Dragon Ball Super

**Dragon Ball Super** is a 2013 anime film. It is a sequel to Dragon Ball Z and Jump Force, and is the eighth installment in the Anime Cinematic Universe and the second installment of Phase Two.

## Synopsis

Exploring Goku's relationship with the Saiyan King Bardock, as well as Earthbound companion Bulma Briefs, **Dragon Ball Super** follows the Super Saiyan to galaxy beyond Planet Vegeta and Earth. And as his evil adoptive brother, Vegeta, returns for Saiyan justice, a new threat rises. Also rejoining Goku are his fellow Saiyans, Fasha, Paragus, Nappa, Raditz, and Tarble as they encounter mythical creatures among the evildoers.

## Plot

In the distant past, a cosmic event known as the Convergence occurs, opening portals between the galaxies. A sinister race called the Majins attempts to use the Convergence as a way of unleashing their Dragon Ball. The exact origin of the Dragon Balls is unknown, but it is known that they are seven powerful objects that predate the universe itself. The leader of the Majins, Majin Buu, nearly succeeds in using the Dragon Ball to cause the instantaneous destruction of the universe under the misguided belief that he can recreate them in his own image. He is opposed by Yamoshi, the then-king of the Saiyans and the father of Bardock, who uses the Super Saiyan God form to rip the Dragon Ball from Majin Buu's grasp just as he attempted to enact his plan, robbing the Majins of their most potent weapon. Driven back to their homeworld, it becomes apparent that the Majins cannot defeat the Saiyans and are all but wiped out in the battle. While the Saiyans, unable to destroy the Dragon Ball, seal it away in a place it can never be found, Majin Buu, his lieutenant Dumplin, and various survivors manage to escape into suspended animation, vowing to one day return and finish their plan.

5,000 years later, some time after the Hollow Invasion, Vegeta is brought before Bardock in shackles. The Saiyan King gives Vegeta a life-sentence in prison for his crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, Shamoshia, home of the Shamoshians, Goku, alongside warriors Raditz, Nappa, Tarble, and Fasha, fights against the Marauders, a ragtag group of invaders that have been systematically terrorizing the galaxy for the past two years. The Saiyans win the battle, and while Tarble remains on Shamoshia to help the people rebuild, Goku and his friends return to Planet Vegeta via Goku's Instant Transmission. A party is held in celebration for Goku's victory, but he leaves quickly. He visits Paragus daily, asking each time how Bulma is faring. Bardock clearly does not approve of Goku's affections for Bulma as she will be dead long before him.

Back on Earth, Bulma is in West City, having been called there by Dr. Briefs to investigate readings of unknown nature. After having not heard from Goku for some time, she goes on a date with a man called Yamcha. Their date is quickly interrupted by Mai, who explains that Bulma's scientific equipment has been picking up strange signals, signals that have not been detected since the events that took place in the desert two years prior. They get in a car where Mai own intern, Shu is waiting for them, and drive to where the signal is the highest and end up at an abandoned storage house. They find that a number of portals have opened, linking the Earth to several different worlds and altering the laws of physics, causing gravity to shift without warning. While Mai and Shu continue to play around with the portals, Bulma is swallowed up by one of them and transported to an unknown planet. She finds herself in a dark chasm, where a strange vault is located. Upon touching the vault, a Dragon Ball emerges from it and infests her body. Passing out, Bulma is teleported back to Earth, waking up five hours later. She walks outside where Mai and Shu have been waiting. The police had been called there by Mai and consequently attempt to arrest the three for trespassing on private property; a policeman tries to touch Bulma, but the Dragon Ball forces him away. Goku suddenly arrives, seeking to investigate Bulma's well-being, as Paragus lost her ki signature after she disappeared. While overjoyed to see him, Bulma slaps Goku in the face for taking two years to visit her even though he was on Earth during the battle of Amestria. Goku apologizes to her, but then takes her to Planet Vegeta to investigate the nature of the Dragon Ball.

Once there, Paragus greets them, but Bulma is quickly taken to the healing chambers so that they can learn what's wrong with her. They find the Dragon Ball in her body but they don't know why it's there. A physician called Lemogra tries to remove the Dragon Ball from Bulma but fails. Bardock, furious that a human has come to Planet Vegeta, orders for her to be taken back to Earth, but when a guard touches her wrist, the Dragon Ball reacts defensively just as it did with the police. Bardock, recognizing the Dragon Ball's energy, tells Bulma of its many possible origins using the Book of Yamoshi, and how the Majins nearly used it to destroy the universe. While Bardock works to find a way to remove the Dragon Ball without killing Bulma, Gine — Bardock's wife, Goku's mother, and Vegeta's adoptive mother — befriends her. Gine has secretly been attempting to convey her disappointment to Vegeta regarding his actions, but he has rebuffed her every time.

Meanwhile, alerted by Bulma's use of the Dragon Ball, Majin Buu and his ilk awake from their long sleep. Under Buu's orders, Dumplin allows himself to be captured by the Saiyans while in disguise as a Marauder and, using vile techniques, turns himself into Demon God Dumplin, a superpowered warrior that the Majins used frequently in their war against the Saiyans. He frees all the prisoners except Vegeta and they start a prison riot, distracting the Saiyans so that Buu can lead his squadron of ships onto Planet Vegeta with little opposition. A battle takes place, during which the palace is breached and heavily damaged. Gine, having suspected the diversion, lures Buu into a duel by creating a holographic replica of Bulma. Gine nearly succeeds in besting Buu, but Demon God Dumplin intervenes and mortally wounds her when she refuses to give up Bulma and the Dragon Ball's location. In retaliation, an enraged Goku disfigures Buu's face with a Kamehameha, forcing the Majins to retreat. Gine then dies from her injury.

A funeral is later held for the dead Saiyans and Gine, and a grief stricken Bardock has Bulma imprisoned. Goku knows that Buu will return for Bulma, but Bardock, blinded by hate and grief, refuses to release her. So, Goku comes up with a plan to move her, even though he would be committing treason. With Paragus distracting Bardock from them, Goku has Vegeta freed from his cell, as Vegeta knows of secret portals that could transport Bulma to another world, drawing Buu away from Planet Vegeta. With help from Fasha, Raditz, and Nappa, Goku, Bulma and Vegeta hijack a downed Majin ship and make their way off Planet Vegeta and to a hidden portal that teleports them to a barren planet. As they make their escape, however, Bulma's body is slowly being infested by the Dragon Ball's energy, draining her of life.

The trio lands in the wastelands of the planet and by then, Bulma's body has completely channeled the Dragon Ball, enhancing her perceptions but weakening her physically. Buu senses the Dragon Ball's transfer and confronts the trio on the planet, and at that moment, Vegeta appears to betray Goku, cutting off his hand and giving Bulma to Buu willingly. Vegeta tells Buu that in return for the Dragon Ball, he wants a front row seat to watch Planet Vegeta's destruction. Buu then proceeds to rip the Dragon Ball from Bulma's body and put it into himself, but Vegeta's betrayal is revealed to be a ruse, and Goku's injury is revealed to have been nothing more than a holographic projection meant to lull Buu into a false sense of security. Transforming into Super Saiyan 3, Goku tries to destroy the Dragon Ball, but fails as it is indestructible. Demon God Dumplin then battles Goku while Buu and his minions leave the planet, and Demon God Dumplin quickly gains the upper hand against Goku. Vegeta comes to Goku's aid, blasting Demon God Dumplin through the chest with a Final Flash in Super Saiyan 2, but this has no effect on the Demon God Dumplin, who seizes Vegeta and drives a ki sword into his body. Vegeta manages to press one of Demon God Dumplin's implosion bombs, however, and sets it off, destroying Demon God Dumplin. Vegeta then apologizes to Goku for his actions, and seems to die in his arms. After mourning Vegeta, Goku and Bulma then enter a cave, believing that they have failed in stopping Buu. Suddenly, Bulma's cell phone gains reception and they venture deeper into the cave, finding a portal. The portal teleports them safely back to West City. Meanwhile, a Saiyan Guard appears in the same area where Vegeta died, and returns to Planet Vegeta to inform Bardock of what transpired.

While Bulma has been on Planet Vegeta, Mai has been fruitlessly trying to reach M.O.N. when she and Shu see on the news that Dr. Briefs has been running around naked at Stonehenge, and has now been put in a retirement home for psychiatric care. They go there to get him out, and he tells them his sanity was shaken after being hypnotized by Vegeta during the Hollow Invasion. For the past several months, Briefs has studied the effects of the Convergence and has developed devices which can teleport people to different worlds. They meet up with Goku and Bulma, and Briefs tells them that the people who lived in West City after the previous Convergence had built certain objects to create a secret map to where the Convergence would reach its peak. The location is revealed to be Amestria. After putting two and two together, Bulma theorizes that Buu plans to spread the Dragon Ball's energy through the portals so that he may destroy all of the worlds at once.

They travel to Amestria the next morning, and when they arrive, they find that a number of portals have opened up above the city, a sign that the Convergence is nearing its peak. Buu soon arrives, and Goku engages him in battle, with both evenly matched. The fight takes them through various portals throughout the city, transporting them to different worlds. While the two are fighting, the scientists use Briefs' devices to deal with the Majin soldiers, accidentally summoning a young God of Destruction in the process. Goku and Buu are soon separated by one of the portals, and Buu, now unopposed, unleashes the Dragon Ball's power into the portals. Goku soon regroups with his friends, the young God of Destruction unconscious beside him and he himself transformed into a Super Saiyan God, and takes Briefs' devices, noting that while the Dragon Ball might be indestructible, Majin Buu himself is not. Using the devices, Goku impales Buu with them, allowing Bulma to teleport him back to the barren planet, stopping his attack. However, Buu's damaged Ark starts to crash, and nearly crushes Goku and Bulma, when Briefs uses the last of his devices to teleport it away; it ends up on the planet and explodes Majin Buu, killing the Majin's leader. The portals then close, and the ordeal is finally over.

Some time later, Goku returns to Planet Vegeta, where Bardock congratulates him on his victory despite the crimes he committed to do so. Bardock comments that Goku will make a wise king, but Goku responds by saying he is not ready to bear the weight of the throne. Goku leaves Planet Vegeta to reunite with Bulma on Earth, but as he leaves, Bardock is revealed to be Vegeta, having faked his death and usurped Bardock's throne.

Later, Fasha and Nappa hand over the captured Dragon Ball to Sosuke Aizen. Aizen appears eager to take it, but is curious as to why the Saiyans don't just keep it secured in their own vault. Nappa explains that one of the other Dragon Balls is already on Planet Vegeta, and that to keep two of them in the same place would be unwise. As they leave, Aizen remarks to his assistant, "One down, six to go."

Goku returns to Earth, where he happily reunites with Bulma, unaware that the young God of Destruction that was teleported to Earth during the Convergence is still on Earth, happily eating ice cream with a human.