Dragonball Super manga Volume 2 (Chapter 12)

 By Mark Rodriguez

The Tournament between Universe 6 and 7 continues as Vegeta easily defeats Frost. His next opponent was Magetta, which proved to be a bigger challenge but Vegeta was able to win. Now he will be facing Cabba, the Saiyan from Universe 6.

Chapter 12- Saiyan's Pride

Cabba flies out at Vegeta, but phases out of view and appears behind him with a chop. Vegeta manages to block and Cabba phases out again. This time he appears behind Vegeta and kicks him on the back of his knee. He then appears on top of Vegeta, stomping on his chest to knock him down. Vegeta regains his composure and Cabba takes to the sky, using the sun behind him to blind him. Cabba flies down landing a kick on his chest, finally sending Vegeta to the arena floor.

Cabba fires up an energy blast and shoots it at Vegeta. Vegeta quickly flips out of the way and flies up at him. Cabba, still in his energy-blasting pose, manages to see Vegeta a split second before he gets kicked in the face and sent flying down. 

Cabba crashed into the ring as Vegeta lands. Vegeta says he is quite strong, possibly as strong as him in his regular form, but now he wants him to transform into a Super Saiyan so he can come at him with everything. Cabba is confused and says he doesn't know how to transform and didn't even think that was possible until now. Cabba humbly asks Vegeta how to do that, and this enrages the Saiyan Prince. Vegeta turns into a Super Saiyan and socks him in the gut.

Vegeta calls Cabba a spoiled brat and starts kicking him around and stomping his face. Bulma says he doesn't have to be cruel and Videl covers Pan's eyes. Cabba admits his defeat and Vegeta grabs him, telling him that if he gives up here, then he will kill him. Yamcha is wondering if Vegeta is turning evil again. Vegeta throws Cabba across the ring.

Vegeta powers up and fires off a finishing blast, similar to what he used to kill Nappa way back in the day. He says there isn't room in this universe for weak Saiyans, and after he kills Cabba he'll go destroy planet Sadla and kill all the Saiyans there too. Cabba gets furious and says his planet has nothing to do with this and turns Super Saiyan, taking the blast head on without sustaining damage. 

Cabba starts attacking Vegeta saying if he destroys Sadla, he will never forgive him. Vegeta tells him that the key to the transformation is his rage, and to never forget that. Cabba turns back to normal and realizes Vegeta did this to help him. Vegeta tells him to try turning into a Super Saiyan again. Cabba closes his eyes and concentrates and is able to transform again. Vegeta is impressed and then turns Super Saiyan Blue.

Cabba is confused by the blue hair. Vegeta says that the Super Saiyan Blue is the latest form, and if he trains hard enough he can be this powerful as well. Vegeta then elbows him in the gut, knocking him out. Vegeta carries Cabba off and tosses him out of bounds, where Botamo can catch him. Goku wonders why Vegeta taught him that and Piccolo says he is a Prince, so maybe he was nostalgic to meet one of his own.

Cabba thanks Vegeta and Vegeta tells him to never forget the pride of the Saiyans. There is one last opponent left to go for Universe 6, and that is Hit, the living legend of the underworld. Champa is surprised he even agreed to enter the tournament. Vados says she told him he could keep the Cube Spaceship as payment. Champa says he could literally go anywhere in it, even other universes, but it's too late now to take that back. 

Vegeta powers up to Super Saiyan Blue from the start as Hit stands there looking cold, his hands in his pockets. The Saiyan finally flies into action. Moments before his fist could touch Hit's face however, Hit has his arm fully extended and Vegeta is the one taking the punch. Everyone is surprised as Vegeta hits the ground. The Saiyan flies back in with another attack but is suddenly kicked out of the air.

As Hit continues to attack Vegeta, while Vegeta continues to miss his own strikes, Goku asks the others what's going on. Jaco says the most he can see is that Hit is indeed moving very fast but he seems to literally disappear in the middle of his movements. Vegeta is finally down and out. Hit asks the announcer what to do since killing isn't allowed and Vegeta is now unable to admit defeat. The announcer says that's enough and declares Hit the winner. Goku tells Krillin to give Vegeta a senzu bean quickly.

The Galactic King thinks Hit might be using time skips. Jaco explains some people in the universe can stop time for only .01 seconds, which might not be much but is a big advantage for someone as fast as Hit. The King says it's a crime to control time like that. Goku asks if they plan to arrest him. Both the King and Jaco say they'll act like they didn't see anything since they don't want to die. As Goku walks past Vegeta, the Saiyan Prince has no advice to give and only wishes him luck.

Whis is impressed someone besides himself can manipulate time, and Beerus tells him to go tell Goku how to handle that. Whis says part of the training is for Goku to figure it out himself. Beerus says their universe is at stake and Whis reminds him that they still have Monaka. Beerus tells him to stop being a jerk since he knows the truth. Whis says to motivate Goku and Vegeta, he lied to them and Monaka is a regular guy without any fighting skill. Piccolo is able to overhear this due to his enhanced hearing. He now understands that the actual final battle is going to be between Goku and Hit.

Goku bows respectfully and says he'll do his best. Hit asks if he's not going to transform. Goku says it's too soon since it requires a lot of energy. He wants to stall Hit first while he figures out how to beat him. Hit says he's naïve to reveal his strategy. Goku says he's actually quite old and Hit says he's 1000 years old. Goku bows again and calls him respectful elder. The Universe 6 Kaoshin is surprised Goku can get so much out of Hit, considered he's usually a very quiet individual. 

Goku leaps in to attack and gets socked in the face by Hit, almost sending him out of the ring. Hit says he might as well surrender now. Goku says he won't but now he has an idea on how to defeat him. Hit is intrigued. 

The bonus gag page shows Goku asking Vegeta what he thinks. Vegeta annoyingly says he already told him he doesn't know and to do what he can.

My Thoughts-

Pretty action packed chapter. I've always enjoyed the scenes with Vegeta and Cabba. Vegeta became a mentor of sorts, even though he hates being called that. Between Vegeta being more of a family man and now a mentor of sorts, it just adds more to the character. It's always cool to see how he reacts to these new situations seeing that while he still has a dangerous temper, he's no longer as villainous as he was in the old days.

One of the many filler slice-of-life type episodes that the Dragonball Super anime messed up on is not making one where Vegeta does go to visit Sadla with Cabba and check out the area. We don't get too many Vegeta-centric episodes and it would have been a cool one to do without Goku tagging along.

Some fans like to think that Cabba is pretty much the replacement for Tarble. They do look rather similar, but unlike Tarble, at least Cabba is still a fighter. Tarble was pretty useless which I can see why Vegeta doesn't bring him up often. 

Hit is going to be the big final challenger for this arc and he's bad-ass. I always liked his design and his fighting style brings something new to the table. I remember being excited when I found out he was going to be one of the Dragonball Super characters in Dragonball FighterZ's base roster. He's going to push Goku to his limit in this one. But hey, if Goku loses, they still have Monaka, right?