Warning: Contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima episode #12.Dragon Ball Daima has finally done something Dragon Ball fans have waited years for: give Vegeta Super Saiyan 3. Even with all the leaps in power Vegeta has taken, it’s been a major sticking point that he’s never unlocked Super Saiyan 3, as while he’s unlocked far more powerful forms, it makes his rivalry with Goku feel less even with Vegeta not having something to match each of Goku’s forms.

Vegeta has spent years without using Super Saiyan 3 in any official media, but that’s finally changed as of Dragon Ball Daima episode #12. Episode #12 continued the fight between Vegeta and Tamagami Number Two, and in a surprise twist, Vegeta, for the first time in Dragon Ball history, used Super Saiyan 3 during the fight with Tamagami Number Two, with Vegeta unlocking it at some point offscreen after the Majin Buu saga. The implications of Vegeta’s Super Saiyan 3 transformation are incredible, and there’s no telling what it could mean for Dragon Ball Daima and Dragon Ball, overall.

Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta Is Everything A Dragon Ball Fan Could Have Asked For

Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta is something Dragon Ball fans have been waiting decades to see be made canon, and Dragon Ball Daima episode #12 delivered on all fronts. While Vegeta’s Super Saiyan 3 form doesn’t have the same long hair associated with the form, the short, spiky version of Vegeta’s Super Saiyan 3 form is both highly unique and looks great from every angle, especially with how it looks like a star from the front. The appearance appears to take inspiration from one of Akira Toriyama’s early designs for Super Saiyan 3, and that makes it even greater to see.

Going right along with that is the power presented in the form. In addition to the great presentation of its debut, the fight between Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta and Tamagami Number Two was made to look as gorgeous as possible with its great animation and fight choreography, with one particularly standout moment being when Vegeta launched a hit so powerful it split the sea in two. It was one of the best fights in Dragon Ball Daima to date, and that level of quality was perfectly befitting a development as tremendous as Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta.

Why Doesn’t Vegeta Use Super Saiyan 3 In Dragon Ball Super?

Is Dragon Ball Retconning Its Story Again?

As great as Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta is to see, it begs the question of why Vegeta never used it in Dragon Ball Super. Super never suggested that Vegeta could use Super Saiyan 3, with him notably only going Super Saiyan 2 at best when he fought Beerus, so Vegeta knowing Super Saiyan 3 in Dragon Ball Daima appears to be a retcon of Vegeta’s skillset in Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball is a series that’s been filled with retcons since its early days, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Vegeta knowing Super Saiyan 3 was another example of such.

That being said, it might not be as blatant a retcon as people think. Super Saiyan 3 is notable for its severe power drain, and with Vegeta unlocking Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue early into Dragon Ball Super, Vegeta might not have used Super Saiyan 3 in Dragon Ball Super because he was never in a situation where it would have helped him. Future Dragon Ball stories will hopefully explain things, but regardless, Super Saiyan 3 is sure to go down as one of the biggest moments of Dragon Ball Daima by far, if not the biggest.

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