By the looks of it, it seems when Goku is being blasted back at him, the lightning from the Blue Kaioken x20 aura turns black. I have a gut feeling that if he does absorb the spirit bomb's energy, he's not doing it willingly. Considering the new transformation has a red, blue and white aura, I think what Goku is going to go through is not only absorb the spirit bomb, but also Blue Kaioken into himself as well, similar to Full Power Super Saiyan Blue in the DBS manga.
Essentially: Spirit Bomb + Super Saiyan Blue + Kaioken x20 = New Form
This is funnier than it has any right to be.
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By the looks of it, it seems when Goku is being blasted back at him, the lightning from the Blue Kaioken x20 aura turns black. I have a gut feeling that if he does absorb the spirit bomb's energy, he's not doing it willingly. Considering the new transformation has a red, blue and white aura, I think what Goku is going to go through is not only absorb the spirit bomb out of instinct, but also Blue Kaioken into himself as well, similar to Full Power Super Saiyan Blue in the DBS manga except all the power goes into his base form.
Essentially: Spirit Bomb + Super Saiyan Blue + Kaioken x20 = New Form
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That's hilarious.
We know a "terrible thing" is going to happen in the special, and I've got a couple guesses as to what that's going to be. Goku getting eliminated is obvious, but it doesn't feel "terrible" enough. I'm guessing that the "terrible thing" is that Goku's new form either turns him evil or makes him a more ruthless fighter, and it's going to permanently stain him in the eyes of the other Gods as an evil villain for the entire rest of the series.
If Goku's new form turns him evil, then he's going to be the final boss of this arc. If it just makes him a bit more vicious, then he'll probably detransform and be unable to put out full power for the rest of the Tournament.
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While I'd probably include the Dr. Slump crossover and Yamcha's baseball episode in there somewhere and I might re-arrange the order of the list a bit, I still agree with this almost entirely.
So I might be right in that the spirit bomb plays a role in triggering the transformation.
Because there's no reason they'd bring it back without it serving some sort of purpose. So it seems like this transformation is more incidental.
It might have something to do with the fact Goku is likely absorbing energy from gods and not just mortals for this particular Spirit Bomb.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.If you're going to be that broad, then no, the majority of them have served no purpose at all beyond fanservice. Because by not specifying you're including shit like Final Flash, stretchy arms, four witches, Vegetto's sword etc that are just there for fanservice and visual flair.
Even stuff that actually has semi-plot relevance like the Kaio-ken doesn't have much purpose when the show can just as easily not use it. It's just a visual power-up.
I'm on mobile right now so I can't exactly go into much detail at the moment.
I can only give one example, and that's the Mafuba being the catalyst to make Black and Zamasu fuse and lead to the arc's climax.
And like you said, the Kaioken as well. Them opting to not use it a lot doesn't change that there was a narrative purpose.
The Spirit Bomb being used to trigger Goku's transformation isn't much different.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Nnnnnnno, that's completely different. The Mafuba being the catalyst is really weak, it's a subplot that just didn't succeed. It didn't necessarily have to be that to inspire them.
Same thing for Kaio-ken - it's just a power-up. The manga doesn't even use it, because it is simply that interchangeable with another power-up.
Having the Spirit Bomb being mechanically responsible for this transformation (like the form being born of the Spirit Bomb's power) would be different than those examples. And the original point was "it wouldn't be brought back unless it was for a purpose" but that's just flat out wrong, plenty of attacks have been brought back for no purpose.
Even the Spirit Bomb's purpose could have simply been to worf, or hype Jiren by having him throw it back. It doesn't necessarily need to be linked to this transformation.
I should have phrased it better, my bad. The point I was making is that a lot of emphasis is on the Spirit Bomb being used, and then Goku's transformation. The how and why of it haven't really been alluded to, so I'm just speculating that the two are linked somehow.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Didn't I mention the possibility of Goku's new form combining Kaioken, Super Saiyan Blue, and the Spirit Bomb before?
I mean, Saiga and I were talking about the idea of Goku absorbing the Spirit Bomb and how it's mostly a movie thing as opposed to being in the manga or series. I'm near positive we've had a conversation like this before.
One Strip! One Strip!Me either.
It's just so nice to actually see Kaioken after so long. I never really liked that Toriyama just abandoned it.
One Strip! One Strip!The only thing that bugs me about the old moves coming back for fanservice is that what made a lot of those moves interesting in the first place was the context in which they're used, and Super isn't particularly interested in giving them new context that makes their returns that much cooler.
Especially with the moves that actually aren't that distinctive on their own without that context, like the Big Bang Attack.
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edited 1st Oct '17 1:32:08 PM by KnownUnknown

It'd be funny if Goku went for the Spirit Bomb of all moves before transforming.
edited 30th Sep '17 11:34:48 PM by Justin_Brett