Dragon Ball Super Sets the Stage to Make Bardock's Secret Power Canon
Warning: contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Super chapter 80!
Bardock, the father of Goku has always been a fan-favorite character, and recent chapters of Dragon Ball Super seem to be hinting at the return of the long-lost Saiyan warrior. The most recent arc of Dragon Ball Super has featured several cameos from Bardock while exploring the history of the Saiyans. These cameos, alongside the fact that Bardock is said to have defeated the powerful warrior Gas, are turning Bardock into a figure of central importance as the arc unfolds.
In chapter 77 of Dragon Ball Super, Bardock is shown invading Planet Cereal alongside the rest of Frieza’s Army. The invasion takes place underneath a full moon and, with the power of the Saiyan’s Great Ape transformation, the Cerealian forces are quickly decimated. In the aftermath of the battle, Bardock finds one Cerealian named Muezli and her son Granolah. While thinking of his own family, Bardock decides to spare the two Cerealians and take them to the only other survivor left on the planet, a Namekian named Monaito. Later on while sheltering them, Bardock is interrupted by the Heeter clan after Granolah accidentally gives away their location. In the ensuing chaos. Granolah’s mother is killed and Bardock takes on the Heeter clan’s strongest fighter, Gas, but the battle isn’t shown.
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Later in chapter 80, Monaito reveals that when Bardock pushed Gas to his limit, Gas unleashed his berserker form on the Saiyan warrior. Vegeta and Goku are left wondering how Bardock managed to defeat Gas all those years ago but Monaito states he was unconscious during the whole ordeal. This leaves plenty of room for interpretation
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