almost 25 years later
2015's dragon ball z for katsuno f is
delivering the long-awaited rematch
between goku and frieza today we look at
their first epic encounter and examine
goku's endgame strategy that led to
frieza's demise on the debut edition of
dragon ball in-depth
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as planet namek rapidly approached
destruction the battle between the
strongest in the universe goku and
frieza escalated to new heights
with everybody other than goku and
frieza safely teleported to earth the
two warriors decided to settle it once
and for all
in episode 103 of the original dragon
ball z tv series goku begins to focus
his attack on frieza's midsection
delivering a number of elbows to
frieza's ribcage during frieza's bear
hug culminating in a tremendous uppercut
to frieza's solar plexus resulting in
what is clearly internal bleeding in the
corresponding manga chapter 325
it was one hard brutal shot whereas
there were a few extra blows in the
anime version if you're familiar with
legitimate hand-to-hand combat you'll
know that although a direct powerful
shot to the jaw can certainly drop a guy
instantly a precise shot to the body can
have lingering effects even long after
the fight is over shots to the ribs the
stomach and especially the liver are in
many ways more dangerous and more
painful than a simple shot to the
cheekbone
goku clearly surmised that although
frieza is a different species his
anatomy is not too different from other
humanoids and thus focus his attack on
frieza's body the blood that freezes
back clearly came from his insides and
that was the beginning of the end at one
point in the fight goku tells frieza
that the fight is over and that frieza
has exerted himself too much due to his
use of 100 power
goku gives frieza a chance to surrender
and move on with his life but frieza
unable to come to terms with the fact
that he's been beaten by a lowly monkey
attacks goku with a flying energy cutter
similar to krillin's technique
this technique would backfire on frieza
and result in his being sliced into
pieces but contrary to what many fans
believe this wasn't just a freak
accident as goku stated frieza's power
level was rapidly dropping and his body
became more and more exhausted as time
passed frieza fell apart both physically
and mentally allowing goku's comments to
get to him and he got him to lose focus
which ultimately led to his demise it
was established earlier in the fight
that frieza was unable to sense energy
and goku could therefore goku was
telling the truth even though it was
difficult for frieza to come to terms
with it and believe him
goku's comments much like the legend of
the super saiyan became a
self-fulfilling prophecy while there is
no doubt in my mind that goku would have
eventually finished the fight had he not
established the strategy of going for
frieza's stomach it still made the fight
much quicker and much simpler for him
despite everything else and of course if
you put yourself in his shoes
time is running out the plan is about to
explode let's finish it as quickly as
possible even though this has jokingly
been seen as the longest five minutes in
television history it still
felt dreadful it still had the feeling
of
time running out if you asked me and
goku had to do what it took to win and
therefore the strategy he used was
indeed successful and it broke frieza
hence why frieza is so angry at goku
even though trunks was the one who
ultimately killed frieza frieza had
equally as much hatred if not more for
goku because goku embarrassed him frieza
as a villain is a much more layered
character than i believe a lot of people
really understand
the guy is not just evil and a genocidal
maniac but much like a lot of other
genocidal maniacs he is of course
subconsciously racist maybe not
subconsciously and he is racist i've
always seen him as being a racist
towards anything weaker than him hence
especially the science he let fear take
over he let fear consume him into
destroying the entire race
and yet at the end of the day
he could not come to terms no matter
what he was so
wrapped up in himself and so
caught up in his hatred
and so in disbelief that he could never
accept the fact that he had been beaten
even to the bitter end