Goku Black finally meets up with the Z Warriors and it’s clear that fighting is on everyone’s minds. Future Trunks is eager to take on his rival, but Vegeta talks him down from the impulsive decision. This however doesn’t stop Goku from ignoring his better judgment and choosing to face off against the new villain. Goku and Goku Black’s fight is pretty explosive stuff, but it’s also fairly low stakes here. Neither of them go all out and once Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan he’s actually able to overtake Goku Black fairly easily.

Future Trunks is desperate for Goku to just finish the job and eliminate this threat before he has the opportunity to escape, but Goku of course blows this shot. In fact, the episode explicitly calls Goku out on his tendency to waste time and not go all out at the start of battles, even though it’s been a strategy that has blown up in his face numerous times before. Future Trunks even freaks out over Goku’s naïve approach to Goku Black, which turns into a nice moment where he gets to share the audience’s frustration.

It’s nice to see that the days of wondering whether a momentous fight will suffer from lackluster animation are long over. Dragon Ball Super continues to stick the landing with its stunning art. This fight is a pleasure to watch and even though it largely consists of Goku and Goku Black trying to feel out the other’s style, the fight choreography is still impressive.

Goku Black gets to fire off a crazy amount of powerful energy blasts that put Goku on the offensive while also looking fairly awesome. The show even realizes the importance of having the two lookalikes sucker punch each other at the exact same time in order to make their even strength as clear as possible. This show knows what it’s doing.

After the fisticuffs Goku Black manages to escape back through the time portal that he arrived in, but not before he also destroys Future Trunks’ time machine so the group has no means to follow him. This leaves both sides at a standstill of sorts since neither one seems to currently be able to travel to the respective company’s timeline. Goku Black is especially pleased that Future Trunks is locked out of his home.