Hello and welcome back all my Dragon Ball theorist, it's the 20th of the month and you
know what that means.
The new chapter 54 of the Dragon Ball Super Manga is out and it covered a lot.
It really is setting everything up with what
is about to transpire in this huge Arc.
We picked up right where we left off last month where Krillin, Piccolo and Jaco were
struggling against the elite fighters in Moro's army.
The main threat of this assault on Earth is the artificial life form SevenThree.
A very dangerous fighter that was created in a lab by a planet with advanced tech and
science.
This artificial being feels no emotions and does
one thing well, which is follow orders.
Something latter in the chapter everyone will be thankful for.
Some of the ideas we theorized on SevenThree ended up
coming to fruition in this chapter, except he used these abilities differently and the
unexpected happened, so lets dive into this chapter and discuss everything!
I love the very first panel page of Gohan vs SevenThree that Toyotarou drew and one
of things that was expected is that Gohan in the Manga is no joke!
He is incredibly powerful!
So we knew that if anyone has a chance against SevenThree it would be
Gohan based on his performance at the Tournament of Power, where he defeated Kefla and eliminated
her in the Manga.
So Gohan fans you can rejoice some that he got
to display how strong he still is in this chapter.
Gohan opens with throwing SevenThree viciously and here is where the artificial life form
resorts to the abilities that he copied from Piccolo, except as we know no one knows Piccolo's
fighting techniques better than Gohan.
They have trained together for decades, so the scatter shot technique Gohan was able
to quickly identify and use blazing speed to easily get the drop on SevenThree.
Gohan was so fast it even took Piccolo by surprise and SevenThree
is just outmatched by the Mystic Saiyans powers.
Piccolo helps Gohan out with a wardrobe change and he is proud of Gohan but has mixed feeling
about him beating a copy of himself that easily.
Now the heroes of Earth must end this battle but SevenThree has
a few more of Piccolo's techniques up his sleeve and uses his Gigantic form to attempt
to even the fight against Gohan.
I really like the artwork and focus on the fighting in each panel of this chapter.
Gohan literally is picking SevenThree apart going for his legs and then smashing him down
with a powerful kick from above.
It clear that Moro's elite fighters as they are currently, are no match for the
powers of Gohan.
So Yunbo makes his move away from Krillin to check on this battle for himself and this
is where Shimorekka reveals their Data on this planet is outdated and it is Gohan that
SevenThree should of copied.
Shimorekka fealing the situation is desperate gives SevenThree an order "Whatever it takes,
get your hand around that guy's neck!"
Now I thought this was an amazing tribute done by Toyotarou in the next few
panels that gave us a very similar situation of Goku vs Kefla in the Anime.
Where Goku evaded all of the attacks charging up a Kamehameha and doing a flip in mid air
to deliver one of my favorite energy blast of all time in the serious.
Like many of you, it was something I watched over and over again.
Now we have SevenThree using his stretched arms desperately trying to grab a hold of
Gohan and copy him!
Some beautiful artwork here as Gohan is not just avoiding these outstretched arms but
also begins to charge up a Kamehameha.
Then when SevenThree thinks he has Gohan, in mid air he flips just like Goku did to
the energy blast by Kefla at the tournament of power.
Gohan then runs up the elongated arms of SevenThree to unleash the
Kamehameha right to his face.... but before he finishes it, SevenThree does something
totally unexpected, he shrinks down back to normal.
Have our heroes won?..
Jaco says his abilities have worn off!!
It's time Gohan, finish him now and end this conflict!
As a powerful Kamehameha is headed toward SevenThree, Shimorekka gives him the order
to use what you have in stock!!
What could this actually mean?
Well in my match up video of Gohan vs SevenThree I had
mentioned that one thing Gohan would have to worry about is if SevenThree can copy more
than one persons ability at a time.
That if this was possible, that means SevenThree has the portal abilities still of
the alien he absorbed before Piccolo or anyone else.
Looks like this is indeed true that SevenThree can copy up to 3 fighters abilities at the
same time and keep them in stock shuffling through them
as he fights.
Although what no one expected is that SevenThree copied Moro's abilities before heading to
Earth, so the powerful Kamehameha Gohan has fired was eaten by SevenThree just like as
if he was Moro himself.
This of course takes Earth's heroes by complete
surprise and the tide is now completely turned on them.
They haven't had to fight the planet eater yet and Jaco knows just how bad it is and
tells everyone to take him down before he starts to absorb their
energy!
However they can't even get close and we have a repeat of what Moro did to Goku and Vegeta
back on Namek.
Where he surrounded himself with energy blasting upward through the planet as he drains their
power.
Shimorekka then alerts Saganbo that Earth put up quite a resistance and they had to
resort to using Moro's copied abilities.
Moro curious as to how his abilities are being used they end up putting it up
on a display screen as they look on and our heroes are about to face certain defeat.
With there being a time limit to the copy abilities they must end the fight quickly
which is where Yunba and Shimorekka start to beat down on the drained Z fighters.
It starts to become apparent that the situation is hopeless as Krillin, Gohan and Piccolo
are badly beaten but Piccolo makes a statement to them, that even if we die today..
Goku and Vegeta will make sure you go down!!
SevenThree reminds Shimorekka that they were the saiyans that were on Namek and confidently
says, so what about them?
Krillin tells them that they are training right now to beat you guys.
This message is relayed to Moro and Saganbo.
Here I will give credit to Saganbo as he wants Moro to absorb Earth now and track them down
so it doesn't come back to bite them.
However Moro delays that order, he devises that if Goku and Vegeta are training
somewhere and he waits they will deliver him far greater energy to absorb!
Moro orders his fighters to retreat as they pose no threat to them and once the ones called
Goku and Vegeta return with more energy than ever, he will consume them and their precious
Earth!
So for now Earth and the Z fighters are spared.
SevenThree stops his energy absorption and they begin to pull back stating they will
return after those Saiyans show up.
Krillin says but why?
Shimorekka alerts them to the dire situation that is in store for Earth.
That Moro is going to come and gobble those Saiyans up himself, then you and this precious
planet are done for!
They plan to return in just 20 days but Jaco begs for more time as it isn't enough for
them to arrive back and Shimorekka agrees and says fine, we will return in cycle 8 and
he will tell Moro.
SevenThree then shuffles his fighter copies again back
to the alien with the portal abilities and opens one up, and they leave as quickly as
they arrived.
The recovering Z fighters ask Jaco how long do they have
and it's 2 months to prepare for the final fight!
Meanwhile back on the planet where Goku is training with Merus, Jaco has sent a message
alerting Merus what has transpired on Earth.
Goku is eating and resting from his difficult training
when Merus tells him that they have 2 months before Moro arrives at Earth, which is more
time than they thought they would have.
Then in the time chamber they are in, it will give Goku 6 months.
Goku now ready and focused is eager to resume his training.
Then it dawns on him, He ask Merus.
I just realized I've never seen you eat, don't you get hungry?
Merus responds I can eat or not eat it's all the same to me.
A confused Goku responds, Whis said the same thing.
Which then the panel cuts away to the 2 most interesting pages of the chapter.
Whis is watching Merus train Goku through his staff and more importantly he is at Zeno's
palace without Beerus.
The Grand Priest arrives and says he is sorry for making
him wait, now how can I help you Whis?
He apologizes for the sudden request and then states I presume you are aware that our universe
is once again in discord?
It seems that way... the Grand Priest responds, Universe 7 is a restless one!
What is interesting is that Whis states that he is deeply ashamed for it, as his father
inquires well what business did you have with me?
I don't suppose you intend to ask for your Universe to be saved?
Whis exclaims, I would never!
Angels must maintain neutrality, siding with neither good nor evil.
Just so... then what would ask of me?
Whis came there for a very specific reason, there is something Whis wishes to confirm
concerning the angel laws...
The Grand Priest staring at Whis states the matter of Merus, I suppose?
Which Whis then replies, you are aware then?
Which is the cliff hangar chapter 54 ends on!!
I am super excited because we are finally going to get what appears to be some back
story and more information on the Angels.
I think that these last 2 pages and what the conversation between Whis and
the Grand Priest will be about on these Angel laws deserves it's own video and will break
that down coming up.
Overall I was really pleased with this entire chapter and for me they saved the best for
last because who doesn't want to know more about
the Angels.
I thought the fight between Gohan and SevenThree was awesome and really enjoyed the little
twist of SevenThree having Moro's powers.
I was curious how they were going to give Goku and Vegeta
all that time they needed to train and come up with a way to counter Moro.
So I thought this was a great job of how they wrote that in.
Now tell me though what did you think of chapter 54 of the Manga?
What was your favorite part?
How do you think Earth's fighters will prepare in the upcoming 2 months for this epic battle
against Moro and will other fighters be brought in like the
Androids to help?
What do you think the grand priest is going to tell Whis about Merus?
I always love to hear your thoughts and theories in the comments below.
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