Heartwarming / Dragon Ball Super Future Trunks Arc

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Episodes 47-51

Episode 47

• After fleeing, Future Trunks runs into Future Mai, and they share a small respite, including an appearance of Scratch.^note The black cat that always hung out on Dr. Brief's shoulder. It's clear they've known each other for awhile, long enough to be comfortable around the other, friendly or otherwise.
  • It's also implied that Mai had become friends with Bulma as well at some point, because Bulma tells Trunks to go meet up with Mai while wearing a smile on her face, and Mai is saddened to hear of her death. Considering the fact that Mai (along with Shu and Pilaf) had tried to kill Bulma many years ago, this speaks volumes of what a forgiving person Bulma can be and how much their relationship must have changed. Explicitly shown in Episode 52, where Trunks remembers back to happier times, where he, mom, and Mai enjoyed dinner together, on an occasional basis at the very least.
• Goku tells Goten and Chi-Chi that he worked extra hard on his farming work because he wanted to give them all something tasty to eat. Given Beerus' reaction to Goku's lettuces, he did a good job.
• Beerus enjoying lunch with Goku and Vegeta. For a god who spent most of his time sleeping and being a jerkass at the beginning of the series, he really has grown to enjoy their company when they come to train, and doesn't just sleep through their visits anymore.
• As the preview for the next episode shows, Present!Bulma and the others waste no time tending to Future Trunks when they find him unconscious.
  • Want to know the thing that cinches it? Look at Vegeta's face after he sees Future Trunks lying on the bed, near-death. His reaction crosses between shock and outright enraged that someone went after his son. One gets the feeling that when Goku Black crosses onto their neck of the woods, Vegeta will have a score to settle with him.

Episode 48

• The episode reveals Trunks invited the Pilaf Gang to live at Capsule Corp. They also go to class with him and his private tutor. The scene with Trunks and Mai holding hands was also rather sweet.
• Vegeta asks Future Trunks why he still carries his sword, commenting that it's a little redundant compared to martial arts and ki attacks. Future Trunks says carrying it makes him feel calm. Vegeta understands and doesn't question Trunks any further.

Episode 49

Episode 50

• Two things happen: One, Vegeta comforts Trunks and encourages him that they'll figure out a plan after Goku Black destroyed his time machine. Secondly, Future Mai is still alive.
• The Pilaf Fire Brigade. The Pilaf Gang is so happy to be living with the Briefs, that they want to repay their hosts. But they still expect extra ice cream.

  Shu: I forgot how good it feels to succeed at something!

Episode 51

• In Episode 51 we see that despite putting on his usual indifferent face, Vegeta is actually furious about Black killing Future!Bulma. It's also quite clear he plans on getting revenge.
• Future Trunks talking about how much Future Mai meant to him.
• After Goku Black curb-stomped Future Trunks the first time they fought, Future Mai saved him and nursed him back to health.

Episodes 52-56

Episode 52

• Gohan transforming into the Great Saiyaman to play-chase his wayward baby daughter is adorable. Trunks doesn't quite know what to make of the situation and is just confused, but Pan is just so happy to be playing with her daddy that you can't help but smile.
• Future Trunks' image of what his life could have been like without Black attacking is a family meal with Future Bulma and Future Mai.
• When Future Trunks is told that Gohan abandoned the life of a warrior to be a scholar, he's happy because it was a dream that Future Gohan shared with him. When he meets Gohan and his family, while he initially seems a little disappointed that Gohan is no longer the fearsome warrior that he last remembered defeating Cell, he's ultimately happy that this version of Gohan was able to have such a peaceful, happy life and loving family.
• Similarly, when Future Trunks sees that 18 is now Krillin's wife and they have a child, after he gets over the shock, it's apparent that he realizes it's entirely because of his intervention that this situation was possible. From the other side, 18 shows no hard feelings towards Trunks despite the former trying to cut her down with his sword while she battled Vegeta, and even teases Trunks for killing her evil future counterpart, all while smiling warmly.
  • Also Trunks' reaction afterwards - he's surprised, but rather than disbelief he eventually reacts with an awe and happiness similar to when he saw Gohan's family. Which continues what seeing Gohan did for his Heroic Resolve: 18 becoming a good person with a family rather than a homicidal monster is another wonderful thing that would never happened had he not meddled with the past.
• Despite being incompetent goofballs, Pilaf and Shu go out of their way to try and hook Mai up with Future Trunks, wanting her to be happy.

Episode 53

• Beerus warming up to Goku despite his antics and behavior. Even warning out loud that he will kill Goku several times barely carries any actual spite anymore and comes off as more a stern telling off. He even smiles with pride when he notices that others underestimate Goku's power and the Saiyan decides to cut loose.
• Beerus heaping praise on Goku whenever he's bragging about how powerful he is to someone, saying stuff like, 'he fought me, so he's very strong'.
  • Beerus's Character Development is made perfectly evident in this episode during a minor Funny Moment. Goku tries to take a plate of food Beerus claims as his, leading to the two comically fighting over it. This is the same Beerus who once tried to destroy the Earth because he was denied pudding. Here, someone is actively taking food from him, and it merely annoys him. Earth might just be changing him as it changed Vegeta.

Episode 54

• Vegeta's Rousing Speech, encouraging Trunks to become the strongest in the universe — stronger than Black, stronger than Vegeta, stronger than anyone — mirroring his fight with Cabba. Another showcase of how much Vegeta truly has changed.

Episode 55

• Zen'o befriending Goku, as well as his intolerance of his subject's attempts to reprimand or justify Goku's lack of formality in a scene that managed to be heartwarming, hilarious, awesome, and terrifying all at once. Zen'o even gives Goku a button that allows Goku to summon him at any time.

Episode 56

• Trunks' tearful reunion with Mai, after he had thought that the latter had died.
• How much the survivors and resistance members of the future admire and look up to Trunks. After everything he's been through, it's nice to see him getting some recognition.
• Vegeta bringing food for the survivors of the future, even if he says it was Bulma's doing. All of whom clearly hadn't eaten anything decent in awhile, and there's enough to satisfy even a Saiyan. Also, the fact that the three Saiyans don't touch any food, leaving it all to the survivors to enjoy a proper meal, is pretty touching, particularly considering their usual attitude toward food.
• Vegeta smiling proudly at Trunks as he comforts the survivor kids and Mai. Even though he stops once he notices Goku's teasingly grinning at him for it.
  • He also smiled earlier when Future Trunks defended Goku from the missiles fired by the resistance, who mistakenly thought Goku was Black.
• Future Yajirobe being revealed as one of the few survivors against the Androids. He's also very happy to see Goku ... and is the only one besides Future Mai who doesn't fear or attack him (due to his similar appearance to Black).
• Vegeta ordering Trunks to stay back, because in the event that Black defeats Vegeta and Goku, Trunks must escape with Mai to the past. Remember that Vegeta scolded Trunks when he came back again thinking he flew from a fight, and now he's explicitally ordering him to do so and survive. Not to mention, the mere fact that Vegeta admitted the possibility to lose out loud to tell Trunks what to do shows just how much he cares.
• A very weird form of heartwarming, but there's Goku Black's gushing over his SSR form at Goku, in a manner that is uncannily similar to a protege trying to impress his mentor. It simply shows how much Goku's power means to him.
• Future Mai doing her very best to cheer up the remaining resistance fighters, despite hope looking very bleak after Goku, Vegeta and Future Trunks were all defeated soundly by Goku Black and Future Zamasu.
• When Future Mai starts beating herself up for not saving more people from Black's attacks, Goku immediately tells her she did everything she could and has nothing to feel guilty over.

Episodes 57-61

Episode 57

Episode 58

Episode 59

• Beerus and Whis demonstrating that despite being Agents of Destruction, they do care about their fellow Gods and friends and won't tolerate any harm coming to them. Zamasu learned this the hard way when he tried killing Gowasu and then attempted to attack Goku.
  • Bears extra mentioning since Beerus went to defend Goku from Zamasu's attack when Goku has already proven that he could've taken on Zamasu. Boiling with anger, Beerus wastes no time and instantly atomizes the arrogant Zamasu. You do not mess with the God of Destruction's friend.
• After a short brawl, Present Trunks manages to motivate Future Trunks to not give up hope after he was feeling down for leaving Future Mai behind again. This is much like when Vegeta motivated Future Trunks to become stronger than everyone. Like Father, Like Son.
  • A smaller moment is the sheer amount of pride Present Trunks has. His father's influence is strong and it's a subtle indicator of just how close they are.
    Present Trunks: And you call yourself a Saiyan?!
  • Before this, Mai was still crushing on Future Trunks, and either misunderstanding/being awkward about the attempts of Present Trunks trying to get her attention. However, the above moment clearly made an impact on her: when both Trunks are knocked away by Whis/Beerus/Goku's accidental crash, her first impulse is to tend to Present Trunks.

Episode 60

• In episode 60, Vegeta declares to his enemies (Zamasu and Goku Black) that he will fight them not for the thrill of battle, or for his own satisfaction (to overturn the last battle's results), but to protect Future Trunks and his world. Remember how this man used to be a Space Pirate out to destroy everyone on earth?
• Future Trunks giving Present Trunks a talk about the differences between their timelines, like how he grew up without his father and how he never had a sight as beautiful as West City without it being in ruins. You can see from Present Trunks' face that he realizes how lucky he is and how it was Future Trunks' actions that gave him his peaceful life. Present Trunks gives a very loud scream of good luck to his future self after he departures one last time.
• From an over-arching sense, it's heartwarming to see that the Masenko, Gohan's favorite ki blast next to the Kamehameha, is a regular part of Future Trunks's move arsenal. It serves as a reminder that Trunks's mentor and best friend was his timeline's Gohan.
  • And then considering that the Masenko actually originates from Piccolo who was Gohan's initial teacher, when Future Trunks ends up learning the Evil Containment Wave via a video recording of Piccolo, it's somewhat touching when you think about it, that it in a way gives Trunks one more thing to relate to Gohan: being 'taught' by Piccolo.

Episode 61

• Goku's rage boost once he was told not only about what Black did to his spirit in Zamasu's body, but what he did to Chi-Chi and Goten in an alternative present timeline. It's yet another demonstration that Goku is not only about fighting and genuinely cares about others, especially his family.

Episodes 62-67

Episode 62

• While watching the fight with a newly empowered Trunks and Goku Black, when he sees that Future Zamasu is butting into the fight, Vegeta puts himself between him and his future son to take the extra pressure off his back.
• Having had enough standing on the sidelikes, Kid!Trunks attempts to go into the future and fight alongside his future self. He goes to recruit Goten, who doesn't even know what's going on yet joins his friend a fight for his life regardless. They don't get to do it - Bulma stops them - but the fact that they were willing to speaks volumes about how good those kids are.
• Chi-Chi searches for Goku who hasn't been home since he left to train on Beerus' planet back in Episode 47. Instead of being angry that Goku hasn't come home, she's worried since he might be hungry and has been cooking for him the entire time. When she does see him, instead of scolding him like one would expect, she is worried when he sees how battered he is. Goku for his part also sounds happy to see Chi-Chi, most likely because how Black bragged about how he murdered her. He even asks her permission to eat the food she made for him instead of just diving in.
• When Goku tells Chi-Chi about the fact that Goku Black killed Goten, Chi-Chi's first reaction is to race over to her little boy and make sure he was alright.
  • The best thing is while checking on Goten and scolding Goku for not being able to defeat the person who killed Goten, she doesn't even say a single word concerning herself, making it clear whose death she's more upset about.
• Beerus, despite acting like the situation with Goku Black and Future Zamasu doesn't bother him in front of everyone else, is actually looking for ways that he can go to the future along with Goku, Vegeta and Trunks in order to lend them a helping hand in putting an end to them. Seems that this God of Destruction is starting to care about the lives that in his duty is supposed to take.
• Master Roshi training Goku to use the Evil Containment Wave is presented comedically, but it's still really nice to see Goku learning something new from one of his earliest teachers. Especially since Goku's first instinct was to go to Roshi to learn it, despite Piccolo being fully prepared to teach it himself.

Episode 63

• Vegeta's "The Reason You Suck" Speech, as well as being quite the vicious burn at Goku Black's true identity, is a sort of Backhanded Compliment to Goku. As Vegeta pounds Goku Black into mincemeat, he explicitly states to him that the real Goku is stronger than him because only Goku himself can access the full potential his body can hope to offer, while Black is merely a poser who simply stole the power he both coveted and couldn't ever hoped to gain.
  • More even than that, it's a matter of Black not being able to harness and unleash true Saiyan power - suggesting Vegeta's come to acknowledge Goku as being a Saiyan in spirit as well as blood.

Episode 64

Episode 65

• When Trunks tries fighting Merged Zamasu by himself, Vegeta manages to pick himself up and fight alongside his son. When they manage to do some damage, Vegeta gives Trunks some genuine praise, which puts a smile on his son's face.
• When Trunks charges his Galick Gun to stop Merged Zamasu's attack, images of all his loved ones and friends flash around him, including Mai, his mother, and even minor characters like the two kids he bonded with or Mai's two lieutenants.
  Trunks: Let my strength be a shield, for this world and all of humanity!
• In a callback to a memorable scene from the Saiyan Saga, Vegeta tries to destroy the Earth using Galick Gun and there is an epic beam struggle between the attack and Goku's Kamehameha. Except this time, Vegeta and his son are using Galick Gun to protect the Earth. Another example of how much he has changed from the heartless bloodthirsty monster he used to be. Plus the fact that we get to see a father-son Galick Gun attack is pretty sweet itself.
• When Zamasu fires a blast in an effort to kill Trunks, Vegeta immediately jumps in front to shield his son. Think back on the Prince's early days, he'd never have done anything of the sort.

Episode 66

• In the Darkest Hour, when Merged Zamasu disables both Goku and Vegeta, with Future Trunks being the final warrior still standing, the remains of humanity cries out as one in support for their champion and subconsciously sends their energy to Trunks' in a manner not unlike a Spirit Bomb. Trunks absorbs the Spirit Bomb and channels its energy into his sword. Now wielding a radiant blade literally burning with the majestic light of Hope itself, Trunks fearlessly charges Merged Zamasu and slices the mad god in half. All this occurs to the backdrop of the heart stirring and uplifting Angelic musical motif "Birth of a God".

Episode 67

• Whis choosing to help Future Mai and Future Trunks by going to the future and warning Future Beerus about Zamasu before his death, splitting the timeline and creating one where Future Zamasu and Black never existed for them to go back to where everyone is still alive.
  • Beerus gets one after Whis explains his plan: by saying that he'll forgive Future Trunks' constant meddling with time out of consideration for Whis going through the trouble of creating a new timeline for Trunks and Mai to live in. Beerus then caps it off by telling Future Trunks to take care of himself. Universe 7's God of Destruction has come a long way since the beginning of the series.
• Goku does fulfill his promise to bring Present Zen'o a friend. It's Zen'o himself, from destroyed Future Trunks timeline. Both gods are very happy with it.
• Whis suggests that the Grand Priest drop by Universe 7 for a visit, revealing that tiny man is actually his father.
• Vegeta, being Vegeta, doesn't say goodbye to Trunks the normal way. Instead he throws a punch and Trunks (knowingly) catches it. The look on his face says it all.
• Gohan taking the time to visit Future Trunks and telling him to stay well and wishing him the best as Future Trunks and Future Mai use the time machine to travel to the new timeline that Whis created for them. Trunks' eyes just light up upon seeing Gohan come into his view before he heads off. It shows off clearly how much Gohan still means to Trunks, even if present day Gohan isn't the same as the one who trained him. And when Trunks visualizes future Gohan superimposed over present day Gohan as he tells Trunks to take care of himself, you could say it's as if Future Gohan is telling it to Trunks too.
  • There's a bittersweet catch to it: the new timeline already has a Future Trunks and Mai in it. Suggesting that to avoid complications, they might have to stay out of the way of their other selves. Whis asks Trunks and Mai if they're okay with that. Mai is the one who decides to go ahead, saying that it's worth it to spare the other Trunks and Mai from having all their friends die, or they may double up much like what they did in the present timeline. Future Bulma will just have the awkwardness of two sons.
• Goten literally tackling his dad into a hug when he sees that he's back. Despite his wounds and the fact that Goten's pounce hurt, Goku is happy to see him and Chi-Chi as well.

Manga

• Vegeta comes back to the present, Bulma rushes in and hugs him. Vegeta pushes her away out of embarrassment, but then sees that she's crying so he gently holds her to make up for it.

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