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Majin Buu has a beam where he can turn people into chocolate or assortments of
candy. In one episode he turns an old man into a _carton_ of milk. In another
he turns a village of people into a white clay? like substance to make a
house. Does this mean he is able to turn people into physically anything, say
for example.. a gun or money?

![Buu on his house](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OiEVp.png)


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Was Majin Buu able to turn people into physically anything?


It's not clearly explained in neither manga nor anime, but my understanding of
this ability is that he can turn anything (remember he turning rocks into
candies?) into lifeless stuff, so turning people into monkeys might be too
much for him.

I mistook monkey for money. Since gun and money are lifeless stuff, I would
say yes.

PS. People turned into lifeless stuff may still be conscious depending on how
strong they are, for example, the fusion of Goku and Vegeta was turned into a
candy yet still can fight, and Uub was turned into a chocolate by his own beam
yet still can turn himself back.


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It seems at first that the technique is simply a magic trick with no limit or
explanation. But I think it's much deeper than that.

**What is ki?**

Ki is the raw essence of energy in a body, and when a body has exactly no ki
left, the body dies and the soul, essence, mind, whatever you want to call it,
is sent to otherworld. All attacks require ki, heck even raising your arm
requires a slight amount of ki. "Ki attacks" are attacks in which damage is
not physical, but energy is shot from the body at an opponent or obstacle.
Majin Buu's "magic transform beam" is no more mystical than any other attack,
it's what he does with this ki that matters.

**Ki control outside the body**

Goku showed in many, many instances that he can control a ki attack long after
it has left his body, and this is what Majin Buu does in this attack. Instead
of the Kamehameha or other ki attack which is designed to deal a powerful
impact, Majin Buu is clever enough to attack the opponent's ki directly, and
ultimately drain their body of all ki, rendering them lifeless. He can at this
point shape the remaining matter however he wants, but I don't believe it has
any flavor, just an appearance.

**How to defend against Buu's attack**

When Buu uses this attack on common humans, he only needs to use a small
amount of ki to wipe them out. For a whole crowd of people, I don't suspect
that Buu even feels the energy usage. However, when he does this against a
more powerful opponent, he must put more ki into the attack than the fighter
has in total. This is still no real problem for Buu, as nobody can contest his
ki... until Vegito comes to "PLAY, PLAY, PLAAAY!". Vegito's unimaginable ki
was strong enough so that when Buu used his attack, it only drained a
significant amount of ki from Vegito, leaving him very much alive if only a
bit...compromised. He has enough energy leftover, plus Goku's ability to work
around any disadvantage, to put up a strong fight even as a piece of candy,
forcing Buu to reverse the effects.

**How'd he do that?**

Now, Buu clearly underestimated Vegito and didn't put even half of his energy
into that attack. Maybe with full power he could have succeeded in leaving
both Goku and Vegeta lifeless and edible. But my question is, did he have to
use the same amount of energy to revert Vegito to human, or did he get the
original energy back, like performing the technique backwards? I don't fully
understand this, and if he actually gave energy to Vegito, I don't get why he
would do that as a response to getting his ass whooped by candy. This is a
hole in my logic, and I can't defend it. This is just my best theory. Hope it
inspired creative analysis, and hail Son-Goku.


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