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!!Hit (ヒット, ''Hitto'')
[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hit_dbs.png]]
->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/KazuhiroYamaji
->'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MatthewMercer (''Super'', ''[=FighterZ=]''), Aaron Roberts (''Xenoverse 2'')
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Idzi Dutkiewicz
->'''Voiced by (European Spanish dub):''' José Manuel Seda
->'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):''' Francisco Júnior
->'''Voiced by (French dub):''' Antoine Nouel

-->''"Combat is craft. What matters most is not raw power but the skill by which you hone it."''

Universe 6's greatest hitman, who was chosen as part of Champa's team against Beerus's in the Universe 6 Tournament. He fights Vegeta and Goku in the tournament and is the last opponent overall. After the tournament, he was the main antagonist of an anime-only mini arc, where he was paid by a mysterious client to kill Goku.
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* TheAce: He is said to be the strongest fighter from Universe 6 and is a [[ProfessionalKiller legendary assassin]] who [[TheDreaded never fails to kill his target]], giving him the nickname, [[RedBaron The Flawless Hit]], and he definitely lives up to his reputation.
** He easily decimates Vegeta who was fighting as a Super Saiyan Blue without Vegeta even touching him once. He also has the ability to [[spoiler:skip time by a fraction of a second, effectively leaving the rest of the universe standing still and allowing him to attack with impunity for brief period. He even one-ups himself by showing that he can improve while he fights, taking his Time-Skip technique to ever-increasing durations to counter Goku]], and even though [[spoiler:he lost in the end]]
** In the Tournament of Power, he is literally called the ace of Universe 6, and shows it by being one of the few who can hold his own against Jiren.
** He's also fought Goku three times and [[spoiler:won the first two, actually ''killing'' Goku with a single blow in the second, only for the third to end in a draw as both fighters collapse in exhaustion]].
* AchillesHeel: His Time-Skip is ineffective against those who are significantly more powerful than him. This is directly stated in the manga, and implied in the anime, with a Kaio-ken boosted Goku and Jiren breaking free of his techniques, albeit with some effort.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange:
** Downplayed, but Hit is somewhat more cocky in the manga than he is in the anime. In the anime he is usually TheStoic who would occasionally make a [[WhenHeSmiles small smile]] whenever he fights Goku. In the manga, he is far more expressive, making cocky grins and losing his composure more often when he is on the losing edge.
** In the manga he places a lot more focus on physical strength instead of fighting techniques. During the manga's version of the Tournament of Power, he even tells Goku that he believes that true power comes from honing a body's strength rather than relying on his Time-Skip to fight. This is the opposite of his anime counterpart, who believes that improving his Time-Skip techniques is the best way to counter stronger opponents.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the manga, his Time-Skip is ineffective against a fully powered Super Saiyan Blue, whereas this was not the case in the anime. Likewise, he never improves his Time-Skip ability and Goku never has to use the Kaio-ken in their match. As he helpfully tells us, his power in the manga is higher than SSG but lower than SSB, while in the anime, he's strong enough to fight Goku at SSB and take hits from Goku's SSB Kaio-ken x10, but it's still his ever-improving Time-Skip that allows him to make up for the power gap. He comes back stronger in the manga's Tournament of Power, but even then, he only seems to be around Goku's "completed" SSB. In the manga equivalent of his fight against Jiren, [[spoiler:his "Time Cage" ability also didn't really stop Jiren, as Jiren was only fighting at a small fraction of his power. By contrast in the anime, he manages to actually trap Jiren in the Time Cage for a small amount of time, and Jiren has to actually put effort in to power through it. He performed better against Jiren then Goku did in his first fight]].
* AdaptiveAbility: Hit is able to improve his [[spoiler:[[TimeMaster Time-Skip technique]] on the fly in response to whoever he's fighting. This allows to stay ahead of Goku who had started to adapt to his Time-Skip, until Goku uses his Kaio-Ken to catch up]]. He's also able of adapting to Jiren's fighting style enough to be able of hitting the Pride Trooper and traps him in his Time Cage despite the huge difference in power between the two, but not enough to avoid defeat at Jiren's hands.
* AlienBlood: His blood is purple.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Standoffish, serious-faced, and initially presented and advertised as being dark and dangerous, yet the first person he seems to take issue with is Frost [[spoiler:when he attempts to escape from the tournament after Vegeta easily beats him]]. At any rate, he's a confirmed mercenary and hitman so he obviously doesn't have much problem with taking lives. However, it's worth noting [[spoiler:he doesn't try to kill Goku a second time after succeeding once, implying he likes Goku, or at least respects him]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** He hands Vegeta a crushing defeat without even trying. This is after Vegeta beats three of the five fighters from U6.
** [[spoiler:He is on the receiving end of this from Jiren, who defeats him and rings him out in the Tournament of Power. Hit still put up a dignified fight though.]]
* ArcVillain: Hit counts as this in his during a two-part BreatherEpisode where he's [[spoiler:hired by a mysterious employer to assassinate Goku. Somewhat averted as Goku really wanted to fight Hit, so he asked Whis to ask Vados to hire Hit]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Hit is able to break down his opponent's movements, gaining an understanding of them and formulating a plan on how to defeat them. He adapts to Goku's fighting style, even mimicking it, as Goku does the same to him. Against Dypso, he slowly figures out how the speedster is anticipating his movements and turns it to his advantage.
* BadassArmFold: Often seen doing this, with some games even having this as his idle animation.
* BadassBoast: In ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', Hit will say a boast to the Time Patroller, and the ones with the Earthling and Frieza's (Frost?) clan patrollers are the most interesting.
--> '''Hit:''' ''[to an Earthling]'' I have lived for 1,000 years... you short-lived creatures cannot imagine the breadth of my experience.
--> '''Hit:''' ''[to a Frieza's clan patroller]'' You appear to be the same race as Frost. In that case, you won't last long...
** His [[MemeticMutation infamous]] line when chosen in Xenoverse 2 is this. He says, "Time to make the donuts.", which is old slang for "Time to go to work." In other words, Hit is indirectly reminding the player that killing people is little more than a casual day job for him.
** During his fight against Dyspo, K'nsi saves his fellow Pride Trooper from a ring-out and tells him that he'll take the assassin down with him. [[InstantlyProvenWrong And then Hit time-skips behind him...]]
-->'''Hit:''' The only thing you'll be taking with you is ''pain''.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one that goes down to his knees. Unlike many examples, his actually serves a practical purpose, at least in the manga: He deliberately hides his legs from his opponent by placing his hands inside his pockets and adjusting his coat, in order to make his Time-Skip even more unpredictable.
* BatmanGambit: Hit fakes powering up into a SuperMode to bait Goku into attacking him head-on. In actuality, Hit just increased the duration of his Time-Skp technique.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He manages to do this against Goku. Part of what makes the Saiyans so powerful, especially Goku, is their ability to adapt and grow stronger as they fight. Hit proves that he too can improve in the middle of a fight by constantly improving his [[spoiler:Time-Skip technique]] each time Goku adapts to it.
* BeneathTheMask: Most of Universe 6 knows Hit as a {{Consummate|Professional}} ProfessionalKiller, but get him into a situation where he actually has to put in an effort to achieve his goals, and the mask drops to reveal a ChallengeSeeker who has been stuck in a VictoryIsBoring rut for centuries.
* BoringButPractical: Unlike the Saiyans, the Frieza Race or most other highly-powerful combatants seen up to his introduction, Hit has no SuperMode or any way to boost his raw power, relying purely on technique [[spoiler:and his Time-Skip ability]]. If he's outmatched, he simply learns to improve said technique(s) on the fly.
* BreakoutCharacter: One of the most popular characters to come out of ''Super'' which led him to get increased focus later in the series including his own two-parter arc and one of the key players in the Tournament of Power for Universe 6, being one of the biggest threats to [[FinalBoss Jiren]]. He's also heavily showcased in video games being among the most prominent ''Super'' characters in the roster.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Zigzagged. At very glance, it seems like Hit is exclusively a close range fighter, using his incredible speed and Time Skip to allow him to close distance between him and his enemy. However, Hit later demonstrates that he does have some incredibly powerful techniques that he can perform from quite a distance away, though it seems that his best fighting ability is from being up close and personal.
* CombatCompliment: After disseminating Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta, he notes that Vegeta was the first to take so many blows to his vitals.
* CombatPragmatist: His ability to [[spoiler:skip time]] is a massive StoryBreakerPower, and is about as unfair in a fight as going for a GroinAttack. As there's nothing in the rules of either tournaments forbidding it, he exploits the crap out of it whenever possible.
* TheComicallySerious: While he isn't this in the anime, the manga gave him this attribute, with him falling asleep during the Tournament matches.
* ConfusionFu: After realizing Dypso can sense when he tenses up his body in order to use his Time-Skip, Hit proceeds to deliberately tense up in order to fake him out.
* ConsummateProfessional: Gives off this air. He's a legendary hitman, but is stoic and completely serious, and mostly acts like the only reason he's present is to get his reward and otherwise isn't interested in the situation. And even when he [[spoiler:curbstomps Frost]], he only did so to keep him from stealing his prize and doesn't even kill him, even though he very easily could have, rather than doing it to be a sadist. When shown on the job, he simply uses his [[spoiler:Time-Skip]] to bypass everyone who isn't his mark, kills the target quickly and as painlessly as possible, and leaves.
* CurbStompBattle:
** His fight against Vegeta is completely one-sided in his favor with Hit effortlessly hitting Vegeta at vital points and foiling his attempts to block or dodge his attacks with his timeskip. Even when Vegeta finally manages to grab Hit's right arm after the asssassin hit his belly and tries to punch Hit's face, it's only for him to be finally knocked out after after Hit strikes one of his vital points with a stronger attack from his right hand. Hit thus faces Goku completely healthy and uninjured.
** The first "fight" between Goku and Hit where Hit isn't holding back his killing techniques ends with [[spoiler:Goku killed with a single blow to the chest after about a minute of hitting empty air]].
* CurbStompCushion: Truth be told, Hit had no chance of beating Jiren, as his strength far exceeds Hit's own, but Hit is able to use his abilities in such a way he's able to push Jiren to the edge and causes the other man to exert himself for the first time in the series, which ultimately results in his elimination.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Hit may be a cold-hearted assassin who wears dark clothing, but he has a strong sense of honor and only seems to kill when he contracted to.
* DecapitatedArmy: In a matter of speaking. [[spoiler:Once Hit gets eliminated, things quickly take a turn for the worse for Universe 6, and Cabba, Kale and Caulifla soon join him on the bench.]]
* DesperationAttack: Hit's "Time Cage" attack is good for keeping opponents still, but it requires a large amount of energy to keep the target still, and cannot attack in any way other than with the technique holding the target in the first place and even then it risks failing, which Hit himself notes is a very un-assassin thing to do.
* DieOrFly: Hit is more than capable of averting TransformationIsAFreeAction, but he doesn't because his opponent's newfound power will place him in a situation where he ''needs'' to better himself in order to win - and that seems to be the only thing truly capable of pushing him to do it.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** Hit is shocked that Goku literally broke his [[spoiler:PocketDimension that he was using to avoid Goku's attacks]]. This left him wide open for Goku's Kamehameha.
** [[spoiler:He was clearly not expecting Jiren to be able to move while he had him stuck in a Time Cage. Jiren managing to flat out crush his final attack despite being semi-immobilized is the last straw before Jiren knocks him off the arena.]]
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: When he's contracted to kill [[spoiler:Goku]], he mentions that he doesn't really want to, and that if [[spoiler:Goku]] takes him up on his offer to disappear off the grid, he would fake his death for him. [[spoiler:Goku doesn't take the offer and temporarily ends up dead.]]
* TheDreaded: He's known as a legendary powerful hitman in his universe. Frost is completely terrified when Hit catches him trying to steal the reward treasures and the cube spaceship. Even Goku and Vegeta note that he is likely the most powerful member of his team and thus try to save their Super Saiyan Blue power for him. Champa confirms that he's a legendary assassin who he personally hand chose, and is confident he can defeat both Vegeta and Goku. [[spoiler:His reputation is enough to where he is one of ''two'' people Jiren acknowledges as being worthy of fighting him. As soon as he eliminates Hit, he declares nobody else can match him.]]
* DueToTheDead: Hit seems to have a code of paying respects at the graves of people he's killed. He takes a necklace from the crime boss he murders at the start of episode, and places it at what is seemingly that guy's gravestone, and when he [[spoiler:kills Goku]] later in the episode he states that he'll return when they've dug his grave. It's not clarified why he would do this.
* DullSurprise: While everyone is shocked when they see Vegeta go Super Saiyan Blue on Cabba, Hit takes note of it, looks at Goku, and then closes his eyes again.
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Zigzagged. He won't tell anyone about his abilities and he kills his target seconds after engaging them, however, when fighting against Goku he does confirm Goku's observations about how his powers work and will even correct him if he's off.
* {{Expy}}:
** Ends up having more than a few similarities to ''Z'' filler character Pikkon: An alien stronger than previous villains who met Goku in a tournament, was at first cold and standoffish, but eventually became a friendly rival. As an added bonus, Goku even used Super Saiyan Kaio-ken in his fight with Pikkon and used Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken against Hit.
** More obviously, Hit's outfit, mannerisms, and [[spoiler:ability to briefly freeze time]] are all blatant references to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo]]. It might even count as an ActorAllusion on the dub end given that Creator/MatthewMercer voices both of them.
* FinalBoss: He is the final and most powerful fighter on Champa's team. Champa is so confident in Hit's ability that he fully expects him to win him the entire tournament, even after seeing Vegeta's Super Saiyan Blue form.
* {{Foil}}:
** Like Goku, Hit enjoys a good fight and likes to keep things fair and square during a duel; he doesn't attack Goku when he has the chance to end the match and would prefer to take on Goku's new technique head-on rather than prevent him from going through with it. Just like Goku, he also studies his opponent carefully and develops new ways to overtake his foes while in the middle of a battle, taking note of Goku doing the same to him. His stance even becomes very similar to Goku's after improving enough. In the Tournament of Power, they are both referred to as {{The Ace}}s of their respective universes. However unlike Goku, Hit isn't a hero given his day job is an assassin. He's also very [[TheStoic stoic]] to contrast the excitable Goku's.
** To Piccolo. Both are TheStoic [[TheStrategist strategists]] on their respective teams who make up for a lack of transformations and raw power with unorthodox techniques that allow them to get the upper-hand. Both encountered Goku in a tournament and ended up becoming a WorthyOpponent to him, as well as teaming up in an unlikely alliance to take on a greater threat. The foil is while both were enemies to Goku, Piccolo was a villain who later becomes somewhat of an AntiHero of the GoodIsNotNice variety, while Hit despite never being fully villainous isn't a hero either and remains an assassin albeit a nice one with a CodeOfHonor.
** Also one to Tien. Both are [[TheRival rivals]] to Goku, who encounter him in a Tournament and best him in a very close match, before coming to see him as a WorthyOpponent and giving him a PetTheDog moment. Both Hit and Tien rely on unorthodox techniques in their combat to make up for the gap in strength they have to Goku, though unlike Tien, Hit is the genuine WorldsBestWarrior of his universe. Furthermore, Tien initially had desires to become an assassin, while Hit is an actual assassin. The contrast, much like Piccolo, is that Tien started off as a villain who pulled a HeelFaceTurn while Hit was never straight up evil but doesn't exactly join the good guys either and stays a NobleDemon.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In the intro segment that shows off the Universe 6 fighters, he's the only one that looks at the screen (viewers) while firing a laser beam from his finger, almost as if he's firing it towards the viewer.
* FriendlyRivalry: Near the end of episode 72, Hit and Goku show signs of this [[spoiler:although, even though Goku had Whis then Vados hire Hit by proxy just so he could fight him, Hit still states he will kill him and to be careful.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the Tournament of Power, Hit's enthusiastic wide-open smile [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN5Xm92VQAA6A_B.jpg can be seen]] on the far-right side of the cheering Universe 6 stands in a quick reaction shot. [[spoiler:This was prompted from seeing the Saiyan fusion, Kefla, sucker-punching Super Saiyan God Goku's face by surprise.]]
* GrayAndGreyMorality: Make no mistake, he's better than the war profiteering Frost, but by no means is Hit actually a hero, he's strictly a HitmanWithAHeart. The best example of this would be during his rematch with Goku, who after offering to fake his death, ''does'' actually kill him, however briefly. This was even after the two had mutual respect. And further pushing this point, Hit makes it clear that despite their friendliness, if Goku ever has another target put on his head, Hit will treat him like a mark once again.
* GoodCounterpart:
** In a clever bit of misdirection, it seems that ''he's'' the real good or at least neutral counterpart to Frieza. Both are natural prodigies feared in their universe as the mightiest force of death. Both immediately {{curb stomp|Battle}} Vegeta, then face Goku in an encounter which represents both the introduction of a never-before-seen form of power for Goku, as well as the first time they've ever had to improve their skills. Both possess creative (for their time) abilities taking them beyond the typical ''DBZ'' BeamOWar fighting style, {{purple|IsPowerful}} as a color motif, and inhuman lifespan and aging patterns (Frieza entered his prime within the first eight years of his life and has retained it for decades, while Hit is over a thousand years old). However, Hit is a mercenary who does all his work himself, carries a professional attitude about his work, and only kills when the parameters of the job call for it, whereas Frieza is a real-estate tycoon who employs a galactic army and takes sadistic glee in the death and fear he causes. Hit outright states he cannot transform to improve his power, while Frieza has to transform in order to restrain it. Hit is standoffish, stoic, and is seen in {{dark|IsNotEvil}} colors, yet when presented with a challenge that forces him to improve he relishes the opportunity like a true SpiritedCompetitor, whereas Frieza plays himself off as [[WickedCultured cultured]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil polite]], and is seen in {{light|IsNotGood}} colors, when the whole time his greatest fear is being rivaled or surpassed and when it finally happens he slowly but surely loses any and all grip on sanity he ever had.
** Stepping outside manga-canonical materials and comparing Hit to a closer lookalike, he can also be seen as one to Frieza's older brother Cooler, almost to the extent that Cooler can be seen as the bridge in between the two. Like both Hit and Frieza, Cooler is a seemingly ageless natural prodigy and feared scourge of death with purple as a color motif. Like Hit, Cooler is far more measured and professional in his approach in contrast to Frieza's egocentric pretentiousness and sadism. However, Cooler still shares Frieza's traits of being an imperial tycoon with a team of subordinates, a LightIsNotGood motif and a raging hatred of superior opponents. Hit is a mercenary loner who goes by DarkIsNotEvil and welcomes a true challenge as a chance to test and better himself.
** He could also be considered one to Mercenary Tao. Both being well known and feared assassins, but whereas Tao is a PsychoForHire who not only takes personal glee in his kills but will kill people he doesn't even need to kill simply because they're in his way or they slighted him in some way (Bora, The Tailor), Hit is very professional in his kills, treating them as nothing more than a job and only ever kills who he's hired to kill, bypassing everyone else. Hit also has a code of honor when it comes to fighting and welcomes a good challenge while Tao is a DirtyCoward who resorts to underhanded tactics the moment the fight stops going his way.
* GracefulLoser: He takes his loss to Goku during their rematch in stride, vowing to kill Goku again someday before leaving.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted massively, as per his own admittance. He can't transform to multiply his power, so he has to use good old-fashioned hard work to get stronger.
* HeroKiller: Even if his death was temporary, he manages to take out [[spoiler:''Goku''.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Downplayed. He may be a cold, unhesitating killer, but he's also a NobleDemon with a code of honour who goes out of his way to avoid collateral damage.
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: He's unable to use his best techniques in both the Universe 6 tournament and the Tournament of Power because they're specifically ''assassination'' techniques, and killing your opponent isn't allowed. This is one reason [[spoiler:Goku ordered a hit on himself: he wanted to fight Hit at his best, with no holds barred]].
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Hit could have beaten Goku at several points during the fight, but deliberately allows Goku to recover or fights fairly out of respect despite Champa's insistence that he finish the fight immediately. [[spoiler:He even decides to throw the final fight against Monaka as a sign of respect for Goku even though he knew the outcome of said action would be Champa murdering him]].
** In Episode 71, [[spoiler:he offers to let Goku live while telling whoever contracted him that he had killed him out of respect for him. Goku himself then pulls this trope by refusing and wanting to try fighting Hit as an equal. Once Goku does so, however, [[SubvertedTrope he doesn't hesitate to go through with the kill]].]]
* HopelessBossFight: Regardless of whether Hit was one of the best fighters in the Tournament of Powers, he was still caught up in one of this during his fight with [[spoiler:Jiren]], specially when his last attack against him didn't work.
* HotBlooded: He hides it heavily under his stoic demeanor, but ultimately Hit is excited to meet someone like Goku who can fight him all-out on equal terms.
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* IAmNotLeftHanded:
** After improving his [[spoiler:Time-Skip technique the first time, Hit tells Goku the new duration. He then notes that Goku will likely adapt in the same way he did the first time and uses the technique to hit Goku with RapidFireFisticuffs, revealing that he actually increased the duration more than double what he told Goku]].
** Goku takes notice near the end of their fight in Episode 40 [[spoiler:that, due to the tournament's no-kill rule, Hit has actually been holding back during the entire match and hasn't been fighting all out in case he accidentally killed someone. Goku notes that, if he had been able to kill, Hit could have beaten him with his last attack]].
** Goku trains to adapt to Hit's [[spoiler:Time-Skip]], only to be caught off-guard when Hit uses an IntangibleMan technique when next they meet.
** During his fight with [[spoiler:Jiren]], once he realizes his Time-Skip ability won't do him much good, Hit pulls all stops and [[spoiler:traps Jiren in a "cage of time", where he supposedly is left paralyzed in place]]. He then [[spoiler:tries to unleash one final attack when it seems that even ''that'' won't be enough to deal with Jiren]], but [[spoiler:this still isn't enough to deal with him, and he winds up being eliminated.]]
* InformedAbility: His killing techniques in the manga. While Hit showcases them in the anime in his rematch against Goku and in the Tournament of Power, he never once uses them in the manga despite them being implied that Hit could use them like in the anime.
* IntangibleMan: When he shows up to kill Goku, he reveals a technique that makes physical attacks pass right through him. [[spoiler:Vados reveals that what Hit is really doing is using the "time" he's "skipped" with his Time-Skip technique to create a pocket universe, which partially phases him out of local time-space. The downside is that he's limited in his attacking options while doing this, and he can't keep it up forever. Once Goku figures out that Hit is "not there", he's able to break down the pocket universe and attack Hit anyway.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: PlayedWith. While Hit [[AntiHero is not a villain]], he is a major antagonistic force in two of 'Super' arcs. He lacks any comical trait, and in fact, when the show focuses on him, there is a ToneShift from a lighthearted show to a noir-ish mood, very typical of cyberpunk stories.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After seeing Jiren [[spoiler:neutralize Kale with one attack]], he wisely retreats and allows Goku to handle the problem.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: While there have been a fair share of enemies and allies with ConfusionFu that keeps the enemy on their toes, Hit's abilities are so distinct from what is usually encountered that he's pretty much a PuzzleBoss where it requires both strength and brains to understand both how Hit's powers work and be strong enough to counter them every time he fights his enemies.
* TheLeader: The unofficial one of Universe 6 during the Tournament of Power by virtue of being their WorldsStrongestMan. The Supreme Kai of Universe 11 notes he's both their ace and emotional support and concludes that losing him would quickly result in Universe 6 falling shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:He was sadly proven right.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** He's a rather serious warrior and martial artist, named Hit. He's also a legendary hitman, making this a pun on his job.
** When his name was first translated into Roman characters, it was mistranslated to "Heat", making it seem like he had a connection with Frost. Needless to say, both notions were quickly corrected.
* MundaneUtility: The real purpose behind his powerful [[spoiler:Time-Skip]] ability is to avoid being detected by anyone except his target.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Hit. His character notes even suggest the name (which is a pun on "hitman") is supposed to imply a sense of danger.
* NobleDemon: Despite being a ProfessionalKiller, he's actually quite noble and chivalrous all things considered. Hit allows Goku to recover from his heavy blow because Goku's strength and technique forced him to improve his own abilities, and he feels he owes the other fighter for that. He also avoids sniping Goku while he's preparing his ultimate technique. He also [[spoiler:rings himself out when Monaka successfully punched him to return Goku's favor when he did the same]]. In Episode 71, [[spoiler:he offers to let Goku live and walk away if he disappears. Goku refuses and temporarily dies because of it]]. Of the hits we've seen him do, he also avoids killing anyone ''but'' his target, using his [[spoiler:Time-Skip]] to just bypass guards and civilians. He also lets his targets know they're about to die, kills them from the front, and does so quickly with a minimum of pain.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Make no mistake, Hit ''will'' kill you if he's paid to do it, regardless of whether you prove a challenge or not, as he's a ''{{Professional|Killer}}'' [[ProfessionalKiller Killer]]. That said, if you do prove a challenge he'll enjoy the chance to improve his skills while trying to kill you.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Hit will not toy around with his targets, preferring to end his battles or kill his targets as efficiently as possible. At least, until he finds a worthy opponent. This is shown perfectly in episode 71 when we see him in the middle of a hit job on a local crime boss. He uses Time-Skip to bypass all the bosses' security guards and reach his target, calmly tells said target that he's hired to kill him, then promptly punches a hole through said target's chest, killing him instantly. [[spoiler:And when he fights Goku again, he lets Goku hit him a few times to showcase his intangibly powers, then promptly punches him through the heart, killing him instantly.]]
* NothingPersonal: Hit is a professional. There is no malice in what he does, only pragmatism and dignity. Heck, the only reason he comes after Frost was because the emperor was putting a wrench in his own arrangement with Vados. [[spoiler:He makes this more clear than ever when he's hired to kill Goku. He'll do the job, make no mistake, but he not for a moment allows this to dampen his open fondness for the other.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: During the match, once Goku starts getting the upper-hand, he starts screaming and clutching his arms presumably to power up, only to reveal that he can't power up like the Saiyans and simply improved the duration of his Time-Skip. He was only screaming like that to imitate Goku. It seems Goku's eccentric ways have rubbed off on him.
* NotSoSimilar: To Frieza of all people when he announces to Goku and the audience that because he was so powerful, he never had to improve himself once in his life. Unlike Frieza, however, he improves on-the-fly, and is grateful to Goku for pushing him to get better.
* NotSoStoic:
** He was cold and emotionless for most of the tournament, including in his fight with Vegeta. He begins to shed his stoic demeanor after he finds a WorthyOpponent in Goku. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness He even genuinely smiles, something several characters note]].
** During the Tournament of Power, Hit remained his usual cold self for most of the tournament... ''until it took him to fight Jiren'', and started to scream out of frustration at how useless he was against the dreaded Gray of Universe 11.
---> '''Hit:''' [[BreakTheBadass The moment I couldn't stop him with one hit, it was all over.]]
* OhCrap:
** Has a minor one when Goku figures out his technique and manages to block his attacks and hit him. He has a major one after Goku [[spoiler:{{No Sell}}s his Time-Skip technique when using his Super Saiyan Blue/Kaioken combination. His most severe one is when he faces the prospect of his own death at the hands of Champa for losing the tournament.]]
** He suffers another one of these when [[spoiler:Jiren]] not only quickly adapts to his Time-Skip ability, but [[spoiler:manages to overcome his Cage of Time and move during it, despite being supposed to be ''frozen in time'', and manage to nullify and destroy his final attack, leaving him at his mercy.]]
* OneHitKill: He uses a single strike to perform assassination, shooting a beam from his fist which evidently crushes the victim's heart.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Vegeta never got to settle the score with Hit in the Tournament of Power as he had hoped. In the manga, this extends to Goku as well because the "Hit Rematch" mini-arc was anime only, and in the Tournament they decide to team up against Universe 11 much like in the anime.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's only involved in the tournament to get Champa's cube as Vados offered him, and otherwise doesn't seem at all interested in the other matches at all. He only [[spoiler:does anything about Frost]] because he was trying to steal his prize. Later subverted when he faces off against Goku and considers him a WorthyOpponent. [[spoiler:This sentiment was enough for Hit to throw the tournament to ''Monaka''. He even tells Champa that he doesn't want the space cube anymore]].
* OutOfCharacterMoment: During the Champa Arc tournament, the normally {{Stoic}} Hit goes all ScreamingWarrior to power up like most characters. Subverted in that it was only for show, and he immediately points out he can't just transform to power up, but has to avert HardWorkHardlyWorks.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: More ''overpowered'' by awesome. Hit is practically unbeatable on paper, but Goku's talent for powering up just simply ''overrides'' every one of Hit's sequential advantages over him.
* PetTheDog: In their second fight, Hit offered [[spoiler:Goku]] the opportunity to fake his death if he just disappeared off the grid. [[spoiler:Goku]], however [[HonorBeforeReason is more focused]] on fighting Hit at full strength [[spoiler:and dies as a result. Hit also states he would visit Goku's grave once it was completed.]]
* PocketDimension: He has a phase ability that works by him [[spoiler:storing the time he skips in another dimension, which he can freely enter. Once he is in this dimension he can't be hit, but he's free to attack this opponent, although it's limited. He can't stay in it forever, however, since it's limited to the time he has stored and it can be shattered by a powerful energy burst]].
* PowerTrio: In ''Super Dragon Ball Heroes'' he forms one with Goku and Jiren as the three of them team up to fight Zamasu and later Hearts.
* PressurePoint: Hit uses his [[spoiler:Time-Skip technique]] to target the vital parts of his opponents, critically damaging them in the process. Hit is surprised that Vegeta is able to survive this (despite being KO'd) and he says that if Goku keeps on attacking him before finding out how to dodge his technique, Goku will die.
* ProfessionalKiller: He's a legendary hitman in his universe. When he confronts Frost about trying to steal the treasure and cube ship, Frost asks if Champa or someone from their universe hired him to kill him. According to Whis, Hit has never failed to kill a target, given him the nickname [[RedBaron "The Flawless Hit"]].
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has purple skin, and is considered the most powerful member of the team, proving to be far more powerful than Frost and Cabba. Even without his main ability, he's still extremely powerful.
* PuzzleBoss: What makes Hit so dangerous isn't his physical power, but his abilities. He has the ability to [[spoiler:[[TimeMaster skip time]]]] and attack his opponent when they're vulnerable. He also has [[spoiler:invisible energy attacks that can instantly stops someone's heart if they hit on top of being able to create a pocket dimension where he stores all the time he skipped, which allows him to phase through his enemy's attacks like a ghost]]. Every time Goku fights Hit, he spends most of the battle just trying to figure out and counter Hit's techniques.
* PunnyName: His name is Hit, as of "hitman", and he is well known for killing and defeating people with just one hit.
--> '''Champa:''' [[{{Pun}} Hit! Nice hit!]]
* Really700YearsOld: Hit is over 1,000 years old. He looks to be only in his mid-40s by mortal standards.
* RedBaron: He is given the nickname, "The Flawless Hit", since he never fails to kill a target.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has red eyes, and looks rather intimidating. Frost definitely fears him and [[TheDreaded for good reasons]] since he is the [[ProfessionalKiller best assassin in his universe]] who never fails to kill a target.
* SeniorSleepCycle: The manga humorously gives Hit this attribute, as he sleeps through most of the tournament matches. This seems to partly be a display of disinterest in the low-stakes battles, but considering that he's [[Really700YearsOld over 1,000 years old]], he might need the shuteye for his old bones.
* ShadowArchetype: Hit shares Goku's uncanny ability to adapt and evolve new techniques as a fight drags out. Initially, Hit is also completely disinterested in fighting for the sake of it, [[{{Foil}} in complete contrast]] to Goku, but the longer the two fight, [[WorthyOpponent the more Hit starts to enjoy it.]]
* SignatureMove: His Time-Skip technique, which in itself is abroad label for a variety of Hit's techniques.
* SingleStrokeBattle: How the result of Goku and Hit's rematch in episode 71 ends, [[spoiler:not only is Goku unable to even touch Hit thanks to the latter's IntangibleMan powers but Hit only needs to fire one of his signature killing fist attacks to crush Goku's heart and kill him.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the manga's version of the Tournament of Power. Hit gets taken out easily by Jiren in the first few minutes of the tournament, but in that brief time he manages to save CSSB Goku from getting knocked off after his initial CurbStompBattle with the Gray. If Hit hadn't intervened, Jiren would have easily eliminated Goku, and would have torn through the rest of the competition with basically zero resistance without Ultra Instinct to challenge him. He would have undoubtedly been the victor which, depending on how truthful he was about his wish, would have led to the seven universes Zeno destroyed never being brought back.
* SpiritedCompetitor: What Hit is BeneathTheMask, to the surprise of everyone in-universe. The reason for his stoic behavior [[VictoryIsBoring is because no one in his Universe was ever able to push Hit to his limits]]... and then he met Goku.
--> '''Hit:''' Your greatness has fueled my own Goku! As you rise even higher, then by necessity so will I! I want to see where this competition goes, for my own sake! ''([[WhenHeSmiles smirks]])'' ''Let's take this to its peak.''
* TheStoic: Rarely, if ever drops his calm, serious demeanor no matter what is going on around him. Even having a cracked glass shard fly directly at him made from Vados' barrier doesn't do so much as make him open his eyes. [[spoiler:Once Goku gives him a good fight, he starts getting serious, and he is shown to break his stoic view, either by reacting in a surprised and/or angry manner or even smiling]].
* ShoutOut: His stoic attitude, coated purple appearance and time-stopping power pay tribute to Jotaro Kujo.
* StockShonenRival: To a lesser degree than Vegeta and Piccolo, but Hit still checks most of the criteria. He is Goku's primary rival who notably does not join Goku's team. Hit contrasts Goku by being stoic, serious, and calculating (not unlike Piccolo), but nonetheless treats Goku as a WorthyOpponent who he respects for his strength and his drive. Goku extends the same courtesy to Hit and is eager for further battles with him to better himself.
* StoryBreakerPower:
** While Hit is strong in his own right, his true power lies in his special technique. He is able to [[spoiler:[[TimeStandsStill Skip Time]] for a fraction of a second]]. Since Hit has SuperSpeed, even this brief period is enough for him to cause major damage that his opponents have almost no hope of defending against. There is also no limit to the amount of times he can use this technique and only has a very brief cooldown between uses. When Goku learns to counter it, Hit [[spoiler:learns to improve the technique each time, going from .2, to .5, and beyond]].
** When Goku has his rematch with Hit, [[spoiler:he shows off his improved abilities, like having invisible energy attacks that can instantly stop someone's heart if they land. He also can create a pocket dimension where he stores all the time he skipped, allowing him to phase through attacks like a ghost]]. Goku only manages to overcome Hit thanks to being a [[GeniusBruiser combat genius]] who quickly learns how to counter Hit's techniques.
* SuperpowerLottery: While Hit is a powerful fighter in his own right, his true strength lies in his ability to [[spoiler:skip time for a fraction of a second, allowing him to bypass attacks and damage an enemy's vitals before they can react. And if he's facing a particularly strong opponent like Goku, he can improve the duration of his Time-Skip. His rematch with Goku also shows he can store all the time he skipped in a pocket dimension which phases him out of local space-time and makes him virtually untouchable. Aside from that, Hit can fire invisible ki blasts that can instantly stop a target's heart and can phase through objects to hit opponents. Both of Goku's fights with Hit have him spending the majority of the fight trying to figure out how to counter Hit's techniques]]
* SuperSpeed: While it's not particularly focused on, Hit moves ''incredibly fast'' even for the characters of DB, as he's able to land several solid blows on his opponent in fractions of a second, and is shown to move considerably fast when he needs to. This makes his time-skip, which only lasts a fraction of a second prior to his improvement, deadly. While a fraction of a second may seem instantaneous to an ordinary human, a fraction can be much longer for someone who can move and perceive things much, much faster.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Downplayed, but a stoic enemy met in a tournament who pushes Goku to his limits and forces him to use Kaio-ken on top of Super Saiyan to get a win that turns from an ArrogantKungFuGuy to a FriendlyRival very similarly resembles Pikkon, who himself is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to Piccolo. But that said, Pikkon and Hit have many differences in ability and personality, the former being a HotBlooded ArrogantKungFuGuy with ElementalPowers and Hit being TheStoic with TimeStandsStill powers.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Hit knew what was waiting for him the moment he [[spoiler:purposefully lost the tournament to Universe 7 as a result of his new-found respect for Goku: Champa's wrath.]]
** [[spoiler:As soon as Jiren '''breaks''' his final attack against him, Hit flat out admits he knew he wasn't going to stop him, and was eliminated for his trouble]].
* TimeMaster: He can [[spoiler:skip time for a fraction of a second to dodge opponents and damage them]]. He decimated Vegeta with this technique, but Goku is able to figure out how it works and anticipated his attacks ahead of time, blocking before Hit's attacks could reach their target. After a while with fighting Goku, [[spoiler:Hit is able to extend this to 0.2 of a second, then later extended it to a half of a second. He keeps improving as he continues to fight Goku. In their rematch, Hit reveals that he can store all the time he skipped in a pocket dimension, allowing him phase out of local space-time, making him almost untouchable]].
* TimeStandsStill: Hit can [[spoiler:skip time very briefly that gives the illusion of stopping time]], allowing him to avoid attacks and counter them. For characters like Goku, they can only see him vanish, but once Goku figures this out, he's able to predict how Hit will attack. Hit improves the technique several times over the course of his fight with Goku. [[spoiler:As shown with his fight with Jiren, his final technique allows him to trap an opponent in a field of frozen time, though a sufficiently powerful foe can force their way through it]].
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In the anime, in just a few minutes of fighting Goku, Hit [[spoiler:increases his Time-Skip ability from 0.1 to 0.5, utterly demolishing Super Saiyan Blue Goku]]. He does it ''again'' when he manages to [[spoiler:Time-Skip Goku when he's using his Super Saiyan Blue/Kaio-ken combo that originally overwhelmed him]]. During the time after the tournament, Hit learns how to create a [[spoiler:pocket dimension where he stores all the time he uses from his Time-Skip, giving him a phase ability]].
** In the manga, he doesn't level up in literal minutes like his anime counterpart, but Goku does note that he got stronger between the Champa arc and the Tournament of Power. Enough to make Goku quite nervous and push a suppressed Jiren back (without actually damaging him though), who previously was not budged by CSSB Goku's blows. Additionally, he seems to be able to use his full power at will in the tournament, while doing so in the Champa arc required him to go through a lengthy charge sequence and explicitly could only last a minute before he gassed out.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: PlayedWith. Hit assumed that Jiren was a dangerous foe that he needed to get rid of when the time came, but when the two came to blows, Hit made the deadly mistake of assuming he could hold Jiren for several minutes in his DesperationAttack. He's instantly proven wrong, and is soon eliminated for his troubles.
* WeakButSkilled: In a world of sledgehammers, Hit's a scalpel. While he is lacking in the power department compared to some of the heavy hitters, his skill with his Time-Skip and PressurePoint attacks means that it doesn't matter.
** When it comes to his fight against Vegeta and Goku as Super Saiyan Blue, his mastery of Time-Skip and precise damage on their vital parts allows him to easily overwhelm Vegeta and give Goku a very hard time. This is especially exemplified when he is able to hold his own against a [[spoiler:Kaio-ken-empowered Goku]] with his [[spoiler:improved Time-Skip]] despite being far weaker than the latter and even then, it turns out that he is holding back due to withholding his killing techniques and could possibly even win if he were allowed to use it.
** His second fight with Goku proves the above is not idle guesswork: Hit becomes the ''first person to kill Goku'' in a straight-up fight, even if it didn't stick.
** [[spoiler:It also makes him capable of holding his own against Jiren as well, though in the end it didn't save him from being eliminated.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Downplayed, but it's stated that all of Hit's time-manipulation abilities can be countered by... simply being stronger than him. It means that it would make him the opposite of Guldo, where Guldo's time manipulation worked regardless of how strong his opponents are, Hit ''has'' to be at above the level of his opponent or close to it for him to be effective, as even his pocket dimension can be countered by powering through it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: His decision to allow himself to be humiliatingly defeated in one punch by Universe 7's supposed "ace-in-the-hole" Monaka is the ultimate test of character for Hit that proves he truly is an honorable warrior, as Goku had correctly judged him to be during their preceding fight.
* WhenHeSmiles: Meta example - the first smirk Hit made was during his defiance of Champa, allowing Goku to power up, and revealing that BeneathTheMask he is a NotSoStoic SpiritedCompetitor and ChallengeSeeker. To say these traits endeared him in the eyes of the Dragonball fandom is an understatement.
* WillfullyWeak: His performance against Goku and Vegeta in the ''Universe 6 Tournament'' arc, for all his power and how difficult he was for Goku to fight, Hit was not able to fight at full power because his strength is being able to kill his targets, not fight them. Thus, he has to hold back enough to not kill Goku or Vegeta, something that is a bit tricky for him to do. When he later fights Goku without this restraint, we see how truly deadly he is.
* WorthyOpponent: Hit comes to see Goku as this after he successfully counters his [[spoiler:Time-Skip ability]] and forces him to improve for the first time in his life. Goku feels the same and reveals a technique he has been creating to use against Beerus, his [[spoiler:Super Saiyan Blue/Kaio-ken combination]]. If one pays attention, they'll even notice that the combat stance he chose to adopt for [[spoiler:his final Time-Skip upgrade]] is a mirror of Goku's own. He respects Goku so much [[spoiler:that when he's hired by a mysterious client to kill him, he actually offers Goku a chance to live if he goes into hiding, in contrast to his last target who was willing to offer any sort of reward in return for life with Hit coldly brushing him off before committing the deed. And when said client turns out to be GOKU HIMSELF VIA PROXY (because he really wanted to fight Hit at his best), Hit asks if there's a timetable on the assignment and states that he will take his time killing Goku, clearly indicating that he too enjoys their fights]].
* WorldsBestWarrior: He is by far the best fighter of Universe 6. His skills are so sharp that he had no one challenged him until he met Goku during the Champa Saga. During his rematch with Goku, it's easy to see why. He can kill an opponent instantly with one well-placed invisible energy shock to the heart.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He is said to be the strongest [[spoiler:unfused]] mortal fighter from Universe 6, hand chosen by Champa to win him the entire tournament, and he more than lives up to his hype. His [[spoiler:Time-Skip]] technique allows him to move faster than even a Super Saiyan Blue, and he's fast enough normally to be close to that level. Furthermore, he can adapt at an incredible rate, improving his [[spoiler:[[TimeMaster Time-Skip]]]] numerous times as Goku adapts and develop counter-strategies. Because of this, he's able to easily one-shot Frost, handily beat Vegeta at full strength, and fight Goku to a standstill despite Goku having prior knowledge of Hit's abilities and fighting style from seeing Vegeta's fight and in the anime using the [[spoiler:Kaio-ken to make himself ten times stronger and faster as a Super Saiyan Blue. Goku notes that, if not for the tournament rules forbidding killing blows, Hit would have likely killed him with his last attack]]. Even more impressive given that Vegeta and Goku in Super Saiyan Blue likely surpass him in raw power, [[WeakButSkilled yet Hit's skill and application of power gives him just that much of an edge]].
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* SuperSpeed: While it's not particularly focused on, Hit moves ''incredibly fast'' even for the characters of DB, as he's able to land several solid blows on his opponent in fractions of a second, and is shown to move considerably fast when he needs to. This makes his time-skip, which only lasts a fraction of a second prior to his improvement, deadly. While a fraction of a second may seem instantaneous to an ordinary human, a fraction can be much longer for someone who can move and perceive things much, much faster.

* SuperpowerLottery: While Hit is a powerful fighter in his own right, his true strength lies in his ability to [[spoiler:skip time for a fraction of a second, allowing him to bypass attacks and damage an enemy's vitals before they can react. And if he's facing a particularly strong opponent like Goku, he can improve the duration of his Time-Skip. His rematch with Goku also shows he can store all the time he skipped in a pocket dimension which phases him out of local space-time and makes him virtually untouchable. Aside from that, Hit can fire invisible ki blasts that can instantly stop a target's heart and can phase through objects to hit opponents. Both of Goku's fights with Hit have him spending the majority of the fight trying to figure out how to counter Hit's techniques]].