How Strong Is Goku?

In this video, we go over everything Goku has ever done over the years in the main continuity and determine how strong he is Includes everything in the anime, guides, manga, interviews, and so on. This video will provide every single piece of material you can imagine and explain just how strong Goku is at every point in the series from every perspective.

Goes over every arc from Goku's Childhood between the World Tournament, Red Ribbon Army, 22nd Budokai, King Piccolo, and 23rd Budokai Arcs into his later years during Saiyan, Namek, Frieza, Androids, Cell, Majin Buu, and Fusion Arcs, into his contiuation into Battle of Gods, Revival of Frieza, Universe 6 Tournament, Goku Black, Tournament of Power, Broly, Moro, and Granolah. Also goes over every multiplier for his forms from Oozaru, Super Saiyan, Grade 4 Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue, Ultra Instinct Omen, and Ultra Instinct as well as the uses and abilities of his notable abilities and how they can be used in combat and they exact way they can be used in battles we haven't seen in the show and the limits of these abilities, such as the limits of Destructo Disc / Kienzan, Instant Transmission / Shunkan Idō, Solar Flare / Taiyōken, Kaioken etc. Dissects every form / transformation of Goku and its uses / abilities / their power levels if available. This video does not include the Dragon Ball / Z movies, Dragon Ball GT, or any Dragon Ball video games such as Dragon Ball Heroes / Xenoverse etc.

The video also includes fight analysis and breakdowns and not just scaling, for battles such as Goku vs Tien, Tien vs Roshi, Super Saiyan Goku vs Android 19, Super Kaioken Goku vs Pikkon, Super Saiyan 2 Goku vs Majin Vegeta, Super Saiyan 3 Goku vs Majin Buu, Super Saiyan God Goku vs Beerus, Super Saiyan Blue Goku vs Goku Black / Vegito Blue vs Fusion Zamasu, Ultra Instinct Goku vs Jiren, Gogeta vs Broly, Ultra Instinct Goku vs Moro, Ultra Instinct Goku vs Granolah and much more.

Includes every piece of information relevant to this discussion from Dragon Ball, Dragonball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, and also goes over manga vs anime differences and offers interpretations and arguments for both versions.

Thank you for watching.

Goku Character / Narrative Analysis (Not Power Related)

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Chapters:
0:00 Start of Dragon Ball
13:19 21st Budokai
18:55 Red Ribbon Army
42:30 22nd Budokai
48:23 King Piccolo
1:08:30 23rd Budokai
1:16:16 Saiyans
1:31:53 Namek / Frieza
1:54:33 Androids / Cell
2:11:39 Otherworld / Majin Buu / Fusion
2:52:33 Battle of Gods
3:17:08 Revival of Frieza
3:32:13 Universe 6
3:46:05 Goku Black
4:17:00 Tournament of Power
5:21:38 Broly
5:27:16 Moro
5:39:33 Granolah

Editors:
Intro and Frieza
21st Budokai, 23rd Budokai, Saiyan Saga
Red Ribbon Army, 22nd Budokai, King Piccolo, Cell, Moro, Granolah
Otherworld / Majin Buu / Fusion
Battle of Gods, Revival of Frieza
Universe 6, Goku Black
Tournament of Power, Broly

[SethTheProgrammer]

Goku.







You may notice that at around 50:45 the video cuts and jumps forward, this is due to an edit that had to be made after uploading and I apologize. The cut-out piece said: "If you think Son thought Yajirobe was the strongest he's ever faced before, then this means angry Goku when he no diffed Tambourine is over 3x stronger when he fought Tien in the 22nd Budokai."

A little update for the beam discussion during the Red Ribbon portion: Dragon Ball Forever (Guide) seems to call the Battle Jacket's beam a laser.

[SaiyanScholar]

Mad Respect. This must have been more intense than a year in the Time Chamber.

[Meichrob]

I was expecting this to be just an unedited podcast or vod style ramble but this actually seems edited and structured which makes the 6hr run time absolutely insane. Looking forward to listening to/watching this throughout the day!

[jourdansarpy]

Bulma is the one human who has watched all of Goku's fights. Her eyes work the way they do because she's had plenty of time to slowly condition them to Goku and Vegeta speed. She might have even made a wish to the dragon at some point because Vegeta asked her to judge some training sessions so she needed eyes that could see him.

[Tekaisuwu]

My head cannon about the “Goku gets scratched by a bullet thing, but doesn’t when he’s a kid” is that he has much better Ki control now so when he lets down his guard as an adult he’s able to have close to superhuman durability. As a kid, his Ki was just always out giving constant protection without control.

[霊]

Mad respect on this one, this is insane

[Ssjutsu]

My man’s Seth said I’m giving you the “SNYDER CUT” version of GOKU Evolution Video from the jump! Well done sir! 👏🏽

[Orbit.]

It’s funny how on TikTok I see a lot of people saying “Saitama destroyed a planet” n think he can beat Son Goku. Like dude 🤦‍♂️😆

[tickledteatimer]

It’s weird to think the whole super saiyan thing at the start of Z was meant to be something of legends and now goku effectively uses it more for intimidation in a fight than an actual buff. He uses it to scare his opponents and then fights weaker than his base.

[BrevisXD]

amazing work, I've been witnessing the saga of how long this took on twitter

[CyFiWasTaken]

For the High Priest shielding Zeno, I figured it was more of a politeness than actual fear for Zeno's life. Like, if you're a bodyguard, you know that a rock to the gut won't kill the person you're protecting, but you are expected to block it

[xvingar]

Still the greatest video in the anime community period. No debate needs to be had. I separate the art from the artist and this is a great piece I must say

[origon]

Man bro now I can't watch these videos the same ever again. What a true shame you were one of the best

[PhantoRoyce]

You could argue that adult Goku isn’t always “on guard” because he’s basically domesticated. When he was a kid he lived in the forest by himself and had to depend on his instincts to survive. Now he’s used to living with people and having a home life

[emperor_ivan]

Obviously I can’t have watched it all by now but excellent work on a video almost 6 hours long, keep up the great work Seth!

[opal]

Spent the last couple of days watching this in bits & chunks & dawg, I gotta say, you did a stellar job w this video. Can’t even imagine the amount of work you put into this!!! I LOVE the detail you go into for all 3 of the dragon ball series, makes everything you say all the more legitimate. Good job man, I hope you’re doing good & I’d love to see more analyses like this!

[damonwestrich]

This is an incredibly detailed summary of the entire series.

[gyver]

I think Raditz saying Goku would have taken over Earth in a few years if he hadn't hit his head makes sense in context if you consider a more aggressive Goku would have gone out actively seeking fights and growing in strength as a result instead of just hanging out in the forest for however long. That said, I still think Raditz was underestimating how powerful the Earthlings were compared to Goku.

[LunarWingCloud]

This is legitimately one of the most well produced videos on the entire site, I didn't think a 6 hour video would keep me tuned in without being bored whatsoever

[jonbomb]

You know it's crazy when a 5 hour video about how strong Goku is pops up in your recommended lol