Synopsis: With no other hope for defeating the Oozaru Vegeta, Goku begins gathering energy from all life on Earth for the Genki Dama. As Vegeta struggles to regain his eyesight after Goku blinded him with the Taiyo-ken, Goku knows he won't have long before Vegeta finds him. Vegeta looks around as his vision clears, and Goku can feel that Vegeta's found him just as he gathers the energy for the Genki Dama. Goku prepares to throw the attack at Vegeta, but the Oozaru fires a large beam of energy at him from it's mouth, knocking Goku to the side and sending a hidden Yajirobe flying as well. As Gohan and Kuririn continue flying back to the battlefield to help, Goku finds himself collapsed on the ground and curses himself for not having gotten further away from Vegeta before gathering energy. He struggles to his feet and thinks that he has nothing left, as the Oozaru Vegeta also accuses him of having nothing but spunk left to give. Goku admits that he used the last of his energy to gather the energy for the Genki Dama, and Vegeta thinks this fight is his now. Vegeta raises his foot to stomp on Goku, who is just barely able to jump into the air to dodge, only to get swatted away into some nearby rocks by Vegeta. Vegeta leaps after him then, and with Goku unable to dodge, Vegeta stomps hard down onto his legs. Feeling Goku's energy growing smaller and smaller, Gohan and Kuririn try to get back to the battlefield as quickly as they can. Goku screams in agony as his legs are now broken, and Vegeta laughs, claiming to have meant to kill Goku with that one. He raises a finger into the air, telling Goku that he'd better hope his aim is more true this time or he's going to be in a lot of pain – unless, that is, he'd rather be alive to watch the Earth be destroyed. Goku chastises Vegeta, warning him that while he's turned out to be far stronger than any of them expected, he's still going to pay for his ways someday. Vegeta laughs and tries to squash Goku with his finger, and Goku uses the last remnants of his energy to blast Vegeta in the eye. Vegeta recoils in pain while holding his face, and Goku tells him to think of that attack as something to remember him by, though he now can't even move his arms. Vegeta yells at Goku for scarring his face, and picks Goku up in his hands, squeezing him hard in them, promising to crush Goku to death for this. Review: While we had to wait until the actual fight with the Saiyans to see how the Kaio-ken functioned, we already saw on Kaio-sama's planet how the Genki Dama works. Goku gathers a little bit of energy from everything on the planet and makes a powerful attack out of it, one that's far stronger than anything he could have achieved on his own (even with the use of the Kaio-ken). That said, the one we saw before was extremely small – it only would have gathered energy from Kaio-sama, Bubbles, Gregory if we're taking the anime into consideration, and Kaio-sama's planet and the trees and grass on it as well. There's seemingly not even a sun or moon or anything there to gather energy from, so it's scope was relatively small. The Earth is a MUCH more massive source of energy in comparison, so any Genki Dama Goku makes here is bound to be far, far stronger than the first one. ...You know, if he can actually use the technique, that is. Unfortunately for Goku, he didn't go far enough away from Vegeta who also recovers from the Taiyo-ken quicker than he may have anticipated as well, and while Goku is successful in gathering the energy, he's unable to throw the attack before Vegeta interrupts him. The mouth blast seems to be something that Oozaru can innately do as we've previously seen Gohan do that in Oozaru state as well, though it must come down to a certain level of power as well – I'm pretty sure we never saw Goku do it in that form as a child. It kind of makes me wonder if Nappa's mouth blast was him harnessing that same attack in his base form, perhaps another way of showing just how strong he truly was as a Saiyan. Gohan and Kuririn are going to have to get back to the battlefield quick if they hope to have any chance of helping Goku, as the poor guy once again ends up in a situation where he can't move any of his limbs. If this sounds at all familiar, it's definitely a case of Toriyama repeating himself to some degree yet again. Goku's legs were taken out of commission by both King Piccolo and Piccolo, and Piccolo likewise took both of his arms out of the equation as well – something Vegeta is going to achieve as well once he starts squishing Goku in his hands. It's a good way to show how dire things are, but it's definitely noticeable and I think Toriyama himself noticed as well, because I'm pretty sure this is the last time we see this particular line-up of injuries in the final battle of a storyline. Before it gets to that point though, Goku does manage to get in one last shot on Vegeta, both verbally and physically. He tells the Saiyan that someday he's going to pay for the way he is, and while Vegeta can laugh those words off, he's not quite as able to laugh off getting BLASTED IN THE EYE. That just sounds painful beyond belief, so no wonder Vegeta's pissed about it. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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