The allies Goku has collected throughout the Dragon Ball manga have collectively become a team of the Earth’s greatest protectors known as the Z Fighters, but Goku abandoned one important ally in his early years and it proved to be a massive mistake in Dragon Ball Super.
In Dragon Ball Super Chapter 56 by Akira Toriyama and Toyotarou, Goku is training to battle the villainous Moro who has the power to consume entire planets and use the energy he absorbs from the life forms on those worlds to turn himself into one of the most powerful fighters in the universe. In an effort to get stronger, Goku trains with the angel Merus who is helping the Saiyan unlock the angelic power of Ultra Instinct. However, in the middle of his training with Merus on a far-off location in the middle of space, Merus is called away, leaving Goku to pilot his spaceship back to Earth all by himself despite the fact that Goku has no idea how to fly a spaceship and doesn't know where Earth is located.
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In Dragon Ball Chapter 56 by Akira Toriyama, Goku finds himself in a similar predicament after he comes across the villainous forces of the Red Ribbon Army. While traveling the Earth on the back of his Flying Nimbus searching for the Dragon Balls, Goku is shot down by a member of the Red Ribbon Army as he is viewed as a threat in the evil organization's own quest to find the Dragon Balls themselves. The attack seemingly obliterates Flying Nimbus. While Goku makes quick work of his attacker, he is still left without a mode of transportation. So, Goku goes through the Red Ribbon’s capsules hoping to find something he can use. While doing so, Goku comes across a snarky yet
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