On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Reid Carson wrote:

    Not that it wasn't very funny (which it was), or weird (which it
was). But I think everyone knows that the only way someone from the
Ranmaverse can survive fighting a Z-warrior is by: 1) They were given
a Saiya-jin blood transfusion (Ranma 1/2 Z), 2) Was born a Saiyan (A
Saiyan Tail), or whoever they're fighting is going very, very easy on
them (Dragonball R, Boys and Girls).

    There's one other way to do it. Since Kurilin's power in Z so far
exceeds even Cologne or Happosai, despite several decades less training,
an obvious possibility is that the laws of the Dragonball universe
permit the control and release of vastly greater amounts of power than
the Ranma universe. Thus, if Vegeta came to the Ranmaverse, he'd be no
more powerful than Herb, or perhaps Saffron - strong, but not a
world-destroyer.  Alternately, if Ranma characters came to the
Dragonball universe, they'd be automatically at Z-warrior levels. 
Ryoga's Perfect Shi Shi Hokodan, for example, would probably destroy the
Earth, much to his chagrin.

The other side being that Kuririn was given a power "transfusion" while on
Namek.  Ie When Vejita came along, Kuririn was strong but still within
"human" ranges (could probably still take out most of the Ranma cast,
though) but while on Namek, the old leader of the Namek-jin gave him and
Gohan a boost of power.  Kuririn went from being a little under a thousand
battle points (981 to be exact) to 10,000.  This is why he is the most
powerful human, and not Yamcha or Tenshinhan.

But, Son Gokuu and Vejita come by their power in a more traditional
manner.  They train.  Massively.  Vejita makes regular use of a heavy
gravity room to help him train.  The way they train, especially Gokuu,
they probably train more intensively in a day than any of thre Ranma cast
can do in a week.


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