Tear Jerker / Dragon Ball Super Universe Survival Arc

"Sacrificing myself to help other people... Look at me, being all human."

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Episodes 77- 89

Episode 77

Episode 78

• Just... think for a second of how much Goku has screwed up. Because of his desire to just have one last big tournament, trillions of people are going to die. The man we grew up with and cheered on to fight the bad guys for so long is going to become the unwitting catalyst to a mass genocide of epic proportions. God knows if he's got a contingency plan up his sleeve or he (and by extension, Universe 7) is going to have to take on the fallout of this mess. Although this is Downplayed when it's revealed Zen'o was going to nuke the eight weakest universes regardless of the tournament. Goku actually gave at least one universe a chance to survive.

Episode 79

Episode 80

• It's confirmed that when a universe is destroyed, its angel will survive. Beerus and Shin treat Whis like this is some kind of betrayal, but Champa seems almost heartbroken at how nonchalant Vados is over the deal too.
• It's also sad to see Beerus and the Supreme Kai go from hugging each other in glee from the previous episode to blaming each other over their universe being second-weakest.
  • And even if Universe 9 has so far been quite the assholes, you have to feel for them when they are ranked the weakest universe after learning the losers get erased!

Episode 81

• Goku is in front of a bunch of pissed off deities who had just reflected on how their respective universes are going to be obliterated due to this tournament. Even Champa, who tolerated Goku at best, is booing him. Sure, several universes get to live, but what's Goku's reaction to the other doomed universes? Nonchalance and a quote that amounts to "Better send your strongest guys here! I'm so excited!" Jesus Christ, no wonder Bergamo and Toppo were furious at him.
  • All the worse when the fact is the one they should be able to blame is Zen'o, since he's the one who decided the ultimate fate of things (well before Goku proposed the tournament idea). But since publicly defying/disgracing the Top God is apparently unforgivable (and would probably end with the accuser getting erased on the spot, along with who knows how many others associated with them), they can't even try outside of proposing different ideas/alterations to pre-existing ideas (which given everyone's fear of him, only a rare few are willing to even consider, let alone try)... and so, most can only turn to the mortal most involved with this tournament and blame everything upon him. Goku isn't free of fault in the first place, and his flippant attitude isn't helping matters, but he's still semi-unfairly become a scapegoat.
  • If you watch the same episode, you can notice that the Universe 10 was the only Universe, whose gods did not have any speaking role. After everything that happened in the Future Trunks Saga, you would expect Gowasu to vouch for Goku and Universe 7, but instead he stays silent throughout the entire Zen'o Exhibition Match, while other Universes turn against Goku and Universe 7 (despite the fact that Beerus explicitly saved his and indirectly Rumoosh's life). It's possible that Gowasu is utterly speechless (or just REALLY composed). After all, Gowasu still remembers someone else who had a callous and boastful attitude to the death of trillions of mortals, and his fellow Gods. It probably doesn't help that that someone else, or another version of him, took Goku's body, so whether he likes it or not, seeing Goku himself show similar callousness really doesn't help.

Episode 82

Episode 83

• Bra's birth has a subtle yet palpable effect on Vegeta. Despite not making his emotions clear on the surface, you can tell that he's beating himself up over being such a neglectful if not outright abusive bastard to his wife and son (both present and future versions) in the past. It's not too much to say that he probably hates himself even now for it.
• While played for laughs, it's a little sad that Bulma didn't even ask Vegeta's input on the baby's name.

Episode 84

• The fact that Android 18 is the first to really notice that something is wrong with Goku and the subtle changes to his attitude before anyone else hits a little hard, she even looks scared or worried. Also the fact she has known him long enough to even notice those changes is heartwarming.

Episode 85

• The weight on their respective universes is certainly on everyone's shoulders (to varying degrees), but Toppo is obviously taking it hard. All he can do is muse and sigh as he thinks about Goku's Blue form and all the rest of what's going on. As leader of a group of superheroes AND knowing that failure in this tournament means the genocide of people you know and love, no wonder he's hit rock bottom inside.

Episode 86

• The episode ends with Android 17 (initially) refusing to join Goku's team in the Tournament of Power. After learning of what'll happen should they lose, 17 shows little reaction and is completely resigned to the ill fate of the universe being erased.

Episode 87

• When hearing the villain has a bomb inside him and would detonate it if Goku and 17 didn't let him go, 17 attempts a Heroic Sacrifice, asking Goku to take over his job and to give his regards to his family and 18 before tackling him out of the ship. While it ultimately lead to nothing bad happening thanks to Goku, it shows how devoted 17 is to animals if he's that willing to leave his wife and kids behind.
• Although its being played for humor, you gotta feel bad for Yamcha, upon hearing of the tournament he's all excited and waiting for Goku to ask him to take part in it and appears to have done some training for it. However since he's not listed or shown among the selected team in the intro and pictures so its a Foregone Conclusion that he's going to be left hanging.
  • Just the fact Goku would rather choose Frieza than Yamcha just make this sadder, even if the former is much more powerful.

Episode 88

Episode 89

Episodes 90-99

Episode 90

Episode 91

• Episode 91: We get to see a planet from Universe 9, currently rioting and in chaos from learning of the Tournament's fate for losers, plus the reactions from Mojito and Sidra. Mojito looks so disappointed to be assigned to a low level universe, while Sidra just shamefully destroys a city with his "Destruction" technique.

Episode 92

• The fighters finally figure out the truth about the Tournament of Power and are very steamed at Goku for lying to them (despite Gohan having told him to). Worst of all is Krillin, who is upset that his best friend didn't tell him the truth. Goku admits, though, that he was scared they'd all say "no" because he would be scared to die.

Episode 93

• What not universally seen as such, what pushes Kale over the edge to becoming the Legendary Super Saiyan? Was it pure anger and rage ala Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and Gohan? Was it the 'tingly sensation' Cabba and Caulifla displayed an episode earlier? No, it's because she legitimately believed she was so pathetic, so weak, so worthless compared to the others.
  • As Cabba pointed out, it wasn't just that; jealousy definitely played a hand, because she didn't like how close Caulifla was getting to him (even in the vein of arguing with/yelling at him).

Episode 94

• Vegeta is forced to defend Frieza's presence, after all the latter did to him and his race.
  • Before Goku meets with Fortuneteller Baba to call forth the spirit of Frieza, he's seen standing on the platform outside her house, and is then seen going through a sparing motion with seemingly no one. However, sharp eyed fans recognized that this is not random acrobatics. He's reenacting, exact motion by motion, the fight between him and the spirit of Grandpa Gohan when he was the Masked Fighter of Baba, in the same arena they fought in all the way from the original Dragon Ball. He's not just practicing; he's reliving one of the last times he saw his Grandpa Gohan. Even after all these years, he still thinks of him.

Episode 95

Episode 96

Episode 97

• A minor one, but Lilbeu feels so disappointed about being the first fighter on her team to be taken out. She calls herself a disgrace and it doesn't help that Rumshi rubs it in for her. Thankfully Gowasu encourages her to cheer on Universe 10's team.
  • From it, those who are eliminated can't help but now watch helplessly and pray that their team wins in order to save their universe and loved ones.
• One can easily sympathize with Gowasu throughout this saga. After the whole incident with Goku Black/Zamasu, Gowasu now has to worry about the Tournament of Power, with the knowledge that he, along with his Universe, will be erased from existence if his team loses the tournament. Not helping the matters is the fact that Rummshi is a lazy God of Destruction, who values raw muscle over logic, which is the reason why Universe 10 only has the fifth lowest mortal level and may also be the reason why Zamasu had negative opinions on gods, which played a major part in Zamasu's Start of Darkness. Furthermore, the fighters that Rummshi selected for the Tournament of Power mostly consist of stereotypical muscleheads and the name of the leader of said fighters can be translated as "hopeless team" in Japanese. And of course, Universe 10 was the first universe whose's combatant had fallen off the stage.
  • And as we see back in episode 90, Gowasu apparently spent the whole preparation period for the tournament unable to come up with any idea of even what sort of fighter to include in Universe 10's team because he is too afraid of ending up picking someone like Zamasu again... that's right, the whole Goku Black/Zamasu incident affected him to the point he can't even begin to come up with an idea on who could potentially help save their universe. Rumoosh had to pick the entire team for him.

Episode 98

• The first universe to lose is Universe 9, and it's appropriately sad. They are eliminated on the spot by the Zen'os. Roh just has enough time to scream out Zeno's name in absolute fear before he and all the others are gone. Then we see their planets, galaxies, and entire universe disappear in a flash of light. There won't be any last minute bargaining or deals once someone wins the tournament. Come the last man standing or end of the match, there will be only one universe out of eight remaining.
  • Beerus who is stunned after it happens asks Whis to see what's happened and he looks and sees, nothing. Just empty space, there's nothing there at all. All the fighters, Kais and Gods can only look on in shock at what has just happened as dozens of planets and trillions of lives, gone just like that. Goku himself is stunned and it seems he now realizes what his actions and desire for battle have brought upon innocent lives.
  • Bergamo was adamant that 9 would survive and win and despite the struggles did find ten fighters and the previous episode were holding their own and getting eliminations. But in the span of one episode, the entire team is defeated. No doubt the last thoughts before he and his brothers were knocked out by The Final Kamehameha was that they failed.
  • What's also sad is how fast they lost. While the episode's ending narration doesn't provide a timeframe, those given by the previous and next episodes make it easy to approximate that they were erased at the three minute mark.

Episode 99

• The episode's beginning is dedicated to the reactions around Universe 9 being erased. Sometimes, it's just acknowledgement. Others are shocked and appalled. Even FRIEZA is vexed by the behavior of the Zenos.
  • A bit of a tearjerker as well if you think about it, but outside of the "grudge" that they wanted to settle with Goku, they simply just wanted to survive. A few episodes earlier, Quitela lied to Sidra convincing him that Goku and Team Universe 7 was planning on taking out Universe 9 first. Come to the actual tournament, nobody from Universe 7 was focused on Universe 9, with Goku immediately wanting to fight Toppo and Jiren, Gohan's group focused on defending themselves, and the other members randomly attacking other fighters that they encountered. It's also why Roh and Sidra wanted to immediately take Goku out first, because they felt like without Universe 7, the rest of the tournament would be a cakewalk.
• Sure, it's not the worst thing to happen to him in his life, but guess who's the first of Universe 7 that's knocked out? Krillin. Yep. All he can do is hope everyone picks up the slack after that's over with.
  • He's certainly reacting better than the other fighters that get knocked off the stage, whom are either utterly despondent or even crying. After all, they know full well they're about to DIE if they fail...
  • He was doing so well too, he had a role in three eliminations but dropped his guard down for one second as he celebrated thus enabling Frost to sneak up and eliminate him.
  • And then he's mocked for this by everyone, including his wife.

Episodes 100-109

Episode 100

• Kale's second transformation. First, Napapa and Mechiopu gang up on her and start beating her for fun, making her cry. Then, after she fails to transform and Caulifula starts fighting Goku alone, she feels utterly useless and breaks down crying. She takes Goku's request "not to bother" as if it means that she's only a bother for Caulifla, which isn't helped by Caulifla's reaction: she wants to continue fighting Goku, but while that doesn't mean she doesn't care about Kale... basically the latter takes it as such.

Episode 101

• Kale's despair at her own perceived weakness, such that Caulifla has to protect her since she can't do so herself. She even admits that she hates herself.

Episode 102

• In the preview for 103, we see a glimpse of Cus, The Angel of Universe 10, showing her with a saddened and distraught look on her face as she looks on. U10 only has three fighters left in the Tournament and it's looking worse and worse for them. We know what happened with U9 when all ten got eliminated, we maybe seeing it again.

Episode 103

• The erasure of Universe 10 is this.
  • "Well done, Obni". Gowasu mournfully says this, knowing that his universe was going to be erased. His last words was him congratulating Obni. And when Obni gets knocked out, there's a locket with his family shown... which soon disappears as well.
    • If that's the case, what does this mean for the assassins from Universe 9? Chances are they no longer exist in any capacity either, despite having died in Universe 7.
  • Unlike Mojito, who was actually happy, Cus is actually sad to let her universe go, with her mourning the loss of Rumsshi.
  • A bit of a fridge tearjerker for Gohan, as seeing Obni's locket made him realize that unlike every other opponent he had to fight, Obni wasn't a murderous maniac. He's not some intergalactic monster hell bent on destroying all that Gohan had loved, he is simply a man trying to protect his family. And Gohan was forced to defeat him for the sake of his own family.
    • When we see the photo inside the locket, we see that the child is young, no older than Pan most likely. Everything will be erased without a second thought, down to the youngest child. Imagine Gohan's dire situation just like Obni's when everything, including the lives of his family, is on the line.

Episode 104

• After Goku and Hit almost take Dyspo out and take Kunshi out, respectively, we see how the Tournament of Power have seriously impacted Toppo's views of his "justice". We see a battered Dyspo talk about taking revenge on Hit for justice, when Toppo tells him to cut that act. It's quite sad knowing that a team of heroes now has to resort to a view of fighting for survival now, especially with the fact that of the surviving universes, they have the least warriors and are the closest to erasure at present. The Tournament of Power has broken Toppo, and it's only a matter of time what it'll do to other universes as well.

Episode 105

• Master Roshi's near-death experience. He's already weak from using the Mafuba and his battle with Ganos is pushing his limits. He knows his time is up and he puts everything into one last Kamehameha while telling Goku and Krillin that they are now ready to pass on the Kame Style to others. He knocks Ganos out, but the attack kills him. The only thing saving him is Goku desperately using a ki blast as a Magical Defibrillator before pouring some of his ki into him, the warrior clutching onto him in panicked joy as he comes to.

Episode 106

• The treatment of Dr.Rota is sad. He gets knocked out by Hamira and Prum before he gets to fight Gohan and Piccolo, and spends the majority of the episode unconscious. When he recovers, he goes after Prum to get his revenge, and tries to form an Enemy mine against him with Goku and Vegeta, only for Vegeta to refuse his help, tell him to shut up, and ring them both out. The poor guy never even gets the chance to fight. He twice mentions a special technique, but both times, he gets interrupted before he can say what it is. With all of the focus the other members of Team Universe 6 have gotten, and Saonel and Pirina being Namekians and likely to end up facing Piccolo later on, Rota will end up being by far the most forgettable member of Universe 6. All the other members will have their fans and be remembered, but he will just be remembered as the doctor pig guy.

Episode 107

Episode 108

• Jimizu´s elimination; he is ringed out by Frieza after getting brutally pummeled by Frieza to near-death. The Yardrat was a bit arrogant, but ultimately a decent guy who just wanted his universe to survive, he didn't deserve such a nasty beating. Fortunately, at least Jimizu is not scolded for his defeat.
• To an extent, Frost's erasure. Sure he was hardly a sympathetic guy, and he was extremely pragmatic while fighting others, but during the tournament itself Frost hadn't violated any rules, and he did genuinely fight for the sake of his universe. It gets a bit easier to feel some sympathy for him when one takes into account he had genuinely grown to look up to Frieza for his power, and getting betrayed and then insulted by his new idol must have been pretty harsh (although one could argue it also qualifies as A Taste of Their Own Medicine).

Episode 109

Episodes 110-120

Episode 110

• When Goku is thought to be vaporized by his own Spirit Bomb, everyone on the stands go on how Goku couldn't be possibly defeated or even dead. During this, a shot drags to show Beerus barely holding a grip, as if he not just lost a Worthy Opponent, but a friend. Even when he clashes with Goku over petty or serious matters, it shows how much Beerus cares about a mere mortal who became a god a few months back.

Episode 111

• Ribrianne gets overpowered by Vegeta and has to be saved by Rozie, who takes her to safety. Ribrianne despairs and tells Rozie that she highly doubts that U2 can win. Even if she is kind of a petty jerk, you cannot avoid to feel a little sorry for her and her universe, as this really puts into perspective how the weaker universes must be feeling after witnessing how ungodly powerful Jiren is and seeing that their chances of survival are very slim. It's almost similar to Toppo's breakdown as well...

Episode 112

• At the end of the episode, everyone who fought for Universe 6 in the Champa Saga is now benched out... one by Gohan, one by Jiren, one by Vegeta, and two by Frieza. The only other member to currently be benched was a Butt-Monkey fighter ... slowly but surely, this could be a death sentence for Universe 6... hopefully Caulifla and Kale can recover fast enough.
  • This is worse as Cabba was among the very few fighters on the Tournament to want to wish for another universe to be revived. Remember that every other fighter shown thus far (Ribrianne, Frieza, and Goku) wants it either for a selfish reason or doesn't know what to do with it.
  • It's made even worse by it being a cheap shot. Even though Frieza is almost certainly stronger than Cabba, he still made a point of facing the saiyan when he was badly beaten and almost totally out of Ki. As a result the fight is completely one sided, something Cabba didn't deserve.

Episode 113

Episode 114

Episode 115

Episode 116

• After Kefla's defeat, Universe 6's last warriors are the Namekians Saonel and Pirina. That itself isn't the tearjerker, but it's who's fighting against them: Gohan and Piccolo. These two were also the same exact ones who fought Rubalt and Obni, the last warriors of Universe 10 as well. This effectively means that somehow, Gohan (and maybe Piccolo) will (considering that an upcoming episode outright mentions another universe being erased) could be responsible for erasing another universe, and considering Gohan's reaction to Obni's defeat...
  • Also, after getting eliminated, while Caulifla is upset at the loss, Kale apologizes for being defeated in the verge of tears. Even after the huge strides in overcoming her confidence issues she'd taken in a very short time, and fighting bravely alongside Caulifla, and even fusing with her, still amounted to a loss. The poor girl must be feeling useless after that.

Episode 117

Episode 118

• Gohan and Piccolo clearly are uncomfortable fighting the two Namekians; Piccolo having just reconciled with his own species while Gohan had the most experience interacting with them. Picocolo is very visibly shaken up during the entire event, to the point of uncharacteristically freezing up during the match, while Gohan, although more composed, is clearly just barely holding himself together and trying to distancing himself from the fact that they're basically fighting people they would have considered friends in another life (or just in different circumstances).
  • For Piccolo fighting Pirina and Saonel, there's even more fuel. He was already somewhat uneasy knowing that he has to fight his own people, and be indirectly responsible for their erasure, but when he hears that the U6 Namek went so far as to fuse dozens, if not hundreds, of Nameks into Saonel and Pirina just to stand a chance in the tournament, he's very noticably shaken since he can no longer deny the fact that he's going to doom his own kind. The grim faces of Kami and Nail showing up as he's unconscious says it all; all three of them despise the situation they're put in, but have to do so to save their own people and friends, even if it means dooming their alternate-universe kin.
• After Universes 2 and 6 are stated to be erased. Everyone in both universes take the loss in stride and try to cheer on their universes and friends. Beerus tries to not look at his brother, Champa before he gets erased showing that despite their sibling squabbles and all that they at least cared about each other in all seriousness but are too proud to show it.
  • After Universe 6 gets erased, Beerus looks away from the camera and says "Say something." He could either be talking to himself about how he should have said something to Champa before he was erased or berating Champa for wasting his goodbye on a silly gesture, but it's clearly somber either way.
    • Some have interpreted it as a bizarre but still sad moment of Breaking the Fourth Wall: Beerus may be addressing the narrator, asking him to break the silence, because Beerus doesn't know what to say now. In fact, the narrator start talking soon after.
  • A blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when you can see Vados bowing to Champa as he ceases to exist. Even if she's The Gadfly, she has the decency to bow to him in respect for years of service she's spent with him.
  • Universe 6's erasure in particular may be one of the harder ones to see go as we spent quite a bit of time with them during the course of Super.
  • Even the Universe 7 warriors show their regards to the losing Universes, 17 and 18 agree that Universe 2's fighters were pretty cool in the end, and obviously Vegeta's not too happy about losing Universe 6's Saiyans, even though he knew it was inevitable.
• Saonel and Pirina reveals that they are made up of the fusions of many Namekians, not just two as Piccolo had thought. Unlike normal fusion, Namekian fusion merges the soul and one personality overrides the others, and there's no way to undo this (Namekians can split, but the resulting Namekians are not the ones that fused into it). Win or lose, these warriors are permanently lost. All to save their universe from erasure...and it wasn't enough. Not even close. And even at the end, when they're revived, those Namekians will always be a part of Saonel and Pirina; there's no going back to before.

Episode 119

• The erasure of Universe 4. Though they were quite unsympathetic, their performance being a case of wasted opportunities and their God of Destruction was a major Jerkass, it's still sad.

Episode 120

• At the end of the episode, Paparoni, facing the threat of being eliminated and him and Universe 3 being erased begins to use some sort of Dangerous Forbidden Technique and swears to defeat Universe 7 even if it costs him his life. Considering that the rules explicitly prevent any opponents from being killed by one another but nothing about a fighter dying because of their own actions (as we nearly saw earlier with Roshi), it can only mean that whatever he's about to do might actually end up risking his life. The man is so determined to win and save his Universe that he is willing to personally sacrifice himself just so that everyone else from his Universe can live. Sadly, even that amounts to nothing: Android 17 manages to destroy Anilaza's power source and ring out the powerful fusion, thus resulting in Universe 3's erasure.

Episodes 121-131

Episode 121

Episode 122

Episode 123

Episode 124

Episode 125

• Toppo (and Jiren) refer to his decision to finally become a God of Destruction as him "making up [his] mind". The implication is that it's a step that he's been resistant to in the past, possibly because of the duties that it would entail. It's rather sad to see how the tournament has pushed him to finally abandon those principles and reservations for the sake of survival (not helped by how, just prior to doing it, he declares that justice is now worthless).
• Before that, Frieza going all-out to Kick the Dog by taunting, mocking and torturing Toppo before going for the finishing blow. It's possible that the threat of elimination would have pushed him to do the same anyway, but Frieza's behavior at very least helped it.

Episode 126

• The episode turns Toppo into a Jerkass Woobie. He decided to finally leave aside his ideals of justice for the sake of survival, even turning in a God of Destruction. The result? Vegeta calls him out for this. Toppo, who has been shown from the beginning of the arc to be stressed and nervous about the Tournament, even losing most of his comrades because of bad leadership, decides to go loose... and still loses. The twist? Jiren calls him pathetic too for leaving said ideals for the sake of power.
• Fridge Brilliance kicks in when you remember Vegeta is talking from experience, as he did the same thing in the Majin Buu saga. That's why he told Toppo he doesn't cast anyone aside anymore.
  • The moment Vegeta decides to sacrifice himself in order to take Toppo out. He does it, and manages to survive.

Episode 127

• Jiren's origin, in which he was the Sole Survivor of his village, who was wiped out by a mysterious evil. He was taken in by a warrior and made his teacher and the two and his students hunted down the evil and all but Jiren were killed leaving Jiren the Sole Survivor again. This lead to his transformation into the mortal stronger than a God of Destruction.
  • Worse, there are presumably no Dragon Balls in Universe 11. Therefore, the deaths are permanent...unless Jiren gets the Super Dragon Balls. Making his reason to get them all the more tear-jerking.
  • What makes it sadder is how Jiren responded to it, by becoming obsessed with power under the belief that it will bring him peace. He tries to deny it, but his anger at Belmod’s re-telling of his past and 17’s prodding makes it clear he can’t move on past his family and friends’ deaths and the desertion of his fellow former peers. Instead he uses that goal of strength and mindset of might makes right to cover up a wound that clearly never healed.
  • It also puts Jiren's reaction to Toppo's elimination under a new light: casting everything aside in order to get stronger is what Jiren did, so his words toward Toppo most likely show that, despite everything, he despises what he has become.
• Android #17's apparent Heroic Sacrifice. Jiren's ready to finish off Goku and Vegeta when 17 jumps in with a series of barriers. As they start failing, he envelops the Saiyans in barriers and defiantly takes the blast, appearing to blow himself up in order to negate it. There is seemingly nothing left of 17 as Goku and Vegeta vow to avenge the fallen Android. 18's response is downplayed but she's shaking and very evidently trying not to cry. It's worse when you remember this is the second time she's had to watch her brother die and couldn't do anything to stop it. Fortunately, in episode 130, it is revealed that 17 actually survived. It was still a gamble though.

Episode 128

• Vegeta's final stand against Jiren. He's hopelessly outclassed, out of energy (He used it all on the Final Explosion against Toppo two episodes earlier), has no chance of winning, and yet he goes to fight Jiren anyway. Naturally, it doesn't work, and Vegeta ends up eliminated for his troubles. It even has Vegeta going through memories with Bulma and Cabba as he desperately tries to keep fighting Jiren. His last thoughts as he's taken out of the ring describe it best, and he even tears up himself as this happens.
  Vegeta: I couldn't keep my promise. I'm a damn fool. I'm sorry... Bulma... Cabba...
  • In the English version, Vegeta's last thoughts hit closer to home how much he believed he failed in trying to fulfill his promise and stop Jiren
  Vegeta: I can't keep my promise. I hate myself for that. In the end, I'm just one more failure, one more broken fool. Bulma... Cabba... I'm sorry...

Episode 129

Episode 130

• Goku being taken down by the toll mastered Ultra Instinct took on his body. Even Jiren expresses shock and sadness at their battle ending like that.

Episode 131

• Grand Priest seemed rough (all other universes) or indifferent (Universe 4) whenever he announced the erasures of the erased universes, but when Universe 11 was about to get erased, he actually sounded a bit sad in regards to it. Considering that they weren't erased for long, it's still quite a contrast to how he sounded when announcing the other universes that were gone.