Ok. I watched the episode.
Dragonball as a whole is a bit of a mixed bag for me lately. This episode epitomizes that.
Hit's Time freeze ability is pretty cool since it's basically Guldo's power but shorter, but Hit doesn't suck as much as Guuldo did, so despite having much less time, he can use it to its full capability.
If my understanding of what Goku did is correct, he's basically predicting where hit is gonna strike him ahead of time, and blocking that spot, and since he knows Hit will go for a vital point, he just guards there. Not sure if that should work, but maybe I'm still missing some points.
Stuff like this is where Super (and Dragon Ball as a whole) shines really, but I'm still irked about the Monaka thing. That being said, I'm still kinda hoping for another twist. I probably shouldn't, but maybe there's still more to him than we thought.
One Strip! One Strip!Yea, its a case of Tropes Are Not Bad. As much as I'd like for some other characters beside Goku & Vegeta to do things, I can't say this Tournament Arc has been terrible. All of the U6 fighters with the exception of Frost have been pretty entertaining and gave the two good fights, even if they were holding back until they had to fight Hit.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.We still have the person who's gonna face Champa. I think it's either gonna be Monaka (he may be weak, but he must have beaten Beerus somehow) or Time Patrol Trunks (If the Galactic King won't do anything about Hit, I'm sure he'll do something). Maybe Gohan for a 3rd option, but he's still in Universe 7.
Monaka could be like Momon from Zatch Bell, who managed nearly beat two much-physically-stronger opponents at once with nothing but support and evasion spells, only losing because one of them cheapshotted his book.
Watching Kai last night made me think Krillin is the smartest guy in the show. He's the only person who questioned the Androids' motives and tried to defuse the fight since Gero was gone.
I wonder whether 18 and 17 were truly sociopathic of their own free will or if they weren't as free as they and Gero thought, and wanted to hunt and kill Goku because that was still an underlying program of theirs. He makes the point that they do have no reason to fight and it does eventually work, although it took 17 being absorbed and 18 knowing she was next to stop trying to kill them.
I notice this trend in Shonen manga where there are generally three competent and important characters; The Hero, and the next two characters closest to him in strength. Usually one of them is closer to the hero in terms of strength to give an illusion of being equals, while the third guy is usually subject to The Worf Effect.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.It could still be more efficient than Super Saiyan 3 and/or the 100% and Golden Frieza forms. The Universe tournament is a marathon event. They were expected to fight multiple foes sequentially. Even if the drain is only as severe as, say, Super Saiyan 1 without the Full Power training, they would still have to worry about the quantity of foes outlasting the form's capabilities.
I mean, sure, winning one or two fights before exhausting their ki would be fine in a normal tournament setting, but a) despite ostensibly being allowed five teammates, this tournament really was just Goku and Vegeta versus everyone, and b) neither Goku nor Vegeta would be too happy with that kind of strategy anyway. If he had his way, Goku would fight everyone.
So, for Goku, the idea that he might burn out on ki around the fourth or fifth fight would be reason enough to use it sparingly, even if that would still be a fantastic showing by tournament standards. All the same holds true for Vegeta as well.
edited 10th Apr '16 1:15:47 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.You know, I'm not sure that Piccolo had to resort to the Makankosappo right off the bat.
He was effortlessly dodging and parrying every single thing that Frost threw at him and was only hit because he let himself get hit.
But whatever, I guess we can't really have Piccolo win in a fight, now can we?
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseWell we could, but that would be the expected thing to do.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Well...I heard somewhere that the reason that Piccolo was in the Special Beam Cannon stance the entire time, was because Toei wanted to save on animation costs by not having to animate Piccolo's whole face or something. Granted, that was one person's thoughts on the matter, so take it with a grain of salt; do note that the manga didn't have Piccolo go that route at all, and just had him fight normally except for him actually making use of his extending arms.
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!![]()
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So it was the unexpected thing to do?
edited 10th Apr '16 2:02:08 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.

Time to catch up with Super.
I love how Goku is also kinda bored with him and Vegeta doing everything and want to see other strong people.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.