So What Was the Point of the Tournament of Power Arc?

[Logania]

By that, I mean story progression wise? Nothing major really happened for the Dragon Ball Universe. All the universe's participating were not destroyed, no one died, Goku (and maybe Vegeta, he may still have SSJBE) didn't keep the transformation that was a core part of the Tournament.

Besides 17 getting dat boat and Freeza being alive, if you took out the entire tournament and what happened, we'd basically be where we are now. I was feeling that for one of the longest and most important arcs in the Dragon Ball franchise, there'd be some sort of change that happened.

Am I missing a plot point or thing that happened in the tournament, or was I expecting too much? It felt like mostly a waste of time for me seeing the Tournament if there's nothing to show from it.

[Zephyr]

Goku reached a new milestone in his training with Whis. Freeza and #17 developed a bit as individuals. Zeno was shown to be more thoughtful than we were initially lead to believe. Goku's natural penchant for helping others become better people reached into other universes.

[prince212]

We get to know 66 new characters , 10 new gods couples , android 17 returns , ultra instinct... there’s a lot of things man

[Jackalope89]

And we got a more in-depth look at the other universes outside of U6 (which was expanded on with Kale, Caulifla, and the Namekians) and U7. We saw all sorts of different abilities. Some of which were callbacks to movies, and even GT in some aspects, and others pushed the boundaries of the mortal limits (the Pride Troopers, Kefla, Anilaza, etc).

It really set things up for future arcs.

[TheMikado]

By that, I mean story progression wise? Nothing major really happened for the Dragon Ball Universe. All the universe's participating were not destroyed, no one died, Goku (and maybe Vegeta, he may still have SSJBE) didn't keep the transformation that was a core part of the Tournament.

Besides 17 getting dat boat and Freeza being alive, if you took out the entire tournament and what happened, we'd basically be where we are now. I was feeling that for one of the longest and most important arcs in the Dragon Ball franchise, there'd be some sort of change that happened.

Am I missing a plot point or thing that happened in the tournament, or was I expecting too much? It felt like mostly a waste of time for me seeing the Tournament if there's nothing to show from it.

Unfortunately you’re kinda looking at it through Z eyes.

I’m not sure if there is progression in the way we were use to before. The consequences aren’t really there. I’ve said these before but in Z Goku died twice for years at a time for his mistakes. Krillin died. A lot of things happened that didn’t just get resolved overnight. If you think about the grand scheme of things this entire arc took place over the course of three days or so.

I’m just not sure that progressive anime storyline is in style right now.

[Akyon]

Zeno has agreed not to erase all of existence due to the selflessness of 17's wish? The reward is everything doesn't get destroyed I guess.
We got a bunch more characters and universes to explore and I guess we see there's still more mountains to climb for Goku to reach the top. Jiren's too strong for him without Ultra Instinct and the man who murdered his parents is above him still.

Characters wise: Jiren got some character development and became less of a jerk ass as a result, 17 bonded with people so he should be spending a tiny bit more time with the gang with any luck. Also Frieza's alive and plotting to possibly be bigger than Zeno still as a result.

In terms of overall effect...well nothing unless Universes 13-18 were revived with 17's wish and the gang visit them or have an antagonist from those universes later down the line. Time will tell if the ToP was important to future storylines or not.

[Koitsukai]

Goku surpassed Beerus

[Cetra]

Dinero was the point.

[prince212]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MMXWWrUgV38
This video has good points about the tournament and conexion with previous arc message

[GreatSaiyaJeff]

With the exception of Tien, the arc gave other characters to shine. Krillin's, Roshi, Hit and Cabbage had their own central episodes. 18 fought for her love for Krillin's, 17 kicking ass and being the last one standing. Freeza and Goku's relationship became pretty fun. Gohan and Piccolo taking out U6 with Piccolo realizing he doesn't need to protect Gohan anymore. Jiren while started off bland became more of an interesting character near the end.

[CJStriker_CBR]

We get to know 66 new characters , 10 new gods couples , android 17 returns , ultra instinct... there’s a lot of things man

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MMXWWrUgV38
This video has good points about the tournament and conexion with previous arc message

Both of these Points are Good Ones Prince212;

We God introduces to the Multiverse of Universes, gods and new characters of power in this Arc. New Characters help to spur new fandoms and bring both new and old fans alike into Dragon Ball again(Me being an example of that). New characters gained their own fandoms and enriched the Mythos of Dragon Ball more then any other arc since the Saiyan and Frieza arcs.

Also the Video makes some varied Valued points, the 2 final arcs of Dragon Ball Super where mostly about Mortals proving they have virtue and could become better then the gods thought they could be. The bringing back of the Universe was the only Wish that could be made to show that goodness and willing to make the right decision. It is like whether you are the strongest or not, in this ToP a Form of Brotherhood was made with many characters form U7 and others and the showing to preserving life is the greatest value above all.

It only is made more poetic when it was Android 17 that made this, a Villain that once Destroyed a Whole Planet and Terrorized it in Trunks future a version of him, now does a whole 180 and shows some of the most development of any Dragon Ball character to date. It also fits with his character ideal of being Park Ranger, to do all one could to preserve all forms of life, fitting that he made a wish that did just that.

[prince212]

New Characters help to spur new fandoms and bring both new and old fans alike into Dragon Ball again(Me being an example of that). New characters gained their own fandoms and enriched the Mythos of Dragon Ball more then any other arc since the Saiyan and Frieza arcs.
It only is made more poetic when it was Android 17 that made this, a Villain that once Destroyed a Whole Planet and Terrorized it in Trunks future a version of him, now does a whole 180 and shows some of the most development of any Dragon Ball character to date. It also fits with his character ideal of being Park Ranger, to do all one could to preserve all forms of life, fitting that he made a wish that did just that.

Exactly CJStriker_CBR this T.O.P brings new and develop old characters ( android 17 mostly) . I’ll be looking forward for new appearances of a17 , same as other universes , u11, u6 , u2 love ... that’s a reason to be excited about the future of the series , because we want more !!
So T.O.P is the point to keep on going with the series with more openly possibilities than ever before in this franchise

[dragon boss z]

New character introductions, new forms, Frieza's back to life, character development, ect.

[Asura]

Despite the tournament itself essentially being pointless (we went in with the same amount of universes as we came out), there was a shitload of stuff that happening DURING the tournament. Everyone else has pretty much already covered what this arc brought to the table, which was a lot.

[lancerman]

-a noble person with a noble wish won and soared all the universes from destruction.
-Universe 7 prevailed over all the other universes
-Gohan was repaired back tinhis Buu saga strength (something GT messed up and Super looked like it was continuing)
-Freeza was developed a lot and had significant character growth
-17 was elevated as a character after a long absence.
-Goku reaches a new level beyond what most God’s are capable of
-Vegeta grew as a character and showed affinity for saving the U6 Saiyans
-we learned Zeno and the Priest weren’t just completely amoral monsters
-We met characters from all these different universes and had them added to the mythos to be used whenever necessary now. The number of in universe characters close to doubled.
-we got to learn more about the other worlds.

[Lord Beerus]

To provide an immense expansion of the Dragon Ball cosmos and power hierarchy that would leave the door open for so many potential futures stories.

[Spider-Man]

New character, new form, Frieza was brought back to life, Android 17 return, etc.

[Avenant]

We're introduced to the first canon antagonist that is extremely powerful and isn't a villain.

[Koitsukai]

Also from Zeno's point of view, the point was to see how worthy of life the mortales were. If Jiren won and asked his selfish wish which probably involved travelling back in time to when his family died or something regarding his past, or Goku won and wished Freeza to be revived, or Freeza won and asked for a golden spaceship, Zeno would have erased even the universe that won. So the point was to see if ningen deserved a second chance.

[Jackalope89]

We're introduced to the first canon antagonist that is extremely powerful and isn't a villain.

Except for, you know, Beerus. And probably others I'm forgetting.