Dragon Ball Super Episode 109

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The Ultimate Enemy Approaches Goku! Now, Let Loose! The Killer Genki-Dama!!
Japanese English
悟空に迫る最強の敵！今こそ放て！必殺の元気玉！！ Gokū ni Semaru Saikyō no Teki! Ima Koso Hanate! Hissatsu no Genki-Dama!!
Air Date	08 October 2017 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	By a 70cm Square Window
Episode Data
TV Rating	3.5%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Art	Yoshiyuki Shikano Shintarō Inoue
Animation	Tsutomu Ono Shūichirō Manabe
Director	Kazuya Karasawa
Toei Simulcast Subs
Title	The Ultimate Enemy Approaches Goku! Now, Let Loose! The Killer Spirit Bomb!!
Simulcast	07 October 2017 (US)
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Mightiest Enemy Zeroes In on Goku! Launch the Knockout Spirit Bomb Now!
Air Date	04 May 2019 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	The Mightiest Enemy Zeroes In on Goku! Launch the Knockout Genki Dama Now!
Subtitles	Steven J Simmons
Sub Debut	Dragon Ball Super Part 9
Release Date	08 October 2019

"The Ultimate Enemy Approaches Goku! Now, Let Loose! The Killer Genki-Dama!!" is the one hundred and ninth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 08 October 2017 as part of a one-hour special along with Episode 110, receiving a ratings share of 3.5%. It was written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by Kazuya Karasawa.

Synopsis

The final phase of the Tournament of Power: the "strongest" go into action! While Gohan has a tough fight, Son Goku and Ribrianne's battle continues. Ribrianne wants to win the Tournament of Power so that she can become a goddess beloved by humanity throughout all the universe, and she attacks Goku at full power. Universe 11's Jiren has remained silent up until now, but he finally enters the fray! Merely by rousing himself to fight, this formidable foe gives off a fearsomely intimidating air, and Goku challenges him to one-on-one combat! Sensing that this is the turning point, the gods of Universe 11 issue an order to Jiren: crush Son Goku. Goku happily squares off against him. However, the moment Jiren unleashes his ki, every contestant left in the ring is overwhelmed. Even the God of Destruction Beerus gasps in astonishment. Vegeta's amazed too! Goku raises his power to the limit, and challenges Jiren with his full set of skills! Even fighting as Super Saiyan Blue, Goku is unable to scratch Jiren. Even Goku's Kaiō-Ken x20 is no match, so he challenges him with his strongest special attack, the Genki-Dama. Will it work against Jiren, who still seems to have power to spare?

Summary

Goku continues to battle Ribrianne in his base state, but his attacks seem to be no match for the power of her love. In fact, Ribrianne is determined to win the tournament and use the Super Dragon Balls to become a "goddess of love" adored by all the universes. She asks Goku what he wants the Super Dragon Balls for, but he hasn't quite decided yet: he could use them for Chi-Chi's sake, or for his sons…or to meet someone stronger than anyone he's ever met before.

Ribrianne counters that in that case, his wish is already granted: she is that strong person! She absorbs the power of love from her teammates to transform into Super Ribrianne. Though physically she only gains butterfly wings, Goku can sense incredible power from her. She fires off a barrage of love-based attacks, the last one of which creates a big explosion. Ribrianne declares victory, but Goku, now at Super Saiyan Blue, suddenly swoops in and sends her flying with a kick.

Ribrianne lands at Jiren's feet, and from his silent gaze she thinks he might love her. However, she soon grows annoyed at this continued silence, and storms off in a huff. On the sidelines, the gods of Universe 11 decide that the time has come for Jiren to go into action. Vermoud telepathically contacts Jiren, ordering him to take out Goku and ignore any small fries. As Kale, No. 18, and co. sense Jiren's ki shaking the entire World of Void, Toppo likewise tells Jiren to fight to his heart's content, in order to obtain the Super Dragon Balls and have his wish granted.

Goku and Jiren prepare to finally square off, and as Jiren powers up Beerus is shocked to see so much ki coming from just one single fighter. Goku, back in his base form, fires a Kamehameha off at Jiren, but the force of Jiren's ki is enough to completely protect him as he remains motionless. Shin wonders why Goku doesn't become Super Saiyan Blue; is he underestimating Jiren? Kuririn however thinks that Goku is simply testing out both Jiren and himself; he wants to show Jiren what he can do, and draw out Jiren's full power.

While Goku may be interested in Jiren, Tenshinhan wonders if Jiren has any interest in Goku. But Kuririn says Jiren has in fact been watching Goku this whole time, and probably wants to see all of Goku's power. The Turtle Hermit says that they have acknowledged one another as opponents worth powering themselves up for. Meanwhile, Goku continues to attack, going all the way from regular Super Saiyan up to Super Saiyan God, the latter of which merely warrants Jiren raising a hand to block him with.

Seeing that Jiren can't get serious like this, Goku reverts to base, then finally powers up into Super Saiyan Blue. Vermoud is confident that even with the power of Blue this fight is a pointless struggle, but Cae thinks it is crucial: after all, Jiren defeating Goku's full power will cause all the other contestants to lose their fighting spirit. Goku will be a sacrifice to show off Jiren's power! While Markarita thinks they had better not get cocky, Vermoud declares that no one, absolutely no one, can beat Jiren. Indeed, despite Goku occasionally even using Kaiō-Ken on top of Super Saiyan Blue, Jiren easily knocks him around, before finally grabbing him and blasting him at point-blank range.

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Goku gets back up and charges Jiren with Super Saiyan Blue Kaiō-Ken, but Jiren stops him seemingly just by glaring at him. In truth, Jiren attacked Goku countless times in an instant, so fast that even Vegeta couldn't see. Kuririn still hasn't abandoned hope though, saying that Goku should be able to use Kaiō-Ken x20 on top of Super Saiyan Blue. But this fails to cheer Beerus up. As Whis explains, Goku is already using Kaiō-Ken x20! Even with Kaiō-Ken x20 failing to damage Jiren, Goku still has a trick up his sleeve…the Genki-Dama!

Goku begins gathering energy from his teammates, though he first reverts to his base state since (as Kuririn tells Tenshinhan) Super Saiyan has some evil mixed in and therefore can't be used to gather energy. No. 17 and No. 18 are happy to contribute their energy, as is Freeza, despite his unhappy memories of the attack. For some reason Vegeta refuses to donate his energy…though he does stop Ribrianne from attacking Goku while he charges the attack. Goku soon realizes that it will take too long to create the attack, but fortunately Jiren is willing to wait. He's eager to see Goku's special attack…then crush it with overwhelming power. That's his style!

Goku finally finishes the Genki-Dama and throws it at Jiren, telling Jiren to not regret waiting. But Jiren starts pushing it back! Gohan's shocked, since Goku should still have a fair amount of stamina left. Goku goes Super Saiyan Blue, then uses Kaiō-Ken x10 and x20 all in an effort to push the Genki-Dama onto Jiren, but Jiren holds his ground. Despite Goku's struggles, Jiren manages to push the Genki-Dama back onto Goku, threatening to envelope him with his own attack…

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
Anat	Yūsei Oda	Chris Burnett
Cae	Taishi Murata	Aaron Roberts
Iwen	Yasuhiro Mamiya	Josh Martin
Helles	Masumi Asano	Maryam Baig
Vermoud	Masami Kikuchi	Markus Lloyd
Markarita	Ai Sasaki	Jamie Marchi
Ribrianne	Rina Kitagawa	Veronica Taylor
Kakunsa	Ryōko Shiraishi	Morgan Berry
Roasie	Yuka Saitō	Kristi Rothrock
Caulifla	Yuka Komatsu	Elizabeth Maxwell
Kale	Yukana	Dawn Bennett
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Toppo	Kenji Nomura	Ray Hurd
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Hit		Matthew Mercer
Arak		Orion Pitts
Giin		Reagan Murdock
Boraleta		Daman Mills
Koitsukai		Derick Snow
Pancea		Howard Wang
Rabanra		Derick Snow
Zirloin		Gabe Kunda

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: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
• Director: Kazuya Karasawa
• Animation Supervisor: Tsutomu Ono, Shūichirō Manabe
• Art Director: Yoshiyuki Shikano, Shintarō Inoue

• Key Animation: Tsutomu Ono, Midori Sawaki, Tai'ichirō Ohara, Hiroshi Aoyama, Shohei Usami, Ryō Ōnishi, Hitoshi Inaba, Atsushi Nikaidō, Shūichirō Manabe, Yukihiro Kitano, Hiroyuki Itai, Yong-ce Tu, Yoshitaka Yashima, Yoshiyuki Ichikawa, Takeo Ide, Shuntarō Mura, A-Line, Toei Animation Philippines, GK sales
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani
• Assistant Production Manager: Katsunori Kobayashi

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 "By a 70cm Square Window" is performed by ROTTENGRAFFTY.

^†First usage in the Dragon Ball franchise.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 109: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack
Catalogue	Scene	Title	Tonality	Release
OP	Opening	Limit-Break × Survivor (TV Size)	B Minor	DBS 2.1 #01
S-401	Recap	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle)	B♭ Major	DBS 1.1 #34
S-515	Episode Title Card	Sub-Title (Limit-Break × Survivor)	A Minor	Unreleased
S-546	Goku vs Ribrianne	Gorgeous Warriors	D Minor	DBS 2.2 #03
S-539	Super Ribrianne	Warrior Spirit	C Major	DBS 2.1 #03
S-554	Jiren faces Goku	Desperate Plan†	E Minor	DBS 2.2 #02
S-548	Jiren flexes; Goku probes	Fierce Battle Against A Mighty Foe	A Minor	DBS 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-435	Goku goes Blue	The Birth of a God	E Major	DBS 1.1 #30
S-244	Cae warns not to underestimate Goku	S-244	G♯ Minor	Unreleased (Kai)
S-549	Goku attacks	A Fearsome Foe	C Minor	DBS 2.2 #19
S-454	Goku is down	Regret	G Minor	DBS 1.2 #19
S-555	Genki-Dama	Limit-Break x Survivor (Instrumental Type C)†	B Minor	DBS 2.2 #26
S-552	Jiren pushes back	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	DBS 2.2 #22
ED	Ending	By a 70cm Square Window (TV Size)†	F♯ Major	70cm Shiho no Madobe
S-519	Next Episode Preview	Limit-Break x Survivor (Preview)	B Minor	DBS 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 10 Blu-ray (Toei) 03 April 2018 (109-110)
• Dragon Ball Super Box 11 Blu-ray (Toei) 03 July 2018 (full special)
• Toei Channel On-Demand

North America

• Dragon Ball Super Part 9 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 08 October 2019
• Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 07 October 2017
• Funimation Now (full special subbed) 07 October 2017
• Funimation Now Simulcast (109 dubbed)
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 07 October 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 9 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 09 December 2019
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 08 October 2017

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 9 (Funimation-Madman) 04 December 2019
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 08 October 2017
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 08 October 2017
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 109