Do you want the Grand Priest to be the next villain?

[WittyUsername]

Given that the Grand Priest's role as a potential villain has been a fairly significant topic since the ToP arc was first announced, I am curious what everyone's thoughts on such a thing are. Do you believe that the Grand Priest, and possibly some of the other angels such as Mojito, being the final villain(s) of the series is an interesting concept?

For me personally, I feel that it's really the only route they can go that would make sense. They've been putting so much emphasis on making the Grand Priest seem as shady and callous as possible, and that look that he gave Goku at the end of the latest episode has got to mean something. If they don't go that route, I'd have to wonder what the point was in making him seem like such a sadistic a-hole. There's got to be some kind of payoff for that.

[precita]

Depends if he's truly evil or not, or just has some agenda. Either way it's impossible for him to be a villain now due to his sheer power gap with everyone else.

If Goku can't even beat a God of Destruction, and the Angels are all far stronger than the Gods, and then the Grand Priest is the strongest Angel of all...the power gap would make no sense to see him taken down.

[WittyUsername]

Depends if he's truly evil or not, or just has some agenda. Either way it's impossible for him to be a villain now due to his sheer power gap with everyone else.

If Goku can't even beat a God of Destruction, and the Angels are all far stronger than the Gods, and then the Grand Priest is the strongest Angel of all...the power gap would make no sense to see him taken down.

Power gaps aren't really anything new for Dragon Ball. The Freeza arc started off with a pretty massive power gap between Freeza and everyone else. Besides, Super has already been pretty wishy-washy with power consistency, and Goku may or may not be getting a new transformation soon.

[GodVegetto91]

Grand Priest cannot be the next villain because we would all be dead in an instant. Thus no story to tell anymore.

[Grimlock]

No. If Daishinkan were to be a villain, no one but Zeno could stop him. On top of that, as Daishinkan is always near Zeno, if for some reason he becomes absent for an unusual amount of time, Zeno will notice and probably will do something about it.

There's really no reason or enough space to make Daishinkan a villain, unless Toriyama present us for crying out loud the counterparts of the gods; Makaio, Makaioshin and whoever are the counterpart of angels (Maangels? ). A battle between gods might be interesting and such.

[Ki Breaker]

Grand Priest cannot be the next villain because we would all be dead in an instant. Thus no story to tell anymore.

Not if he decides to play around until goku unlocks SSAngle and then lose..

Like feeza on namek, guy was too powerful for all of them combined but still he was beaten and made for a very interesting story..

Not saying GP should be the villan, it would be hella boring if the strongest angle is taken out before everyone

[TheGodfather93]

Depends if he's truly evil or not, or just has some agenda. Either way it's impossible for him to be a villain now due to his sheer power gap with everyone else.

If Goku can't even beat a God of Destruction, and the Angels are all far stronger than the Gods, and then the Grand Priest is the strongest Angel of all...the power gap would make no sense to see him taken down.

If the power gap proves to be a problem, then Goku could always fuse with the rest of Universe 7, like he fuses with the audience in the 4D God Broly movie.

In all seriousness though, back when people first started speculating about Daishinkan being a villain, I thought it was a mostly nonsensical idea, and that people were looking too far into things. Now, it's looking increasingly likely that it might be the case, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Because the signs are there, the idea would make sense story wise, but ehh... we just had one exceedingly dark arc against a uni/multiversal threat in Zamasu, and I'm not really too keen on another one.

[SSJ YUSUKE]

I suspect that the series is building up to a conflict between the Angels and the Gods\mortals. The first thing that made me suspecious about the Angels was the early appearances of the U9 Angel, he didn't just seem to hate Sidra and Roh he was in total contempt of them. The Angels also seem to be strange, they are far more powerful than the Gods and Kai's yet they don't play an active role in their Univerveses beyond giving advice.
I think that whatever the Grand Priest is planning may have a connection to the Zamasu affair, I find it really suspicious that future Zeno seemed to be completely out of the loop as to what was going on until Goku summoned him, why didn't the Grand Priest inform him of what was going on? Perhaps it was the Grand Preist who had a role in corrupting Zamasu?

[Ki Breaker]

I think that whatever the Grand Priest is planning may have a connection to the Zamasu affair, I find it really suspicious that future Zeno seemed to be completely out of the loop as to what was going on until Goku summoned him, why didn't the Grand Priest inform him of what was going on? Perhaps it was the Grand Preist who had a role in corrupting Zamasu?

If it isn't simply a "eeh, it's their jobs to keep their universes in check not ours" deal, you might be into something here

[Jigurashi]

Grand Priest cannot be the next villain because we would all be dead in an instant. Thus no story to tell anymore.

This really. If he's going to end up a villain, they could always have him working from the shadows or setting him up as an eventual villain several sagas down the line.

[TheOne]

Depends if he's truly evil or not, or just has some agenda. Either way it's impossible for him to be a villain now due to his sheer power gap with everyone else.

If Goku can't even beat a God of Destruction, and the Angels are all far stronger than the Gods, and then the Grand Priest is the strongest Angel of all...the power gap would make no sense to see him taken down.

but but but as long they have teamwork, they can take down anyone remember? The power gaps and power levels don't matter!...

[Lord Beerus]

Nah. Keep him an near omnipotent neutral force. His character is far more intriguing in that role.

[Bullza]

I do want him to be a villain but not the next villain no.

[MagmonKai]

This is the millionth time I've seen this type of thread/post in the DB community. The Angels, Zeno, and the Great Priest are never going to be villains, give it a rest!! No, I wouldn't want them to be either; ever. They are way too OP, and our Heroes would have to be nigh omnipotent to challenge them. I don't want Goku or any other Z-fighter to be that strong. There needs to be boundaries.

[Torturephile]

He is far too powerful to be the next or current villain. He could become the last one in perhaps the next three sagas since probably by then Goku will reach maximum oversaiyan brown.

I agree with the post above, though.

[Snakeway Skywalker]

That certainly seems like that's what they're currently setting up. But like others have been saying, we just had Zamasu in the Future Trunks arc, so another deity-level villain is just too soon right now. Maybe a few arcs from now, more towards the end of the show's run, I'd be willing to have him as the main villain.

If they could pull off some sort of "Madara-type" thing, in which we learn that he and Zamasu plotted together, revealing that he's been the main villain of Super all along, that would be really cool, but sadly, this series just isn't smart or well contrived enough to pull off something like that.

[GodKaio-Ken]

It could be written well and make sense, but youd have to start with the Zenos getting mad and erasing eachother to create a power vaccuum at the top.

Then leave a few angels on the "Good" side. It doesnt have to be Goku that takes him down.

[fadeddreams5]

Depends if he's truly evil or not, or just has some agenda. Either way it's impossible for him to be a villain now due to his sheer power gap with everyone else.

If Goku can't even beat a God of Destruction, and the Angels are all far stronger than the Gods, and then the Grand Priest is the strongest Angel of all...the power gap would make no sense to see him taken down.

You underestimate Super.

[Animelover5487]

Nah. Keep him an near omnipotent neutral force. His character is far more intriguing in that role.

Neutral forces don't smirk at universal genocide.

[Chuquita]

I'd rather he not be. It'd feel too much like Zamasu's motivation all over again, only without Gokû Black--who imo was the more entertaining of the duo.