I just want to remind everyone, last tournament Frost was stronger
than Piccolo. He is now facing Roshi. I know power levels are nonsense by this
point, but there are limits.
The episode starts with a flash back. Frost is trying to
convince Champa to pardon his crimes. At first the god refuses but Frost when
Frost says he will personally disrupt universe 7 Champa seems interested.
We then get a summery from the grand priest of how many
fighters are left:
Universe Two has six fighters
Universe Three has seven fighters
Universe Four has four fighters, only two of which have been
seen.
Universe Six and Seven have eight fighters
Universe Eleven has three fighters left.
At the order of Ea: the Kaioshin of Universe Three, Maji Kayo from Universe three
tries to analyze Toppo but his surprise attack is repelled Dyspo. It seems he
is defeated but Kayo surprises Dyspo with his liquid-like body. He can instantly
regenerate and change from.
Jiren steps up to deal with the warrior, who makes a huge
fist to smash him. Kayo is of course, instantly knocked out with a single blow.
Jiren’s fist didn’t even have to make contact. Even Goku is left speechless.
Roshi meanwhile is chilling out, when Frost ambushes him
from behind. Goku goes to help but Ribrianne intercepts him.
Frost takes him time to sadistically torture Roshi, which
will probably prove a mistake. Roshi manages to buff up and attacks. He
actually forces Frost on the defensive for a bit but is knocked down.
But this creates an opening. Roshi activates the mafuba with
incredible strain, but after an impressive scene the attack fails.
Frost is terrified of the attack but as he trembles he sees
Vegeta in the corner of his eye and smirks. He goes back to torturing Roshi and
actually provokes Vegeta with a stray ki blast at the same time. It seems Frost
thinks he can use the mafuba on Vegeta
Frost goes back to torturing Roshi, and he is punched in the
face by Vegata. Frost warns Vegeta that
he isnt like before. Vegeta counters that it doesn’t matter how strong he has
gotten, he is still no match for him. But Frost doesn’t mean he has gotten
stronger, his body has gotten weaker from being on the run. Instead he has been
thinking about how to beat Vegeta who exposed him as a cheater.
Frost avoids Vegeta’s next attack and Megetta intervenes.
Frost has plugged Megetta’s ears so insults will not work like before. Frost and Megetta tag team Vegeta. Megetta
taking his attacks and Frost counter attacking.
Roshi watches on, seeing Vegeta in a pinch he intervenes and
unleashes the mafuba, but Frost has been waiting ! he intercepts that tack and
redirects it at Vegeta, trapping him in a bottle!
Frost attacks Roshi who barely manages to counter attack
with “missed” ki blast. Frost takes the time to taunt him, which is a bad
idea because the ki blast Roshi fired changes direction and cracks open the
bottle.
Enter Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta. Bowing off Megetta’s ear
protection he insults the metal man, taking him down. Frost creates a smoke
screen and retreats.
Roshi apologies to Vegeta, but Vegeta just tells him to
retire and eat a senzu bean before he dies. Roshi takes the advice and falls
off by his own accord.
I really liked this episode. It was very well directed and
action packed. It didn’t jump around too much during the fighting. This makes
it easier to follow. While its kind of silly that Vegeta didn’t just jump to
Super Saiyan Blue, the in universe explanation at least gives it a little credibility.
Not much though.
I love Roshi fighting against stronger guys and winning but
Frost would have been to much, unless they really had him throw his life away
to do it. That would have been even better than what we got. Instead Roshi is
allowed to retire on his own accord and Universe Six and Seven are still even.
I’ve said before death has no meaning in Dragon Ball but it
can make situations more tense and dramatic. This would have been a good time
to do it.
I should also mention that Frost lost because he took the
time to torture and mock Roshi. This is hardly out of character for him, but
the villain’s arrogance trope can be rather boring and this just seemed so cliché
Next week it looks like the plot between Frost and Freeza
will be uncovered a Gohan will be taking them both on. A tall order given that
Freeza is even with his dad, but then again Gohan was only beaten with SSB
kaioken, which Goku didn’t use in the fight with Freeza.
I’m a bit of a Gohan fanboy so I’m looking forward to it.
-Gedaemon
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