Was Cell A SUPER SAIYAN?

[@ak47dragunov]

I think with all the artistic parallels and dialogue you mention, it's pretty clear the artist's intention was to imply that Cell was, in fact, Super Saiyan, and later on SS2. The anime making sure to color his aura yellow was definitely intentional as well. It plays into his origin story perfectly considering his genetic makeup

[@Maximusdecismusmeridus]

I agree with you 100 percent

[@gohanson27]

How? Was he a weaker Super Sayian? A Half powered Gohan beat him at full power as Super Perfect Cell. With that said how can he be on the same level?

[@ak47dragunov]

@@gohanson27 Just because it was the same transformation doesn't mean their power level was the same. Gohan was simply stronger

[@gohanson27]

@@ak47dragunov this was never stated at all in the manga or anime. Too much head canon. Dragon Ball don't need head canon everything is right there on the screen or in the pages.

[@Narodle]

@@gohanson27it’s not headcanon it was pretty clear gohan As even super Saipan was stronger than cell

[@blaketindle4703]

Whenever Cell powered up he usually had yellow/gold Super Saiyan aura. He never had purple aura like Freeza(except in the anime when Semi Perfect Cell powered up against Vegeta). Makes me think if they had brought him back in Super and had him train, he’d be more likely to achieve Super Saiyan Blue power than a Golden transformation like Freeza had.

[@TheJerbro69]

Well,in DB Heroes they confirm us that Cell's "Race" is capable of going into SS God and Blue,with his scales going from Green into Crimson Red and Blue Light.

[@Zenbon111]

​​@@TheJerbro69 not canon, not confirmed

[@leddarklight7566]

Yeah yeah. I know isn't canon but is an official product of DB. So Cell in theory should be able to go Super Saiyan God and Blue rather that going Golden like Frieza. ​@@Zenbon111

[@Valientlink]

@@leddarklight7566 Official product or not, it's a silly idea. Cell doesn't have a "race" lol. He's literally a cyborg bug monster created from one guy compromised of 5 peoples cells. There isn't some kind of home planet unless you're implying, he made like 1,000 cells. Heroes is just some mess of an attempt at a story for fan service and most people aren't that fond of it as a result. I don't think Cell would have the same potential as Frieza, who is already God of Destruction level and nobody could possibly stand a chance. They'd have to all battle him at once and throw in some fusions. Gogeta, Gotenks, Brohan or something lol. Maybe if 3 fusions came together they'd win, but Black Frieza is too OP. Frieza was the most powerful DNA he had in general. His Saiyan DNA ki grew as he gulped up more people, but it was still extracted from Saiyan's with battle power only around 20,000.

[@dling31]

The real question is can he use the clothes beam?

[@LSMMIKE]

The world may never know…

[@AutumnPlains]

Omg yes! Thank you for doing my request Mike 🥰

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@Antonio-vn5xc]

It was my request

[@weaponx808]

​@@Antonio-vn5xc obviously it wasn't or you would have been here within the 1st hour

[@Antonio-vn5xc]

@weaponx808 it's called a job.

[@BrandonScott-mi5pz]

EXCELLENT WORK. LAUGHINGSTOCK MEDIA DRAGON BALL Z SSJ PERFECT CELL INTERESTING.

[@jamesruiz4005]

He had saiyan DNA and power capabilities

[@ChristianSedaPlays]

Cell saga was def peak Dragonball. The fact that it tied to the OG dragonball with the red ribbon army made it even better

[@Tvboy777]

Ah yes, Dr Gero... my favorite villain from OG DB.

[@CipherBotChronicles]

​@@Tvboy777lmfao 😂

[@TheCronq]

I think so, since Cell had the aura, and how he says he powered up "just like gohan"

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@Ghost-rb6cw]

​@@MexicanOMalley I don't get the joke.

[@blessedxxiii8908]

@@Ghost-rb6cwgohan fans can't accept facts it's been like that for years😂😂

[@Japple_Junior]

3:34 If you ask me, Cell using the Spirit Bomb would have literally backfired on him, since it doesn’t effect on people who aren’t evil like Goku and Gohan, and they would have just bounced it right back at him.

[@ling8956]

When Buu pushed back the Spirit Bomb, Goku was portrayed to be in danger. That and Jiren pushing it back on Goku seemed to have some sort of risk.

[@ElKabong3345]

It effects them. The idea, is that beings of pure heart, evil or good, have a chance of bouncing it, because they potentially have the ability to make one too if they knew how. However, they aren't safe from it exploding. That's why the Genkidama was so dangerous to everyone. Even early on, King Kai warned Goku not to use it because it can very easily blow up the planet it got made.

[@robo-raven2157]

@@ElKabong3345 Random thought, what if instead of evil people being incapable of making/deflecting spirit bombs, the pure heart thing only made it easier for a good person to collect and manipulate spirit energy? It would explain why it's dangerous to everyone, why Buu could push it back, and why Goku only needed to use regular Super Saiyan to win that struggle. That could also be why Cell said he could do it, but never did. Sure, he could collect the energy and make one, but he wouldn't be able to do it as efficiently as Goku. Not only would it take longer to create a spirit bomb that's actually worth using, it would also pose the risk of the attack being deflected back at him due to the Z Fighter's generally pure hearts.

[@TheJerbro69]

@@ling8956 Kid Buu didn't have a concept of what is Good and Evil,he was for all effect,a Living Weapon without any kind of Ego or Reason unlike Cell,who was built as the Ultimate Life Form and a Weapon to destroy Goku. That's why and also because Goku was tired that he or rather,IT was able to touch and push back the Spirit Bomb. If he was morally evil,he would have being able to touch the Spirit Bomb and resists the attack like Freeza but not being able to push it back because only people that believes that it's morally good is capable of push the Spirit Bomb. Jiren is morally Good but in his own terms so he was able to push it back,if Jiren was evil,he would have received the Spirit Bomb but nothing would have happen because he's so powerful that he would have tanked the attack but because he's good and more powerful,he was able to repel the attack with his own thoughts. If Cell decided to use the Spirit Bomb outside videogames,i'm pretty sure that the attack would have fall on him before throwing it thanks to his Cold Demon's cells from Freeza and King Cold that enhance the evil he was program to have by Dr Gero or the desire to fight his Saiyan's cells gave him.

[@ElKabong3345]

​@@robo-raven2157 It's implied in the story, that a requirement for making a Genkidama is a pure heart it can be pure evil, or pure good. That's also why the bad guys, from Freezer and Kid Buu, are capable of putting up a struggle while touching it against the Genkidama, for being pure (evil). The issue is that somewhere, someone spread misinformation to try and make the Genkidama some sort of holy attack that's Super Effective against evil.

[@maniacslap1623]

I agree with your breakdown LSM. He’s an amalgamation of everybody. His body is durable like Frieza. He can multiply his power like the saiyans. He can regenerate like the namekians and he’s been tuned to take advantage like the androids. His calling Trunks out with the same transformation is so in character for him lol

[@EpicJones1]

"That's Vegeta's technique!"

[@XZAVIER-DAA-GOD]

He was more super Saiyan then Vegeta was on namek

[@tsm784]

HA!

[@BrandonScott-mi5pz]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luldra5312]

😂😂😂💀 just cooked the prince of all sandwiches with that one

[@AstralLaVista]

Waaaay closer

[@AstralLaVista]

​@@luldra5312I'll take a super saiyan sub special with extra cheese please mr vegeta

[@sethkunkel4250]

Head cannon Cell Max is just the Great Ape form of Cell 😂

[@camerongates2127]

Cell said it himself. He is the best of all races

[@dionysisnance4204]

Before goten and trunks cell was the orginals super saiyan bargain sale

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@AstralLaVista]

Wouldn't trunks still be the start of the super saiyan bargain sale whichever way you look at it?

[@TheJerbro69]

I never doubted since the first time I saw DBZ that Cell was able to turn into a Super Saiyan. He has the Aura of one and eventually also the rays around him that confirms that the Zenkai boost he received was so great that gave him the ability to go into Super Saiyan 2. (In fact,it would have been funny if he was capable of going into SS3. How is he going to look? He would have gotten more longer antennas as the SS3 gaves the user longer hair and Cell doesn't have hair?) What I never liked it was the fact that he was able to return in his perfect body despite no longer having 18 inside him.

[@gohanson27]

LOL Head canon is a mfer ain't it?

[@FacelessOfficial1]

it's either Cell has his own version of Super Saiyan Forms (multiple grades) due to his Saiyan DNA, and he "unlocks" them one by one as he develops towards perfection.. or Cell just has a power up equivalent to Super Saiyan in power but it's not actually Super Saiyan (due to him not being "enough" of a Saiyan), it's seems that other characters have forms that look like Ascended Super Saiyan, for example Frieza's buff 100% form is something like Ascended Super Saiyan (although it doesn't effect his speed), however on Frieza's situation we know it's not "Super Saiyan" so who knows if for Cell it's actual Super Saiyan or it's similar to Friezas, as in, it's not actual super saiyan but it has some similarities since after the original Dragonball most characters seem to have similarities... All this isn't clearly explained for none-Saiyan characters...

[@Ghost-rb6cw]

No buff Frieza at a 100% should be compare to super Vegeta not a level beyond super Vegeta.

[@rodseller9936]

It is obvious Cell is the reincarnated Tamarine. You'll just seen the panel that's cell said, I am your brother Piccolo.

[@everettjohnson9374]

I'd say yes, it's just he could naturally keep the form without needing a physical change

[@najadamu2724]

1st Form Cell (after absorbing humans) - Super Saiyan Perfect Form Cell - mastered Super Saiyan, and he can also go Second Grade and Third Grade Super-Perfect Cell - Super Saiyan 2

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

so i think 2nd form cell is also a type of ssj grade 2

[@SDSeesAll]

Yes, because when cell was fighting gohan, in the anime at least, he made him self larger just like grade 2-3 and then when he came back super perfect, he was larger but didn’t lose speed, and was stronger with ssj2 thunder around him

[@My_Master_Waves]

Before watching the video. I can't argue about the manga, but in anime them giving him ssj aura, him talking about saiyan cells and him getting a zenkai as well as ssj2 aura after zenkai were clearly intentional.

[@sirc101]

I think it was implied he was able to attain a super saiyan like transformation from having the cells. He did have the gold aura when he powered up. And the lighting when he came back after self destructing. Those were definitely gohans ss2 traits he picked up from fighting him.

[@rafaelferreira7408]

If you go by the anime I would say he was kind of a Super Saiyan, his aura was the same as Goku but with a purple glow IIRC, and of course Super Perfect was his "Super Saiyan 2" form with the electrical sparks around his aura.

[@gohanson27]

How? Prove it? What was said that make that claim? What was shown to make that claim? Folks believe anything they see on KZbin, with no substance. This is sad.,

[@Narodle]

@@gohanson27when cell came back he “I’ve powered up like son gohan” and he even has the super Saiyan 2 sparks

[@gohanson27]

@@Narodle I wouldn't say the Super Sayian 2 spark. I powered up like Gohan. Do you think he meant he simply powered up like how Gohan just recently powered up or he powered up in the same fashion in strength as Gohan? The reason I ask is cause we saw he was still weaker than a SSJ2 fighter with half his power gone.

[@Valientlink]

@@gohanson27 Yeah I don't understand why people are actually thinking Cell is SSJ. Toriyama said Zenkai stop once you become one basically. Cell has Saiyan cells but that's it, this data is from when Goku and Vegeta battled. He might be able to have a power similar to SSJ but then again you might as well call Android 17 a Super Saiyan. Anyway, Cell wouldn't have had a massive zenkai if he was really a Super Saiyan. And again, zenkai aren't really a thing once you become SSJ or they become so insignificant they don't even matter. Know what would happen if SSJs could keep getting zenkais? You'd have Vegeta doing exactly what he did on Namek: abusing Dende to heal him from near death. That's exactly why Toriyama put a stop on the zenkai, it worked as a story element on Namek but it would've ruined the series if Super Saiyan's could just keep purposely almost dying just to get more powerful. Most of Cells power comes from the androids and people he absorbed in the first place. He can have a high enough power equivalent to Super Saiyan or whatever, and it might give him a similar aura as a Super Saiyan but he simply isn't one, otherwise he wouldn't have got his zenkai. I knew the answer as soon as I saw this title, now the comments section is full of people arguing or making things up. I know that tends to happen with his videos but this one is among the worst I've come across. The powerscaling community are pretty toxic, I mean a lot of the DBZ fandom is if we're being really honest.

[@Narodle]

@@Valientlink don’t know when toriyama said this since goku went on to get zenkais in super and goku black actually abuses zenkais

[@TheAwsomeManny]

I feel like cell was a super Saiyan but the multiplier works differently for him

[@maniacslap1623]

You’re on to something. It could work exactly the same though if we assume his base power isn’t crazy high…which is hard for folks to do 😂😂😂

[@leddarklight7566]

The power boost is the same for any Saiyan,Cell was weak than Gohan.

[@TheAwsomeManny]

@@leddarklight7566 Actually cell was stronger though I was wrong about the multiplier it’s just Gohan had his rage boost on top of SSJ2 I think we can agree that SSJ1 Gohan with rage would’ve cooked cell

[@smob0]

Cell is just wearing a costume. He makes it with Piccolo's clothes beam. 😂

[@adolfodef]

Headcanon Accepted. -> He is actually really ugly. In all of his forms.

[@novacounciloutsdrs4770]

Yes. His aura was the yellow/gold tone of SSJ. Then it had lightning against Gohan after he had lost 18, his Saiyan cells made him stronger from nearing death. Cell is probably the most limitless potential character in all of DBZ. He had to be destroyed because Akira wrote him too well of a concept. He has the potential of turning golden, SSG, SSGSS combining them all. Along with the fact he could probably turn giant like Piccolo. 17 & 18 were cyborgs; half human half machine.

[@AndrewAce.]

I think Cell definitely was a Super Saiyan, maybe even Mastered SSJ... At least in his perfect form. Maybe that's why he never used Kaioken?

[@mike_datzmag1c21]

I haven’t finished watching this yet but I always thought after he arrived to absorb 17 n fight Piccolo, 17 & 16 I thought he had just transformed in the same sense of the Super Sayain transformation(especially having that yellow aura)

[@blaketindle4703]

I’ve always wondered if Cell had DNA from any Saiyans other than Goku and Vegeta? Did he also have DNA from Raditz, Nappa, and Gohan? Cell saying the device didn’t take any samples from Trunks because he already had more than enough contributions from saiyans makes me think the answer is yes, the little bug robot DID collect samples from EVERY saiyan who had been on Earth up til that point.

[@gohanson27]

FAIL. LMAO

[@leddarklight7566]

That's the Cell we know. The Cell Trunks and Krillin destroy has Trunks' cells as well because it was he who killed Frieza and Cold. Not Goku like in the other timelines.

[@MrMartellSincere]

Cell was definitely a Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@jameshollister8294]

Somewhere in between.would been perfect in top

[@RuiLuz]

@@MexicanOMalley Lmao what? he really was. After he detonated himself he even got a zenkai boost!

[@TheAwsomeManny]

If cell went ssj2 his power level would’ve been 6 billion and that doesn’t even include the zenkai he got from blowing himself up and the daizenshuu says he was 4.5 billion after zenkai and was 3 billion when he fought gohan so either the ssj multiplier works differently for cell or something that toriyama just threw in there for the fans which is something he would do

[@MaineMez]

You just pulled those numbers out of nowhere. You totally made those numbers up😂😂😂

[@josiahcombellick8559]

I think if not super saiyan a super saiyan adjacent power up there definitely doing it to make cell try and match and one up everything it’s in his nature to be perfect

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Hey Mike! Love your content! Keep up the good work 😊😊😊❤❤

[@theCidisIn]

Yes! Thank you for asking the question, I thought I was alone in thinking that! Edit, I still don't understand why he needed the androids to become perfect.

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@haroldnecmann7040]

Cell was a hybrid like gohan 😂

[@mattkurek9259]

Cell is approximately 40% Saiyan based off the dna used to create him, which is a good 15% more Saiyan than pan is and she was considered Saiyan enough for the super saiyan god ritual.

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

Great video Mike and my question is could cell turn into a great ape if he looked at the full moon

[@dionysisnance4204]

I feel like cell became a super saiyan after absorbing all the people before he fought 17 and piccolo as Dr gero different even now what a super saiyan was, and if a saiyan has Enough power they turn super saiyan

[@MexicanOMalley]

Lmao 😂

[@Ghost-rb6cw]

Cell was in super Saiyan level even before he absorbed the people.

[@MrKevin486]

Humm, I mean he had the Aura and later electric aura. I don't think in a sense he was a "Super Saiyan" because there are no other physical indicators he transforms like a SSJ. I'd say that the Saiyan genes are dominate and the way they react to Cells level of power manifests Ki similarly to how SSJ Ki manifests. Oddly, part of me thinks that it should be Frieza and his fathers DNA that would be more dominant, but whatever. I think Cell was done this way for dramatic effect, telling the reader/watcher "look you can't beat Cell, because he can do everything the Heroes can do" kind thing.

[@Ghost-rb6cw]

Well I think ultimately mike was Simply trying to compare they're levels. Cell can't be considered a super Saiyan because he wasn't a Saiyan but his power level was like of a super Saiyan, that's why they called him super perfect form cell.

[@mohibbaneaahlebyata.s7332]

Bro Make A Video What If Present Cell Survived ? Anyways Great video 😁

[@OmnipotentSaiyan]

Cell can use Spirit Bomb on Xenoverse 1 and 2 as an Easter Egg.

[@donovanbradford8231]

Hell the Budokai games even has that as his ultimate.

[@dinolover]

Not an Easter egg. Most dbz games lets Cell do the spirit bomb as a finisher or atleast one of his ultimate attacks

[@Jhhhhyhhnjgy]

Why didn’t cell use the kaioken? That’s a video idea for you

[@LSMMIKE]

I already made that video. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXWnkJSKj62grMUsi=ngY3hN8Ko5fZlHCj

[@1ce867]

It’s a technique from the other world or heaven in the dbz verse so dr.gero couldn’t have seen the kio Ken technique since Goku learned it when he literally died in sayian saga

[@leddarklight7566]

Because,while in theory the Kaio Ken should be an infinity power boost as long the user's body can stand its power,the Kaio Ken became outdated by Super Saiyan. The Kaio Ken could only power up x20 the user's ki while Super Saiyan can x50.

[@PalladinPoker]

​@@1ce867 Cell claims to know the Genki Dama, which was used in the same fight as Kaioken on earth.

[@leddarklight7566]

​@@1ce867 Goku learned the Kaioken in the Otherworld but he used it against Vegeta and Nappa. So yes,Cell should know how to use the Kaioken because that little bug should had seen Goku beating Vegeta's ass with that technique.

[@ForcesofRandomness]

The only weird thing was around this point, it was explained that you can't become super Saiyan by just powering up. It takes some sort of rage to unleash the transformation but cell was the exception to the rule because he powered up and reached both respected forms twice.

[@LSMMIKE]

Thank you for your generosity. I believe that is partially because Cell’s design caused him to bring out his powers and abilities to the highest capability, or be perfected by Gero’s computer. I discussed it more in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZXGhIaEiaaIY8k

[@truckercowboyed2638]

If cell created a spirit bomb, i wonder if it would be made of negative energy instead positive like when goku creates one...

[@rodseller9936]

Gohan would have been immune to spirit bomb.

[@Ebani]

Afaik any person with a pure heart is to a point.

[@PalladinPoker]

nobody is immune, Goku almost died to it in Super. It's just harder to deflect and more damaging to evil souls.

[@dinolover]

What I want to know is if Cell can turn into a great ape version. His body is over 50% saiyan down to the cell structure itself, so it would make sense if he could transform looking at a full moon

[@maisey101]

When i was younger i did think this as well. However No Cell is just a unique being but his aura of yellow matches super saiyajin as well as when he comes back after exploding it was like Gohan. However i don't think he is a super sayaijin he just have the cells of them so perhapes his power matches there power his aura becomes similar in apperance.do due the nature of his cells. That would be my guess full power he has aura like gohan half power closer to ss1 ect. I say this due to the fact he is a different being created in a lab and can use the cells of other beings but he isn't a 1 to 1 copy.

[@BookOnAir_]

Ay bro I don’t know how long you’ve been doing dragonball videos but I’ve been watching you for a couple months and you for sure have become one of my favorite dragonball video creators

[@maroufali7925]

Well he did get a Zenkai boost after blowing up, so yes

[@cynicalnitro8416]

Hey was a Super Cyborg Saiyamekrosialopsling.

[@ifailatblackops1]

The ki emitting was indeed yellow however i feel like feel like cell would be what an offspring would look like if a sayian bred outside of “human beings” shout-out tarble and his wife

[@brucecook502]

I say yes. For the same exact reason why it would be cringe to say that Gohan and trunks were never real Super Saiyan, the fact that they do have sayian in their DNA, it seems to allow them to assess the same transformation as the pure-blooded Sayians, and we do see evidence of this with cell during the Cell Games. Cell has sayian genes so there's no reason to think it is coincidence that his Aura during his fight against Goku was reminiscent of a Super Saiyan's aura and the same change happened to him as did with Super Saiyan 2 Gohan when cell came back with a zenkai boost.

[@gohanson27]

yikes. LOL

[@SuperHns]

in the Anime CELL even gets the same blue eye color when he powers up to fight Goku

[@masterquake7]

I've thought about this one before and always thought he was a super saiyan even from the get go.

[@thegoldstandard18]

I think if the idea is that Cell could go Golden in most ppls minds then yes he can go Super Saiyan. I think the reason the aura doesn’t stay is the same reason the aura doesn’t stay on Super Saiyans the whole time during a fight it’s mainly there at peak power up. Cell just doesn’t have hair so we don’t see him with blonde hair like a Super Saiyan. But Mike would be interested to know how much of a boost would Cell get if he fused with Namekians vs absorbing Humans? I would imagine that’s something he can do having Piccolo’s cells in him.

[@Fuchsfeuer]

Cell wasn't perfect per se. he had no earthling genes. This means that the ability that Gohan has and that Trunks and Goten should have as well means that they are stronger hybrids thanks to the mixture of Earthlings and Saiyans, which Vegeta recognized and expressed herself back then. He could actually have been much stronger if he had earthling genes and could also have gotten this boost from the hybrid like Gohan.

[@leddarklight7566]

He has Earthling DNA too as he has Tien and possibly Krillin,Yamcha and Chaoz as well. Cell use one of Tien's tech during his fight against Goku.

[@DekRavenmane]

I often speculated about this since Future Trunks' Encounter with imperfect Cell.

[@Thromaz]

This edition of cell saga media is PERFECT Looking forward to the video on the canonicity of the ssj multipliers I do not think the guide books have any place in interpreting what we actually see on the page Narratively the grade 2 and 3 ssj come off as failed or incomplete ssj transformation on top of ssj transformation with power that reflectsit and grade 5 comes off as a successful go ssj twice transformation so it would be something like ssj 50x Grade 2 25x grade 1 Grade 3 who knows how many xs but getting closer to 50 with drawbacks Grade 4 the energy wasted by transformation and excitement is conserved and can be used to explosively raise their power like piccolo vs 20 Grade 5 successful 50x grade 1 with mastered stamina

[@donovanbradford8231]

I do think a fun video would be all the different fighters that made up Cell. Because as we know the spy bots started tracking Goku and his fights all the way back in the 2nd World Tournament arc all the way to the end of the fight with the Sayians but the cell bots were still around even in Ginger town with Super Piccolo and Imperfect Cell. So not only could Raditiz be apart of Cell, but Krillin, Yamcha, Jackie Chun, Kami/Hero, and even member of the great Appule's race could be apart of Cell, because those dots on Cells body do look alot like Appule's.

[@DHeart006]

I believe so. Super saiyan for cell doesn’t feel like a transformation but rather just part of his being. The super computer could have found a way for cell to eventually just copy what goku and gohan did and be in or at least fluctuate the power of super saiyan all the time.

[@dylanhagsauce8629]

Dude, you read my mind he totally was when powering up IMO

[@miguelc2164]

Hey Mike how come Gero didn’t know about super saiyan if he refused Trunks cells who went SSJ and alternative time lines have Goku going SSJ

[@LSMMIKE]

Gero wasn’t in charge of the Cell project by that point, which included the spy bots. He left that up to his super computer that acted autonomously. That’s why he also didn’t know about King Cold and Frieza.

[@Logan_97]

Watching the first half makes me wonder: Why didn't Piccolo just TOLD the Androids about Cell, instead of fighting them right away. Piccolo is smart enough to understand that powering up will summon Cell. That would be the proof. It would be in the first interest of the Androids to not be absorbed. So, if 16, 17, 18 & Piccolo (aswell possibly all the humans, Gohan and maybe even Goku) fought Imperfect Cell at once, would they be able to win?

[@newhybrid101]

His body adapted and mimicked it. He didn't truly become an SSJ2 but his Zenkai boost made him adapt in such a way, since he was facing SSJ2 Gohan. Since it was Gohans rage unleashed moment at the last moment that kills him if he survived he would return with similar ability. His Semi Perfect form also resembled Android 16,whom previously matched and even edged him out

[@Ghost-rb6cw]

I think he was simply implying that cell was in super Saiyan 2 level.

[@TerminalllyChill]

I love this channel, thank you for the content

[@gamer7234]

Hey guys it's Mike here, the most awesome dude this side of

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

Would love to get a cell redemption arc in Dragonball

[@Valientlink]

I'd say no. He's genetically modified to have the Saiyan cells, so he can produce an aura or ki storm that looks like Super Saiyan, but isn't truly in that form. He might have power similar but to me it's just not the same. Toriyama had said after the SSJ wall was hit, zenkai became insignificant, so if Cell was one, he wouldn't have got a zenkai at all, let alone one that suddenly jumps to something like SSJ2 and for some reason learning instantaneous movement. Him learning that doesn't exactly make sense, but it also shows that his "zenkai" just doesn't work the same as it would for a Sayan. Regardless, Gohan's still *way* stronger than him

[@mds_main]

To be fair, Goku Black got zenkais after zenkais because he wasn't Goku despite being in Goku's body so it isn't that farfetched that Cell got a zenkai that made him reach SSJ2

[@Valientlink]

​@@mds_main I don't think those were zenkais for Black rather than him getting used to using more strength. He was already way too strong for Trunks. Having strong Saiyan rivalries one of which is with the body you stole and have various skills from Goku would help him learn fast. Toriyama stated zenkais were insignificant after becoming Super Saiyan as I'd noted in that comment. It would've been a point to question after they were spammed throughout pretty much the whole Namek Saga. After that they were never really mentioned by anyone in the story or outside it. Vegeta definitely wasn't zenkai'ing himself repeatedly to become a Super Saiyan in the android saga. There's probably some knd of ceiling for it and Black was already getting stronger in his first fight with Goku on Earth. Vegeta and Goku had to put in more training to be good enough for him and then Zamasu and him after. No one was really noticeably getting them plot wise either. Cell got his zenkai-esque thing, which I'll admit is close enough. but is still artificial because he's a bug-like android with Namekian and whatever Frieza's race is. Since Super Saiyan's as mentioned no longer get significant zenkai, if any, then the bulk of Cell is just the artificial bits. He has the DNA of 2 Saiyan's from when they weren't Super Saiyan's (anime he has more people for some reason). So the fact that he got a zenkai means he isn't a Super Saiyan. Power close to one, I mean Piccolo as the Super Namekian outclassed all the Saiyan's at that time. Either way I still don't think it works the same compared to a real Saiyan body. Black in theory, but he was already so strong that it'd fall into the "insignificant" category

[@Valientlink]

@@mds_main Apparently there was some slight confusion. I was mostly talking about Black last night and added a bit to this comment edited. I thought I'd said Cell didn't get a zenkai based on what you said, but my main point is that because he got one, he isn't a true Super Saiyan. My stuff on black I think is correct otherwise, but I don't see what that's gotta do with Cell considering Black is a pure blooded Saiyan body who is already extremely powerful, and having powerful adversaries simply taught him how to fight with that body better. Then when he realized anger was a big trigger for Saiyan's, he became stronger from that too. In short with Cell, which I mention more precisely in my revised comment from last night: as stated Super Saiyan's don't really receive zenkai boosts anymore. It's been said many times and I forget what interview it was, but Toriyama did say this, because people wondered why after Namek it stopped really being a thing. If Cell was truly a SSJ, he wouldn't have got a zenkai big enough to give him SSJ2. He still wasn't exactly SSJ2 though, it was just a similar ki storm. The fact that he learned instantaneous movement from it also shows that this zenkai isn't like a real Saiyan zenkai. Saiyan's don't come back from near death and magically learn a new technique like that. Artificial human, artificial zenkai.

[@starrchika]

Loving the haircut Mike ✂️👍🏽

[@eranshachar9954]

I think there is no doubt about it he was a SSJ and even SSJ2. I don't understand where does the fascination with Cell comes from? He is just a highly successful AI great, but in terms of villainy he never impressed me that much. To me Freeza is a better written villain and the best villain in the DB franchise.

[@longlivetheblackmamba2-8-24]

I’d say the best examples to look at is the full color mangas colored by Toriyama tho all the auras in those chapters are still white it’s the design that gives the idea. Cells aura mostly perfect cell is identical to that of the super saiyans. It’s most notable when gohan powers up against cell after cell too the sensu bean that goku gave him

[@tk24life]

Krillin is a Super Saiyan confirmed! ✅

[@LSMMIKE]

In certain fanfics he is for sure!

[@gohanson27]

right. Anyone with a gold aura is a Super Sayian lol. Wait, is Yamcha a Super Sayian? LMAO

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Another Perfect video from Cell Saga Media.

[@Notorious_Grey]

The 50x stronger talk about super Saiyan is so arbitrary. Just because it was shown to us that way against Frieza doesn't mean super Saiyan is just a 50x multiplier flat.

[@elpopman2055]

SS Grade 3 and SS Grade 4 are x500.. but Grade 4 Have no Drawbacks

[@dellosayshello5405]

I mean he is now super perfect cell that super seems pretty good

[@____________838]

He wasn’t just a Super Saiyan, he was a Perfect Saiyan. A more important question is… Can Cell utilize the Oozaru form?

[@TJBPlays]

I've always thought this, even as a kid when seeing his yellow aura and later the electrical energy when he returns. Definitely intentional and makes sense considering his DNA.

[@edfrees]

5:48 it says in the lower left panel "We could have acquired the cells of Trunks as well...". How is that possible when Cell is from the timeline where Goku died because Trunks didn't travel back in time to give him the medicine?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Amazing video as always 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@longlivetheblackmamba2-8-24]

Yes imo. We know cell gets his cells from all the cells of the Z fighters mainly goku, vegeta frieza and piccolo. The reason I’d say he was a super saiyan because cell seemingly took the abilities he got from those fighters and took them to new heights at that time. The most notable being piccolo. We’ve never seen piccolo up to that point regenerate at the like which cell had. So cell’s abilities far surpass the donors he got it from. So it’s not far fetched to see that cells saiyan cells become “super” saiyan cells Edit: also the zenkai he got when he said “I’ve powered up like son gohan” who was super saiyan 2 and super perfect cell had lightning

[@colmeiadaangela1026]

No, he was a Super Cellian

[@bong_thong]

Cell was definitely a Super Saiyan Namekian Frost Demon Android Human

[@DragonBallsolosyourverse]

The manga was colored after the fact It was orginally black and white with the colored manga more or less using the anime colors

[@marcusphoenix5012]

Let’s not remember he absorbed an SSJ as in Trunks before arriving in the past so maybe that’s a factor

[@BiggieCheeseJr.]

I just thought of something, did Gero put his own cells into Cell? (Pause)

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

Or what if cell was introduced in DBS And had the dna of everybody !!

[@yoyyoy6376]

He had SSJ aura in his first form and was argually stronger than Goku at SSJ pre chamber and sickness (before absorbing several cities)

[@Areldil]

Someone have a manga (colored if possible) version of Cell when he transform in a "grade 4" against Gohan and become giant (compared to Gohan) is face become bigger too (Namekian DNA maybe ) not like against Trunks. I would be curious to compare his aura then too, because for me he's the only one going even further than Trunks in these "grades."

[@livinghomunculus657]

This is something i think about all the time

[@andrewverrett568]

Cell was namekian, sayian, and frost demon or whatever freezas race is.

[@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo]

I can see the argument for him being a super Saiyan a superhuman, super namekian and a super Frieza race thing because of all the DNA in his body from so many other people.

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

it's like cell has a whole deep race inside of him sayians , frizeas and namekians

[@rodseller9936]

Yes. He was the best of every race.

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

it's like cell has every deep race inside of him like sayians and namekians and frizea's

[@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist]

​@@rodseller9936 Yes, Cell has better regeneration than Piccolo, better Ki control than the humans, arguably more raw potential than Freeza and his father, and his perfect form allows him to essentially skip to Mastered/Grade 4 Super Saiyan without having to train for it. Gero designed him to truly be the ultimate warrior.

[@brianrosado2333]

Hey man, Have you ever tried your hand at Voice acting, you’re pretty good!

[@LSMMIKE]

I’d be down to do it if given the chance.

[@brianrosado2333]

Well you would be good at it I think !!

[@HablaConOwens]

I hope not. But i would love to see og cell come back and have another transformation.

[@SleepingTroubles]

You have to consider that we don't know what percentage of genes Gero used to make Cells's DNA, for all we know he might be 25% Goku and Vegeta and therefore as much as a Sayan as Pan. Maybe it's like those juices on the supermarket that say they are all these fruits and then you look at the ingredients percentages and it's like 60% apple juice, 10% lemon and 4% all the others. That honestly could be a video or a short itself, how much of Cell is from each, I think he shows much more Namekian characteristics biologically, with a strong Freeza race touch for the survivability without limbs, and then enough Sayan to the point of being able to use their enhancements and from the humans just enough to use their techniques.

[@joshualowe959]

If Cell was a Super Saiyan because of the Saiyan cells he inherited from Goku, Vegeta & Gohan, then he could also could be a Super Namekian because of yhe DNA he inherited from Piccolo. This logic also applies to other villains like Buutenks, Zamasu, Baby & Moro. BUUTENKS: was a Super Saiyan 3 because he absorbed Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks & he also absorbed the Saiyan Gohan FUSED ZAMASU: was a Super Saiyan Rose(even though his Super Saiyan hairstyle color was white), because one of his fusees Goku Black was a Zamasu who obviously switched bodies with an alternate timeline Goku. BABY VEGETA: was a Super Saiyan because Baby took over Vegeta's body and inherited his powers. Baby Vegeta was able to transform into a Golden Great Ape MORO: was a Super Saiyan and way beyond because he was able to absorb the powers of Goku & Vegeta PLUS after he absorbed OG73 who copied the powers of the Saiyan Gohan, Moro-73 them copied the powers of the Saiyan Vegeta.

[@KaimIICOD]

9:13 thanks, I hope to see it soon.

[@VitalTechnology_]

A little off topic, but I wonder why Cell wasn't programmed with/made to have the ability to track the andriods if they were intended to be absorbed by him.

[@gabrielflecchia4481]

What origins has recoom next pls

[@Zarkon619]

when he had his golden aura, yes!

[@gohanson27]

LMAO. Hold this L and go watch some more DBZ

[@grazzmu]

After 20 minuites of analysis the answer iiiiis: Yes! Or No...👀🤣

[@jeezyyplays6234]

Had no idea this was a debate lol

[@quanmfsanchez411]

He was perfect 😏

[@aznpikachu215]

He was MISTER.Perfect.Cell.

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

Mr.Perfect cell 🤣

[@BasementDweller_]

Wished the anime gave first form Cell 3 fingers instead of 5 for each hand.