Dragon Ball Super Episode 90

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Facing the Wall that Must be Overcome! Goku vs Gohan
Japanese English
超えるべき壁を見据えて！悟空ＶＳ悟飯 Koerubeki Kabe o Misuete! Gokū Bāsasu Gohan
Air Date	14 May 2017 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	Boogie Back
Episode Data
TV Rating	5.6%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	King Ryū
Art	Bun-sun Lee
Animation	Hideki Yamazaki Masahiro Shimanuki
Storyboard	Yūta Murano
Director	Takahiro Majima Kōhei Hatano
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Staring Down the Wall to Be Overcome! Goku vs. Gohan
Air Date	08 December 2018

"Facing the Wall that Must be Overcome! Goku vs Gohan" is the ninetieth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 14 May 2017, receiving a ratings share of 5.6%. It was written by King Ryū and directed by Takahiro Majima and Kōhei Hatano.

Synopsis

The universe's destruction is on the line at the Tournament of Power. With a little time left before the tournament, the ten members for the Universe 7 team led by Son Goku have finally been decided. Goku peacefully settled the incident at Tenshinhan's dojo and successfully recruited Tenshinhan. Having finished their training, Gohan and Piccolo, all beat up from their training, appear there. Through his training with Piccolo, both Gohan’s power and will were strengthened; Gohan came to realize that the one he must surpass is his father Goku. Aiming for greater heights, Gohan challenges Goku, and they all decide to hold a tag team match with Goku and Tenshinhan pairing off against Gohan and Piccolo. Their two-vs-two tag battle begins! However Gohan, who has now obtained unprecedented power, wants to fight one-on-one against Goku. Goku is surprised at how Gohan has changed, and cannot hide how elated he is that another powerful ally has appeared. How will Gohan fare against Super Saiyan Blue Goku?

Summary

Out in the wasteland, Piccolo finishes training Gohan. Now Gohan must test out his power...and Piccolo knows just the person for that. Elsewhere, Goku, Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, and the Turtle Hermit are eating at a restaurant. Tenshinhan wonders what they'll do with the remaining time before the tournament, and the Turtle Hermit offers to teach a few of his techniques. But just then, Piccolo and Gohan walk in, and Gohan requests a sparring match against Goku and Tenshinhan.

Back out in the wasteland again, the group selects a suitable spot to serve as their ring. It will be a two-on-two match: Goku and Tenshinhan vs Gohan and Piccolo. Falling out of the ring means a loss, and since this shall be a battle royale, they should focus on teamwork. Tenshinhan warns Goku to remember that this is a practice match: he should be careful not to hurt anyone! But Goku thinks they might be the ones who should worry about getting hurt...

The match begins, and Goku and Gohan (both still in "base" form) rush at each other and trade blows, while Piccolo begins charging up an attack. Tenshinhan aims his Kikōhō at Gohan, but Goku tells him to focus instead on Piccolo, who's still charging. However, Gohan steps in and prevents Tenshinhan from successfully attacking Piccolo, and Piccolo now unleashes a powerful energy wave from out of his entire body, similar to what he used against Goku back at the 23rd Tenka'ichi Budōkai.

Goku manages to tough out the big blast, and while Gohan rushes in for a follow-up attack, Goku blocks this too. He compliments Gohan and Piccolo on their wonderful combination, saying that Gohan has managed to get back his knack for fighting.

Tenshinhan notes that the mountain they've been using as an arena has been blown to smithereens, so the match is over. However, Gohan insists on fighting another match, this time one-on-one against Goku. Though Tenshinhan thinks this would be pointless, Goku readily agrees.

Over in Universe 10, Gowasu is fretting over which warriors he should select to fight in the tournament. What factors should he consider when making his choice? He doesn't want to mess up and pick someone like Zamasu again! Rumoosh and his Angel Kusu stop by. Rumoosh tells Gowasu he's overthinking things: rather than using his head, he should decide with his body!

To that end, Rumoosh and Kusu have brought along ten warriors Rumoosh has already selected. Their leader, Mulithim, introduces himself, but he and his fellow fighters soon need to take a time out to drink their protein drinks. They must do this regularly to build up their beefy bodies! Rumoosh thinks he can depend on this group, but Gowasu doesn't seem quite so certain.

Back on Earth, Goku and Gohan take senzu and power up to begin their match. Tenshinhan thinks this is a waste of senzu, but even he now wants to see how these two Saiyans square off. Gohan says he is now at his full power, though Goku notes he's not a Super Saiyan.

Gohan confirms that he is aiming for an "ultimate form" never seen before, and that he is going about it in a different way than Goku. Goku is impressed: he figured fighting warriors from other universes would make for the best training, but he forgot he had Gohan there the whole time!

The two begin sparring (with Goku remaining in what looks like his Super Saiyan 2 form): first they trade blows, then a barrage of ki blasts, before at last firing off two Kamehamehas at each other.

Their battle shakes the ground, and even Vegeta and co. off in West City can tell something's up. Though Gohan more than holds his own, he remains unsatisfied, and asks Goku to fight with his full power. Goku agrees, and first powers up into his Super Saiyan Blue form, then uses Kaiō-Ken to boot.

The two clash and when the dust clears, Gohan collapses, though not before vainly trying to get in one final attack. Goku catches Gohan before he hits the ground, saying that they will go forward together.

Later after Gohan regains consciousness, he thanks Goku and apologizes to Tenshinhan for the trouble. Goku announces that he's selected Gohan to be the Universe 7 team leader.

Only four and a half hours left until 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
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa
Tenshinhan	Hikaru Midorikawa	John Burgmeier
Chiaotzu	Hiroko Emori	Brina Palencia
Gowasu	Tetsuo Gotō	Garrett Schenck
Rumoosh	Yasuhiko Kawazu	Oliver Tull
Kusu	Hiromi Kon'no	Brittney Karbowski
Mulithim	Keiji Hirai	Reagan Murdock
Shop Clerk	Kazumasa Fukugawa
Warrior	Shikito Miyagi
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Elder Kaiōshin

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: King Ryū
• Storyboard: Yūta Murano
• Director: Takahiro Majima, Kōhei Hatano
• Animation Supervisor: Hideki Yamazaki, Masahiro Shimanuki
• Art Director: Bun-sun Lee

• Key Animation: Taeko Oda, Gen Satō, Mamoru Abiko, Yukimasa Shijō, Akari Abe, Aika Satō, Shinkiro Hattori, SEA COMPANY, Yong-ce Tu, Futoshi Higashide, Masahiro Shimanuki, Kaori Takamura, Mua Tsukino, A-Line, Toei Animation Philippines
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Yūichi Tsuzuki, Ryō Nanba
• Assistant Production Manager: Masatoshi Hasu, Tomoyoshi Umino

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. The United Kingdom was originally covered by the now-defunct Daisuki streaming service until Crunchyroll added the UK to their Dragon Ball Super coverage area on 30 May 2017.

Japan

• Dragon Ball Super Box 8 Blu-ray (Toei) 03 October 2017
• Toei Channel On-Demand

North America

• Dragon Ball Super Part 7 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 02 April 2019
• Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 13 May 2017
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 13 May 2017
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 13 May 2017
• 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 7 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 23 September 2019
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 14 May 2017

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 7 (Funimation-Madman) 05 June 2019
• Dragon Ball Super Collection 2 (Madman) 09 October 2019
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 14 May 2017
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 14 May 2017
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 90