Synopsis: On Planet Freeza No. 79, Vegeta continues dreaming about his loss on Earth. Back on the Earth itself, night has fallen and Goku sneaks out of his hospital room – leaving behind a sleeping Chi Chi – to get out of the hospital. On Planet Namek, Bulma leads the way with Gohan, Kuririn, and Zarkuro behind her to find the next Dragon Ball. Kuririn asks Zarkuro why Lychee didn't come with them again today, and Zarkuro says he stayed behind because there was work he needed to do. Bulma notices that the next Dragon Ball appears to be heading towards them, and the group soon spots a twister coming right at them. Bulma thinks the Dragon Ball must be inside of it and urges Kuririn to go get it, but he wants to wait until it disperses – a good idea in theory, but according to Zarkuro, Namekian tornadoes wander the desert endlessly. With no other choice, Bulma and Zarkuro take shelter while Kuririn and Gohan prepare to throw energy at the twister. Bulma stops them, saying they'll destroy the Dragon Ball, and she and Zarkuro are forced to run as the twister keeps heading in their direction. With no other option, Gohan leaps inside of the tornado and retrieves the Dragon Ball before destroying the twister with a Masenko. Back on Earth, Goku has flown himself to where he fought Vegeta and takes off his bandages to change back into his gi, intending to start training again, but as he flies, pain shoots through his body and he begins to fall. On Namek, Bulma's radar has picked up the location of the next Dragon Ball, and it leads them into a dark, overgrown forest. Loud animal noises ring out all around them, and the group soon finds themselves on the back of a large, plant-like bird, one of many that flock upwards to a nearby mountain top. On top of the mountain, they see a large castle, but as the birds notice them at last, the one they're on tries to shake them off while the others peck at them. With no other choice, the group leaps off of the bird and to the ground below. Meanwhile, Goku tries to renew his training again after falling to the ground, but finds that his body really is too shredded to train with yet. Now on the ground, Bulma, Gohan, Kuririn, and Zarkuro approach the large castle, only to find a giant sleeping inside in a bed with his pet snake. The other three leave Bulma to watch as a lookout as they search the giant's room for the Dragon Ball, but no matter where they look, they can't seem to find it. When the giant turns it's head in it's sleep, Bulma spots the Dragon Ball stuck on it's earring. The other three try to pull the Dragon Ball free from the earring and succeed, but wake up the giant in the process. Back on Earth, Roshi, Gyu-mao, and Chi Chi have discovered Goku's empty bed and wonder where he's gotten off to. Bulma and the others hop into a toy plane the giant had and Bulma tries to fly it away, but the giant catches up to them while she's figuring it out and Gohan and Kuririn are forced to try to fight the giant off, without much success. Bulma finally gets the plane to fly just as Gohan and Kuiririn succeed in damaging the giant, only to find that the damage to his body doesn't affect him, and his 'wounds' appear more like parts of a broken statue. They all manage to escape with the plane and with the Dragon Ball in tow, they're one step closer to reviving everyone. As Kuririn glances back at the mountain however, he briefly sees no castle there at all – when he looks again however, it reappears. Kuririn is confused, and Zarkuro seems to notice this. Back on the mountaintop, the giant snake is shown crawling over a broken statue that resembles the giant they just dealt with... Meanwhile, on Earth, Goku has continued trying to train, while on Planet Freeza No. 79, Vegeta is healed at last. Review: Star Date, 08-2022. While in the manga, our heroes have landed on Namek and the story is about to proceed forward for real, I and a facsimile of our heroes are still trapped on 'Namek(?)' and, while at first things seem to be moving very quickly in regards to gathering the Dragon Balls, there is almost nothing of interest happening and it's all just so, so dull. Please send help. I'm being extremely snarky of course, but you'll have to bear with me on that front, because this stretch of episodes really is the worst as far as being engaging goes. I don't know what it is about the pacing of them, but somehow Toei has managed to take situations that should be interesting and relatively thrilling and make them as borderline sleep inducing as they possibly can. A superpowered five year old diving into the heart of a tornado, and our heroes having to fight a seemingly indestructible giant, should not be this boring! EVER! And yet, somehow, I just can't find myself getting that invested in what's on the screen. Maybe part of it is my long-held knowledge of where this all goes, but I'm having a hard time imagining many first time fans falling for what this filler is selling them, even if they didn't know it was filler at all – I'd be sincerely curious to know if any young Japanese fans fell for any of this even if they didn't read the manga, because I'm willing to put money down that they didn't. There are a few hints here and there that finally start to tease the obvious even more for our heroes though, chiefly that their Namekian “friends” have swapped out for no discernible reason, but the most telling is the fact that the castle they were just in seems to disappear for a moment when Kuririn looks back at it and then reappears when he looks again. A rather knowing look from Zarkuro coupled with the downed statue back on top of the mountain clues in any audience member who may have been sleeping – and really, who can blame them? - as to the fact that there's something sinister going on here. Other than that, there's a couple of scenes with Vegeta basically taken from the last manga chapter reviewed, and there's some continued coverage of Goku's ill-advised training attempts, but beyond that, this episode is about like watching paint dry. Until next time! Favorite Scene: The gigantic plant bird things are really fun as a concept, shame they weren't featured in something less coma inducing. Next Time: *snores* ...Huh? Oh, we're...we're still here, aren't we...
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