History NightmareFuel / DragonBallSuper

** For starters, his EstablishingCharacterMoment is different. In the movie, it was a silly scene of Whis trying to wake him up with bombs and then when that failed, threatening to sing which caused Beerus to lazily drag himself awake. Here? A creepy scene of him being served food by an alien race who are practically doing their best not to shit their pants in fear. After Beerus eats it and deems it tasty but greasy, [[DisproportionateRetribution he decides to only wipe out ''half'' the planet]]. And he does it with [[FingerPokeOfDoom a poke!]]

** Beerus's extremely prolonged, frantic rant to Gotenks in response to being denied pudding is funny...at first. Then he starts flipping between moods even faster, throwing out every single variable of food that could ever be considered like a madman, and it becomes ''disturbing''. It gives one the impression that, even though he's not outright ''villainous'', Beerus isn't entirely all ''[[AxCrazy there]]''. The fact that Gotenks is [[TearsOFFear tearing up]] does not help.

* Beerus about to destroy the world. Everyone hugs their loved ones or just stares in shock as Piccolo comments that everything they did against Beerus was futile in the end.

** Beerus finally having enough and ''stabbing Goku through his left rib''. If you observe closely, Goku's complexion turns paler as a result, and his aura also diminishes nearly to nothing.
* The above sudden turn of seriousness occurs for one reason only: Goku figured out why Beerus was holding out on him, and mentioned he could relate... Except Goku really ''can't''; he can't so much as fathom what it's like for Beerus, because there has never been a power gap so vast between him and others as Beerus has to ''everything else in the universe''. '''Beerus does not take kindly to such an allegation.'''

** This line sounds arguably more harsh in the dub than the original version. Thank goodness Vegeta did a ki blast when he did, or else something far worse than Beerus destroying Earth could have happened.

* Goku and Vegeta's training regiment makes the previous sagas look like child's play, as their lives are literally on the line when they must lift an extremely heavy weight and move across the planet in one lap; if they fall off their route, they'll enter a dimension where they can never come back. Their 'housework' of changing Beerus' sheets/blanket, while he's sleeping. The seriousness of the task makes it funny at first, but then the implications - that all of Beerus' sudden sleep-movements hit with his ''full power'' - overturn that; the two Saiyans are lucky they were strong enough to survive such blows.

** Even worse is Champa's attitude towards destruction. He comes off as more boorish and arrogant than his twin brother, who has no problem getting his hands dirty, and instead has his assistant do it for him, demanding in the rudest manner possible. He's lucky that Vados is so calm and understanding about the matter, considering '''she, like Whis, is much, much stronger than the lord she serves.''' Vados herself is terrifying as well, destroying an unrelated planet without so much as batting an eye; Whis is shown as being much more considerate towards life, even if he does have to follow Beerus.

** Oh yeah, then there's the part where she deliberately played off Champa's laziness to receive ''carte blanche'' to pick Universe 6's Freeza to join her and Champa's team, with promises that Champa will assist him for winning. Here's why this is a big deal: Frost is not Freeza's GoodCounterpart, he's his smart counterpart. Vados knows this, and picked him anyway. And she convinced Champa to keep up the promise, despite taking this revelation as a personal shame brought unto him by Frost, by reminding him of the competition and his goal to defeat Beerus. She has essentially gotten her '''God of Destruction''' to earnestly back a GalacticConqueror [[VillainWithGoodPublicity with Good Publicity]] responsible for at least millions of deaths[[note]]as opposed to merely advising/coercing/ordering him to perform certain tasks as Beerus did with Freeza, and even then Beerus intended to kill Freeza down the line as well[[/note]] by manipulating his sloth and pride.
* When Sorbet wishes for Frieza to be brought back, despite being told that this will leave him in pieces, it results in a rain of unidentifiable chunks of flesh. Which ''start twitching like mad'', showing that Frieza is not only alive, but ''conscious''. The icing on the cake is when Pilaf, Mai and Shu look at one stray piece - which turns out to be Frieza's eye, as it springs open and glares at them. No surprise that the three of them freak and hand it over to Sorbet & Tagoma as quickly as possible.

** In comparison to ''Resurrection F'', Frieza doesn't kill Tagoma or randomly kill his men. Instead, he's "just" happy to demean and torture them, and largely kept them around to kill as a means to show off his new power.
** Tagoma doesn't come out that much better compared to the movie. Here, he is Frieza's practice dummy for four months. Frieza uses him to test his power so he [[ColdBloodedTorture can keep Goku alive for as long as possible, but in great pain]]. He did this ''everyday''. By the time Tagoma goes to Earth, [[SanitySlippage his sanity is shot to hell]] and he becomes as ruthless and cold-blooded as Frieza. At least the Tagoma in the movie died with his convictions and what morality he had intact. In ''Super'', Frieza killed Tagoma in all except body.
** The very idea of ''anyone'' being at Frieza's mercy for four months. Given what a sadistic monster Frieza already is, the fact that the tries to ''improve'' his torture is downright frightening. [[FridgeHorror It's even more scary]] when you consider what would have happened to Goku if he never met Beerus and gained the power of Super Saiyan God. It would make Tagoma's suffering look like child's play.
* The entire screen going red and the music change as the Earth's fighters make their approach to where Frieza's going to land.
* Tagoma ruthlessly gunning down Shisami so he can also get Gohan, who Shisami was bear-hugging at the time. [[EvenEvilHasStandards While Sorbet is horrified and calls Tagoma out]], ''Frieza'' is actually impressed by his cruelty.

* [[GrandTheftMe Ginyu the body thief]]. Once upon a time his ability to switch bodies had been sealed away when he was tricked into a body that cannot speak... And now he found a way to work around it.
* Frieza powering up to his final form. He ''vaporizes his entire army'' just by powering up and leaves what amounts to a mile wide crater in the earth. This is Frieza ''powering up''.

* When Frieza destroys the Earth, we actually see the heroes' loved ones getting caught in the blast. It is especially bad for 18, the Briefs, Goten, and Trunks since they see the blast coming and can't do anything to stop it. It's also terrible for those who don't see it coming. Mr. Satan and Buu are sleeping, Videl is comforting Pan, Chi-Chi is reading, and Marron is doing her school work. In just a few seconds, they're all dead.

* In-universe, but possibly out too. Beerus's funniest thought (and possibly wish) is a complete destruction of the world. This fact (and his SlasherSmile at departing) scares Bulma so much that she decides to find Universe 7's Super Dragon Balls before the tournament will end.

* Monaka scares ''Beerus, the God of Destruction'' so much that the latter does its best not only to prevent Goku from fighting him, but will be relieved if Monaka isn't fighting ''at all''. He later explains that when in battle Monaka becomes such a berserker that can't distinguish between friend or foe, and that he destroyed a planet, while he was in trance. Thanks God that he's a good guy! Later this turns out to be a lie.
* Vegeta once again indulging in his formerly evil behavior to goad Cabba into going Super Saiyan. While Goku and the others were growing concerned with his sudden erratic behavior, imagine all this from Cabba's POV. For all he knew, Vegeta posed a ''very serious'' threat to his planet and his people and there wouldn't be a thing that could be done to stop him. Good thing Vegeta wasn't being serious about his threats...

* The fact that Hit only goes for vital spots when fighting his opponents, purposely using "light" attacks to keep his opponents off balance and these "light" attacks are strong enough to draw blood. When he puts actual effort into his attack, it's powerful enough to knock Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta out in one shot. Had he put his full power into it, Hit could've potentially killed him! He didn't only because of the "no kill" rule in place for the tournament.
** Hit's abilities bear extra mentioning. Imagine fighting a being who can stop time for 0.1 seconds. That may not seem like much but that same being can also move at insanely high speeds. With time stop for "that long", it's all the time that Hit needs to lay all the punishment he wants on you. While you're reeling from the first barrage of hits, the next couple of barrages start coming out of nowhere and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Oh, and all those hits target your vital areas: throat, temple, eyes, ears, chest, neck, etc.

** So, you have a cold, calculating fighter one thousand years old in the realms of the gods' tier of power who decided to become a ''professional killer'' with his gifts. How could you possibly make him even more dangerous? ''Give him a form of '''Zenkai boost''' to his combat ability as he fights''. The "as he fights" part is a key difference: the Saiyans got their power-up by being beaten in a fight. They needed time to recover and were vulnerable for a short while. Hit does not: when you finally found a way to land a couple of shots and start dealing some damage, he will become far stronger and shrug it all off, and then he'll become ''even stronger''.
** The SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome for the Time Leap are most certainly this, as while nobody who isn't a Super Saiyan Blue going 10x Kaio-ken can actively perceive it, reality itself surrounding Hit both inverts and ''cracks apart'' like a smashed pane of glass, to speak nothing of mention the dark filter going on. It makes his brutal beatdown on Goku when he ups the duration to ''half'' a second quite frightening, seeing Goku helplessly being torn into in some hellish alternate dimension by quite possibly the deadliest mortal man ''in the multiverse''.

* Champa tries to murder his team after they're defeated. What's more worrying is that his tone completely changes, becoming psychotic. And what about Beerus, when Goku forfeits his match? It lowers to the point that you see that he is very angry, and barely keeps himself calm. It's very possible that if not for meeting Goku and friends before, and becoming nicer, he could kill them just like Champa.

* The Superhuman Water/Commeson is like Super Buu's ability to absorb things, except it's a ''[[TheVirus sentient entity]]'' rather than a technique. It not only copies the appearance, power/skill/techniques (including complete drain of Ki), and personality of the one it envelops, but should the copy not be defeated within a short amount of time, the original ''will die'', via physical dissolution. And it seems that no matter how strong or weak you are, you're vulnerable to this entity's drain, including beings on the level of ''gods''. Imagine what could have happened if it absorbed Beerus or Whis, or even Zeno!
* Look at this whole ordeal from Trunks' point of view: before Goku arrived, he had two choices. Either he stands there while his real father vanishes into thin air, or he has to fight and defeat the copy of his father, who possesses all the man's raw strength and skills. And he no doubt knows his father is one of the strongest beings in the universe. Poor kid might not want to get out of his room for a while, particularly after he nearly got absorbed himself...

* Episode 68: Gohan comes to Shenron to wish for Pan's health, as she's quite ill, and doctors've failed to cure her because of her Saiyan blood. Imagine, though it's very unlikely, [[KilledOffForReal what could have happened]] if Pan hasn't got cured by Shenron...
* Episode 69: Beerus shows off just how vast his power is by erasing Dr. Mashirito's ghost from existence, in the very same episode which stated that Penguin Village residents could defy ''Dragon Ball Super's'' logic. Not only that, but while every other character who has died so far either gets brought back to life, reincarnates or just lingers in the afterlife, Mashirito is ''gone forever''.

* Episode 71 has Hit managing to take Goku out and kill him stone dead with '''one blow.''' It isn't even a major one either: All he does is punch Goku in the chest and it cuts to a close up of the area that Hit punched, which is ''caving in on itself''. Then Goku wheezes and tries to bounce back from it, only to fail and [[DiesWideOpen collapse]]. Hit didn't even physically touch Goku. He just punched hard enough that a shockwave (either of pure force or a special Ki attack) went straight through Goku's body and his heart. A Goku who just came back from training to fight Zamasu and Goku Black. Even if Goku [[OnlyMostlyDead managed to recover from it]], that's beyond fucked up.

** Prior to all of the above, the episode also shows us Hit when he's performing an assassination job on a local crime boss, and to say that he is frighteningly efficient is an {{Understatement}}. He uses his Time-Skip to bypass all of the boss' security guards and when he reaches his target, he coldly tells him he's hired to kill him and promptly ''punches a hole through his heart'', ignoring his pleas and bargains and killing him instantly. Imagine it from the crime boss' perspective: You're having a normal evening at your office when all of a sudden, you find that time has stopped for everyone but you. You turn around and find some strange guy behind you. The man tells you he's been hired to kill you and you panic and call for help, but with everyone but you frozen in time, help isn't coming anytime soon. You beg and plead with the man to spare you, even offering him money in hopes he goes away, but the man will hear none of your begging and punches a hole through your chest, killing you instantly. The entire scene made it feel like the guy was face-to-face with the [[GrimReaper the Angel of Death]] himself. ParanoiaFuel at its best.

* Watagash is a terrifying creature - while harmless by itself, it's a parasite that attaches to people and increases their power based on their darkness, [[BodyHorror mutating their bodies]]. It was able to turn Barry Kahn, a human actor with virtually no physical training, into a spiky-shouldered warrior who can fly with LaserEyes before growing him into a hideous Kaiju, able to at least smack base-form [[HalfHumanHybrid Gohan]] around (even if he's holding back and trying not to seriously hurt his opponent). If Watagash got attached to a bigger evil like [[TheEmperor Frieza]] or [[MixAndMatchCreatures Cell]] (or worse), he could be able to turn them into an EldritchAbomination capable of rivalling Fused Zamasu! And thanks to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Jaco's negilgence]] he could come back...
** Even worse, in Dragon Ball, mind control becomes less effective against really powerful or stubborn creatures (as shown with Vegeta's personality ignoring Babidi and the Commeson), and Watagash doesn't even seem to have a really personal purpose to begin with. So if any of the aforementioned villains ever came in contact with it, they'd be in control and able to exploit the power-up, or even subdue Watagash itself.
** When Watagash's host transforms into a more powerful form, their body develops large red scars all over. It's like the power it tearing the host themselves during the transformation.
** Though ultimately PlayedForLaughs, Barry himself is still a rather disturbing character. Remember, Watagash doesn't ''cause'' it's host to become evil; it only feeds off what's ''already'' present and then becomes accordingly powerful. Barry has proven himself to be a self-centered sociopath who tramples the careers of those less fortunate than him for amusement, tries to ruin marriages to puff up his insecure ego, and ''kidnaps innocent children'' to spite romantic rivals. Little wonder Watagash was able to make him so powerful.

* The preview for Episode 76. Goku and Krillin go into a forest to continue training and for Krillin to get his self-confidence back. Not long after they enter the forest, the smoke turns into enemies that they faced and defeated. Aside from the obvious, why is this Nightmare Fuel? ONE OF THE VILLAINS IS TAMBOURINE. This is literally nightmare fuel for Krillin, since Tambourine is the monster that killed him as a child. This, along with the other past villains showing up, will likely spark some long-since-buried bad memories for Krillin.

** Also, think about it from Krillin's point of view. For Goku, it's just a gallery of his fights, but Krillin never made it even to Frieza's level. Tambourine, King Piccolo, Nappa, Saiyan saga Vegeta and the Ginyu Force are likely the the only ones there he actually can defeat. And they are some of his worst memories.

** The OhCrap Goku had sensing Moro is shown in full in the following chapter and explained why: his Ki feels like the countless people he's eaten ''screaming in agony''. Remember Imperfect Cell's rematch with Piccolo where his BattleAura was a screaming, tortured mass of the people he absorbed? Moro's ki is basically that taken up a notch.

* Moro doesn't even ''need'' to absorb a planet's power to use it to strengthen himself: he can just weaponize it directly, which manifests in him attacking with giant tendrils of energy strong enough to overwhelm Super Saiyan God Vegeta. Worse yet, he can do this for as long as the planet is still alive, meaning he will never run out of energy until then. Moro also outright states that his power is but a fraction of what it once was, and at his strongest he could swat ''Super Saiyan God Vegeta'' like a fly.
** And to make matters worse, Moro can passively drain an opponent's energy while fighting, ensuing he gets stronger while they get weaker. By the time Goku and Vegeta realize this, they've both lost so much energy that they can't even go Super Saiyan. Things do not bode well for our heroes...

** Moro drains enough of Goku and Vegeta's energy that they're basically helpless, and proceeds to completely beat the two into the ground. The fight becomes so one-sided that Goku is forced to do something he rarely does: ''[[KnowWhenToFoldEm run away from a fight]]''. Goku tries to use Instant Transmission... only to find that he's so drained of energy that he can't even manage ''that.'' Moro finishes the fight by draining all their energy and leaving them to die. If not for Esca, the Namekian child Vegeta rescued from Moro in Chapter 44, saving them, Moro would have ''won''. Even worse, absorbing their energy results in him regaining some of his youth. If he could do this much damage when he's past his prime, imagine what he could do if he regains his full power.
** Moro spends the three days Goku and Vegeta are recuperating collecting the Dragon Balls... in the most sadistic way he possibly can. Namely surrounding a village in pillars of flames made by their own planet's life energy as he telekinetically throws them straight into the fire, one by one, to force them to surrender the Dragon Balls. He's done this to at least three villages so far.

** After raiding the planet, the prisoners are about to leave when one of the survivors weakly attempts to stop them. Seven-Three, an alien with an unnerving resemblance to Hit, turns around and fries him with his eye lasers and proceeds to do that with the other dead soldiers before being stopped by Sangabo, who coldly states that if they kill too many, their won't be enough energy for Moro to drain. Really underscores just how ruthless they are.
** On another planet, the Marceli family, [[DragonWithAnAgenda only loyal to Moro for their own purposes]], decide to go loot another planet. Their next target? '''Planet Earth'''. And that will likely attract Moro's attention. Things look bleak for the rest of the Z Fighters...
*** And sure enough, this is ''exactly'' what happens in Chapter 52. The Marcelli gang arrive on Earth looking for Blue Aurum only to be defeated by Piccolo, who sensed their arrival to Earth. However, they manage to trick Piccolo into thinking they're just a bunch of harmless tourists and he lets them go. By the time he realizes his mistake and shoots down their spacecraft, it's too late. The gang has already contacted Moro, who decides to send a stronger search party to investigate the planet to see if it's worthy to be consumed. Better hope Vegeta and Goku finish their training before he gets there.
* Chapter 53 gives us more insight on Seven-Three. Turns out he's an ArtificialHuman who has the power to copy the abilities of others by simply grabbing the back of their neck. And we get a rather frightening demonstration of this power. When he, Shimorekka, and Yunba make a pit stop on a planet inhabited by humanoid porcupines, Seven-Three grabs a fallen porcupine and begins downloading his data while simultaneously using him as a shield against the others' needles. He then uses their needle attack against them, killing them all instantly. Even worse, he notices a family of porcupines using a warp portal to escape and copies that power too, allowing the trio to arrive on Earth much earlier than the heroes anticipated. And then, he manages to copy Piccolo's abilities as well, leading to a fight between the two. Piccolo manages to hold his own at first, but Seven-Three eventually gains the upper hand thanks to his limitless stamina. Only a timely rescue by Gohan saves Piccolo from certain death. In one chapter, Seven-Three proves to be the most terrifying member of Moro's army.
* Chapter 54. It looks like Gohan is easily dominating the fight with Seven-Three, but the Android has some tricks up his sleeve. Good news: after copying someone's abilities, he can use them for just 30 minutes - although the time limit only applies when he actually ''uses'' that someone's combat data. Bad news: he can store data from 3 different people and switch between them at will... and one of them is '''Moro'''. Using Moro's power, Seven-Three drains Gohan's, Piccolo's, and Krillin's energy, weakening them enough so that Shimorekka and Yunba can utterly curb-stomp them. The ''only'' reason they aren't killed right then and there is because Moro wants to wait for Goku and Vegeta to finish training so he can drain their energy along with Planet Earth's.

* Chapters 59 and 60 have the fight between Moro and Ultra Instinct Sign Goku. At first, it seems the two are on relatively equal footing, but soon Ultra Instinct begins to take a toll on his stamina. Worse, Moro reveals that he's been holding back and unleashes his true power, beating Goku into the ground. Thankfully, Vegeta arrives on Planet Earth via Instant Transmission.

* Chapter 66: Moro has well and truly ''snapped'', spending the entire final battle with an utterly unhinged and deranged look on his face that only gets ''more'' so as the fight progresses. Worse yet, Moro is going to explode no matter what's done now, which is only narrowly averted at the last second. As if that wasn't bad enough, he manages to do what even Jiren couldn't (in the manga): overpower ''Ultra Instinct Goku''.

* Chapter 87: By the end of the fight with Goku, Vegeta and Granola, Gas' body finally starts to break down to the point that he starts to look like a rotting zombie. Vegeta compares his situation of being the universe's strongest being to a curse rather than a blessing. And when Frieza puts Gas out of his misery by shoving his whole arm through his torso, his body turns into a skeleton instantly.
** The fact that Frieza has not only resurfaced once more, but achieved yet ''another'' new form in Black Frieza. While Goku and Vegeta are at the end of their ropes after a long and grueling battle with Gas, and Gas was deteriorating rapidly, they're still all extraordinarily powerful with the former two in their Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego forms respectively. [[CurbStompBattle Frieza one-shots all of them casually.]]

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** Also think about the fact that Krillin never encountered King Piccolo, this means that Goku is the reason that this shade shows up!

** The OhCrap Goku had sensing Moro is shown in full in the following chapter and explained why: his Ki feels like the countless people he's eaten ''screaming in agony''. Remember Imperfect Cell's rematch with Piccolo where his BattleAura was a screaming, tortured mass of the people he absorbed? Moro's ki is basically that taken UpToEleven.

* AdultFear kicks in when Pan goes missing: A baby who is barely a year old is missing while her parents were gone and everyone is panicking. Even though Pan is part Saiyan, she is still a baby and thus everyone is freaking out since they don't know if she's hurt or not.

* Chapter 43 introduces a new villain: a powerful wizard by the name Moro (Pictured to the right) who earned the name "PlanetEater Moro" thanks to his ability to drain the life out of ''entire worlds'' and consume it to become stronger, having done so to '''320 planets''' already. By then, he ''dwarfed'' [[EldritchAbomination Majin Buu]] in power to the point a much stronger Grand Supreme Kai and South Kai (the two strongest and the only ones who were capable of fighting Buu head-on) were struggling to ''stay alive'' fighting him at the same time, and Grand Supreme Kai had to sacrifice most of his divine power to seal Moro's magic away. Even then, Moro was so powerful that the Galactic Patrol couldn't execute him, just imprison him.

[[caption-width-right:350:BodyHorror at its finest.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''His ki itself wasn't that huge, but it was terrifying. I never felt anything like it. [[AndIMustScream It was as if a lot of people were screaming in pain]].'']]

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* When Frieza destroys the Earth, we actually see the heroes loved ones getting caught in the blast. It is especially bad for 18, the Briefs, Goten, and Trunks since they see the blast coming and can't do anything to stop it. It's also terrible for those who don't see it coming. Mr. Satan and Buu are sleeping, Videl is comforting Pan, Chi-Chi is reading, and Marron is doing her school work. In just a few seconds, they're all dead.

* Frieza's emergence from the regeneration machine. He nearly blows up the ship just powering up after reintegrating all his pieces. Then he steps out amidst the rubble, ominously cracks his neck, and then spits up a huge gobbet of green slime... and ''then'' he shows his BadBoss credentials by ''[[ColdBloodedTorture blasting Tagoma's arms and legs]]'' for trying to suggest not taking revenge on Goku. Lucky for Tagoma, he gets fixed up.

* Episode 71 brings this horrifying likelihood into reality, where Hit manages to take Goku out and kill him stone dead with '''one blow.''' It isn't even a major one either: All he does is punch Goku in the chest and it cuts to a close up of the area that Hit punched, which is ''caving in on itself''. Then Goku wheezes and tries to bounce back from it, only to fail and [[DiesWideOpen collapse]]. Hit didn't even physically touch Goku. He just punched hard enough that a shockwave (either of pure force or a special Ki attack) went straight through Goku's body and his heart. A Goku who just came back from training to fight Zamasu and Goku Black. Even if Goku [[OnlyMostlyDead managed to recover from it]], that's beyond fucked up.

* Also, in Chapter 44, Moro arrives on Planet Namek to search for the Dragon Balls, only to be confronted by Goku and Vegeta. His first response? '''''[[WouldHurtAChild To telekinetically grab a Namekian child and attempt to drain his life force]].''''' Thank God Vegeta stepped in just in time.

* Chapter 50 finally reveals what Moro's second wish was. Turns out he didn't wish for immortality, but he used the wish to free his fellow inmates at the Galactic Prison, who fly a spaceship to Planet Namek to assist Moro. And if things couldn't get much worse, Moro is capable of empowering them with his magic, making them strong enough to hold their own against Goku, Vegeta, and the Grand Supreme Kai (not helped by Moro draining their energy again). The fight becomes so one-sided that our heroes are once again forced to make another hasty retreat, leaving Moro with an army consisting of the most dangerous criminals in the universe, all empowered by his magic and completely loyal to him. If things weren't bleak for our heroes before, they are now.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''His chi itself wasn't that huge, but it was terrifying. I never felt anything like it. [[AndIMustScream It was as if a lot of people were screaming in pain]].'']]

* Chapter 43 introduces a new villain: a powerful wizard by the name Moro (Pictured to the right) who earned the name "{{Planet Eater}} Moro" thanks to his ability to drain the life out of ''entire worlds'' and consume it to become stronger, having done so to '''320 planets''' already. By then, he ''dwarfed'' [[EldritchAbomination Majin Buu]] in power to the point a much stronger Grand Supreme Kai and South Kai (the two strongest and the only ones who were capable of fighting Buu head on) were struggling to ''stay alive'' fighting him at the same time, and Grand Supreme Kai had to sacrifice most of his divine power to seal Moro's magic away. Even then, Moro was so powerful that the Galactic Patrol couldn't execute him, just imprison him.

* Episode 70: We are again shown [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt what could happen]] if Beerus and Champa start fighting each other. The storms start, ground starts to crack, and multiple strays of their ki fall on it like tiny meteors. ''And they weren't powering up, yet they threw around blows strong enough to slightly wound each each other, something not even SSG Goku did with his best effort!'' Good thing that Whis and Vados stopped them.
* If the preview for Episode 70 is of indication... Goku '''dies'''. That's right, Hit will very likely become the third character in the entire franchise to successfully kill Goku.
* Episode 71 brings this horrifying likelihood into reality, where Hit manages to take Goku out and kill him stone dead with '''one blow.''' It isn't even a major one either: All he does is punch Goku in the chest and it cuts to a close up of the area that Hit punched, which is ''caving in on itself''. Then Goku wheezes and tries to bounce back from it, only to fail and [[DiesWideOpen collapse]]. Hit didn't even physically touch Goku. He just punched hard enough that a shock-wave (either of pure force or a special Ki attack) went straight through Goku's body and his heart. A Goku who just came back from training to fight Zamasu and Goku Black. Tht's beyond fucked, even if Goku [[OnlyMostlyDead managed to recover from it]], as shown in the preview of Episode 72.

** Another frightening thing about the scene: Now that Hit isn't in a tournament bound by a no-kill rule, Hit gets to show off some of the powers he didn't get to use in the Universe 6 Saga. One of these is an intangiblity technique. Goku tries to land a few punches, but they go right through Hit. Imagine being one of his targets; You're desperately trying to fight him off, but your attacks go right through him. No wonder he's such a renowned hitman. After all, ''how do you fight someone you can't even'' '''touch?!'''
** Prior to all of the above, the episode also shows us Hit when he's performing an assassination job on a local crime boss, and to say that he is frighteningly efficient is an {{Understatement}}. He uses his Time-Skip to bypass all off the boss' security guards and when he reaches his target, he coldly tells him he's hired to kill him and promptly ''punches a hole through his heart'', ignoring his pleas and bargains and killing him instantly. Imagine it from the crime boss' perspective: You're having a normal evening at your office when all of a sudden, you find that time has stopped for everyone but you. You turn around and find some strange guy behind you. The man tells you he's been hired to kill you and you panic and call for help, but with everyone but you frozen in time, help isn't coming anytime soon. You beg and plead with the man to spare you, even offering him money in hopes he goes away, but the man will hear none of your begging and punches a hole through your chest, killing you instantly. The entire scene made it feel like the guy was face-to-face with the [[GrimReaper the Angel of Death]] himself. ParanoiaFuel at its best.

* Watagash is a terrifying creature - while harmless by itself, it's a parasite that attaches to people and increases their power based on their darkness, [[BodyHorror mutating their bodies]]. It was able to turn Barry Kahn, a human actor with virtually no physical training, into a spiky-shouldered warrior who can fly with LaserEyes before growing him into a hideous Kaiju, able to at least smack base-form [[HalfHumanHybrid Gohan]] around (even if he's holding back and trying not to seriously hurt his opponent). If Watagash got attached to a bigger evil like [[TheEmperor Frieza]] or [[MixAndMatchCreatures Cell]] (or worse), he could be able to turn them into an EldritchAbomination capable of rivaling Merged Zamasu! And thanks to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Jaco's negilgence]] he could come back...
** Even worse, in Dragon Ball mind control becomes less effective against really powerful or stubborn creatures (as shown with Vegeta's personality igoring Babidi and the Commeson), and Watagash doesn't even seem to have a really personal purpose to begin with. So any of the aformentioned villain ever came in contact with it, they'd be in control and able to exploit the power-up, or even subdue Watagash itself.

** Though ultimately played for laughs, Barry himself is still a rather disturbing character. Remember, Watagash doesn't ''cause'' it's host to become evil; it only feeds off what's ''already'' present and then becomes accordingly powerful. Barry has proven himself to be a self-centered sociopath who tramples the careers of those less fortunate than him for amusement, try to ruin marriages to puff up his insecure ego, and ''kidnap innocent children'' to spite romantic rivals. Little wonder Watagash was able to make him so powerful.

* Episode 70: We are again shown [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt what could happen]] if Beerus and Champa start fighting each other. The storms start, ground starts to crack, and multiple strays of their ki fall on it like tiny meteors. ''And they weren't powering up, yet they threw around blows strong enough to slightly wound each each other, something not even SSJG Goku did with his best effort!'' Good thing that Whis and Vados stopped them.

** So, you have a cold, calculating fighter one thousand years old in the realms of the gods' tier of power who decided to become a ''professional killer'' with his gifts. How could you possibly make him even more dangerous? ''Give him a form of '''Zenkai boost''' to his combat ability as he fights''. The 'as he fights' part is a key difference: the Saiyans got their power-up by being beaten in a fight, they needed time to recover, and were vulnerable for a short while. He doesn't: when you finally found a way to land a couple of hits and start dealing some damage, he will become far stronger and shrug it all off, and then he'll become ''even stronger''.

* While he seems to be a good guy, the fact that Beerus and Champa, beings leagues stronger than the heroes are even close to at this point and incredibly powerful {{Physical God}}s themselves, are ''terrified'' of Zen'o and freak out at his mere presence. Just how much power, either literal, metaphorical, or both, does Zen'o have to get ''that'' reaction from two beings of that magnitude?!
** Enough to wipe out the twelve Universes in the blink of an eye, according to Beerus. Beerus on his own can only destroy one universe; Champa and Beerus clashing with one another at full power can only destroy two Universes. Zen'o can wipe out '''TheMultiverse''' singlehandedly.

* The Superhuman Water/Commeson is like Super Buu's ability to absorb things, except it's a ''[[TheVirus sentient entity]]'' rather than a technique. It not only copies the appearance, power/skill/techniques (including complete drain of Ki), and personality of the one it envelops, but should the copy not be defeated within a short amount of time, the original ''will die'', via physical dissolution. And it seems that no matter how strong or weak you are, you're vulnerable to this entity's drain, including beings on the level of ''gods''. Imagine what could have happened if it absorbed Beerus or Whis, or even Zen'o!

** The SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome for the Time Leap are most certainly this, as while nobody who isn't a Super Saiyan Blue going 10x Kaioken can actively perceive it, reality itself surrounding Hit both inverts and ''cracks apart'' like a smashed pane of glass, to speak nothing of mention the dark filter going on. It makes his brutal beatdown on Goku when he ups the duration to ''half'' a second quite frightening, seeing Goku helplessly being torn into in some hellish alternate dimension by quite possibly the deadliest mortal man ''in the multiverse''.
** After Goku uses the Kaioken with Super Saiyan Blue, his individual muscles keep bulging and spasming uncontrollably. It's pretty gross, and painful too.

** After raiding the planet, the prisoners are about to leave when one of the survivors weakly attempts to stop them. Seven Three, an alien with an unnerving resemblance to Hit, turns around and fries him with his eye lasers and proceeds to do that with the other dead soldiers before being stopped by Sangabo, who coldly states that if they kill too many, their won't be enough energy for Moro to drain. Really underscores just how ruthless they are.

* Chapter 53 gives us more insight on Seventhree. Turns out he's an ArtificialHuman who has the power to copy the abilities of others by simply grabbing the back of their neck. And we get a rather frightening demonstration of this power. When he, Shimorekka, and Yunba make a pit stop on a planet inhabited by humanoid porcupines, Seventhree grabs a fallen porcupine and begins downloading his data while simultaneously using him as a shield against the others' needles. He then uses their needle attack against them, killing them all instantly. Even worse, he notices a family of porcupines using a warp portal to escape and copies that power too, allowing the trio to arrive on Earth much earlier than the heroes anticipated. And then, he manages to copy Piccolo's abilities as well, leading to a fight between the two. Piccolo manages to hold his own at first, but Seventhree eventually gains the upper hand thanks to his limitless stamina. Only a timely rescue by Gohan saves Piccolo from certain death. In one chapter, Seventhree proves to be the most terrifying member of Moro's army.
* Chapter 54. It looks like Gohan is easily dominating the fight with Seventhree, but the Android has some tricks up his sleeve. Good news: after copying someone's abilities, he can use them for just 30 minutes - although the time limit only applies when he actually ''uses'' that someone's combat data. Bad news: he can store data from 3 different people and switch between them at will... and one of them is '''Moro'''. Using Moro's power, Seventhree drains Gohan's, Piccolo's, and Krillin's energy, weakening them enough so that Shimorekka and Yunba can utterly curbstomp them. The ''only'' reason they aren't killed right then and there is because Moro wants to wait for Goku and Vegeta to finish training so he can drain their energy along with Planet Earth's.
* Chapter 57. When the Z-Fighters manage to defeat Seventhree, Moro joins the fight and decides to amuse himself by powering up Saganbo with his energy. With the added power boost, Saganbo is able to defeat Gohan, Piccolo, and Androids 17 and 18 ''at the same time.'' Thankfully for the Z-Fighters, Goku has arrived on Earth and is ready to join the fight.

* Chapter 61. Thanks to his new Forced Spirit Fission technique, Vegeta is able to dominate his rematch with Moro by forcibly removing all the energy he's absorbed, weakening him severely. But the wizard has one last trick up his sleeve. Taking a page from Cell and Majin Buu's playbook, Moro ''swallows Seventhree whole'' to regain the power he lost to Vegeta, transforming into a twisted fusion of Seventhree and himself and gaining Seventhree's abilities. With the boost in power, he's able to easily defeat Vegeta, leaving the Z Fighters to deal with their most dangerous adversary yet.
* Chapter 62 is titled "Edge of Defeat" which couldn't be a more appropriate title given what happens to our heroes. With his newfound power, Moro proceeds to steamroll through the Z-Fighters. Goku blasts Moro's arm off with a point-blank Kamehameha only for Moro to use Piccolo's regeneration to regrow his arm... ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice right through Goku's chest]]''. The other heroes fare little better as Moro effortlessly swats them aside. When Dende makes his way to the battlefield to attempt to heal them, Moro throws up a barrier to keep him from interfering. Worse, Piccolo notes that even if Goku and Vegeta were to fuse, Moro could use Vegeta's Force Spirit Fission to defuse them thanks to Moro copying Vegeta's abilities. Thankfully, Goku still has his Mastered Ultra Instinct to try...

* Chapter 66: Moro has well and truly ''snapped'', spending the entire final battle with an utterly unhinged and deranged look on his face that only gets ''more'' so as the fight progresses. Worse yet, Moro is going to explode no matter what's done now. As if that wasn't bad enough, he manages to do what even Jiren couldn't: beat ''Ultra Instinct Goku''.

* Chapters 65: MUI Goku utterly demolishes Moro and it seems the villain has finally been brought down... or not. Instead of killing Moro, Goku's FatalFlaw rears its face again as he fully heals Moro with a Senzu Bean, giving him the chance to return to the Galactic Prison and never escape again. Instead, Moro finds the severed hand that contains Merus's data, giving the wizard Ultra Instinct and the power of an angel (albeit a trainee one). While Goku does fight him equally, Moro's body is unable to handle all that power, so he decides to ''merge with Earth itself'', essentially becoming a living planet. Even worse, as Whis points out, there's no way to defeat Moro without destroying the planet, which would also set off a chain reaction that would destroy the entire galaxy thanks to all that power. To summarize, Goku's leniency towards his enemies [[NiceJobBreakingItHero has now doomed the entire galaxy...]]

* Chapters 65: MUI Goku utterly demolishes Moro and it seems the villain has finally been brought down... or not. Instead of killing Moro, Goku's FatalFlaw rears its face again as he fully heals Moro with a Senzu Bean, giving him the chance to return to the Galactic Prison. Instead, Moro finds the severed hand that contains Merus's data, giving the wizard Ultra Instinct and the power of an angel (albeit a trainee one). While Goku does fight him equally, Moro's body is unable to handle all that power, so he decides to ''merge with Earth itself'', essentially becoming a living planet. Even worse, as Whis points out, there's no way to defeat Moro without destroying the planet, which would also set off a chain reaction that would destroy the entire galaxy thanks to all that power. To summarize, Goku's leniency towards his enemies [[NiceJobBreakingItHero has now doomed the entire galaxy...]]

* Chapters 65: MUI Goku utterly demolishes Moro and it seems the villain has finally been brought down... or not. Instead of killing Moro, Goku's FatalFlaw rears its face again as he fully heals Moro with a Senzu Bean, giving him the chance to return to the Galactic Prison, which the wizard refuses. Then, Moro finds the severed hand that contains Merus' data, giving the wizard Ultra Instinct and the power of an angel (albeit a trainee one). While Goku does fight him equally, Moro's body is unable to handle all that power, so he decides to ''merge with Earth itself'', essentially becoming a living planet. Even worse, as Whis points out, there's no way to defeat Moro without destroying the planet, which would also set off a chain reaction that would destroy the entire galaxy thanks to all that power. To summarize, Goku's leniency towards his enemies [[NiceJobBreakingItHero has now doomed the entire galaxy...]]

* Chapters 63-65: MUI Goku utterly demolishes Moro and it seems the villain has finally been brought down... or not. Rather than just kill him and be done with it, Goku, in a moment of supreme idiocy, '''''Gives. Moro. A. Senzu Bean.''''' Then, Moro finds the severed hand that contains Merus' data, giving the wizard the power of an angel. Things can't get much worse, right? Wrong! Moro's body is unable to handle all that power, so he decides to ''merge with Planet Earth itself'', essentially becoming a living planet. Even worse, as Whis points out, there's no way to defeat Moro without destroying the planet, which would also set off a chain reaction that would destroy the entire galaxy thanks to all that power. To summarize, Goku's naiviety has now doomed the entire galaxy. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice going, Goku.]]

* Chapters 63-65: MUI Goku utterly demolishes Moro and it seems the villain has finally been brought down... or not. Rather than just kill him and be done with it, Goku, in a moment of supreme idiocy, '''''Gives. Moro. A. Sensu Bean.''''' Then, Moro finds the severed hand that contains Merus' data, giving the wizard the power of an angel. Things can't get much worse, right? Wrong! Moro's body is unable to handle all that power, so he decides to ''merge with Planet Earth itself'', essentially becoming a living planet. Even worse, as Whis points out, there's no way to defeat Moro without destroying the planet, which would also set off a chain reaction that would destroy the entire galaxy thanks to all that power. To summarize, Goku's naiviety has now doomed the entire galaxy. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice going, Goku.]]

* Chapters 59 and 60 have the fight between Moro and Ultra Instinct Goku. At first, it seems the two are on relatively equal footing, but soon Ultra Instinct begins to take a toll on his stamina. Worse, Moro reveals that he's been holding back and unleashes his true power, beating Goku into the ground. Thankfully, Vegeta arrives on Planet Earth via Instant Transmission, but it begs the question: If Ultra Instinct isn't enough to beat Moro, then what is?

* Chapter 62 is titled "Edge of Defeat" which couldn't be a more appropriate title given what happens to our heroes. With his newfound power, Moro proceeds to steamroll through the Z-Fighters. Goku blasts Moro's arm off with a point-blank Kamehameha only for Moro to use Piccolo's regeneration to regrow his arm... ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice right through Goku's chest]]''. The other heroes fare little better as Moro effortlessly swats them aside. When Dende makes his way to the battlefield to attempt to heal them, Moro throws up a barrier to keep him from interfering. Worse, Piccolo notes that even if Goku and Vegeta were to fuse, Moro could use Vegeta's Force Spirit Fission to defuse them thanks to Moro copying Vegeta's abilities. So if Ultra Instinct (Sign) didn't work, Forced Spirit Fission didn't work, and Fusion is useless, then how can our heroes possibly stop Moro?