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As Kaiō welcomes Beerus and Whis to his planet, Goku hides inside. Peering out, he assumes Whis must be the “God of Destruction” Kaiō warned him about, and is surprised when Beerus steps out from behind Whis. Kaiō offers the pair food, but Beerus warns that if it tastes as bad as last time, he’ll make Kaiō’s planet even smaller. Despite Kaiō’s attempts at distracting him, Beerus casually asks about the hiding Saiyan. With no way around it, Goku comes out and formally introduces himself to Beerus and Whis, but Beerus is disappointed to learn Goku knows nothing of “Super Saiyan God”. Whis suggests they head back home, but Beerus is still determined: after all, even the Oracle Fish spoke of Super Saiyan God. They decide to travel to Earth to ask Vegeta, but Goku interrupts and requests a match against Beerus. Despite all of Kaiō’s warnings, he still wants to see Beerus’ power for himself.

Goku first powers up into his regular Super Saiyan form, but Beerus easily dodges all of his attacks. He next goes up to Super Saiyan 2, but his punches still have no effect on Beerus, who isn’t even bothering to counterattack. Beerus asks Goku to bring out all of the power he’s hiding; otherwise, Beerus won’t show his own power. In response, Goku finally powers all the way up to Super Saiyan 3. Beerus notes that this transformation far surpasses Goku’s prior forms, and even Whis decides that now the fight will probably last long enough for him to eat his bentō. Goku unleashes a furious barrage of punches against Beerus, blowing away the ground of Kaiō’s planet through sheer force, but even still Beerus easily blocks them all with one hand. Goku nails Beerus with a head-on Kamehameha, but when the dust clears Beerus isn’t even scratched. Goku charges headfirst at Beerus, but suddenly draws back at the last moment. Beerus is impressed: somehow Goku must have sensed Beerus was finally about to attack, despite being unable to detect Beerus’ ki. This makes him think Goku must have some real potential. Could this potential be Super Saiyan God?

Goku fires another Kamehameha, and though it goes straight through Kaiō’s planet it’s no more effective against Beerus than the first. Since Goku has shown him some interesting stuff, Beerus decides to tell Goku something worthwhile in return: Gods of Destruction… are scary! With that, he takes Goku down with two small, quick blows. Whis gives Bubbles his leftovers, and he and Beerus depart for Earth. Kaiō sees that Goku is luckily still alive; Beerus must have gone easy on him. On Earth, Vegeta has finally come to the cruise ship to join Bulma’s party, though he refuses to mingle with the others. While he sits by himself, Kaiō telepathically contacts him and warns of Beerus’ imminent arrival. Though Vegeta has heard of Beerus, he’s still amazed to hear that Beerus defeated Goku so easily. Kaiō warns that Vegeta must do whatever it takes to prevent Beerus from getting angry, or the Earth is doomed! Back on Kaiō’s planet, Goku regains consciousness. He can’t believe someone as powerful as Beerus exists; even merging with Vegeta wouldn’t be enough to defeat him! It seems the only way is to become Super Saiyan God…

Episode Notes

• In the 2013 theatrical film Battle of Gods, Whis notes that Beerus destroyed Kaiō’s planet after losing a game of “hide-and-seek”, whereas in Dragon Ball Super Beerus himself says that it was because of the bad tasting food Kaiō served during his last visit. This tidbit was first introduced by author Akira Toriyama in his seven question Q&A in the third volume of the “Dragon Ball Full Color: Saiyan Arc”, although he noted that it was because Beerus lost to Kaiō in a car racing video game.
• In the previous episode’s next episode preview Goku is shown charging his signature Kamehameha attack, however his “go” (悟) kanji is missing from the back of his dōgi. The logo was later added and does properly appear within the episode.

  

  

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