Our heroes look on helplessly as Goku becomes rapidly less stable in his battle against the deadly Artificial Human No. 19. Gohan is convinced it is Goku's heart virus, as predicted by Trunks during his visit from the future. Kuririn doesn't see how, as Trunks gave them medicine to handle it. But it turns out, Goku never got sick during their three years or training, so he never took the medication. Piccolo wonders if the timeline didn't get adjusted in subtle ways due to Trunks' tampering with the space-time continuum. (You grew up alone in the woods, Piccolo. How do you know this stuff?)
KURIRIN used SENZU BEAN.
It's not very effective...
Unable to do anything to shake off No. 19, Goku is at the vicious cyborg's mercy, who uses his advantage to begin sucking the ki out of our hero's body!
Piccolo and the others make a move to rescue Goku from his fate, but No. 20 intervenes. He promises them that if they move any further, he will eliminate them. Piccolo doesn't buy it and darts for Goku regardless. But quicker than a flash, No. 20 shoots Piccolo down to the ground with his laser vision.
But Piccolo isn't the only one with Goku's back...
("Leave my boyfriend alone.")
Vegeta arrives on the scene!!
Then Piccolo drops this doozy, "Here I am doing a lousy job acting hurt, just so I can save Goku when they aren't looking, then Vegeta, you had to butt in where you weren't wanted!"
(Who talks like this?)
Vegeta scolds Goku for transforming into a Super Saiyan, even though he realized his heart was acting up - which Vegeta surmises would only make the heart virus even stronger. (Because that's how infectious diseases work I guess.)
Then Vegeta and Piccolo play Rival Ball.
Vegeta kicks to Piccolo, No. 19 on the mound...
STEEE-RIKE!!
Point to team Z.
Finally accepting his fate as the most useless member of the Z Senshi, Yamcha volunteers to take Goku home to take his medicine. Piccolo reminds Yamcha to take some himself, as the infection is viral in nature. (Piccolo, you were raised alone in the woods. How do you keep getting this information?)
Meanwhile, Vegeta mugs the Artificial Humans.
"There's something I want to know. Do you cyborgs feel fear?"
At last, Vegeta has at last attained Super Saiyan status. (To nobody's great surprise, given how he has does nothing but moan on about it since mid-Freeza Saga.)
Kuririn asks how Vegeta became a Super Saiyan, when Super Saiyans are supposed to have pure, calm hearts. This has literally never been mentioned before as a prerequisite to becoming a Super Saiyan in any of the exposition. Closest to it would have been Goku's "I Am" speech to Freeza, but that was just that... a speech. And Kuririn was dead when Goku gave it. Still, Vegeta seems to follow Kuririn's logic and concludes that his heart is pure... pure evil. (Insert creepy organ music and mustache twirl here.)
During his training, Vegeta realized he had finally reached his limit. He had exhausted his power and could never overcome Kakarotto. It is in this moment that the fury, at himself, built up so much inside of him that he finally transformed.
Now he'll put his new-found power to the test!!
How would Piccolo know? He's the offspring/doppelganger of Piccolo Daimao who was split from the one who became Kami. It's likely they would know these things and he got all of the previous Piccolo's knowledge.
ReplyDelete^ that and he's the only good candidate for exposition in the whole group, and Toriyama's favorite too boot. yup.
DeleteBatnamek, knows all, sees all.
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