Dragon Ball Super Is On The Verge of Creating A Whole New Type of Villain

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for Dragon Ball Super chapter 86!

Akira Toriyama has the chance to finally treat his latest villain Gas in a way that he has never done before with his long list of other antagonists and evil-doers ever since he started the franchise, through DBZ and into Dragon Ball Super.

Although an innovative figure to the manga genre, Toriyama is infamous for sticking to the tropes and formulas he initially innovated decades ago. For his villains specifically, each one has met either one of two fates. They either join the Z Fighters (Vegeta, Androids 17 and 18, Majin Buu etc.) or are killed (Nappa, Cell, Moro, etc.). The only two exceptions are Dr. Gero and Frieza, though, they still fit in their respective characters to a degree. Dr. Gero only survived since he never actually fought directly against Goku. He worked from the shadows, though, he was eventually killed by his own creations. And although Goku was initially going to let Frieza live, he did eventually try to kill him after Frieza forced his hand. It is also important to note that Future Trunks did later finish what Goku started even though Frieza was later revived to help the Z Fighters in the Tournament of Power.

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Now Toriyama has provided himself with the unprecedented chance to give his latest villain a third option in Dragon Ball Super chapter 86. At the end of Goku's battle against Gas, Goku becomes the villain's punching bag so Granolah can power an attack strong enough that can overwhelm their opponent and then throws him into the air to ensure that Granolah doesn't miss. But Gas isn't killed, and Granolah allows him to live.

Although this shocking development