Hit (Dragon Ball)
Hit is a extraterrestrial male anime and manga character who features in Dragon Ball.
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Biography
Hit (Japanese: ヒット, Hepburn: Hitto) was a purple skinned humanoid male who was an inhabitant of Universe 6 in the Multiverse. It was said that he was born over a thousand years ago and operated for a long time as an assassin. Over time, he came to develop a legendary reputation for having complete all his assassinations and had eliminated foes in a single hit.
He was eventually approached by Vados where she recruited him to be part of Team Universe 6 to fight in the Tournament of Destroyers between the God of Destruction Champa and Beerus of Universe 6 who was assembling his own team. To secure his aid, the Angel offered him a Cube (キューブ Kyūbu) that could allow him to travel to other universes and he agreed to participate in the tournament. He came to be considered Champa's trump card in the match with Hit joining his 4 other team mates as they travelled to a nameless planetoid in-between the six Super Dragon Balls. Hit then joined Cabba, Frost, Botamo and Magetta as the match arranged amongst the participants as they passed the written exam. When the tournament begins, Hit is not interested in the other matches, as he sits back with his eyes closed and arms crossed during the first match between Goku and Botamo. Upon starting, he showed little interest in the other matches though he noted Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan. Hit opens one of his eyes and looks at Goku for a moment and then closes them once again. Frost manages to beat Goku with poison which was against the rules, but nobody notices except for Jaco. He advances to the next match against Piccolo, where he again uses poison, but this time Jaco reports it to the referee and gets Frost disqualified. However, Vegeta did not want Frost to be disqualified so he could beat him himself, and so, Piccolo gives up. Hit still ignores the events occurring around him and continues to have his eyes closed, paying absolutely no interest in the matches. After Vegeta defeats Frost due to a ring out, Frost is outside of the barrier of the tournament. Hit notices Frost sneaking away and follows him. It turns out that Frost is trying to hijack Champa's cube and steal the treasure he is promised if he wins. Hit confronts Frost and stops him in mid-action. Frost is shocked over seeing him, but also curious if the legendary assassin was sent by Champa or even by a survivor from a planet that he destroyed. Hit attacks Frost with a mysterious technique that stuns him. Hit restates that when he wins the tournament, Champa will reward him the cube. He then goes back to the tournament grounds and carries Frost along with him.
Hit mostly remains uninterested during Vegeta and Cabba's match, only briefly opening his eyes as Vegeta transforms into a Super Saiyan Blue. He then shifts his eyes over to Goku on the other side of the arena, but then quickly closes his eyes. Once Vegeta defeats Cabba, Hit, being the final competitor for Team Universe 6, leaps into the ring for his match. For the majority of the battle, attacks Vegeta in his vitals while using his Time-Skip, much to the confusion of everyone in the arena, including Vegeta - who in the manga had the additional disadvantage of having access to only 10% of his full power due to showing his Super Saiyan Blue form to Cabba. Hit then tells Vegeta that he should surrender. After his first barrage of attacks on Vegeta, Hit puts his hands in his pockets and looks down on Vegeta, as if to tell him that he is failing in all of his attempts of countering. During the battle, Vegeta notes that the light attacks he uses are his main weakness, and shouts to Hit that he will beat him with a head on attack, to which Hit counters with a blow to the abdomen. Vegeta then faints from the injuries he sustained. Hit then asks the referee what he should do if killing is illegal, which the referee confirms, as Vegeta couldn't surrender while unconscious. The referee then declares Hit the winner. Goku returns in the tournament for his match against Hit, since being illegally taken out by Frost. As the bell is rung, Goku then bows to Hit, to which Hit is genuinely surprised. Hit then asks Goku why he does not transform, and Goku responds by saying that it uses a lot of stamina, so he will save it for later in the match. Goku tells Hit that he will wait to transform until he figures out a way to beat him. Hit responds by saying how incredibly young and naive Goku must be to reveal his plan so easily. The fight then begins, with Goku getting a firm kick to the abdomen by Hit's attack. After a few failed attempts to land a blow on him, Goku is still unable to counter Hit's attacks. Hit then tells Goku that his attempts are futile, and that no matter how strong he is, if he continues to get hit in his vitals, he will die, and that he should surrender. Goku tells Hit he won't surrender, since he figured out a way to counter his attacks. Goku then stances himself, and charges at Hit, and for the first time, Goku is able to block Hit's Time-Skip attack. Goku then uses the opportunity and swipes at Hit, causing him to bleed. Hit is shocked, but then dismisses the wound as a fluke. Goku then attacks Hit two more times and is able to deflect his counterattacks. He manages to land a kick on Hit, which Hit manages to block in the last second, with Hit being genuinely surprised. Goku reveals that since his Time-Skip lasts one-tenth of a second, Goku easily was able to predict Hit's moves after the technique was used.
Hit then takes his hands out of his pockets, realizing that he will have to fight seriously, and Goku states he will use his full power as well, transforming into a Super Saiyan Blue in the anime and a normal Super Saiyan in the manga. In the manga the two continue to fight, and though Goku has the advantage in power he is troubled by Hit's Time-Skip as constantly predicting his attack pattern caused his energy to drain at an accelerated rate. In response transforms further into a Super Saiyan God. In response Hit uses his full power - which he notes will last for less than a minute due to his lack of having to use it. The two are equal until Goku then transforms to Super Saiyan Blue and starts attacking Hit. Hit then retaliates with his Time-Skip but to no avail. Goku then continues to outmatch Hit and in the manga forfeits when he realizes that the fight is not fair due to the rules. Just as Goku is about to land a blow to Hit, he uses his improved Time-Skip and lands a very powerful blow to Goku's abdomen, which causes Goku to temporarily collapse to the ground from pain. Hit asks the referee once again if killing is allowed, to which the referee says no once again, and just as Hit is about to be declared the winner, Goku states that he is alright, and gets up once again. Goku then says that he needs to use his new technique, which he intended to use against Beerus, and only had a ten percent chance of working. Goku then starts powering up with a red glow around his normal Super Saiyan Blue aura. After sufficiently powering up, Goku reveals his trump card: the Kaio-ken and provides a short explanation of the technique to Hit. Goku and Hit then collide, with Hit trying to attack Goku with his time-skip. Goku counters Hit's attack despite being mid Time-Skip, much to the latter's surprise, explaining his power has surpassed Hit's time-skip. Goku then feels his body decreasing in power and fires a Kamehameha, which Hit appears to be struggling to fight against. The energy released from both fighters causes the dome to begin to crack and forces Whis and Vados to protect the audience and restore the dome. When the smoke clears both fighters are still on the arena, and Hit reveals that while the Kamehameha was being fired, he increased his time skip further and avoided being captured in its blast. Hit then launches a volley of attacks at Goku with his Time-Skip. As Goku falls, appearing to be defeated, he powers up again and lands a blow to Hit. Both fighters are seen kneeling as Goku's strength and physical body are going into a worse condition. Goku then asks Beerus to allow for killing in the tournament, since Goku believes that Hit's true strength lies in when he is forced to kill others. Beerus objects to this, but Champa says the fight showed such a good display of sportsmanship, and to allow killing in the tournament. Beerus objects, saying it is only to help Champa's team, and Champa objects saying that Goku suggested this in the first place. As both complain, Goku notes how selfish both are, and Hit agrees by saying they think the fighters are just pawns in their game. Goku then rebels against Champa and Beerus by landing outside of the ring, making Hit the winner.
Monaka is the next and final contestant for Team Universe 7. After Monaka enters the ring, Champa quickly begins the final match. Hit notices that Monaka is shaking. Monaka attempts to attack Hit but Hit is unfazed by his attack. After this, Hit dramatically screams and flies out of the ring, purposely losing the match. While Goku is congratulated by his friends, Hit says that both Goku and Hit are now even, as he returns to his platform. Hit then tells Vados and Champa that he no longer has interest in the cube and commands to be taken home. Champa is then filled with anger and prepares a ki ball, preparing to kill Hit. Champa expresses his frustration with Hit for continuously disobeying his orders and purposely losing the last round, so he will not allow Hit to leave alive. Cabba attempts to reason with Champa but does not succeed, with Champa saying how all of the fighters embarrassed and humiliated him with their pathetic fights. While Champa attempts to kill Hit and his teammates, Vados alerts Champa that Zeno is present in the ring. Thanks to Zeno scaring Champa and Beerus, all the members of Team Universe 6 were able to keep on living. Before leaving for their respective universes, Hit and Goku shared a handshake, promising to fight each other again one day. Hit receives an assignment to eliminate a mob boss in Universe 6, easily accomplishing his task without anyone knowing thanks to his Time-Skip. After disposing of the mob boss's necklace, he checks his assignment device to find out who his next target is, and is noticeably excited to see that it is Goku, crushing the device before heading to Universe 7. Hit meets up with Goku, and tells him that his attacks will no longer work on him. Hit's body emits a purple outline when Goku charges towards him and throws a flurry of punches and kicks that just go through him, like he was not there. A shocked Goku then tries to fire a ki blast, but Hit throws a punch in front of him which creates a shock wave that caves in a circular hole on Goku's left side of his chest that stops his heart. As Goku collapses to the ground dying, Hit flies up into the air but stops and heads back to finish Goku after learning that he is still alive due to a ki blast that Goku had fired earlier and follows Goku into a forest. Here, Goku begins to learn how Hit's assassination techniques are working and on the third try is finally able to completely block and stop them and was able to scratch Hit, to which isn't surprise but rather happy and is enjoying his fight with Goku. After Vados reveals that Hit actually stores up the time he skips and is able to use this to move around in pocket dimensions to appear in multiple places at once. Goku having figured this out already powers up to maximum which causes the pocket dimension that Hit falls back into to counter Goku's attack to shatter, revealing where Hit actually is to Goku. Hit attempts to pull it back together but was unable to do so and is hit by Goku's God Kamehameha head on and both of them collapse out of exhaustion. Afterwards, Hit learns that Goku was the one who hired him to kill him which initially confused Hit who admits Goku is more complex then he is able to comprehend and asks Goku if there was a time limit to complete his mission, which Goku denies. Hit takes his leave after claiming there were too many witnesses and smiles as he told Goku he would take his time to kill him and should watch his back.
Afterwards, he was sent to find and recruit the disgraced Frost to be a fighter in the tournament. Frost though mistook his pursuit for an assassination attempt and attacked him as a result. A brief battle was fought with the fugitive Frost being defeated but instead of being killed his life was spared with Hit complimenting his improved skill. He then recruited him for the upcoming tournament but forced him to abandon the hidden poison tip on his tail and knees as these were grounds for disqualification in the match and could lead to the erasure of their universe. After arriving at the tournament arena, Hit talked with Goku where he stated that he has gotten stronger than before and will not lose to Goku in the same way he did last time. During the tournament, Hit alongside Basil stopped Narirama from spinning around the stage by stomping on his extendable arms. After Universe 9 was erased by Zeno and Future Zeno, Hit went back to fighting in the tournament and was about to fight Vegeta again until he was blocked by Botamo, who was walking towards the Saiyans with him at the time. Hit knocks Narirama out of the ring with a single flick during a Time-skip. Hit saves Caulifla from getting caught in the crossfire after Kale turns into her Legendary Super Saiyan form. Hit is next seen more concerned about Kale disqualifying herself by killing someone than of his own safety. After Jiren knocks Kale out, Hit prepares himself to hold the Pride Trooper off to give Caulifla and Kale some time to escape. However, Goku appears and distracts Jiren, as Hit uses this as an opportunity to tell Caulifla to carry Kale away allowing them to perform a tactical retreat. Hit encountered Jiren five minutes into the tournament, like with his prior battle with Super Saiyan Blue Goku, Hit's Time-Skip proves ineffective against Jiren and he is quickly knocked down. Goku, having transformed into Perfected Super Saiyan Blue, arrives to help Hit but he too proves no match for Jiren, as Jiren is about to knock Goku off the edge, Hit knocks Jiren away with a surprise kick, surprising Goku who thought Hit could not fight without Time-Skip. Hit removes the lower part of his coat, explaining he no longer relies on Time-Skip to it's ineffectiveness. Now acting as a true fighter Hit once again engages Jiren but still proves unable to budge him, Goku takes part in the battle but still the two warriors prove no match as Jiren handles them with ease, not changing his expression. Hit reveals to Goku that he has a new special technique which he can only use once: Time Lag, he requests that Goku aid him in defeating Jiren when he uses the technique, but Goku refuses, saying he will beat Jiren on his own by achieving a power greater than Super Saiyan Blue. Hit still opts to fight anyway, he hits Jiren with the Time Lag, slowing his movements and allowing Hit to seemingly gain an advantage over him, Hit pushes Jiren back to the edge of the arena, however as they reach the edge Goku realizes that it's a trap and that Jiren was simply baiting Hit to the edge, Goku tries to warn Hit, however he is too late and Jiren suddenly speeds up, uppercutting Hit out of the arena, eliminating him with a single blow. Hit arrives in the stands, regretting that he was not strong enough to defeat Jiren.
Hit then confronted Dyspo and prepared themselves to fight each other. Hit attempts to use his Time Skip but was countered by Dyspo. Hit tries again and is once again countered. Hit realizes the Dyspo is using his ears to listen to his muscles as they tense up for his Time Skip and use his Light Bullet to attack. Hit tries for a third time and is knocked back and mocked by Dyspo. Hit then attacks him normally and K'nsi believes it to be an easy victory however Jiren looks on concerned for Dyspo and Top mentions Hit is actually dodging the major blows and allowing himself to be hit sometimes. Top realizes Hit is up to something and asks K'nsi to save Dyspo. At this time Hit is knocked back to the edge of the ring and Dyspo charges believing he has beaten him but Hit successfully uses hit Time Skip to move and Dyspo falls from the ring but is saved from being eliminated by K'nsi who says they will fight together.
Hit received an assignment to eliminate a mob boss in Universe 6 which he easily managed to accomplish using his Time-Skip. It was then that he received a new target on his assignment device with this being Goku where he headed to Universe 7 to complete his job.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Hit was a tall, muscular humanoid with purple skin, flattened ears, a bald head, and red eyes. He was renowned by his nickname as Never-Miss Hit (百発百中のヒット Hyappatsu-hyakuchū no Hitto; "Hit the Infallible") and his reputation led to him being known as the Legendary Hitman (伝説の殺し屋 Densetsu no Koroshi-ya; "Legendary Assassin").
Typically, he was shown as a composed and stoic figure who seemed often emotionless and indifferent to most events.
Hit even when facing stronger opponents seemed to be completely unimpressed when fighting them. One of the few exceptions to this was when he fought against Jiren who he viewed as a disturbing presence and chose to instead retreat.
He saw combat as a kind of craft where he dismissed raw power but instead focused on his skill that needed to be honed in battle.
Powers and abilities
Hit was shown to had an incredibly long lifespan where he was over a thousand years old yet still able to fight with great skill and vitality. He could be greatly outclassed in strength against an opponent meaning a regular strike could greatly injure him. Thus, he used his other abilities in order to compensate for his lack of sheer strength.
He rarely relied on energy blasts and instead he focused on close-range hand-to-hand combat. His main tactic in battle was precise and quick jabs to various vital points or to quick finish off his opponent with a powerful strike. Ultimately, his true strength lies in his killing techniques which meant that his fighting power was impeded when he refrained from killing his target.
His signature ability was the power of Time-Skip (時とばし Toki-Tobashi) where he could manipulate time to skip it for the tenth of a second. This when combined with his already incredible speed allowed him to move freely to bypass a person's block or counterattack in order to strike at their vitals.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Pressure Point Attack (圧力点攻撃 Atsuryoku-ten Kōgeki) :
- Time-Skip/Jump Spike (時とばし・跳突 Sraidingu Bassu) :
- Time-Skip/Tremor Pulse (時とばし・揺撹 Toki Tobashi: Yōkaku) :
- Time-Skip/Flash Skewer (時とばし・閃貫 Toki Tobashi: Senkan) :
- Time-Skip/Back Breaker (時とばし・背壊 Toki Tobashi: Haikai) :
- Time-Skip/Molotov (時とばし・煉殺 Toki Tobashi: Rensatsu) :
- Time Freeze (タイムストップ Taimu Sutoppu) :
- Time Lag (時ずらし Toki-Zurashi, lit. "Time-Shift") : an ultimate special technique whereby Hit could slow his opponent's time thus decreasing their movement speed.
He was shown as possessing a personal dimension created with the skipped time Hit stores upon using Time-Skip over the entire course of his existence. He could even bring others into his dimension while the rest of time stood frozen. able to transfer his physical body to his parallel world in order to avoid opponents' attacks, but he still appears in the ordinary world. Hit cannot physically attack an opponent while remaining intangible, he can still attack using his invisible energy blasts.
Notes
- Hit was created by Akira Toriyama and featured in the setting of Dragon Ball from Dragon Ball Super..
In other media
Television
- In Dragon Ball Super, Hit appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Kazuhiro Yamaji and by English actor Matthew Mercer in the dub
Video games
- In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Hit appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced by Japanese actor Kazuhiro Yamaji and by English actor Matthew Mercer in the dub.
Appearances
- Dragon Ball Super:
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