Have you ever wondered why so many of Goku’s enemies are “Kings” or “Emperors”? It’s because Goku is facing traits that mirror his literary predecessors past mistakes. Son Wukong had an endless lust for power and strived to rule everything including heaven itself.
Street Fighter and Dragon Ball both play on the same concepts and I love both interpretations. They handle it very well.
“True Ultra Instinct” which was heavily inspired by the anime is directly connected to a Saiyan’s survival instincts, which is activated when their Saiyan blood starts pumping as a response to their life being endangered. Thus why Goku’s body activated UI in the anime not him.
One thing I really appreciate about the story lately is it’s revealing the truth about the dragon balls more and more as time goes on. The Dragons of Dragonball are so cool because you may not be intimidated when you are having your dreams fulfilled but you should be terrified.
So the final villain is a Kaiju?! Very Toriyama like. Also makes sense given the fact that the experiment was overloaded with energy so this “Worst Existence” was meant to be something else entirely. Frankenstein vibes here.
“You have created a monster and it will destroy you”
Happy piccolo/Goku day!! something cool about piccolo! The idea of piccolo and kami splitting came from JTTW! Wu Kong had to separate himself from his evil past before he could become a Buddha. That’s why piccolo has some traits of the 6 eared macaque (amazing hearing,evil etc.)