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Subject: Saiyan | |||||
humanoid extraterrestrial race in the Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. The Saiyans are a naturally aggressive warrior race who are, purportedly, the strongest warriors in the fictional Dragon Ball universe . In addition to the name Saiya being an anagram of the Japanese word yasai (lit. "vegetable" , full-blooded Saiyan characters in the series are also given names based on vegetable puns. Saiyans are typically aggressive and stubborn with an explosive short temper. They display an enjoyment for fighting and challenging opponents during battle, often letting their emotions get the better of them when aroused in stimulating situations, leading to rash decisions on their part. They also lack sympathetic emotions towards each other or their offspring. Their behavior stems rather by choice than natural instinct, either to hide their true emotions or due to the fact that being under Frieza's rule over the years had corrupted their system and way of thinking. Appearance With the exception of their monkey-like tails, all Saiyans have an outward appearance identical to humans but with a larger, muscular build. Creator Akira Toriyama, in helping to design characters for the first television special, noted originally he conceived the Saiyans to have only dark hair. A Saiyan's hair never changes length or style once it has fully grownThe reason for their decelerated aging is due to their continuous evolution, the warrior blood in their bodies keeps them younger and fit so they can fight longer. Saiyans display a wide array of special abilities, possessing incredible natural strength, ki energy manipulation, superhuman agility and reflexes, heightened sensitivity to smell, hearing, and vision, and all are naturally born to fight. All these traits are demonstrated throughout Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. Recovery Like humans, following intensive training, a Saiyan's strength and internal energy increases, albeit at a more accelerated rate. In addition, a Saiyan increases in power at an exponential rate after recovering from injuries, especially life-threatening ones. This form of regeneration appears to be a dominant Saiyan gene, as even Saiyan-hybrids inherit this ability. It is this trait that makes Saiyans so dangerous: their power never stops increasing (more so with a Saiyan-hybrid, as they inherit more strengths and fewer weaknesses that a full-blooded Saiyan or human may encounter); thus, the more they fight, the stronger they become. The Saiyans' most visually impressive trait is the ability to transform into a Great Ape (大猿 Ōzaru?), a giant were-ape with tremendous power, somewhere around ten times that of a normal Saiyan. This form, however, has a number of drawbacks, namely the loss of rational thought, although with enough practice, a Saiyan can keep his or her mind intact, yet this is not usually seen outside of the Saiyan warrior elite. Secondly, this form is only accessible in the presence of a full moon, or through artificial means, such as the "Blutz" wave emitter. Unfortunately, this transformation can be negated by the complete removal of the Saiyan's tail. Hybrids Due to their similar physiology Saiyans and Humans are capable of interbreeding. The resulting offspring generally possess the same enhanced strengths of the Saiyans, developing their abilities far more easily then humans, but lack the same drive and instinct for combat. Hybrid Saiyans possess the potential to become Super Saiyans, but it is unclear how many generations removed from their Saiyan ancestor a hybrid can be before the transformation becomes unavailable to them. However due to their impure heritage no hybrid can become a Super Saiyan 4. Super Saiyan The pinnacle of Saiyan power is without a doubt the Super Saiyan evolution and its subsequent levels, all granting increasingly enormous power to the Saiyan who achieves this extraordinary feat. |
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