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>DB: Goku at end of every saga would get bodied by the next saga's opening act and was never strong enough to face the earliest new threat
>End of DB Goku would have fared just as badly against Raditz as beginning of Z Goku
>Early Z: basically DB+ up to Nappa who could have been beaten if the Z fighters were more organized or had Goku sooner, Bejita was crazy strong and transformed Bejita was late Frieza saga tier strong
>Kaioken x3 Goku could kill Cui or Dodoria, x4 would have been able to defeat transformed Zarbon, meaning he was functionally stronger than everyone up to the Ginyu Force
>Namek saga: Gohan and Krillin were barely stronger than they were in the Saiyan saga, even after potential unlocks they were only around where Bejita was during the Saiyan saga, whole saga is in the 5-digit power level range, Goku arrives and his maximum of Kaioken x20 would be able to stand toe to toe with Third Form Frieza
>Frieza was freakishly too strong and was a character whose power was closer to the androids when G+K were still closer to DB++ tier
>Super Saiyan Goku had a power closer to the next arc as a standard, could have probably killed Androids 19 and 20 with ease with no training
>Super Saiyan 2 Gohan was early Majin Buu saga tier in strength, even Super Perfect Cell wouldn't have been able to come close to defeating him if they went head to head in a straight fight
>Super Bejito is canonically close to Super Saiyan 4 Goku in GT, a full series later, Buuhan was so outclassed had his pink ass clapped by a coffee candy version of Bejito
>Jiren STILL unsurpassed

DBZ sure likes ending its sagas with heroes that can handle the next saga's early villains, huh