Dragon Ball DAIMA Confirms the Tamagami Are Officially Stronger Than Super Perfect Cell (2024)

DAIMA may be a more lighthearted adventure that leans into early Dragon Ball’s Journey to the West roots, but it hasn’t strayed from what makes the series so popular: the action. To that end, the anime has introduced exciting new characters with incredible power levels and abilities. Glorio’s lightning magic and King Gomah’s hidden power have made a stir, but by far, the most powerful of DAIMA’s new characters has actually been the Legendary Namek, Neva. While his sheer control over the Dragon Balls even put Kami and Dende to shame, Neva’s most impressive feat thus far was definitely his capacity to create the overwhelmingly powerful life forms known as the Tamagami.

The three Tamagami are the guardians of the Demon Realm’s three Dragon Balls, and their unbelievable strength is hinted by the fact of how successful they’ve been in preventing anyone from gathering them all and making a wish. DAIMA Episode 7, “Collar”, further confirmed this power for anyone who still had doubts, as Panzy’s comments suggest the Tamagami could even be more powerful than DBZ’s second-strongest major villain: Super Perfect Cell.

How Strong Are The Tamagami in Dragon Ball DAIMA?

Not Even Dabura Could Beat the Tamagami to Take Their Dragon Balls

In Dragon Ball DAIMA Episode 7, Goku finally prepares to challenge the Tamagami of Demon World 3. That said, Panzy thinks he may be in over his head. Panzy tells Goku that she once heard a rumor that even Dabura couldn’t beat the Tamagami, insinuating that if the prior Demon King couldn’t beat it, no one could. While this appears to only just be hearsay, it definitely checks out with what has been revealed about the Tamagami so far.

In DAIMA Episode 1, “Conspiracy”, King Gomah traveled to Earth to use the Earth Dragon Balls to make a wish. The only reason he had to travel all the way there was because his own Realm’s Dragon Balls were all-but-inaccessible to him. When Gomah first suggests they use the Dragon Balls to Degesu, even Degesu is utterly dumbfounded that Gomah would suggest such a thing, because the Dragon Balls were guarded by the terrifying three Tamagami.

As is later revealed, the Tamagami were created by the Legendary Namek, Neva, in order to protect the three Demon Realm Dragon Balls he created. It’s unclear exactly why he did this, but it seems that he didn’t want them to fall into the hands of someone who was unworthy of making a wish on them. Whatever Neva’s reason for creating them, the Tamagami were so strong that no one in the Demon Realm was even able to make a wish on them.

Considering that even Dabura was unable to defeat the Tamagami, it makes sense that no one else in the Demon Realm would either. After all, Dabura was one of the most powerful characters in DBZ, to the point that he could’ve even gave the Z Fighters trouble. When he first saw Dabura, Goku even stated that Dabura was “about the same” in terms of power as Cell. While he and Vegeta had far surpassed their power levels from the time of the Cell Games at that point, Dabura’s unique abilities still made him a problem that no one other than Goku and Vegeta was ready to handle.

Is Dabura Really Stronger Than Super Perfect Cell?

Demon King Dabura’s Power in Comparison to Cell is Still Debated

Dabura being weaker than the Tamagami definitely says a lot about how powerful Neva’s creations are, but it doesn’t quite pinpoint the extent of it. Even insofar as Dabura’s own power level is concerned, fans still debate over the true extent of his power. While Goku did state that Dabura was at least comparable to Cell, that doesn’t quite tell the whole story.

Some have suggested that Goku might not know the extent of Cell’s power after he became Super Perfect Cell, as Goku died just prior to Cell’s rebirth. This would mean Dabura would only have been comparable to Perfect Cell, but weaker than Super Perfect Cell. However, it’s worth noting that Goku did see Super Perfect Cell from the Other World, and cheered Gohan on during his final beam battle at the Cell Games’ climax. That being the case, it’s clear that Goku should know exactly how powerful Cell was in his Super Perfect form.

Another common argument for Dabura being weaker than Super Perfect Cell is that he fought a weaker version of Gohan than Cell did. That certainly does seem to be the case. In DBZ, Gohan even states that he wasn’t as strong as used to be right before he fights Dabura. However, it’s worth noting that Gohan was not at his full strength when fighting Super Perfect Cell either. Gohan was heavily injured after taking a direct blast from Cell in order to protect Vegeta. That being the case, SSJ2 Gohan quite literally defeated Super Perfect Cell with one hand. If anything, that should mean that a slightly weakened Gohan post-time skip was still somewhat on par with the injured Teen Gohan from the Cell Saga.

Even during the fight against Gohan, it’s arguable that Dabura wasn’t even using his full power. At a certain point, Vegeta claims that Dabura was just toying with Gohan. Gohan may have gotten weaker than he was during the Cell Games, but if he was still anywhere near his Cell Saga counterpart, it would still mean Dabura was stronger than Cell. Unlike Super Perfect Cell, who was overpowered by an injured Gohan, Dabura was on course to defeat the older Gohan had he not forfeited to share his plan to make Vegeta into a Majin with Babidi. This proves that Dabura was in fact stronger than Super Perfect Cell, if only slightly so.

Can Goku Defeat the Tamagami at His Current Power Level?

Goku Was Severely Weakened By Gomah’s Wish – But Maybe Not as Much as it Seemed

Being that Dabura was stronger than Super Perfect Cell, and the Tamagami are even stronger than Dabura, there’s no telling where the limits of the Tamagamis’ power lie. If anyone is strong enough to push the Tamagami to their limits, though, it would be Goku. As powerful as Dabura was during the Buu Saga, he was still nothing to Majin Buu. That’s what was so shocking for King Gomah, because witnessing Goku defeat Buu meant that there was a new balance of power in the Universe.

To protect his status, Gomah sought to weaken Goku by turning him into a child, and the true test of whether that plan was a success will finally be revealed when Goku fights Tamagami number 3 in DAIMA Episode 8. The episode preview at the end of Episode 7 did show Goku going toe-to-toe with the Tamagami while still in his base from, perhaps implying that the stories about the Tamagami are all just baseless gossip. On the other hand, the Tamagami could be hiding some hidden ability, or even a special transformation that could give it an astronomical power-up far beyond even a Super Saiyan.

Goku has been shown to be weakened in several ways throughout DAIMA, but he was never forced to truly push his limits in any fight he took part in. The fight against Tamagami Three will be the first true test to see how much power Goku actually lost after becoming a child from King Gomah’s wish. If Goku somehow defeats the Tamagami in his Mini form, it would mean that Gomah’s plan to weaken Goku enough to make him less of a threat didn’t actually work out in the way he intended it to. Mini Goku would still be stronger than the previous Demon King, and ultimately even stronger than Super Perfect Cell, so Gomah’s plan would have been far less effective than anyone thought.

Dragon Ball DAIMA is currently available to stream with English Subtitles on Crunchyroll.

Dragon Ball DAIMA

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Due to a conspiracy, Goku and friends are transformed into children. They intend to travel to a mysterious new world to undo this change

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Akira Toriyama

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Akira Toriyama

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