Goku is an incredible martial artist with a history of breaking offensive techniques, he broke the Time Skip on the spot, he overcame Moro's absorption and if you want, he also knew how to counter Golden Freeza, but he needed to experience the techniques first though, like in this case. Also, his UI Blue must be getting sharper.Ziegander wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:43 pmI understand that's what Goku is doing. I'm just saying, how is it he can do it now, when his body is slower AND he has to actually think about not only anticipating it, but also shifting just a hair's breadth out of the way, when he couldn't have done it before in UI? How could UI not have managed to dodge an inch to the side if not dodge the attack entirely if it is, in fact, an attack his slower, active thought form can dodge even a little bit?Koitsukai wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:23 pmGoku knows where Granola will attack because he knows where his vital points are, so if Granola is approaching from behind, he knows where he'll strike and what vital point to shift. If Granola is coming from the front, he knows where he'll get hit in order to be put down.Ziegander wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:13 pm But we're supposed to just go with Goku figuring out where Granolah is going to attack, waiting for it, watching for it, and then consciously dodging Granolah's attacks, and that working when UI couldn't do that, just because, ohhhhhh, nice one Goku, you figured it out? That doesn't make any sense...
He cannot dodge it, but he can shift it's position in a way that the attack won't be as effective. He is still getting bodied and returned back to base, only it's no longer a "fatal" blow. Like others have said, the vital point Granola strikes isn't a large area, it's a pretty precise spot and apparently the minimal shift in position throws the attack out of balance.
I'm all for giving Vegeta the shine in these chapters and making him look like he's handling himself in the fights better than Goku, hell, perhaps even throughout the entire arc, we'll see, but this just seems to be inconsistent.
Besides, he's not dodging that much, he is just not getting KO or dying.