Quick word on Kaioken: It is not a transformation. It is a power-up. It will not be part of this series BUT I will give it its own video in the future, probably as a Dragon Ball In Depth video.

Major ways to go SSJ: 1: through lots of training and a traumatic event 2: Tingly back energy 3: S-cells 4: Collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds. xD

Nobody: Geekdom: If you knew I would make this, you are a great prognosticator.

"All I want to do is see you turn into a Super Saiyan."

I just remembered Hitler or "dictator" in Fusion Reborn noticing Goten and Trunks turn Super Saiyan and saying that he should hire them because they have blond hair and blue eyes😂

The fact that tingly back feelings are part of Super Saiyan Lore infuriates me.

For thousands of years I lay dormant! Who has disturb my... Oh geekdom uploaded a video. Nice

Nothing beats the first Super Saiyan transformation. When it happened it was unexpected and really otherworldly. After it had already been done once, continuing to stack more and more transformations on top of it, really just killed the specialness of being able to transform at all. But the panoply of transformation to come were greatly foreshadowed, when we kept watching Frieza transform over and over again, so it's fair to say, it was probably always in the mind of the creators, at least by the time DBZ arrived.

I just had a conversation with a guy who strongly believed Ssj2 is a x2 multiplier from base and ssj3 is a x4 from base I had to leave his stupidity in peace.

"Plenty of juice" or my personal favorite *vegeta crying* "I WANNA I WANNA BE A SUPER SAIYAN!"

Definitely had to put my 2 cents in on this one. “The power comes in response to a need, not a desire” “you must create that need, use the pain of lost.” If you complete the quote, what Goku is stating is a traumatic stress event that causes you to react to a situation vs, thinking up by just desiring something. Goku didn’t desire anything when he turned SSJ for the 1st time. He snapped, watching his best friend murdered after he gave everything he had with the spirit bomb. Goku was not only emotionally triggered, he was backed into a corner and he reacted in response ... that is what triggered his SSJ transformation. Which transformation is metaphorically in reality what we gain through that traumatic experience. We are never the same person again. Which originally when the SSJ was 1st introduced is why I feel in love with Dragonball. It took training, hard work and the emotional struggle through a traumatic experience to transform and change ourselves to be better, to be greater. And as the years gone by, the watered the transformation down for the simple pleasure of entertaining the kids for today... with this tingle bullshit and S-cells.

THE MOST ICONIC FORM, LESGOOOOOOOOOO

The transformation to Super Saiyan by Goku in Goku vs Frieza was the most Badass transformation by Goku ever..... I really miss that badass Goku...

I think that the gold color used in the ssj transformation is extremely ironic considering that gold is a super conducter of energy specifically electricity which is hinted at even more in ssj2 with them generating bio electricity.

Fun fact, only Goku’s initial ssj transformation and Gohan’s ssj2 transformation during the Cell Games were triggered by rage in the original manga. The rest were all done through training.

I remember a LONG time ago when I thought literally anyone could become SSJ including humans.

S-Cells, Base Power, Strong Emotions, Ki Control... I think every part of the ecuation helps in his own way to achieve the form, but you don't necessarily need all three to transform, as long as you add enough to reach that threshold.

Ah yes the super saiyan form that started it all

Still waiting for Super Saiyan 6.

Vegeta has a pure heart. Pure unadulterated Badass.

10:20 - The way I always saw this was that the transformation is triggered by focusing your ki on your solar plexus chakra, but that there are two ways to do it. When you get angry you automatically and instinctively focus your ki there. Whereas, if you just know what you're doing and you're powerful enough, you can also simply choose to focus your ki there. This would also explain why the saiyans first can't become super saiyans at will but once they've experienced it for the first time they can learn to turn it on and off at will without requiring the same level of anger. Because once they experience the feeling of their anger concentrating their power in their solar plexus chakra, they know that's what you have to do. And so in the future they can learn to replicate that feeling with skill alone to transform at will. So, essentially, both would be doing the same thing but one instinctually while the other requires experience (or someone to tell you what the experience is like) and skill.

S cells DO male sense, cause Goku WAS and IS a GENTLE it makes perfect sense. Remember it took Vegeta longer and more training than Goku. So the gentle thing does make sense.

Super Saiyan The OG Transformation Of Saiyan's.

Honestly I really like the whole S-cells thing. It explains the concept of Super Saiyan and also explains why none of the original Saiyans on planet Vegeta could transform and yet Goten and Trunks could. They likely inherited a lot of S-cells from their fathers. It's likely the rage thing causes Saiyans to tap into their S-cells, almost like a short cut.

Goku: "It comes from a need not from a desire." Caulifla: Hold my beer.

7:29 - The way I always saw this was that there was a minimum power level requirement to trigger the transformation. So your body has to be powerful enough to begin with for your rage to then push you over the edge.

My favorite Saiyan form is probably Super Saiyan 2 and Broly Ozaroo power.

Geekdom as always, geeking it up!!

5:42 "S-cells"? Great, now Saiyans have midichlorian count too??

Yes!!! I’ve been waiting on this latest episode of the transformation guide! Been loving these series ! Keep it up, honestly can’t wait for god (red) my favorite form

Your narrations are always consistent; I love that! Compliment all a this with your radical videographic displays and you're literally one of a kind, Geekdom!

I think a good way to reconcile the back tingling feeling is that in Universe 6 that's how you achieve the form. In Universe 7 it's through training and usually through trauma, but neither universe can use the others path, they can only use their own.

I still don´t get what S-cells contradict, i think they work perfectly, can someone give an actual example of a contradiction regarding S-cells? Great video by the way.

I live in south GA and let me tell you there are people who are completely oblivious to any kind of anime, no idea what a super saiyan looks like or could even begin to have ideas. Couldn't tell you what goku looks like.

At this point if you don’t know what SSJ is then you should just stop....

Concise, informative, well made, and of course enjoyable. Great job as always Geekdom.

My favorite series that you've done. Great job!

Welp with S-Cells he's now up there with George Lucas and JK Rowling.

Pretty crazy I’ve been watching you since I was like 14 and now Im all grown up and have a baby, it’s always been the best place to go to get info on db, you do a very great job keep up the amazing work.

This is easily my new favorite series you’ve done

Goten: Mommy! Trunks stole my candies! **turns Sūppa Saiyajin* Chichi: Ah shit, here we go again.

I never bielived that u need a pure heart to be super sayain cause this universes sayains majority are no where near pure of heart😂

Not been too much over been interested in lately but this video was classic quality Geekdom material - more informative thorough and peppered with video and fan service still shots. Keep it up Geekdom

I love the part in the destroyer tournament after cabba turned ssj, that Vegeta left himself completely open for attack and closed his eyes and just smiled while Cabba punched him straight in the face.... Great episode 💯

It's a tingling feeling on your back, according to DBS.

So, with S-Cells Toriyama went full midichlorian... Man, you never go full midicholrian.

I clicked this expecting a 40-something minute video. Good on you for keeping it short and sweet!

hey you make awesome videos man! Very informative. I never fully understood the whole SS transformation thing before like why it only happened to certain Saiyans and not others but your explanation totally makes sense...thanks for clearing it all up for me!! Peace out ;D

S-Cells, also known as Midichlorians.

**Some time later** **Releases new video** Title: “What you don’t know about Super Saiyan transformations”

Thank you for this new series Geekdom. It has been great so far.

Super saiyan 1 in my opinion is the best transformation out of all the transformations. Watching goku be the first saiyan in history to achieve the form will always be my childhood highlight.

I always thought you had to surpass a certain power limit to achieve Super Sayian. Around 90,000, just going off Goku’s base power on Namek. The tingling feeling is exclusive to Universe 6 Sayians.

SSJ4 is my favorite form. Cannon or not. The design is one of the best. Kaioken is my favorite technique.

I'm glad you made a video on this most of this stuff I knew and due to the red con I began to change my views from a legend to some story telling. So thanks for the awesome video and you answered a few of my questions.

Love you man. Keep the content coming!!

Sit ups Push ups And.. a lot of juice

“In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” “In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!” “And he said, 'O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage. GOD bless

@geekdom101 good job informing your audience of the importance of the original ssj’s. Haha about your explanation of gotten and trunks super saiyan.. that is pretty much how kids in my age group thought , we watched z back in the early 2000’s lol

Finally a channel that gets me!

Love this vid geekdom but I just wanna mention I lovedddd the video on worldofgeekdom that you just put up about your parents, you’re one of the strongest souls I’ve seen thru social media keep your head up and be strong brother keep bringing the fire content

Yes! This video is FINALLY OUT!😆

I get the same vibes as the Star Wars retcon, but it doesn’t bother me in the same way. I kinda like the explanation of a more peaceful environment creating more opportunities for a transformation to happen. It also (kinda) justifies how Bardock randomly became a Super Saiyan in his weird time travel special. That was a peaceful time for him, even if it was brief. Not to say I like that special, but it makes more sense now and I guess that’s what counts.

I love most of your uploads Bro keep up the good work💖

Weren't the SSJ eyes originally supposed to be red?

Bro I remember when I was a little kid I was desperate to be a super saiyan 😂 I had dreams I would power up and shit 😂

Awesome video Geekdom. Thanks for everything you do. One thing though. Wasn’t it stated that one of the criteria’s for becoming a Super Saiyan was to first surpass your normal Saiyan limitations? Back when Goku was doing the gravity training in the space pod, the narrator said that all the training Goku did allowed him to break his normal limitations of power as a Saiyan. (This is DragonBall Kai by the way). Sort of like what Saitama did that allowed him to become so strong. This explains why Goku didn’t become a Super Saiyan when he was a kid. He didn’t break his Saiyan limiter. So I always thought that in order to to transform, you have to surpass your limitations in base form, and then experience extreme emotional distress. Captain Ginyu estimated that Goku’s actual power level was somewhere in the realm of 60,000, even though it was really at 90,000. So maybe the limit for most Saiyans biologically peaks at anywhere from 60,000 - 90,000. Probably a bit below 60,000 though. If I’m wrong, then I’m wrong. My apologies for the length of this comment.

I do think the argument that there are separate ways of obtaining Super Saiyan is pretty relevant. Because my mom and I got into kinesiology after my dad passed away, as it not only helped us cope with the roller-coaster of emotions that we experienced afterwards, but helped us understand ourselves more and more. And one way of us knowing what's going on within is something called "Muscle-testing". Not so much a stress test, but by having someone lightly push down on your arm to see if it gives or not (if it gives, it's a yes) is a good way to get your body (and therefore, your subconscious) a simple yes or no question about what's going on and what you actually need. But after years of learning more and more about Muscle-testing, we learned there are simpler ways to do it on your own. For me, my current preferred way is when I ask myself a yes or no question, I feel a sort of rush or flex in my head if it's a yes. I know that probably sounds like bullshit to you guys, but honestly, kinesiology is based on Eastern medicine which has everything to do Hinduism, which is basically the source for all the powers in stuff like _Dragon Ball, Star Wars,_ and _Avatar: The Last Airbender._

4:33 - I know it's of dubious canonicity, but I honestly always thought the idea that it comes from a need and not a desire was one of the best things about the super saiyan trasnformation.

Lets just face it Toriyama easily forgets stuff, he will probably retcon all of this in the next Dragon Ball show.

Rage raises one's power, canonically, even without a transformation. Theres evidence of that literally everywhere. The way it works is that theres a power ceiling at which the transformation becomes possible, where you can unlock it by luck, or by instruction, and another power ceiling where the boost from rage makes it inevitable.

I always looked at it as the later Super Saiyans having witnessed and felt the power of the transformation had a baseline on what to do and imitate. The first Super Saiyan after so long was the right circumstances of randomly putting a complex puzzle together, with some knowing it goes together, but no one really knowing what the picture looks like. With everyone after Goku, they know what the picture looks like and have an idea how to train to get there. With Califla, she simply looked at it only from the perspective of matching and imitating Ki energy, not from imitating the emotional state to naturally get there. Kind of like someone learning the moves of Kung Fu by simply learning the moves who is a natural at it, and completely disregarding the emotional calmness of Mr. Miyagi is teaching. That's how I look at it at least.

Becoming a super saiyan has become milestone and right of passage for saiyans

I preferred it back when a character had to work and be pushed to their emotional limits to become super-saiyan. Each time a character achieved the form for the first time it was a defining moment for them and the culmination of a character arc. I hated how Goten and Kid Trunks could just do it and how Goku just pulled SSJ3 out of his ass with no buildup or character development involved.

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How I would've had it: U7 Saiyans going Super Saiyan: A spark that goes through your mind. U6 Saiyans going Super Saiyan: The tingly feeling on the back.

I don't get why people have issues with S-Cells & Midichlorians... Don't think of it as being explained with science, but rather, being able to scientifically notice some physical aspect of mystical/spiritual things...

Man, I wish DBGT was canon. SS4 is awesome.

It just makes so much more sense in my opinion and explains so many different things if we just say that Saiyans get stronger depending on who they're around, provided they're already warriors. It also seems to be a greater effect when the powerful people they're around are also Saiyans. Goten and Trunks were surrounded by super Saiyans from birth, and the universe 6 Saiyans were suddenly exposed to incredibly powerful people. Even Broly makes a little more sense in this light. It's simple, avoids a lot of the mess of "S cells" and doesn't require any real retcon because it makes sense and kinda goes along with the idea of a zenkai boost.

I have been anticipating this video sooooooo long!!

Understanding one's self and being in control of ones emotions to the point where you can draw out great power definitely is someone with strong real world martial arts underpinnings. However, the whole S-cell thing is one retcon Toriyama probably should not have made to explain how certain people of achieve the power earlier in life and easier. It is easier to think of it as being something passed down genetically with each generation able to achieve power greater than the last. It is more likely that the thing needed to turn into a super saiyan reliability is a genetic trait that represents an evolutionary step forward from the saiyan race as a whole. As this genetic trait is passed down through the generations, turning super saiyan would require less and less effort. The problem is that the bloodline with the trait has to survive long enough to reach the point where the trait can manifest itself in someone. Because of the saiyans' warrior nature and need to fight this probably lead to many of those who could have had the trait dying before it could be passed on causing it to become something that was extremely rare among existing saiyans.

I always thought the transformation arose due to having a certain amount of strength, essentially as strong as Goku was when he fought Frieza, and some sort of emotional duress. Vegeta trained, became stronger than Goku was when he fought Frieza, and transformed. Future Trunks and kid Gohan were definitely strong enough, seeing as how at that point being as strong as Frieza wasn't much of an accomplishment. I highly doubt it's in any way far fetched to say Goten and Trunks were far stronger than Frieza when they transformed offscreen. Now, their "emotional duress" is debatable, but they were kids, so emotional duress from their perspective can be something as simple as getting punched in the damn face by your mom.

Let’s go, I’ve been waiting for this

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My thoughts on each ssj form Ssj- nostalgia! Ssj2- cool I guess I like the electric effect Ssj3- grows hair for power lol Ssj4- the most unique ssj form ever! Ssjg- Idk why I love ssjg and red! Meaning power! And I love the fire aura! Ssjb- meh it's cool but it just a recolour of ssj but I love the aura! Ssjb(evolution)- cool purple color and makes you buff looking Warth(broly buff and great ape Humanoid state)- cool the name reminds of my 2nd favorite anime seven deadly sins from Meliodas demon wrath Ssj full powered(broly ssj rlly buff form)- no words besides this but its cool

That tingly back feeling.

I was waiting for someone to finally explain this.

IVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO

I really enjoyed your video but I think you forgot to mention the multiplier of Super Saiyan which is at least 50x base maybe more for Mastered Super Saiyan but I guess you’ll mention it in another video or something

Extreme rage>>>Tingly feeling in the back

I love how in the end of the video you answer the question I was typing up here

Remember what Vegeta said in the anime what a Super Saiyan is (Japanese version only and it's not even in the manga): "A Super Saiyan, who can surpass barriers that even the most gifted (elite/1st class) warriors can not." Just go beyond your limit in base mode then you can become a SSJ🤓

Hey geekdom, Are you sure the saiyan transformation isn't a curse? 😂😂😂 Animegirl pun intended🤣😂🤣

hi Geekdom101. nice vid! can you the Asian biological lore? i would very much to see that

Another good one!!! I was just chillinn.... listing... n thought now we going to ssg and... nope ahhaha keep up the good work. check u on next one. bless

Favorite video of yours , cant wait till you do the god modes and UI

Before I actually started watching dbz I was so confused why people kept calling so many different dudes Goku ... like that not Goku he has a tail. And black hair. And eyebrows. Wtf?

So in short .... SUPER SEAMAN = SUPER SAIYAN 🤔

Thank you. I needed it

I think that all you need to do is you have to do the tingly feeling. Maybe when they’re angry at those moments they transformed is because they somehow unconsciously focused all their energy on their back. Caulifla just managed to do that without the anger. The s-cells help to achieve it easier and makes you don’t need as much effort