Dragonball Super manga Volume 2 (Chapter 15)

By Mark Rodriguez

Even though Future Trunks has destroyed Android 17 and 18, his future has now returned to shambles as a new enemy is killing everyone. The villain has even killed Bulma, and Trunks' only hope was to use the time machine and return to the timeline where Vegeta and the rest were still alive. With the villain seemingly killing off Mai, he finally steps out the shadows to reveal himself as an evil version of Goku!

Chapter 15- Hope! Once Again!

Trunks is enraged that this evil Goku had killed Mai and turns Super Saiyan. He fires off a Masenko, and even though Goku blocks it, it pushes him outside of the building. Trunks appears above him ready to swing his sword down on him, similar to how he once killed Freeza, but Goku gets out of the way. Trunks stabs the sword into the ground and leaves it there as he suddenly flies into him, punching him hard in the gut. Trunks follows up with rapid punches that Goku blocks, and then he gets blasted back.

As Trunks is sent flying back, he catches onto his sword and pulls it out with a huge chunk of concrete still stuck on it. Trunks swings his sword and hurls the concrete slab towards the villain. Goku uses his teleport ability to get out of the way and hits Trunks from behind. As Trunks hits the ground, this evil version of Goku is determined to kill him with his own sword, telling him there is no hope. Trunks hears the words of his mother and Mai, both telling him to live and he is their hope.

Trunks swings his sheathe around, knocking the sword out of evil Goku's hands. Trunks then fires off a blast that sends him into the sky so he can catch his sword. Goku clears the smoke and notices that Trunks had run back into the Capsule Corp building, wondering what's in there. Trunks suddenly breaks through the side of the building in the time machine. Goku thinks its a weird aircraft and that Trunks is now too weak to fly on his own. He prepares to destroy it with a KameHame Ha. The villain fires off his energy attack and the time machine vanishes just in time. This evil version of Goku is left confused as to what happened.

In the present timeline, Goku and Vegeta continue to spar, and Beerus tells Goku at that rate he'll never become a God of Destruction. Goku tells him he doesn't want to be one of those. Beerus says it's fun, you don't work too much, sleep as much as you want, and destroy an unnecessary planet once in a while. Goku said he'd never do something as terrible as that, and he gets socked in the face by Vegeta who tells him to keep his focus on the fight. Goku is sent flying towards Beerus and Whis, but Beerus flicks his tail, sending Goku into the nearby pool. Beerus says that's what he gets for insulting his line of work.

The teacher tells Trunks, Pilaf, Mai and Shou that they can take a break and eat some food. Just then the time machine appears behind them. Bulma, Goku and Vegeta think it looks very familiar. Kid Trunks flies up and sees there's someone injured inside. Bulma asks him if this person has the same colored hair he has. Trunks says that he does. Bulma asks Goku for a senzu bean.

Goku teleports over to the Korin Temple and gets some senzus from Korin and Yayirobe, who are playing Twister. Korin asks if something bad happened again and Goku says it's too soon to tell. He asks them if the game they're playing is fun and Korin says it's a bit boring with only two people. 

Bulma sees that Trunks is badly injured, and Kid Trunks wonders why this guy looks so much like him. Pilaf and his crew wonder if it's a brother he never knew about. Goku arrives and tosses the senzu over to Vegeta. Trunks slowly wakes up and sees Goku with the others. Trunks angrily attacks him, to which Goku catches his fist and asks him what's going on. 

Trunks realizes that this is the regular Goku he once knew, and says he thought he died when Cell exploded. Goku says a lot has happened since then and he's come back to life. Trunks is happy to see his mother back alive and Vegeta asks what happened. Trunks is glad that he made it back to the past.

Beerus asks Bulma's present day child if his name is also Trunks. Whis says the other Trunks must have traveled through time. Goku asks if Majin Buu destroyed everything. Trunks says he was able to defeat Darbura and Babidi and prevent Buu from ever awakening, thanks to the help of Kaioshin. Vegeta smirks proudly saying he expected nothing less from his son. 

Beerus asks Future Trunks if he's the grown up version of the Trunks they know now. Whis was surprised humans were able to create such a thing and Bulma says her future self created the time machine. Whis reminds her that time travel is a serious crime and Beerus says he should destroy her now. Bulma says she not the same person as her future self. Vegeta asks Trunks who is the new enemy they're facing this time. 

Trunks says this new threat wants to kill all humans in the name of justice and already destroyed other planets and wiped out countless civilizations. He also just recently killed his mother. Vegeta asks who this person is. Trunks says this new threat is Goku, or rather a person that looks like Goku, which is why he attacked him earlier. Bulma says the Goku from his timeline was already dead, and Trunks doesn't understand it either, but this new Goku has a different and cruel personality. The Bulma from the future timeline called him Goku Black.

Trunks says he fought with him for a year and just managed to get away with the time machine but it's a one way trip. Vegeta is angry that Trunks ran away and asks if he doesn't want to take revenge. Bulma tells him he did the best the could and he should get some rest. Goku says Trunks doesn't have to go with them, Vegeta and he should be enough. He asks what kind of fuel the Time Machine uses. Trunks says its a liquid called Blue 15. Bulma says that's exactly the kind of fuel they're working on currently, but even if she was to drain all her machines it would take all day to fill up the time machine. Trunks is surprised because it took them a year to get even half of what they needed.

Vegeta asks Bulma if it's fine for them to go, and she says she already knows it's useless to keep them from a fight, but they better return alive. Trunks says Goku Black is incredibly strong and even though he trained and got stronger, he still couldn't defeat him. Goku takes him out back to spar.

Both Goku and Trunks turn into Super Saiyan 2 and start fighting. Trunks is able to dodge one of Goku's punches and kick him into the air. Trunks whips out his sword and Goku blocks the strikes with his finger like he did against him many years ago. Kid Trunks is impressed by his future self. Goku is impressed and says he's more powerful than Gohan was back then. Trunks said it was ten years since then and he trained himself to death. Goku offers to show him something new and turns into Super Saiyan 3. Trunks was surprised there was a level above his, and he thought he was at his limit. With that Trunks powers up again, and Vegeta notes that even though he didn't transform, his power is close to Goku's Super Saiyan 3.

As Trunks charges at him, Goku warps behind him and kicks the back of his head. Whis notes Goku used his god form for a split second. Goku is impressed Trunks got this far on his own, but Trunks says it wasn't enough to defeat Goku Black. Goku asks Beerus and Whis if they can come along in case things go bad. Beerus says the fates of alternate Earths aren't his business. He reminds them that time travel is a serious crime and he is still not happy with them using a time machine. Beerus doesn't understand how his alternate self is just letting them do as they please. 

Trunks asks what a god of destruction is and Beerus asks if his alternate self is still sleeping. Whis says earlier Trunks defeated Darbura with the help of the Kaioshin, so what happened to him afterwards. Trunks laments that the Kaioshin died in battle. Beerus says he was an idiot and that's what happens when he tries too hard. Goku says he didn't know he liked him that much. 

Whis explains that the Kaioshin and Hakaishin are connected, if the Kaioshin dies, the Hakaishin dies along with him. This would mean that in Trunks' alternate timeline, the God of Destruction no longer exists. 

Bonus Story- 

Back when the Androids 17 and 18 first appeared, the Z Warriors tried their best to fend them off. At this time Goku was already dead due to the heart virus. Gohan managed to escape, hoping to use the Dragonballs. He runs into Bulma and they both fly off in her aircraft to find them. Before they could get there, the sky was already turning black.

At this time, Pilaf, Mai and Shou had gathered the Dragonballs, but they were very old by now. Pilaf asks the Dragon to be young again. Bulma and Gohan arrive too late to stop them. Unfortunately the wish made Pilaf and his gang too young, as now they're babies. The Dragonballs had turned to stone now, since Piccolo was killed in battle. 

With Bulma holding onto baby Trunks, the narrator explains this is kinda/sorta the first time baby Trunks and baby Mai encountered each other. 

My thoughts- 

There's a couple of differences here and there. An interesting difference is that Goku and Vegeta are training over at Capsule Corp with everyone else. In the anime, they were both on Beerus' planet, so Kid Trunks had to raise his ki so that Goku could teleport himself and Vegeta over to them. 

The biggest thing they fixed here is that they admitted that Future Trunks has the same color hair as he does in Dragonball Z. I have no idea why the anime decided to go with the blue hair look, but the annoying part was them continuing to act as if his hair was blue the whole time. You even got retconned flashbacks that took place during the Cell Saga in which Trunks had blue hair back then. It makes zero sense when Kid Trunks still has his original purple hair color, and no one seems to acknowledge that both sets of Trunks have different hair colors.

The real interesting stuff we found out was how powerful Trunks has become, even being able to come close to a Super Saiyan 3 in terms of power. There's also the fact that Beerus' life is tied to Kaioshin's life, so if one dies so does the other. It reminds me of the classic connection between Kami Sama and Piccolo. I don't think this was ever brought up in the anime, which is a shame because it really does explain why the Lord Beerus from that timeline never intervened to get rid of Goku Black directly.

The only weird thing is that it seems universe 7 is the only one with 4 Kaioshin. If you remember from Dragonball Z, the Kaioshin we know was the one from the East. He was the sole survivor from centuries ago when the original Majin Buu killed the North, South and West Kaioshins before the one we know managed to seal him in that orb. As you'll see later in the manga and the anime, it feels like the other universes only have one Kaioshin. Toriyama probably forgot that there were supposed to be 4. Sounds like something he'd do.

The other thing that stood out with the manga was some of the art panels. C'mon Toyotaro, did you check this panel before you decided it was good to go?

Like what is up with Goku's head here and Bulma's back?

The bonus story is funny as it explains why the Mai in Trunks' timeline isn't super old by then. Even though they used the Dragonballs to wish for youth similar to how they did in Super, this time they did it during the beginning of the Android saga. On top of that, they de-aged themselves all the way into being babies.