Re: Gotenks was FASTER than the speed of light...
Regarding Burter, Goku was faster because of his gravity training. And Burter was only so fast because it was his specialty (Gurd had psychic powers, Ginyu switched bodies etc.). They were stated to be mutants so he was apparently altered at the genetic level to be super-fast. As a result, this does not contradict the law of increasing speed along with power as stated by Vegeta and power-levels that are actually IN the manga.
There are actually several examples where Toriyama reiterates this principle:
-The audience being unable to track Roshi and Kuririn's movements
-Yamcha and the Saibamen moving at "hyper-speed" which could not be done by someone weaker than them. Gohan himself could not track it until he focused
-Vegeta, with a difference of 1.09-1.14 telling Zarbon he looked like he was "standing still".
-Piccolo thinking he could escape 3rd form Freeza, only to be corrected
-Vegeta being able to percieve the death beam only because he was stronger
-Goku and Cell fight. They are completely missed by the camera as "blurs" (reiteration from an old Budokai principle)
-Gohan thinking he could escape from Boo, who not only caught up to him but out-ran him.
^I think I've proven my point.
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