Self-Harm

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Self-Harm (自害, Jigai) is a technique used by Captain Ginyu.

Overview[]

The user charges energy into their right hand and thrusts it through their own chest to inflict damage upon themselves.

While the technique injuries the user, this attribute makes it ideal for users of the Body Change technique as it allows them to injure their current body before swapping, leaving the victim of the Body Change stuck inside an injured body. Additionally, users of the technique can use it to counter techniques such as Hypnosis and the Sleepy Boy Technique.

Usage[]

Captain Ginyu uses this technique after learning that Goku's power level is much higher than his own, with Goku's power being 180,000. Luckily for Ginyu, he has his Body Change technique, to swap bodies with someone stronger and more powerful. To make sure Goku does not interfere with his plans once he swaps bodies, Ginyu uses the Self-Harm technique in order to handicap his old body, punching a hole into the right side of his chest.

In the Tournament of Power, Ganos uses this technique with his electricity to resist Master Roshi's Sleepy Boy Technique.

Video Game Appearances[]

Budokai Self-Harm — Self-Harm depicted in a cutscene in *Budokai*

Self-Harm is depicted in a cutscene with Goku and Captain Ginyu in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai. Ginyu also uses Self-Harm before using the Body Change in the Budokai series. The technique was named in the Budokai Tenkaichi series, where it Captain Ginyu's Blast 1 and decreases his health when used, but either puts him in MAX power or boosts his other stats. It also appears in Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit under the name Holstein Shock.

Self-Harm appears in Dragon Ball Xenoverse again under the name Holstein Shock. As in all other portrayals, it removes a good chunk out of the user's health but has no secondary beneficial effects. It is also a custom skill for the Future Warrior (who can learn to use the Body Change technique from Ginyu). Its primary function in the game is the same as in the main series: to weaken the user's body in preparation for a Body Change. Its secondary use is activating Z-Souls that require the user to be in a critical state of health, lose a certain level of health, or receive a certain amount of damage.

DBXV2 Super Saiyan Goddess Future Warrior Holstein Shock (Super Skill - Self-Harm-2) — Super Saiyan God (Female) Future Warrior performing Holstein Shock in *Xenoverse 2*

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Holstein Shock returns as one of Captain Ginyu's Super Skills. It can be obtained by the Future Warrior as a reward in Parallel Quest 15: "Gotta Find That Dragon Ball!" while the Body Change can be learned from training with Captain Ginyu in Conton City. It functions the same way it did in Xenoverse, except for charging two bars of Ki (or 200 Ki) instantly.

In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Self Harm appears as part of Ginyu's Body Change. If the player holds down the button to Body Change, Self Harm will be much more effective, taking a good portion of Ginyu's health.

Trivia[]

Divine Forging — Goku Black mildly harming himself

Goku Black also injures himself when performing his Sickle of Sorrow. Black only does this to activate his Saiyan Power, and so does not intent to seriously maim himself like what Ginyu does.
- However it should be noted that this contradicts Vegeta's assertion during the Frieza Saga that Saiyan Power cannot be triggered via Self-Harm (however there are cases such as Cell's Unforgivable! where the user has powered up due to Saiyan Power using Self-Harm/Self Destruction techniques). Presumably Goku Black's ability to do this could be due to him being a divine Saiyan.
Its name in the Xenoverse series and Burst Limit, Holstein Shock is likely a reference to Holstein Friesian cattle (known simply as Holsteins in the US) a breed of dairy cow that are known as the highest producing dairy animals, which fits with the Ginyu Force dairy-based naming puns. Ginyu himself has a history of the names of his techniques being dairy related such as Milky Cannon.