Would DBZ Be Better Without The Official Battle Powers?

[Yoshi]

I actually think so.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

There are some contradiction IMO. Nappa's power level comes to my mind first.

 

[Doctor Havoc]

Maybe
But there probably wouldn't be Pl lists

 

[SSJ2]

Let's put it this way. If there were no BPs in DB, we probably wouldn't be here today.

The story would definitely become more consistent though.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Absolutely agree. We all know how strong they are each other but with the help of power levels, we can tell how much stronger they are.

 

[Lord Beerus]

It's a double edged sword. Yes, the story would have been most likely more consistent but the BP's also allowed fan to speculate on how specifically strong or stronger characters could become. But with great power levels comes great responsibility. And many characters have been fanwanked to absurd degrees over the years because of those damn numbers.

 

[Son Gokū]

Yes.
People of your universe are weird guessing random numbers to see how strong we are...

 

[Mystic]

I'd say so. Just look at the original DB.

 

[Whipedkillsmiled]

Considering they don't go further than Frieza arc... right?
They don't make a huge difference, plus I find em kinda accurate excluding nappa who I don't mind being at 4k but some people contradict it.
Other than that I haven't really found an official BP that I tend to disagree with.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Even AT himself admitted in the interview that power levels are completely overrated since Goku from BoZ was from 400 to 150,000,000.

 

[FoolsGil]

It would be so much better.

 

[Epicnessbeyond]

They should have put out every characters BP's. Shuesha should have made them and just told the were this is what Toriyama madw

 

[Yusuke-sama]

My life would never be the same again! :-/

 

[Mystic]

They were useful in conceptualizing the difference in power between fighters (say the first big example of Goku, Piccolo and Raditz) which raises the stakes and heightens the tension as we feel that there is a big gap between them.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

DB would be better

Spoiler

if AT HAD REMEMBERED TO FIX THE D*** DOOR!!!

 

[SSJ3 Gothic]

I think BP are what drew a large audience to the series in the first place, speaking distinctly about Western viewers here. Teenage boys loved the idea of scouters and battle powers. When DBZ was only airing a few episodes here in the states in like 1997 I was online reading battle powers about parts of the series I wouldn't even see for another 5+ years.