Dragon Ball Super Chapter 9

Goku vs Botamo
	V-Jump Tankōbon Color
悟空ＶＳボタモ; Gokū Bui Esu Botamo
悟空ＶＳボタモ; Gokū Bui Esu Botamo
Premiered	V-Jump, April 2016
Sale Date	20 February 2016
Chapter Data
Pages	01-20 (Black and White)
Episodes	Dragon Ball Super Episode 33
Viz Publication
Title	Goku vs. Botamo
Release	07 October 2016
Translation	Toshikazu Aizawa
Editor	Marlene First
Collected Volumes
Tankōbon	Dragon Ball Super Volume 1; (print, digital, and digital color)
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"Goku vs Botamo" is the ninth chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga series written and illustrated by Toyotarō, with supervision and guidance from original Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama. It was first published in Japan in the April 2016 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump, with a sale date of 20 February 2016.

Summary

Botamo rushes back in, but Goku manages to avoid his punch. Grabbing his opponent by the arm, Goku drags Botamo in and unleashes a flurry of punches all wrapped up with a swift kick. Botamo lands and grins as Goku begins to realize what he is up against. Hoping to make a little progress in the match, Goku fires a Kamehameha, but Botamo flips himself over and neatly lands back in the ring. From the sidelines, the Universe 7 heroes and friends debate whether Goku will be the one to use up all of his stamina first. At this rate, would he even be able to dish out any damage as a Super Saiyan? Vegeta and Piccolo comment that Goku seems to be holding back in hopes of saving his strength for later fights, but he might have to get serious right off the bat.

Goku finally seems to have figured it out! Goku knocks Botamo over with a gentle push and proceeds to drag him forward by the legs. Botamo begins to realize what is happening and tries to fire some blasts at Goku, who simply cocks his head to the side back and forth to dodge. Botamo thinks he sees an opening, but Goku proceeds to grab him from underneath and flip him directly off the side of the ring. After a few dumbstruck moments, everyone cheers: Goku has won the match! Beerus remarks that Goku actually seemed to use his head. As Champa briefs his team on the sidelines, Goku grabs a quick glance at the other team, taking notice of one guy in particular.

Goku will immediately go into the next round: his opponent will be Frost! Tenshinhan and the Turtle Hermit comment that he appears to be the Universe 6 version of Freeza, and it will be a troublesome match. To everyone's surprise, Frost smiles and politely asks that they do their best!

As the match begins, Frost wastes no time and immediately rushes in. The two trade punches, but Goku gets in a solid kick. Frost recovers and, dashing past Goku, grabs him by the leg with his tail. Frost returns the favor with a kick of his own, and the two go back to trading blows. Just as Goku is about to be punched from above, he disappears, leaving Frost to punch the ground. Beerus and Whis block the ensuing rubble, noting that neither are showing their true power. The fight continues for a while longer with another bout of trading blows, disappearing, and repeating.

Goku can tell Frost is measuring him up, but Frost denies this. Goku requests that he go ahead and just transform into his final state; he can tell Frost is watching him and debating transforming up one-by-one to gauge Goku further. Frost is confused, and wonders how Goku knows this. Goku responds that he has already fought someone just like Frost in his own universe. Frost thanks Goku for his advice, and initiates the transformation.

When the smoke clears, the Universe 7 heroes can tell immediately what is going on: this cannot be Frost's final form. While Goku has never seen this before, some of the others have; Kuririn, Vegeta, and Piccolo all saw this as Freeza's third form on Namek. Goku seems to be a combination of confused and disappointed. Frost asks if the "him" in the other universe won against Goku, who replies that it is best not to ask. Frost interprets this as Goku having won, and says it will not go that same way with this fight.

As the fight continues, Champa, Vados, and even the Kaiōshin from Universe 6 all seem to agree that Frost is winning. The Elder Kaiōshin from Universe 7 just laughs, wondering aloud if that truly is the case. Frost fires a slew of blasts and assumes he has won, but Goku just hops right back up and thanks him for the warm-up. Goku remarks that Frost is definitely hiding one more transformation, and must still be trying to conserve energy for future fights. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan, surprising Champa and Frost alike.

Goku rushes in, determined to force Frost to make a definitive move. Frost appears to panic, and as Goku closes the gap, powers-up to his next form… which looks suspiciously similar to Freeza's final form.

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Kuririn wonders what a hypothetical Frost second form would have been like (and is relieved he didn’t have to see it).

Continuity

In the anime, Jaco speculates that the reason why Goku’s attacks aren’t landing is because Botamo is sending all the damage to another dimension (though he admits that this is just speculation on his part). In the manga, however, Botamo just has a bouncy body that deflects attacks, in a manner very similar to Buyon.
In the anime, Champa seems surprised that Frost can transform. In this chapter, however, he shows no surprise whatsoever and even smirks, seemingly having known about this ability all along.
The anime contains more detail about Frost’s background: he established a peacekeeping force to stop conflicts in hotspots around Universe 6. He then proceeds to help with the postwar reconstruction and assist the children affected by those conflicts, which granted him the Universe Peace Prize a total of three times. He supposedly entered the tournament to gain Champa’s assistance with his efforts in ending war (though it was really Vados who made that promise for Champa, who was completely unaware of this deal beforehand).
- Cabba has also fought alongside Frost and seems to respect him a lot.
In the anime, Frost states that he wasn’t saving his final transformation for later, but rather was avoiding using it because it is difficult to control his power when in that state.

Notes

There are many parallels between Goku's fight against Botamo and his fights against both Buyon and Yakon in the original series, and even Misokatsun from Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: large, roundish opponents that are difficult to fight with traditional hand-to-hand combat moves, so improvisation with their body types and the surrounding arena is necessary to defeat them.
Though the five Universe 6 competitors and their names were formally unveiled by Toei Animation a month prior to the release of the April 2016 issue of V-Jump,^[1] only Frost himself is named in text during this particular chapter.
Frost's name falls in line with the same "cold"-based puns associated with Freeza. His name is spelled exactly the same as the Japanese approximation of the English word "frost" (フロスト furosuto). In their official English translation, Viz also went with a "Frost" spelling.
While we as readers — as well as the Universe 7 characters — see the parallels between Frost's three transformations, there is not enough information given in this chapter to definitively state whether or not those are also his first, third, and fourth forms, respectively (meaning that a second form is simply not shown).

Cast

In order of appearance:

Items

Setting

Nameless Planet

Availability

This chapter has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both print and digital formats.

Japan

V-Jump, April 2016 (20 February 2016)
Dragon Ball Volume 1: Warriors of Universe 6 (Tankōbon; 04 April 2016)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 1 (02 May 2016)
- Digital Color Edition Volume 1 (03 April 2020)

North America (English)

Viz Digital Monochrome Simulpub: Chapter 9 (07 October 2016)
Dragon Ball Super Volume 1: Warriors from Universe 6! (02 May 2017)
- Digital Monochrome Edition Volume 1 (02 May 2017)

External Links

Kanzenshuu Manga Guide - Dragon Ball Super Chapter 9

References

↑ "'Dragon Ball Super' Website Reveals Universe 6 Character Names" (18 January 2016). Kanzenshuu.

[1] "'Dragon Ball Super' Website Reveals Universe 6 Character Names" (18 January 2016). Kanzenshuu.

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