his purple ki, and sprints
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across the grass at maximum velocity,
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shouting,
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"RECOOME ULTRA FIGHTING BOMBER!"
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THIS IS THE EXACT move that leveled
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islands 5 minutes earlier.
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A charging kinetic freight train with
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enough momentum to cave in a mountain
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range.
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Look at Goku's stance.
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He doesn't cross his arms to block.
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He doesn't step backward.
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He waits until Recoome's nose is 6
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inches from his face,
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>> [music]
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>> and he steps directly into the pocket.
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Watch the martial arts geometry.
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Goku doesn't swing a wide hook. A wide
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hook takes time and telegraphs your
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shoulder movement.
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Goku drops his center of gravity, shifts
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his lead foot forward, and drives his
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left elbow straight into Recoome's solar
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plexus.
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Why the elbow?
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Because the human elbow is the hardest,
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densest bone weapon on the human
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skeleton.
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When you strike with an elbow at close
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range, you don't need distance to
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generate power. You channel the kinetic
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rotation of your hips and core [music]
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directly through the point of the bone.
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Goku didn't just hit Recoome, he used
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Recoome's own forward momentum against
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him.
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Recoome was sprinting forward at Mach
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speeds.
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Goku stepped in and met that massive
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charging mass with a rigid, immovable
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iron wedge.
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The kinetic energy had nowhere to go.
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>> [music]
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>> It didn't push Recoome backward, it
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traveled directly through his rib cage,
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concussed his internal organs, and
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ruptured his diaphragm,
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>> [music]
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>> instantly.
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Look at Recoome's face in that freeze
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frame.
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His eyes bugged out of his skull.
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The color drains from his skin. [music]
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His jaw hangs open, spitting white foam
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into the air.
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He doesn't fly 50 yards back.
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His knees simply buckle, his massive
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torso [music] tips forward like a
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chopped oak tree, and he collapses face
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first into the dirt, completely
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unconscious.
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One hit. No blood, no energy beam.
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Just a casual, mathematical lesson in
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kinetic leverage that put a galactic
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tyrant to sleep in the blink of an eye.
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Now, look at the scouter sitting on
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Burter's ear, because the reason nobody
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saw that strike coming is the greatest
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combat hack Goku ever invented.
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Recoome is snoring in the dirt, [music]
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but 50 ft away, Burter and Jeice are
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staring at their scouters in utter
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disbelief, unable to comprehend what
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their eyes just witnessed.
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This is where the fight ascends from
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cool choreography into pure
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unadulterated combat genius, the micro
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burst technique.
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Burter and Jeice are standing on the
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cliff side tapping their [music]
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scouters.
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Jeice screams, "Burter, WHAT DID THE
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SCOUTER SAY? WHAT WAS his number?"
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And Burter looks terrified.
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"It said 5,000.
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It never changed. The scouter must be
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broken."
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Frieza's entire Imperial Army lived and
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died by those scouters.
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To them, power was a fixed static
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number.
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If your scouter says 20,000, you are
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20,000, whether you are eating breakfast
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or swinging a sword.
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Goku understood what Earth's martial
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arts had taught him since childhood.
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Energy is fluid.
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Why walk around radiating 70,000 units
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of power?
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It burns stamina. It alerts the enemy.
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It wastes heat.
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Goku kept his resting power level
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suppressed to a tiny laughable 5,000
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units.
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He was completely relaxed, his muscles
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soft, [music] his heart rate low.
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And at the exact microsecond his elbow
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touched Recoome's chest, Goku flashed
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his ki to maximum output for a fraction
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of a millisecond.
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The energy spiked to over 80,000,
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delivered the concussive trauma into
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Recoome's organs, and snapped right back
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down to 5,000 before the mechanical
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sensors on Burter's scouter could even
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complete a single digital refresh cycle.
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Vegeta, watching from the rocks, is
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sweating [music] so hard his hair is
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plastered to his forehead.
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Vegeta realizes the terrifying truth
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that the Ginyu Force is too stupid to
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grasp.
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Goku has mastered the boundary between
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stillness and motion.
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He isn't just fast. He is moving between
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the ticks of the clock.
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Vegeta whispers the words that change
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the entire series forever.
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He has reached [music] it. He has become
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the legendary warrior, a Super Saiyan.
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He wasn't a Super Saiyan yet.
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He was just a pure martial artist who
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spent six days under 100 times gravity
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learning how to make every single cell
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in his body obey his will with absolute
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terrifying perfection. At the end of the
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day, that is why Goku versus Recoome
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will always remain the definitive
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blueprint [music] for how to write an
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overpowered entrance.
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Modern shonen loves to give characters
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giant visual upgrades, new hair colors,
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glowing auras, energy avatars that fill
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the sky. In 1991, Akira Toriyama proved
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that true aura doesn't need lasers.
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True aura is walking onto a battlefield
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where your son's neck was broken,
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handing a healing bean to your worst
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enemy,
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>> [music]
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>> stepping into the strike of a giant and
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putting him in a coma with an elbow
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strike that didn't even mess up your
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hair. It wasn't an execution of rage.
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>> [music]
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>> It was a master class in the absolute
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terrifying majesty of pure martial arts
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mastery.
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And 35 years later, that green Namekian
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dirt still remembers the day Son Goku
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showed the universe what real strength
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vote. What was the more disrespectful
13:07
moment? Goku taking out Recoome with one
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elbow or Goku standing completely still
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