Goku finally becomes Super Saiyan God, and fans cannot agree on whether the wait was worth it. Dragon Ball Super Beerus Episode 4, titled "The God of Saiyans," aired on November 1, 2026, and searches for it are up 450 percent. Some viewers love the redrawn transformation and a calmer Shenron. Others are still annoyed that a long rock paper scissors match survived while Vegeta's most embarrassing moment got cut. This post covers what happens in the episode, how the Super Saiyan God ritual changed from the 2015 anime and the Battle of Gods film, why Oolong's scene splits fans, and when Episode 5 arrives. Spoilers start in the recap section.

What Is Dragon Ball Super Beerus and Is It a Remake?

Dragon Ball Super: Beerus is Toei Animation's enhanced edition of the 2015 Dragon Ball Super anime. It retells the Beerus saga, the story first told in the Battle of Gods film, with newly added and redrawn cuts and a reconstructed narrative. Toei announced it at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri 40th anniversary event, and the series premiered on Fuji TV on October 11, 2026.

Tadayoshi Yamamuro, a longtime Dragon Ball artist, serves as animation character designer and general animation director, and Norihito Sumitomo composes the music. Masako Nozawa returns as Goku and Koichi Yamadera as Beerus. Yamadera has said he did not record new lines for the remake, so Beerus speaks with recordings from the original series.

What Happens in Dragon Ball Super Beerus Episode 4?

Episode 4 picks up exactly where Episode 3 stopped: Earth's fate rests on a rock paper scissors match between Oolong and Beerus.

1. The match plays out: Beerus picked Oolong because he mistakenly believes Oolong belongs to the same race as Buu. The game runs several minutes, draws included, and Beerus treats the rules like divine law.
2. Beerus loses patience: He prepares a massive ball of energy to wipe out the planet.
3. Goku arrives in near silence: He asks Beerus to wait and proposes using the Dragon Balls to ask Shenron how to find the Super Saiyan God. Beerus allows it.
4. Shenron answers with respect: The eternal dragon addresses Beerus politely instead of shaking with fear, then explains that pure hearted Saiyans must pour their energy into one Saiyan.
5. A short Vegeta flashback: A quick montage of family outings shows how much Vegeta has softened since the Majin Buu days.
6. The ritual fails once, then works: Whis frames the process as Saiyan spirit rather than raw ki. Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta come up one donor short, Beerus grows impatient, and Videl steps in and reveals she is pregnant. The second attempt succeeds and Goku becomes Super Saiyan God. The episode ends there, so the fight is expected in Episode 5.

How Does the Super Saiyan God Ritual Compare to the 2015 Anime and Battle of Gods?

The ritual is the one scene that exists in all three versions of this story, so it is the cleanest way to see what the remake actually changed.

Read down the table and a pattern shows up. The ritual itself barely moves: four Saiyans fall short, Videl joins, Goku transforms. What changes is everything around it. The film uses Vegeta's embarrassing bingo dance as the pressure valve. The 2015 anime swaps in Oolong. The 2026 version removes the Vegeta gag but keeps Oolong.

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My read is that the remake follows an unwritten rule: a joke can stay if it does not cost a major character their dignity. Oolong exists to be a nervous comic foil, so his scene survives. Vegeta's humiliation gets replaced by a short flashback that shows him as a calmer family man. That choice makes the series feel more serious, and it also explains the complaint that it has lost personality. Both reactions come from the same edit.

Toei sold the remake on its visuals, and the transformation is where that promise lands hardest.

"...deliver greater power and immersion across all scenes, especially the battle sequences."

Critics and fans agree the transformation looks dramatically better than the 2015 version, and viewers point to an aura closer to the manga, with red smoke. The silence before it is more divisive, which leads straight into the pacing argument.

Why Is Oolong's Rock Paper Scissors Scene Dividing Fans?

It is a classic Dragon Ball joke: the fate of the planet decided by a terrified pig playing a children's game against a god. Fan estimates of how long it runs range from about six minutes to half the episode.

Defenders say the scene gives the cast room to interact, shows Beerus as laid back but still dangerous, and gives the new animation a showcase. Critics point at the math. Episode 3 squeezed several episodes of material into one, including Vegeta's humiliation, and then Episode 4 spent a large share of its runtime on multiple rounds of a children's game. Some fans argue the show should have trimmed the match to a single round and used the saved time to give Episode 3 room to breathe. One fan joked that the complaint flipped in a week, from too little humor last time to a joke that lasts too long this time.

I watched Episode 4 the day it aired, then replayed Goku's entrance twice. The silence is a bold choice. It makes Beerus look like he is deciding whether Goku gets to speak, and it works on the first viewing. On the second pass I noticed how long I had been waiting to reach that point, which is the real cost of the Oolong match: it is funny while it plays and expensive in hindsight.

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What Did Fans Think of Dragon Ball Super Beerus Episode 4?

Critical reaction is mixed. One major review calls Episode 4 a clear step up from Episode 3, which suffered from heavy cuts and patchwork pacing, but still behind the Battle of Gods film. Fan reaction splits the same way.

What Fans Praised

• The transformation: sharper lighting, a cleaner ritual sequence, and a reveal that gives the new form real weight.
• Goku's characterization: he reads as calmer and sharper, asking for time like someone who understands the stakes.
• Shenron: respectful and composed in front of Beerus instead of panicking.
• Videl's reveal: a smoother staging than the 2015 version, which many viewers found awkward.

What Fans Criticized

• Pacing: a long Oolong scene right after Episode 3 cut so much material.
• The missing Vegeta moment: some fans say losing his humiliation weakens his arc, while others prefer the short flashback that replaced it.
• Lost humor: a calmer Shenron means one of the old episode's funniest jokes is gone.
• Music and direction: the new ritual theme split opinion, the old transformation theme is gone, and some viewers found the quiet around Goku's entrance lifeless.

For a full spoken breakdown, here is a video review of the episode.

When Is Dragon Ball Super Beerus Episode 5 and Where Can You Watch It?

New episodes release on Sundays at 9:00 a.m. PT and 12:00 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll, with English subtitles. Episode 5 arrives on November 8, 2026.

Outside Japan, Crunchyroll carries the series first across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. Hulu is listed for same day streaming in the US, and Netflix adds each episode the following Saturday. Some viewers reported Hulu uploading late for Episode 4, so check Crunchyroll first. In Japan, the series airs on Fuji TV.

Is Dragon Ball Super Beerus Episode 4 Worth Watching?

Yes, if you came for the transformation. Episode 4 delivers the moment the whole arc has been building toward, and it looks better than any earlier version of it. The pacing is easier to forgive when the payoff lands. If you care most about tight storytelling and a sharp comedic balance, the episode is a mixed bag, and the Battle of Gods film still has plenty of fans on its side.

Episode 5 will answer the bigger question: does the remake spend its extra animation on the Goku and Beerus fight, or does it find another detour? Tell me which camp you are in through the social links at the top of this post.