The moment of truth has arrived: will Gohan redeem himself
in the eyes of the fans or remain “Goku’s kind of mediocre son”?
The fight begins and Lavender the sociopath has the clear
advantage after he blinds Gohan with a poison. But offered a sensu bean he
refuses. Goku surmises that it will be good training since Gohan cannot see or
sense Lavender’s alien energy. AS you might expect Gohan channels his fighting instincts—which
work something like a McGuffin-- and manages to detect Lavender’s blows, easily
dominating him. But Lavender has more tricks up his sleeve, attacking from a
distance and forcing Gohan to transform. Using his energy like a radar he finds
Lavender but begins to tire out from the strain. With the poison finally taking
Gohan down Lavender begins beating him. Gohan, calling on his deepest reserves,
powers up again but is knocked back. Now fully poisoned, he forces himself to
grab onto Lavender and takes him down in a double knockout; or is it?
At the end of the fight we get a several huge reveals. Not
only is Universe 7 the second weakest in average power level, but the four
strongest universes are exempt from the tournament. Zen-oh is purging the weak
from creation.
While I am not happy with the result of this fight is was a
good one. Even when I thought it would be cliché it pulled a few surprises and
was very satisfying to watch. It also
seems like Gohan might get stronger based on his comments at the end of the
fight so if you want to get your hopes up there’s your bait. The art was mostly
on point, with a few weird drawing but its Toei so…. But if they keep it up it seems this arc is
going to be an overall improvement in the quality of Dragon Ball Super.
-Gedaemon
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