Jiren continues to decimate Goku and Vegeta on this week's Dragon Ball Super, while the rest of Universe 7 deals with Toppo and Dyspo.
At the end of last week's episode, Vegeta was on the receiving end of two massive blasts from Jiren, which left him battered on the ground. This week starts with Jiren recognizing Vegeta's warrior courage, and Goku stepping up to begin the fight anew. Goku enters cautiously, with the other Z-Fighters explaining that energy blasts are ineffective, but Jiren is not someone who could be recklessly approached. While he does this, Frieza shows Dyspo how ineffective he is, as none of his attacks damaged the Emperor of Evil, who strikes back but is angered to see his attack miss. Gohan and 17, meanwhile, have their hands full with Toppo, who pushes 17 back and swings the attacking Gohan away. After telling Gohan it is pointless for them to attempt coordination because they're never fought together, 17 says he will immobilize Toppo so Gohan can knock them both off the ring. While fighting Toppo, 17's arm gets twisted around and he puts up his energy shield, allowing Gohan to blast them both with a kamehameha wave. Toppo is able to stop and release 17 before they are knocked off, however, leaving 17 and Gohan stuck once again. Back with Jiren, Goku repeatedly teleports around him, leaving bits of energy wherever he goes before leaping onto a high bit of rubble. When Jiren steps forward, the energy fragments, acting as land mines, begin exploding, but the justice warrior is able to leap above the blasts. Goku attempts a splitting Destructo Disc, but Jiren is able to knock away and throw back each, causing Goku's pillar to fall and hang over the tournament ledge. It is now revealed, however, that Goku lifted a Disc improvement Krillin used against him, and an unseen one severs the pillar again, causing Jiren to fall as Goku teleports back to Vegeta. As expected, Jiren pushes off the falling rubble to reach the stadium, then simply walks through Goku's minefield. Seemingly finally enraged, Jiren slams into Goku without needing to touch him, which the Universe 11 Supreme Kai is a simple punch from Jiren. Goku refuses to stand down, however, and Vegeta also returns, saying he has to win the dragon balls to keep his promise to resurrect Universe 6. Impassioned, Vegeta repeats he will achieve power his own way, and breaks through his own shell to a new state of Super Saiyan Blue. Goku, meanwhile, powers up to his own limits, using both Blue and Kaioken, leading to an onslaught that Whis says might work due to their inability to coordinate throwing Jiren off. Now that both Saiyans have reached new heights coming episodes should again show us the kind of combat that made Dragon Ball so popular. Vegeta's new form marks an interesting variation on Saiyan progression, as it fits what people expected Goku to achieve when he reached Ultra Instinct. In this form,Vegeta appeared more bulky, similar to when he achieved the Ascended Super Saiyan form, or Super Vegeta. His hair also seems to have more pronounced spikes, and his hair and aura both have a deeper shade of blue to them. It's also an interesting development because of how, even though he hasn't reached Ultra Instinct, Goku hasn't achieved this new Saiyan-only form. Typically, Goku achieves new forms before Vegeta, and even reached Super Saiyan 3, which Vegeta has never done. This might be a fitting way of going for Vegeta's proclamation of gaining power in a different way from Goku. Since coming to Earth, Vegeta has always compared himself to Goku, his pride causing him to get frustrated when Goku always seemed a step or two ahead. But even back then, they had different ways of getting stronger, like Goku reaching Super Saiyan after the death of his best friend, while Vegeta's trigger was the realization of his own limits. Similarly, the god forms for each were attained differently, as Goku reached the red Super Saiyan God form after receiving power from Vegeta, their sons, and Pan. Blue was apparently the result of mastering the power he got here, but it is unclear how exactly Vegeta obtained the form, other than that he trained with Whis alone. Once Goku also started training with Whis, Vegeta again started comparing himself to Goku, becoming angry when he learned Goku was undertaking more intense training. He did the same thing more recently, when after seeing Goku reach Ultra Instinct for the second time, Vegeta tried to imitate what he saw, with no results. In last week's episode, his assault on Jiren seemed to be the same thing, as Whis said he seemed to be mimicking how Goku had looked during Ultra Instinct. If Vegeta truly has achieved something that only he has because of his path, it would be interesting for the writers to continue the trend. Rather than have Goku and Vegeta follow the same path of strength, the two could branch and gain their own forms, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. We have interesting stories developing with the others as well, because with how 17 was already willing to sacrifice himself to take down Toppo, and how he is now injured, we might soon see him take a fall. With Frieza, aside from how he has shown Dyspo to be no match for him, their is the potential for an interesting section involving him and Jiren. While the whole point of the tournament is to fight for one's own universe and survive, Jiren is no villain, and the Z-Fighters all have a kind of respect for him. Frieza, on the other hand, sees him only as an obstacle, and is letting Goku take him out of the way to reach the super dragon balls and become stronger than everyone. Everyone has known since they considered reviving Frieza that he would likely betray them, and have been ready at all moments to assume he is turning. The determining factor for who gets the dragon balls is who was the greatest warrior during the fights, and though Frieza can't kill anyone, is might be possible the winning universe members must fight amongst themselves after winning overall. Frieza might just be looking for the right time to come in and take down everyone else, that way he'll be the only only one left. If this is the case, there might be a team-up of the Z-Fighters and the Pride Troopers, which certainly be a sight to see.
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