Dragon Ball Kai 2014 -dub- Episode - 46

And that is the most terrifying Super Saiyan transformation of all. What are your memories of this episode? Did the Kai dub change how you view Gohan’s character arc? Let me know in the comments.

Sumitomo’s score during the transformation is not triumphant. It is a low, cello-driven dirge with screeching violins. It sounds like a horror movie. Because it is. We are watching a 10-year-old boy’s psyche shatter. Dragon Ball Kai 2014 -Dub- Episode 46

Compare this to the Z dub, which played electric guitars and drums. Kai 2014 treats the SSJ2 transformation like a possession. Gohan’s eyes go white. He laughs. Not a heroic laugh—a broken, hollow chuckle. After Gohan destroys the Juniors and snaps Cell’s Android 17 out of his body, Cell detonates himself. Goku teleports him to King Kai’s planet, sacrificing himself. And that is the most terrifying Super Saiyan

In the original Z , the focus is on Goku’s nobility. In Kai 2014 Episode 46? The final shot is Gohan, still in SSJ2, staring at the crater where his father used to be. Let me know in the comments

But the core of the episode is the 90-second stretch where Cell tortures 16’s head.