Synopsis: Goku, who is amazed that Metallic is still standing, quickly dodges a stomp from the large man, only to be immediately caught afterwards by a powerful punch that sends him flying into the opposite wall. From the top of the tower, White thinks that this match has been decided, while the ninja remarks that it actually ended up taking two minutes, a whole minute longer than it usually takes Metallic. Before Metallic can deliver the finishing blow however, Goku leaps back up and slams into his chin with a powerful headbutt. The surprise attack manages to knock Metallic down, but it also results in Goku grabbing his head in pain from how hard Metallic's face was. The ninja is surprised that the boy still has fight left in him, but White laughs and says all he's really managed to do is really make Metallic angry.
As the large Metallic gets back to his feet, Goku remarks that he should have entered the Tenkaichi Budokai. Metallic responds by telling him it's time to die, and opens his mouth wide before firing a rocket at the young boy. The rocket explodes, and it appears to have blown Goku to pieces, much to White's delight, as well as putting a hole in the wall. From behind a pillar, Goku remarks that that was a close one. He couldn't tell for sure what just happened, but it almost seemed like that guy shot a Kamehameha out of his mouth. Goku decides that if it's come to that, he'll use one as well. Popping back out from around the pillar, Goku reveals that he's alive, and as Metallic charges him once more, Goku fires a Kamehameha directly at the man, enveloping him in energy. To Goku's shock and horror, when the dust clears, he appears to have blown off Metallic's head, the boy being too naive to notice the circuitry and wires poking out of Metallic's neck, or the now bare patch of metal across one of his pecs. White and the ninja are astounded by what they've just seen, wondering who in the world this kid really is. As Goku closes his eyes and asks for the man he 'killed' to rest in peace however, one of Metallic's arms seems to move. Goku thinks he must be seeing things, but the arm suddenly fires off it's fist, catching Goku full in the face. The other arm swings down to punch him as well, and Goku repeatedly has to dodge his now headless opponent's attacks. Goku remarks that he doesn't think this guy is normal, and White loudly proclaims that the boy can finally see Metallic for what he truly is, an indestructible robot. As Goku prepares to give the robot everything he has however, a noise issues from Metallic's body and his attacks cease. Goku wonders why he stopped moving, and the ninja wonders if his battery is dead, with White looking on in horrified surprise. Goku runs up the stairs while remarking that there are a lot of weird people in the world, and White tells the ninja to get to the fourth floor to defend it immediately. Review: This is one of those chapters that actually becomes far more interesting way down the line than it is initially here, and unlike a lot of other things that I'm fairly certain I'll remember to talk about when the time comes, this one I'm not sure I will, so I'll go ahead and jump way, way ahead in the story for a moment. As long time fans know, the Red Ribbon Army arc gives way to the Androids arc in the 'Z' portion of the story, by way of a surviving Red Ribbon scientist by the name of Dr. Gero. Gero's whole gimmick is that of advanced technology, primarily that of cybernetics and making advanced human weapons. As such, Metallic definitely falls under the jurisdiction of Gero. He's a humanoid weapon, just as the Androids from later on are, and yet, he's never referred to as one, nor does he have any sort of 'Android #' name. He's just Metallic. That in-of-itself isn't that strange, but it does lend itself easily to curious questions. Was he just wholly separate from the Androids program, despite being pretty similar to some of the other fully-robotic examples such as 8, 16, and 19? Does he actually pre-date them, making him a far earlier creation than even 8? Or is it possible that he is technically one of the never-seen Androids 1-7, and is informally referred to by a different name due to not being what the doctor considered a true “success”, at least structurally? That last one's probably a bit more of a stretch since 8 got a number and even he is deemed a failure, but who knows. At any rate, Metallic makes for an interesting foe in that he's one that we end up being left entirely uncertain if Goku could have even beat him. By the chapter's end, the only reason that Goku even wins is that Metallic runs out of battery power, with the implication being that White forgot to change them. I don't know what's funnier, a death machine being powered by batteries, or the fact that a military general forgot to change them being the only reason the thing is stopped. Either way though, Metallic kept on coming even when Goku blew the robot's head off, so there's a good chance the only ways Goku would have put him down for good would have been to either happen to destroy wherever his batteries are located, or destroying him entirely. With how much damage the first Kamehameha did, it's hard to say for sure whether another one would have done much more to him or not really. And...well, really that's about all there is to talk about in this chapter. There's more bits of White and the ninja talking, but none of it really adds anything overall, and we'll be dealing with the ninja more directly in the next so many chapters, so I'll hold off on talking about him until then. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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