Dragon Ball Super Episode 124

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A Stormy, Fierce Attack! Gohan Fights With His Back to the Wall!!
Japanese English
疾風怒涛の猛襲！悟飯背水の陣！！ Shippūdotō no Mōshū! Gohan Haisui no Jin!!
Air Date	21 January 2018 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	Lagrima
Episode Data
TV Rating	4.6%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Yoshifumi Fukushima
Art	Sei'ichiro Sugiura Shinji Saito
Animation	Yōichi Ōnishi Joey Calangian Noel Añonuevo
Storyboard	Kiyosato Yamamoto
Director	Hideki Hiroshima
FUNimation English Dub
Title	A Storm-and-Stress Assault! Gohan's Last Stand!
Air Date	17 August 2019

"A Stormy, Fierce Attack! Gohan Fights With His Back to the Wall!!" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 21 January 2018, receiving a ratings share of 4.6%. It was written by Yoshifumi Fukushima and directed by Hideki Hiroshima.

Synopsis

Goku and Vegeta challenge Jiren together, but even teamed up their attacks have hardly any effect. Instead, Jiren seems to be raising his battle power even higher. Meanwhile, Universe 7's Son Gohan goes to help out Freeza as he battles Universe 11's Dyspo. The two are at the mercy of Dyspo's light-speed movement. Freeza sees Dyspo as a troublesome opponent and begins negotiating with him: "If Universe 11 wins, please use the Super Dragon Balls to resurrect me. Promise me that, and I'll have no problem cooperating with Universe 11."

Summary

Goku and Vegeta have both powered up to face Jiren, and though so far Jiren has been unfazed by their attacks, Vegeta says that their fight is just beginning. Beerus cheers them on from the bleachers, saying that Universe 7 can't win unless the two defeat Jiren. The duo push Jiren back with a series of coordinated attacks, finishing with a Kamehameha and Final Flash. Though Jiren takes these attacks head-on, he emerges seemingly undamaged.

Seeing that Jiren is raising his game, Dispo decides to do likewise in his match against Freeza. Even Freeza thinks it's time they stopped playing around. Though Dispo is certainly fast, Freeza repeats Goku's criticism from earlier, that Dispo's movements are too straightforward and therefore easy to predict. However, Dispo starts moving even faster, leaving Freeza unable to follow his movements. He pummels Freeza and then uses his Circle Flash attack to finish him off. When Dispo rushes in to knock Freeza out of bounds though, Freeza stops him with his tail.

Freeza still seems more than fine, though he says that attack did have him worried. He points out that if they continue fighting they will just wear themselves out, and even if Dispo wins Universe 7 will still hold the numerical advantage (which will give them the victory once time runs out). Jiren may be strong, but there is no guarantee that he will be able to defeat Goku and Vegeta within the tournament's few remaining minutes. Freeza therefore offers Dispo a deal: he will cooperate with Universe 11, so long as Universe 11 promises to resurrect him with the Super Dragon Balls once they win the tournament.

In the bleachers, Beerus is outraged to see Freeza once again being underhanded, though Kuririn and Piccolo think this might be another trick; they can't just take what he says at face value. Regardless, Dispo turns down the offer; he can tell that the evil Freeza simply wants to use him to ensure his own survival. Freeza responds by transforming into Golden Freeza; he now has no choice but to use his full power to defeat Dispo. It's time to start Round 2!

Golden Freeza tells Dispo to come at him from any direction he wants, and Dispo considers this a good opportunity to test out his speed. Though he lands a punch on Freeza's face, it seems to have no effect, and Freeza is unimpressed by his power and speed. As Freeza turns the tables on Dispo, in the bleachers Cae is shocked to see that Freeza is apparently the faster of the two. Freeza confidently announces that Dispo is simply no match for him, but he is surprised by the ki Dispo suddenly starts to emit.

Indeed, Dispo increases his speed even further and begins to counterattack, regaining the upper hand. Vermoud explains that this is Dispo's ultimate technique, his "Super Maximum High-Speed Mode". Dispo is now moving too fast for even the Omni-Kings to see, and though they try the slow motion replay footage on their GodPads, Dispo is still far too fast for even that to work. The Great Priest says he will have to upgrade the GodPads…next time.

Dispo continues to beat up on Freeza, knocking him closer and closer to the arena's edge. Gohan manages to break away from his battle against Toppo and come to Freeza's rescue, knocking Dispo away with a kick. Freeza is surprised that Gohan of all people would save him, but for Gohan it was simply a matter of helping out a teammate. Freeza taunts Gohan that he might betray him later, but Gohan promises to ring Freeza out if he does.

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Freeza decides that he and Gohan will have to face Dispo together, and he asks Gohan not to be dead weight. Dispo vows to knock both of them out of bounds, and while Freeza and Gohan fire volley after volley of ki blasts at him, these attacks are too slow to hit him. Gohan soon realizes that the only way for them to win is to limit the range of Dispo's movements; he will go create an opening to allow Freeza to cage Dispo in. Freeza agrees to follow Gohan's plan (he is the Universe 7 team leader, after all). While Gohan trades blows with Dispo, Freeza surrounds the two in a cage of ki beams. Now Dispo has nowhere to run…but the same goes for Gohan! Still, Gohan is prepared for this, and resolves to face Dispo in a head-on battle.

With Dispo hemmed in, he is no longer able to dodge Dispo's attacks, and Shin thinks Gohan can't lose like this. Vermoud likewise sees that if Dispo tries to use his "super speed mode" inside this energy cage, he will simply hit the bars and damage himself. Freeza tells Gohan to hurry up and finish Dispo off, since maintaining the energy cage uses up a lot of energy and his stamina can't hold out for long. Just as Gohan goes in for a final blow, Freeza finally gives out and the cage collapses, allowing Dispo to dodge Gohan's attack.

Gohan doesn't miss a beat though, and immediately grabs Dispo from behind. Picking up on Gohan's strategy, Freeza doesn't hesitate to "put him out of his misery", blasting Gohan and Dispo with a ki attack that knocks both out of bounds. The Great Priest formally announces Gohan and Dispo's defeat, and Gohan apologies to his teammates as he materializes in the bleachers. Piccolo though says Gohan did well; if he had let Dispo get away, they might never have beaten him. Goku is likewise pleased at the job his son did.

6 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
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Freeza	Ryūsei Nakao	Christopher Ayres
No. 17	Shigeru Nakahara	Chuck Huber
Kaiōshin	Shin'ichirō Ōta	Kent Williams
Beerus	Kōichi Yamadera	Jason Douglas
Omni-King	Satomi Kōrogi	Sarah Wiedenheft
Great Priest	Masaya Takatsuka	Josh Grelle
Cae	Taishi Murata	Aaron Roberts
Vermoud	Masami Kikuchi	Markus Lloyd
Toppo	Kenji Nomura	Ray Hurd
Dispo	Bin Shimada	Christopher Dontrell Piper
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Tenshinhan		John Burgmeier
No. 18		Meredith McCoy
Arak		Orion Pitts

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: Yoshifumi Fukushima
• Storyboard: Kiyosato Yamamoto
• Director: Hideki Hiroshima
• Animation Supervisor: Yōichi Ōnishi, Joey Calangian, Noel Añonuevo
• Art Director: Sei'ichiro Sugiura, Shinji Saito

• Key Animation: Toei Animation Philippines, Kōhei Kajiwara, Yukihiro Kitano, Atsushi Nikaidō, Setsuko Nobuzane, Yūki Nagata, Futoshi Higashide, Miyuki Yokoyama, Asahi Production
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani, Yui Komatsu
• Assistant Production Manager: Ryōma Honda

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 "Lagrima" is performed by OnePixcel.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 124: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack
Catalogue	Scene	Title	Tonality	Release
OP	Opening	Limit-Break × Survivor (TV Size)	B Minor	Super OST 2.1 #01
S-401	Recap	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle)	B♭ Major	Super OST 1.1 #34
S-515	Episode Title Card	Sub-Title (Limit-Break × Survivor)	A Minor	Unreleased
S-548	Jiren faces off against Goku and Vegeta	Fierce Battle Against A Mighty Foe		Super OST 2.2 #17
S-527	Freeza vs Dispo	The Wall Before One's Eyes	G Minor	Super OST 2.1 #28
S-450	Freeza tries to make a deal with Dispo	Freeza Is Resurrected	F Minor	Super OST 1.2 #06
S-456	Freeza transforms	Golden Freeza's Theme	D Minor	Super OST 1.2 #14
S-517	Eyecatch A	Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor)	C Minor	Unreleased
S-518	Eyecatch B	Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor)	B Minor
S-450	Freeza vs Dispo	Freeza Is Resurrected	F Minor	Super OST 1.2 #06
S-552	Dispo blocks Freeza's punch	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	Super OST 2.2 #22
S-251	Dispo punches	Reviving Majin Buu	B Minor	Kai TFC #28
S-550	Gohan and Freeza vs Dispo	The Power to Resist	F Minor	Super OST 2.2 #20
S-555	Gohan catches Dispo's fist	Limit-Break × Survivor (Instrumental Type C)	B Minor	Super OST 2.2 #26
	Gohan pins Dispo
S-451	Gohan did good	Time to Strike Back	A Minor	Super OST 1.2 #16
ED	Ending	Lagrima (TV Size)	A♭ Major	LAGRIMA
S-519	Next Episode Preview	Limit-Break x Survivor (Preview)	B Minor	Super OST 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 11 Blu-ray (Toei) 03 July 2018
• Toei Channel On-Demand

North America

• Dragon Ball Super Part 11 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 14 January 2020
• Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 20 January 2018
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 20 January 2018
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 20 January 2018
• 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 10 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 24 February 2020
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 21 January 2018

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 10 (Funimation-Madman) 04 March 2020
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 21 January 2018
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 21 January 2018
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 124