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As Vegeta steps in to fight Freeza, he explains that he needs Goku around to become even stronger, so he cannot let Freeza kill him. Vegeta calls Goku an idiot for getting caught off-guard despite Whis warning him about that very thing, and tells Kuririn and the others to give him a senzu. While Freeza tries to prevent this, he only ends up killing Sorbet by mistake. Soon Goku’s up again, good as new. He thanks Vegeta for saving him, but Vegeta replies that in return he will be taking the best part all for himself. Freeza laughs at the thought of Vegeta defeating him, but Vegeta transforms into a blue-haired Super Saiyan, just as Goku did earlier. Vegeta remarks that Freeza apparently did not know that he too can become a being surpassing even the legendary Super Saiyan.

On the sidelines, Kame-Sen’nin is amazed that Vegeta has obtained the power of Super Saiyan God, and Goku explains that unlike him, Vegeta managed this feat through his own power, without any help from other Saiyans. Undeterred, Freeza attacks with wave after wave of ki blasts, but Vegeta easily deflects them all. Coming closer, he warns Freeza that he is not as soft as Goku, which Freeza should very well know already. He starts pummeling Freeza mercilessly, saying that Freeza has no chance of winning now that he is out of stamina. But Freeza refuses to admit defeat, and gets beat up more and more until he finally reverts from his Golden Freeza form back to normal. Holding out his hand to fire a finishing blast, Vegeta says Freeza’s era is over and that he will not be coming back to life any more. Freeza replies that none of them will be coming back to life either… and with that, he blows up the Earth.

As waves of energy start ripping the planet apart, Beerus orders Whis to do something. Around the world, the Z Warriors’ families continue to go about their daily lives, oblivious to what’s happening: Videl and Pan, No. 18 and Marron, Mister Satan and Boo, and Goten and Trunks up at Dende’s temple. Bulma’s parents sit outside eating a meal together and see one of the waves of energy approaching. The Earth explodes, but amidst the rubble a small chunk of land floats, protected by Whis’ shield. He, Beerus, Bulma, Goku, and the other bystanders who were watching Vegeta fight Freeza are all there, safe and sound, but Vegeta and everyone else on Earth has died. Bulma and the others mourn their families, and Tenshinhan curses Freeza for taking everyone else down with him, but Beerus and Whis point out that Freeza can survive in the vacuum of space and so is likely still alive.

Goku says he should have finished Freeza off back when he had the chance, and Whis says that in that case, he should. Goku is confused, but Whis explains that they can simply “redo” things. Goku remembers how Whis said something similar once before, when Beerus accidentally destroyed a planet and Whis said there was no need to redo it. It turns out that Whis can turn back time: for instance, Beerus once destroyed their sun, but without it everything was terribly dark, so Whis turned back time to before Beerus did this and gave him a good knock on the head to stop him. However, he can only turn time back a maximum of three minutes, and once he does this he will not be able to do it again for quite a while, so Goku gets only one shot at saving the Earth. Goku agrees to try, and Whis promptly rewinds time to shortly before Freeza destroyed the Earth.

Once again, Vegeta is about to finish Freeza off, telling him that his era is over. But this time, before Freeza can do anything, Goku becomes a blue-haired Super Saiyan once more, flies up, and wipes Freeza out with a Kamehameha. Vegeta is furious at Goku for interfering, but Bulma and the others explain to him what happened. Meanwhile, Jaco checks out Freeza’s spaceship and is quite impressed. Beerus finds it ironic that a God of Destruction such as himself helped restore a planet, and Bulma promises that she will prepare a feast for him and Whis in gratitude. She also asks Jaco if he is going to arrest Whis, since time control is supposed to be a serious galactic crime, but Jaco claims he did not see anything. Goku says he needs to go meet up with Goten and Trunks so that they can revive Piccolo using the Namekian Dragon Balls. Gohan also excuses himself, returning home to see that Videl and Pan are safe. He promises to protect them both no matter what, and gives them a big hug.

Sometime later, Bulma holds a dinner party at Capsule Corporation. Learning the full story of what happened while he was dead, Piccolo is amazed that Golden Freeza was so powerful. Trunks is annoyed he did not get to see Golden Freeza, and says that if Freeza ever returns, he and Goten will defeat him: they wll slice him in two! Goku and Piccolo exchange knowing looks, and Trunks asks if he said something funny. Bulma announces that the food is ready, and that everyone should eat their fill in thanks for all their hard work. The meal includes Satan’s specially-made sweets, and Beerus says how he has been waiting for this; food always tastes best after a battle. He asks Whis if he secretly ate this sort of food without him while he was asleep, but Whis replies that he only did so once. Or twice… or three times…

Elsewhere, Gohan meets up with Piccolo and apologies, saying that Piccolo’s death was all his fault. However, Piccolo says there is nothing to apologize for, since Gohan fought as hard as he could. Gohan asks Piccolo to re-train him, saying that this battle made him realize he needs to grow stronger in order to protect what is precious to him. Piccolo agrees, warning that Gohan had better prepare himself. Meanwhile, Goku approaches Vegeta, who says he will not thank him for saving his life. After all, he saved Goku’s life first. But that’s not what Goku had in mind; instead, he points out that they never would have gotten into such a tight spot if they had worked together from the beginning. Just like Whis said, perhaps it would be best for them to cooperate from time to time. Vegeta shoots this suggestion down, and Goku admits he feels the same way. Vegeta notes that this is the first time they have ever agreed on anything, and they laugh.

Down in Hell, Freeza is once more wrapped up and hanging from a tree in the middle of the same field of flowers as before. The faeries and cute stuffed animals all welcome him back, while he screams in frustration.

Episode Notes

• The name of the episode’s chief animation supervisor, Takeo Ide, was erroneously misspelled in the ending credits as “井出武生” rather than the correct spelling of “井手武生”. This error has been corrected in the credits listed below.

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All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball Super is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.

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