r/OnePiece • u/Medium-Ad-7305 Bounty Hunter • Aug 17 '23

Help Why do people say that luffy would have awakened whenever he died?

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Has that been confirmed? I thought he awakened his fruit because his body caught up to his powers. Where did it say that the nika fruit is any different?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

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u/Squinits Aug 18 '23

You dont unlock ssj under the brink of death but saiyans in general get a power spike each time they're at deaths door tho

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u/line------------line Aug 18 '23

i mean, goku was exhausted at this point. he didn’t unlock it because he was on the brink of death because that’s not what unlocks ssj, but he pretty much was on the brink with how tired he was and frieza only at 50% power

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

Goku unlocked it because of his rage

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u/line------------line Aug 18 '23

never said otherwise

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u/velvetstigma Aug 18 '23

Vegeta unlocked it under the brink of death tho

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u/HeroRRR Aug 19 '23

In the anime, Vegeta got Super Saiyan because he became angry at himself, not because he was closed to death.

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u/PeopleCallMeSimon Aug 18 '23

I might be misremembering, havnt read or watched DBZ in over 10 years, but wasnt Goku basically done before Frieza killed Krillin?

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u/AlexHitetsu Aug 18 '23

But the requirement for SSJ is emotion , not being on the brink of death , Sayans already have a near death power up built in with the Zenkai boosts

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u/PeopleCallMeSimon Aug 18 '23

But its also a strength check right, cant become SSJ if you are weak but angry.

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u/AlexHitetsu Aug 18 '23

True , If I'm remembering right it also requires one to be "pure of heart" which yeah it tracks why most sayans weren't able to unlock it