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LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#39551: Jun 2nd 2016 at 4:14:09 AM

So apparently Trunks/Mai is an official ship now, huh?

I feel the hopes and dreams of thousands of fangirls over the years being shattered...

edited 2nd Jun '16 4:16:57 AM by LOLypop1224

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39552: Jun 2nd 2016 at 4:27:37 AM

No, she really might've just wanted Goku's meds.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#39553: Jun 2nd 2016 at 5:51:56 AM

It's not really a Filler Villain if it's Anime First.

Super isn't quite in the same situation as Anime First, though. Literally, yes, the anime is the first product we get to view. But it's still an adaptation of an original source, Toriyama's script (which we don't get to see). Toriyama's not involved in the actual production of the anime which makes it a second step in the process.

The purpose of the BOG / RF retellings and these anime original episodes is to allow time for Toriyama to work on his scripts. So they're absolutely filler in purpose, even if it's not what people usually think of as filler.

You can't make the strongest, more reliable fighter the one who doesn't want to fight, especially if Goku is still around.

There is absolutely nothing stopping this from being possible, except for a lack of imagination I guess. If there is no-one capable of writing a capable fighter who doesn't take a shallow Blood Knight approach to fighting, that is incredibly sad.

The story already presented multiple reasons why not wanting to fight shouldn't actually stop Gohan from choosing to fight, and he follows suit on that. Hell, once his hesitation to fight blows up in his face, he immediately stops trying to avoid fights with the villains. It stopped being a part of his character in the same battle that it STARTED being part of his character.

Gohan's unwillingness to fight was a one-off mistake that fans cling to in order to explain a status quo that is clearly there due to author preference rather than being true to Gohan's character. Just like the one time he slacked off training being reused by official material to keep him from keeping up because there is no interest in using his character.

But they did do a good job making Goku realize that relying on children to save the Uni-world is a bad idea. They weren't even stronger than Super Boo.

What are you talking about? Yes they were. But 5 minutes was juuuuust not enough time to finish off Boo - still got closer than Super Saiyan 3 Goku ever did to Pure Boo.


On the new picture: I find the Mai focus to be just weird. I don't know why they'd keep trying to push that ship, it was creepy in BOG and it's illogical in the other timeline where the ages don't come close to lining up. Even if it's not for ship teasing, it's just weird to put Mai in with Future Trunks like that. However, first view of Black Goku. Really basic design and it's sad that the most standout thing for him is an earring design we've seen reused multiple times. At least he's not literally black.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#39554: Jun 2nd 2016 at 6:20:16 AM

I guess you can imagine Mai still being alive because she hid from Future Android 17 an 18, but she looks too young to explain as a result of the dragon balls.

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#39555: Jun 2nd 2016 at 6:31:42 AM

It's possibly a fusion with Goku's corpse. I'm getting a Deathstorm vibe from him. Also may be a way to introduce the Makaioshin.

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#39556: Jun 2nd 2016 at 7:47:37 AM

If the picture is indicative of what Super is doing next, This might not be the same future Trunks. Dragon Ball Online said the number of alternate timelines are infinite...granted, that's not yet been shown to be in continuity with everything else. Another option is that it's not Mai, just someone who happens to look like her, maybe even her daughter. Another is Mai found another version of the Kid Clock, though that has the same weakness as the other Dragon Ball Online explanation. Even if this is legit it still doesn't prove Black Goku is a character, though it does prove the name does come from Goku himself, rather than a pure etymological thing, so it makes more sense to jump to conclusions now.[[/folder

This does have interesting implications, however. If Universe Seven had loses it's Earth, then Trunk's distress signal goes to a world without people, no strong fighters to save him. And if Trunks can send an SOS, how much more likely is one to come from Namek? Or the Kai? Or Tarble?

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#39557: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:32:12 AM

[up]x4 I didn't get the impression they were "stronger", it just felt like they were strong enough. Which wasn't enough.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39558: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:36:14 AM

Anyone notice how Goku Black's ears are pointy?

What up with that?

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#39559: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:45:13 AM

So apparently Trunks/Mai is an official ship now, huh?

Y'know what, as long as Trunks is over the age of consent this time, I can accept it. Mai's still cradle-robbing and I'm not sure Japan even understands that concept given their particular gender dynamics but at least it isn't as creepy as it was in Battle of Gods with Trunks being, like, 12-ish.

Hell, if they're going the Time Patrol angle, she could be Time Patrol Mai or something and be from a timeline where the Time Patrol recruited her when she was still young, sidestepping the age issue entirely. Then it's not Creepy Cougar Ship, it's Time Travel Ship. Ultimately, there's a lot of reasons why this doesn't quite hit the same No Yay levels with Future Trunks as it did with Kid Trunks.

[up] He also has a Potara in his ear. He fused with someone, that's why he has pointy ears.

edited 2nd Jun '16 8:45:36 AM by TobiasDrake

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nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#39560: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:49:30 AM

I wonder who Goku fused with to look almost entirely the same but now evil.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39561: Jun 2nd 2016 at 8:51:06 AM

[up][up] Not just any patora, but a GREEN patora. People says it looks very similar to Demigra's earrings.

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#39563: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:02:11 AM

So Trunks has blue hair now.

That picture really sets the stage now, doesn't it. He doesn't look all that different. Who could have fused with him to make him that evil, without changing his appearance all that much?

Poor Trunks. His timeline gets wrecked because of Goku's absence, he goes back in time to save Goku to give the new timeline a fighting chance, Goku dies anyway but his influence changes the scales, and now an evil version of Goku is wrecking the new future.

I guess this is going to be DLC for Xenoverse 2, unfortunately. Maybe they should've waited a little longer to announce it.

edited 2nd Jun '16 9:04:06 AM by Soble

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nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#39564: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:04:16 AM

If I had to guess, it would be a different Future Trunks, since the Future Trunks we know didn't encounter this mess between end-of-Cell and joining the Time Patrol.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#39565: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:05:28 AM

But Future Trunks only joined the Time Patrol in Xenoverse. That's not actually canonical to Super now, or am I mistaken?

Crap, I said it.

Regular Trunks is the one we're seeing here.

edited 2nd Jun '16 9:19:18 AM by Soble

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#39566: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:15:25 AM

I've seen jokes that B Goku is a Pilaf-Goku fusion. [lol]

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#39567: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:17:20 AM

Might not be a joke given that Mai's apparently involved.

edited 2nd Jun '16 9:17:32 AM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#39568: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:37:34 AM

The Time Patrol stuff in Xenoverse comes from Online.

The Time Patrol stuff in Online came from ideas Toriyama had and provided.

Granted, I dunno whether that makes it "Canon" whatever that even means.

Also. We don't actually know what happened to Time Patrol Trunks between Cell and SKOT. I don't think she showed up and recruited him the instant he vaporized Cell.

Seems like speculation on nomuru2d's part.

edited 2nd Jun '16 9:41:15 AM by unnoun

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39569: Jun 2nd 2016 at 9:53:17 AM

Trunks' blue hair implies that Zenoverse didn't happen.

Which is probably what that word means.

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#39570: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:06:04 AM

[up]But Trunks already exists with purple hair.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39571: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:07:52 AM

If DBH has taught me anything, it's that Time Patrol Trunks has darker hair than Cell-Saga Future Trunks, so I'm not sure that hair color really matters.

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#39572: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:12:19 AM

Trunks' hair color changes depending on if it's Toriyama that did the art or not.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39573: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:14:59 AM

[up][up]It doesn't look that darker.

[up]So it's been blue before?

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39574: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:44:06 AM

This vid shows Young Future Trunks, Future Trunks, Time Patrol Trunks and GT Trunks side by side.

As you can see, both Future Trunks have light purple hair, TP Trunks has dark purple hair and GT Trunks has a deeper purple hair.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#39575: Jun 2nd 2016 at 10:52:11 AM

Seems be pointless differential difference for the sake of it.

But it doesn't matter, Dragon Ball works in selective reverse logic...hair gets darker with age.

But no, the real thing that matters here is that his hair still be purple, yo.

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