Dragon Ball Super: Frieza's New Form Creates a Massive Plot Gap

While Frieza’s new form in Dragon Ball Super is undeniably impressive and his most powerful transformation to date, his very presence creates a huge rift in the Dragon Ball series’ continuity, stretching all the way back to Frieza’s first fight against Goku.

Frieza first appeared in Dragon Ball as a seeker of the Dragon Balls to become immortal, but his metamorphosis into one of the universe’s best warriors in Dragon Ball Super demonstrated that his failure was a blessing in disguise. After Frieza died in Dragon Ball Z, he was resurrected and resolved to become stronger in order to defeat Goku, the Saiyan who had humiliated him so many years before. Frieza achieved the Golden Frieza form, which rivals the power of Super Saiyan Blue, after only four months of training. Frieza then unlocks the Black Frieza transformation, which is stronger than the power of a God of Destruction, after discovering a portal to a dimension beyond time and space and deciding to train there for ten years without wasting a fraction of that time in his own universe. In fact, Frieza can achieve power beyond comprehension if he trains rather than relying on his inherent abilities.

In Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Manga Chapter 312, Goku and Frieza are in the midst of their first iconic battle on the planet Namek, and the two warriors appear to be evenly matched at this point in the fight. Even though they only use a fraction of their true power, Frieza recognises that Goku isn’t like the other challengers he’s faced recently. Frieza is so taken with Goku that he tells him, “It’s been a long time since I had such a good training session…”

Frieza’s statement, as insignificant as it may appear at the time, carries more weight than anyone could have imagined when he said it. Frieza basically says in Dragon Ball Super that he has never had to exercise in his entire life because he was born a prodigy with inherent strength and transformation abilities that made him stronger than almost anyone. That’s why, in just four months, Frieza grows stronger than a Super Saiyan God, because he taps into him in a way he’s never done before. This is also the reason why, after ten years of continuous training, Frieza unlocks Black Frieza and uses this form to easily defeat Goku and Vegeta. Unfortunately, it all falls apart when Frieza says to Goku that he trained before and should be much stronger than he is in this chapter.

If four months of training is enough to unlock god-level power in Frieza, it doesn’t make sense for Frieza to be defeated by Goku Super Saiyan 1 in their first fight, especially since Frieza admitted defeat. already had previous training This makes sense if Frieza had never trained prior to the events of Dragon Ball Super, but when he refers to his previous training sessions and compares them to his fight against Goku in this chapter, it makes sense. completely destroyed, leaving a massive gap in Dragon Ball’s established continuity.