Talk:Ew no/@comment-35697253-20180610184111/@comment-31661832-20180626193545

My understanding of it was that all of the fighters in DBZ have a constant stream of "defensive ki" within their entire body. I like to think that defensive ki acts something like blood pressure, constantly pushing outwards. The only way for them to get "hurt" is to have someone's punch or ki blast have more energy than what their defensive ki is pushing out.

It's not without plot holes (naturally) but I think that explains a lot of things about why certain attacks don't phase people in DBZ.