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Warning: The following contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Daima, Episode 20, “Maximum”, now streaming onCrunchyroll.
Gomah, the once runty and childish Demon King fromDragon Ball Daima, gained immense power through his new form: Third Eye Gomah. The name comes fromthe Evil Third Eye, the artifact that granted Gomah all that power. But just how much power has he gained? Is Third Eye Gomah stronger than the threats Goku and the others have faced in the past?
Goku and the Z Fighters have fought evil galactic tyrants, killer androids, a perfected bio-android, and evena Majin of pure chaos. Would Supreme King Gomah give these heavy hitters a run for their money, or, as Mr. Satan would put it, is he all smoke and mirrors?
Is Third Eye Gomah The Strongest Villain Thus Far?
Chronologically, Yes
Remember thatDragon Ball Daimatakes place beforeDragon Ball Super, so the worst opponent the Z fighters had faced up until that point was Majin Buu. Whether you believeSuper Buu or Kid Buuis stronger is a debate for another day, and it doesn’t matter anyway, because Third Eye Gomah’s power is absolutely above any version of Buu fromDragon Ball Z.
After the events ofZ, both Goku and Vegeta started training tirelessly. They’re Saiyans; it’s what they do. Through this training, Vegeta achieved Super Saiyan 3, and Goku, possibly, achieved a new form as well. Their newfound strength should place them above Majin Buu because they already weren’t that far behind himduring the Buu Saga. And yet, Third Eye Gomah was toying with Goku and Vegeta in Daima’s finale. Additionally, the Evil Third Eye seemed to continuously strengthen Gomah, so if the fight went on for longer, who knows how strong he could have gotten? This should comfortably put Third Eye Gomah above any of Majin Buu’s forms.
Third Eye Gomah’s Immortality
It’s not just about strength, speed, and power either, as with the Evil Third Eye, Gomah is effectively immortal. InDragon Ball Daimaepisode 20, “Maximum"Super Saiyan 4 Goku blew a massive hole right through Third Eye Gomah in one of the most glorious Kamehamehas seen on screen ever. Just when you thought he was finally done for, the Evil Third Eye just heals Gomah and patches the hole back up. The healing isn’t as fast as Majin Buu’s regeneration, but this does imply that it doesn’t matter how much damage you submit him through; Third Eye Gomahwillrecover and get back up. You could argue that adultSuper Saiyan 4 Gokuis more powerful than Gomah, as evidenced by their clash in the finale, but at the end of the day, Goku would have eventually tired himself out, while Gomah would just keep growing stronger. Without the help of his friends, Goku would have lost to Third Eye Gomah.
Without taking advantage of his weakness, which you can read about in more detail below, he would be nigh unstoppable. Even characters fromDragon Ball Superwould probably lose to him, with the only people who could reasonably defeat him beingthe Gods of Destructionwith their Hakai and those above them like the Angels and Zeno.
Third Eye Gomah’s Weakness
An Eye for an Eye As They Say
Despite the incredible power the Evil Third Eye grants him, Gomah’s new form has aweakness that, if you knew about it, would be relatively easy to exploit. The weakness of any person using the Evil Third Eye is that the eye will pop out of their forehead if they get struck at the back of the head three times. It seems that it also has to be three times in quick succession, because Majin Kuu still needed to hit Third Eye Gomah at the back of the head three times, even though Piccolo had already previously struck him twice. The strikes themselves apparently don’t even need to be that strong,as even Majin Kuu, one of the weaker characters inDaima, managed to make it work it by just slamming a book at Gomah thrice.
“Listen to me closely. Gomah’s Tertian Oculus can be removed if you hit him in the back of the head three times in a row.” - Arinsu letting Goku know Gomah’s weakness
As far as anyone knows, the Evil Third Eye is indestructible while attached to someone’s forehead, so going after it directly probably isn’t ideal. Once removed though, the Evil Third Eye is nothing more than an eyeball. Glorio simply stepped on it to destroy it, and it worked.
The main defensethe Supreme Demon Kingshave against this weakness is simply the fact that hardly anyone knows about it. Knowledge of the weakness is found in one of Arinsu’s tomes, and even she didn’t have that information memorized. It’s just a good thing that she remembered the book existed and decided to help Goku out. Two more Evil Third Eyes were shown in the post-credits scene of the series finale, so maybe more information on their powers will come out ifDragon Ball Daimaseason 2 ever comes.
