In Dragon Ball Super's latest episode, 114, Caulifla and Kale give Goku a beating and force him to power up, revealing their trump card to him along the way. In the previous episode, Goku was caught off guard by how quickly Kale adapted to a martial arts style and Kale's ability to combo fight alongside her. In the end, Kale's passion and desire to help Kale caused her to transform into her Berserk Super Saiyan form. As this episode kicks off, Kale seems to not recognize Caulifla, but gains total control of her power after Caulifla reminds her of who she is. The duo then takes on Goku again, quickly overwhelming him as he discovers that they are beginning to predict his movements. This leaves Goku without his Instantaneous Transmission technique, and when he falls into a smokescreen trap they laid, he finds Kale grappling as Caulifla pummels him. While he is able to fight back at times with Super Saiyan 2, Goku decides to step things beyond what Caulifla wanted, and becomes Super Saiyan God rather than 3. Again too much for the two to handle, Goku is able to consistently knock Kale away and hammer into Caulifla, who falls to her knees. Goku destroys the section of the ring the two are standing on, causing them to fall, but Caulifla decides it is time for them to use a secret item they brought with them. In a flash of light, the two re-enter the ring as one after merging with the Potara earrings, becoming Kefla. Despite still being in his God form, Goku again has his hands full, as Kefla bursts past him faster than he can see, giving him a quick hit as well. The episode continues with more power and skill issues as well as some interesting situations that haven't been presented before now. A main problem with the episode is how quickly Kale is able to take control of her full Berserk form, as well as her ability to fight in combination with Caulifla and overwhelm Goku. Caulifla's adaptation and ability have been explained already due to her fighting experience coupling with her ferocious prodigal nature. Kale, on the other hand, had little, if any, real fighting experience, and was always too scared to take anyone on. Because of this, the beautiful animation and fighting that takes place is questioned as Goku, a prodigy and tactical warrior himself who has trained with a god and an angel, is constantly caught off-guard. Kefla's reveal presents an interesting situation, as previously there had only been five canon fusions with the Potara earrings in the series. The earrings come from the Kais, the kings of different sections of their respective universes, and fuse two people when each puts on one earring of a pair. According to the angel Vados, the resulting fusion is more powerful than the sum of the two involved, with power increased by "tens of times." In the past, Goku learned of the earrings when he met Elder Kai, who unwillingly fused with a witch years before. As a demonstration, the Supreme Kai and his assistant, Kibito, each took off one of their earrings, and fused into Kibito Kai. Goku took two earrings to fight Majin Buu, who had exterminated human life, planning to fuse with his son Gohan. When fell through after Buu absorbed Gohan, Goku instead fused with Vegeta, who had temporarily returned from the dead, creating Vegito. More recently, the villainous Zamasu and his alternate universe counterpart, in Goku's body, fused, and Goku and Vegeta fused once more as a counter. Prior to Dragon Ball Super, it was believed that this fusion was permanent, with the mystery of why Vegito defused after he let himself be absorbed. When Goku and Vegeta fused again to fight Zamasu, however, the Kai Gowasu explained that if the fusion doesn't involve a Kai, it only lasts one hour, and this limit decreases if the fusion uses too much energy. The earrings definitely present controversial situations, as their power will cause a massive boost to both Kale and Caulifla's massive strengths, with past use of the earrings caused characters to spring past enemies in power, and items are supposed to not be allowed in the tournament. The use of Potara as an item breaks the rules initially set, but it would be unfair to immediately disqualify the characters as a result. Universe 7's Master Roshi has been using small jars for his "Mafuba," or Evil Containment Wave, and the Omni King declared that "it's neat, so it's safe." At the same time, Goku was in his God form when Kefla was created, a form which he previously used to be on par with Beerus, Universe 7's God of Destruction. Even this could be explained, however, as it took a lot out of Goku to fight Jiren, and he has said multiple times that he has not yet fully recovered from the battle. Kefla's entry also has potential for at least one future battle, if Goku doesn't knock her or her components off the ring. Prior to fusing, Kale controlling her Berserk form got a reaction from Vegeta, and seemed to get one from Jiren, who has hardly moved throughout the tournament aside from when he fought Goku. When Kefla later charges Goku, Vegeta again reacts, this time becoming distracted and taking a hit from Jiren's ally Toppo. Goku also mentions as she is attacking that he can't sense a limit to her energy, despite the enemies and sparring partners he has had in the past. With both Vegeta and Jiren noticing Kale and Kefla's power, there is a chance for another huge battle to come as long as Goku doesn't successfully eliminate Kale and Caulifla.
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