Synopsis: With even the Kaio-ken proving incapable of besting Vegeta, Goku seems sure to lose this fight, but rather than give up, Goku simply smiles. Vegeta wonders if he's given up hope or just has more power to pull out, but even Goku himself doesn't know the truth – Goku's innate Saiyan nature is awakening, giving him an even deeper craving for battle than he's ever had before. Vegeta tells Goku that he thinks he's hit his limit, so he decides to show Goku something before finishing him off – the overwhelming power of an elite Saiyan. Goku tells him to go ahead, and Vegeta says he's looking forward to wiping that smirk off of his face before unleashing his true power. As Vegeta's power grows, storm clouds gather overhead and rain lightning around the pair, and Goku says it feels like being stuck in the winds of a hurricane and like the whole planet is shaking all at once. As soon as Vegeta stops gathering his power, the skies calm and the clouds are gone, leaving only Vegeta's insane power that Goku can still feel. With a malicious smile on his face, Vegeta launches towards Goku, easily battering him around. Goku tries to brace himself to stop Vegeta, but the Saiyan just moves too quickly for him to stand a chance. After getting knocked away a second time, Goku looks up to the sky just in time to see Vegeta hurling a powerful blast at him. Goku uses the Kaio-ken technique to dodge, but Vegeta spots him and fires a second blast. Goku tries to dodge it as well, but even using Kaio-ken the best he can manage is barely dodging out of it's path, the ki blast ripping off much of the right side of his shirt. Goku is forced to realize that not even the Kaio-ken is enough to match against Vegeta's power. As he rips off the remnants of his gi top, Goku decides that he doesn't have much choice – he'll have to risk using a Kaio-ken x3, as it's better to blow himself up trying to win than just letting Vegeta do it. Unaware of what Goku is planning, Vegeta laughs and says that he made that blast easy to dodge, as he doesn't want to kill Goku just yet. Watching the two Saiyans from a nearby rock, a hiding Yajirobe says he only decided to watch as they suddenly came so close, but now it feels like he's in some sort of nightmare due to how strong they both are. Review: As Goku and Vegeta's fight continues, one might think back to the fights with either version of Piccolo, or even his fight with Tenshinhan – fights where Goku was outclassed in at least some ways, but the fights go back and forth with practically every chapter, making it feel like the fight could go either way at any second. That's not what's happening here however – Vegeta is very much the one in control of this fight, and that only grows to be all the more true as he unleashes his full power. Which speaking of – still pretty sure what we're seeing from Vegeta here would absolutely count as “powering up” if any of the Earthlings did it, but since the spacemen who don't understand altering your power level are doing it, it's not. Toriyama, I love your story, but this element has and never will make any sense to me. My issues with that aside however, Vegeta unleashing his power is definitely a visual spectacle on par with Nappa blowing up the city and it being visible from space. From the mere act of going all out, Vegeta is able to make the entire planet itself shake, and to alter the weather in the sky above him and Goku – that's just NUTS. Almost even scarier than that however is how calm things get in the moment immediately following that before he starts to attack Goku. It's very much a 'calm before the storm' moment. All of that said, I can't help but feel that in some ways, this chapter wasn't really that needed. It basically serves to show that Goku's Kaio-ken isn't going to be enough to combat Vegeta, which is something that was already established last time. The only real difference this time is that it's shown Goku also can't rely on it to dodge Vegeta either, which...we really could have just inferred already as is, you know? Basically this can't help but feel like a stop-gap before moving the story further along. It does end on a couple of really fun teases however, the most enticing of course being that Goku's about to use a higher level of Kaio-ken, something that just might even the odds but runs the risk of killing him before Vegeta can – those are some entertainingly high stakes. The less enticing but no less interesting reveal is that Yajirobe, the one fighter who failed to turn up to fight the Saiyans earlier, is now in the area watching Goku and Vegeta's fight. Maybe we'll get to see what he's capable of yet? ...Well...maybe...put a pin in that one. Until next time! Favorite Panel: Next Time: Turning the tide!
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