My thoughts on Dragon Ball Super ep.18, "I've Come Too! Training Begins on Beerus' Planet!"

This week in DBS, we saw our heroes Goku and Vegeta training under Whiz. Goku went to Beerus Planet. I highly enjoy how Dragon Ball has both space and dimensional travel integrated into is universe. I also like how Beerus, the God of Destruction, is stronger than Buu. Like in a tournament setting the enemies become gradually stronger. You don’t get this kind of story in traditional Western storytelling as the narrative can progress without the need for a harder challenge.

Although, this episode was filler it was still highly enjoyable. The story focused on the comedy: Vegeta and Goku wearing aprons, Goku trying not to wake up Beerus, and Vegeta acting highly respectful towards Whiz. The best part of the episode was seeing Vegeta matching Goku’s fighting skills. Vegeta, in the Buu sage appeared, to be lacking behind Goku. After their decisive battle in episode 230, “The Long awaited fight.” I got the sense that Vegeta was adopting a more Picolo-like role of staying in the background. Its nice to have his rivalry with Goku at the forefront this season.

This episode gave me Super Mario Galaxy and Ocarina of time vibe. For instance, when Goku and Vegata were running to prevent falling off the bridge. Or the Oracle fish telling Whiz to be lenient on the training, reminded me of Navi. The Japanese have thing for animism! Any way, there’s not much to talk about in this episode, I am excited for next week when we finally kick in with the “Resurrection of F,” story arc. At the same time, I am seeing how the series is giving more explanation and adding more characters like Champa and female whiz.