I suspect Universe 3 getting owned initially is a Red Herring so we are genuinely surprised when they turn things around and perform much better. They do have six members left
Yeah, Universe 3 doesn't really have anything going for it right now. Universe 6 has Champa, Hit, Saiyans, Namekians, Universe 11 has the final boss trio, Universe 2 has Ribrianne, Universe 4 has the invisible fighters, Quitela's rivalry with Beerus, (a possible secret final boss?). Universe 3 doesn't really have any of the hype or focus the others have gotten It's the Tien of universes.
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Don't they, though? I love the whole robot motif they have going. That, and their supreme kai is downright Adorkable.
I found u 9 interesting from the tournament but LOL that didnt last
Honestly, it's just 6-7-11 at this point. And when I say 6, I mean Hit. Cabba's done fuck all, Kale and Caulifa have been pretty boring with the screentime received, the Namekians haven't even appeared yet.
I'm just not that interested in characters who have not even shown up.
Ribrianne is goddamn beautiful and I hope she lasts to the end of the tournament. U3 still has those robot fighters left who might be able to combine into a giant mecha, and they have to be doing something right to still be around after this long.
I genuinely connected with Universe 9 and 10 and I felt some real sadness when they were erased. The character writing for the U9 fighters was some of the best I've seen, giving them all clear and fun personalities with only a single episode of screentime. The part that really got me was the Trio De Dangers talking about how they had to work together as brothers to survive the shit-hole that is U9, which completely contextualized the whole team for me. U9 was the slums universe, and the U9 fighters were good people from a really bad universe.
I felt bad about Universe 10, but it was mainly because of Gowasu. I wonder what Universe 3 characters would combine into this mecha. Catopesra is organic as seen with his Godtube pic, so is Paparoni. So at most it would have to be combining with Biarra, Borareta, Koitsuki and Pancea.
Ea's description states he takes quite a bit of influence from machine-loving mortals. I think one of the primary reasons Universe 3 is under Zeno's desired ranking is because Ea isn't impartial, kind of like how Gowasu is too passive.

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I mean, did you honestly expect anything from those characters? I forgot about them until they were mentioned.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.