The BEST episodes of Dragon Ball Super season 5
Every episode of Dragon Ball Super season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragon Ball Super season 5!
With Majin Boo defeated half-a-year prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now live peaceful lives. However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, the God of Destruction. Considered the most terrifying being in the entire universe, Beerus is eager to fight the legendary warrior seen in a prophecy foretold decades ago known as the Super Saiyan God. The series retells the events from the two Dragon Ball Z films, Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' before proceeding to an original story about the exploration of alternate universes.
#1 - The Greatest Showdown of All Time! The Ultimate Survival Battle!
Season 5 - Episode 54 - Aired 3/18/2018
Goku and Jiren exchange attacks continuously. Despite almost being defeated twice, Goku stands up and recovers. Goku regains the edge over Jiren once again. When Jiren asks why Goku refuses to surrender, both Goku and his friends claim that the source of Goku's strength comes from the trust between him and his companions. Refusing to accept this and implications of his impending defeat, an enraged Jiren launches an attack on the bleachers in a desperate attempt to prove that friendship is meaningless. However, the attack is repelled by a furious Goku, who powers up even further and finally defeats Jiren. However, just as Goku is about to knock Jiren out, his body collapses from the strain of using Mastered Ultra Instinct for too long. Despite this opportunity, Jiren hesitates in knocking Goku off the tournament stage.
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#2 - Bloodcurdling! The Explosive Birth of a New Super Warrior!
Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/5/2017
Vegeta continues his battle with Top, while Caulifla is able to help Kale master her Legendary Super Saiyan form and enter her Legendary Super Saiyan 2 before the two double-team Goku. Goku is eventually knocked into Frieza's fight with Catopesra, with Frieza deciding to observe the fight after Goku tells him not to attack Caulifla and Kale. The three Saiyans resume their battle. After unsuccessfully attempting to use Instant Transmission as a strategy, Goku powers up to his Super Saiyan God form and easily overpowers Caulifla and Kale. As Goku prepares to eliminate Caulifla and Kale using a powerful Kamehameha to destroy the area of the stage they are on. But it revealed that Champa gave Caulifla and Kale a pair of Potara earrings provided by Sixth Universe Supreme Kai Fuwa as a last resort, using them to fuse into a single being of immense power named Kefla who proceeds to attack Goku.
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#3 - Goku Enkindled! The Awakened One's New Ultra Instinct!
Season 5 - Episode 34 - Aired 10/8/2017
Goku rallies himself and pushes the Spirit Bomb back towards Jiren, which locks him in a stalemate. As the two struggle to overpower each other, the Spirit Bomb suddenly condenses into a small black ball, which absorbs Goku and causes him to vanish. Goku suddenly reappears and is able to go toe-to-toe with Jiren.
#4 - Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!
Season 5 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/19/2017
After Goku enters his Autonomous Ultra Instinct in response to her power, Kefla responds by powering up to Super Saiyan 2 but is unable land a hit on Goku while his attacks are not strong enough to take her down. As Jiren awakens from his mediation and rejoins Top and Dyspo, Whis explains that Goku's consciously attacking prevents from prevents him from using Autonomous Ultra Instinct at its full potential. Vegeta realizes that Autonomous Ultra Instinct was the lesson Whis was teaching him and Goku, determined to master it as well. Goku realizes that he is running low on stamina, deciding to quickly end the fight as he uses Autonomous Ultra Instinct to dodge Kefla's barrage of energy attacks while a Kamehameha. Despite Kefla's attempt to take him after he jumped midair, Goku uses the charged up energy to slide over Kefla's attack to launch a point-blank Kamehameha that blasts her off the field.
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#5 - A Transcendent Limit Break! Autonomous Ultra Instinct Mastered!
Season 5 - Episode 53 - Aired 3/4/2018
Goku tries the same trick he used on Kefla by powering up a Kamehameha while dodging and firing it at Jiren, but Jiren is able to block the attack and fire his own blast right through to Goku. Belmod is confident that Goku's incomplete Ultra Instinct will not be enough to win. Vegeta points out that throughout the Tournament of Power all of the Saiyans have been able to surpass their limits and achieve higher levels of power. Belmod is worried. Belmod shouts at Jiren to finish off Goku immediately. Jiren is able to trap Goku on a single floating rock and fires a barrage of attacks down at him in an attempt to knock him out, but Goku begins blocking Jiren's attacks with his own punches. Goku lands a solid blow on Jiren. Goku unleashes all of his power, which manifests as a galaxy-like nebula encompassing the entire area below the tournament stage. Jiren gathers all of his power and launches a final blast down at Goku, but Goku suddenly transforms again and powers up immensely.
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#6 - A Miraculous Conclusion! Farewell, Goku! Until the Day We Meet Again!
Season 5 - Episode 55 - Aired 3/25/2018
While Frieza takes the lead in the attack, Android 17 manages to injure Jiren with another surprise attack, who collapses from exhaustion. Frieza is about to eliminate Jiren, who accepts his impending defeat, but Top calls out to Jiren and inspires him to keep fighting despite his injuries. Jiren powers up into his limit-breaking state again and fires a massive blast at Frieza and Android 17. They form an energy barrier to shield themselves. Before Jiren can overpower them, Goku manages to get back up and rejoins the others. Goku adds his strength to the barrier, which enables them to cancel out Jiren's blast. Working together, Goku and Frieza overpower Jiren and tackle him off the tournament stage, which eliminates Goku, Frieza, and Jiren from the Tournament of Power. With all of their fighters defeated, Universe Eleven is erased. As the only fighter remaining on the tournament stage, Android 17 is declared the winner of the Tournament of Power.
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#7 - First Time Exchanging Blows! Android 17 vs. Goku!!
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2017
Goku travels to an isolated wildlife preserve run by Android 17, and attempts to recruit him for the Tournament of Power.
#8 - Most Heinous! Most Evil! Frieza's Rampage!
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/18/2017
Frieza goes on a rampage against the assassins sent to take him out. But if he takes too long, Universe 7 is disqualified and erased from the Tournament.
#9 - Staring Down the Wall to be Overcome! Goku vs. Gohan
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/14/2017
Gohan completes his training with Piccolo. Now he desires to test out his full potential. Gohan and Piccolo challenge Tien and Goku to a 2 vs 2 match. Gohan isn't satisfied with that and requests to fight Goku at full strength!
#10 - Surpass Even a God! Vegeta's Sacrifice Strike!
Season 5 - Episode 50 - Aired 2/4/2018
Top easily overpowers Android 17's blast. Android 17 is able to evade him for a while by using the broken fighting stage to his advantage, but Top effortlessly withstands Android 17's attacks. Top prepares to eliminate Android 17 with a giant energy blast, but Frieza rejoins the battle and deflects Top's attack. Frieza uses his own energy attack to immobilize Top, which allows him and Android 17 to land numerous attacks, but none of them have any effect. Top is about to eliminate them both, when he is interrupted by Goku and Vegeta, who are still fighting Jiren. Frieza and Android 17 are hit by one of Jiren's attacks, which gives Top the opportunity to attack Vegeta instead. Top overwhelms Vegeta with his new power and states that he has cast aside everything else in order to become strong enough to win the Tournament of Power. However, Vegeta is inspired by his family, his promise to Cabba, and his Saiyan pride.
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#11 - A Commanding Presence! The Advent of Top the Destroyer!
Season 5 - Episode 49 - Aired 1/28/2018
Goku and Vegeta continue their battle with Jiren, while Android 17 manages to defeat Top with Frieza's help. But Top gets back up and powers up while exhibits the same type of energy a Destroyer possesses, Belmod revealing that Top is a candidate to succeed him as the next destroyer of the Eleventh Universe. Top unleashes his new power, which damages the fighting stage and breaks a large portion of it. Android 17 and Frieza attack Top repeatedly, but are outmatched while managing to keep themselves from being eliminated, though Top knocks out Frieza before engaging in another beam clash with Android 17.
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#12 - The Evil Emperor Returns! A Reception from Mysterious Assassins?
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/11/2017
Frieza is resurrected. However, a group of assassins come for him and Goku.
#13 - The Approaching Wall! A Hopeful Final Barrier!
Season 5 - Episode 51 - Aired 2/11/2018
Jiren powers up to his maximum. Goku, Vegeta, and Android 17 all attack him simultaneously, but he easily overpowers them. However, Android 17 manages to land a sneak attack and hurts Jiren. Jiren defeats Goku and Vegeta, while Frieza rejoins the fight and tries to kill Jiren in his golden form. However, Frieza is easily defeated as well and knocked out once again. Android 17 asks Jiren what his wish on the Super Dragon Balls would be. Belmod explains that Jiren's endless pursuit of strength was inspired when his parents, most of his comrades, and mentor were killed by a powerful villain. However, his abandonment by his surviving friends turned Jiren into a loner who distrusted friendship. Jiren now focuses solely on increasing his own strength. This allows Android 17 to figure out Jiren's wish, which is to resurrect his former master. Android 17 admires Jiren's human qualities, but he accuses Jiren of using the rest of his universe's team for his own ends.
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#14 - The Mightiest Enemy Zeroes in on Goku! Launch the Knockout Spirit Bomb Now!
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 10/8/2017
With the tournament more than halfway over the gods of Universe 11 order Jiren to squash Son Goku. Goku happily braces himself to fight Jiren, Universe 11's strongest warrior. However, as Jiren unleashes his ki, it overwhelms all the contestants. Goku counters by becoming Super Saiyan Blue and raising Kaio-ken to the maximum.
#15 - With His Pride on the Line! Vegeta's Challenge to Be the Strongest!
Season 5 - Episode 46 - Aired 1/7/2018
With only two universes remaining, the Grand Minister compresses the bleachers so that the remaining spectators can be close together. The final warriors begin their battle with Gohan and Android 17 against Top while Frieza battles Dyspo. Goku and Vegeta battle Jiren, whose overwhelms the former with his punching barrage while Vegeta is able to dodge from analyzing Jiren's fighting pattern. He lands a solid blow to Jiren's midsection, but Jiren counters with a powerful blast that nearly knocks Vegeta off the tournament stage. Meanwhile, Frieza blocks one of Dyspo's attacks with his tail, but Dyspo uses it as leverage to injure him. Jiren disparages Vegeta for his self-righteousness, but Vegeta declares that his pride is the source of his strength. Vegeta powers up a Final Flash and goads Jiren into taking it head-on. But the attack fails to damage Jiren, who acknowledge Vegeta's strength before incapacitates him with an energy blast.
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#16 - Frieza and Frost! A Mutual Malevolence?
Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/24/2017
Frieza searches for his next opponent. Meanwhile Gohan is having a tough fight with Jimeze. Seeing Frieza watch and smirk as Gohan gets knocked around, the Universe 7 team have the uneasy feeling that he has betrayed them.
#17 - Body, Soul and Power Unleashed! Goku and Vegeta!
Season 5 - Episode 47 - Aired 1/14/2018
With Vegeta down, Goku faces off against Jiren. Meanwhile, Frieza begins fighting Dyspo seriously, while Gohan and Android 17 are outmatched against Top. Outmatched in power, Goku instead uses controlled ki blasts to create a minefield around Jiren, but it has no effect on him. Goku lures Jiren onto a large rock that extends out over the edge of the fighting stage and cuts through the rock with a Destructo Disc. This causes Jiren to fall, but Jiren is able to jump off the falling debris and flies back onto the fighting stage. Angered by his near-elimination, Jiren finally unleashes a fraction of his real power and easily overwhelms Goku with a volley of punches. The force from Jiren's volley of punches forms an energized punch that reverts Goku into his base state.
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#18 - All-Out War! The Ultimate Four-Fold Union vs. the 7th Universe's Total Offensive!
Season 5 - Episode 45 - Aired 12/24/2017
Paparoni merges with Koiceareta to transform into the gigantic Agnilasa, the Third Universe's most powerful warrior, overwhelming the Sayians and Androids by using echolocation to detect their movements and counter their coordinated attacks. Agnilasa nearly eliminates Goku with teleported punches when Frieza intervenes and knocks him back into the tournament stage, with Goku saving Android 18 when Agnilasa attempts to eat her while Frieza is forced to join the fray. After Android 18 sacrifices herself to keep her brother from being eliminated, the remaining Seventh Universe fighters power up to their maximum levels and distract Agnilasa in a clash of attack long enough for Android 17 to pierce through Agnilasa's attack and damage his energy reactor. This enables the team to eliminate Agnilasa, reverted to his components with Eyre and Mule accepting the Third Universe's erasure with grace.
#19 - A Valiant Fight! Master Roshi's Blaze of Glory!
Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 8/27/2017
Master Roshi takes on the fighters of Universe 4.
#20 - You're Our Tenth Warrior! Goku Approaches Frieza!!
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/4/2017
In a desperate move to keep the roster for the Tournament, Goku decides to revive his archenemy Frieza so he can compete.
#21 - Rampage! A Crazed Warrior's Savagery Awakens!
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/23/2017
Kale assumes her Legendary Super Saiyan form, but endangers her fellow teammates.
#22 - Find them Out! Deathmatch with a Furtive Attacker!
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 9/3/2017
An unknown sniper with incredible aim launches a stealth attack on the Seventh Universe team.
#23 - A Storm-and-Stress Assault! Gohan's Last Stand!
Season 5 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/21/2018
As Goku and Vegeta continue fighting Jiren, Frieza breaks off his fight with Dyspo long enough to offer his services to the Eleventh Universe in return that they resurrect him with the Super Dragon Balls. When Dyspo refuses the offer, Frieza powers up to his Golden form and gains the advantage in the fight. Dyspo reveals his own ultimate technique known as the Super Maximum Light Speed Mode, which increases his power and speed even further, overwhelming Frieza enough that Gohan comes to his aid. Gohan and Frieza take on Dyspo as a team, but they have little success. Gohan develops a strategy that has Frieza use his energy to form a cage around Dyspo, which prevents him from using his high-speed attacks and allows Gohan to gain the upper hand.
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#24 - With Great Joy! The Fighting Freak Saiyans' Battle Rejoined!
Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 10/29/2017
With Hit and Cabba on her mind, Caulifla demands to Goku fight her so she can learn to enter Super Saiyan 3 so that she win the Tournament of Power. Goku accepts, explaining to be patient as he gradually regains his strength while using his martial arts to have an advantage against her brawler fighting-style despite her being Super Saiyan 2. But Goku manages to enter Super Sayian 2 form after she adapts to his moves, Whis noting that the fight is bringing out her untapped potential as she and Goku are evenly matched. But Goku calls in Kale to join the fight, holding himself against the female Sayians until they start to match him with their teamwork. They land a massive combined attack on him, but Goku powers up to Super Saiyan 3 long enough t easily deflects their attacks.
#25 - An Extra-Dimensional Ultimate Battle! Hit vs. Jiren!
Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 10/15/2017
Given the impression that he intends to kill Goku as the explains they are in a blind spot, Frieza instead transfers from of his energy into Goku to heal him as his way of repaying Goku's act of mercy during their fight on Planet Namek. Goku later observes Hit's battle against Jiren, only to be ambushed by the Sixth Universe Namekians Saonel and Pilina before the duo are confronted by Gohan and Piccolo. Elsewhere, Vegeta overpowers Ribrianne before Roasie interferes and duo fall back with the latter restoring Ribrianne's morale. Meanwhile, purposely using his time-skip powers against Jiren, Hit execute a gambit to freeze Jiren so Cabba, Caulifla, and Kale to keep fighting. But Jiren eventually breaks free and eliminates Hit. As the Tournament of Power reaches its midway point, Jiren begins meditating while leaving Top and Dyspo to deal with the other fighter. Biarra and Catopesra of the Third Universe find out the hard way that they cannot penetrate Jiren's barrier to hit him.