Dragon Ball Super Episode 122

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Staking His Pride! Vegeta Challenges the Strongest!!
Japanese English
己の誇りをかけて！ベジータ最強への挑戦！！ Onore no Hokori o Kakete! Bejiita Saikyō e no Chōsen!!
Air Date	07 January 2018 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	Lagrima
Episode Data
TV Rating	4.2%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Art	Bun-sun Lee
Animation	Hirotaka Nii Kōji Nashizawa Yūya Takahashi
Storyboard	Naotoshi Shida
Director	Takahiro Imamura
FUNimation English Dub
Title	With His Pride On the Line! Vegeta's Challenge to Be the Strongest!
Air Date	03 August 2019

"Staking His Pride! Vegeta Challenges the Strongest!!" is the one hundred and twenty-second episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 07 January 2018, receiving a ratings share of 4.2%. It was written by Atsuhiro Tomioka and directed by Takahiro Imamura.

Synopsis

Nine minutes remain in the Tournament of Power. The showdown between the two remaining universes begins. Vegeta challenges Universe 11's Jiren to battle in Goku's stead. Universe 11's Dispo tries to destabilize Universe 7's warriors. Disliking this strategy, Freeza selects Dyspo as his next target.

Summary

With the destruction of Universe 3, now only Universe 7 and Universe 11 remain in the Tournament of Power. As the Omni-Kings wonder which will win, the Great Priest notes that the bleachers look a bit desolate with only two teams left. He uses his powers to shrink them down so that the gods and defeated contestants from the two universes, plus the gods from the exempt ones, are all now sitting side-by-side. Markarita asks why Vados is sitting with the Universe 7 team, and she replies that with Universe 6 gone she plans to stick with them.

In the arena, Goku powers up into Super Saiyan Blue and begins trading blows with Jiren, rather to Vegeta's annoyance. Goku is impressed as ever at Jiren's power, and Jiren asks Goku why he seeks greater strength. Even Goku isn't sure why; he just does. He asks if Jiren wants to grow stronger too, but Jiren says he wants something more than strength. While the Great Priest says Goku and Jiren's battle will be key to the tournament's outcome, Vegeta suddenly barges in and starts fighting Jiren himself, demanding that Jiren show him his power.

Elsewhere, Dispo dodges Freeza's finger beams while he brags about being the fastest fighter in any universe. Freeza dismisses Dispo as simply being good at running away, and Dispo replies that Freeza must want to die again. Meanwhile Gohan and No. 17 go up against Toppo, with Gohan warning that they need to steer clear of Toppo's big arms; they even gave Goku trouble!

As Vegeta battles Jiren, he knows that he's never seen anyone with such tough, heavy ki before. Nevertheless, Vegeta vows that he will defeat Jiren and obtain the Super Dragon Balls. When Jiren knocks Vegeta away, Goku rushes in to fight him, though he is likewise overwhelmed by Jiren's rapid-fire punches. Vegeta seizes the next opportunity to take Goku's place fighting Jiren again, and this time he manages to successfully dodge Jiren's punches and close in to land a punch of his own square on Jiren's chest.

Everyone is amazed that Vegeta broke through Jiren's ki to land an attack. Piccolo realizes that Vegeta observed Jiren's attack pattern when he knocked Goku away and used that knowledge to dodge Jiren's attacks the next time around. The Universe 11 Kaiōshin Cae isn't too concerned though; this just makes things a little more interesting! Vegeta goes on to attack Jiren again and again, impressing the Omni-Kings. Shin think Vegeta may even have the upper hand, but Cae asks if he's blind.

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Watching Vegeta's movements, Whis wonders if he is trying to test out Ultra Instinct against Jiren. Meanwhile Vegeta can tell that Jiren was stronger and faster when he fought Goku; indeed, Jiren starts hitting back against Vegeta and suddenly nails him with a blast that sends him flying far off into the distance. Vegeta struggles against the blast, but it's no use; at this rate he will be blown out of bounds! The blast explodes just as it reaches the edge of the arena, enveloping everything in a cloud of dust.

Meanwhile Dispo tries to trip Freeza up by using his speed to create a series of afterimages, but Freeza doesn't fall for such an old trick. Freeza uses his tail to grab hold of Dispo, but Dispo turns the tables by throwing Freeza around by his tail. Gohan and No. 17 struggle against Toppo, with even Gohan's Kamehameha proving ineffective. Toppo tells the two to prepare themselves for his own attacks now, and Vermoud laughs at Beerus that his own universe is clearly superior.

Whis though is certain Vegata isn't out of the game yet; Jiren's blast probably only served as his trigger. Sure enough, when the dust from Jiren's blast clears, Vegeta is still in the arena. Battered and bruised, Vegeta is deeply irritated to see that Jiren isn't even out of breath. Jiren assures Vegeta that there is no way for him to win, and that his fighting style is arrogant, conceited, and impure. While Vegeta agrees that he is arrogant, he says this is simply his Saiyan pride. Charging up a Final Flash attack, Vegeta says that he will leave Ultra Instinct to "Kakarot" and defeat Jiren in his own way. Goku can't believe Vegeta's ki is rising so high, and Vermoud and the Omni-Kings can likewise tell he's growing stronger than before; it seems that through Vegeta's own pride Jiren has awakened Vegeta's dormant power.

Vegeta taunts Jiren into taking his Final Flash head-on, and he lands a direct hit. When the dust clears, Vegeta is thrilled to see Jiren flat on the ground, but before he can laugh too much, Jiren is suddenly right in front of him. Jiren compliments Vegeta on the force of his attack, then blasts him at point-blank range. As Vegeta goes down, Cae boasts that Jiren always surpasses his opponents, while the Omni-Kings are amazed to see that Vegeta's attack had no effect against Jiren.

8 minutes remain in the Tournament of Power.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Seán Schemmel
Son Gohan		Kyle Hebert
Turtle Hermit	Masaharu Satō	Mike McFarland
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Tenshinhan	Hikaru Midorikawa	John Burgmeier
Freeza	Ryūsei Nakao	Christopher Ayres
No. 17	Shigeru Nakahara	Chuck Huber
No. 18	Miki Itō	Meredith McCoy
Kaiōshin	Shin'ichirō Ōta	Kent Williams
Beerus	Kōichi Yamadera	Jason Douglas
Whis	Masakazu Morita	Ian Sinclair
Omni-King	Satomi Kōrogi	Sarah Wiedenheft
Great Priest	Masaya Takatsuka	Josh Grelle
Anat	Yūsei Oda	Chris Burnett
Cae	Taishi Murata	Aaron Roberts
Vermoud	Masami Kikuchi	Markus Lloyd
Vados	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Caitlin Glass
Markarita	Ai Sasaki	Jamie Marchi
Toppo	Kenji Nomura	Ray Hurd
Dispo	Bin Shimada	Christopher Dontrell Piper
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.

• Scenario: Atsuhiro Tomioka
• Storyboard: Naotoshi Shida
• Director: Takahiro Imamura
• Animation Supervisor: Hirotaka Nii, Kōji Nashizawa, Yūya Takahashi
• Art Director: Bun-sun Lee

• Key Animation: Hirotaka Nii, Beom-seok Hong, Qing-long Hong, Masato Ikeda, Takahiro Yamakita, Ayumi Kobayashi, Yūya Takahashi, Kōji Nashizawa, Yong-ce Tu, Kazumi Oda, Nomi Tomechisa, Shuntarō Mura, Midou Animation, Toei Animation Philippines
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani, Yūichi Tsuzuki
• Assistant Production Manager: Kōhei Kajihara, Shōma Yoshino

Music

Main article: Dragon Ball Super Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Norihito Sumitomo, and our in-house catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him. The opening song "Limit-Break × Survivor" is performed by Kiyoshi Hikawa, and the ending song "Lagrima" is performed by OnePixcel.

^†First usage in the Dragon Ball franchise.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 122: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack
Catalogue	Scene	Title	Tonality	Release
OP	Opening	Limit-Break × Survivor (TV Size)	B Minor	Super OST 2.1 #01
S-401	Recap	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle)	B♭ Major	Super OST 1.1 #34
S-515	Episode Title Card	Sub-Title (Limit-Break × Survivor)	A Minor	Unreleased
S-267	Universe 7 and Universe 11 face off	Unsettled City	D Minor	Kai TFC #26
S-243	Great Priest combines the stands	S-243	A Minor	Unreleased (Kai)
S-501	Face-off continues	Humiliating Defeat	B Minor	Super OST 2.1 #11
S-435	Goku goes Blue	The Birth of a God	E Major	Super OST 1.1 #30
S-550	Goku vs Jiren	The Power to Resist	F Minor	Super OST 2.2 #20
S-248	Vegeta vs Jiren	Super Saiyan Three	A Minor	Kai TFC #27
S-548	Vegeta lands a hit	Fierce Battle Against A Mighty Foe		Super OST 2.2 #17
S-517	Eyecatch A	Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor)	C Minor	Unreleased
S-518	Eyecatch B	Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor)	B Minor
S-548	Jiren's shock	Fierce Battle Against A Mighty Foe	A Minor	Super OST 2.2 #17
S-451	Vegeta is not impressed	Time to Strike Back		Super OST 1.2 #16
S-508	Freeza vs Dispo	Fistfight Battle	D Minor	Super OST 2.1 #09
S-545	Vegeta explains his Saiyan pride	A Secret Plan with One's Life on the Line		Super OST 2.2 #21
S-552	Jiren strikes back	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	Super OST 2.2 #22
ED	Ending	Lagrima (TV Size)†	A♭ Major	LAGRIMA
S-519	Next Episode Preview	Limit-Break x Survivor (Preview)	B Minor	Super OST 2.2 #16

Availability

This episode has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both streaming and physical formats. "Simulcast" streaming services (even Funimation) use the Toei Animation subtitles rather than the Funimation subtitles by Steven J. Simmons, while digital purchase platforms use the Simmons subtitles that are provided on the Funimation DVDs and Blu-rays.

Streaming debut dates only apply to the subtitled simulcast. Dubbed episodes were to Funimation's streaming service a few weeks after the dub broadcast, and to AnimeLab around the time of the Madman home video release. Simulcast dates reflect regional time zones.

Japan

• Dragon Ball Super Box 11 Blu-ray (Toei) 03 July 2018
• Toei Channel On-Demand

North America

• Dragon Ball Super Part 11 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 14 January 2020
• Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 06 January 2018
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 06 January 2018
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 06 January 2018
• Adult Swim On-Demand (dub only)
• Digital purchase (Simmons subtitles)
  • Amazon (dub and sub sold separately)
  • Microsoft (dub and sub sold separately)
  • Google Play (dub)

United Kingdom

• Dragon Ball Super Part 10 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 24 February 2020
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 07 January 2018

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 10 (Funimation-Madman) 04 March 2020
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 07 January 2018
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 07 January 2018
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 122