Straightaway Into Despair? The Terror of Majin Buu

Straightaway Into Despair? The Terror of Majin Buu
Japanese Name	絶ぜつ望ぼうへ一いっ直ちょく線せん！？ 魔ま人じんブウの恐きょう怖ふ
Romaji name	Zetsubō e Itchokusen!? Majin Bū no Kyōfu
Literal Name	A Straight Line to Despair?! The Terror of the Majin Boo
Series
Saga	Majin Buu Saga
Episode #	124 (DBK 117)
Uncut counterpart:	Buu is Hatched The Losses Begin The Terror of Mr. Buu
Chapter counterpart	Can This Be Boo?! The Menace of Boo
Japanese airdate	August 17, 2014
English airdate	July 15, 2017
Previous episode	The Seal is Released? Gohan's Kamehame-Ha of Resistance
Next episode	Turn Into Candy! A Hungry Majin's Bizarre Power!

"Straightaway Into Despair? The Terror of Majin Buu" (絶ぜつ望ぼうへ一いっ直ちょく線せん！？ 魔ま人じんブウの恐きょう怖ふ, Zetsubō e Itchokusen!? Majin Bū no Kyōfu, lit. "A Straight Line to Despair?! The Terror of the Majin Boo") is the one hundred seventeenth episode in Japan and one hundred twenty-fourth episode internationally of Dragon Ball Z Kai. This episode first aired in Japan on August 17, 2014. Its original American airdate was July 15, 2017.

Summary

While Majin Buu doesn’t seem very strong, according to Shin, who saw Buu long ago, this is in fact the genuine article. In the midst of their battle, Goku and Vegeta also sense a large ki. Babidi tells Buu that he is Buu’s master, but Buu won’t listen to him. However, Dabura then calls him an idiot, and Buu, feeling angered by his insult, attacks, and defeats him easily. At that time, Goku senses Gohan, Shin, and Buu’s ki and begs for Vegeta to postpone the fight. Even when told his family will be killed by Buu, Vegeta refuses, saying he could careless what happens to his family. After berating Vegeta and knocking him down, Goku finally convinces Vegeta to oblige. But Vegeta catches Goku off guard, while he was grabbing the last Senzu Bean from his pouch, and knocks him unconscious, then heads there alone. Meanwhile, Gohan and Shin try to escape from Buu, but Buu catches up with them and knocks Gohan down. Shin counterattacks, but it has no effect against Buu.

Trivia

• The broadcast version of the next episode preview was cut down from 30 seconds to 15 seconds, as the beginning featured a 15-second promotion for a special present giveaway from Fuji TV. Ten lucky fans who submitted a postcard to the lottery giveaway by 8 September 2014 would win a “Dragon Ball Kai DVD & CD Set”, which includes a copy of the “Majin Buu arc” DVD Box #1 and the CD single of the opening theme, “Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go ”. A full 30 second next episode preview was produced, as posted on Fuji TV’s official series website after the episode aired, and is included on the home video release.