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by Black Hawk » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:18 am
Malik has mentioned that, in Dragon Ball New Age's timeline, Gokū did not retain the power of Super Saiyajin Goddo, unlike the Battle of Gods and Revival of Freeza movies. However, in the Dragon Ball Super manga, Gokū also does not absorb the power of Super Saiyajin Goddo, as proven in later chapters. I decided to write a description of how Dragon Ball Super's elements are included (or, as is mostly the case, omitted) from the timeline of Dragon Ball New Age in detail.
Note: I am in no way trying to tell Malik how to write his series or its backstory; his series is his and his alone. I simply wanted to describe how I would rationalize the Dragon Ball Super manga's connections (or lack thereof) with Dragon Ball New Age and explain in detail how I would rationalize each element's prevention. Think of it as something fun I wanted to think about and then share just for the heck of it.
WARNING: OBVIOUS DRAGON BALL SUPER SPOILERS AHEAD
[spoiler]The entire Hakaishin Beerus arc of the Dragon Ball Super manga plays out without changes, with Gokū only using Super Saiyajin Goddo alone in his rematch with Beerus before Beerus and Whis depart, aside from the arc's ending which previews the Golden Freeza arc. Instead of deciding to revive Freeza, Sorbet orders his ship not to Earth but, rather, to where Guarana's ship last was before it was destroyed, in order to investigate. On the way there, they happen upon Champa, who destroys them just as he did Guarana's ship. Without Sorbet's leadership, nor their strongest warriors (Shisami, Guarana, and Tagoma), the remains of the Freeza Army lose all control on the planets they are dictating and are gradually wiped out entirely, and neither Freeza nor King Cold is ever revived, preventing the Golden Freeza arc entirely, including Jaco's entry into the series, as the purpose of his first appearance was to warn of Freeza's revival.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Instead of training under Whis, Gokū and Vegeta train alone, vowing to reach Super Saiyajin Goddo's realm of power without assistance or shortcuts. As a result, they never again encounter Beerus or Whis, nor any other diety introduced in Dragon Ball Super, nor do they ever reach Super Saiyajin Blue (and nor does Gokū retain Super Saiyajin Goddo as a transformation), and the tournament between Universes Six and Seven does not occur. In fact, the knowledge of any of the other eleven universes is completely lost, as Gokū has forgotten it, as, in the Dragon Ball Super manga, he describes Whis's explanation of the other universes as kind of familiar, indicating he completely forgot Beerus told him about it and likely never would have thought about it again.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Since the tournament never takes place, Zamasu never watches footage of it on KamiTube and never learns of Son Gokū, so he never receives that last push to go through with the Zero Mortals Plan and continues to be Gowasu's apprentice without any further ill behavior, thus Gokū Black never attacks Trunks's timeline, and Trunks's story ends with his defeating Bobbidi and Dabra and preventing Majin Boo's return; he does, however, continue training and eventually reaches the advanced Super Saiyajin 2 form he demonstrates during his sparring match with Gokū in the Dragon Ball Super manga. Just to make things better for Trunks, let's also say that he hooked up with Mai. Trunks deserves a happy ending, especially since he has no role in New Age.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Since the tournament between Universes Six and Seven never takes place, neither does the Tournament of Power, as Gokū never befriended Zen-chan. Presumably, none of the other plot points of Dragon Ball Super after the Tournament of Power take place either, and so the next portion of the story is the ending of the original manga (or, rather, the Kanzenban's ending). This, in turn leads to Malik's revised version of Dragon Ball GT, complete with all of the changes he has described in the past. Following next, of course, is Dragon Ball New Age.[/spoiler]
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