The Manga version of his new form doesn't make sense because it's not SSJ 3... except it is, sort of. It puts him on par with SSJ 3 Goku, it just doesn't grow his hair. It's just sort of there's this embargo on anyone other than Goku and Gotenks getting the Mc Coy SSJ 3 and I don't know why.
His SSR form in the anime just makes no sense whatsoever, similar to how Vegeta having SSB without going through the God ritual makes no sense.
edited 30th Jan '18 5:13:50 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"The funny thing is that he has SS 3 in Dragon Ball Heroes.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.The manga actually explains it very well: Super Saiyan 2 + No slacking off like Gohan = A stronger version of 2. And since Trunks didn't die and go to the other world, he didn't found the 3 transformation.
How did Gotenks archieve that, again?
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.Headcanon: Vegeta is smart, and already knows the form weakness, and Trunks probably wants to avoid using a form similar to the Steroid-one he tried to use.
Canon: No one knows.
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.Plus he'd probably be all mah pride about it too.
Why use a form Kakarot came up with when he can do better than that?
One Strip! One Strip!Anyone remember when Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta was considered a crazy addition to Raging Blast? Now it's easily the second-most plausible what-if transformation in Heroes.
This song needs more love.A tie between Super Saiyan 3 Gogeta and Super Saiyan 3 Vegetto. There is no reason those shouldn't already exist.
This song needs more love.Either way, I would rather F. Trunks have either gotten an Ultimate mode a la Gohan from the Kais or that he would just go God via a ritual, because going half and half makes zero sense whatsoever.
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"Speaking of Gotenks, what is it with him and showboating?
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!It was Trunks' idea to drag out the fight...
That's like the last scene of the show...
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The thing is, Trunks has a form stronger than SS2 that looks similar to SS2 in both versions, so it's easy to assume that's just something Toriyama included in the outline of the arc. The anime just decided to do something dramatic with it and give it narrative weight, whereas the manga just threw it in and forgot about it.