Poll: Kryptonian or Saiyan?

[dsawyers9]

If you go by just pure strength: Saiyan
If you go by just pure speed: Saiyan
If you go by just pure Intelligence: Kryptonian
If you go by Just Pure Ability/Power: Saiyan

Overall, I would have to go Saiyan.
The screaming isn't really needed to be good, that is just a Japanese thing (use Brolly as an example since he never really had to scream).

Who do I think would win in this battle?
Well, Superman starts off with max power and learns a little more about his abilities but basically already knows all of them: Fly, Super Strength, X-Ray Vision, Laser Eyes, Super Fast.

While a Saiyan starts off weaker and has an obvious weakness: the tail (which over time can be trained to not be a weakness at all) The Saiyan can remove all their weaknesses also by just cutting off the tail as the ability to go Ape isn't as powerful as idk going Super Saiyan?

Who wouldn't want to run around as a Saiyan? You have better abilities, more power, more speed, more everything.

Saiyans were designed to be defeated by stronger foes, but unlike in Kryptonian, Saiyans will grow more powerful each and every fight.

Saiyans +1

 

[don hippy]

Everyone seems to be forgetting one thing about saiyan hair. Other than when they go super-saiyan their hair remains the same. Imagine if you were born with a terribly hair-do.

 

[Vausch]

Seriously, am I the only one that noticed Goku/Kakarot and Clark Kent/Kal-El have incredibly similar origins and stories? Both found in a ship, both adopted on earth, both discover they're aliens, both fight their own race, both have a human and alien name, both are humanoid, and both could essentially be mortal gods.

Yes. You were the only one to ever notice the incredible similarities between two incredibly popular franchises. Only you of the millions of obsessive fans wasting their lives combing thrugh this shit noticed that Goku and Super man might have similar origin stories. Go compliment yourself on your apparent freak brain powers and please get started on solving some of the other mysteries of the universe.

OT: Isn't this just a more vain reformulation of the old Goku vs. Superman debate? Well I'm game. I'd be a saiyan for a few reasons. 1: No weakness to kyrptonite, 2: No dependence on the sun 3: Awesome moon transformation powers 4: A tail, which I've always felt we humans as primates were cheated out of

I should have put an asterisk on that.

*Is aware that phrase on the internet is like asking if you're the only male on earth

 

[Vausch]

Everyone seems to be forgetting one thing about saiyan hair. Other than when they go super-saiyan their hair remains the same. Imagine if you were born with a terribly hair-do.

Saiyan hair just doesn't grow after birth, so if you got a bad style give it a cut to something more normal. Or shave your head so you never have to deal with it ever again. Now I wonder if Nappa would have gotten peach fuzz if he went ssj3...

 

[Vausch]

Saiyan, for one simple reason: my powers would work anywhere in the universe. Kryptonians are super on Earth because of our sun. Move them to a different planet and there is no telling what may happen. Saiyans' abilities are self-derived and therefore superior.

Besides, getting wobbly around a glowing green rock is kinda lame. I'd much prefer my weakness to be a ten-course banquet. Yum.

And let's face it, we're all currently enjoying a game where the hero's notoriety is derived from his/her proficiency at shouting. Credit where it's due.

*Puts on nerd hat again*

Of the 3 sun types, red sun makes Kryptonians essentially human, yellow gives us Superman, blue gives us Super-duper-man. Blue suns increase his physical abilities even further and give him "Superman vision" that lets him temporarily bestow his powers onto another.

Also there's what happened in All-Star Superman, flying into the sun itself will increase the kryptonian abilities to about blue sun level and remove the weakness to green kryptonite at the cost that you will probably die of some form of cancer pretty quickly (I didn't finish All-Star, I got to Bizarro world).

Further, I've always wondered about the shouting. I figured that was like the Ki-YA in Karate (Which as a student I say is crap but whatever) in that it helps to focus the power. Sure they could power up just as well without it but the shout helps their ki to be released at a more focused and higher rate.

 

[Weealzabob]

I would personally go for Saiyan. While you would need incredible dedication to your cause, you can make yourself into an aryan God on a whim, and output enough power to shake the Universe.
And from what I understand about Superman's powers is that he takes his powers from an external sources, but Saiyans powers come solely from their internal force, which I think is cooler.

 

[ghostnappa42]

I would rather be a Saiyan

1. Super Saiyan (don't care about the higher forms the basic form is more than enough for me).

2. I would much rather have to train to gain my power than to receive it simply because I lived on a planet with a yellow sun. As for the lack of teachers thing I'm just going to assume that since Saiyan INFANTS were sent of to conquer entire planets that a Saiyan will instinctively learn how to use their powers eventually.

3. A cool space pod that leaves a crater when it lands.

4. Zenkai's aka getting stronger after injury all living things have this to a certain extent its the reason why our muscles develop with exercise Saiyans simply have a much more highly evolved version of this effect (which results in a power level increase as well).

5. Tail.

6. Super enhanced hearing that kryptonian's have would probable drive me insane.

btw being a Saiyan is not a guaranteed cure for balding caughNappacaugh (unless he was naturally bald at birth)

 

[LilithSlave]

For the record, I think that Lois and Clark is the best Superman.

And the original Dragon Ball is the best Dragon Ball.

I like the Kryptonian morality better as I understand it. The Saiyans were like these cruel Vikings who had to be violent all the time. Basically Berserkers and the perfect Berserker fantasy. With a huge bloodlust and umlimited potential if they keep fighting and living through it. Whereas the Kryptonians seem to get weaker and weaker. And also seemed to have a more civil and intellectual society. I'd trust my life more easily to the average Kryptonian than the average Saiyan. And I'd also be a lot more comfortable having a conversation with one. Kryptonians, just seem, well, a lot more moral. Goku is obviously an exception, but we're talking about Saiyans in general.

Unlimited potential is definitely the ultimate power fantasy, though. It's like, the innate desire to be a Mary Sue. Also, Saiyans have more special effects and they don't seem inborn. I think the whole "Qi" philosophy makes more sense than just randomly being born with laser eyes. With Qi, there appears to be some method to the madness. And the effects are often fascinating. They change hair colours and all sorts of things when they reach new levels of power. That's kind of cooler than what Superman does, because you can't much seem to gauge his power at all. Also Saiyans have flashier moves. Lots of colourful bullets on the screen. Kind of like Touhou! If you're going to have super-powered battles, might as well make it flashy and have lots of transformations and things. Also, as a fan of RPGs, I think a lot in terms of levels. With Dragon Ball Z I was always thinking like "level 2 Goku, level 99 Goku" and ect. But with Superman it seems impossible to gauge, he seems to have a different power level every day of the week.

"He learned how to teleport though an ancient martial arts technique" and "he has a very fixed and measurable amount of strength currently due to a very specific course of training and fighting paths" sits with me better than "lol he was born with X-Ray vision" and "Superman is just strong, I dunno how strong lol".

Did I mention they're also just cooler to me? They have like, better hair and changing hair and eye colours. Loads of crazy and awesome looking bullets and martial arts moves.

Both have their ups and downs, Saiyans are cooler at the price of being more macho. And I think if I were to choose which one I'd love more to see a female protagonist about, it'd be a Saiyan. Shut up, we need another Mary Sue, Mary Sue is so underrated.D:< I want an awesome, ultimate female power fantasy. I was always, always dying to see a female super saiyan. Akira Toriyama was like "noooooo, I'm not drawing FBB. I dunno how to draw strong women. How do I make her feminine when all the dudes are buff?". Buff women are awesome. Dragon Quest has buff women sometimes. GIMME MY FEMALE SUPER SAIYAN.

Stop being afraid of giving women pecs and biceps to women, Toriyama. You aren't afraid to give them to ten year olds. There are those of us who watched Dragon Ball GT just for the possibility of a female Super Saiyan. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!

Or you know, just go back to making comedy manga. I like Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump better than Dragon Ball Z, anyway.:/

 

[CODE-D]

Well kryptonians dont even have powers unless theres a "yellow sun"(?????!!!!) so saiyan obviously.

Also The saiyans blew up kryton.

 

[Imthatguy]

What ever the fuck Kane is. Survived an ION cannon blast so could defiantly survive a spirit bomb or being punched the fuck out of by a overgrown boy-scout with underwear on his pants.

 

[him over there]

Well kryptonians dont even have powers unless theres a "yellow sun"(?????!!!!) so saiyan obviously.

Also The saiyans blew up kryton.

You have super-duper powers if there's a blue sun though.

 

[Hazy992]

Akira Toriyama was like "noooooo, I'm not drawing FBB. I dunno how to draw strong women. How do I make her feminine when all the dudes are buff?". Buff women are awesome. Dragon Quest has buff women sometimes. GIMME MY FEMALE SUPER SAIYAN.

Did he really say that? What a cop out. I mean he could have done it, just look at Fasha;

She's a Saiyan and even though she's quite muscular she's still feminine. Doesn't seem that difficult to turn someone like her into a Super Saiyan.

 

[LilithSlave]

Did he really say that? What a cop out. I mean he could have done it, just look at Fasha;

She's a Saiyan and even though she's quite muscular she's still feminine. Doesn't seem that difficult to turn someone like her into a Super Saiyan.

I'm not certain. But I hear people saying this quote or whatever all the time. I would have thought he'd been asked at one point in time, "what's with the lack of female characters and especially fighters?" at some point in time. So I don't too much doubt it.

Fasha is awesome. It's too bad how shortlived she was. She's also the only female Saiyan who has made an appearance, who is more canon than Pan. I love playing her in the games.

 

[Hazy992]

Did he really say that? What a cop out. I mean he could have done it, just look at Fasha;

She's a Saiyan and even though she's quite muscular she's still feminine. Doesn't seem that difficult to turn someone like her into a Super Saiyan.

I'm not certain. But I hear people saying this quote or whatever all the time. I would have thought he'd been asked at one point in time, "what's with the lack of female characters and especially fighters?" at some point in time. So I don't too much doubt it.

Fasha is awesome. It's too bad how shortlived she was. She's also the only female Saiyan who has made an appearance, who is more canon than Pan. I love playing her in the games.

It's weird because he can write strong female characters. Maybe less so in DBZ because it's just about the Saiyans but in Dragon Ball Bulma and Chi-Chi are strong female characters (maybe not physically, although Chi-Chi is a pretty strong fighter but you get the idea). That's not to mention Android 18, who's way more interesting than 17 and she's more powerful than a Super Saiyan.


Yeah Fasha's cool. I'd say she's my favourite member of Bardock's team other than Bardock himself.

 

[rayen020]

hmmm... I dislike the character superman, but most of the other kryptonians are pretty cool. Saiyans are cool, but like goku (and the others eventually)is one of the few few, that ever reached super saiyan level. And he had to die once (Radditz) and basically die again (Vegeta) to even get close to the threshold and then Freiza had to piss him off to the point that he was ready to die just so he could take out that asshole.

Based on the universes i'd choose saiyan because there are actually dragons and they grant wishes. Dragons. that grant wishes. And even if i was human i'd have the ability to be awesome (IE yamcha and krillin). What does the DC universe have on that level of awesome (okay well batman... but i don't get to be batman). I dunno maybe i'd do DC if i got to sleep with either batgirl, wondergirl, supergirl/powergirl.

 

[smithy_2045]

I never liked Superman. He always seemed pretty lame to me. So obviously Saiyan.

 

[rayen020]

btw being a Saiyan is not a guaranteed cure for balding caughNappacaugh (unless he was naturally bald at birth)

Actually i think in bio on him i read somewhere it said he shaved his head. just liked it that way or didn't want it getting in his way.

Or being around Vegeta's awesome hair all the time was just too shameful.

 

[him over there]

Well I assume that both species are spirals so it's sort of inconsequential... I think I'd go with Kryptonian simply because Kryptonite doesn't exist and there would be far less collateral damage.

 

[The Night Angel]

I'd have to go with Saiyan, they may be slightly less versatile than Kryptonians, and require more training to achieve godlike powers, but they are just far more epic. And they have a tail. Oh, and the hair, can't forget the badass hair.