TheDevilsCorpse wrote:For starters, there's no set date for the battle with Dabra. Using Bobbidi's statement of "over 10 years" as only 10 years put the event in AGE 784, which is the same year Bluma first finished up the time machine (and some other problems mentioned further below).
My bad for not checking the translations again while making the timeline. I hadn't noticed that Babidi said "over 10 years", and thought he simply said 10 years.
Which leads to the second point, Cell was defeated in AGE 788 (the only year ever actually mentioned in the manga). Thus, everything else extrapolated from that are off too.
I only used the manga as a reference, but I had forgotten that Age 788 was mentioned. Seems like Daizenshuu managed to find a way to make the number fit without making an inconsistency.
For everything else,... Nothing in the manga suggests that we've moved beyond AGE 779 (which I honestly prefer), but I added a two year range to account for the anime's presumed placement just to be safe.
The manga implies that FnF, U6, and F. Trunks arcs happen very close to each other, maybe even within the same month. In the beginning of U6 arc, they talk about the events from FnF as if they are very recent, and in F. Trunks arc they likewise talk as if the U6 arc events are very recent as well. Plus, going to Age 780 has to deal with Bra not been born yet, and Trunks not having grown up yet like Future Trunks did.
[spoiler]AGE 764
Mecha Freeza & King Cold attack Earth. Goku returns & kills them. Goku later dies from a heart attack because of a virus.
AGE 766
Trunks is born.
AGE 767
Artificial Humans #17 & #18 begin their attack, killing Vegeta, Piccolo, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, and Chaozu. Gohan is the sole survivor. Pilaf, Shu, and Mai gather the Dragon Balls to wish for youth, and turn into babies as a result, and thus the Shenlong grands his final wish shortly before Piccolo & Kami die.
AGE 780
Trunks has begun training with Gohan, but even though he has turned into a Super Saiyan, Gohan can easily handle him with one arm without turning into a Super Saiyan. Gohan, who is at around the same level as Goku was before he died, dies in a battle with the Artificial Humans.
AGE 784
Bulma completes work on a time machine. Trunks, who has reached the same level that Gohan was before his death, travels 20 years into the past, to AGE 764. Trunks returns after giving Goku his heart medicine and prepares for his return trip and 8 months later.
AGE 785
Now that the time machine has stored enough energy for another round trip, Trunks departs for AGE 767 to help Goku and company. Having obtained power on par with Vegeta's at the Cell Games through his training inside the Room of Spirit and Time for 2 days, Trunks returns & kills the Artificial Humans that plagued his timeline. Having learned about Cell in the past, Trunks begins waiting three years for Cell to show himself.
AGE 788
Trunks prepares to travel back to AGE 771 in order to inform his friends that he defeated the Artificial Humans, but as he expected, Cell appears to kill him & steal his time machine. Trunks easily kills Cell.
AGE 788-795
Trunks trains with Kaioshin & Kibito using the Z-Sword, and obtains power greater than Super Saiyan Gohan's from the Cell Games. Dabra & Babidi attempt to revive Boo. Super Saiyan Trunks doesn't stand a chance against Dabra, but after Kibito gets killed by Dabra, Trunks finally becomes a Super Saiyan 2 and overpowers Dabra. Kaioshin assists Trunks to kill Dabra & Babidi, but eventually dies from his injuries, which kills the Hakaishin Beerus. Goku Black chooses Trunks' timeline to attack because Beerus, the most troublesome Hakaishin, is dead in this world. Trunks isn't satisfied with the power Super Saiyan 2 gave him, so he keeps training hard for the next years.
AGE 795-797
Goku Black attacks Earth in order to eliminate the humans, after having eliminated all the Kaioshin from all other universes which killed all the Hakaishin, and after having eliminated the humans from countless other planets. Trunks is unable to defeat Black.
AGE 796-798
Trunks founds Bulma dead from Black's hands. Trunks has trained to his utmost limits from ever since he returned from the past, but still can't stand a chance against Black. Having enough energy for a one-way trip with the Time Machine, Trunks goes back to AGE 779-781 of the parallel world to get help from his friends after Mai seemingly dies to help him escape. At this point, Super Saiyan 2 Trunks is almost as strong as Super Saiyan 3 Goku.[/spoiler]
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James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote:When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds; both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them.
Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong.
