Just like last week, Goku and Vegeta start off this week's episode of Dragon Ball Super, but the focus is clearly on Toppo for the rest.
With Dyspo and Gohan both out after last week's episode, the focus fell to Toppo, still fighting Android 17 with his superior power against 17's limitless energy. Realizing his attacks wouldn't hurt Toppo, 17 chooses to make good use of his energy by continuously firing on him, slightly pushing him back. Toppo figures out that 17 plans to run down the remaining six minutes by keeping him stuck under his barrage, and manages to escape through an opening in the blasts. He then decides he has to finish off 17 in one blow, taking note of 17's barrier being troublesome, and prepares a large blast after knocking 17 away. 17 counters the blast, but he is clearly outmatched until Frieza enters the struggle, repeatedly shooting Toppo from behind. Frieza taunts Toppo as he slowly fires, finally weakening him enough to let 17 overpower the Pride Trooper in a colossal burst of energy. Though Universe 7 is initially pleased, Whis notices that Toppo has not been knocked out, but is rather revealed to be heavily damaged after the smoke clears. Frieza again taunts Toppo, pointing out his ruined uniform, receiving uncharacteristic silence from the normally boisterous warrior. Toppo says his uniform, and by extension justice, no longer matter, as survival is what is most important here. Declaring he has made his choice, Toppo rips off the upper remains of his uniform, Toppo undergoes a massive transformation the leaves him larger and more muscular, with a purple aura and eyes and a symbol on his chest. Universe 7 says his energy is like that of a god, and Universe 11's God of Destruction shares the knowledge of Toppo's god candidacy. Frieza, unimpressed with Toppo's power, misjudges the strength of Toppo's destruction energy and is blasted away, along with the arena, which becomes large piles of rubble. 17 tries to fight back, but Toppo's destruction energy causes anything from rocks to blasts to simply dissolve upon reaching him. Toppo begins firing his Justice Flash, only to have Frieza reappear and taunt him again, charging his classic supernova. The blast gets no reaction from Toppo as it's charged, further suggesting the enormity of the new threat Universe 7 is facing. This episode easily tops last week in terms of impressive power and shocking moments, as Toppo's transformation caused things to take a complete 180. The transformation itself is impressive, as it takes Toppo's fat, disproportional figure and sculpts him into a more muscular titan. A curios thing about the change is a symbol that appears on his torso, and perhaps it is more important than it initially seems. 17 has been trying to find a chink in Toppo's destruction armor, and though the others notice a gap of time where Toppo can't fire his energy, there hasn't been any noticeable area or time for an attack. Perhaps, then, the symbol is like with Anilaza, and serves as Toppo's Achilles Heel that a character will make use of. In the end, while it's only speculation, I don't see 17 lasting to the end of the tournament, because the focus will likely return to Goku, Vegeta, and Jiren. 17 has proven himself one of Universe 7's most powerful fighters already, and in a single show arc has rightfully become a favorite for many fans. One possible ending that could be interesting is either a team-up of Jiren and Toppo vs Goku and Vegeta, or some combination of the characters fighting one-on-one. A noteworthy thing to think about is that Toppo is considered the second-strongest in Universe 11, saying so himself in what he considered the battle of the second-strongest of 11 and 7 when he fought Vegeta. Aside from his new powers potentially putting him on par or above Toppo, one could wonder if this means Vegeta's new limit breaker could kick him up to being more even with Goku again. Of course the limit breaker is impressive, and he's been managing to hold his own against Jiren, like Goku did, but at this point no one truly knows what the form does. This questionable form is compared for the time being to Goku's Ultra Instinct, which is already known, and was able to impress even the gods and angels. Whatever the case may be, Toppo has become a more terrifying force to reckon with, and will definitely be a challenge for Universe 7 in the remaining episodes.
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