Dragon Ball Super Episode 116

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The Comeback Omen! Ultra Instinct’s Great Explosion!!
Japanese English
逆転の兆し！身勝手の極意が大爆発！！ Gyakuten no Kizashi! Migatte no Gokui ga Dai-Bakuhatsu!!
Air Date	19 November 2017 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Insert Song	Ultimate Battle
Ending	By a 70cm Square Window
Episode Data
TV Rating	5.2%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Art	Sei'ichiro Sugiura Shinji Saito
Animation	Yōichi Ōnishi Shūichirō Manabe
Director	Makoto Sonoda
Toei Simulcast Subs
Title	The Signs of a Comeback! Ultra Instinct's Huge Explosion!!
Simulcast	18 November 2017 (US)
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!!
Air Date	22 June 2019 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!!
Subtitles	Steven J Simmons
Sub Debut	Dragon Ball Super Part 9
Release Date	08 October 2019

"The Comeback Omen! Ultra Instinct’s Great Explosion!!" is the one hundred and sixteenth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 19 November 2017, receiving a ratings share of 5.2%. It was written by Atsuhiro Tomioka and directed by Makoto Sonoda.

Synopsis

Despite turning into Super Saiyan Blue, Goku is pushed back by Kafla! The moment he is cornered, he once again awakens Ultra Instinct, a level which even gods cannot easily obtain, unleashing stupendous ki. Everyone is surprised, watching attentively as Kafla joyfully challenges Goku, increasing her power even more. The mightiest warrior Jiren, who defeated Goku in their previous fight, shows interest in the powered-up Goku's battle. Goku's body unconsciously dodges Kafla's attacks, which triggers her to launch an even fiercer assault. Then after avoiding her attack, Goku fires a Kamehameha at point-blank range!

Summary

Goku has regained the silver eyes and aura he had when fighting Jiren, and declares that Kafla now cannot defeat him. On the sidelines, Kuririn notes that Goku is giving off a tremendous amount of heat, and Whis explains that most likely Kafla has triggered him to once more reach Ultra Instinct. Her tremendous ki was on par with the power of the Genki-Dama, and must have caused him to break through another limiting shell.

Champa yells at Kafla to take Goku down before he can master Ultra Instinct, and while Kafla is impressed by Ultra Instinct's heat, she still insists that she is No. 1 and won't lose. She powers up into Super Saiyan 2, creating a storm of ki that draws Piccolo and Gohan's attention. Piccolo can see that Goku getting stronger likewise triggers Kafla to power up even more, and vice-versa; the two are caught in a vicious cycle!

Kafla charges up a blast while Goku finishes poweing up, claiming that her power is enough to blow away an entire universe. But Goku manages to dodge her blast and subsequent punches and kicks, all while barely moving from his spot. From the bleachers, Champa is furious that Kafla should fare so poorly against Goku despite using the Potara, and even the Universe 6 Kaiōshin Huwa finally snaps.

Watching the fight, Vegeta sees that Goku's body seems to react all on its own. He suddenly remembers that Whis had told them the importance of doing this, in order to overcome the limits which conscious thought places upon one's reaction time. Now this process is happening to Goku! Goku continues to dodge Kafla's attacks, and knocks her away with a blast from his eyes, but she gets right back up: Goku's movements may be great, but his attacks are weak by comparison! Indeed, Goku says that he's still getting the hang of Ultra Instinct. Elsewhere, Jiren awakens from his meditation and rejoins Toppo and Dispo; it seems that he doesn't want to miss Goku's fight.

Kafla vows to beat the snot out of Goku for sure this time, but Goku easily zips behind her and begins showering her with punches. After getting knocked around quite a bit by Goku, Kafla still manages to get right back up again. Kuririn and Tenshinhan are amazed at her toughness, but Whis explains that while Kafla is indeed tough, the main problem is that Goku's attacks are ineffective because he is apparently unable to maintain Ultra Instinct while attacking.

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Whis thinks Goku had better finish this fight with his next attack, or else his stamina might not hold up. But Kafla says that the fight's not over yet, and begins unleashing all of her remaining power in a series of laser-like blasts in all directions. Goku charges up a Kamehameha as he approaches Kafla while dodging her numerous blasts. Managing to slide over her final spiral blast in midair, Goku nails her with his Kamehameha at point-blank range, shattering her Potara and sending the defused Kale and Caulifla out of bounds.

The Great Priest formally announces Kale and Caulifla's defeat, and in the bleachers Kale apologizes to Champa and Huwa, while Caulifla yells at Goku that she'll beat him someday. Now Universe 6 has only two warriors remaining: the Namekians Saonel and Pilina, who vow to defeat Universe 7. Meanwhile, Whis explains that Goku was correct in using the Kamehameha for his final blow, since he could charge it up while dodging unconsciously.

Still, Goku won't be able to use the same trick forever, so to beat Jiren and co. he will have to learn how to attack unconsciously. Whis says this is tricky, since people always think about how best to attack, which is the reason Goku's attacks earlier weren't as effective. It remains to be seen if Goku will be able to master operating entirely by instinct in the tournament's remaining time.

Toppo and Dispo can tell that Goku has improved, and will continue to grow stronger. Out of stamina again, Goku reverts to his regular state and collapses. Watching from above, Freeza can see the toll Ultra Instinct takes on Goku's body, but says Goku has got to keep on working for him. Vegeta meanwhile thinks that if Goku is capable of Ultra Instinct then he should be too, and vows that he will master it before him.

17 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
Anat	Yūsei Oda	Chris Burnett
Huwa	Yasunori Masutani	Gregory Lush
Champa	Mitsuo Iwata	Jason Liebrecht
Vados	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Caitlin Glass
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
Dispo	Bin Shimada	Christopher Dontrell Piper
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Piccolo		Christopher R. Sabat
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Caulifla		Elizabeth Maxwell
Kale		Dawn M. Bennett

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
• Director: Makoto Sonoda
• Animation Supervisor: Yōichi Ōnishi, Shūichirō Manabe
• Art Director: Sei'ichiro Sugiura, Shinji Saito

• Key Animation: Yasuhiko Ōyama, Nobuhiro Masuda, Yoshitaka Katō, Futoshi Higashide, Yong-ce Tu, Yumiko Tomiki, Takahiro Toyomasu, Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Yūki Nagata, Shūichirō Manabe, Ken Ōtsuka, Kenta Yokoya, Takao Ozone, Norie Kanekubo, Takashi Hirabayashi, Osamu Ishikawa, Shuntarō Mura, Miyuki Yokoyama, Shintarō Shimizu, Tetsuya Saeki, Toei Animation Philippines, Asahi Production, Anitus Kobe, Kagura
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani
• Assistant Production Manager: Yūta Higashi

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.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 116: 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-557	Ultra Instinct returns	The Final Death-Match		DBS 2.2 #23
S-238	Kafla powers up	S-238		Unreleased (Kai)
S-245	Kafla charges an attack	S-245	G Minor
S-527	Kafla attacks	The Wall Before One's Eyes		DBS 2.1 #28
S-501	Vegeta's realization	Humiliating Defeat	B Minor	DBS 2.1 #11
S-549	Kafla tries to keep up	A Fearsome Foe	C Minor	DBS 2.2 #19
S-444	Kafla mocks Goku's weakness	Inescapable Fear	A Minor	DBS 1.2 #10
S-517	Eyecatch A	Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor)	C Minor	Unreleased
S-518	Eyecatch B	Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor)	B Minor
S-526	Jiren wakes up	Reparation	G Minor	DBS 2.1 #30
S-550	Goku attacks	The Power to Resist	F Minor	DBS 2.2 #20
Insert	Goku tells Kafla it's over	Ultimate Battle	C Minor	Theme Songs #12
S-430	Kale and Caulifla defeated	Crushing Defeat		DBS 1.1 #07
S-427	Goku tuckers out	A Tough Battle	G Minor	DBS 1.1 #06
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) 18 November 2017
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 18 November 2017
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 18 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) 19 November 2017

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 9 (Funimation-Madman) 04 December 2019
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 19 November 2017
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 19 November 2017
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 116