Dragon Ball Z’s Senzu Beans EXPLAINED

How exactly do the senzu beans in Dragon Ball work? Kyle takes a closer look at those magical healing plants in this week's episode of Because Science!
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[@lmnsr4lmnade]

Silly Kyle, only the pure of heart can ride a Nimbus. Someone who dabbles in the realms of supervillainy could never hope to sit atop that little cloud.

[@go_guerrero]

damn... was going to comment this... here have an upvote

[@muurloen]

If he has a pure heart of evil then he eligible.

[@PartContinuum]

Pure evil heart possibly!!

[@derp_wolf9688]

Like harry potters!

[@SheosMan117]

Lucky for you, I work with people that can provide protection when Kyle sends his minions after you. A nice bunker in the middle of [REDACTED] he cannot find.

[@TheBlax66]

"Not dense enough" Oh no Kyle, you won't fool me. You're just not pure of heart

[@joshualifeheart3671]

So Kyle must be a supervillain

[@tchoythao5579]

@@joshualifeheart3671 No, he just thinks of lewd things

[@kanrahatake3626]

No he's not dense enough to believe he can fly on a cloud

[@bepbep7418]

@aguy654 so Kyle is Master Roshi 😂

[@Alondro77]

RETURN WHEN YOU ARE PUUUUURRRRE OF HEARRRRRT!! -Celestabellebedabelle

[@MrTricksleR]

Did you notice how frequently Kyle takes those beans? It almost seems like senzu-beans are very addictive too...

[@gunjanamoli6779]

Reason Opium Extract and Caffeine ;-)

[@kamikaze6198]

Never skip your coffee day people

[@normalspongey]

you would inflate like a balloon if you ate two

[@Kyrazlan]

Yes... that's the joke...

[@Liliana_the_ghost_cat]

Yajirobe:"do you know what a just senzu beam diet does to a man???...korin likes it"(it was on dragon ball z abriged and funny thing that on actual dragon ball that was a joke about yajirobe being the beam daddy in the actual show!!! Oh for some context beam daddy means that he is the one delivering senzu beams)

[@stephenshaw7108]

"suck it kale, you bush-league super food" - Mr. Perfect Cell

[@Meatwad787]

Stephen Shaw Lol I'm glad you remembered the Mr. part.

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Umm, excuse me... "IT'S ACTUALLY GARBAGE!!!" ---- Hercule.

[@davidkraft314]

You missed the 4th property of the senzu bean, it nourishes you enough where you don't need to eat for days

[@pizzas4breakfast]

Oh look, lambas bread.

[@zebedeetotty]

Unless your yajirobe

[@I86282]

I was going to add this to my reply but you got.

[@superskullmaster]

I love you you got all these likes even tho I put this comment like 15 minutes before you.

[@lichking5389]

1 bean keeps you full for 10 days. Says Korin the talking cat.

[@kaComposer]

Kyle:...50,000 plants! Internet:...that's over 9,000

[@abdielmilton3238]

This

[@soundmassstudio7595]

Looking for this

[@AkiraShimadaVR]

to be precise the original was "over 8,000" in the original Japanese version just miss translated :)

[@davidrideeoutte1934]

This line just as good as when i first heard it.

[@PureRok]

@@AkiraShimadaVR what it was in the Japanese version is irrelevant, the meme is from the English version.

[@Josh-oc7ib]

Senzu beans are all the drugs rolled up into one. It also tastes like Skittles.

[@williamsledge3151]

How do you know?

[@nanakoblamna9632]

William Sledge how do you not know?

[@Liliana_the_ghost_cat]

Yajirobe:(in the actual show and i not kiding)"i'm going to be the beam daddy this time"(it meant that he was the one delivering the beams)

[@GoblinLord]

actually, in the show, it tastes bad usually, the abridged even made a joke about this, some senzu beans get roasted by an attack, Goku smelled it and said "You know, I've found that cooking them actually makes them worse"

[@DaReelSlimN80]

They're supposed to taste like fish

[@Mech299]

Point of note, the Senzu Bean was actually designed as a hermit's best friend. One bean was meant to be able to feed a person for a week, because they were packed full of so much energy that the body could just spend a week processing it. its healing properties were derived from that concept, that it contains so much "energy" in it, that it just serves as a reservoir and processing chemical "Starting gun" for the body's metabolic processes. That doesn't make it make sense but it does mean that it was made by someone without a complex knowledge of the human body's healing processes and just wanted a plot device :P So it's not that it's a chemical cocktail of things meant to dull pain and restore stamina, just that the fighters in DBZ are all certified badasses who can shake off pain if they have the raw ki to dull the pain on their own. The bean just gives their body the energy that they need to do it. Think of them like chewable batteries.

[@jaredsumpter6251]

Facts

[@Nedded]

Dis

[@obsidianphoenix4130]

Wut, say that again.

[@chaosundivided2525]

Oh lawd, my mans Cell be chewin' batteries get da paramedics

[@BioHzrd0010]

I was actually thinking troughout the whole video "Aren't they just super full of ki energy or something?" Maybe they are, but yeah maybe they are just like 10,000 calories or something, and dbz characters' bodies can just use that to heal in an instant. (Or maybe the energy just _is_ ki, idk.)

[@deathsyth8888]

"Senzu bean!" - Krillin, Dragon Ball Z Abridged

[@gustavolopeziii7212]

What do you think I'm giving these away?! (Stares at vegeta) cuz im not. Cuts to next scene (vegetas thoughts ) when a super Sayain asks you for a senzu bean you say "how many" bald man!

[@pissedhulk7794]

@@gustavolopeziii7212 😂

[@lordgino2006]

*piccolo’s grunt intensifies*

[@Artaimus]

Quack!

[@lainehalsey1408]

Thanks bean daddy

[@WebbstylesMusic]

nobody: Krillin: SENZU BEAN!!

[@jgn]

what if *we're all out of beans*

[@bullykojima3232]

Dragon ball Abridged reference

[@whydidyoupressthegokubutto3396]

Guldo: *dies* Vegeta: *throws a dog treat at him* Krillin:SENZU BEAN

[@Liliana_the_ghost_cat]

Yajirobe:"do you know what a just senzu beam diet does to a man???... korin like it"

[@McClain142]

Way back before the Senzu became the magical plot device, its original purpose was just as food. It would make you feel full for up to ten days. SO, I'd love to see a follow-up that looks at the crazy caloric density that would require, and compare it to the densest known foods. I think that would be a rad segment.

[@TNinja0]

This guy here trying to school us in anime while continuously being assaulted by energy beams.

[@KingBongHogger]

I can just hear Abridged Mr. Popo saying "THEY'RE JUST *METH"*

[@JackNapierTM]

This made me LoL something fierce. Whooo, feeling drained from all that laughing... better go and take my Adderall.

[@Timelord888]

Jinx Jinx Jinx

[@hochibamabinladenhusainefe8191]

Kami: what are you watering.

[@Timelord888]

@@hochibamabinladenhusainefe8191 Pot

[@MegaPokefan97]

@@Timelord888 pot of what?

[@johnmichaelbushman]

"Healing. Energy. Pain." Ah yes, the unknown sequel to "Eat. Pray. Love."

[@axe693axe]

How dense would a Senzu bean have to be, in order to fill a void in your chest? (asking for a friend)

[@tale7955]

I assume you misunderstood how Senzu beans work.

[@TheAditya_Gupta]

For that stay tuned for next episode of dragon ball Z

[@tyriquesmith8850]

I'm assuming. Very since one is worth 10 days of food

[@SI0AX]

You can see that when Vegeta gets blasted in the chest by Krillen in Namek(he wanted to get hurt then healed to get stronger), he has to get healed by Denden. I'm not sure if it was because they didn't have senzu beans at that time. Also when Goku is put in a healing capsule thing, I think it was also because of a lack of beans or I'm not sure if it was because the injuries were so severe that beans wouldn't have worked.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

@@SI0AX oh no, I'm pretty sure they just didn't bring senzu beans

[@dream.create.repeat.3343]

Senzu bean: exists Kyle: * opium *

[@austink8949]

But Kyle, you missed the first stated use of the senzu bean! In the original Dragon Ball anime, the beans were used as a meal replacement. Korin himself claims that a single senzu could sustain the average human for 10 days. Presuming a modest caloric need of 2,000 calories a day while training at such a high altitude (a bit of a stretch), that means one bean would need to have 20,000 calories. For reference, the average lima bean has about 4 calories. This is without mentioning the fact that a senzu bean would somehow have to digest so slowly that it could release these calories over such a long period and still make you feel full. Talk about a lot of fiber! It would presumably also require all of the macronutrients and vitamins a person would need for 10 days. Either way, I love the show. I've been watching for years, and I intend to watch for many more.

[@Reddotzebra]

If it was that energy dense and slow to digest it would also affect your gut and gut microbiota in weird and probably horrifying ways. I mean, your gut is really, really not set up to retain something for longer than a few hours to a week at most, ten days would be massively stretching it and probably go all the way from "lots of fiber" to "contains neurotoxin with muscle relaxant properties"... Also I would NOT want to spend any significant amount of time in a hyperbolic time chamber with someone while only eating these things, because the farts would probably be LEGENDARY.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Except that directly contradicts their layer use where they instantly heal injuries which means they cant be digested super slowly.

[@calebniemeyer9275]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero It does, but Toriyama often forgets stuff like Launch.

[@KevinVideo]

Thank you for bringing that up. I too was going to correct him on this.

[@EXstormDragon]

@@Reddotzebra Legendary Super Sayian. Come on man, it was right there. -_-

[@dnomadlethal744]

Akira Toriyama watches this episode "im going to explain how the senzu bean works"

[@sonsysy4195]

In 24 episodes

[@FinalFirebrand]

You mean the guy who forgot what power-up forms he came up with himself?

[@lsgodzilla96]

@Jeffrey Herrera the feels lmao, I notice many writers who write on the spot forget plot devices that they had used.

[@Kairukurumi]

...and then forget in a month

[@hariodinio]

@Jeffrey Herrera who is launch?

[@originalShorai]

Kyle forgot a VERY important feature of the Senzu Bean that will make him regret eating them like candy. Each bean can keep a fighter full for an extended period of time, usually 10 days(shorter for Saiyan's). This actually DOES have a corresponding caloric intake as shown by Yajirobe's first time eating them. He literally gained 1 pound(English dub) per bean INSTANTLY.

[@tyriquesmith8850]

One things that was not mentioned in this episode is that sensual beans fill you up too. When Yajirobi ate a bunch of them he blew up like a balloon because he was so full.

[@CodyJuggalo1000]

You forgot the fact that Senzu beans also fill you up to the point that you don't need to eat for a few days (explained in original dragon ball series when senzu beans wer introduced). Also in the show the plant only grows 1 bean at a time not that that has anything to do with the effects unless the plant can only grow 1 bean at a time because it it takes alot of energy to create a literal super food

[@destroyerblackdragon]

Eating more then one at a time can also give you a really bad stomach ache. It will destroy your insides and repair them constantly.

[@DragGon7601]

These are the comments I was looking for.

[@AaronLitz]

10 days worth of food each, I do believe. Kyle's going to be in TROUBLE.

[@Kurotaisa]

@@AaronLitz oh god the pooping

[@rainbowdash4898]

It's the dragon ball equivalent to Elven bred. I like that.

[@dan_loup]

Kyle is just not pure enough to ride the nimbus

[@samuelaraujomedeiros6682]

Because he's a super villain

[@AdiaShardae]

Probably all his *not* super villainy.... 😒😉

[@randint4926]

@@samuelaraujomedeiros6682 that's what I thiught

[@teruphoto]

@@samuelaraujomedeiros6682 ...who definitely does NOT own a flamethrower

[@Sigma0283]

Korin also mentioned that one Senzu bean was enough to keep a person full for ten days. Yajirobe indirectly put this to the test once.

[@tale7955]

"Caffeine is an adenosine antagonist. Like Cell to goku... Or one episode of dragon ball z to plot development..." I love it xD

[@bboyfan22]

I've mentioned this before, but I think a cool idea for an episode of BS would be "what would John Carter really be able to do on Mars?"

[@hellfiredirewolf8823]

Yes i do to ☺

[@miguelguzman9022]

I'd definitely see that episode!!!

[@BenWorkmanAnimalFeeMre]

Especially his landings!

[@jesusmora9379]

the ER doctor?

[@walkinmn]

According to comics, he would become Carter Hulk from all the radiation

[@akromakroma]

"...an antagonist, like Cell to Goku, or an entire episode of DBZ to plot development" Kyle, spare a senzu bean for that burn?

[@agentj4704]

You should be pure hearted to sit on the nimbus.

[@mspilot8283]

Always love the science and learning in your shows but when it comes to pure entertainment value of your videos, this is my new favorite.

[@rpgtimefire]

Senzu beans actually taste like rotten fish. Also please do an episode on how all those squares make a circle

[@donel532]

They also fill you up for days and "they're just meth"

[@locke103]

you first have to drop a gallon of LSD.

[@HaloInverse]

I was just now thinking, "Senzu beans aren't actually tasty, it's just the morphine being highly addictive."

[@LazyDev27]

Its called extra dimensional thinking but we're humans so our limit is about the "circles are squares" level.

[@rawx1276]

Mr. Popo has enter the chat.

[@NoPantsJohnson]

No wonder Goku loves them senzu beans so much. It's got opioids

[@rubenflores9197]

Man Kyle you kill it with all the puns and the jab at plot development was hilarious. Keep up the awesome science.

[@brandonprater4613]

Your instantaneous movement is most impressive, Master Kyle! Keep up the good work!😎👍

[@DengMam]

What if the bean has no actual healing power? In the very beginning, it was magical food that would get you full for 10 days with a single bean. So it contains a lot of calories which in the DB universe could not only provide energy like in this world but also Ki which can be used to heal. In many occasions, a Senzu was only eaten to replenish the Ki-level and we see people heal themselves or others if they have enough Ki to do so. Maybe, it's the body itself that heals itself but with the boost of energy/Ki, it gets the job done faster. It would also explain why the heart virus Goku got, couldn't be healed with a bean as his body had not been able to do it by itself (he needed actual medicine).

[@znightowlz6585]

Manek Iridius it doesn't matter how much sense it makes. I don't know anything about dragon ball but assuming you have to actively use ki to heal. The bean probably just replenishes everything including Ki which just so happens to be used to heal. Seems like just a coincidence. You're just construing a theory that you're establishing as fact simply bc it makes sense. If it hadn't crossed your mind them not having an explanation seems like the most sensible and logical conclusion. The beans were simply just plot armor. If you know anime when something like this exist it's contradicted a lot simply for plot. Hence Goku needing actual medicine, they wanted to make a segment where Goku is in trouble, but since they've established *the beans nigga* they couldn't do that so they simply ignored the sensu beans or came up with some dumb reason as to why they didn't work

[@HORRIOR1]

So how many calories would a Senzubean need to have? The original function for those beans, was for the consumer to be able to gain 10 days worth of nutrition in a SINGLE bean.

[@eidolor]

I’m still trying to figure out where the 30 calories in gamer boy bath water came from

[@Nameunvalid]

I had been waiting so long for a because science video in nerdist. You were here all along!

[@AB-wm6hp]

The senzu bean doesn’t increase energy or decrease pain. If the being is a Saiyan they get a genetic zenkai boost after they heal, if it’s a human they just return to how they were before without any power boost. The pain just goes away once the injury is healed.

[@MightyRagnarok]

SENZU BEAN!!!! *Chucks bean at head*

[@ligerstripe99]

*throws a dog biscuit too.

[@ruandavid6328]

DBZ Abridged

[@CopShowGuy]

Did you just throw a motha' f****in' dog biscuit a- *explodes*

[@oaktree2406]

Krillin owned count 1 googlion

[@prestongarvey2599]

@@oaktree2406 before people ask what a googlion is, its stating to the equation 10 to the 100th power, one googol

[@michaelmcdoesntexist8350]

0:03 *Well this escalated quickly* Something else we forget is that Korin is REALLY old and he's probably spent his life perfecting this bean.

[@philipbradley9128]

'Im not gonna say it u cant make me.' Spends remainder of episode yelling for next episodes flashback.

[@funnynamehere6347]

"The cell saga was the best saga., Why would you say something so controversial, yet so brave?

[@DfzHybrid]

In Dragon Ball they're also meant to satiate hunger for days(unless you're a Saiyan) which means they would be incredibly calorically dense. To be consumeable for humans they would need to be digested very slowly.

[@raleighroberts3969]

a lesser known effect of a senzu bean is that it instantly makes you full...even Goku. In dragon ball i remember Korin telling Yageroby not to eat more than one and he did not follow his instructions and ate a handfull and ironicolly he allmost died ... from a senzu bean.

[@1mezion]

well comes back to that old saying too much of a good thing can be bad for you

[@halffartprince1543]

That was one of my favorite parts

[@shahriyaahmod2326]

They kinda retconned that idea tho in z like the idea that it keeps you full for a week or somin

[@michaeldebidart]

Yajirobe*

[@z-man1237]

Over-healed?

[@kozag-realityauditor7075]

sponsored by borderlands 3, not a borderlands related episode.. expectations soundly averted

[@m4vr1ck]

Yeah but can you actually build a viable meat bicycle?

[@kozag-realityauditor7075]

Kozag is looking for donations to construct a meat bicycle, hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

[@joedemelfie5509]

" So if you were bunched in the face for 10 episodes in a row...." haha lol so true. great comment! the writing and clever comments jokes makes these videos equally enjoyable along with the superb science content for fictional lore. keep it up sir.

[@prettypre25]

Senzu bean makeup...opium, cocaine, ginseng and Neosporin

[@gustavolopeziii7212]

You forgot the robitussin

[@darktrainerz6707]

Aloe Vera

[@brotherbear1162]

Sounds like a new type of lean.

[@Ferroes]

Caffeine

[@insomniafun8751]

and meth

[@shrappnel21]

Ibuprofen, Vicks vaporub, and a dash of green tea extract.

[@guyclykos]

Crystalized essential oils according to my aunt.

[@walkinmn]

And just a touch (a lot) of THC

[@MysticMylesZ]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 I used all those things once

[@skylx0812]

...don't forget the honey and lemon.

[@Kenny22111]

Wow this video is perfectly timed with my first watch of Dragon Ball series and i wondered how they were so special.

[@jovenc4508]

"SENZU BEAN!" * fling *

[@Mordamir]

The senzu bean can also feed you a weeks worth of food in a single bean.

[@lichking5389]

Yup, 10 days to be exact

[@Shrodingers_Box]

Lembas bean.

[@DADRB0B55]

Tbh that may have been retconed at some point, 1 cause Toriyama doesn't give af 2 we have never seen the beans have that effect ever again in DBZ/Super i am pretty sure that was just to limit how many could be eaten in the original kid goku era of Dragon Ball. Now they usually "don't have enough" or they get destroyed instead of using the whole they fill you for a week excuse

[@kogarashi88]

More than likely deadly farts as they would contain concentrated waste from all the healing, just imagined how gnarly the shits are afterwards.....

[@YounesLayachi]

@@DADRB0B55 it was never retconned, you're just making assumptions

[@Dizzy9v2]

Kyle: What can possibly be inside this apparently magical bean... Mr Bean: Magic, huhu

[@ryanoneill6481]

Dizzy9v2 this comment is underrated

[@alexthomas4182]

Ahah this is amazing. Really clear and easy to understand description of how caffeine blocks adenosine receptors to!

[@TheLionman8973]

how does this video not have a million views its well edited and its interesting

[@CrystalGreymon]

Something that seems to be often forgotten is that Senzu Beans can provide enough nourishment for 10 full days.days. Despite that, Goku and most of the main cast typically are still shown eating relatively soon after ingesting one, likely due to the copious amounts of food they need to consume for their general level of exertion. Assumedly though, it's possible for the healing properties to be where the levels of nourishment typically go, most likely to speed up the body's natural healing processes. Something else worth noting is that Senzu Beans are supposed to taste like fish which while not especially helpful would probably constitute something of its chemical composition. It also has me wondering if you really love fish as much as you seemed to be packing those Senzu Beans away in the episode. And while I'm still here, friendly reminder that it's only the Saiyans named after Vegetables. Unless there's some form of Vegetable named after Bloomers that I've never heard of. And yes, Cell Saga is best Saga!

[@GymCritical]

Remember when Yaijirobe ate a whole bucket? Wait, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THAT BUCKET FULL OF SENZUS?!

[@VegasVlogs]

Thank god someone said something about it lol

[@aaronbradshaw5930]

This is to assume that sensual beans have a high protein count with a diverse amino acid profile. Kyle did mention polysaccharides so they’re probably high in carbs and have a high profile of monounsaturated fats. They must be very nutrient dense with lots of vitamins and minerals

[@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301]

That's what i said, but people be wanting to argue with me about it.

[@aaronbradshaw5930]

Ramon Bennett-Ryuuken It’s food so to have so much to fill you up for 10 days makes sense

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi6655]

MY THEORY: Senzu beans are hybrids of plant and Namekian DNA. Namekians have the ability to regenerate lost limbs. (cell could only regenerate because he had Piccolo's DNA) Cell could push this regeneration to a higher level than a namekian ever has (to the knowledge of the viewers) so it's possible that this regenerative healing factor could be used by other non namekians when ingesting a senzu bean. OR: The beans came from namek in the first place and have naturally occurring healing chemicals. (Maybe the beans don't work the same if grown on namek because of the green sky and blue plant life, and only turn green and work when exposed to earth's atmosphere, sun, or something in the air.) Otherwise they are probably just grown by "watering" them with ki/energy You can't put too much science in dragonball, because so much of it depends on scientifically unexplainable things, like ki, souls(remember hell) time travel, magic(dragon balls) and physics defying acts

[@user-og9nl5mt1b]

I agree , there is magic in Dragonball world , and magic can't be explained by science , like nimbus for example.

[@surgeonsergio6839]

Really great theory, but namekians can't regenerate their lost strength or ki so you would still be tired and exhausted and also why doesn't this have more likes?

[@Extrasailor]

Fuck me! You're smart. Kami must've been put his ki there, or his DNA, so whoever eats them gets healed or regen, but looks like super healing.

[@justsomerandomguy1589]

That would explain why the cat lives close to kami-sama....

[@AaronLitz]

Ewwwww... Piccannibalo. So then does that mean Korin grows the Senzu beans by following Kami around the Lookout and collecting little skin scrapings to use as seeds? Or would Kami just cut off some of his fingers every once in a while to use as the Senzu seeds, and they have to wait so long between batches because he can only regrow them so fast at his age?

[@michaelkeith9972]

Just to clarify: the only characters in Dragon Ball that are named after vegetables are Saiyans.

[@Cloudy_Canadian]

Spectacular video and fun editing, although when are you guys going to start making your videos 4K on KZbin? Almost the end of 2019 yet being only stuck at 1080p kinda blows, none the less I'll subscribe though.

[@jamesgoines4635]

Man too much punishment in this episode. I’m just Saiyan.

[@andrewblissett2211]

You sneaky little sausage.

[@notchbeard9007]

Dang son, you Krillin it.

[@domomitsune5920]

If Kyle was a saying, his power would have increased substantially due to injury recovery.

[@ricksanchez1079]

You ruined it, you ruined it and I am leaving. (Yes, that's a team4star quote I love ya muh boi.)

[@crickit78]

that could have bean better (#puns for life )

[@maximem.ste-marie3578]

according to your "surprise anime laser", the bean also heals fabric ;)

[@travv88]

"CLOTHES BEAM! Easily my most metro attack..."

[@Slender_Man_186]

trav v Nail: “you wouldn’t even have to spend anything on production.” Piccolo: “ok, but what would we call this hypothetical clothes store?” Nail and Kami: “BIG GREEN THREADS!”

[@qwerty-tf1jg]

Yes

[@qwerty-tf1jg]

Haaaahaaaahaaa

[@shaydegetley9785]

love the cheesy puns and great nerdy video. Subscribed!

[@drgngaming1868]

Hahahah when he fell through the nimbus and said "not dense enough" I DIED!!😂😂

[@guyclykos]

What's inside the bean? Crystalized gamer girl bath water. Simple.

[@Babbling_Wizard]

No that's Mountain dew

[@lvbboi9]

@@Babbling_Wizard no its Pepsi

[@balthlazar25]

Soooo... ice?

[@MarginalSC]

That'd just be ice.

[@lvbboi9]

@@MarginalSC *I would say something but I would lose even more dignity from doing so*

[@draco_izanagi]

One senzu bean can keep a single person full for 10 days! Unless you're a saiyan with a giant appetite or fat like Yajirobe.

[@jacktheripperVII]

Yajirobi also almost died for eating 3fist ful

[@draco_izanagi]

@igor caique he was fat before he ate them.

[@frankielugo471]

The editing is always 🌊🌊🌊

[@AlreadiWon]

11:52 That pun was absolutely horrible and I loved it! I got a good laugh out of that one

[@Joanyan]

doesn't korin use the beans to keep him full for a bunch of days? basically making the bean a glorified protein bar

[@FinalFirebrand]

Korin's also like sort of a demigod? So I guess it works different on him.

[@tetakk1992]

Seven day if i remember right.

[@Metal_89]

@@tetakk1992 10 days actually

[@erickhernandezcrispin9671]

FinalFirebrand it also works on goku he couldn't eat more than once in DB

[@mahazero]

Morphine can lead to loss of appetite. So we're talking about super morphine - which has side effects for 10 days.

[@sm473747]

I've always thought that senzu beans operate by altering time and being ridiculously calorie dense. The lore says that a senzu can keep you full for 10 days which equates to about 20-25 kcal which is about the same as about 7 pounds of fat or eating 14 pounds of sugar. If these calories were readily usable by cells this would account for the spike in energy from eating a senzu. The other two parts of the bean magic could explained if some time accelerating substance or magic (which we already know exists via hyperbolic time chamber) was transported through an antibody-coupled liposome that detected inflammatory proteins (like interleukins) and released the time stuff. This could accelerate the cells around wounds to let them heal faster using the calories from the bean and would reduce pain by removing the stimulus. Love the show Kyle, and thanks for the thought experiments! (Slight correction) NeutralGuyDoubleZero mentions that the hyperbolic time chamber is actually another dimension. So as another example of time manipulation, Bulma's time machine

[@clayhaed]

yeah, what about the filling factor on ones tum tum to not have to eat for 10 days after eating just one bean? why was that not talked about at all?

[@techmetal2964]

I'm calling it right now you're getting a super nerd on this

[@nickthompson318]

@@clayhaed the beans are ten days worth of food. They don't talk about it in DBZ, it is mentioned more than once in DB.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

The hyperbolic time chamber doesnt have increased time speed due to magic, its just a dimension with a different time flow thats connected to earth via doorway. Having time magic crunched down to bean size is a bit absurd even for dragonball. Theyre magical. Thats it.

[@raijin57]

Well they worked so well for goku imo because of his saiyan appetite (metabolism) and his ability to utilize 10 days worth of calories at once properly whereas when yajirobe ate a handful he just got super fat (for anyone who didn't watch dragon ball yajirobe used to actually be a very fit powerful swordsman. ) that being said in DBZ they seemed to be ret conned to apply 10 days worth of rest and nutrition at once.

[@alternativedimension5454]

Of course kyle like cell saga the most he's a trunks fanboy.

[@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301]

Saiyan , Frieza, and Cell sagas are the best in DBZ, hands down!

[@fazo9834]

@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 buu saga is the best

[@Luka1180]

@@fazo9834 Nah. That's the worst one.

[@greendude0420]

Thanks for the cyberpunk ad! Really that’s so cool I didn’t know about it.

[@I86282]

It's not that it's not dense enough. It's that you are not pure of heart. Because science!

[@AdmiralJT]

He is an evil mastermind after all

[@martinjordan7096]

LoL

[@JimmyR42]

Ironically, Goku is by far the densest character in anime history yet he floats on cloud ^^ Regarding the regenerative power of a senzu bean, there's a scene where Goku is sent to the hospital with multiple fractures(at the beginning the Freeza arc) and instantly heals his fractures after eating a senzu bean yet this video focused mainly on what seems to be "flesh wounds". Assuming the bean has a component that accelerates the person's metabolism which is required for accelerated healing, is there an hypothetical threshold at which the metabolism becomes so "energetic" that it would provoke organ shutdown like a cardiac arrest or hyperventilation? Basically, is there a hypothetical "cap" for our metabolism that would prevent us from "boosting" our healing capabilities beyond a certain point? Is there a unit of measure for metabolism?

[@I86282]

@@JimmyR42 LOL you got me there.. Goku is by far the densest organism in pretty much any anime. Metaphorically or otherwise. And while his level of stupidity is almost unmatched. The power Goku possesses at any age is enormous. And because mass is energy. Due to his enormous energy he also must be quite physically dense. Weather this is a biological feature of all powerful organisms within the Dragon Ball universe. I can't really say. But you must also recognize the fact that he is a Sayin. And Sayin's only become more powerful. And assumingly more dense. The more damage they receive. And the rigor of their training. And while there may be a biological limit. Of which we have seen Goku reach many times. Only to see him smash through it. So while the over use of Senzu. Maybe detrimental to a normal human. Goku normally goes a great many times beyond his normal biological limits. With the kaioken alone. Not to mention Super Saiyan and above. I mean at this point he can destroy the universe. If he was so inclined. But then you have to wonder. If he has enough energy to destroy the universe. He would have to have at least the same amount of energy as the universe. And if he had as much energy as the universe. Then he would have to have as much Mass as a universe. Giving him a gravitational field greater then the infinitesimal point of the big bang. However as there is no Canon supporting this Theory. I am forced to assume. That it is not the amount of energy within him. At least not at all times anyway. But rather the amount of energy he can utilize from around him. Which has many sources of Canon. So while a senzu bean may help him along like anyone else. I think it would take more than an overdose of senzu beans. To stop Goku. Despite his Cardiac condition. And the maximum heart rate of a human is 220 BPM. And so if your heart rate increased with the level of metabolic function. And 1 Senzu Bean = A normal level of metabolic activity. Being 40 to 60 BPM. Then it should only take just over 3 and 1/2 Senzu Bean to overdose a human being. Also the technical term is "Hypermetabolism" And it is the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity and is characterized by an abnormal increase in the body's basal metabolic rate. Hypermetabolism is accompanied by a variety of internal and external symptoms, most notably extreme weight loss, and can also be a symptom in itself. Just ask Choji. But I think that's a different universe. Great question though. I hope this answers it.

[@I86282]

@@AdmiralJT Evil Mastermind confirmed.! Lol.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

I have the answer: It's a coffee bean, with nanobots in it.

[@FloridaMan69.]

thanks, i will now steal your idea

[@tonywasikhongo7510]

🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@sonictheporcipine]

Reminds me of nanotech from Ratchet and Clank.

[@PhongTran-uc6mk]

ｎａｎｏｍａｃｈｉｎｅｓ ｓｏｎ

[@dylanconfer1116]

@Holden Mcgroine not necessarily, if they used their own energy and deconstructed themselves for mat.s or just work at such a speed that they destroy themselves.

[@morrigankasa570]

Quinine is also used in tonic water and in a rootbeer as well if I remember correctly

[@imitation7up611]

Cheeky lad got my name at the end. Head spun round so fast I think I need a senzu now

[@IanXiWan]

"What about filling someone up for ten days?" Well, even Z forgot about that one.

[@royalblues5485]

I think they stopped making this a plot point because the amount of calories goku would use when he punches someone one time. Each bean would need to have about 20,000 calories at least. In another episode Kyle explains how much you’d have to eat to sustain super strength. I suspect goku would burn through an entire bowl of senzus to keep up in one fight alone. Maybe they took this into consideration when writing the show and stopped making the 10 days of nourishment important.

[@royalblues5485]

Love these comments btw!

[@DreadtheMadSmith]

If only it could heal Goku's childhood brain damage.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaadddd]

Why would you want to heal goku brain damage? He was send to destroy earth the very place he called home.

[@nickm8179]

Hes literally just talking about goku being a buffoon

[@AndrewAce.]

He would be evil...

[@SonGoku-777]

If goku was smart tho Dragon Ball would be boring defeating the trope of being shonen

[@rabbittherabbit]

Pro Jey96 so vegeta

[@nunyabissness1]

Seems that Kyle likes anime, he should do episodes on DBZ's Ki, Naruto's Chakara, and Hunter x Hunter's Nen and how the abilities work

[@KinnikuNINJA]

I found out that Greater Plantain grows in my garden! Can I eat it straight away or is there some prep involved? What's the recommended portion size? Is it the leaf or the seed bit I eat?

[@Zelia_Wolf]

Well, Senzu beans are stated to be magic for one, meaning the plant it's derived from is magical in nature. And you forget to mention, or completely forgot that the Senzu's also alleviates hunger, or at least it does in OG Dragonball, never brought up in Z. But Yajirobe ate a handful and he felt sick to the stomach due to the fact. And the bean also boosts diseases like the Heart Virus, causing either no effect or a worsening effect. And you can split the bean in half, and gain the full affect, like when Goku split the Senzu in half and gave one to Gohan, and the other to Krillin just before the Over 8,000 meme. And you should've totally said over 8,000 instead of protesting to not saying over 9,000. Also, on the Nimbus you must be pure of Heart, it's not from density. And the cloud is likely made from the types in Otherworld, or the death world, right under snake way. This Means the cloud would be spiritual in nature and thus density might not even come into effect at all.

[@tzk4122]

Fucking weeb

[@theregulatorx6667]

NERD!!!!!!!

[@yeahkeen2905]

Kuresu the density thing was a joke. Because regardless if you are worthy a cloud is not dense enough to ride. That’s the joke.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@tzk4122 @Brandon Powell Youre both on a video scientifically analyzing anime stuff.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

The sensu bean made the heart virus worse because it boosted gokus energy back up to max which put more strain on his heart. It was an indirect effect.

[@cricerysth7431]

What if it has nanomachines or maybe even genetically engineered cells in it that carry the chemicals around your body and help with the healing process by directly involving themselves in the repair process?

[@Creationeer]

I'm getting flashbacks to The SCIENCE! Behind Stimpaks in Fallout by ShoddyCast...and Senzu Beans really kick that up a notch!

[@nickjoeb]

Great episode. The jokes were great the content was engaging and useful. I'm now interested in the greater plantain and if it's a thing to eat.

[@TurtleTime1]

Doesn’t a sensu bean feed someone for 10 day?

[@granshinigamicarlos]

Yes

[@MomoMoneyisbatman]

For Saiyans it’s only 1.

[@TheHylden]

@@MomoMoneyisbatman Or Yajirobe :p

[@ramsdankha2174]

YES AT LAST SOMEONE REMEMBERS THIS

[@Elusivehawk]

And they taste like fish. I was expecting him to go over that.

[@Kindrick]

If Kyle is a super villain, then does that make Green Kyle a super hero? Or did Kyle turn anti-hero to fight an eviler and greener version of himself?

[@AkaiKnight]

James Kindrick HES a namekian

[@cealvan8941]

Honestly, green Kyle looked like Kyle before he started showing symptoms of being a villan My hypothesis, curent Kyle is OG Kyle's evil twin OG Kyle is now fighting back (now green for some reason, I'm not sure about that). Here's to hoping OG Kyle wins

[@geekymetalhead5112]

The only enemy Kyle's have is drywall

[@JohnSmith-ns8si]

Obviously the Freeza Saga is the best saga. It's the most iconic and has the most to do with the over arching story of Dragonball and Dragonball Z.

[@akalawada]

Ahahaha that fusion finger touch screen was so funny

[@trevor5834]

Do Senzu beans give you senzu farts? Would those farts heal damage as well? Find out next time on DRAGON BALL Z!!!

[@jackielinde7568]

That would make a Taco Bell Senzu Bean Burrito a very dicey thing to eat.

[@XargenTelNada]

A fart so heinous that it rips your anus open but immediately heals it

[@ralphforeste9285]

Xargen Tel'Nada 😂😂😂😂

[@MysticMylesZ]

Because Science Z

[@geofff.3343]

One of the things that could increase the healing-rate of a senzu would be if there were some plant or combination of plants that jacked up your metabolic rate. However, the limiting factor is still speed, and while the bean would be naturally exceedingly nutrient dense, as you've stated on this show before, mass doesn't come out of nowhere. The beans just do not look that energy dense to me and those DBZ fighters don't seem to rocking a lot of fat deposits on their bodies. So that regenerative mass has to come from something, so even if you managed to get around the time issue you'd still have an energy-to-mass issue. I don't think I'm smart enough to do the math explicitly, but depending on the grievousness of the wound you would require some magnitude of available energy and metabolic material to craft into new muscle, bone, and skin. This could theoretically mean that a senzu bean would be volatile enough to possibly explode with some force at most, and at the least leave the person starving as all their available metabolic material was used up in a rush by the body to heal a wound. It would be less prevalent with a small wound or just general wounds and fatigue, but Yamcha should have been wrecked after healing his whole chest cavity via senzu. Sorry if I'm over-conceptualizing this but as senzu beans have been shown to heal spinal nerve damage, a process that generally doesn't happen in the span of a human lifetime naturally (if at all), they have to be packing a lot of energy per bean, like explosive levels of energy. Yet those guys are popping them like they're tic-tacs.

[@xj9friday13]

I never thought of it that way but that's an excellent point you made there

[@adambrown9654]

Going for that super nerd status, eh?

[@geofff.3343]

​@@adambrown9654 NOTICE ME SEMPAI!

[@Am_Cookie2436]

@@geofff.3343 xD

[@SuperGamefreak18]

there's one chemical process you forgot about...adrenaline... the beans could be overclocking the body's healing functions using its adrenaline to pass of its healing properties through the body, a big clue of that is the fact that when Goku had the heart virus the beans didn't help at all, which means the beans affect the heart in some fashion.

[@Proteus846]

I love how this show always manages to entertain, even when the subject matter is a franchise I know next to nothing about and couldn’t care less for. There aren’t many things that fit those criteria, at least not that I’ve found.

[@decentgamer5640]

ive learned more about biology from ur channel then any high school class ive taken

[@LexoG33]

Lol. Only full-blooded Saiyans are named after vegetables. Even their planets Vegeta (vegetable) and Sadala (salad).

[@Yora21]

Gohan = Rice

[@LexoG33]

@@Yora21 Cool! I didn't know about that, but technically rice is a grain

[@supernova582]

Past me used to watch bill nye the science guy Current me watches Kyle I think there is a link in Characteristics

[@jackielinde7568]

I used to watch Mr. Wizard. What does that say about me?

[@supernova582]

@@jackielinde7568 who is Mr wizard? I never heard of him is that some 70s or 80s science personality? Update this is so old,DIY and cringey. Will future generations say that about bill nye? Oh no!

[@DarthGTB]

I used to watch Beakman's World

[@jackielinde7568]

@@supernova582 Yes, He's old, I'm old, and if ye don't watch the snark, i'll bop you on the head with my cane. I grew up with his second show, "Mr. Wizard's World". And, this is the same fate Your "Bill Nye The Science Guy" will be facing.

[@YoshionoKimochi]

Pfft. I still watch Bill... dude grew up and takes no more shit anymore, its awesome

[@you1027]

"WHO'S HAND IS THAT" killed me so hard I'd need the Dragon Balls to bounce back, not just a senzu bean.

[@97Kakarot97]

This guy's f@@@@g great. When he put an ad inbetween a 'next time' and 'last time' parody I absolutely lost it. Beyond his impressive general knowledge and interest in comics and anime the way he portrays himself is just great. He's garnered a lifetime fan in me. For the record I'm 100 percent straight but I'd go on a date with this guy just to hear him talk.

[@NeP516]

Wouldnt the senzu bean heat the fighter up? Just imagine all that energy going to your body at once. Also, celular division is an exothermic process, so if it happened that fast it would burn you. Greetings fron arg btw

[@NeP516]

@@trainjackson63 but there would still be some form of burn, even if it healed fast, but that would generate more heat

[@xxgrimriverxx9845]

What happen if you make a soup out of Senzu beans? Would you OD?

[@boygenius538_8]

xXGrimRiverXx yeah one keeps you full for ten days.

[@OldMate94]

It's the other way not mentioned in the anime or manga to gain immortality 😂🤣

[@stepheng6349]

Yadarobi gained about 1 lbs per bean when he ate a handful, so senzu bean soup would turn you into Snorelax.

[@samuelfoster4440]

Quinine tonic was used during the 19th century as a prophylactic for malaria, especially by the British in colonial India which is when gin and tonic was popularised within the UK, as the quinine tonic was exceptionally bitter, but the gin helped it go down

[@Jason2425able]

You seriously overlooked several plants that would increase the healing process of a wound. such as the roots of a marigold plant is an astringent using that on an open wound helps pinch off any small blood vessels. The puffball spores has properties that cause coagulation spider silk also works just as well. There are also many pain relieving plants that are effective without the known dangers of morphine.

[@tay012]

Hi Kyle, Healing wounds would also require building block to create new cells and additional energy to fuel the cell healing. The senzu beans would need to hold an extreme amounts of nutrients and have a high caloric content. Which is seen in the anime because characters can go days with only eating senzu beans.

[@joshuab4586]

“Will Kyle be able to rub that kitty’s tumtum?” 🥺 “I hope so”

[@jamesrobersoniii1368]

this was pretty cool. solid science.

[@JoshOdom]

kyle said my NAME HE SAID MY NAME I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG