This specific instance was when he was flying to Namek right after beating Vegeta for the first time at the beginning of DBZ. Where he needed to go outside the ship while it was in transit. He’d never been to space and had no reason to think he’d be fine without a suit
By the beginning of Dragon Ball Super he does go into space to fight Beerus, but he’s not there for long. It seems he can go in space for a bit, but needs to come back to breathe. This also tracks because he’s had to learn to control his breathing in multiple different ways
My guess would be that this scene takes place before he achieved Super Saiyan and thus became essentially a demigod.
Because… iirc… he is shown to… essentially not actually really need to breathe, or at least be able to survive in the vacuum of space for a superhuman amount of time, at the end of the Freiza saga / start of the Android saga.
EDIT:
Sorry, but if you haven’t seen DBZ, uh, spoilers technically I guess on this like 25 yo anime, but that’s when he first becomes Super Saiyan.
I… can’t actually remember the pictured scene happening… in DBZ?
Maybe it was in an episode that somehow didn’t make it over to Toonami, or I think more likely, its from Dragon Ball, basically the prequel… which I have yet to actually see all of, lol.
I watched Z Kai recently, i don’t think i remember any scene showing he can survive the vacuum of space. In fact he’s shown rushing toward a frieza spade pod to survive. However they did show Bardock fighting Frieza Force in space at the beginning. That scene in op image doesn’t seems to be in z kai though, probably in DB
… Goku needs a spacesuit? O.o
This specific instance was when he was flying to Namek right after beating Vegeta for the first time at the beginning of DBZ. Where he needed to go outside the ship while it was in transit. He’d never been to space and had no reason to think he’d be fine without a suit
By the beginning of Dragon Ball Super he does go into space to fight Beerus, but he’s not there for long. It seems he can go in space for a bit, but needs to come back to breathe. This also tracks because he’s had to learn to control his breathing in multiple different ways
I mehn: he can fly, teleport and is basically a god, isn’t he? Doesn’t seem out of place for him not needing a spacesuit.
Who are you talking about, Goku or Batman? :P
Yes
Whoa, a Shortpacked reference! Haven’t thought of that comic in quite awhile
My guess would be that this scene takes place before he achieved Super Saiyan and thus became essentially a demigod.
Because… iirc… he is shown to… essentially not actually really need to breathe, or at least be able to survive in the vacuum of space for a superhuman amount of time, at the end of the Freiza saga / start of the Android saga.
EDIT:
Sorry, but if you haven’t seen DBZ, uh, spoilers technically I guess on this like 25 yo anime, but that’s when he first becomes Super Saiyan.
I… can’t actually remember the pictured scene happening… in DBZ?
Maybe it was in an episode that somehow didn’t make it over to Toonami, or I think more likely, its from Dragon Ball, basically the prequel… which I have yet to actually see all of, lol.
I watched Z Kai recently, i don’t think i remember any scene showing he can survive the vacuum of space. In fact he’s shown rushing toward a frieza spade pod to survive. However they did show Bardock fighting Frieza Force in space at the beginning. That scene in op image doesn’t seems to be in z kai though, probably in DB