Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Beerus-sama » Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:30 am

HeroR wrote:Their personalities are different.

Black is a sadistic jerkass who takes pleasure from his own pain since it makes him stronger. He also takes the time to slowly wiped out the people of Earth instead of pulling a Super Buu and wiping them out with seekers. Black also comes off as mentally unstable given how he can go from calm and even playful, to batshit insane and is prone to slasher smiles.

Zamasu is calm, but he show irritation much faster than Black. He hates the idea of mortals even touching him, while Black doesn't care. He is also not sadistic, nor does he enjoy his own pain. He also doesn't seem to like to fight, given how he kept turning Goku down, while Black is very eager for battle.
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HeroR wrote: And some other points. Black comes off like he never met Goku before and is happy to see the power of Super Saiyan Goku. Zamasu is shocked and is mad that Goku overpowered him since he's just a mortal.
Because Goku was dead when he found him in his timeline.
HeroR wrote: They're fighting styles are also different. Zamasu is someone who repels and then attacks, while Black is much more aggressive and passionate when he fights.
Because he's a saiyan/has a saiyan body now.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by HeroR » Mon Aug 01, 2016 2:11 am

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HeroR wrote:Their personalities are different.

Black is a sadistic jerkass who takes pleasure from his own pain since it makes him stronger. He also takes the time to slowly wiped out the people of Earth instead of pulling a Super Buu and wiping them out with seekers. Black also comes off as mentally unstable given how he can go from calm and even playful, to batshit insane and is prone to slasher smiles.

Zamasu is calm, but he show irritation much faster than Black. He hates the idea of mortals even touching him, while Black doesn't care. He is also not sadistic, nor does he enjoy his own pain. He also doesn't seem to like to fight, given how he kept turning Goku down, while Black is very eager for battle.
It is possible for the second description to become the first description.
HeroR wrote: And some other points. Black comes off like he never met Goku before and is happy to see the power of Super Saiyan Goku. Zamasu is shocked and is mad that Goku overpowered him since he's just a mortal.
Because Goku was dead when he found him in his timeline.
HeroR wrote: They're fighting styles are also different. Zamasu is someone who repels and then attacks, while Black is much more aggressive and passionate when he fights.
Because he's a saiyan/has a saiyan body now.
How would explain Zamasu going from someone who doesn't like to fight, isn't sadistic, and enjoys pain. He's basically a completely different character, and just going into an new body or possessing a new body would suddenly change his fighting style. I mean, why would Zamasu being in a Saiyan body have to do with fighting techniques?

And if he never met Goku before, why would he take his form?
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:14 am

I posted this theory in the episode thread but I might as well post it here as well.

Zamasu is Black, but not yet.

Remember, Black is from the future. Zamasu met Goku this episode and developed a grudge against him, even thinking that he won't forget him.

Sometime later down the line, he takes Goku's form, steals a time ring, and goes to universe 7, ending up in Trunks' timeline. By fighting Zamasu in this episode, Goku unwittingly helped create Goku Black. Maybe even Beerus and Whis' explanation of why they were there (investigating Black) gave him the idea. It also explains why Black is stronger than Zamasu - he's been training and improved after losing to Goku. And while Zamasu may not completely hate mortals to the point of wanting to commit genocide yet, he could reach that point eventually, which is when he becomes Black.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Xeogran » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:46 am

I could see this happen.

And perhaps Zamasu-Black and the Black-we-know could fuse together with their Potara Earrings.

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Lord Beerus » Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:59 am

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Faisal Shourov » Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:59 pm

Black and Zamasu have completely different personality, and Zamasu doesn't look the type to enjoy fighting much less killing, I do believe they're connected somehow but Black and Zamasu are likely different from what we know so far. Also Goku might be a retard but he's not a good reason for Zamasu to exterminate all humans
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by HeroR » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:14 pm

Polyphase Avatron wrote:I posted this theory in the episode thread but I might as well post it here as well.

Zamasu is Black, but not yet.

Remember, Black is from the future. Zamasu met Goku this episode and developed a grudge against him, even thinking that he won't forget him.

Sometime later down the line, he takes Goku's form, steals a time ring, and goes to universe 7, ending up in Trunks' timeline. By fighting Zamasu in this episode, Goku unwittingly helped create Goku Black. Maybe even Beerus and Whis' explanation of why they were there (investigating Black) gave him the idea. It also explains why Black is stronger than Zamasu - he's been training and improved after losing to Goku. And while Zamasu may not completely hate mortals to the point of wanting to commit genocide yet, he could reach that point eventually, which is when he becomes Black.
But Black acted like he had never met Goku and is impressed by his power. And why would Zamasu call himself Son Goku? I mean, he doesn't try to act like Goku, so why take his name?
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:20 pm

If that heroes trailer was accurate then looks Zam creating Black theory maybe the one. Though Black ending up in the future still bugs me like if Zam really did make Black then how did he know Goku was dead in U7's Earth's future timeline?

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Sonicjamareiz » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:31 pm

Based on the recent Dragon Ball heroes trailer it seems as though Zamasu is not Goku Black. :think:
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:45 pm

Sonicjamareiz wrote:Based on the recent Dragon Ball heroes trailer it seems as though Zamasu is not Goku Black. :think:
This doesn't really mean anything, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, the Heroes trailers often throw a lot of things at the wall and just see what sticks, no matter if they contradict each other or not. Second, that could be Goku Black and the present version of Zamasu, not the one from Trunks timeline.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by DainIronfoot » Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:56 pm

I'm wondering, when i saw the time rings i assumed the 4 green ones were for each Kai and the silver for the highest ranked. As for me, I'm currently just going to stick with the theory that's most common until more info is gathered. Either Zamasu is Black or is involved in his creation.

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Luke Groundwalker » Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:26 pm

I'm still sticking to my theory that what's happening here is that Zamasu has to "split" away from his evil side to officially become a Kaioshin, similar to how Kami attained God-hood on Earth. Zamasu splits into two, and the evil demon side is what eventually becomes Black. Black goes rogue, steals a Time Ring, and somehow runs into Future Goku in the afterlife and possesses his body (not fusion, but possession). Remember we've already seen Gods have the ability to possess other people's bodies like Kami did to Shen in the Piccolo arc. Black is a representation of Zamasu's inner hatred for mortals.

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Captain Strawberry » Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:30 pm

It's possible Black wants to go to all four timelines and wipe out all of humanity/mortals
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Nejishiki » Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:44 pm

Doubtful, considering Goku Black was unaware of how his Time Ring worked. Following Future Trunks to the alternate present era was alien to him. Otherwise, he should know he can only progress forward and back in time, rendering alternate timeline crossing impossible outside of that special circumstance he's participated in once.

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Luke Groundwalker » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:20 pm

Nejishiki wrote:Doubtful, considering Goku Black was unaware of how his Time Ring worked. Following Future Trunks to the alternate present era was alien to him. Otherwise, he should know he can only progress forward and back in time, rendering alternate timeline crossing impossible outside of that special circumstance he's participated in once.
To be fair, Beerus and Whis seemed to be unaware that Time Rings could do that as well, since they directly stated they can only be used to travel forward in time. It was never stated or implied Goku Black didn't know what a Time Ring actually was.

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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Sodhi » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:33 pm

What is interesting in the Heroes trailer is that, Zamasu has a green ring on him instead of his regular orangish ring. It may probably mean nothing because its heroes but just wanted to point that out.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by GodKaio-Ken » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:40 pm

Luke Groundwalker wrote:
Nejishiki wrote:Doubtful, considering Goku Black was unaware of how his Time Ring worked. Following Future Trunks to the alternate present era was alien to him. Otherwise, he should know he can only progress forward and back in time, rendering alternate timeline crossing impossible outside of that special circumstance he's participated in once.
To be fair, Beerus and Whis seemed to be unaware that Time Rings could do that as well, since they directly stated they can only be used to travel forward in time. It was never stated or implied Goku Black didn't know what a Time Ring actually was.
I thought Beerus said that, paraphrased here, "Even Gods are only allowed to travel forward in time except under special circumstances" or something like that. I may be 100% wrong here but I thought something to that effect was said.

I don't remember him actually saying the Time Ring can only go forward. You'd be stuck in the future every time you used it if that were the case right?
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:45 pm

It's stated the Time Rings only allow you to travel forward in time, and then back to the present era from which you used it.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by GodKaio-Ken » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:47 pm

TheDevilsCorpse wrote:It's stated the Time Rings only allow you to travel forward in time, and then back to the present era from which you used it.
Good to know. I think I was confusing another part where Beerus talked about Gods/Time Travel but wasn't talking about the ring.
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Re: Reason why Zamasu may or not be be Black

Post by Xeztin » Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:48 pm

My reasoning on why Zamasu is Black: They both view mortals as more or less inferior, they both have an instinct for fighting, they have similar ki which should have been brought up to Gowasu if he were Black. Black also knew who Goku was and he couldn't have originated in Trunks timeline if it's because he met Goku and stole his body because Goku is dead in Trunk's timeline, so how did he know of Goku? I believe this very moment of when Goku fought Zamasu is when he decided to create Black, a future Zamasu if you will.

My reasoning on why Zamasu is not Black: Why the heck would a kaioshin from universe 10 send Black to universe 7 in future Trunk's timeline, when he said at the end of the latest episode he wanted to pay Goku back?

It's really hard to gain evidence on Zamasu without his future counterpart coming into play, which would make sense of everything. BUT if that's the case, why would he send Black to Trunks timeline instead of going to destroy Goku? One could argue he did that and he stole Goku's body and traveled to Trunks timeline but Goku's still alive so it wouldn't make sense!

My conclusion/Theory: There has to be a future Zamasu and a 2nd alternate timeline different from Trunks's in play here.

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