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Dragon Ball Super starts in a very specific time period, six months after the defeat of Majin Buu by Goku towards the end of Dragon Ball Z’s run, then the Dragon Ball Super story starts. Many Dragon Ball fans don’t watch this series on Cartoon Network because of time issues. So I am going to start making the Overview of all episodes one by one and in this article, I am continuing from the 18th episode of Dragon Ball Super.
Picking up from the cliff-hanger that ended last week’s episode, it appears that the surviving remnants of the Frieza Force have fallen on harsh times and have decided to revive the deceased tyrant for support. Sorbet, the ersatz leader of the Frieza Force (along with his second-in-command, Tagoma) has a plan that’s set to take their army right to Earth and seize the Dragon Balls. “Despair Redux!” is an episode that spends a lot of time setting things in place for the ensuing fallout next episode. In that sense, the offering is a little underwhelming, but it still deserves points for just how much new material it brings to the table.
Also read Dragon Ball Super Episode 18 Overview
Sorbet’s plans for the Dragon Balls end up having him collide with Pilaf and company, who have just finished painstakingly collecting the seven orbs. I’m definitely on board with the running joke that the series keeps playing on Pilaf where his Dragon Ball wishes are always being stolen away from him at the last minute. It even nicely calls back to the character’s fate in the original Dragon Ball. At this point, it seems pretty obvious that the only reason Pilaf, Shu, and Mai have been brought back into the Dragon Ball fold is so that they can be the universe’s perpetual punching bags. In spite of this, the team manages to have a rather uplifting ending. Mai and Shu still sneak in wishes for premium ice cream (complete with an ice pack to keep it cool—Shenron’s a sweetie) and one million Zeni, with this all culminating in a celebration of friendship between the underdogs. It’s a good thing that they have no idea that they’ve helped bring back a genocidal megalomaniac.
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