The cover story (aka, the lie) that everyone apparently decides to run with is that Beerus is having a “space picnic” with Goku and Vegeta. While it’s a laughably bad lie, it’s appreciated to see that Chi-Chi is still an obstacle that needs to be negotiated around when it comes to Goku getting in time for training. What’s even worse is that Goku doesn’t even have the courage to personally deliver this lie to wife, instead saving the honor for Vegeta. Hell, it’d almost be tempting to see Earth get handed over to Universe 6 just so Chi-Chi’s awful characterization could get rubbed in her own face, for once.

Goku and Vegeta meet up with Krillin to begin the recruiting process. It’s nice to see Krillin helping out here, yet not becoming a member of the team, as such a decision would be pretty foolish. There are many warriors out there that are stronger than Krillin and with Beerus already claiming a spot for Monaka, Goku and Vegeta only have two positions left to fill on Universe 7’s team. A lot of Vegeta and Goku’s time with Krillin is spent playing narrator as they fill him in on the basics of this new tournament. This isn’t the most thrilling use of time, but seeing Goku attempting (and failing) to paraphrase Whis’ explanation of the 12 universes is still pretty damn entertaining. Meanwhile, Android 18 goes off on an actual picnic (an idea inspired by the lie that’s started circulating amongst the group).

There’s some welcome fan service here in regard to how Buu is still holding a massive grudge against Beerus that charts back to when the God of Destruction first landed on the planet. Buu bites the bullet and decides to participate when Goku teases him with the prospect of a wish from the Super Dragon Balls, which Buu plans to give to Mr. Satan (seriously, their friendship is the greatest romance in all of Dragon Ball, with Gohan and Piccolo being a close second). Vegeta also raises a valid question over the idea of whether Buu is still a worthy fighter after losing his “Evil Buu” side of things. Vegeta’s quick to remember that Beerus was able to handle Buu in essentially one hit.

This discussion more importantly ends up leading into Dragon Ball Super’s first mention of Uub! You know, the reincarnated soul of Evil Buu that got reborn as a child. There’s been much debate if the content of the final episodes of Dragon Ball Z (the ones that technically take place after Dragon Ball Super) are actually canon or not. So getting a mention of Uub here is a big deal, as well as the fact that it sheds a little more light towards when exactly this is taking place. Goku considers the idea of enlisting Uub’s help, however the fact that he’s a newborn pretty much rules him out…

The episode then logically moves to Goten and Trunks and if they’re viable contenders for this tournament. Unfortunately, but not without good reason, Vegeta almost immediately shoots down their inclusion due to fusion being illegal in this thing. It does act as a healthy motivator for the boys though and at least the episode doesn’t just gloss over them. Besides, would it really be that interesting if the team was entirely Saiyans?