This Dragon Ball Super review contains spoilers.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 6

For the die-hard Vegeta apologists out there, the idea of Vegeta not only being afraid of something, but outright terrified of it, might be hard for them to swallow. That concept is largely the driving force of this entire episode. With Goku not satiating Beerus’ Super Saiyan God cravings, he heads to Earth to continue his search. This leaves Vegeta pretty much in charge of the fate of the Earth and ensuring that Beerus doesn’t lose his cool and get destruction happy all of a sudden. As an audience we of course know that Beerus isn’t going to destroy the Earth (although, Majin Buu did, so you never know…), but that’s still a relatively appealing premise to have some fun with. Vegeta is so often choosing to opt out of social gatherings, so it’s a great idea to engineer a situation where he’s scrambling over others to be the one involved.

Part of Vegeta’s crippling fear towards Beerus stems from him not only being aware of this God of Destruction’s reputation, but also witnessing it first hand. We’ve heard already that Beerus—not Frieza—was the one responsible for blowing up Planet Vegeta, but this episode treats everyone to a flashback from Vegeta’s youth. It might not be that lengthy of a scene, but in it Beerus is victimizing Vegeta’s father in front of the young Saiyan prince. This image alone is enough to explain Vegeta’s issues with the God. In his head, Beerus is this invincible deity that put down his perfect father.

While Vegeta might be aware of Beerus and Whis and where they come from, the rest of Bulma’s party is in ignorant bliss regarding “Vegeta’s friends.” This leads to a number of set pieces where guests come dangerously close to acting rude or offending Beerus, with Vegeta bending over backwards to cover for them as well as absorbing any collateral damage. There is some really silly stuff in this one and some people might end up thinking that this is getting too broad and comical with this serious of a character. There might be some truth in that, but this episode is just a lot of fun. It’s probably the only time that Vegeta has actually been worried over Yamcha before. Where else are you going to get moments like Vegeta nearly having a heart attack over Beerus’ reaction to trying wasabi for the first time? It’s literally the beat of suspense that the act break goes out on!