This is the 2nd week in a row I'm giving long thoughts on a Dragon Ball Super episode, rather than wait for the arc to end and give my thoughts on it. I will admit, the plot of the Future Trunks arc is starting to get better. It still has its issues, of course, but in my opinion it's starting to become a little more interesting that what happened with the Champa arc.
Honestly, I'm still confused with regards to Goku Black's origin and both this and last week's episode still gives the impression he came from the Prime Timeline, and thanks to the Time Ring, he is unaffected by the Time Paradox of Beerus killing the Prime Zamasu. This is even more evident of the fact that Beerus is frustrated upon learaning Black still exists. If Black were from the 4th or 5th Timeline, the series should've suggested as such and that even Whis and probably Gowasu as well, would've know that as the cause.
You gotta hand it to Future Trunks. His new form (no official name yet, but for the time being, it'll be False Super Saiyan God) allows him to actually hurt Black, albeit only temporarily. This one-ups him slightly over Goku and Vegeta even with the two in their SSB forms. It's probably because the Future Timeline differs from the Prime Timeline, ergo the way Future Trunks strengthens himself also differs greatly. I'm still expecing Goku to land the final blow on Black and Zamasu, but it would be very nice if he does step back and let Future Trunks take the win. It would be the first time Goku's ever done that since the Cell Games, if that were to happen.
Regardless, Future Trunks has proven himself that he can go toe-to-toe with Goku and Vegeta in their SSB forms, with the only disadvantage being he can only match them for a short period.
It's nice to see that Goku has to learn the Mafuba from Roshi, harking back to his DB days. It also shows that power isn't always everything in order to win a fight, and the Z Fighters have come to a consensus that using brute force against Black and Zamasu won't help. It is unusual to defeat an enemy using a method other than a new power-up in the world of Dragon Ball, but it's a direction that I warmly welcome, as it breaks the Power-Up Trope tradition the series is best known for.
While I find it comforting the Z Fighters are gathering about the situation, it's only bittersweet since they cannot participate in the fight and Goku, Vegeta, and Future Trunks are still left to battle Black and Zamasu. Understandable that none of them are strong enough to take the two on, but it would be nice if they all get into the Future Timeline and provide some support. Gohan definitely wants to do SOMETHING about it, despite knowing he is badly nerfed.
And the show STILL doesn't explain if the Omni-King even exists in the Future Trunks timeline, or if he has dominion on all the timelines, and not just the 13 Universes.
And speaking of which, when the hell will Goku get to use that damn button?
When the Z fighters initially went into the Future After Goku defeated Zamasu, another timeline was created off the main timeline. The main timeline Zamazu was not killed by Beerus, and went on the become Goku Black. The Altered timeline (the one the series is showing) Beerus kills Zamasu with the knowledge gained from the Z fighters experience in the Future.
ReplyDeleteOnce Goku Black kills Goku and family, he traveled to Trunks Timeline to meet up with himself.