'Dragon Ball Super' Episode 104: 'The Ultimate High Speed Battle Begins! Goku and Hit Join Forces!'

Hit faces off against universe 11's warrior Dyspo.  While we hadn't gotten a good idea of what this particular fighter is capable of, this episode makes up for it by making it clear that he's a force to be reckoned with.

I figured that the match would be at least somewhat even, but Hit quickly finds himself on the losing end of the fight.  Even his time skip ability is no help.  I guess it's a good thing that his showdown with Jiren ended the way it did as he probably wouldn't have fared as well as I would have thought back when it was originally teased.

How is Dyspo able to counter?  It's a combination of incredible speed and the ability to hear the vibrations Hit's muscles make before he uses the ability.  So yeah, he's basically the Pride Troopers' iteration of the Flash.

To Hit's credit, he is able to come up with a strategy that almost gets him the win over his opponent, but alas, one of Dyspo's teammates, Kunshi, manages to bail him out.  As formidable as Dyspo was on his own, the pair are beyond overwhelming.

Enter Goku in his super saiyan god form.  Yes, super saiyan god, not blue.  It was nice to see the form make a comeback. Considering that Goku had absorbed all that power into his base form back in the "Battle of Gods" saga, I figured it was rendered irrelevant, but apparently it still has its perks.  Whis explains that it's faster than super saiyan, but doesn't burn through energy as much as blue does.  So yeah, pretty helpful here.

Both Hit and Goku insist that they are not working together and Goku goes out of his way to say that he isn't helping Hit, but the end result is the same.

At the very least, Goku's presence brings it back to a one on one fight between the assassin and his original opponent.

Considering how badly Hit fared before, it made it all the more satisfying to see him come up with a consistent counter-strategy for Dyspo's insane speed.  It allows the assassin to restore some of his badass cred, as he gloats about how he is going to inevitably win.

Even when Kunshi tries to repeat his earlier tactic, Goku and Hit are able to turn it against the two.  True, Dyspo manages to escape, but Kunshi is out.  Not only does that reduce universe 11's team to three fighters, but it means that they no longer have somebody to pull them back when they get thrown out of the ring.

I did like the parting scene between Goku and Hit.  It was a nice way to acknowledge the quasi-friendship that these two have established.  They're still intent on a rematch, but Hit decides to postpone it as a sign of gratitude for the assist.  It gave the episode a solid character moment in an episode that put more emphasis on an admittedly entertaining fight.

Overall, this was a solid episode.  The fight was exciting and tense enough to carry things through.  We got to see a seemingly forgotten form make a comeback and Champa apparently has a vuvuzela.  Once again, events outside of the match up are largely ignored which is vexing, but that just seems to be the way this is going to work.  

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