‘Dragon Ball Super’ Answers Big Question About The ‘Androids’ Saga

Dragon Ball Super is beginning to unravel the mysteries behind Zamasu and Goku Black during the Future Trunks arc, but in doing so, also ended up answering a major question that fans have been mulling over since Dragon Ball Z.

Fans wondered if Goku and company defeating the Androids in the past altered Trunks’ future, but the truth is much darker than that. It seems their efforts only saved the past, and Trunks had to go back and still deal with the Androids in his time after the Androids Saga in Dragon Ball Z.

When Beerus uses his Hakai technique to erase Zamasu from the existence, he states that it will have ramifications across all space and time as Gods destroying one another would make huge waves. Future Trunks is worried at this notion, and confirms that when they destroyed the Androids in the past it did not reset his future. In fact, he had to fight them again anyway.

While Zamasu and Goku Black are Future Trunks’ current worry, it is a bit of a letdown to find out that his efforts in going back in time did not bear any fruit the first time. Seeing as how both times he has come back to the past as a desperate ploy, it’s a punch in the gut to find out that it’s all for naught.

Not only did Dragon Ball Super introduce the idea of multiple universes, it further expands on this by splintering those universes even more with alternate time lines created through time travel. This also does not bode well for Future Trunks’ current situation, as his world has basically been subject to an apocalypse.

Even if Future Trunks manages to defeat Zamasu and Goku Black, it may not fix his world if his time-travelling efforts did not change much the first time. But at least Super solved one of the series’ biggest mysteries.

Dragon Ball Super currently airs its English dub on Adult Swim during the Toonami programming block Saturday evenings at 9:30 p.m. It is also available to stream on Funimation and Amazon Video. The Japanese language release of the series is complete, and available to stream on Funimation, VRV, and Crunchyroll.

If you want to catch up with the English dub, the first 52 episodes of Dragon Ball Super are now available to stream on FunimationNOW, VRV, and available to purchase on Amazon Video as well. The 52 episodes span the full range of what has aired in the North America and covers the “Battle of Gods” arc, “Revival of F” arc, the “Universe 6” arc, and bringing the series right up to the current TV airings of the “Future Trunks” arc.

The first Dragon Ball Super film is set to release this December in Japan, and it has just released its first trailer. The film will focus on the Saiyans, the “origins of Goku‘s power,” and potentially the story of the very first Super Saiyan. Not only does it aim to be the best film in the series, original creator Akira Toriyama will be contributing to the film’s script and character designs.