Synopsis: Goku and Android 8 continue to fall through darkness, before finally coming to a stop in a large, empty room. Goku asks what happened, and 8 says the trap door lead them to the 5th floor. Goku comments that there doesn't seem to be anything here, but up above, White mocks them from the open trap door. He tells Goku that if he wants to leave that room alive, he has to hand over the Dragon Balls he has and the radar he used to find them, but Goku refuses. White doesn't seem surprised by this response, merely smirking and closing the trap door, before talking to them via intercom to say that at least he'll get to see them die on his TV. Goku looks around for anything happening, and 8 asks Goku if he wants to do something bad with the Dragon Balls as well. Goku says he only wants the four-star ball that his grandpa left to him, pleasing 8 who says he just knew Goku was a good guy. Suddenly, a wall in the room opens up, revealing a giant, obese monster complete with antennae and a tail. White praises how tough Goku has been so far but says he'll have to be a whole lot tougher to stand a chance against Buyon. As 8 cringes in fear, Goku says he can beat that thing in one punch, a notion that White scoffs at – no weapon or martial arts so far has stood a chance against Buyon. The monster swipes its tail at Goku, who dodges and rebounds off of another wall to land a powerful punch in the creature's face. To Goku's surprise however, he's bounced off, and the monster doesn't even seem to be hurt at all. Goku launches a flying kick at the creature this time, but is bounced off of it's gut this time and sent flying into another wall. 8 asks Goku if he's alright, and Goku says that the creature is so fat and jiggly that it's like his attacks aren't even hitting it at all. Without warning, Buyon launches electricity form it's antennae, shocking Goku before it grabs him with it's tongue, pulling him into his mouth and eating him. As 8 freaks out and White smirks, Buyon's mouth is suddenly pushed open by Goku, who leaps out, much to 8's delight and White's annoyance. The creature tries to electrocute Goku again, but he dodges this time, saying he won't fall for the same trick twice. Goku wonders how he can beat this thing though. 8 asks Goku if he's getting tired, and Goku says he is, hungry too. Using that always makes him even hungrier, but seeing no other choice, Goku fires a Kamehameha at Buyon, and is distraught when the creature even manages to deflect his energy blast with it's stomach. With not even a Kamehameha getting the job done, what can he try next? Review: So, Buyon is a thing. One of the more confusing things in this entire arc, actually, and nothing much is ever really said about him elsewhere to my knowledge either. I've always assumed he's another creation of Gero's, but if he is, he certainly doesn't fit with the Android model at all, unless he's some sort of bio-weapon that precedes Cell. Even then, he's just a weird, weird character and design, at least by Dragon Ball standards. In a way though, that weirdness is sort of refreshing. In the first arc, we had Goku fighting a lot of monsters and weird opponents, but outside of Giran in the Budokai, we've mostly been seeing Goku throw down with generic humans of one kind or another for a long while now. So in it's own way, it's sort of refreshing to see him come up against a beast like this again, and strange or not, Buyon is definitely proving to be a challenge for him. It's hard to say how strong Buyon is offensively, but anything that can tank Goku's hits and even his Kamehameha is definitely a tough nut to crack. I mean, Goku's Kamehameha even managed to greatly damage Metallic even if it didn't take him out entirely, and this thing's not even receiving damage from it. It sort of makes you wonder at what point exactly Goku or other characters became strong enough to do damage to this thing conventionally. By the end of this arc, or would it take a little further than that? And...well, that's about it really. Buyon's weird, but he doesn't really give us a whole lot to talk about. Narratively speaking, he's just not that interesting. Until next time! Favorite Panel:
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