[Den-O]

Really really excited to see Trunks coming back. This Black Goku/Goku Black character I'd theorize is probably one of 4 things:

a) a remnant of Goku from an alternate timeline caused either by Trunks going back and forth to the main continuity timeline, or because of his Time Patrol adventures in Xenoverse. People are saying there's the possibility that a lot of that stuff could come into play, especially in terms of the Kai of Time.

b) Goku from an alternate universe. While Universe 6 & 7 are twins and we see many similarities, we don't actually know of a Goku that exists in Universe 6 yet. But it stands to reason that Goku could exist in other worlds. Perhaps one where his Saiyan programming wasn't undone and he became evil.

c) a Goku wished backed to life by some rudimentary or imperfect version of the dragonballs. Powerful enough to grant a wish but not properly. I imagine it's possible that in Trunks' timeline some powerful enemy he couldn't defeat again surfaced so somehow someway he attempted to bring Goku back. But for whatever reason he was resurrected imperfectly and became unstable or evil. This is the most unlikely option because as we know the balls don't exist in his world. Which is why I'm just taking a wild guess that some other version of them could exist somewhere in his universe.

d) see the above option only instead of using dragonballs perhaps Trunks and Bulma resorted to the only alternative they had left, creating an Android. Using Gero's technology and what genetic material they could salvage of Goku's. This would ideally be the one I'd find the most entertaining mostly for the irony of Trunks creating something he spent his life attempting to destroy.


These are all of course totally unfounded theories on my part but I sincerely hope there's a good explanation here. Future Trunks is still one of the best developed characters in the franchise despite the very small part of it that he officially inhabits. Xenoverse & Shin Budokai Another Road both did a great job of showing us just how different & simultaneously the same his future could be. So I'd like to see what Toriyama decides to use going forward here.