Dragon Ball Super Episode 97 : The Tournament Begins !

The fighters are all gathered in the World of the Void, and the High Priest again explains the rules of the tournament. The delay will be 100 taks (about 48 land minutes), marked by the progressive descent of the pillar to the center of the tournament arena. Killing and using weapons or healing items are prohibited, and competitors are eliminated if they exit the arena. Theft or floating is prohibited unless the competitor has wings.


On this explanation, Gohan advises U7 team fighters to rely on teamwork: they must protect each other and use numerical superiority to attack opponents. However, Vegeta hates this plan, and Frieza seems disinterested too. Elsewhere, Kale is intimidated by all the mighty fighters around, but Caulifla says she can win easily if she drops out in berserk mode. Beerus shouts to his team that the importance of teamwork is paramount, and laughs at Quitela.


Finally, the High Priest declares the beginning of the Tournament of Power, and the warriors press to fight. Goku sees Toppo and goes alone to fight him, but is intercepted by Ganos of the U4 team. As for the other U7 team fighters, Gohan calls Goku and emphasizes the importance of teamwork, but Vegeta, C-17, C-18 and Frieza will all fight on their own. Gohan is discouraged to see his strategy collapse so soon, but Muten Roshi tells him not to care because they were expecting it anyway.

Meanwhile, the U3 team's robot fighter, Narirama, enters his "Super Survival Mode", a spinning attack that sends Ribrianne from the U2 team and many others. Soon, Hit and Basil intervene and break one of the arms of Narirama. Basil ejected Lilibeu from the U10 team out of the arena. Lilibeu shouts as she falls into the void, but suddenly she finds herself seated next to the U10 gods (it turns out that this is what happens to fighters when they are eliminated out of bounds).

The Zeno Kings release their tablets that they use to track the progress of the tournament and score Lilibeu as eliminated. The god of destruction of the U10 Ramoosh disputes Lilibeu for having been eliminated despite his wings and is ashamed to see one of the fighters of his universe being the first to be eliminated, but Gowasu remains optimistic. Gohan, Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Krilin and Roshi are surrounded by Lavenda and a horde of other enemy fighters. Although they stand on Gohan's plan and protect themselves from each other, their special attacks prove ineffective against their opponents. Basil continues to fight against Napapa of the U10 team, a sumo wrestler with a pork face, but Napapa succeeds in repelling Basil's energy explosions and avoiding reversals. Ramoosh boasts of the skills of Napapa, the "Dohyodoru", a martial art of the U10 that resembles mostly sumo wrestling.

Still fighting Ganos, Goku suddenly sees Toppo, but Toppo is attacked by Murichim of the U10 team. Then Goku sees Jiren, motionless. The Zeno Kings feel that it will be necessary to keep an eye on Jiren. While Goku fights against Jiren, he is caught off guard and caught by another fighter, Uink Nink. While Goku struggles to free himself, Nink goes back to the edge of the arena. He plans to get out of the ring and drop Goku with him! Nink does not want to be eliminated if it means getting rid of an enemy as powerful as Goku.

Then Nink reaches the edge of the arena, Goku suddenly becomes Super Saiyan Blue and frees himself from his hold. Nink falls into the void, but Goku manages to cling to the edge of the arena and climb (passing from Blue to his base form immediately afterwards). Beerus blames Goku for not becoming Super Saiyan Blue earlier, but Goku says he wants to save his strength. Although he is back in the game, Goku is soon surrounded by a group of enemies, including the three members of the Trio of Dangers. Obviously, it only excites him even more ... More than 47 minutes before the end of the Power Tournament!

(Thanks to Herms98 for the English summary)

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