ROUND 3?! Goku VS Superman (Dragon Ball VS DC Comics) | DEATH BATTLE! Reaction

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[@poesenpai6475]

The point of this remake was more about how much the show has changed its analysis process and refined things than anything else. They have admitted in their casts that they had no idea what they were doing let a lone a process for doing it. Where as now it's an entire team of researchers with an actual structure for how things are looked at.

[@crcoghill]

That and it feels like they understand these characters. Sure, they are still as cruel at killing the other, but they atleast try to make sense as to why they fight.

[@Lambothe1st]

I think the big difference is that this felt less like a death battle and more like an intense spar between to friends. Goku knows when Superman is holding back and essentially pushes Superman to let loose. And it's obvious Superman is enjoying himself. Overall, it's just fun for them, and that kinda makes it fun for us too.

[@dogzilla0578]

​​@@Lambothe1stGiven how almost meaningless death is to these two, it's very fitting.

[@alexjames4507]

Given that mindset, it makes me wonder if they’ll be redoing some other Season 1 fights down the road

[@dogzilla0578]

@@alexjames4507 They have done it with Mario vs Sonic and Link vs Cloud, so I'd totally be down for it! They have asked if fans want it done more before!

[@SlimeKing223]

Gokus “finally” as Superman charges at him from space knowing he’s finally driven Superman to go all out in their fight, doesn’t care if he loses, just happy to see him at his strongest, definitely the best of the trilogy.

[@csk7769]

i'm so, SO tired of people insisting all the battle animations follow patterns. There are just as many examples if not more of Death Battle episodes where whomever starts with the upper hand wins the whole thing in the end lmao, and even then, this time the characters explicitly point out how anything else would have been really out of character. Why tf would Superman ever start a friendly fight going all out? Of course Goku would have to coax him into putting in effort. They even use the famous "world made of cardboard" speech beautifully to show that in a positive light, that with Goku he can finally let loose and actually enjoy his strength and have a good time. Goku does that to people all the time in his own stories, it's one of his most well-liked traits. And just for good measure, Pre-Crisis Superman has sought out abandoned universes before. If people really gotta be so boring that they're hung up on that of all things, there's no reason not to think it's the same situation here. The forest they started in didn't even have wildlife. Episodes like Hulk vs Broly deliberately added animals. "typical death battle" sounds so cynical and for no reason at all lol. Calling it pointless or for the money is silly, it was a clear labor of love from the team to actually do the matchup justice for once. Ain't no way a webshow of their scale is getting any major financial gain out of this, thinking so off rip is depressing

[@starkiller169]

I agree dude it's so annoying Like watch the fight and enjoy The work and effort they put into it

[@lilikaramirez1848]

​@@starkiller169it's funny how only Superman fans think this😂

[@lilikaramirez1848]

​@@starkiller169lol at crying even when your fighter won because the other side doesn't want to accept it. It's not enough that you believe in him😂. If Goku would have won you literally would feel the same way as us. And we wouldn't demand u accept it because it's all preference. U Superman fans want us DBZ fans to actually believe they did this from an earnest honest standpoint and that's just unacceptable. This was a fanboy Superman fight.

[@starkiller169]

@@lilikaramirez1848 Are you really going to reply to me two times with salt, I was just saying enjoy the fight I wouldn't care if goku or superman won I like both characters

[@asian_6724]

@@lilikaramirez1848fan of Goku more than Superman so I wouldn’t say only Superman’s think like that (I just enjoyed the fight cause I kinda knew supes would win)

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

yeah, Galactus vs Unicron has been requested since Season 2 I believe I definitely think it has been the most requested fight

[@SebasTian58323]

It definitely is

[@ParadoxBrony]

Well, that’s interesting. Does Aka genuinely believe that the only reason Screw Attack and Death Battle still exist is to make money off of the backs of other intellectual properties?

[@OhayouEdboy]

They're definitely not. DB more than anything is a passion project that happened to gain success. Honestly, saying that they're doing it only for the money is incredibly disrespectful to the DB crew. If they really wanted to do this strictly for the money they wouldn't be hiring professional animators, professional VA's and a composer that makes an original song for every single episode since his arrival. The show doesn't make as much money as it used to clearly, yet they're likely spending way more money on these episodes than they used to.

[@sevionus80]

@@OhayouEdboy Once you get past the fact they use ripped game models for the character for the 3D battles, it's all amazing animation/sound design/effects/etc work. Even I sometimes use parts of game model assets to help in my art creation with my own 3D models.

[@imaran1303]

A reactor that accuses someone who actually puts EFFORT to create new content while he himself only reacts to others and makes money off of other content creators sounds VERY hypocritical.

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@imaran1303 It is. People don't realize YT is also a career that unless if they have some other job and their reactions are nothing but a pastime they really don't have any right to lecture others

[@shahross8366]

You mean, like how everybody else on the internet is doing? 🙄

[@googleit1131]

We all knew how this fight would turn out before even clicking on the video. Screw Attack made it a point in the last two battles that Goku could NEVER beat Superman. Almost no one can given the rules of this show. But that's not the point. Goku will always, forever, gain new powers and skills and DC will always reboot and change things. But to complain that there was no point to this is silly. For starters, Goku did gain a lot of power that puts him on a closer level to matching Superman. Mind you, he still has a LONG way to go, but his new powers do make for a more interesting (or at least visually pleasing) fight. There's also the fact that a lot of DB fans were saying Superman would lose to ultra instinct (forgetting that Superman has basically the same power in some canons). So good a time as any to have round 3. Second, I love how Superman and Goku are now just pals. No animosity between them. Just two bros testing each other's straight. Much better than having the hatred that some DBZ fans have towards Superman bleed into the video. They're just here for a spectacle fight, not an actual "death battle".

[@erickmontes2149]

I also like that they are now buddies, but I still think Goku should've won

[@elsicarioadriangamer3382]

Yo si pienso que goku algún día podría rivalizar con Superman, lo del "NUNCA" no existe prácticamente en Goku..

[@JohnnytheFunny]

​@@erickmontes2149 how so? Superman is just in another level of power.

[@shahross8366]

@@erickmontes2149 Based on what? Besides character bias, that is?

[@Leon-Belmont]

​@@shahross8366based on his "absorb power" depending on the writer his absorbing ability let him charge with the sun and get "unlimited" power and become superman 1 million wich is a god with absurd powers in the other hand we have goku he can grow and become stronger able to fight the gods of his world but... the problem will always be that he has limits and even if he overcome them there will be new ones, he kind of needs a tecnique that can "hurt and kill" superman but if we are talking about 1 million superman im not even sure anything can hurt him at that point. Pd: the only stuff that can beat "unlimited power" if im not mistaken is the "toon force" and is because the toon force is like breaking the 4 wall, everything becomes a "joke" so any power lost his meaning in that world.

[@SebasTian58323]

I knew Superman was going to win, but I'm still glad they gave the characters one final hurrah and did them justice. Still wish Goku would win in a death battle though, maybe in the future they put him up against someone else now that this one was made

[@lumpek4149]

We need to agree that this DB Goku vs Superman was the best and best explained. And finally Goku and Superman here are friends not enemis because if anyone knows both charcters its obvious that Goku and Sups would be 100% friends not enemies. Edit i love how Goku say "Finally" when Superman charge powers from stars, because he see that Superman for the first time show at least some of his power. W Death Battle

[@rusher8816]

Definitely the best death battle by far

[@lumpek4149]

Agree bro@@rusher8816

[@shahross8366]

I'm really not sure why/how them being "friends" makes the fight better?

[@Rbutler835]

If I remember correctly, Vegeta won against Shadow. The Death Battle that Shadow won was against Ryuko Matoi.

[@ljaquos]

So regarding Superman being 30, at this exact point in the canon, he is nebulously aged and best described as "A grown ass man with a stable job, a mortgage, a loving wife, and multiple children. (Jon, Conner, Osul-Ra and Otho-Ra). He's essentially gone full proud dad of the DC universe at this point. So it's like...hand waved. He's just Superman lmao

[@GuardianGrarl]

Greetings Akasan, glad you were able to continue your YT journey so far. Your reaction to Walt showing up in ERB is still hilarious.

[@TheAndreadellaluna]

Well, Godzilla is a "what if" story, not a canon one

[@user-qu6qv9bk6u]

Let’s go 😎

[@WhyNot-sb9vx]

To be fair, the godzilla vs Superman story is an elseworld comic. Completely irrelevant to the main continuity.

[@masterbeast-sz1yq]

There is no need even to mid tier versions like suprman 1 million a weaker version like golden age ..silver age..enough to neggs the whole db cosmology 😂

[@hatakeanime1254]

I don’t know why they had to bring in superman o one million cause he was standing and banging with ui goku in dam near base

[@bricktwo5849]

@@hydepark1382 Worldforger feat- Confluctor quote- Very special circumstances were in effect here. More specifically, Mxyzptlk had imbued Superman with power for years in order to send him to the 6th Dimension, which is a higher order of existence, and Superman then powered up further via 6th Dimensional stars, created by a wishing machine, and this should be specified in a special statistics key in his character profile page.

[@bricktwo5849]

​The sneeze feat- It was cause by Mxyzptlk magic sneezing powder and it amp up superman sneezing.Anyway that was pre-crisis superman in 80's and not canon anymore.

[@bricktwo5849]

The black hole feat ​ mysticmedivh quote- I believe he was holding a machine that was holding a mini-black hole the size of a speck of dust. He wasn't lifting it. Actual black holes (as in their event horizon) in space can range anywhere from 6 miles to the size of our solar system. Source comevine can-superman-really-lift-a-black-hole

[@JohnnytheFunny]

​@@bricktwo5849 sounds like the sources of a Superman hater

[@Angras_advocate18]

Can u please react to Seth’s how strong is saber vid she belongs to the strongest franchise in anime with their base abilities giving them immeasurable speed. & my power scaling subscriptions r all the proof we need, my other subs prove it also has the best written characters in anime.(which I made a playlist for) Like generic anime channel’s shirou vid, it’s billion$ budget & ufotable even come together to give us peak animation like u never seen before

[@Metsu_Nero]

“This is pointless.” Yeah, that’s kind of the idea. It’s not going to change. lol.

[@crpineo]

Aka not recognizing the "greater than" symbol, tsk tsk

[@Blizzard-kf3qm]

Superman is usually depicted between 30 to 36 nowadays. According to the comics, he was around 23-24 when he first put on the costume.

[@rusberpinales7954]

Hasta toriyama el creador de DGBS dijo que goku no puede vencer a super man por lo tanto todos fanaticos de animen japonesas debe esta con la cabaza en el suelo que su mayor heore de la franquicia fue derrotado de nuevo pero a final fue gran batalla con respecto de ambos a final😇👏👏 20:26

[@franciscoaraujo8295]

Goku ah sido la infancia de muchos, yo de niño creciendo con Goku nunca me imaginaria que llegara a pelear contra SUPERMAN! quien diria que un guerrero de clase baja llegaria a estar contra Superman, me alegra que minimo le dieron su respeto de que ah mejorado mucho

[@imsoaverage]

13:04 Gotta take some L's before you got those W's 😂😂😂

[@shahross8366]

LOL, it's always funny to watch anime fans get butthurt over this. Don't kmow why folks just can't accept that Supes is a far superior character. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@asero021584]

Superior character? By randomly stacking powers out of left field. So it doesn't makes sense for Superman to ever lose, but somehow he does.

[@shahross8366]

@@asero021584 Most of Supermans losses are emotional ones. Meanwhile, stacking powers? Not like Goku gets powers by getting a new hair color. 🙄 LOL, stay salty 🧂 my friend 🤣

[@asero021584]

@shahross8366 Emotional loses. What is he, an emotional lesbian? Tell me you've never seen DB without telling me you've never seen DB. I knew that Goku wouldn't win this 3rd iteration no matter how much stronger he's gotten. Supes power is beyond broken its actually pretty funny.

[@shahross8366]

@@asero021584 I watched that whole Super Saga. Same sh!t over & over. But yall calling Superman "broken" is you telling me you don't read comics without telling me you don't read comics. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@cedric15773]

Being physically stronger does not make you a better-written character. Quite the opposite, actually. Unless you’re gonna tell me The Hulk is more interesting to talk about than Light Yagami or Walter White?

[@BarryAllen..]

Would have died laughing if the fight started with Superman sneezing and all you hear is KO!!!!!!!!

[@pikachu3b366m]

Goku can never beat Superman. They're nowhere near the same tier of power level. If Goku is an A tier character. Superman is an SSS+ GOD tier character. I think they only did this bc dragon ball couldn't take an L and kept asking for a rematch. It's was made clear that Goku is a character that constantly breaks his own limits and gets stronger. While Superman is a character that has no limit. Come on even after 10 years why is still a debate. Have Goku fight against someone of his own power level. This is just embarrassing atp.

[@cedric15773]

Even if the result is the same, I still prefer this over GvS2, where they just completely character-assassinated Goku by having him give up on wanting to get stronger just because he fought Superman twice. Goku would NEVER give up on becoming the best fighter; trying to claim otherwise is just awful writing, and I’m glad they fixed it this time. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills or something. Am I the only one who saw how bitter and mean-spirited and poorly-written the second episode was compared to the first or the third? Am I the only one glad they finally retconned it?

[@lilikaramirez1848]

Goku can easily beat Superman.

[@shahross8366]

@@lilikaramirez1848 Denial is the worst human disease 🤣

[@JohnnytheFunny]

​@@lilikaramirez1848 yea you're high. Cope harder.

[@Wolfhunter5607]

i have no idea if that godzilla story is canon

[@patsander5634]

It isn't

[@DaneofHalves]

You seen any Zack Snyder Superman movies? His first one he destoyed and killed thousands of people in Metropolis with his fight with Zod.

[@awonddy]

Superman negs.

[@milkbutter117]

What does negs mean?

[@hatakeanime1254]

@@milkbutter117destroys

[@dsm2417]

Goku*

[@bellattery]

@@milkbutter117 negative difficulty.

[@milkbutter117]

@@hatakeanime1254 ah kk

[@josephparks7628]

I want Kratos vs Asura damn it xD

[@TheN1ghtwalker]

Imagine calling yourself a DD fan and then rooting for Goku 🤡

[@juansariles]

Superman 3 Goku 0 🧂 🧂 🧂

[@KAR5AVATARGT]

Superman would never do this much damage to the planet you clearly never read a comic before

[@felix_patriot]

you’re right, it’s not in supermans character to. however the third rule of death battle is that all moral obligations that impede killing are removed from the characters. that includes collateral damage.

[@KAR5AVATARGT]

@@felix_patriot no if you read comics hes destroyed cities fighting villians who are as strong as him hell his fight with golden age superman destroyed space and time and the planet they were on. So again like I said hes never read a comic akasan is a known marveltard who has the same stupid view about superman. Hes a boyscout who says lickity split but hes not. Yes he protects people but they're fights he can't control by his logic goku shouldn't do that much damage either but how many times has the planet been destroyed in dbz. He bashes man of steel but doesn't understand the character. Besides its fight to the finish which superman has done before

[@KingMuncheez]

“Did toriyama give goku ultra instinct as a way to go against Superman?” Yes lol. Think about it…..he fights Jiren who is purposely written as a boring antagonistic force to Goku with a generic background story, has overwhelming strength, an alien and literally is part of a galactic superhero team (pride troopers/justice league) and wears red spandex……like bro it’s so obvious Toriyama was in his feelings over that shit 😂

[@Akasan]

lol nooooo not the “in his feelings!”

[@KingMuncheez]

@@Akasan his staff was in his ear like Eren was in his dads you know it bro. It’s TOO on the nose.

[@Karmanara]

Bro you do realize Superman was the origin of such a backstory right?

[@KingMuncheez]

@@Karmanara that’s literally the point my guy 😂

[@djspit8929]

Much as id like to agree that this is "the final difinitive answer" it isnt. We still have yet to see "end of Z" goku. And what hes truly capable of. "End of Z" goku hasnt shown up yet in any media besides the end of DBZ. When he goes off to train uub; (gt is non canon we dont count that) and by word of the author Toriyama at the "end of z" Goku is the strongest character in all of dragonball. Meaning at some point he surpasses even the gods that hes still below at this point. And who knows what hed be capable of then. Hope DB does another one, just because itd be fun. And after the quality of this one i cant help but to want a 4th

[@shahross8366]

The problem with people making this statement, is while Gokuis getting stronger, what do yall think Superman will be doing? Superman had already gotten more powerful than Goku between the 2nd & 3rd fights. Goku will always be outclassed by Superman.

[@djspit8929]

@@shahross8366 supermans power jumps take a while, sure DC powers him up now and again. But stuff like the world forger feat is seperated by 2 decades from supermans last most powerful feat and it may be a bit before the come up with another abtract way to power him up in a believable comic book fashion

[@shahross8366]

@@djspit8929 LOL, there isn't even another DB saga on the horizon for Goku. Plus, how far apart was his last saga before DB Heroes? Now that Toriyama is gone, when do you think he'll have another power jump? Plus, Superman didn't even need the world forager feat level to beat Goku this time. He beat him by Sun dipping 🤷🏿‍♂️ The last fight between them was 8yrs before this one, & Superman walked thru Goku's blast like it was nothing. And Supes was just at New 52 level. Keep wishing there, buddy 😅✌🏿

[@djspit8929]

@@shahross8366 you missed the entire point of my comment because you wanna be butthurt lol. I wasnt saying goku wins at all. Read it again, but without the vibrator in your ass. Dickhead

[@mysticstrikeforce5957]

At this point i can see why we don't have a superman movie or WB don't want to make a justice league movie and games. Heck at this point why does supermen needs to be a comic book mind as we'll have him in the anime world. Also like many others i'm not that upset about the ending i could see this happening to i'm just surprised super man doesn't have a halo at all either has he's in heaven with goku.

[@SCP.343]

He didn't have a halo because he was just visiting. He didn't die.

[@davidc.]

Supermans best stories are never about how hard he can hit. It's the compassion he has and the hope he brings

[@snowshock8958]

Superman is a selfish and hypocrite God. He doesn’t eradicated earth crimes, problems and hunger etc… Just scr’w that boring OP fictional character.

[@SCP.343]

@@snowshock8958 he's only one being. Even as powerful as he is, he can't force people to listen to him. In order to end all crime, hunger and poverty he'd have to conquer the world and become a dictator. That's why the best written "evil Superman" stories have him as a benevolent dictator, where his morals stay the same but his methods become evil. That's why Clark Kent writes pieces pointing out human issues and gently suggesting possible solutions.

[@kenshanparchman6838]

​@@snowshock8958You've never a Superman comic I guess. These are all addressed and explained.

[@gibbyboi7313]

I agree Superman won, however fiction can always change so no one truly a winner or loser

[@windandcloudshadow158]

Superman is he's truly the winner.

[@eingoluq]

if you have to change the fiction to make Goku, Hulk, and Saitama beat Superman, then what's the point. Wouldn't that make this whole thing trivial?

[@bricktwo5849]

@@eingoluq Normal Hulk has beaten normal thor at times and thor is more powerful. Anyway hulk could beat superman as well since thor is stronger and more powerful then superman. Even dc writers say hulk could beat superman. Look it up. Anyway there are verisons of superman that are more powerful then hulk,equal hulk and not as powerful as to hulk..There are verisons of hulk less powerful,equal or more powefyul then superman as well. Anyway normal hulk is close in power to superman.

[@bricktwo5849]

Oh i just look up for you. Screen rant quote-DC Comics has already admitted that Hulk can beat Superman, and it was proclaimed by the one of the most powerful characters in comics. Fans love to debate who'd win a fair fight - Superman or the Incredible Hulk.Mar 8, 2023

[@bricktwo5849]

Even DC Admits Hulk Is Strong Enough to Kill Superman DC Comics has already admitted that Hulk can beat Superman, and it was proclaimed by the one of the most powerful characters in comics.Source screenrant.

[@obitoxshinobi8978]

dbs manga ui lost to Moro ui lost to Granola 1st fight ui lost to Granola 2nd fight ui lost to Gas 1st fight ui lost to Gas 2nd fight ui lost to Black Furiza sama 1 shot ive seen db dbz dbgt n dbs if Goku is so strong why he always loses😂 Superman has 1 more ability he never used Superman can go back in time bc Supes has speed force too n kill baby Goku. you haven't seen Christipher Reeves superman where he flew earth backward n turn back time. I'm asian Db is my fav but Superman beat him bc Superman was created in 1960 i think n Goku was created in 1988😂toriyama even said Goku copied Superman origin

[@OmegaSaiyan92]

they really need to just end this shit in a draw, cause the back and forth is not gonna stop

[@OhayouEdboy]

Nah, that's such a weak conclusion. Goku can get his W when he earns it, and I think that's how he'd want it.

[@lvoidboi4552]

Why end in a draw when no matter how much back n fourth there is, Superman wins… 🗣️

[@hatakeanime1254]

@@lvoidboi4552literally

[@generalaries1st960]

Goku should've won but I'm satisfied with the ending

[@Godzilla-bo4jj]

at least they did say he would beat most versions of Superman cause some others are just completely stupidly broken

[@generalaries1st960]

@Godzilla-bo4jj fax except the main one which I agree with but they didn't really go in depth for heroes like I wanted to but it's good

[@poliorice3600]

​@generalaries1st960 they didn't go in depth for heroes for the same reason they don't go in depth for the DC cosmology, they want to keep the explanations relatively simple for people not familiar with that stuff, like how Superman has outerversal feats, but anyone who isn't deep into powerscaling has no clue what that means. Of course, they usually are correct with one character being stronger than another, but they tend to downsize their feats for comprehensibility

[@cheericoke2484]

They quite literally explained why he didn’t but ignore it I guess

[@hatakeanime1254]

@@Godzilla-bo4jjhe just doesn’t