U9 had cool designs in general! The trio, the rabbit, the dragon, that ice-type version of Groot, the cat chick, even that spider dude was kinda cool... And at least that bat guy was FUNNY. They also had that merman, but he didn't get to do anything.



Ah, they'll be back though! Undelete them!



Though I think what's pretty weird is that in a series where 'intense training' allows you to very quickly become much stronger, Universe 10, which is full of gym junkies, wouldn't overwhelmingly be the strongest. They seem the types who don't seem to do anything BUT training! You'd THINK by internal series logic all that training would allow Muriman to effortlessly backhand that anal prober Jiren, known best for being a just standing around and glaring extraordinaire, right off the stage. Since Muriman clearly does nothing except work out and drink protein bars... and maybe strike a few solemn buddhist prayer poses as well. (Which in this universe might ALSO raise Powar Lebbles) Seriously, you'd think his powerlabels would be through the roof!



Buuut we all know that won't happen. And they even named the guy 'Hopeless Team' to make that clear. Silly Muriman! 'Training' is only for Goku's! No matter how much you train, your power rangers won't be big enough! Actually... why DID they name him 'hopeless team'? Like, did they WANT to brutally snap the neck of any notion of tension regarding that guy? It's a bit like that barrier Goku had against Lavender. Like... Why WOULD anyone want to see him have an actually difficult fight against an opponent that might not be as strong but that CAN end your run in the ToP if he hits you? Or against Bergamo... just the opposite. Sure you can hit him, but those hits'd better really count or he'll come back stronger and close the power gap! That might actually be exciting! Eeexcept probably also more expensive to animate... so... Let's just invent a barrier! XD



You know... writing team, you can totally have a kickass Goku/Jiren fight WITHOUT making the rest of the ToP just a slow vehicle to get there. You can do that fight AND do other stuff!



Aaah, I hope U4 doesn't drop out to soon. Them being the SNEAKY ones at least they could throw in a few surprises, right? Surprises and close calls are GOOD for this sort of thing! And if this tourney really IS actually not purely about brute force, you'd think the sneaky guys could demonstrate that quite well!