My Love for Dragon Ball Super Exceeds Its Predictability

If you’re watching Dragon Ball Super then you know that we are approaching the end of the Universal Survival arc. And if you are not watching Super, homie what are doing? Get on that. This is the last arc that we will see from the series for a while and it’s been a good one. Like most little Black boys, I’ve been a Dragon Ball fan since OG Toonami aired on TV. To this day, I remember my 10-year old self, watching Goku go Super Saiyan 3 for the first time during the show’s midnight run. The hype was real. However, it’s been almost 20 years since that moment (I feel old). I tend to look at the series with more judgmental eyes now. I still love Dragon Ball, but I’ve got issues. What is the Universal Survival Arc?

If you don’t know what’s going on, here’s the deal. In classic shōnen style, Dragon Ball Super gave us one of its coveted tournament arcs. The king of all universes, Zeno, has decided that there are too many out there. So, inspired by Goku, he and his future self (don’t ask, long story) have decided to run a tournament featuring the weakest universes. Eight universes, 10 fighters each, and 48 minutes to brawl. Instead of classic one-on-one fights and tournament brackets, we get a free-for-all with all 80 fighters duking it out. Here’s the kicker though, once all members of a universe’s team are knocked out, that universe is erased, finito, gone from existence until only one fighter remains. I mean it’s a pretty dope premise and lives are on the line. No f’s are given a…