

I've seen over half a dozen names for Vegeta's new transformation in English.
The Japanese name is 我儘【わがまま】の極意【ごくい】 ( _Wagamama no Gokui_ ) but in English
people calls it Ultra Ego, Mega Instinct, Instinct of Conquest, Superior
obstination, etc.

How does Vegeta's new transformation name translate to English?


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How does Vegeta new transformation name translates to English?


Literally it means "Essence of selfishness".

  * 我儘 = selfishness
  * の='s/the thing before it possesses the thing after it,
  * 極意 = essence/essential point/main point


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Probably it is worth mentioning 我儘の極意, considered as a combination of ordinary
words, makes little sense. As such anything may be fine as a translation as
long as it vaguely reminds of the original, so I guess Ultra Ego is good
enough.

The naming seems to be a kind of wordplay.

Apparently, Goku's new transformation uses a word 身勝手, which means
_selfishness_. But the author takes it as 身(body) + 勝手 (as in
勝手に=instinctively, automatically), so the intended meaning is like _body moves
instinctively_.

Now 我儘 also means _selfishness_ , and that seems to be the reason of the word
choice. Again, the author's intention is breaking it down as 我(I) + 儘(as) =
_as I wish/want_. (This may be not too far from the original meaning anyway.)

極意 means something like _ultimate technique_. For example, _to get 極意 of X_ in
Japanese means a complete mastery of X.

Thus a bit awkward translation of 我儘の極意 is _the ultimate art of moving as I
wish_.


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