Seeing Vegeta pull off the Instant Transmission technique was a punch-the-air moment in Dragon Ball Super. So even though Vegeta hasn't been studying Instant Transmission necessarily, whatever techniques he has been working on at least use the same principles. As explained by the elder of Yardrat, all of their strange techniques come from the same manipulation of energy. This may seem like a plot hole, but there is a working explanation from a few chapters ago.

Only seconds after realizing he would have to teleport himself, Vegeta was able to pull off a long-range journey between planets. Some might argue that Vegeta learning Instant Transmission almost instantly is unrealistic.

While this second part of this is debatable (if he did it once, what's stopping him?), it makes sense that Vegeta wouldn't make a habit of borrowing something his sworn rival made famous. After successfully landing on Earth, he claims that using Goku's move was a one-off, and he probably wouldn't be able to repeat the trick again anyway. Vegeta swallowing his pride (an increasingly common occurrence in Dragon Ball) and using Instant Transmission is a mark of how far the character has come but, fortunately, Vegeta hasn't changed too much. Just don't tell him the Galick Gun is a purple Kamehameha. Aside from their Saiyan transformations, Goku and his rival utilize entirely different move sets and such is Vegeta's distaste for Kakarott, he surely wouldn't be caught dead borrowing a technique. So if Merus brought Goku to the far southernmost section of the living universe, it might just be too far from Kaiou for him to sense.This is a major moment of character development for Vegeta. I mean, North Kaiou is in the northern most section of the afterlife (we see the four cardinal Kaiou planets are at a + to one another, suggesting they occupy the same relative space as their quadrant of the living universe. Without any evidence saying otherwise, distance is still a viable reason (even considering it's a different dimension) for why he can't teleport. Likewise, the idea of it being a different dimension doesn't really hold any weight when we see that he can't teleport to Beerus's planet (why he and Vegeta were always needing to get hold of Whis), yet he could teleport from Beerus's to Earth. Yes, the afterlife is on a different general plane from the living universe, but there's still distance involved, as we clearly see from the illustrations of the universes. He showed that in the Cell Arc, where he went from Earth to Kaio’s planet, and from Kaio’s planet to Namek. And it’s a “spirit world”, hence is perfect for sensing. The same distance should apply from anywhere in the universe. Since the spirit world (“Other World”) is a completely different dimension. If he can sense Kaio from earth, than he can sense him from anywhere in the physical universe. Goku and Gohan are able to attain powers that outstrip the Super Saiyans. The rules of teleportation don't change, and there's nothing saying that he can sense North Kaiou from where he is currently in the living universe. He still needs to be able to sense Kaiou in order to teleport there. So it is still a plot convenience, considering the possibilities. Goku can still IT to Kaio’s planet and teleport to Earth from there in an instant. Vegeta is the only one now who can feel spirits so far from him because of the training. Moro is also not fighting, so naturally his Ki is not high. He is so far away that he cannot feel any powerful Ki. Merus took Goku to the edge of the universe, where Moro couldn't find them. Vegeta needed a hard training to master his spirit control to a higher level than Goku to be able to feel the Earth spirits, there is no way for Goku to be able to find some Ki nearby and use Shunkan Ido His henchmen even invaded Yardrat, which is a planet outside the jurisdiction of the galactic patrol (that is, outside the galaxy) where Jaco was unable to contact them. Merus took Goku to an uninhabited planet where Moro could not find him, and the goat was literally all over the galaxy. Renamed to Instant Transmission in Funimations dub. How do you know it was the edge of the universe? Where was it stated, i must have missed that.Įdge of the universe was just an expression to indicate that he is a long way from any contact with known beings. After defeating Frieza and escaping the destruction of Namek, Goku learns a teleportation.

Goku learns instant transmission