O TFWiki afirma que o mangá é uma continuidade separada, então não há ajuda. No entanto, ele faz estado :
"With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between transtector and human ceased to exist, and Ginrai and the other humans were separated from their transtectors. The transtectors, however, had been evolved through their partnership with the humans and continued to exist as true super-robot life forms. Having been imprinted with his human partner's personality, Ginrai's transtector departed for space to pursue the surviving Decepticons and rejoin the greater war."
Então, alguém poderia assumir que, uma vez que eles evoluíram a partir da necessidade de um parceiro humano, eles não são mais fracos sem eles.