Dragon Ball Super Episode 115

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Goku vs Kafla! Super Saiyan Blue Defeated?!
Japanese English
悟空ＶＳケフラ！超サイヤ人ブルー敗れる！？ Gokū Bāsasu Kefura! Sūpā Saiya-jin Burū Yabureru?!
Air Date	12 November 2017 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	By a 70cm Square Window
Episode Data
TV Rating	5.0%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshio Yoshitaka
Art	Shinzō Yuki
Animation	Osamu Ishikawa Hiroyuki Itai
Storyboard	Yoshitaka Yashima
Director	Takahiro Imamura
Toei Simulcast Subs
Title	Goku vs Kefla! Super Saiyan Blue Defeated?!
Simulcast	11 November 2017 (US)
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Goku vs. Kefla! Super Saiyan Blue Beaten?!
Air Date	15 June 2019 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Goku vs. Kefla! Super Saiyan Blue Beaten?!
Subtitles	Steven J Simmons
Sub Debut	Dragon Ball Super Part 9
Release Date	08 October 2019

"Goku vs Kafla! Super Saiyan Blue Defeated?!" is the one hundred and fifteenth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 12 November 2017, receiving a ratings share of 5.0%. It was written by Toshio Yoshitaka and directed by Takahiro Imamura.

Synopsis

Universe 6's Kale and Caulifla use the "Potara" earrings that Kaiōshin wear to merge into a single warrior. Calling themselves "Kafla", they start to go on a rampage. Kafla overwhelms her opponent Goku with stupendous power and speed, and is thrilled at her own strength. Stuck purely on the defensive against the powered-up Kafla's attacks, Goku gives up on preserving his stamina and instead unleashes his power and becomes Super Saiyan Blue, but Kefla immediately becomes Super Saiyan and powers up even further. Goku at last uses even the Kaiō-Ken and battles with all his might. Goku reverts from Super Saiyan Blue to his regular state, but on closer inspection his eyes shine silver?!

Summary

Kale and Caulifla have used the Potara earrings to merge into Kafla, much to Goku's amazement. Impressed at her own power, Kafla (still in her normal form) begins knocking Super Saiyan God Goku around, and he can immediately tell that her power and speed are in a different class than what they were pre-fusion. On the sidelines, Beerus protests that using the Potara must surely be against the rules. Champa suggests that if Beerus doesn't like it, he can just use the Potara too, but Beerus is afraid of getting disqualified.

However, the Omni-Kings are hyped up at seeing this fusion, so the Great Priest announces that the use of Potara is allowed. The Universe 3 Kaiōshin Ea says that they have no need to use the Potara, for reasons that go without saying. The Universe 4 God of Destruction Quitela likewise insists his universe doesn't need to resort to that tactic. Still fighting Toppo, Vegeta is distracted by Kafla's rising ki, which enables Toppo to get the drop on him once more. Toppo says that if Vegeta is that interested in Goku's fight, then he can watch it from the bleachers, and begins to crush Vegeta in a bearhug.

Elsewhere, Gohan and Piccolo continue their battle against the Universe 6 Namekians Saonel and Pilina. Though Gohan manages to sever Pilina's arm, Pilina immediately uses his Namekian regenerative abilities to regrow it. Beerus resolves for their team to use the Potara, and Shin suggests they merge No. 17 and No. 18 together. Being twins, they should be highly compatible; they can even call them No. 35! But Whis points out that if they lose after merging, it will mean two loses at once. This makes Beerus change his tune, since he doesn't want to risk reducing their numerical advantage.

On the other hand, the Universe 2 gods decide that it will be difficult for any single warrior to defeat Jiren or Goku, and so decide to use their Potara to merge Zarbuto and Rabanra. However, Zarbuto struggles to put his Potara on (since he forgets to take his helmet off first), and before the two can merge Kafla runs through, knocking them both out of the way and shattering their Potara. Meanwhile, No. 18 has injured her leg in an explosion, and is confronted by Catopesra. Though she is unable to dodge his fast punch, No. 17 intervenes and holds Catopesra's fist back, not being okay with the idea of hitting a lady in the face. Catopesra objects that there's no room for mercy on the battlefield, and 17 agrees, then promptly pummels him and wanders off.

Kafla continues to overwhelm Super Saiyan God Goku, who at last is forced to transform into Super Saiyan Blue. He realizes that he can't risk holding back against Kafla any longer. In response, Kafla finally transforms into a Super Saiyan, amazing everyone even more with her power. On the sidelines, Vados thinks Kafla should be careful against Super Saiyan Blue Goku, but Champa recognizes that Goku hasn't fully recovered his stamina since his fight with Jiren, so he figures Kafla can take him. Even Champa hadn't expected Kafla to be this powerful; it was a happy miscalculation on his part.

As the two begin to clash, their power shoots up even higher, threatening to wreck the arena. Even Jiren's eye twitches ever-so-slightly! Vegeta finally manages to break free from Toppo's hold, and notices that Goku has gone Blue. Trading blows with Goku, Kafla vows to surpass him and achieve Super Saiyan Blue herself, but Goku doubts that she can. As Goku uses Kaiō-Ken to deflect one of Kafla's blasts, Freeza observes from the sidelines that this is a fight worth watching; which Saiyan will prevail?

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Beerus is worried that Goku is pushing himself too far by using Kaiō-Ken without his stamina fully recovered, but Whis points out that Goku must have determined that this was the only way to defeat Super Saiyan Kafla. Indeed, Goku's Kaiō-Ken power is enough to make Kafla's arm go numb, and she recognizes him as a worthy opponent. After some more fighting, another of Goku's attacks sends Kafla flying off into the distance, burying her under a pile of rubble. Champa yells at her that she can't lose while using the Potara; he'll never forgive her if she does!

Finally, Kafla gets back up from the rubble; that last attack may have hurt, but she's not finished yet! The Turtle Hermit can tell that Kafla is fighting beyond her limits, and Whis says she is being driven by her Saiyan blood. Beerus is worried that Goku can't keep using Kaiō-Ken with his current stamina; he'll have to finish the fight with his next attack! Goku counters two of Kafla's blasts with a Kamehameha, but Kafla takes that opportunity to circle behind him and kick him in the head.

Goku is knocked down and reverts to his base state, disappointing Kafla, who wanted to fight him a little longer. She declares that she'll drop him out of bounds next, but Goku refuses to give up, and struggles back to his feet. While Kafla responds with another barrage of ki blasts, this time Goku starts glowing silver, and somehow none of the blasts manage to hit him. Kafla thinks this must be a fluke and fires again, but with the same results.

Goku opens his eyes, which are now shining silver, and the Turtle Hermit and co. on the sidelines realize he has returned to the form he had while fighting Jiren. Whis confirms that Goku has broken through his shell once again, something he didn't expect to happen here again. Beerus is eager to get another look…at Ultra Instinct! Even the difficult-to-please Omni-Kings are excited for once.

19 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
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
Peru	Kōzō Shioya	Charlie Campbell
Ea	Makoto Naruse	Alfie Coy
Kur	Tomomichi Nishimura	Justin Briner
Huwa	Yasunori Masutani	Gregory Lush
Helles	Masumi Asano	Maryam Baig
Quitela	Yūsuke Numata	Meli Grant
Champa	Mitsuo Iwata	Jason Liebrecht
Vados	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Caitlin Glass
Zarbuto	Yasuhiko Kawazu	Mark Stoddard
Catopesra	Yūsei Oda	Garret Storms
Cabba	Daisuke Kishio	Clifford Chapin
Kafla	Yuka Komatsu Yukana	Elizabeth Maxwell Dawn M. Bennett
Saonel	Nobutoshi Canna	Brandon Potter
Pilina	Hisao Egawa	Jarrod Greene
Toppo	Kenji Nomura	Ray Hurd
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Piccolo		Christopher R. Sabat
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Toppo		Ray Hurd
Jiren		Patrick Seitz
Rabanra		Derick Snow

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: Toshio Yoshitaka
• Storyboard: Yoshitaka Yashima
• Director: Takahiro Imamura
• Animation Supervisor: Osamu Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Itai
• Art Director: Shinzō Yuki

• Key Animation: Toei Animation Philippines, TAP, Yukihiro Kitano, Yoshiyuki Ichikawa, Osamu Ishikawa, Hitoshi Inaba, Shuntarō Mura, Nozomu Talukdar, Setsuko Nobuzane, Shintarō Shimizu, Katsumi Ishizuka, Hidemi Kubo, Hiroyuki Itai, Tomoya Kosakai, Yūya Takahashi, Miyuki Yokoyama, Asahi Production, Toei Animation Philippines
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani, Yūichi Tsuzuki
• Assistant Production Manager: Shō Matsui

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 115: 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-522	Kafla vs Goku	Instant-Kill Battle	E Minor	DBS 2.2 #10
S-251	Toppo vs Vegeta; Piccolo and Gohan vs Saonel and Pilina	Reviving Majin Buu	B Minor	Kai TFC #28
S-254	The gods weigh fusion	S-254	F Minor	Unreleased (Kai)
S-524	No. 17 saves No. 18 from Catopesra	Strongarm Battle	G Minor	DBS 2.2 #08
S-549	Kafla presses Goku	A Fearsome Foe	C Minor	DBS 2.2 #19
S-435	Goku goes Blue	The Birth of a God	E Major	DBS 1.1 #30
S-517	Eyecatch A	Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor)	C Minor	Unreleased
S-518	Eyecatch B	Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor)	B Minor
S-502	Goku Blue faces Super Saiyan Kafla	Zamasu's Overwhelming Power	G Minor	DBS 2.1 #10
Insert	Goku vs Kafla resumes	Ultimate Battle (Instrumental)†	C Minor	Unreleased
S-550	Kaiō-ken Goku challenges Kafla	The Power to Resist	F Minor	DBS 2.2 #20
S-552	Kafla's sneak attack	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	DBS 2.2 #22
S-557	Ultra Instinct returns	The Final Death-Match	A Minor	DBS 2.2 #23
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
• 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) 11 November 2017
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 11 November 2017
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 11 November 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) 12 November 2017

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 9 (Funimation-Madman) 04 December 2019
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 12 November 2017
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 12 November 2017
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 115