How would you fix anime Zamasu arc while keeping the same plotline?

[DSB]

Like Trunks Rage form, the Spirit bomb, Infinite Zamasu, basically every major plot point has to be the same, but you can change the minor details or the flow of the story.

How would you do it?

[SupremeKai25]

To me the arc is perfect, there's nothing I would fix

If this doesn't count as a "major plot point", I'd completely rewrite this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykN9uOrnlJo

There's no way, not in a million years, that Goku could overpower a serious Fused Zamasu when earlier he was literally oneshot by a jobbing Fused Zamasu.

I am not someone who cares about power levels but this was just unacceptable to me; when 5 minutes earlier Fused Zamasu was able to oneshot Goku simply by crushing his fist, how exactly is Goku here standing against Fused Zamasu's strongest move? I don't really care if he was using his "full power" because he should still be an insect to a Potara Fusion.

At least the Trunks scene can be explained away with Fused Zamasu falling apart both physically and mentally, which significantly weakened him. But here Fused Zamasu was in his prime.

So I'd probably rewrite how Fused Zamasu gets disfigured. Maybe he could get disfigured as a result of the Father-Son Galick gun instead, so that the scene is not just fanservice (basically the ending of the Cell saga but with Vegeta and Trunks instead, so original).

[Trouser]

The manga version is great. Only thing I'd fix is the ending: Trunks stays so he can find a way to revive his timeline (I'd get rid ot that stupid "two Trunks and two Mai's" thing). This and later he can fight in Tournament of Power to repay everyone for help in fighting Goku Black.
The anime version is good only in half, I'd get rid of it and animate manga's events (with my ending).

[fleahop]

If it's taken out do we lose anything from any arc after it? Seriously think about it.

It's kinda pointless imo, but hey what do I know. People like it a lot it seems.

[Grimlock]

- There would be a mention to Makaios and Makaioshins. And an explanation as to why Zamasu didn't become a Makaio.

- There would be an allusion to Kaioshin of Time at some point.

- No Super Saiyan Rage (or that power-up thing in the manga).

- Goku Black would most likely be an actual evil Goku.

- Super Saiyan Rosé wouldn't be a recolor (obviously it wouldn't have this name either).

- That rift Goku Black opened would serve a purpose (much in the same vein as Xenoverse 2 did).

- Way more characters interactions.

- Either Gogeta or Vegenks would fight against Merged Zamasu (most likely the latter).

- The saga would end with Trunks becoming Time Patroller.


Fixed. So much better. But to think at least half of these could/should've happened... What a waste of opportunities.

[JulieYBM]

I'd condense it down to about eight or so episodes. I'd also give Merged Zamasu a sort of defected mind that made it hard for him to handle multiple foes at once, which would give Gokuu and Vegeta and advantage without merging themselves. Zamasu would then split back apart after his time runs out and Gokuu Black would be killed by Trunks after using Zamasu--who he thought was still immortal--as a shield.

[Demon Prince Piccolo]

The manga version is great. Only thing I'd fix is the ending: Trunks stays so he can find a way to revive his timeline (I'd get rid ot that stupid "two Trunks and two Mai's" thing). This and later he can fight in Tournament of Power to repay everyone for help in fighting Goku Black.
The anime version is good only in half, I'd get rid of it and animate manga's events (with my ending).

[Koitsukai]

- I would reduce the amount of journeys to the future, it's like their new vacation destiny at this point.
- Give Trunks a SS3 form, or have them do the ritual and have SSG Trunks. Also, have Trunks learn genki dama or something like that from either Goku or Kaioshin. Or keep SS Rage but for the love of god, explain what the hell that is.
- Explain those tears in the space-time fabric, not even Black knew what they were, talk about being fucking lazy, Toei. At least, remove that stupid quote.
- Fix those fights that make no sense, actually the fights aren't a problem, but certain scenes, like SS2 Trunks surviving the same point black attack Blue Goku did. Also, how Zamasu got disfigured could be tweaked a bit, instead of just Goku doing it, have the three saiyans combine their strength.
- There's also too many chests getting pierced with no real consequences.
- I'd remove the genki sword because it's pointless, that whole thing amounts to nothing and it comes out of nowhere, I prefer the manga's more down to Earth useless intervention of Trunks.
- Have Trunks stay with the main cast, or have him do something else than go live in doppelganger land, the whole Time Patroller thing could've worked.

[Kaboom]

I can't keep all the same overall plot beats. Not for this arc, and not with that abysmal ending. But I do have plans which I'll eventually someday put into the form of a larger Super rewrite fanfic, and the major-ish changes for this arc include...

• Fewer back-and-forth trips to the future. Only 2, really; The first one where they expect to take down Goku Black easily but then things go south right quick, and the latter where they actually DO defeat Black and Zamas and the day is saved.
• No creepy romance between Future Trunks and Mai. It's just not a thing, even if Future Mai herself is still a plot factor or even exists at all.
• Building on things I'd do in previous arcs, Vegeta undergoes some meaningful mid-arc character and strength growth during this one. He'd use Zamas' own methods against him, to put it intentionally vaguely.
• No pointless, needless, stupid-ass Potara retcon. Black and Zamas still use the Potara to permanently merge when they're backed into a corner. But then Gogeta appears to fight him instead of Vegetto. A godly-method fusion of two gods then spends half an hour getting his face brutally slammed into the dirt by a merger of two mortals using a mortal fusion method, and the poetic justice is damned delicious.
• I don't want to spoil too much about my planned finale... but the short version is that Gogeta can't quite get the job done, so the final blow ultimately falls to Trunks, who gets a new big and fancy (but sensible and pre-established) power-up to save the day without any genocidal oval-headed little rotters getting involved.
• Since his entire universe and everything he's ever fought for wasn't erased from existence... Trunks doesn't just get unceremoniously shuffled off to an out-of-nowhere duplicate timeline. But Beerus makes it clear that, even though they'll overlook his time-travel transgression this time since it was another god causing trouble, he's strictly forbidden from ever doing it again. So this is the last we'd ever see of Future Trunks, but I'd leave some hints that things in his timeline are going to get even better from now on. Solely out of spite for the arc's bleak original ending.

[SSJgogeto]

- Explanations about some power levels and SS Rage with some convenient comments, like "this 'Merged Zamasu' is way stronger than us, but his energy keeps fluctuating, we just need to attack in the right time" or "Zamasu used the energy of the rift to stabilize himself, but Black's body is still giving he problems"
- Mirai Chichi making an apparence or being mentioned
- Instead of returning to the past, Goku teleports himself and Vegeta to Other World. In there, he finds himself (Mirai Goku) and Vegeta finds Mirai Bulma. Later Goku learns about the Mafuba with Piccolo and/or Roshi, but the technique wouldn't work because Black intervenes
- Goku making the Genkidama, but with Trunks asking to people for energy (with the help of Mirai Kaioh)

And that's it, I think. Also, no Time Patroller or Kaioshin of Time (I'm really glad these things aren't in the canon/main story/whatever).

[JulieYBM]

I forgot that I wrote this version where Zamasu is introduced during the Champa arc and then that leads into the Gokuu Black arc.

Spoiler:

Destruction God Champa Arc

Episode #12: “Destruction God Champa Enters! Battle For the Earth”
•Huffing and puffing, fur wet with sweat, a more plump-looking being of Beers’ race marches through the jungles on Beers’ planet. “Come now, Champa-sama,” attends his attendant, a female being similar looking to Whis, “We mustn’t dawdle. Who knows when Beers-sama will enter hibernation?” The one apparently known as Champa-sama groans audibly.
•Opening: Champa trudges through the jungles, looking ever increasingly exhausted.
•A Part: Gokuu and Vegeta train together on Beers’ world. Whis coaches the two while drinking tea with the Kaiou-shin of the Tenth Universe, Gowasu, while his apprentice, the former North Kaiou, Zamasu, serves. Zamasu asks Gowasu if it is really alright for humans and gods to be mingling as such. Whis laughs, stating that Gokuu-san and Vegeta-san provide Beers-sama with entertainment he hasn’t enjoyed in millions of years. Zamasu inquires about how they even met these two humans. After hearing that Gokuu even survived a battle with Beers, Zamasu challenges Gokuu to a sparring match to see what is so special about him. While it seems to be a good match, in the end Gokuu is victorious even without having to transform. Gokuu again notes that Zamasu is really strong for a Kaiou, being even stronger than the Kaiou-shin of the Seventh Universe! “Let’s fight again sometime!” Zamasu hides his embarrassment, but before he can reply he is cut off by the arrival of an unexpected duo.
•B Part: Sixth Universe Destruction God Champa and his attendant, Whis’ elder sister, Vados, trudge out of the jungles. Champa has arrived to have a food tasting battle with Beers! Champa becomes jealous of the food that Beers has access to from Earth and is even more envious when Vados tells him that their Earth no longer exists due to civil war destroying it. Champa challenges Beers to a martial arts match. Since they can’t fight without endangering their universes they’ll have five warriors from each fight in a special tournament. Whoever has the most men standing at the end of the tournament can have the Super Dragon Balls that Champa has gathered. “But just so you know: if I win I’m taking your Earth!” The tournament will be held in five days!
•Ending
•Inside the Room of Spirit and Time, Son Gokuu and Vegeta train through sparring. Outside, Mr. Popo tells Dende that it was a good idea to rebuild the Room of Spirit and Time, even if the two day wait left Gokuu and Vegeta with only three days to train. A single year inside the room is only a single day outside, which means the Saiyans can accomplish three years of training in just three days. Dende adds that he just wishes he could have stocked it with enough food for Piccolo and Majin Buu, who have also agreed to participate, to get some training done in there, too. Meanwhile, Beers recruits “the mightiest foe I have ever faced in the Seventh Universe, other than Whis, of course.”

Episode #13: “A Tournament Between Two Universes”
•Back in the Tenth Universe, Zamasu thanks Gowasu for allowing him to fight Gokuu. Gowasu thinks this helped Zamasu gain a deeper understanding of humans, and relieved some of the distrust he feels toward them. Zamasu says he is embarrassed to realize how inexperienced he is, which Gowasu says is proof that he has grown. Gowasu asks Zamasu for another cup of tea, which Zamasu obediently pours. With his back turned to Gowasu, a sinister smile spreads across Zamasu’s face.
•Opening
•A Part: The day of the tournament has come! Everyone gathers at Capsule Corp to travel to the planet where the tournament in being held. Gokuu and Vegeta are the last to arrive, both now sporting beards. The Seventh Universe and its spectators arrive at the site of the tournament. Gowasu and Zamasu are also in attendance. Zamasu recalls how Beers ordered him and Gowasu to come to the tournament, implying that they were also complicit in facilitating this event and if the Zen-Ou catches them they would get in trouble, too. Zamasu questions Gowasu about whether or not this is appropriate behavior for a god, but Gowasu brushes Beers-sama’s fear-mongering off: “It’s unlikely that the Zen-Ou would erase us or be unnecessarily cruel; probably.” Meanwhile, the fighters of the Sixth Universe are introduced. Champa cannot remember Hit’s name, so he continually calls him ‘Shit’ (シット). Majin Buu is disqualified from the tournament after being shown unable to even write his own name on his name-tag thanks to Champa citing a rule that Vegeta himself came up with previously. Shrugging, Majin Buu goes to sleep. The Seventh Universe must now somehow win with only four contestants.
•B Part: Gokuu battles Botamo, a being with incredible bounciness. When blunt force fails to hurt Botamo, Gokuu attempts to throw him out of the ring and attacks indirectly, but Botamo has long overcome that sort of strategy. Finally, Gokuu focuses his ki into a ‘piercing punch’, but the sudden sharpening of his fist and the reverberating of Botamo’s body enacts damage to Gokuu’s right fist and arm. Gokuu eventually just picks up Botamo and throws him out of the ring. Gokuu has won the first match but now must hide his injury.
•Ending:
•Gokuu’s next opponent…is Freeza?!

Episode #14: “The Lingering Poison of the Sixth Universe”
•Gokuu battles Frost, a warrior from the Sixth Universe of the same race as Freeza. At first Gokuu seems to have the advantage, but Frost soon reveals his wartime experience has taught him to detect when his opponent is injured.
•Opening:
•Gokuu soon begins to strain his body in his attempts to cover up his earlier damage and Frost takes advantage of that by transforming into his third form, which specializes in defense and raiding large groups of enemies.
•Title Card:
•A Part: Gokuu soon realizes he runs the risk of hurting his left hand, too. Gokuu raises his base form’s ki to its uppermost level to try and finish off Frost quickly with a ring-out, but Frost uses the explosive energy from transforming into his fourth form to avoid the ring-out. Seeking to end the battle quickly, before Gokuu unveils any more surprises, Frost uses his secret poison hidden in his wrist. Gokuu passes out almost immediately and Frost is declared the winner.
•B Part: Piccolo steps up to face Frost and reclaim the Seventh Universe’s lead. Piccolo knows he’s at a disadvantage against Frost’s newly risen ki and physical speed, but shedding that armor-esque third form has also reduced his defense. Piccolo goes for a blitzkrieg to end the battle quickly and uses his various techniques and demon arts to shock-and-awe Frost. Finally, Piccolo wraps up Frost in his elongated arm and prepares to defeat him with his Makankou-sappou, but…
•Ending:
•… Frost uses the same poison barb hidden in his wrist to inject Piccolo with poison, knocking him out. Now the score is 2-1 in favor of the Sixth Universe!

Episode #15: “Vegeta’s Harsh Battles”
•Jako notices the weapon Frost has been hiding and calls him out on it.
•Opening:
•Under threat of death by Champa, Frost admits that he’s harboring a concealed poison barb. War has taught him that there are no cheap tricks in combat, especially when one’s life and responsibilities are on the line. As such, Frost stands his ground and refuses to accept any sort of disqualification.
•Title Card:
•A Part: This gutsy display from Frost wins over Champa and he stands by his player. Beers isn’t particularly sympathetic given that his Seventh Universe’s Earth is on the line and counters that adhering to the agreed upon rules of no weapons is also in line with Frost’s argument. After all, this will mean that Vegeta will have to fight four opponents in a row, Beers argues. Gokuu asks “What about Monaka?” only to be told to “Shut up!” Finally, Vegeta says he will fight Frost, no matter the challenge he will face as a result. Vegeta transforms into Super Saiyan God and skillfully matches Frost blow-for-blow, even dodging Frost’s poison barb. “But how long can this last?” Piccolo wonders aloud. Vegeta breaks off Frost’s arms so that he can use neither, but it turns out that there’s a barb hidden in Frost’s tail, too! Vegeta is struck on the cheek, but since the poison is not injected into him he manages to avoid the full effect of the poison and sends Frost flying outside of the ring. Although it was only a small bit of poison, Vegeta and the others figure it’s only a matter of time before the poison kicks in and effects Vegeta. “Vegeta-san will have to win these next three matches quickly,” Whis notes.
•B Part: Magetta steps into the ring to battle Vegeta next. Magetta’s lava-based food makes his body incredibly hot, thus making physical attacks unwieldy. However, the poison spreading through Vegeta’s body is chewing through his ki quickly, so if he’s going to last very long he’ll need to retain as much ki as possible. Of course, the barrier created by Whis and Vados to retain oxygen is so densely packed that the heat waves just bounce off of it and swarm around the planet, making everyone miserable. Champa interrupts the battle so that Vados can enact a second barrier, specifically around the ring. Beers argues that he’s just made it even harder for Vegeta to win! Champa retorts by asking if he wants to suffer through the heat, which quiets Beers down. Meanwhile, Vegeta begins tearing up the tiles from the combat ring and throwing them down at Magetta to try and knock him into the ground below, but it’s not doing much good. Finally, Magetta begins spewing out a stream of lava, with Vegeta dodging. There’s not much he can do to attack and all of the dodging is only draining Vegeta’s ki further. Backed into a corner with no way out except through, Vegeta transforms into a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan and hits Magetta in a flash of blue lightning. Champa’s group is shocked by Vegeta’s transformation. None of them, even Cabba, knew that Saiyans could transform. Zamasu is especially shocked—perhaps ‘horrified’—that a mere human would be capable of reaching and developing ki in the dimension and flavor of a god. With Magetta defeated and time running out, Vegeta hurriedly tells the next opponent to get into the ring.
•Ending:
•Cabba steps up to the challenge only to soon find himself at the mercy of a ruthless Vegeta. Although time is running out, Vegeta still wants to try and test Cabba, so he threatens to kill Cabba’s family.

Episode #16: “The 1,000 Year Old Assassin (Part I)”
•Vegeta plays the coldblooded villain to draw out Cabba’s strength, threatening to kill all of Cabba’s loved ones.
•Opening
•Remembering those he loves, Cabba finally transforms into a Super Saiyan. Nevertheless, Cabba is still helpless against Vegeta and loses.
•Title Card
•A Part: An exhausted Vegeta is handedly pummeled by Hit, the mightiest assassin of the Sixth Universe with a career spanning one thousand years. Vegeta uses the last of his strength to slam a close range blast into Hit’s chest, but there is no visible damage done, only ash left behind. Finally, Vegeta passes out. All that remains is Monaka. Beers panics. “If Monaka fights…” Whis casually reminds Beers that Gokuu and Piccolo were cheated out of their victories. Although the poison has mostly worn off they’re both going to be exhausted, so both would be needed to fight Hit. Beers argues that he ought to get compensation for Champa’s dirty tricks, so Champa by way of demands from Hit agrees to allow Gokuu and Piccolo to team-up to fight Hit. “I kinda don’t like it,” Gokuu mentions aloud, “But I need to try to save stamina so I won’t be able to use Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan”. The duo of Son Gokuu and Piccolo Daimaou reunite in combat for the first time since the battle with Raditz! Using various martial arts techniques in rapid repetition, Gokuu and Piccolo force Hit to play a sort of game of tag that prevents him from fighting at his own pace. The tension grows thicker and thicker as the usually cold ace becomes less and less able to use his time-skipping abilities.
•B Part: Hit erupts in anger at how Gokuu and Piccolo are restraining him. Digging deeper than he has had to in centuries, Hit outsmarts Piccolo and almost knocks him out of the ring. The once Daimaou is saved only by Gokuu, who uses his Instantaneous Movement to arrive just in the nick of time. “There’s no getting around it anymore,” Piccolo tells Gokuu, “You’ll have to use that ‘Super Saiyan Blue’”. “Hey, don’t change the name!” Gokuu counters, to which Piccolo retorts “Do you want me to bite my tongue?!” Nevertheless, Gokuu agrees and speeds up his own countdown by transforming.
•Ending:
•Taking in the sight and feel of Gokuu’s Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, Zamasu clenches his fist in the stands so tight that his nails cut into his palm and incites bleeding. Gowasu notices this and believes that Zamasu is merely excited to see so many skilled fellow martial artists. In reality, Zamasu curses Son Gokuu for embarrassing him so in front of the other gods.

Episode #17: “The 1,000 Year Old Assassin (Part II)”
•Gokuu and Piccolo try to resume their strategy, but now that Gokuu is so much faster than Piccolo they’re out of synch, which makes it even easier for the newly warmed-up Hit to disrupt their rhythm and capture the pace.
•Opening:
•With his right arm still pretty much useless for channeling ki or punching particularly hard, Gokuu is at an even greater disadvantage when trying to match Hit by himself. With their strategies proving only a nuisance and the clock ticking fast, Gokuu decides to rely on his last trump card.
•Title Card
•A Part: Gokuu leads Hit into cornering him against the barrier. Thinking he has Gokuu cornered, Hit punches straight at the barrier, but Gokuu disappears and Hit’s lead fist cracks against the barrier. Using his Instantaneous Movement, Gokuu has fled behind the barrier without Hit even noticing! Gokuu teleports behind Hit and unleashes the mightiest Kamehame-Ha that he can through his feet at close range. The blast pushes Hit against the barrier, practically crushing him and forcing him to take the brunt of the attack. “That’s cheating!” Champa exclaims, “Vados, get rid of that barrier!” The barrier disappears, thus giving Hit more room to push back against the Kamehame-Ha. Finally, the two colliding ki explode, but when the dust clears Hit is still standing—rather, levitating in the air—while Gokuu has dropped to his knees and returned to his normal form. Hit smirks, only to vomit blood right afterward. “Is it a draw?!” asks Blooma. “Don’t underestimate me,” calls Piccolo from afar. A spiraling, piercing light erupts through the ash mark left on Hit’s chest by Vegeta’s final attack. “Shit!” Champa shrieks in terror as his ace drops to the ring floor, unresponsive.
•B Part: Hit is unresponsive after taking a Makankou-sappou to the chest. “Wait, did we have a no-killing rule?” asks Champa before proceeding to pull out an obscenely large rule book. Tossing a dress coat over his shoulder and covering his eyes with a black fedora, a suit-clad Beers walks away from the stands after lighting a cigarette. “Prepare some nice flowers, Whis—for the funeral.” Champa immediately tackles Beers and begins pulling at his cheeks, with Beers returning the favor. The two squabble and throw insults while the others assess the situation. Although the Seventh Universe is declared the winner, Gokuu is disappointed that he couldn’t defeat Hit on his own. In fact, even if they had both fought in top form he gets the feeling he would’ve lost. Interrupting Gokuu’s pouting, a cute voice splits open the heavens. “Aww, it was getting to be so much fun!” Three figures descend from the split in the heavens. It’s…”Zen-Ou-sama!” Beers and Champa quit their squabbling and present themselves alongside Whis, Vados and the Kaiou-shin. The Zen-Ou bypasses the lower gods and walks straight toward Gokuu, much to Zamasu’s abject and obvious horror. “That was real fun!” Gokuu thanks the Zen-Ou and the duo brews up a camaraderie that both shocks and frightens Beers and Champa, while twisting Zamasu’s face into greater and greater disgust. The Zen-Ou admonishes Beers and Champa for holding a tournament between universes without his approval, but says it was a lot of fun to watch, so he’ll let it slide. “We should do this with all of the universes!” Gokuu agrees with the Zen-Ou, but first he needs to train. The Zen-Ou bids everyone farewell and returns home, but not before telling someone to tend to Hit’s injuries. “Shit, he’s still alive?!” Champa is horrified. That means he can’t argue a victory in his name due to murder. Beers laughs and says it’s time to use the Super Dragon Balls.
•Ending: The Nameless Planet that the tournament is being held on is revealed to actually be the final Super Dragon Ball, only covered in debris. Super Shen Long is summoned and is revealed to be massive in size. Super Shen Long asks for a wish to grant and Beers speaks it, but since the two are speaking the language of the gods nobody knows what he’s asked for. Beers claims he simply wished for a comfier bed, but in reality he asked for the restoration of the Earth of the Sixth Universe. Later, Gokuu bids the fighters from the Sixth Universe farewell and promises to have a proper fight with Hit the next time they meet.
•In the Kaiou-shin Realm in the Tenth Universe, Zamasu has black-and-white flashes of still shots recounting what he has seen in the past five days. The existence of humans with the power of gods and the Super Dragon Balls: these things play through Zamasu’s mind as he pours tea for Gowasu-sama. “Son Gokuu, huh,” Zamasu ponders in his heart, “I knew it, humans really are…”




Future Trunks Arc:

Episode #18: “Nightmare in the Future”
•Future Trunks runs through the city carrying fuel for the time machine, ever cautious of being followed.
•Opening Credits:
•Trunks arrives at the hidden lab of Future Blooma.
•Title Card:
•A Part: While Blooma loads the time machine with the fuel Trunks rests and catches up with Mai. Before the trio can travel to the past they are attacked by a shadowy figure.
•B Part: Before the Trunks and the others can travel to the past they are attacked by a shadowy figure. The figure grabs Future Blooma and kills her, shocking Trunks. Mai convinces Trunks to get into the time machine while she provides a distraction, but when the shadowy figure causes the ground below to begin collapsing Mai falls to an apparent death. Trunks, enraged, attacks the figure, now revealed to be…Son Gokuu? This Son Gokuu is dressed in black, however, and is referred to by Trunks merely as ‘Black’. Trunks is thoroughly thrashed by Black and forced to swallow his pride and retreat to the past using the time machine.
•Ending Credits:
•Shots of Metro West on fire and demolished.

Episode #19: “Nightmare Awake”
•Nightmarish images of Black killing Blooma and Mai haunt Trunks. Suddenly, the swordsman from the future awakens, surrounded by faces both familiar and foreign. Trunks awakens, sees Gokuu (wearing his casual clothes and now shaven after the tournament), and erupts in rage, experiencing a PTSD-esque flashback. “Black! Black!!” he screams.
•Opening Credits:
•Gokuu and Vegeta (also shaven and casually dressed) subdue Future Trunks.
•Title Card:
•A Part: Blooma and the others finish explaining that Gokuu eventually had his life restored after the battle with Cell. Blooma asks “Who’s this ‘Black’ guy you keep screaming about?!” Future Trunks gives a short explanation of what has happened since he last saw the others: for the past year a man who looks like Son Gokuu has been attacking the Earth, slowly but surely killing off the humans. While Trunks has fought him on numerous occasions, Black continually escapes only to return more powerful each time. Now Trunks is on the losing end of their battles. Gokuu Black appears in the past thanks to the power of the Time Ring. Gokuu battles Black, who truly does share his appearance! Beers asks Whis if he sees what he’s seeing, and Whis confirms: Black’s fighting style is very familiar. “We’ll have to investigate,” claims Beers. Black eventually transforms into a Super Saiyan—something Trunks notes that Black has not done in ages—and parries Gokuu’s Jan-ken technique. Eventually, the Time Ring’s power expires and Black is forcibly drawn back into the future with many broken bones.
•B Part: “My, my, what a surprise!” the B-Part opens on a close-up shot of a jovial Gowasu greeting his visitors, “Zamasu, please pour our guests tea!” Beers, Whis and Gokuu visit the Kaiou-shin of the Tenth Universe, Gowasu. Gokuu asks Zamasu how his training is going. Zamasu replies—with his back turned—that he believes he will be ready to reveal a big ‘renewal’ soon. After seeing the Time Rings, Beers and Whis are content to leave, as they cannot miss eating dessert back at Blooma’s house. On the trip back to Earth, the trio discusses what they know of Zamasu and his fighting style. Gokuu admits that Zamasu and Black do have a similar feel to them, both in battle and out, but that doesn’t mean they’re in cahoots. Besides, while similar, his ki is not exactly the same as Black’s. Nevertheless, the way his hand went numb when he hit Zamasu in their sparring match several months ago reminds Gokuu of when he fought Beers. Beers is annoyed at being lumped in with Zamasu, insisting that he is on a far higher level. However, Gokuu thinks that Zamasu still has room to improve, and may someday grow to be as scary a god as Beers.
•Ending Credits:
•Back in the future, Gokuu Black rests on a couch in a mountain cabin. A mysterious figure pours him tea. After taking a sip of the tea Black tells his friend “It’s magnificent” with a grin.

Episode #20: “Zamasu & Gowasu”
•Trunks and Mai enjoy a day at the amusement park. Suddenly, Gokuu Black appears from behind and stabs Mai in the back and pierces through her chest. “It’s a shame to ruin such perfect breasts,” Black smugly jests. If the blood on Black’s hand isn’t dripping blood then it’s being evaporated by his ki blade. Mai can only say “Trunks” in a weak voice. Meanwhile, Kusao Takeshi’s Trunks screams Mai’s name in the greatest display of abject horror. Finally, Trunks awakens in the Room of Spirit & Time, his bearded father asleep beside him.
•Opening Credits: Vegeta trains Trunks in the Room of Spirit & Time. Super Saiyan 2 Trunks struggles to land a hit on Vegeta.
•Back on Earth, Vegeta trains Trunks in the Room of Spirit & Time. Having witnessed Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan in his training with Vegeta, Trunks begins searching for his own way to greater power.
•Title Card:
•A Part: Meanwhile, Gowasu trains Zamasu in the role of a Kaiou-shin, but Zamasu's contempt grows more and more, leading him to interfere in the development of a species and kill Babarians. Gowasu scolds Zamasu for this and revokes his Potara.
•B Part: Vegeta (bearded and in his new Blooma-made armor), Trunks (bearded with long hair) and Gokuu (in his Whis dougi, but still shaved) arrive in Trunks’ timeline. Before they can lure out Gokuu Black the three are attacked by resistance members. Trunks explains the situation to the resistance members and they lower their weapons. The gang returns to the underground civilian community and find that Mai has survived! Trunks is incredibly happy to see that Mai has survived. It turns out that Future Yajirobe saved Mai and helped her back to health! Vegeta hands over capsules full of food and supplies to the hungry civilians. Spirits lifted, Trunks decides to leave the base and head to the surface, where he can lure out Black. On the surface, Trunks lures out Gokuu Black by raising his ki. This time, Vegeta wants to fight Black! Vegeta and Black trade blows, with Vegeta proving he has no need to transform to overwhelm Black. Neither Gokuu nor Trunks like the feeling they are sensing from Vegeta’s overwhelming lead, though. Finally, Vegeta’s body freezes up just as he is about to deliver a crushing blow, giving Black the opening to stab him through the chest with his ki blade. “That technique!” Gokuu cries out. Trunks spots the one who paralyzed his father: “Why is a Kaiou-shin…?!” Gokuu is flabbergasted “Zamasu?!”
•Ending Credits:
•The figure pouring Gokuu Black’s tea is revealed to be…Zamasu! Calling Black his ‘partner’ (aibou), Zamasu says that together they can correct the damage done to the natural order of existence by reinstating the supremacy of the gods.

Episode #21: “Hallelujah Chorus”
•A Part: “I knew it, humans are…irredeemable!” A grand musical montage of Gokuu Black’s birth begins set to the “Hallelujah Chorus” by Composer George Frideric Handel begins. After experiencing humiliation in front of the gods of the Sixth and Seventh Universes, Zamasu set about enacting his revenge. Sometime after the Sixth & Seventh Universe Exhibition Match, Zamasu kills Gowasu and takes his Potara and Time Rings. First traveling to the Future, Zamasu uses the Super Dragon Balls to switch bodies with Son Gokuu and then uses his body to kill Son Gokuu’s family and the Gokuu now in his body. After that, Zamasu searches for a timeline where Gokuu does not exist and comes across Trunks’. There, ‘Black’ convinces his doppelganger to aide him in killing the Kaiou-shin of that parallel world after killing Gowasu. With the gods now dead none can challenge them. Now, together, the two declare that the Zero Human Extinction Plan will begin!
•Title Card
•B Part: Furious over what has happened to Vegeta, Trunks transforms into a new form, ‘Super Saiyan Ikari’, which Gokuu notes ‘feels’ like a perversion of Super Saiyan Grade Three and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Trunks pummels Gokuu Black some more while Gokuu tries to kill Zamasu with a Kamehame-Ha. Thinking Zamasu dead, Gokuu returns his attention to Vegeta, but is stabbed through the back and blasted severely by Zamasu. Zamasu reveals that thanks to the now-destroyed Super Dragon Balls he has become immortal! Future Mai and Future Yajirobe distract Zamasu long enough to rescue the injured Gokuu and Vegeta. Zamasu notices that Trunks is about to kill Black, so he decides to allow his prey to escape and teleports himself and Black to safety.
•Ending Credits:
•The tea kettle at the mountain cabin is boiling.

Episode #22: “Thank You, Son Gohan-san”
•Meanwhile, Zamasu and Gowasu discuss philosophy while Present Zamasu serves tea. Beers, Whis and the Kaiou-shin of the Seventh Universe continue to watch closely. Gowasu's not oblivious to the cruelty growing in his pupil. Worse, he believes he can reason with Zamasu and thus shows no outward sign of irregularity. Finally, Gowasu drinks his cooled tea, but suffers a painful death when Zamasu stabs him in the back with a ki saber.
•Opening: No theme music plays. The camera is placed on a close-up of the disturbingly discolored Gowasu’s face. Gowasu’s expression is one of shock. Slowly, the visuals and sound seem to play backward until Gowasu’s face returns to normal and he rises again, just before drinking his tea.
•A Part: Whis rewinds time to before Gowasu's death so that Beers can confront and kill Zamasu. Gowasu is shocked at the development and Beers mentions in an off-the-cuff manner that he probably should’ve let Gowasu die for being such a sentimental, contemptible fool, but Whis reminds him that it would only cause him a headache later when the Grand Priest found out.
•B Part: Trunks returns to the past to seek Piccolo’s aide. Piccolo is currently at Gohan’s house, much to Trunks’ discomfort. Since returning to the past Trunks had wanted to avoid drawing his master’s doppelganger into his battle, despite his selfish desire to draw strength from him. Seeing his mentor, Son Gohan, again, Trunks comes to the realization that it isn’t wrong for him to seek comfort from him. Trunks resolves to not tell Gohan of why he has come back to the past and instead sneaks away from the Gohan house with Piccolo.
•Ending: A montage of scenes between Gohan and Trunks plays alongside the Ending theme.
•As Trunks and Piccolo fly a safe distance away from Gohan’s house to avoid drawing attention, Piccolo asks what he has in mind. “Mom told me a long time ago of a technique used to seal away the Piccolo Daimaou and God.” Shocked, Piccolo replies “C-could you mean…?!” With a nod, “Yeah, the MaFuu-Ba!”

Episode #23: “Behold! The Immortal God Zamasu”
•Gokuu and Vegeta, finally back at full strength (they had to share the only Senzu that Karin was able to spare) hunt down Gokuu Black and Zamasu. This time, Vegeta begins his battle with Black as a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. Black is as unctuous as ever and unveils that thanks to all of his battles up until this point he has finally managed to draw out ‘this body’s’ full power. Black transforms into a pink-haired Super Saiyan form. “If you are a Saiyan with the power of a god, then I am a god with the power of a Saiyan! Behold, Super Saiyan Rosé!”
•Opening:
•A Part: While Vegeta and Black go at it, Gokuu (still in his normal form) basically slaps Zamasu around. “You might be immortal, but that don’t mean you’re stronger!” After some due slapping, Gokuu notices Trunks and Piccolo hiding within the forest near Black and Zamasu’s mountain vacation cabin. Gokuu synchronizes his and Zamasu’s battle so that Piccolo can effortlessly catch the fallen god in his green demon-sealing gale. Zamasu shrieks in horror as he is sealed within an electric rice cooker.
•B Part: Noticing that Zamasu has been sealed, Black teleports to Gokuu, Piccolo and Trunks’ location and knocks them aside. Gokuu transforms into Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan and kicks Gokuu Black as he reaches for the electric rice cooker. Gokuu and Black begin a battle for the rice cooker, fairly even, until Black catches Gokuu off guard with a ‘ki scythe’ that deals devastating mid-range damage. Black stabs Gokuu in the shoulder with a ki sword, pinning him to the pool floor of an abandoned gym. Black begins to recount to Gokuu how he killed him and his family in the timeline he comes from. Enraged by the recounting, Gokuu tears Black’s arm out of his left shoulder and thrusts it into Black’s left shoulder. Black leaps back in pain and flies back to the electric rice cooker, only to find it missing. Shrieking in anger, Black uses his ki scythe to slice the skyscrapers in the city down, then uses ki to lift the rubble into the sky, unveiling the hiding Trunks with the rice cooker. Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta lunges after Black but misses his kick when Black uses Shunkan-idou to appear by Trunks side and karate chop the electric rice cooker from his grasp. The electric rice cooker hits the ground with a thud. With a simple stomp, Black crushes the electric rice cooker and frees Zamasu. “Damned humans, I will not be made to feel helpless!” [Insert Song: “Yoake no Michi” from the 1975 animated series “Flanders no Inu”] Zamasu removes one of his Potara and triggers a merger with Gokuu Black. As Gokuu Black and Zamasu’s bodies fly towards one another they exploded into silhouettes of pink and purple light respectively. These silhouettes—retaining the outlines of their original forms—embrace one another as the Zamasu silhouette grabs the Gokuu Black silhouette by the head and passionately kisses it in a rotating camera shot. The two silhouettes of colored light merge into one before bursting into purple and pink petals. These petals fall to the ground and are quickly decomposed into the soil before rapidly growing into a majestic tree. From that tree is borne a single fruit that rapidly ripens into…Merged Zamasu the Immortal God! Everyone powers up to their full strength and attacks Merged Zamasu. “Even a four-man team is no use!” cries Trunks. “Damn, even if I hadn’t used so much strength on the MaFuu-Ba!” fears Piccolo. “Damn it all, if we had Potara, too!” concedes Vegeta. [Insert Song Ends] Suddenly, Beers, Whis, Gowasu and the Seventh Universe Kaiou-shin appear. “Kakarotto!” shouts Vegeta. “Shit, cain’t be helped!” In a blinding light, Gokuu and Vegeta rush over to the Kaiou-shin, however…Merged Zamasu is much quicker. Merged Zamasu wipes the Potara from the ears of Gowasu and Shin and crushes them into dust. Whis generates a barrier around the gods that pushes Merged Zamasu away and amusingly scolds him: “We’re just spectators here, pay no mind! Ohohoho!” Gokuu and Vegeta look at one another and nod. “Oh well,” Gokuu grins, “I ain’t all that big on mergin’ anyway!” Vegeta rolls his eyes at the apparent reversal of their roles from the battle with Majin Buu but nevertheless takes a power-up position. Roaring in unison, Gokuu and Vegeta raise their Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan power to their maximum…before their auras appear to be sucked right into their bodies. Merged Zamasu is disgusted: “This is—” Gowasu finishes the line: “—sealing the power of a god into one’s body!”
•Ending:
•Taking battle positions, Full-Power Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Gokuu and Vegeta exhale in unison.

Episode #24: “VS the Immortal God”
•”W-what have they done?” Piccolo ponders aloud. Without taking his eyes off of Vegeta, Trunks replies “Dad showed me this while we were training in the Room of Spirit & Time. They’ve sealed the power of Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan in their body so that no ki leaks out! B-but the strain on their bodies is…” Gokuu and Vegeta give each other knowing looks. In their condition they can probably only last at this level for three or four minutes before their bodies give out; after that they won’t be able to lift even a finger. The Saiyan duo dashes at Merged Zamasu.
•Opening Credits: Merged Zamasu the Immortal God finds himself with his hands full fighting two Full-Power Super Saiyans. Outpacing Merged Zamasu, Gokuu and Vegeta push to finish the fight before their bodies collapse from the burden of sealing their ki within them.
•Gowasu realizes that he forgot to tell Gokuu and Vegeta that if they destroy the Potara then they won’t have to wait an hour for Merged Zamasu to split apart. Shin is confused, having thought that Potara merging was permanent. “Not if neither of the merged users are not Kaiou-shin!” Trunks takes note.
•Title Card:
•A Part: Gokuu and Vegeta begin to overwhelm Merged Zamasu. Whis theorizes that merging two of the same souls makes it difficult for the merged being to split their attention across two foes because they are essentially the same mind. Gokuu and Vegeta notice that Merged Zamasu’s not very adept at critical thought in battle and lead him into a very linear attack pattern. Able to predict Merged Zamasu’s movements and with their own time quickly dwindling, Gokuu and Vegeta slam a Final Kamehame-Ha into Merged Zamasu. When the dust settles Merged Zamasu’s shirt is burned away and his body is scarred. Of heavy breath, Merged Zamasu drops to one knee. Meanwhile, Gokuu and Vegeta collapse, unable to fight after sealing their ki for so long. “What a shame,” Whis comments, “The idea was right but they went about preventing the loss of ki from Blue far too forcefully. Spiritual balance is the key.” Merged Zamasu laughs at the turn of the tables and prepares a final blow to wipe away the paralyzed Gokuu and Vegeta. Suddenly, a sword soars through the air and destroys one of Merged Zamasu’s Potara while the other disintegrates due to damage from the Final Kamehame-Ha. Everyone is shocked but Trunks, determination adoring his face. Merged Zamasu explodes in light.
•B Part: The dust settles, revealing that Merged Zamasu has split back into Gokuu Black and Zamasu. Whis takes in Gokuu and Vegeta behind his barrier and restores their health and clothes. Beers tells the two Saiyans from the past “Our role here is over. You’ve already interfered with the natural course of time too much.” Vegeta nods to Trunks. Gowasu asks his students if they won’t return to the light. The duo, of course, refuse and Gowasu finally turns his back on them. Trunks steps into the spotlight and challenges Black to a final duel. An exhausted Black is hesitant, but Beers offers that he won’t intervene, no matter the outcome. “I’ve played my part already.” Finally, Black accepts. It’s Super Saiyan Ikari versus Super Saiyan Rosé! Trunks finally overwhelms Black in combat, forcing Zamasu to leap in the way of one of Trunks’ stabs. Zamasu, however, finds that his injury won’t heal! It seems that by merging into Merged Zamasu and ‘ceasing to exist’ he lost his immortality! Zamasu sacrifices his dying self to give Black more ki.
•Ending: Furious, Trunks, so incredibly in-tune with the people of Earth, draws on the will power of those humans remaining on Earth. Pouring this ‘hope’ into his blade, Trunks slices Gokuu Black in half and finally ending his reign of terror.
•Trunks stabs his sword into the ground. His battle is over at last.

Episode #25: “Sabaku ni asu wa nai to Dare ni mo iwasenai ze”
•In a dark, unlit room, the Zen-Ou of the future, who has been bored since all of the gods of this timeline died, teleports himself to Earth after sensing the death of Zamasu.
•Opening:
•A Part: The Future Zen-Ou surveys the desolate waste land that is now Earth. The Zen-Ou reckons that there’s really no point in this timeline without having anyone he can play with, but Gokuu tells him he knows of someone who he would love to play with. Mulling it over, Zen-Ou decides to stop the destruction of the universe.
•B Part: Back during the Sixth Universe & Seventh Universe Martial Arts Tournament, Zen-Ou asks Gokuu to be his friend and play with him. Gokuu, finding the idea to be kind of a pain, promises Zen-Ou that he’ll find him a great friend. Back in the present, Gokuu presents Present Zen-Ou to Future Zen-Ou and vice-versa. The two take a quick liking to each other and Gokuu breathes a sigh of relief. Later, on Earth, Future Trunks and Future Mai bid farewell to Gokuu and the others, thanking them for all their help. Now they’re off to rebuild their timeline.
•Title Card: Trunks’ sword stuck into the ground, basking in sunlight among the dead city of the future.
•Ending: Future Trunks and Future Mai meet for the first time during the peaceful days before Gokuu Black’s appearance. They spend all day talking at a giant water fountain.
•“Wow, you want me to become your apprentice, Kaiou-shin-sama?!” Long before his heart had become corrupt by negative experiences with humans, Zamasu was approached by Gowasu to be his successor. “Please, call me ‘Gowasu’, Zamasu-kun.” As Gowasu watches Zamasu celebrate with his pet pig the camera zooms in on his smiling face before cutting to the present day Gowasu drinking from his tea cup. Gowasu sets his tea back onto its plate and looks forlornly at the great tree under which he sits. As the leaves fall around him Gowasu has but one word, “Zamasu…”

[DSB]

- There would be a mention to Makaios and Makaioshins. And an explanation as to why Zamasu didn't become a Makaio.

- There would be an allusion to Kaioshin of Time at some point.

- No Super Saiyan Rage (or that power-up thing in the manga).

- Goku Black would most likely be an actual evil Goku.

- Super Saiyan Rosé wouldn't be a recolor (obviously it wouldn't have this name either).

- That rift Goku Black opened would serve a purpose (much in the same vein as Xenoverse 2 did).

- Way more characters interactions.

- Either Gogeta or Vegenks would fight against Merged Zamasu (most likely the latter).

- The saga would end with Trunks becoming Time Patroller.


Fixed. So much better. But to think at least half of these could/should've happened... What a waste of opportunities.

Do you like, read? Rage IS mandatory to keep as started in OP

[Shintoki]

I can't keep all the same overall plot beats. Not for this arc, and not with that abysmal ending. But I do have plans which I'll eventually someday put into the form of a larger Super rewrite fanfic, and the major-ish changes for this arc include...

• Fewer back-and-forth trips to the future. Only 2, really; The first one where they expect to take down Goku Black easily but then things go south right quick, and the latter where they actually DO defeat Black and Zamas and the day is saved.
• No creepy romance between Future Trunks and Mai. It's just not a thing, even if Future Mai herself is still a plot factor or even exists at all.
• Building on things I'd do in previous arcs, Vegeta undergoes some meaningful mid-arc character and strength growth during this one. He'd use Zamas' own methods against him, to put it intentionally vaguely.
• No pointless, needless, stupid-ass Potara retcon. Black and Zamas still use the Potara to permanently merge when they're backed into a corner. But then Gogeta appears to fight him instead of Vegetto. A merger of two gods via a godly fusion method then spends half an hour getting his face brutally slammed into the dirt by a merger of two mortals using a mortal fusion method, and the poetic justice is damned delicious.
• I don't want to spoil too much about my planned finale... but the short version is that Gogeta can't quite get the job done, so the final blow ultimately falls to Trunks, who gets a new big and fancy (but sensible and pre-established) power-up to save the day without any genocidal oval-headed little rotters getting involved.
• Since his entire universe and everything he's ever fought for wasn't erased from existence... Trunks doesn't just get unceremoniously shuffled off to an out-of-nowhere duplicate timeline. But Beerus makes it clear that, even though they'll overlook his time-travel transgression this time since it was another god causing trouble, he's strictly forbidden from ever doing it again. So this is the last we'd ever see of Future Trunks, but I'd leave some hints that things in his timeline are going to get even better from now on. Solely out of spite for the arc's bleak original ending.

that part is the best and most clever DB related thing i ever read since a while. good job, kaboom. this was an amazing thought, and now i can't help but think toyotaro wasted a huge opportunity by using vegito instead of gogeta.

The ending of that arc is so atrocious and makes no sense at why trunks is not mentally damaged over his whole world being dead. Yours feel about as DB in spirit as it gets. heck, it feels nothing but as a stupid edgy fest in retrospect now that the super dragon balls are a thing and no one is trying to revive and wish the dead and that timeline back.

easily the worst arc in all of DB from a narrative standpoint.

[ZombieVito]

Let's see.

- Goku will use Super Saiyan 3 in his first fight with Goku Black. He will eventually need to use Super Saiyan God to turn the tables before Goku Black is sent back into the future.
- I would dedicate an entire episode to Future Babidi's attack on Earth. This is one of the few things the manga did better than the anime. The episode would end differently though, Future Shin survives and returns to the Kaioshin planet only for Goku Black to suddenly appear and kill him there. No Kaioshin apprentice Future Trunks nonsense. I would put this episode after episode 51 so it will be episode 52.
- It will be explained that Future Trunks used Quake of Fury in episode 57 (Now episode 58 thanks to the addition of the flashback episode) and later on that Super Saiyan Rage is an evolved state of that.
- Zamasu will attack Shin instead of Goku in episode 59 (Now episode 60).
- I would reduce Fused Zamasu's corrupted arm a bit. It really only looks good when he bulks up.
- I would end episode 66 (Now episode 67) at Vegetto defusing. Giving his fight with Fused Zamasu more time and making Fused Zamasu's body more damaged as a result.
- The next episode (Now episode 68) starts with Goku and Vegeta barely surviving fighting Fused Zamasu and Future Trunks having a longer fight with him. Future Kaio gets involved and along with Goku, help get energy for the Genki Sword from the whole universe. The episode ends with Infinite Zamasu's birth.
- Infinite Zamasu will talk and will be shown to spread to universe 6 and even the afterlife after killing the Earthlings. He will be shown killing Future Kaio, Bubbles, Gregory, Hit, Frost and Cabba (Along with the universe 6 Saiyans). The rest of the episode (now episode 69) plays out the same as episode 67 of original Super.

[DSB]

Let's see.

- Goku will use Super Saiyan 3 in his first fight with Goku Black. He will eventually need to use Super Saiyan God to turn the tables before Goku Black is sent back into the future.
- I would dedicate an entire episode to Future Babidi's attack on Earth. This is one of the few things the manga did better than the anime. The episode would end differently though, Future Shin survives and returns to the Kaioshin planet only for Goku Black to suddenly appear and kill him there. No Kaioshin apprentice Future Trunks nonsense. I would put this episode after episode 51 so it will be episode 52.
- It will be explained that Future Trunks used Quake of Fury in episode 57 (Now episode 58 thanks to the addition of the flashback episode) and later on that Super Saiyan Rage is an evolved state of that.
- Zamasu will attack Shin instead of Goku in episode 59 (Now episode 60).
- I would reduce Fused Zamasu's corrupted arm a bit. It really only looks good when he bulks up.
- I would end episode 66 (Now episode 67) at Vegetto defusing. Giving his fight with Fused Zamasu more time and making Fused Zamasu's body more damaged as a result.
- The next episode (Now episode 68) starts with Goku and Vegeta barely surviving fighting Fused Zamasu and Future Trunks having a longer fight with him. Future Kaio gets involved and along with Goku, help get energy for the Genki Sword from the whole universe. The episode ends with Infinite Zamasu's birth.
- Infinite Zamasu will talk and will be shown to spread to universe 6 and even the afterlife after killing the Earthlings. He will be shown killing Future Kaio, Bubbles, Gregory, Hit, Frost and Cabba (Along with the universe 6 Saiyans). The rest of the episode (now episode 69) plays out the same as episode 67 of original Super.

ooh i like this

[Kataphrut]

I remember hearing this suggested somewhere, and I think it's a brilliant idea. Only problem is it would replace the Spirit Sword and I actually really like that thematically:

Have the final battle between Vegetto and Trunks vs Merged Zamasu play out the same, but instead Trunks slicing Zamasu in two, he slices the finger with the time ring on it off instead, Isildur-style. This causes Zamasu to become destabilised since the time ring was preventing Black from being erased from Beerus' hakai. I can't remember if Trunks was aware of that, if not throw in some exposition earlier where he learns about it so there's precedent. This causes Merged Zamasu to unfuse, leaving behind a distorted future Zamasu, which creates a paradox threatening to destabilise everything, necessitating bringing in Zeno.

As a side effect, erasing Black from history would undo all the death and damage he caused, momentarily causing the Earth and most of the killed Earthlings to be restored, including Future Bulma. This will make it all the more deliciously cruel when Zeno wipes them all out anyway.

Other change is the one everyone has already suggested which is cut down on the trips to the future. All that happens in the second one is getting the confirmation that Zamasu stole Goku's body, Trunks going SSRage and staying behind, all of which can be rolled back to the first visit. Between visits one and two you'd have the visit to present Zamasu for his hakai-ing. Though on reflection that would remove the motivation for them to learn the Mafuba (since they wouldn't know Zamasu would still be there), but that can be cut with minimal loss.

[Aim]

Like Trunks Rage form, the Spirit bomb, Infinite Zamasu, basically every major plot point has to be the same, but you can change the minor details or the flow of the story.

How would you do it?

Here’s how I’d explain what you mentioned:

Trunks’ rage form: Trunks being starved and in constant danger altered his S cells some what, to the point when pushed over the edge he accessed a new form, this is due to the type of environment he’s been subjected to for the past year. Basically a really powerful Super Saiyan form, it’s more closely related to SS2 though.

Trunks’ Genki-Dama: Trunks uses the ki from all remaining survivors on Earth to create a genki-dama like attack. Though not quite the genki-dama.

Infinite Zamasu: being granted immortality meant even Zamasu’s spirit was immortal, free from the constraints of having to go to the afterlife. After losing his physical body he essentially was able to merge with the universe due to what the Dragon granted him.


So this is for a anime rewrite:

First I’m going to list some issues in the original:

Not sticking to Toriyama’s notes on Goku Black having two Super Saiyan forms, instead opting to merge them into making Rosé.

Goku Black’s unexplainable ability to get incredibly strong from just one fight.

Trunks’ unexplained form pulled from nowhere.

Fused Zamasu’s overpowered strength, instead of the nuanced take Toriyama had.

Trunks fighting on par with Rosé

I would have everything play out the way it does in the anime up until the time Goku Black travels back in time, instead I’d have his time ring react giving him a clue on what happened to Trunks. Goku Black would not be able to travel because of his Kaioshin in training status.

I would remove Trunks going third grade in training, and have everything else play out the way it does.

Next when Son Goku and co go to the future, they gain Black’s attention, in which they meet for the first time. Goku Black fights Son and they both end up going Super Saiyan. Black is slowly learning how to use Son Goku’s body while fighting him, eventually, Goku gets serious and deals a lot of damage to him. Goku joins back with co and go over to where Black was knocked into, out the smoke appears two figures, Black and Zamasu.

Black fully healed, has a back and fourth conversation with the gang, this eventually leads up to Black charging in on Son who now jumps to SSGSS. Upon being told Black got stronger Son says he will finish it, obviously he does not. This leads to Black being healed again after being beaten down, to which he is now able to almost utilise Son’s techniques, and overpowers him. Black then goes Rosé. It is said that the form is that of SSGSS.

Vegeta goes in to fight, to which he’s defeated, the gang retreat back to the future. In the future there’s no senzu left so they are left to wait.

The gang go back to the future only to make Black stronger and they get beaten down badly, this time Trunks doesn’t return with Son and Vegeta.

Finally senzu’s are ready and Vegeta goes to train, while Son goes to learn the containment wave in order to lock Zamasu away.

Meanwhile in the future, Trunks fights off Black and Zamasu. Trunks almost dies and retreats. Later, back at the hide out, Black and Zamasu talk about their plan, Goku Black’s personality is slowly altering and he’s becoming more Saiyan like in nature.

Back in the present the gang are ready to go back. They get back and find Trunks and Black and Zamasu engaged in battle. Vegeta almost immediately goes after Black, not giving the arrogant God a moment to improve. Son Goku fights Zamasu.

Goku Black and Vegeta are close to even, Black combining his own martial art knowledge with Son’s, he becomes stronger, Vegeta begins to push harder to prevent Black from getting even stronger, Black is overpowered and loses.

Zamasu is sealed. Goku Black takes a moment to think and calm down. He realises that Zamasu’s ki is gone and is confused. Black focuses on Vegeta and gives him a couple kicks and fatigues him.

Zamasu breaks free and Black senses this, he teleports to him. Zamasu tells Black what happened and this concerns them both, as Black is certain he will be overpowered next time if Zamasu is gone and he’s attacked from all sides. This ultimately leads them to fusing.

Fusion Zamasu is born. Zamasu, now fused, isn’t as strong as the original anime story line, due to the fact Zamasu wasn’t all that impressive compared to Black. However, Zamasu’s techniques are perfectly honed which makes him even more deadlier.

As you can imagine, Zamasu beats one SSGSS, however, two prove to be too much. This is negated though by Zamasu’s immortality. Trunks, Vegeta and Son go all out and hurt Zamasu badly, however he heals and ends up almost killing the gang.

Since everything plays out the same at the beginning, Son ends up finding the Zeno button, he presses it. Zeno appears, erases timeline, blah blah.

Now whether Trunks goes to some timeline where there’s duplicates, I don’t know, it depends what Toriyama wanted. I don’t know.

[Koitsukai]

Also, fix Black's asspull of a power up. Saiyans don't work that way, they don't just get hit and suddenly their power increases so much, kaios or kaioshin don't work that way either, so what gives? just have Zamasu heal him every now and then, like in the manga.

[ZombieVito]

Also, fix Black's asspull of a power up. Saiyans don't work that way, they don't just get hit and suddenly their power increases so much, kaios or kaioshin don't work that way either, so what gives? just have Zamasu heal him every now and then, like in the manga.

It can be explained away super easily.

Black is recovering the untapped power of that body. Don't you find odd that he doesn't get stronger in episode 63? He needs to apply rage in order to get stronger in episode 64 because he was already at that's body limit by then.

Think of it as what happened to Ginyu in the anime Namek arc.

[Koitsukai]

Also, fix Black's asspull of a power up. Saiyans don't work that way, they don't just get hit and suddenly their power increases so much, kaios or kaioshin don't work that way either, so what gives? just have Zamasu heal him every now and then, like in the manga.

It can be explained away super easily.

Black is recovering the untapped power of that body. Don't you find odd that he doesn't get stronger in episode 63? He needs to apply rage in order to get stronger in episode 64 because he was already at that's body limit by then.

Think of it as what happened to Ginyu in the anime Namek arc.

What untapped power? Namek arc Goku had a lot of it, sure... DBS Goku's body shouldn't. Actually, the manga says so. The worst of it, it's never explained.