Synopsis: On Planet Namek, Gohan and Kuririn work on freeing a Dragon Ball from a block of ice it's been frozen inside by slowly heating it with their ki, much to Bulma's chagrin as she shivers behind them. Bulma complains that this cold can't be good for her skin and turns to Zarkuro to try to get him to hurry them up as well, but is surprised when he's not there. The trio celebrates finding their sixth Dragon Ball, but the ice cave's sudden collapse forces them to quickly escape the cavern. A monitor is shown where two shadowy figures watch and laugh at the trio's plight, as they land on a piece of ice and use it to sled down an escape both the collapsing cave and a massive snowball. Meanwhile, on Planet Freeza No. 79, Vegeta is given new Saiyan armor to change into and leaves behind his unneeded scouter, while on Earth, Goku continues his training by using his ki to lift a pyramid, throwing it back at himself to break through. Goku ends up wrecking his body again however, and falls to the ground in pain. Back on Namek, Bulma, Gohan, and Kuririn finally escape the ice cave after almost going over the side of a cliff on their ice sled. With only one Dragon Ball left to find, the trio starts heading back to the Namekians' home, though Kuririn can't help but notice how strangely easy this has all been. Elsewhere, the two shadowy figures continue watching and think that it's almost time... The trio soon approaches the final Dragon Ball, and Kuririn notices footprints on the ground that seem to be from the dinosaur they saw before, except now they're smaller and instead of a swamp, they soon find a sparkling lake before them. Bulma says the Dragon Ball must be inside a fountain in the middle of the lake, and Gohan thinks it'd be even easier if Lychee and Zarkuro were with them. Bulma thinks this should be easy enough for just the three of them to do on their own, but as Gohan tries to walk to the fountain, he suddenly finds himself paralyzed and lifted into the air by some invisible force. Kuririn tries to rush to help Gohan, but Bulma is soon captured by a reappearing Lychee and Zarkuro. On Earth, Chi Chi and Roshi finally locate Goku collapsed in the wilderness, and Roshi curses his student's reckless nature for trying to train in his condition. On Freeza Planet No. 79, Vegeta considers his next options and is stopped by Cui, ultimately finding out that Freeza has already set out for Planet Namek as well. Fearing falling behind Freeza, Vegeta hops into a space pod (grabbing his scouter along the way) and heads for Namek. On “Namek”, Lychee and Zarkuro reveal their true natures, transforming into the bizarre creatures seen on the temple from before. Kuririn says they aren't Namekians at all, and the pair laugh at our heroes for only just now figuring it out. As the ground begins to shake, various structures around them all begin to transform and reveal their true natures as well, as Kuririn realizes that everything they've done, including gathering the Dragon Balls, has been faked this entire time – rather than landing on Planet Namek as they had thought, they have landed on a desolate asteroid. The invisible force holding on to Gohan is revealed to be a giant squid ready to eat him, and Kuririn is forced to choose between trying to help him or protecting Bulma. Kuririn tries to rush to Gohan's aid, but ends up being caught by one of the squids. All seems lost for our heroes, as Goku is rushed back to the hospital on Earth and Vegeta rushes to the real Namek ahead of them, to say nothing of the mysterious 'Freeza'. Review: So if I haven't made myself clear enough already, by Kami am I ready for this filler arc to end. It's just a dull, dull set of episodes no matter how I slice it, with the most interesting material in it generally coming from stuff that I've already covered from the last manga chapter, or material building off of that rather than the adventures of Gohan and crew. Considering the whole purpose of this filler is giving Gohan and crew said adventures, that's...not good. That's not good at all. Finally however, this episode does start to have some movement in the plot at long last, and it confirms what “eagle-eyed” fans (AKA those still awake at this point) have probably already long since guessed – Gohan, Bulma, and Kuririn haven't landed on Namek at all. They've landed on some place far more desolate, and those friendly old fart Namekians that have been “helping” them, aren't Namekians at all, nor have they been really helping them. I'd say there was at least some interesting reveals as to their nature here, but alas – Toei either needed to let the manga get that much further ahead again, or they were bizarrely really committed to this particular filler arc, as there's still another episode to go before the reveal of what Lychee and Zarkuro are actually up to, as well as before this entire side story is wrapped up. And that's...that's really all there is to comment on. With any luck, I'll have more to say in the next review as this story arc FINALLY comes to an end, but if nothing else, I'll just be glad to see the light at the other side of this tunnel. Until next time! Favorite Scene: I legitimately don't know that I have one. Do the closing credits count, because I was pretty excited to see those at last. ...*sigh* Okay, um...I guess in a similar fashion to the plant birds, the giant squids are kinda neat. But nowhere near as much as the plant birds from last episode. Next Time: The secret is out, so can interesting things FINALLY start happening now, please?
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