Dragonball Super manga Volume 2 (Chapter 10)

 By Mark Rodriguez

The action continues with the Universe 6 VS Universe 7 tournament. While we get a couple of short chapters, they will get noticeably longer when we get to the Goku Black arc. The first manga volume went into the Battle of Gods arc (though it skipped a lot of Bulma's party shenanigans) and skipped the Resurrection F arc (it acknowledged it happened, but it assumed you've seen the movie anyway) and goes into the Tournament 6 arc. One noticeable thing is when Goku's friends and family came along to see the fights, Pilaf, Mai and Shou were also invited.

The last volume left off with Goku facing off against Frost from Universe 6. Frost is very similar to Freeza, but is regarded a hero where he comes from. After going through his transformations, he finally goes for his final form, which is similar to Freeza's final form. 

Chapter 10-

Goku is pleased to see Frost in his final form and says now the fight begins. Frost and Goku (who is in his Super Saiyan form) both power up. Frost lunges himself at Goku and jumps into a handstand, using his arms to propel himself high above the arena. Frost throws a fireball, which Goku easily swats aside. Frost tried again with the same result. He then starts tossing a flurry of fireballs, all of which are easily smacked aside by the Super Saiyan. The fireballs explode all over the place against the protective dome that is surrounding the arena. Frost flies in and tries to shoot at point blank range but Goku manages to grab both of his arms.

Goku kicks Frost upwards, making him slam his back against the protective dome. Goku and Frost both exchange blows at fast speeds, until Goku decides to fly towards him. Frost holds out his hands and stops Goku in his tracks with a force wave. Goku blocks it to avoid any damage and says its his turn. As Goku thrusts his own hands outwards to send his own shockwave, Frost blocks but is almost pushed out of the ring.

Frost smiles and tells Goku he was better than expected, but he's not going to lose this match. He flies over to continue the attack but Goku smacks him back. Frost catches himself and flies in with a punch but completely misses as Goku sidesteps.

Goku then hits him with a chop to the back that almost knocks him out. Frost is on his knees and Goku tells him it's over but if he trains some more he can get stronger like Freeza did and he would welcome a rematch. 

Frost grins and throws a punch at Goku, who easily blocks it with his wrist. However, Goku feels odd when he did that. Suddenly Frost kicks Goku strong enough to send him flying against the barrier outside the ring. As Goku collides against the barrier, he falls out of his Super Saiyan form and hits the ground, outside of the ring. The announcer declares Goku out of bounds and says Frost is the winner. 

All of Goku's friends are shocked to see this. Chichi runs to Goku's side, who is surprised that he lost the match. Goku thanks Frost for the fight, who gladly thanks him back. Piccolo asks Goku what happened since he was clearly dominating the fight. Goku says he's not sure but he fainted when he blocked the attack. Vegeta says he was stupid for letting him attack him at all, and must have gotten brain damage. The Galactic King is impressed and wished he had people like Goku and Frost on their force, but Jaco notices something amiss.

Piccolo is up next, and he asks Goku if he has a shot at winning. Goku tells him never in a million years but at least he can wear him out for Vegeta. Piccolo says sometimes Goku is too honest and is annoyed he's only there as a warm up. He tells Frost if he can at least use one of his lower forms to make it easier on him. Frost said he's rather stay in his final form throughout the rest of the tournament to win as fast as he can. 

Frost flies in to attack but Piccolo leaps out of the way. Just as Frost shoots upwards to get him, Piccolo has already landed behind him. Piccolo is too fast and is able to dodge all of the fireballs. Champa asks if Piccolo is a Namekian and Vados says he might be something more. Piccolo says he's not Namekian but the reincarnation of Piccolo Daimaoh and drops his weighted cape and turban. Piccolo says he can't defeat Frost but he also knows Frost can't defeat him.

Piccolo extends one of his arms at rapid speed, but Frost manages to dodge it. Goku is impressed and Vegeta says Piccolo is still fighting on the defensive. Goku says Frost is losing energy and Piccolo is worse for wear too, however Frost is starting to lose his temper.

Piccolo and Frost are both winded, but despite that Piccolo maintains a cocky grin. Frost doesn't want this to continue. Frost clutches his wrist and goes in to throw more punches which Piccolo easily dodges. He then throws a decisive punch, which Piccolo catches with an open palm. Piccolo suddenly feels off and Frost hits him with a palm strike strong enough to send him out of the ring. With Piccolo being out of bounds, Frost is the winner. Vegeta is confused since this is exactly what happened to Goku. 

Vegeta prepares himself to fight and Goku tells him to be careful since Frost might be better than they thought. Vegeta says he just needs to worry about his mysterious technique. Just before the announcer can say that Vegeta will be the next to fight, Jaco stands up and calls for an objection. 

Jaco tells the announcer that Frost is cheating and using a weapon. He tells him to check his right arm, he's hiding something similar to a needle. Champa says if Jaco is wrong, he'll be turned to space dust. Jaco sits and says 'never mind' but Beerus insists on testing that theory. The announcer checks Frost's arm and finds a small hole above his wrist. A needle pricks the announcer's finger and he falls over for a few seconds. Frost insists this is a natural part of his body but the announcer says he can tell it was attached. Frost is disqualified for cheating.

Champa is furious at Frost, but he doesn't care. He just wanted to get the tournament over with since he wasn't getting paid for this. Champa is about to destroy him. However Vegeta says they don't need to disqualify him. He can take care of Frost with his own bare hands.

The bonus gag page shows Frost lacing his needle with poison in his free time.

My Thoughts- 

Pretty good action packed chapter. I also liked that this time we got to see Piccolo actually go toe to toe against Frost unlike the strategy that the anime version went with.

In the anime version Piccolo mostly relied on charging up the Makkankosappo during the entire fight while using after images to block and dodge attacks. Piccolo would then wrap one of his arms around Frost, hoping to hit him with the blast, but this would be when Frost would use his trick to knock him out. 

The manga version had a bit more back and forth and it felt like an actual fight. Though gotta feel bad for how they were kinda ragging on Piccolo in this one. Telling Piccolo that he's mostly there to wear the opponent out so that Vegeta can finish the job is like telling Krillin 'you're just here cause you're the guy that dies a lot'. I've always been a fan of Piccolo so it's cool whenever he gets to see some action and show off his skills even if he doesn't always win. It's cool that he got to be a major focus in the latest Dragonball Super: Super Hero movie.