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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus Fans Split Over the Cut Bingo Dance Scene

超ビルス3話のビンゴ全カットに海外ファン「むしろ公式GJ」

Source: YouTube11 of 113 comments translatedOriginal text alongsideJapan Reacts editors

超ビルス第3話、「ビンゴ全カット」と嘆いた人、ファンから総ツッコミされてしまうYouTube · カカロットの反応集

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus skipped the movie's famous "Bingo Dance" scene when it adapted the arc for episode 3, and a Japanese reaction-compilation channel built a video around one viewer mourning the cut. The 113-comment thread underneath mostly turned on the complaint instead of agreeing with it.

The top comment (221 likes) just thanks the show for restoring Vegeta's dignity, and a chunk of the replies point out Bingo was a one-off invention for the film, not something the TV continuity ever owed anyone. Others argue the scene mattered more than that -- it's the beat that convinces Goku his rival is finally ready to become a God.

The real punchline is that the complaint looks like a mix-up between two different Dragon Ball dance scenes from two different shows.

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Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is remaking the Battle of Gods movie one weekly episode at a time, and episode 3 quietly skipped one of the film's most memorable gags: the scene where Vegeta throws away every scrap of pride and performs a ridiculous "Bingo Dance" to win back Whis's goodwill. A Japanese reaction-compilation channel posted a clip about someone online mourning the missing scene, and the 113-comment thread underneath mostly turned on the complaint instead of agreeing with it.

@ゾガ221 likes
I'm actually in the "glad it's cut" camp too. Thank you for giving Vegeta his dignity back, official staff.

俺もどちらかと言うと全カットは肯定派 かっこいいベジータの威厳を取り戻してくれてありがとう…公式様。

The single most-liked reply doesn't even bother arguing whether the dance was funny -- it's just relief that it's gone. A chunk of the thread backed that up with context: Bingo wasn't something the original TV continuity ever had, it was written into the film for its own reasons, so a straight anime remake of the arc owes it nothing.

@tonarootanizya89 likes
That Bingo scene only exists because of how things were when the movie came out, which is why it was made lighter in tone -- there's no real reason the anime needs to include it either.

そもそもあのビンゴは映画当時の状況的に明るくすることに変更して出来たシーンであるから別にアニメで出すこともないからな。

@ゲーム用アカウントゲーム用アカウ-i4w6 likes
The movie came out right after the Tohoku earthquake, and from what the director and crew have said, that's apparently why they aimed for a lighter, more entertaining tone and kept the Beerus fight from wrecking the city too much -- they wanted to give people back a reason to smile.

⁠映画上映時は東日本大震災の直後だったから、監督の細田雅弘氏や関係者の証言によると、「笑顔を取り戻して欲しい」から明るいトーンとエンターテイメント性のある描写、ビルスとの戦いであまり街を破壊しないようにと配慮がなされているようです

Not everyone was ready to let it go, though. Several commenters argued the dance mattered beyond being a joke -- it's the moment Vegeta's willingness to humiliate himself for his family and his planet is what convinces Goku his rival is finally ready to become a God, and quietly cutting it removes a real character beat, not just a gag.

@レプパプ29 likes
I don't actually dislike that Bingo scene -- you get a real glimpse of Vegeta's values shifting, becoming someone who can drop his pride for the sake of the planet.

別にあのビンゴのシーン嫌いじゃないんだよな 地球のためにプライドを捨てられるようになったっていうベジータの価値観の変化が垣間見えて。

@ペヤング-e1l56 likes
I like Bingo. I don't like the Takoyaki one. Bingo is also an important moment -- it's what makes Goku decide to become a God after watching Vegeta throw away his pride to protect the planet.

ビンゴは好き。たこ焼きは好きじゃない。 ビンゴは悟空がプライドを捨てて地球を守ろうとするベジータを見てゴッドになることを決心するっていう重要な位置でもあるし。

@godmario407616 likes
Personally I love Bingo. Though I get where the "it hurts Vegeta's image" argument is coming from too.

個人的にビンゴは大好きです。ベジータの格がと言う意見もわからなくはない。

The thread's real punchline is that this might not even be a matter of taste -- it looks like a mix-up. Bingo only ever existed in the movie; the pre-remake TV anime never had it at all. Commenters started piecing together that the person complaining in the video had likely confused it with Takoyaki, a completely different "drop your pride and dance" scene from a separate continuity -- and a few admitted they'd made the exact same mix-up until someone corrected them in the replies.

@ヌメモン-r9s2 likes
Man, some people just don't get the nuance -- Bingo was the movie, Takoyaki was Super, so the point is the new version is missing "that kind of scene" entirely... wait, turns out it was just the poster's own mix-up.

日本語のニュアンス通じない奴らだよな 映画ではビンゴ、超ではたこ焼き 新作では「その系列」が無かったって話だろ …と思ったら普通に投稿者の間違いかよ

@ユウ-b4g1 likes
Seriously, there are a lot of newcomers in here -- Bingo is from the movie. The pre-remake TV anime never had it to begin with.

ホンマにわか多いよな ビンゴは劇場版や リメイク前のアニメ版はそもそも 無い

@わんわん-g8t1 likes
I had it mixed up too, honestly.

俺も勘違いしてました

What the thread actually wanted from the person in the video, more than a verdict on the dance itself, was just an admission that they'd gotten their Dragon Ball trivia crossed, rather than quietly holding the position anyway.

@たますだれ-m7j37 likes
Just a "sorry, my bad!" would clear this whole thing up nicely.

「すまん、勘違いやった!」これだけでとてもスッキリする

@Yuku-hh1rk19 likes
Henchman: "Sir! Bingo has been removed from Beerus!" Vegeta: "WHAT!? Then I'm off to go dance Bingo myself, right now! Follow me!"

ならず者「申し上げますッ! ビルスでビンゴがなくなりましたァ!」 ベジータ「ダニィ!?早速ビンゴ☆を 踊りに出かける!後に続け!」

Nobody in the thread ever got that apology. Instead, the show's own canon villain turned the missing dance into a bit, which is arguably a better ending than a scene nobody could even agree existed in the first place.

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FAQ

Did Dragon Ball Super: Beerus actually cut Vegeta's Bingo Dance scene?
Episode 3 of the remake skips the "Bingo Dance" bit from the original Battle of Gods movie, where Vegeta drops his pride to perform a goofy dance for Whis. A Japanese reaction-compilation channel built a video around a viewer complaining about the cut, drawing 113 comments.
Do most commenters think cutting the scene was a bad move?
No -- the top comment (221 likes) is glad it's gone, and several replies note Bingo was a one-off addition for the movie, not something the TV continuity ever had. A smaller group argues the scene mattered as a character beat, and others point out the original complaint may have confused Bingo with Takoyaki, a different dance from Dragon Ball Super proper.

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