Vegeta's Reaction to Goku's New Form Is Shocking for the Wrong Reasons
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Dragon Ball Super chapter 85!
How Vegeta reacts to Goku's new version of Ultra Instinct is just the latest example of how Dragon Ball Super continues to make the most shockingly disappointing choices in terms of their rivalry. Vegeta's obsession with surpassing Goku used to be one of the franchise's most standout plotlines, but lately it has taken a back seat.
As the prince of a warrior race, Vegeta was destined to become one of the strongest fighters in the known universe. So when a low-level nobody named Goku somehow became a Super Saiyan before him, Vegeta's entire identity was shattered. He then dedicated the rest of his life to surpassing Goku, a goal he's yet to achieve even to this day. However, after becoming Majin Vegeta and sacrificing himself in DBZ, Vegeta's obsession with beating Goku was no longer a major theme for the rest of the series. This disappointing trend has persisted for most of Dragon Ball Super until the most recent arc when Vegeta revealed his true feelings about Goku — that he only fights alongside Goku on Earth to protect his family, but once they're on another planet Vegeta would rather let Goku die than fight alongside him.
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Unfortunately, that highly exciting moment ostensibly reinstating Goku and Vegeta's rivalry as a major staple in Super was apparently fleeting or a major fluke. Dragon Ball Super chapter 85 is the latest confirmation that this intriguing dynamic might be gone for good. During Goku and Vegeta's fight against the villain Gas, Vegeta unleashes his own version of Goku's Ultra Instinct called Ultra Ego and takes over battling Gas on his own. But his effort soon
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