Vegeta decides to power through, as if purely to prove to everyone just how badass he is. Vegeta throws caution to the wind and the typical rules that have been binding this tournament are abandoned as these two get ready to take their fighting to unprecedented levels. In a lot of ways it also feels like this battle is Vegeta’s way of working out his demons for ultimately dropping the ball back when he was fighting Golden Frieza. Now it’s time for Vegeta to channel all of that aggression and take out Frieza’s mirror opposite while not making the same mistakes as before.

After all of this preamble and showboating that Frost puts on, it’s incredibly satisfying to see Vegeta eliminate the guy in one punch. Frost doesn’t even register as kind of a threat. Just like that Vegeta proves that he operates on another level, knocks this heavy danger into the dust, and snidely welcomes his next victim to come forward. As much as Dragon Ball may be tempted to drag its feet through battles, bringing Vegeta in is always a guaranteed way to speed things along.

As a result of Goku being disqualified at the hand of Frost’s illegal weaponry, Beerus argues that he should be rightfully reinstated in the tournament. Goku is added back into the tournament rotation, but he pleads to be placed at the end of the team’s sparring order. Goku’s reason is that he’s still eager to see the all-powerful Monaka show off his skills and hopefully pick up a few pointers in the meantime. Beerus, however, is quite insistent that Monaka remain at the end of their roster as he’s their trump card and their necessary safety net.

Of course, at this point many people have probably clued into the fact that Monaka’s bark is clearly worse than his bite. Whis lets it slip that Monaka’s role in the tournament is just to be a motivator that pushes Goku to work harder. Don’t expect this guy to be saving Universe 7 at the end of the day. Regardless, Monaka’s secret makes for nice banter between Beerus and Whis, especially as Whis gets increasingly tired with this charade.

Goku’s re-admittance is a bit of a double-edged sword. It’s certainly nice to see Frost’s act of cheating getting reversed and justice being served, but as pointed out before, the one thing this series isn’t lacking is battles with Goku. At least his previous time in the tournament was fairly limited so when he inevitably returns to the fray there won’t be too much Goku material in this saga. Vegeta and Piccolo have still gotten plenty of time to show off here.