Jones, Tim. "Dragon Ball anime review". themanime.org. Archived from the original on July 13, 2010 . Retrieved October 3, 2008. Aitsu wa Son Goku". Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection (CD) (in Japanese). Japan: Columbia Records. 1989. CC-3768. In Dragon Ball Super, Goku displays full mastery of this form. In the Tournament of Power, when the eager Universe 6 Saiyan Caulifla desired to learn Super Saiyan 3, Goku insisted she was not quite ready for it, before mastering Super Saiyan 2. To which, Goku demonstrated such by intensifying the sheer power of this form, leaving a baffled Caulifla to wonder if this was really the same Super Saiyan 2 she was using. In this state, his aura expands significantly. This state lets Goku fight on par against both Super Saiyan 2 Caulfla and Legendary Super Saiyan 2 Kale simultaneously.

Gibbs, Jay (September 3, 2017). "It's Time to Admit that DRAGON BALL SUPER is Terrible". ComicsVerse . Retrieved May 3, 2018.In a Newtype poll from March 2010, Goku was voted the fifth most popular male character from the 1980s. [126] Goku ranked consistently high in the Anime Grand Prix poll in the category of "best male character" in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing seventeenth in the 1987 poll, [127] fifteenth in the 1988 poll, [128] second in the 1989 poll, [129] fourth in the 1990 poll, [130] third in the 1991 poll, [131] fourth in the 1992 poll, [132] thirteenth in 1993 poll, [133] and twelfth in 1994 poll. [134] Oda, Eiichiro (July 2001). "Interview with Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama". One Piece Color Walk (in Japanese). Vol.1. ISBN 978-4-08-859217-6. FIRST LOOK AT THE 'DRAGON BALL SUPER' MOVIE REVEALS THE BEST IS YET TO COME". Archived from the original on February 4, 2019 . Retrieved January 22, 2019. Game designer Hiroshi Matsuyama from CyberConnect2 said that while Goku is an appealing character readers could root for during the manga, he was hard to relate and, thus, instead preferred other characters like Krillin or Bulma. However, during the manga's final story arc, Matsuyama recalls being overjoyed when Goku says that Mr. Satan, a comic relief character with no superextraordinary skills, was the real hero of mankind as the Earthlings found him as the saviour of mankind when Buu was about win the final fight. [143] Goku and other Dragon Ball characters joined the cast of One Piece in the 2006 crossover manga Cross Epoch. [75] He appears in a single panel of Toriyama's 2013 manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, which is set before the events of Dragon Ball. [76] The collected tankōbon volume of Jaco features the bonus story Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child, depicting how and why Goku's parents sent him to Earth. [77] [78]

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After training with Whis, Goku learned to synchronize Super Saiyan with Super Saiyan God, causing him to become a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, more commonly known as Super Saiyan Blue. This form is identical to Super Saiyan in appearance, only with cyanish-blue hair and eyes with a blue aura shaded by some gold. The form's power is a level that surpasses Super Saiyan God and offers increased levels of ki and emotional control. Goku learns to enhance this form's power further through different means, including using the Kaio-ken while in this form, and intense rage.