In Dragon Ball Super Episode 89, Roshi got some action for the first time after resurrection
F, and this gave us an idea as to where he currently stands in terms of power.
It was a really funny episode, Yurin who was in the crane school back in the days, came
back to seek revenge, as Tien never agreed to fight with her.
Master Roshi saw through the wickedness and was thus being extra perverted or maybe he
didn’t, he was just being himself.
This scene really cracked me up; Goku never breaks the bro code!
So, basically this Yurin girl mastered Witchcraft to take revenge on Tien, she gets Tien’s
student as well as Master Roshi under her control.
As Master Roshi was still playing around with her in the name of fighting, she was able
to catch him off guard.
Now, Goku and Tien were easily able to stop the students, but the case was not going to
be the same with the master.
Because he is the same guy, who built the basics of the best warrior in the world Goku,
this is the same human who displayed the biggest feat in the Dragon Ball days by destroying
the moon, this is the guy who was able to defeat The Great Ape, an Ape that had the
potential to take down the entire planet, this is the guy that grabbed 18 just like
that, he is the Master who invented The Kamehameha Wave and that is the most iconic attack in
the history of anime and the world of fiction.
Anyways back to the episode, Tien decides to take on Roshi, with the aim of removing
the scroll.
He spars with let’s say base form Roshi for a while, but Roshi gets the better of
it as they both land on the ground.
Roshi then goes maximum power, and buffs up to his hulk form.
Tien takes his shirt off and uses the Four Witches technique for the first time since
Dragon Ball.
Things look pretty intense as two monstrously muscular fighter clashes, but for some reason
unknown some fans would rather have 2 kids with 0 character depth fight, instead of these
expert martial artist with prolonged history.
I absolutely don’t know why some people choose to be the things they choose to be,
but in this case, I think the only reason those guys would rather have 2 kids in action
is because they are Saiyan, and they think only Saiyans should matter in Dragon Ball.
Anyways, Roshi charges up one of his signature or finishers, it’s an electrical attack,
I don’t remember the name right now, and is this able to counter Tien’s Four Witches
Technique, but as we know the match gets interfered by Goku who deflects the Kamehameha away.
He then spars with Master Roshi for a while and gets surprised at how strong Roshi is
when he is not holding back.
This also confirms the fact that, Roshi kept training throughout the years but in secret.
Unlike what you might hear from many haters, this is not a sudden and desperate move.
It was made very clear in Resurrection F, that Master Roshi kept training and gained
enough strength to be more resourceful than Yamcha and Chiatzuo at least.
During the battle, it was said Yamcha and Chiatzuo were too weak to be there, but as
we all saw Roshi did just fine.
So, it has been long since they established that Roshi is now more resourceful than Yamcha,
and it was bound to happen.
As Yamcha’s work ethics is really awful, after hearing about the tournament he could
have gone to training right away, but no he waits at home.
However, since Master Roshi’s skills, technique and battle intelligence is of a superior level
he can be useful in any fighting situation with just a decent amount of power.
Especially, in a battle royal setting where skill is the priority.
Killing is not allowed, and so on.
Also don’t forget the fact that Goku and Master Roshi brought him some mystical weed
By the way, I just want to mention the fact that Goku interfered the fight between Roshi
and Tien, and that he deflected away the Kamehameha wave aimed towards Tien does not in any way
confirms Roshi is stronger than Tien or Vice Versa.
The main reason Goku interfered, wasn’t because there was no way Tien could win or
to save Tien’s ass.
He interfered to save time, to get the job done faster.
This fact is made even clearer and obvious when Goku going against his nature abandons
the fight and makes Chiatzuo distract Yurin, which in turn made Roshi inactive as he was
under her control.
Apparently, many fans didn’t get this concept for reasons unknown.
So, Goku actually didn’t defeat Roshi, he was made inactive so that he could get the
job done faster.
Otherwise, the fight could last longer, so DBS is keeping us in shades of mystery in
terms of Roshi’s power.
This time-saving effort once again proves that Goku interfered to save time, not Tien.
Besides, Tien obviously wasn’t willing to inflict serious damage on Roshi, but Roshi
who was under control just wanted to tear Tien down.
If you notice, Roshi used a finisher attack, this is the same attack he used against Kid
Goku, and it actually has the potential to kill opponents.
Back then, Goku wasn’t able to escape out of this attack as Roshi was holding him up,
Goku then looked at the moon and turned into his Great Ape form.
Roshi was still able to hold The Great Ape with this technique for a while!
On the other hand, Tien was literally using nothing he just popped out two extra arms
which assist mainly in hand to hand combats.
Tien’s finisher move would be the Tri Beam which he didn’t use; neither did he use
the solar flare or any of that.
It just baffles me that some fans are concluding by their imagination that Tien is 100% confirmed
to be weaker than Roshi, and is bashing Dragon Ball Super based on that misinterpretation
they created.
Roshi was out for blood being under the spell, obviously, case not same for Tien, he wouldn’t
want to do that.
It's a simple equation get it, right.
I hope those of you who watched this video will spread this explanation, and whether
in social media posts or conversations you will explain what actually happened, and defeat
the trolls with facts.
Now, Goku interfering to save time was in the plot reason.
Externally, the reason Tien didn’t get much action in this episode is because he is already
scheduled for a good amount of action in the next episode that is Dragon Ball Super Episode
90.
Where he will be teaming up with Goku to fight Piccolo and Gohan!
The preview summary says, he will be using some unique techniques giving Gohan a run
for his money, but obviously he won’t be able to keep up as Gohan, Piccolo and Goku
are 1st tier fighters of U7.
Nonetheless, I hope it would be a treat for all the Tien fans.
So, guys try to see through things.
It’s almost like there’s a group of people, who just watches every single episode of Super
only to make illogical negative comments against it.
I bet Dragon Ball Z would get even more bashed if it was airing for the first time in this
snowflake age of the internet.
Also, I think making Roshi relevant in Super was an excellent decision.
This guy has so much history behind him, and is also equally entertaining to watch., but
I have a feeling just because Roshi was in a lot of comedic scenes people tend to forget
who he is, and where he stand in terms of importance or the respect he deserves.
I will give you one example, like fans, create memes on facebook where we see Goku is in
a beam struggle with Beerus, then on the bottom picture we see Bardock saying something like
‘ My son is a god..’, but we never see memes with Roshi’s picture attached in a
similar way, where it says Roshi took 50 years to invent the Kamehameha Wave.
Goku learned it from him, and now his student is making him proud by using it against a
God!
Hell No! you will not get that.
Like, that doesn’t make any sense.
Bardock appeared in only one or two episodes, and yet he is more popular and respected than
Roshi.
Even though he didn’t do anything that significant, Master Roshi is the guy who built the basics
of Goku’s fighting.
Also, current Master Roshi is way stronger than Bardock of that time, but it just annoys
me that no one is willing to respect him.
By the way, don’t get me wrong, I also like Bardock, he is such a badass character, after
all, my issues is on the other side.
Besides, out of all the characters in Dragon Ball.
Master Roshi hiding his powers makes the most sense, because he has shown such tendencies
before
Finally, after all these years, DBS is trying to make them relevant, is trying to give them
some importance, and I think it’s one of the best decisions Super ever made.
One sector where Super is ahead of Dragon Ball Z.
Additional information, spoilers alert, Majin Buu is going to miss out the tournament of
power, and shockingly Frieza is going to be the one replacing him, and he will only get
resurrected for 24 hours by fortune teller Baba.
Do let me know what you think about that, was it really necessary to bring Frieza back
once again?
Since we already had Frieza in DBS, wouldn’t it better if they brought Cell back, and somehow
explain that Cell found a way to increase his powers while he was in hell?
Comment your thoughts and opinion down below.
See you in the next, Dragon Ball Super video.