Too Many Transformations?

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by SaintSaiyan

by SaintSaiyan

Lately, I've been seeing a lot of people in the fandom complaining that there are "too many transformations". And yeah, there are a lot.

Here's a list of all the Super Saiyan Transformations:

Super Saiyan - Every Saiyan except for Pan (for now)
Super Saiyan 2 - Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Caulifla, Future Trunks
Super Saiyan 3 - Goku and Gotenks
Super Saiyan God - Goku and Vegeta
Ultimate - Gohan
Super Saiyan Blue - Goku and Vegeta
Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken - Goku
Super Saiyan Rose - Goku Black
Super Saiyan Rage - Future Trunks (My personal favorite of the Super Saiyan forms)
Super Saiyan Berserk - Kale
Limit Breaker - Goku

In total, there are eleven CANON Super Saiyan transformations. That's a lot of transformations, yes. Is it bad? No. Why? Look at it like this aside from the original three Super Saiyan forms, no more than two characters have used any of the God tier transformations. As of right now, only Goku and Vegeta are known to use Super Saiyan God and Blue (if you follow the manga). Ultimate is exclusive to Gohan. Rose is exclusive to Goku Black. Rage has only been shown by Future Trunks. Berserk has only been shown by Kale. Limit Breaker (as of right now) is only used by Goku.

Essentially, Super Saiyan has become what Dojutsu is in Naruto. Each important character has their own specific form. That, in my opinion, is a good thing. Instead of characters going from the original forms straight to Super Saiyan God, they have their own unique forms.

Of course, we have the original three Super Saiyan transformations. These forms are like the Gold Tier of power in the Super Saiyan "hierarchy".

Super Saiyan God and Blue are like the generic God forms that only Goku and Vegeta use as they're pure blooded Saiyans. Kale, Caulifla, and Cabba are also pure blooded, but they haven't gone through the ritual or have been trained by an angel.

If Super Saiyan God is the Hakaishin version of Super Saiyan, then Ultimate is the Kaioshin version of Super Saiyan. Both are technically God forms as they involve a "God" in some way. However, Gohan is exclusive form, in my opinion, because like the peaceful Kaioshin, he's peaceful and doesn't always want to fight. It's design also fits him well too! In doesn't create too much of a physical appearance, but that's the point of the transformation. Power can come from anywhere.

Super Saiyan Rose is exclusive only to Goku Black. Why? Well, there isn't a clear explanation, but the most logical one is that Goku Black isn't truly a Saiyan. Just a rogue Kaioshin in a Saiyan's body. Also, it played with a couple puns like Black Rose. Pink is also the opposite color of (Super Saiyan) Blue. Also, in Japan, pink also symbolizes death and what was Black's plan? To eradicate all mortals.

Super Saiyan Rage is exactly what it sounds like. The physically embodiment of Future Trunks's rage towards Goku Black and Zamasu. In a chapter of my "Goku vs..." book, I explain that Super Saiyan Rage is the pre-evolved form of Super Saiyan Berserk. This is my personal favorite transformation because Future Trunks is my favorite character in the series and because of the sheer intensity given off when Trunks achieved it.

Super Saiyan Berserk is exclusive to Kale of Universe 6. I think of this form as an evolved state of Super Saiyan Rage as the Saiyans of Universe 6 are even more evolved than those of Universe 7. For Kale, she obtained this power by letting her jealous go berserk.

Limit Breaker. This is the form we know the least about as it doesn't have an official name, but has been revealed. All we know is that it's the physical embodiment of what Dragon Ball is famous for. Breaking limits and I can't wait to see it in action in the One Hour Dragon Ball Super special coming out on October 8th!

All in all, each Saiyan having their own unique transformation isn't bad in my eyes. I think it's a great idea that helps us invest more into our favorite characters in unique ways. But what do y'all think? Are their too many transformations? Is it a bad thing? Also, should I create a book called Dragon Ball Talk and just write posts strictly about Dragon Ball and the Dragon Ball Extended Universe? What are y'all's favorite transformation?

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