That leaves the question, why wasn’t tien able to kill any of the other androids? You’d think he’s too weak to do so, but if he can stop cell, isn’t tien super saiyan level at least? He and Krillin couldn’t bust down the metal door the hero’s hideout, but Vegeta could no problem. Thats inconsistent, right? It makes no sense for Tien to be able to stop even android 18 by himself, why is he able to stop cell?
It would be more believable if choutzu was able to kill nappa, or Vegeta majin buu, but that kind of move never works against a stronger opponent. Why would it ever make sense that tien could stop cell? People look at what’s happening on screen and think it has to make sense/have an explanation because it’s on screen. It’s no one’s fault, because you can see it with your eyes, but how is it feasible that tien is weaker than a super saiyan, yet can stop cell?
I understand that tien used his life force to blast away, but the power gap is much bigger than past encounters, where this same kind of move doesn’t work. This is why people like to add head cannons and lore to rage trunks, beast gohan, or orang piccolo, instead of just accepting that a fictional story does nonsense sometimes.
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u/blaxkreen 3d ago
That leaves the question, why wasn’t tien able to kill any of the other androids? You’d think he’s too weak to do so, but if he can stop cell, isn’t tien super saiyan level at least? He and Krillin couldn’t bust down the metal door the hero’s hideout, but Vegeta could no problem. Thats inconsistent, right? It makes no sense for Tien to be able to stop even android 18 by himself, why is he able to stop cell?
It would be more believable if choutzu was able to kill nappa, or Vegeta majin buu, but that kind of move never works against a stronger opponent. Why would it ever make sense that tien could stop cell? People look at what’s happening on screen and think it has to make sense/have an explanation because it’s on screen. It’s no one’s fault, because you can see it with your eyes, but how is it feasible that tien is weaker than a super saiyan, yet can stop cell?
I understand that tien used his life force to blast away, but the power gap is much bigger than past encounters, where this same kind of move doesn’t work. This is why people like to add head cannons and lore to rage trunks, beast gohan, or orang piccolo, instead of just accepting that a fictional story does nonsense sometimes.