Dragonball Super manga Volume 3 (Chapter 19)

 By Mark Rodriguez

Lord Beerus and Whis head off to visit Universe 10 after hearing news about a Kaioh Sama who has been asking about the Super Dragonballs for nefarious reasons. Meanwhile Goku, Vegeta and Trunks have returned to Trunks' future timeline. Finally Goku and Vegeta are face to face with Goku Black. 

Chapter 19- Another Zamas

Goku and Vegeta confront Black and tell him they already know he is Zamas that switched bodies with Goku. Zamas is annoyed that they know so much. Goku asked what happened to the Goku that he switched bodies with, and Zamas says he disposed of him quickly. Zamas asks how they got there since the Goku and Vegeta of this world died long ago. He also asks if Trunks is with them. Vegeta says they didn't come to talk, they came to fight and transforms into a Super Saiyan. 

Vegeta flies towards Black and lands some rapid attacks. Even though Black is fast enough to dodge and block them all, Vegeta is still strong enough to kick him a fair distance away. Goku says they never decided who was going to go first and Vegeta says he lost his patience the moment he saw his face. Goku says he doesn't feel like beating himself up anyway. Black gets up and says he's glad since he was tired of fighting against Trunks over and over again. Goku Black turns Super Saiyan and the fight continues.

Now this was a shock since in the anime Goku Black could only turn Super Saiyan Rose. 

Goku Black flies at Vegeta with a punch that the Saiyan Prince manages to block. He goes for a another punch but Vegeta flies upward out of the way. Goku Black sneers and fires a KameHame Ha at him. Vegeta waits until the last minute to zig-zag out of the way of the blast to fly at Black, landing a double-fisted punch that sends him flying back. Goku Black takes flight and Vegeta quickly catches up to him delivering more attacks that the villain either blocks or dodges.

As Vegeta continues to fight Goku Black, Mai and Trunks watch from a distance. Mai says since Black turned Super Saiyan this must mean he's been pushed into a corner. Trunks is still concerned that he's gotten stronger than the last time he fought him. Mai is confident they'll win since they have the real Goku on their side as well. 

Vegeta socks Goku Black across the face, sending him falling back to the ground. The Saiyan Prince then unleashes his favorite attack, a barrage of energy blasts causing explosions across the entire area. Vegeta tosses down an extra energy ball for good measure causing a huge explosion among the wreckage. As Vegeta lands and the smoke clears, Goku Black has protected himself in a forcefield. 

Vegeta sees why Trunks had trouble with him. Goku Black is surprised Vegeta can fight so hard and asks what era he is from. Vegeta tells him to figure it out on his own. He also says the body he's using must be the future version of the current Goku, so he must be able to turn Super Saiyan Blue as well. Vegeta says that they should settle the fight in their ultimate forms.

Vegeta turns Super Saiyan Blue and tells Black to go ahead. Black says he can't turn into that yet, which surprises the real Goku. Vegeta starts smacking Black around saying Goku's body is the result of surviving many intense battles and it's wasted on someone like him. As Vegeta continues to bring on the pain he tells him only Goku can bring out his full potential, that is what Saiyans are made of. As Goku Black is sent to the ground again, he says he can't let them ruin his plan. He gets up and flies back towards Vegeta.

Back to Universe 10, Zamas finally returns home where he is introduced to Beerus and Whis. Zamas says he was busy helping out his former Kaioh Sama, but Beerus wastes no time in grilling him on seeing Zuno and asking about the Super Dragonballs and Son Goku. Zamas says he saw the video about him and was curious. Beerus asks why he wanted to know if he could switch bodies with a mortal. Zamas says he was only curious if it was even possible. Just then Universe 7 Kaioh Sama appears wearing a Time Ring. He has been to several futures and can confirm the evil deeds that Zamas was about to commit. Gowas can't believe it. Now Beerus sees a real reason to destroy him for his evil deeds. Zamas smiles evily considering his evil deeds to be acts of justice.

In Trunks' future, Goku Black is sent flying smashing through several buildings. He gets up angrily saying that mortals aren't allowed to rule over themselves, they never stop killing until they destroy their planets. He says mortals are the epitome of evil and must be destroyed. Black says he will bring balance since he is justice.

Vegeta dodges all of his attacks and finally grabs his arm, calling him a joke. Vegeta says it doesn't matter if he's a god or a lord, it makes no difference to him, and he tosses him aside. Vegeta prepares to finish him off with an energy blast. Black says he killed the other gods. Goku says he didn't kill them himself, he just killed the Kaioshin and got rid of the others that way. Black says it doesn't change the fact that he's the only god left. Vegeta asks 'so what'. Black says this means that he reigns supreme as he fires several energy attacks, which the Prince is able to easily dodge. Vegeta says they don't need a god to impose his twisted will upon them. Black says he is the supreme god, his will is absolute and everything he does is justice. As he yells this, he powers up creating a huge aura.

Back to Universe 10, Beerus says Zamas's deeds are not justice and he is delusional. Zamas says if his plans in the future succeeded, then he can't die now. He forms his energy blade and lashes out at Beerus, who easily catches his arm. Beerus says he has finally revealed his true nature and sets his hand out in front of him. Beerus destroys Zamas, leaving nothing more than sand where he once stood.

Hakai!!

Gowas is shocked and asks why they did that. Universe 7 Kaioshin says he will explain after he takes Beerus and Whis back home. Whis says next time to choose an apprentice based on his heart rather than his strength. Beerus says the next time Gowasu picks a freak like that, he will destroy him too, or at least beat him up. Universe 7 Kaioshin tells Beerus and Whis that they need to hurry since he has something important to tell Goku and the others. 

Trunks and Mai catch up with Goku and tell them Black's Super Saiyan form is stronger than the last time he fought him. Goku says maybe he's been training and it looks like Vegeta pretty much has things handled, but Trunks still has a bad feeling about this. Goku tells Vegeta to forget his turn and just finish him off. Vegeta kicks Black away and says he wasn't going to give him a turn anyway.

With Goku Black unable to defend himself, Vegeta charges up a Final Flash to finish him off. Before the blast can hit him, someone grabs Goku Black and takes him away. As the blast leaves the planet, Vegeta and the others wonder who this second person can be.

Kaioshin tells Beerus and Whis that Zamas was not working alone. He had an accomplice, the ultimate partner. 

The person heals up Black, saying that was close but it's part of him becoming the supreme god. Goku is surprised Black has a partner and Trunks had no idea and had never seen this person before. The crew can sense that Black has now been healed from his injuries. Black's partner is another version of Zamas himself. He says for the Zero Mortal Plan to work, they have to work together. 

The gag page shows a graph with the different timelines and how we got to where the heroes ended up. There are three.

1- Trunks' Future timeline where the Androids destroyed everything. Some time later Goku Black arrives. Then Zamas arrives and the heroes are facing off against Goku Black and Zamas.

2- The main timeline we follow in DBZ, Lord Beerus destroys Zamas in present day. This creates a new future going forward without Zamas, pretty much anything that happens after this arc ends and beyond.

3- The main timeline but in this alternate version, Zamas is never killed. Zamas switches bodies with Goku and kills him. Then, as Goku Black, he goes to Trunks' timeline where he teams up with the Zamasu of that timeline.

My Thoughts-

This chapter was full of great fighting action and a few surprises for those that only saw the anime. One of the biggest differences here was that Vegeta was mostly in control of the fight. While Goku Black could also turn Super Saiyan, Vegeta was still able to outclass him. To top if off, Vegeta could turn Super Saiyan Blue and at the time, Goku Black still did not know how to match that. It looked like it was pretty much over for Goku Black until Zamas arrived to show the heroes that he wasn't working alone.

In the anime though, it was almost in the opposite direction. Vegeta goes Super Saiyan Blue from the start and even then he could barely phase Goku Black in his base form. Goku Black then transforms into Super Saiyan Rose, his variation of Blue. Vegeta continues the fight regardless and ends up getting impaled. Then Zamas arrives, confusing the heroes.

So we get a completely different feel for things. In the manga, Goku Black was pretty much defeated and it seemed the heroes had won, but Black has one more ace up his sleeve. In the anime, Goku Black was more of a threat and then Zamas arrives to make a bad situation even worse for the heroes. It's cool how both stories bring a different feel to the situation.

The chapter itself was fun, good fighting, good fight poses and the transformation scenes look great. On top of that we got to see Beerus deal with Zamas in the present day and how he got completely corrupt once he found out his plan worked in an alternate timeline. Of course we know that despite Beerus erasing Zamas in the present timeline, the threat of Goku Black and this other Zamas is still evident. Can't wait to see what happens next.