Who is faster Goku or Superman?

Answer 1

First off, Goku's Instant Transmission is never actually used in combat. Yes he uses it to throw people off guard in combat but Goku never uses IT in the manner we see Night Crawler use his teleporting in X-Men 2.

He can run away with it and use it to shift a major attack but other than that its not like the ability makes him able to fight at light-speed.

Which brings us to Gotenks(A faster character);

Gotenks travels the distance around the world (24,859.82 miles) half a dozen times in an undetermined amount of time... while light would circle the planet 9 times per second.

Which tells us he is not as fast as light. This is confirmed when Piccolo arrives and talks to Gotenks.

We are told that he has used up most of his time. Infact when Gotenks takes off to find Buu he has just under a minute and when he gets to Buu's house he doesn't even finish calling Buu out when his fusion wears off.

If it took approx 54 secs for him to travels a distance less than 20,000km. that would be ~0.12% light speed. Even if it only took him a second to get to Buu's house he is still a 1/15th the speed of light.

For reference Goku was about .002% the speed of light when he traveled across snake way.

Answer 2

Nothing in the anime is good enough evidence to deduce a reasonable conclusion without any plotholes. I would say times faster than sound but way under the speed of light.

Obviously not near light speed because of the Theory of relativity, but excluding that, he doesn't show anything close to light speed. Jutst because he turns up a level in SS doesn't mean he's faster. Go by what he has shown in the manga or show not math that has nothing to back it up.

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Nothing excluding...

By physics he cannot although this is discredited by the feats of speed his able to perform. Exhibited in "Broly The Legendary" Instant transmission does not work as the move implies, it in-fact is literal movement over a period of time. In this movie Goku used this moves to another region of the galaxy and there is a travel section. Also in the series, Gotanks a character of who is much slower then Goku travels the distance around the world (24,859.82 miles) many times within 4 sec and light is able to travel around the planet about 9 times per second. If Gotanks a much lesser character is able to travel the planet 1/9 light speed, before the discovery of SS4 in DBGT Goku is highly likely to be able to travel faster than the illogical speed of light

Ftw

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Goku lacks the any feats to support the fact that he can move Faster than light. Instant Transmission is exactly waht it sounds like. Instant movement. The manga is the original source, so it defines what Goku does and what feats he has exhibited. The movies are not canon to the story, and therefore do not effect the real DBZ storyline. no Gotenks actually did not travel around the world in 4 seconds. The feat is illogical. In the anime the Earth can be seen rotating at a faster than normal rate, which would imply time is passing by faster. If time is relative to each person, as suggested by physics, then that would mean the Earth shouldn't have rotating at all. IT could also mean a large amount of time passed while Gotenks travelled around the world, but this isn't true, since the fusion only lasts 30 minutes. Goku lacks feats to suggests he is FTL. Instant transmission is what it sound like, Instant movement.

FTW

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Ah, just a small comment , fusion times is entirely based on amount of power in use by said fused indivual. Time is relative yes and yes planet rotation may be taken into consideration but at the time the anime was written I don't honestly physics were applied to the logics. "Instant Transmission" a moved named by a dull, righteous, member of a warrior race of whom took more than his fair share of cracks to his head. Goku describes the move as instantaneous but it may not be completely accurate. Remember to keep an open mind and try to understand other points. Real physics do say this speed is completely imposable but is also says a normal man is not able to shoot energy beams, move at sonic speeds or lift large vehicles with ease (Krilin).

FTReply! =)

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"Ah, just a small comment , fusion times is entirely based on amount of power in use by said fused indivual."

Even though Piccolo clearly states it only lasts 30 minutes. Even if you throw out physics from the equation, you are left with a clear statement made in the manga which states the fusion only lasts for 30 minutes. I agree, using physics in anime is like trying to fit a whale in a bathtub. It just wont work. But, you cannot use physics selectively. Either you use physics to describe feats all the time, or do not use it at all and use evidence from the manga to support it.

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I say do not apply physics in this. And Yes piccolo did state it lasts 30 min but also Goku was given exactly 1 day as a visit on earth. This was cut down by the over use of power. Later in the Fusion Reborn limited fusion time is expressed that Gogeta only was able to keep sustained for minutes. Again in GT part of the real series 334 Goku only lasted a rough couple minutes. But this has nothing to do with how fast Goku is.

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Answer 3

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Actually, its nearly 1000 light years a second. Goku used the Instant Transmission to teleport to New Namek, which was in the same location as the original location of Namek. Bulma even said that Namek was 4000 light years away, she said this when Mr. Popo told everyone that they should visit Namek to obtain the Dragonballs to wish back Piccolo and such

ACTUALLY Goku did say that it was the speed of light when he returned to earth after defeating Frieza. So we are both right. :P

Answer 4

because he has been training since he was a young boy and he's been in the time chamber and the gravity machine.He is probebly as strong as a million mike tysons and a million alex reids put together.

Answer 5

Goku is very strong and he keeps training and he is the best and will beat any anyone who comes across him better than Superman and all of that junk

Answer 6

A lot. He could probably even destroy 100 planets at completely full power.

Answer 7

Only if he uses his instant teleportation.

Answer 8

goku because of his ssj4 capabilities