![]() But that is where we remember that they haven't explained why Goku has to transform in order to use Ultra Instinct, when nobody else needs to. If you say that Ultra Instinct refers to the technique itself and the change in physical appearance is something else entirely, I will agree. I'm not regarding it to just be one thing. Piccolo has already stated that Goku's clearly way stronger than he used to be in SSjB, so if Omen were just a transformation that affords an even bigger ki, he'd just say 'yes', surely? Sat 6:37 pmIf you regard Ultra Instinct to just be a transformation like other transformations, only giving the user a bigger ki than the others, you'd be hard-pressed to explain why, for instance, when Goku activates Omen and Android 18 asks if Goku's come back stronger than ever, Piccolo just replies that he can't tell because Goku's ki can't be sensed. ![]() If you regard Ultra Instinct to just be a transformation like other transformations, only giving the user a bigger ki than the others, you'd be hard-pressed to explain why, for instance, when Goku activates Omen and Android 18 asks if Goku's come back stronger than ever, Piccolo just replies that he can't tell because Goku's ki can't be sensed. Invariably, a transformation also comes with a sharp rise in the size of one's ki, and it's not at all clear that this is what happens when Ultra Instinct (Omen or otherwise) is activated, either. Sat 5:51 pmUltra Instinct has never actually been referred to as a "transformation", and unless we get an explicit statement to the contrary, I'd say it isn't one.ĭoes Goku undergo a change in his physical appearance?Ī change in appearance isn't necessarily indicative of a transformation, in and of itself - there are various techniques that afford a change in the appearance of the user without being transformations (Piccolo's gigantification technique, Roshi's bulked power-saturated Kamehameha form, etc.). Goku's arc is, naturally, firmly fixed by this point on using the full Ultra Instinct at will and then mastering it entirely, which is more than enough of a challenge. If the series continues, it will be interesting to see whether Vegeta goes further with Spirit Control and delves deeper into it to get some of the more esoteric abilities associated with it, rather than stopping with Forced Spirit Fission, whether he returns to Yardrat or continues doing it on his own. So, I don't see Spirit Control taking on the character of a transformation at any point, any more than Ultra Instinct is one. I think that Dragon Ball Super is moving in a direction that dissociates the true heights of power that Goku and Vegeta can attain from the power given to them by transformations alone (though Vegeta is still using SSjB e as well, and may do for the foreseeable future). ![]() ![]() However, I do think that Vegeta's Spirit Control is meant to be his answer to Ultra Instinct, as both seem to enhance the power projection abilities of the user - Ultra Instinct seems to enhance power projection through quality of movement, whereas Spirit Control seems to enhance it through quality of ki control either way, each allows the user to wield power much greater than that implied merely by the size of their ki. The OP made me go back and check through the manga, and Ultra Instinct has in general mostly been described as a "technique" or a "move", but has also been called a "state" or (increasingly) a "form" - I don't know if the Japanese term for "form" is as much of a general 'catch-all' as its English equivalent, or denotes something more specific - but to date, Ultra Instinct has never actually been referred to as a "transformation", and unless we get an explicit statement to the contrary, I'd say it isn't one.
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