The manga is it's own entity.fadeddreams5 wrote:If I'm not mistaken, Zamasu references Zeno in one of the manga chapters. Or perhaps it's Gowasu to him.
I hear your points. Yet again if they meant to show Zamasu as being a good guy who decided to go rouge for his beliefs, they failed presenting it in a sympathetic way. From the start he wanted to get rid of mortals completely. He wanted to wipe out the barbarian race well before he saw what they would be a thousand years into the future. So for the writers, it would have been better to have shown Zamasu having a zeal to become a kaioshin, only to find out how ruthless mortals are after observing them for a time.Lord Beerus wrote:I think some people are not having a proper grasp of Zamasu's goals or motive. While he was shown to be a Kaioshin man who cares for the development and prosperity of the universe, Zamasu often questioned the worth of mortals and didn't in their ability to handle conflict as they were prone to commence war in a repeated cycle. And given the events that transpired in the main story, he has a valid point. The Kaioshin of Universe 7 stood by and watch Freeza terrorise most of the galaxy for God knows how long before Goku and Future Trunks took care of him. It's made even worse by the fact the Kaioshin were strong enough to defeat Freeza with one blow, but they still stood by and did nothing. Then you take into consideration that the events of the Android/Cell arc and the Majin Boo arc happened on purely through the arrogance and selfishness of the main cast. He also did not agree with how the Kaioshin would not be more directly involved in mortals' actions like the Gods of Destruction. Even in the manga, his scoffs at the idea that mortals can be trusted to handle important matters, let alone rival the might of gods.
The moment with him him and Gowasu travelling to the Babarians world was huge turning point in his character. Because if he ever needed more fuel to add to his argument of how mortals, that was it. Zamasu claimed that they should destroy the planet because they will never learn to be civilised, to which Gowasu is shocked by this response and in an attempt to prove him wrong, Gowasu and Zamasu travel 1000 years to the future, only to find out that the civilisation has not advanced from the small culture it originally was, and the race as whole still remained hostile, angry and aggressive race, as the same two of the Babarians are seen fighting. And just to add the cherry on top, one of the Babarians tries to attack Zamasu and Gowasu at first glance.
Meeting Goku was where his character officially went off the deep end. After meeting Goku however and losing to him quickly in a sparring match, his views radically changed and his distrustful nature towards mortals only grew. Annoyed at Goku's carefree attitude and lack of respect, his distaste for the gods not quelling the dangerous nature of mortals evolved to a radicalism-level. Shocked at how a mortal like Goku could gain a power rivalling gods, let alone even obtaining such power, and so recklessly challenge a God and defeat him easily, Zamasu came to sternly believe that mortal life by nature is an evil.
Goku Black and Future Zamasu is the embodiment of Zamasu basically giving into the his dark side and goes through with his plan to be a more active Kaioshin and try set right what he thinks has been done wrong by other Kiaoshin standing back and letting mortal create all kinds of havoc. He is extremely sadistic, as well as savage in battle and also relishes the opportunity to test his new power or abilities, but also shown to be very pragmatic is his way of achieving his Zero Mortals Plan. And never wastes an opportunity to display his superiority complex and his plan to create a utopia by eliminating all mortals.
Merged Zamasu is basically the accumulation of all the arrogance and self-entitlement of Goku Black and Future Zamasu. He literally sees himself as the embodiment of justice and having delusions of grandeur. His belief that he is truly this supreme God of justice that will create an new utopia for the universe even drive him to tear, and his feeling of responsibility to set everything right that he thinks is wrong overwhelms him emotionally. Of course, once Vegetto and later Future Trunks prove to be too much of a match for him, Merged Zamasu is reduced to enraged screaming and furious declarations of Godhood, ironically becoming just as destructive and violent as the mortals he wishes to exterminate.
Then even in his death, his immortal soul and conscious spread across the world, the universe and even throughout timelines. Showing that even with no physically body to carry out his deeds, his spiritual body still feels compelled to become one with order and justice.
In short, Zamasu is an awesome villain. He is a fantastically written character, with many layers to him and his the better written character the franchise has ever produced.
Ultimately again I have to say however, his plan is dumb. Its a big mess because I still don't know what exactly he was trying to accomplish. Yes, he wanted to get rid of all the mortals in the universe, or perhaps all the mortals in all the universes because he himself is from universe 10. (I still don't know what he was doing in universe 7. Though it could have been interesting if they highlighted him traveling to all the universes and killing everyone) Yet, if successful, he would have been the only creature, god or not, to exist. Sounds like a very boring existence.
Now, this is not to say I didn't enjoy his interactions with Goku and the rest. However as a character, his goals didn't seem fleshed out and they were beyond hypocritical. Someone mentioned they wanted him to come off as hypocritical, but if they wanted him to be viewed as a sympathetic figure, again I believe they failed miserably. He wanted to destroy mortals from the start, even before giving them a chance. They should have shown us his zeal for being a good kaioshin, but he was a prick from the beginning who was jealous of Goku's power.
