However, once Jiren's fear of losing rose, Jiren's hidden potential was unlocked, causing him to break through his previous limits, unleashing a storm of power that sets the entire arena ablaze with his In the manga, when only Team 7 and 11 remained, despite Goku Soon after he was attacked by the non-fully-powered Golden Frieza, who briefly held his own against Jiren before being outmatched.

At the same time, Jiren is terrified at the concept of losing to the point where he is not above fearing his opponent, evident in when after seeing Goku dominate him in all aspects with Ultra Instinct. When Top tells Jiren to participate in the Tournament of Power, he initially refuses to enter - as while it is his duty to protect Universe 11, he will not cause the destruction of other universes to save his own.

In the manga, Jiren possesses a device on his wrist, which he can use to shrink his opponents into capsules in order to capture them. This in turn gives Jiren the boost to stand and charge up before releasing a tremendous wave of power that forces both Frieza and Android 17 to form a barrier together to protect themselves but Jiren's energy is so strong that it causes the barrier to crack threatening to eliminate them in the process. Nearly Zero Effort. Jiren's planned personality was given to Top.

When the Gods of Destruction finished fixing the ring faster, Jiren did not bother to dodge the high-speed movement of Katchi Katchin, as he quickly determined that they would not strike him - whereas everyone else opted to dodge, a feat that highly impressed Goku. However, Vegeta noted that Jiren was showing much less strength than against Goku. In the anime, during the Tournament of Power, Jiren scared In the manga, Jiren first faced Nigrissi, and was able able to knock him down with a single blow. Once reaching this hostile state, he becomes essentially unreachable with words. After Jiren is knocked into several slabs of concrete from a powerful punch, he begins to grow increasingly angry and reminisces his past failings and the reasoning behind them before strongly proclaiming that he will not and cannot lose no matter what. Despite his overwhelming might, Jiren's fighting style is mostly defensive as, according to Belmod, Jiren tends to let his opponents come to him. Then, they perform a coordinated attack on Jiren, who actually successfully counters their attacks by dispelling Android 17's beam while also blocking Goku's Kamehameha and Vegeta's Final Flash simultaneously, with the sheer intensity of his energy; although he momentarily struggled against the assault.

To which, once Jiren got more serious, he quickly knocks Vegeta down, easily deflects Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta's energy blast and with a Power Impact, badly injure and exhaust him back into base form. He also is not above ordering his allies even though he is not the leader of the Pride Troopers, altough since his power is many times that of even Toppo's, that may attribute to Jiren's willingness to at times take command over even his friend. However, when Goku's drive ultimately proved greater than Jiren's and technically defeated him, Jiren's honorable side was shown by his acceptance of defeat, although he still expressed frustration when Goku pointed out in the end Jiren did realize his beliefs were better, and more impressively, after Goku suffered the side-effects of overusing After Jiren's defeat at the hands of Frieza and Goku, Jiren smiles in respect at Goku's demand to see each other again. Jiren's sheer ki was impervioius to base Goku's Kamehameha. It was at this point that Jiren experienced his trauma again and he was able to break beyond his limits, gaining a tremendous boost in power and physical capabilities.