The Most Overrated Form in Dragon Ball

I think Super Saiyan 3 is the most overrated form in Dragon Ball and it's not close.

Super Saiyan 3 is a bad transformation. Put down the pitchforks and just hear me out. First thing I have to make clear is if you think Super Saiyan 3 looks cool - I agree - in the anime at least. The manga was hit and miss for me. Speaking of the manga, I want to be clear my focus is really on Dragon Ball’s manga and by extension the manga accurate portions of Dragon Ball Z so the non-canon Dragon Ball Z movies? Those are fine with me - if anything Super Saiyan 3 is cooler in the two Dragon Ball Z movies it’s in than any other time in the series. So if those are your reasons for liking Super Saiyan 3, great! I love that for you but in terms of the story of Dragon Ball it’s a really big miss for me and I think I can explain why in three points. And more importantly, I want to end with how I think Super Saiyan 3 could’ve been better used - I don’t want this to be all negative.

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[CarthusDojo]

the video isn't even out yet and the comments are making up what i'm gonna say. oh yeah, this is gonna be a good one

[Micerog]

“Eventually they would get betrayed and trapped in the time chamber”
Heh… I understood that reference.

[jeremiahgreen]

It's really irritating that no one uses ssj3 right. It's supposed to be used to finish a fight quickly, not to draw it out until stamina issues kick in.

Either this, or no one wants to spend the time needed to master it.

[thelightseeker]

Goku's choice to prevent Gohan from saving Videl when she was getting stomped by Spopavich was his worst character moment in the series.

[taecampus]

8:59
"Betrayed and trapped in the time chamber, " huh? Nice one 😅😂

[ashuraomega]

Ssj3 could've worked from a story perspective if it was built up. Like there's never a point in the Buu arc where Vegeta or any of the other characters think Goku is lying about his true power, there's never a point where the audience is led to believe that Goku is hiding something up his sleeve, there's not even a point where Goku alludes to using something he didn't want anyone else to know about. Having Goku be forced to reveal ssj3 to everyone when Buu attacks would have helped the form's significance.

[AhmedHussain-juxd]

Missed opportunity for goten and trunks not to perfect it and use it as their main form in super. Missed opportunity 😞

[chefinabottle]

With all the bullshit they like to pull, I honestly wouldn't have minded too much if he somehow managed to stableizde the form in BoG/Super. The form is undeniably trash in terms of usability, but there is something about it that does get me hyped up when he screams and the hair starts growing. Especially with how rarely he uses it. "Oh shit, he decided to pull this out?"

[nOT_sURE]

I always felt like Ss3 (and the buu arc as a whole) was toriyama having a laugh. Like he was parodying his own work.

[danieldorvil]

Been waiting for this since the tease you did with TSO. I always to love to see my favorite YouTubers collab

[luckytia]

To me SSJ3 always seemed like a super saiyan "glitch", a transformation which, unlike the 2 (technically 5) previous ones has a flaw that cannot be fixed in any way, that be the enormous energy drain (read a comment once that said how the transformation was like a punctured balloon where no matter how much air you blow into it it can't stay inflated and i think it sums it up perfectly). It seems as if Goku trained SO MUCH in the afterlife that the genetic code of the Saiyans forced the transformation, which should not and could not exist if Goku stayed alive while he developed it, this would justify both the huge flaws of the form and the sole exclusivity of the aforementioned to Goku (I don't count Gotenks because being a fusion it cannot be examined with the same criteria in my opinion)

Still remains a dope ass looking form

[AhmedHussain-juxd]

It might be mid, but the sheer hype I felt when goku whipped it out vs buu with falconers score was just *chefs kiss*

[Atrain]

subscribed. Great video!

As much as I love the design, I imagine it was a nightmare for the animators and Toriyama so that led to SS3s limited appearances. The movies made it look amazing.

The form being a Gotenks exclusive is brilliant. However, I wonder how that would have changed the final battle with Kid Boo

[treesnip]

I think one of the bigger issues with Super Saiyan 3 is that it seems really hard to draw. Out of all of the forms in Dragon Ball SSJ3 is the form I've seen drawn poorly the most.

[UnwantedGhost-anz]

There's absolutely no way that this would be perceived as kicking the hornet's nest and provoke a mob after the premiere.

[TramaneCardellEchols]

If cell couldn’t regenerate, he was toast when Goku used that instant transmission Kamehameha!!

[RysGameZ]

Even though Super Saiyan 3 is my favorite transformation (Unless Kaioken was considered a transformation then that would be my fav.). I really like all your points here. I completely understand why you don't like Super Saiyan 3 and it doesn't really seem to be out of hate or anything. It’s more or less you wanting it to be better than what it was before.

[hectorquinonez]

I like the idea of ssj3 being a gotenks exclusive form

[Jvz-te]

I feel like this is more of a “Why Goku doesn’t make sense in the buu saga” rather than “why ssj3 kinda sucks”

[InfiniteDimensions-gygv]

Another intresting way to look at ssj3 is via mark’s Buu saga review.
He basically says that Akira’s writing style of extreme shock and surprise to drive the plot forward came back to bite him in the Buu saga, making it feel less clever and interesting, and a bit more contrived.
Basically, ssj3 is an example of that, and any other problem related to it could just be him trying to explain the problems that would arise with its introduction, which end of making it look worse.

It’s less character assassination and more Toriyama getting too ahead of himself and writing himself into a brick wall.