Dragon Ball Super Episode 127

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A Looming Obstacle! Pinning Hope on a Final Barrier!!
Japanese English
迫りくる障壁！希望を託した最後のバリア！！ Semari kuru Shōheki! Kibō o Takushita Saigo no Baria!!
Air Date	11 February 2018 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Limit-Break x Survivor
Ending	Lagrima
Episode Data
TV Rating	4.9%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Ken'ichi Yamashita
Art	Shinzō Yuki
Animation	Paul Añonuevo Masahiro Shimanuki Hiroyuki Itai
Storyboard	Masanori Satō Kazuya Karasawa
Director	Takahiro Imamura
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Approaching Wall! A Hopeful Final Barrier!
Air Date	07 September 2019

"A Looming Obstacle! Pinning Hope on a Final Barrier!!" is the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 11 February 2018, receiving a ratings share of 4.9%. It was written by Ken'ichi Yamashita and directed by Takahiro Imamura.

Synopsis

Universe 7's Son Goku and Vegeta face off against Jiren despite being injured head to toe. But their attacks have absolutely no effect on Jiren, and the two just steadily wear themselves out. Jiren releases his ki, finally putting on a display of his true strength. Vegeta, Goku and the injured No. 17 face Jiren one after another, even though they’re overwhelmed by that mighty ki, but Jiren's fierce attacks heavily injure all three. No. 17 then creates numerous barriers in an attempt to protect Goku and Vegeta. After observing the situation for a while, No. 17 stealthily approaches Jiren. He uses a life-risking strategy to support Goku and co. against Jiren's overwhelming power!!

Summary

As Jiren powers up, he is surrounded in an intense, fiery energy. The Omni-Kings are amazed that Jiren seems to be on fire, while Goku and No. 17 are likewise impressed that he was hiding such monstrous strength. Vegeta on the other hand mocks Jiren for only getting serious now that all his teammates are gone; he cockily charges Jiren, forcing Goku and No. 17 to join in the attack. Even in a 3-against-1 fight though, Jiren still proves too much for them to handle. As Jiren closes in to kick Vegeta, No. 17 knocks him out of the way, taking the brunt of the attack himself. Rather than be thankful though, Vegeta is annoyed at No. 17's "unnecessary" action; Jiren is his to defeat!

More fighting proves equally ineffective; when Jiren blocks Vegeta's punch, he compliments it as being good enough to defeat Toppo, but not enough to beat him. Jiren retaliates with one of his own fiery punches, then follows up by erasing Goku's Kamehameha with a mere uppercut. However, Jiren is caught off-guard by No. 17, who hits him with a point-blank range from behind. No. 17 is caught up in the explosion from his own attack and injured, but he still manages to wound Jiren in the back. Angered, Jiren counterattacks, but No. 17 retreats and joins back up with Goku.

While No. 17 is only barely okay, this last exchange has demonstrated that even Jiren can be damaged if hit unguarded by such a large attack. If they use coordinated attacks to create an opening and then attack Jiren with an even bigger attack, they might be able to win. Goku and Vegeta will go draw Jiren's attention, leaving No. 17 to prepare another attack. As Goku and Vegeta furiously tag-team Jiren, No. 17 fires off a blast, but Jiren won't fall for the same trick twice, and easily counters. Jiren rushes at No. 17, who creates a series of barriers to block him, but he smashes through them all and attacks.

As Jiren blocks a beam from No. 17, Goku tells Vegeta that the three of them should attack him all at once. While No. 17 continues his beam attack, Goku and Vegeta fire their own beams at Jiren from different directions, but Jiren blocks all three beams with his fiery aura. With the rest of the team knocked to the ground, Freeza suddenly reappears and attacks Jiren, determined to kill him regardless of the tournament rules. Though he becomes Golden Freeza once more, Jiren wastes no time knocking him off into the distance, where he passes out again.

With Freeza beaten, Jiren is blasted by No. 17, who's back on his feet. Jiren wonders what No. 17 can do on his own, but No. 17 refuses to give up. Universe 7 will survive! Vermoud however asks No. 17 what he will do if his universe survives. What will he use the Super Dragon Balls to wish for? No. 17 explains that he wants to wish for a cruise ship so he can travel around with his family, and he asks what Jiren wants to wish for. While No. 17 had assumed Jiren was solely interested in being crowned the strongest fighter, Jiren admits that he does indeed have a wish in mind. Hearing this, Cae seems surprised, but Vermoud understands. He decides it's time to explain how Jiren came to be so obsessed with strength.

It turns out that when Jiren was a small child, his parents were killed by an evil-doer. Jiren himself was rescued by a man who went on to become his martial arts master. As he trained under his master, Jiren gained a number of comrades, and they fought together when that same evil-doer returned. However, the enemy was still too strong for them, and many of Jiren's comrades were killed, including his master. Even his surviving comrades abandoned Jiren, causing him to view trust and emotions as worthless and place his faith in strength alone. It was Jiren's thirst for strength and his solitude that attracted Vermoud to him.

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No. 17 thinks he's figured out what Jiren's wish must be; he had thought Jiren was nothing more than a killing machine, but in fact he has his human side. However, No. 17 thinks that Jiren ultimately was just using his comrades for his own ends; he is obsessed with the past, and probably thinks that if he wins he can return things to the way they were. Jiren responds that strength is absolute, and forgives everything, even the past. Telling No. 17 to lament his own weakness, he launches a giant blast towards the Universe 7 team.

No. 17 does his best to hold back the blast and protect the immobilized Goku and Vegeta, but he is clearly not strong enough. Goku and No. 18 both urge No. 17 to run and save himself, but he refuses. He tells Goku and Vegeta that he's giving up on the cruise ship. Instead, he's going to sacrifice himself for others, a pleasingly human action. Placing a pair of barriers around Goku and Vegeta, No. 17 creates a large explosion that rocks the arena.

The Omni-Kings wonder if Goku and co. have lost, but when the dust clears they can see that Goku and Vegeta were protected by No. 17's barriers (Freeza is once again out of sight and his fate unmentioned). Jiren tells the two that they should be thankful No. 17 sacrificed himself for people as weak as them. As their barriers burst and they topple down to the arena floor, Goku and Vegeta realize that No. 17 planned this so that the two of them would have time to recover their stamina.

Elder Kaiōshin explains how in that last moment, No. 17 not only put up barriers but also self-destructed in order to erase Jiren's attack. Since No. 17 self-destructed, the Great Priest announces that Jiren will receive no penalty (in other words, Jiren hasn't violated the tournament rule against killing). While No. 18 is overcome with grief, in the arena Vegeta struggles back to his feet, claiming that he's more than enough to handle Jiren.

3 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
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
Elder Kaiōshin	Ryōichi Tanaka	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
Jiren	Eiji Hanawa	Patrick Seitz
Young Jiren	Yukiko Morishita	Nazeeh Tarsha (Young) Terri Doty (Child)
Narration	Naoki Tatsuta	Doc Morgan
Son Gohan		Kyle Hebert
Kaiōshin		Kent Williams
Whis		Ian Sinclair
Vados		Caitlin Glass
Anat		Chris Burnett
Camparri		Calvin Scott Roberts
Souwa		Austin Tindle

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: Ken'ichi Yamashita
• Storyboard: Masanori Satō, Kazuya Karasawa
• Director: Takahiro Imamura
• Animation Supervisor: Paul Añonuevo, Masahiro Shimanuki, Hiroyuki Itai
• Art Director: Shinzō Yuki

• Key Animation: Naoki Tate, Futoshi Higashide, Kazumi Oda, Yoshitaka Katō, Shuntarō Mura, Masahiro Shimanuki, Nomi Tomechisa, Hiroyuki Itai, Yong-ce Tu, Miyuki Yokoyama, Tomokazu Gunji
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Megumi Ishitani, Masashi Tanaka
• Assistant Production Manager: Kōhei Kajihara

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 127: 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-549	Jiren powers up	A Fearsome Foe	C Minor	Super OST 2.2 #19
S-550	Universe 7 attacks	The Power to Resist	F Minor	Super OST 2.2 #20
S-551	No. 17 attacks Jiren from behind	Universe 7 in Trouble	A Minor	Super OST 2.1 #25
S-444	Jiren's shirt is damaged	Inescapable Fear		Super OST 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-558	Universe 7 attacks again	Dream Tag Match	G Minor	Super OST 2.2 #18
S-450	Freeza returns to the battlefield	Freeza Is Resurrected	F Minor	Super OST 1.2 #06
S-501	Vermoud questions No. l7	Humiliating Defeat	B Minor	Super OST 2.1 #11
S-430	Jiren's parents killed	Crushing Defeat	C Minor	Super OST 1.1 #07
S-552	Jiren vs No. 17	Unwinnable Battle	E Minor	Super OST 2.2 #22
S-506	Final Barrier	Heroic Battle	D Minor	Super OST 2.1 #13
S-502	No. 17 dead?!	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

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) 10 February 2018
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 10 February 2018
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 10 February 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) 11 February 2018

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 10 (Funimation-Madman) 04 March 2020
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 11 February 2018
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 11 February 2018
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 127