Dragon Ball Super Episode 125

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Majestic! Advent of the God of Destruction, Toppo!!
Japanese English
威風堂々！破壊神トッポ降臨！！ Ifudōdō! Hakaishin Toppo Kōrin!!
Air Date	28 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	Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Art	Yoshiyuki Shikano Shintarō Inoue
Animation	Yoshitaka Yashima
Director	Kazuya Karasawa
FUNimation English Dub
Title	A Commanding Presence! The Advent of Top the Destroyer!
Air Date	24 August 2019

"Majestic! Advent of the God of Destruction, Toppo!!" is the one hundred and twenty-fifth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 28 January 2018, receiving a ratings share of 4.6%. It was written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by Kazuya Karasawa.

Synopsis

It looked as if Toppo had been defeated by the combined assault of No. 17 and the rest of Universe 7! However, right as he prepares for the worst, something strange starts happening to Toppo's body. No. 17 was battling it out with Toppo in a place far away from Goku and co. There, Freeza joined in. Just as No. 17 and Freeza have Toppo cornered, an unusual phenomenon happens to him!

Summary

Goku and Vegeta continue to tag-team Jiren, but despite all the attacks the throw at him (including another Final Flash from Vegeta), Jiren still isn't even sweating. Over in the bleachers, Kuririn is distressed by this, but Gohan trusts Goku and Vegeta will manage to win. Beerus even congratulates Gohan for doing well (and actually calls him by name for a change).

While the fight against Jiren rages on, Toppo and No. 17's battle continues as well, with No. 17 using his energy barrier to block Toppo's Justice Flash attack. Seeing that only about six more minutes remain in the tournament, No. 17 starts blasting Toppo with an endless barrage of small ki blasts. Although these attacks don't have much effect on Toppo, they still keep him preoccupied, and in the bleachers No. 18 explains that No. 17 plans on using his infinite energy to stall Toppo like this until time runs out.

Realizing No. 17's strategy, Toppo breaks away and vows to defeat him right away to protect his universe, firing a tremendous ki beam towards No. 17, who counters with a beam of his own. The two beams struggle against each other, but before long Toppo's beam starts pushing No. 17 towards the edge of the arena. Before No. 17 can be ringed out though, Freeza (still in Golden mode) appears and blasts Toppo from behind. He thinks No. 17 has been playing around too much, and steps in to finish Toppo off himself.

Freeza continues to fire at Toppo, who is still stuck in his beam struggle against No. 17 and unable to turn around and counterattack. Growing bored with his defenseless opponent, Freeza prepares a finishing blow (though he wants to make sure not to kill him), which damages Toppo so much that he finally loses the beam struggle and is enveloped by No. 17's blast. It looks as if Toppo has been defeated, but Whis sees that he has not materialized in the bleachers, meaning he's still in the game.

Indeed, Toppo has remained inside the arena, but he collapses and Freeza mocks him as trash that needs to be thrown away. Before Freeza can "gently" knock Toppo out of bounds though, Toppo gets back up on his feet, his uniform in tatters and his bare chest exposed. Toppo declares that he no longer needs justice and has resolved himself…He begins emitting a gigantic ki very similar to a god's ki, and Vermoud says it's time Toppo showed them "that" power.

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Toppo's eyes glow purple, he is veiled in a purple aura, and a crest appears on his chest (identical to the one Vermoud wears on his clothing). Freeza is unimpressed by Toppo's transformation, and tests him out by firing off a finger beam. However, the beam is completely nullified by Toppo's purple aura, and in the bleachers Beerus recognizes this as the Power of Destruction, a power which only a God of Destruction is supposed to have. Cae points out that Toppo is the candidate to be Universe 11's next God of Destruction, and Vermoud says now that Toppo's resolved himself he is no different than a God of Destruction. Markarita likewise tells Toppo it's time to show off the fruits of his training under her.

Regardless, Freeza maintains that even a God of Destruction means nothing to him now that he's Golden Freeza. While Toppo fires off a blast of the Power of Destruction at Freeza, Freeza remembers dealing with this energy prior to the tournament (when Universe 4 sent its assassins against him) and thinks one hand should be enough to block it. But the blast steadily overwhelms him despite his struggles, resulting in an explosion that cracks the arena in pieces.

With Freeza seemingly out of the way, Toppo next goes after No. 17, who was trying to hide. Toppo uses his Justice Flash, and while No. 17 blocks with another energy barrier, this time his barrier is cracked to pieces by Toppo's attack, demonstrating that even Toppo's regular ki attacks have greatly powered up. Beerus explains that Toppo surrounds himself in Destruction Energy, thus preventing No. 17 from directly damaging him. Toppo next fires a blast of Destruction Energy at No. 17, who manages to deflect it out of the way (nearly hitting the bleachers in the process).

This Freeza pan is a reference to a Toriyama drawing from Dragon Ball Chapter 317. The anime version seen here is taken from Dragon Ball Kai Episode 47.

From this latest attack, Beerus can tell that Toppo needs time to charge before he can fire off Destruction Energy. However, even while charging he can still surround himself in Destruction Energy, so it seems like there's no way for No. 17 to win. Toppo keeps firing away at No. 17 with his Justice Flash attack, then prepares another blast of Destruction Energy just as No. 17 has nowhere left to run. However, a rock comes flying out of nowhere and crashes into Toppo's blast, nullifying it. It turns out Freeza withstood Toppo's earlier attack, though he has reverted from Golden Freeza to his normal form and is injured head to toe.

Vowing to destroy Toppo, Freeza forms an enormous ball of ki capable of destroying an entire planet (his signature "Death Ball" technique), but Toppo counters it with just a tiny amount of Destruction energy, then rushes in close and begins thrashing Freeza with close-range physical attacks. Although Toppo could easily destroy Freeza now, this would get him disqualified, so he merely throws the thoroughly battered Freeza out of bounds.

As Freeza flies through the air, No. 17 throws a rock at him, changing his trajectory so that he lands just on the edge of the arena (though No. 17 claims he was trying to hit Toppo). Toppo praises No. 17's ability to have survived so long, but says there's nothing he can do. However, No. 17 refuses to give up until the end.

5 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
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
Cae	Taishi Murata	Aaron Roberts
Vermoud	Masami Kikuchi	Markus Lloyd
Markarita	Ai Sasaki	Jamie Marchi
Toppo	Kenji Nomura	Ray Hurd
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Elder Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Arak		Orion Pitts
Camparri		Calvin Scott Roberts
Ogma		Leah Clark
Souwa		Austin Tindle
Caitlin Glass		Vados

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: Yoshitaka Yashima
• Art Director: Yoshiyuki Shikano, Shintarō Inoue

• Key Animation: Yoshitaka Yashima, Atsushi Nikaidō, Shūichirō Manabe, Miyuki Yokoyama, Toei Animation Philippines
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani, Ryō Nanba
• 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 "Lagrima" is performed by OnePixcel.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 125: 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-453	Vegeta and Goku vs Jiren	An Antagonistic Battle	D Minor	Super OST 1.2 #12
S-558	Goku and Vegeta regroup; No. 17 vs Toppo	Dream Tag Match	G Minor	Super OST 2.2 #18
S-450	Freeza hits Toppo from behind	Freeza Is Resurrected	F Minor	Super OST 1.2 #06
S-549	Toppo turns his back on Justice	A Fearsome Foe	C Minor	Super OST 2.2 #19
S-517	Eyecatch A	Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor)		Unreleased
S-518	Eyecatch B	Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor)	B Minor
S-559	God of Destruction Toppo	Unknown Territory	A Major	Super OST 2.1 #26
S-506	Hakai	Heroic Battle	D Minor	Super OST 2.1 #13
S-548	Toppo vs No. 17	Fierce Battle Against A Mighty Foe	A Minor	Super OST 2.2 #17
S-427	No. 17 on the run	A Tough Battle	G Minor	Super OST 1.1 #06
S-552	Freeza survived	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	Super OST 2.2 #22
S-502	No. 17's determination	Zamasu's Overwhelming Power	G Minor	Super OST 2.1 #10
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

Production

The title of Episode 125 was originally given in promotional notices as follows:

Advent of the God of Destruction, Toppo! There Is Only Overwhelming Power!!
破壊神トッポ降臨！あるのはただ圧倒的な力のみ！！
Hakaishin Toppo kōrin! Aru no wa Tada Attōtekina Chikara Nomi!!

The final title first appeared in the 2018 #3 issue of TV Station, followed by the 2018 #8 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump.

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) 27 January 2018
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 27 January 2018
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 27 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) 28 January 2018

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 10 (Funimation-Madman) 04 March 2020
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 28 January 2018
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 28 January 2018
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 125