Completing UI isn't the same thing as mastering.SupremeKai25 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:54 pm Episode 129 was called "A Transcendent Limit Break! Autonomous Ultra Instinct Mastered!", and in the episode itself, Beerus stated that Goku had "completed" UI right in the very last scene.
On top of this, Jiren in the Anime was established by Whis (a literal Angel and a good judge of character) to be stronger than Belmod, who in turn is established as stronger than Beerus:
Spoiler:
So the Anime ending is perfect conclusion for the Super "main storyline", because:
- It clearly establishes that Jiren is stronger than Beerus/GoDs (and this is BEFORE he breaks his own limits in ep 130);
- It clearly establishes that Goku has mastered UI, with Beerus and the other GoDs even being in awe of him;
- Since Goku defeated Jiren, the Anime kind of implies that Goku has surpassed Beerus too (thus resolving the rivalry set up in BoG), so there's no need for an actual rematch at that point...
Just the fact Goku can't use UI at will alone is already enough evidence he didn't master it, and even if a point were to be made that he mastered while it's active, well, I find that hard to believe when it blew up on Goku.
As far the other points, again, Super has a habit of pushing Beerus' power upwards more and more, after all, Whis suggests all the way back in RoF that if Goku and Vegeta team up they could defeat Beerus, but then the anime talks like Goku Blue with 10x Kaioken is only around 10% of Beerus' power, and both the anime and manga don't use this plot point "They can be pretty strong when fighting together" when they fight Fused Zamasu (Though in Toriyama's original notes they were meant to), or against Jiren.
Ultra Ego is an asspull even in the manga, since in the chapter that introduces it, Beerus talks like he doesn't need UI, even though in ToP Whis talked about training Beerus to use it, Beerus using it briefly on the fight against the other Gods of Destruction, and Beerus is shocked when Goku gets it before him.- The Anime never alludes to Beerus and the GoDs having their own counterpart of UI in Ultra Ego. In the Anime, the GoDs are chasing after UI and Toppo's GoD mode is unique to him as an imperfect/apprentice GoD.
But yeah, I understand your frustrations with the power scaling, I mind it less because it's normal for DB to do that so I'm basically used to it, I honestly find it more annoying that even Toriyama decided to make Goku more of a dumbass.