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Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 45 Review
Episode 45, "It’s a 20-Fold Kaio-ken! A Kamehameha With Everything on the Line"
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Synopsis: Gohan throws the Bulma frog in front of Piccolo before Ginyu can switch bodies with him, returning Bulma to her body. Freeza continues having the advantage in the fight, while Goku is losing strength. Seeing Freeza’s power, Goku realizes he can’t win on his own. He decides that he’ll try a 20x Kaioken. Freeza continues to beat on Goku. Goku ends up in the water, but when he tries to emerge, Freeza holds him under. Drowning, Goku has a horrible vision that causes him to break free from Freeza. He uses a 20x Kaioken and fires a Kamehameha at Freeza, but Freeza ends up barely damaged by it. Goku has another vision, this time of Vegeta telling him to defeat Freeza. However, Freeza is angered by this and rushes forward to continue.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 44 Review
Episode 44, "A Physical War That Exceeds All Limits! Goku and Freeza and Ginyu, Again?!"
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Synopsis: Freeza asks Goku if he prefers to fight in the air or the land, and Goku choses the latter. Goku removes his weighted shirt. Freeza offers a "service": he will not fight with his hands. The two of them resume combat, with Freeza keeping up just as well for a while without his hands. However, eventually Goku’s intensity increases, and Freeza is forced to punch to defend himself. In another part of Namek, Bulma makes friends with a frog, and creates a frog-to-human communications device. However, the frog is actually Captain Ginyu, who uses his power to switch bodies with her. Ginyu then removes the device from the Bulma frog and races off to find Freeza. Freeza claims that he has not yet used half of his power and Goku thinks he’s bluffing. Freeza offers to make Goku a subordinate, but Goku turns him down. Ginyu, in Bulma’s body, as well as the frog Bulma arrive on the scene and at first fool Gohan and the others. Freeza suddenly increases his speed and easily takes the advantage. Gohan and the group catch on that Bulma isn’t herself.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 43 Review
Episode 43, "Son Goku vs Freeza! The Curtain Opens on the Super Decisive Battle!"
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Synopsis: Piccolo, Kuririn, and Gohan distance themselves as Goku and Freeza begin their battle. Bulma, meanwhile, encounters a group of frogs. Goku is able to deflect powerful attacks from Freeza, which impresses the tyrant. Kaio tells Goku’s friends that he’s putting up a decent fight. Freeza blasts open a hole into the planet and stirs up lava. Goku is pushed into the sea and tries getting Freeza from underwater, distracting him, and then kicking him. Freeze uses telepathy and sends large rocks at Goku, but he destroys them. Freeza than takes a huge chunk of rock and throws it at Goku, who is able to break through it. Freeza binds Goku in a ki bubble and hits him around, then blasts it. Goku survives this, however, and the two face off again.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 42 Review
Episode 42, "Defeat Freeza, Son Goku! The Proud Vegeta’s Tears"
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Synopsis: As Gohan, Piccolo, and Kuririn look on, Freeza continues to torture Vegeta. Goku detects where all of their ki are and flies to where they are. Goku tells everyone he will take on Freeza himself. After a short exchange where Goku easily deflects Freeza’s beams, Vegeta laughs and insists that Goku is a Super Saiyan of legend. Fed up, Freeza fires a beam through Vegeta’s heart. Dying, Vegeta tells Goku that Freeza killed their race, and with his pride wounded, begs him to bring an end to Freeza by his Saiyan hand. Goku buries Vegeta and declares he will defeat Freeza.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 41 Review
Episode 41, "The Moment We’ve Waited For! Son Goku is Revived"
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Synopsis: Vegeta smacks Gohan out of the way of Freeza’s beam, saving him. However, he only does so for more audience for what he feels he can now do: defeat Freeza. With supreme confidence, Vegeta powers up to his fullest extent, surprising Gohan, Piccolo, and Kuririn. He challenges Freeza, but it doesn’t impress his former employer, who is more than capable of avoiding and deflecting his attacks. Regardless of what is thrown at him, Freeza endures, shaking Vegeta to his core. Freeza than attacks Vegeta, easily overpowering him, then slowly torturing him. Meanwhile, Goku has fully recovered.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 40 Review
Episode 40, "Freeza’s Final Super Transformation! The Terror Greater Than Hell Starts Now"
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Synopsis: Enraged at Freeza, Gohan attacks and seems to overpower him with a ki blast, but Freeza pushes it back and Piccolo has to save him from it hitting Gohan. Freeza recognizes that Gohan is a Saiyan, but doesn’t know who could have fathered him. Vegeta demands that Kuririn injure him near fatally so that when Dende heals him, he’ll be more powerful than ever, because Saiyans get a power up every time they recover from near death. Kuririn, however, is hesitant to do so. Freeza decides to reveal his true form, changing again. Kuririn finally blasts Vegeta at full power, and Vegeta believes he’ll finally become a Super Saiyan. As Freeza transforms, Vegeta tries to get Dende to heal him, but Dende refuses because of all the Namekians Vegeta killed. Dende heals Piccolo instead. Gohan manages to convince Dende to heal Piccolo. Now in his true form, Freeza immediately kills Dende to prevent any further recoveries. Gohan, Piccolo, and Kuririn attack Freeza, but cannot harm him at all. Then Freeza targets Gohan.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 39 Review
Episode 39, "The Reborn Piccolo Arrives! A Furious Freeza’s 2nd Transformation"
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Synopsis: Challenging Freeza, Piccolo seems capable with keeping up with the tyrant in combat. Freeza is surprised, but not especially impressed, and presses harder. After removing his weighted training garbs, Piccolo is ready to get serious. Freeza brags that his power is even greater than Piccolo thinks, and is able to transform twice more. He then transforms again, and makes short work of Piccolo, spurring Gohan to come to help.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 38 Review
Episode 38, "Freeza Bares His Fangs! Transcendent Power Attacks Gohan"
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Synopsis: Having impaled Kuririn on one of his horns, Freeza tosses the earthling into the water. Gohan attacks in a rage, surprising and overwhelming Freeza. Dende retrieves the still alive, but badly hurt, Kuririn. Generally unharmed, Freeza raises his power and attacks Gohan. Vegeta takes the opportunity to attack Freeza, but it doesn’t harm him. Freeza goes back to Gohan, dealing him blow after blow. Suddenly, one of Kuririn’s Kienzan attacks hits Freeza, cutting off the end of his tail. Healed, Kuririn continues his attack, distracting Freeza so that Dende (who has healing powers) can restore Gohan’s health as well. Before Freeza can figure out what’s happening, Piccolo arrives, more powerful than ever, and determined to take on Freeza himself.
Dragon Ball Kai – Episode 37 Review
Episode 37, "A Nightmarish Super Transformation! Freeza’s Battle Power Reaches One Million"
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Synopsis: On his way to Gohan and the others, Piccolo encounters the dying Nail. Nail suggests the two of them fuse together, becoming one being with tremendous power, using Piccolo as the base. Piccolo reluctantly agrees, and the two fuse. Piccolo experiences a massive power up from this. Meanwhile, Freeza, enraged, powers up. Vegeta decides to take him on as they try to overcome each other with their overwhelming ki. Vegeta demands that Freeza show his true form. Freeza transforms into a larger version of himself, frightening and overpowering everyone. He then chooses his first victim: Kuririn, who he runs through with a horn.