Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25358381-20140829051313/@comment-4271790-20140830160519

Eric Burrell wrote:

3) What you don't understand about Goku or even Vegeta, is that every time they recover from the battle, they become stronger then the foe they fought. Here is a definition of Zenkai from DBZ "If a Saiyan survives a near-death experience through extreme injury to the body, then, when the body recuperates, the Saiyan grows much stronger than they were previously, their body adapting to compensate for the damage dealt". (*Ahem*)

(I say this respectfully)

And what you don't understand about the Hulk is that he gets angrier and stronger during battle, not after surviving or recuperating from a beatdown like Saiyans do. You can't compare Saiyans to the Hulk, Saiyans get stronger through zenkai, taking a certain amount of damage in a fight by a stronger foe, and after recuperating, the amount of power used to inflict damage on said Saiyan is added to their power level. Here's the thing you don't get about the Hulk: He doesn't need to recuperate. The more he gets hurt, the angrier he gets, and the more angrier he gets, the stronger he gets. When Hulk faced Abomination, the latter was twice as strong as the former, but Hulk got angrier to a point where his strength surpassed Abomination's during battle. If a Saiyan faces someone twice their strength, they can't get stronger during battle like the Hulk, they'll just get beat down. To get stronger, a Saiyan needs to get hurt or put strain on their body in training, in Hulk's case, he just has to get angrier. Saiyans and the Hulk do get stronger, it's just that Saiyans go through a much slower process than the Hulk. Yes, Saiyans can break any limit, but beings like the Hulk and Superman have no limits in the first place.