After dashing back to the battlefield, Gohan and Kuririn are met with the sight of Goku being squeezed to death in the hands of a Great Ape. In order to save Goku, Gohan and Kuririn go after the Ape's tail, but their desperate feint strategy ends in failure. Just as everything is looking hopeless, Yajirobe cleanly severs the tail using his katana! Vegeta reverts to his humanoid form, but even so, Gohan and the others are still no match for him.