Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

Summary

In "Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks," Future Trunks faces a bleak future where the androids rule and the Z Fighters are mostly dead. His mentor, Future Gohan, trains him, but eventually sacrifices himself to the androids. Fueled by rage, Trunks becomes a Super Saiyan and journeys back in time to change his world's fate.

Synopsis

This special, "Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks," focuses on an alternate timeline. In this dark future, the androids, Androids 17 and 18, have already destroyed much of the world and killed most of the Z Fighters, including Future Goku, who succumbs to a heart virus. Future Gohan, a Super Saiyan, remains the only one powerful enough to confront the androids, training the young Future Trunks to fight. For years, Gohan single-handedly battles the androids, but at great personal cost. He fights valiantly, and sustains severe injuries. His final confrontation ends with his death at the hands of the relentless Androids, and Trunks is left heartbroken and alone. In his grief, he finally attains Super Saiyan status, which he could not achieve prior to the death of Gohan. Three years pass, and Trunks, though now a Super Saiyan, is still outmatched by Androids 17 and 18. He embarks on a perilous journey back in time in a time machine to prevent his timeline's tragic destiny. The story emphasizes the dire consequences and hardship of Trunks' dystopian future and the desperate measures he takes to change it.

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Gohan Son

Race: Half Saiyan, Half-Human Height: 175 cm (5' 9") Weight: 70 kg (155 lbs) Birth year: 757 Age Hobbies: reading, fishing, researching Favorite foods: all types of food Favorite vehicle: House Wagon Gohan is the dual main character of

Future Trunks

Well-mannered, serious and very cautious, Trunks hails from an alternate timeline in which Future Androids 17 and 18 murdered the Dragon Team and proceeded to create an apocalyptic anarchy on Earth. Trunks is trained by Future Gohan as a teenager and becomes a gifted fighter, swordsman and a Super Saiyajin. Trunks is the son of Bulma and Vegeta. Half Saiyajin and half human, just like Gohan and Goten. Trunks was surrounded by a scientific environment. Having his mother and grandfather as scientists, he became very intelligent at science. (Source: Dragon Ball Wiki)

Jinzouningen 18-gou

Jinzouningen 18-gou is a cybernetic human, modified by Dr. Gero. She is often referred to in the original Japanese as a jinzouningen, which literally translates as "artificial human." She is not entirely an android; she refers to both herself and her twin brother as having been "constructed from a human base." >! No.18 is a mass murderer in Future Trunks' timeline. >! >! After Cell is defeated, Kuririn uses the Dragon Balls to wish for No.17 and No.18 to be turned into humans; Shenlong is unable to perform this task because of the unfathomable differences in power between him and the duo, so he wishes instead for their self-destruct devices to be removed. Kuririn pursues No.18 and, at some point, they marry and have a daughter named Marron. >! >! To clear up the heavily espoused misconception that No.18 is a pure android and therefore could not have a child, Kuririn went on to explain to Son Goku during the World Tournament Saga that she was originally human but that Dr. Gero just "remodeled her a little bit." (Source: Wikipedia)

Jinzouningen 17-gou

Artificial Human #17, Android 17 in the English adaptations, is a fictional character who first appears in the Dragon Ball manga created by Akira Toriyama, as well as Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Super. Originally a human, he is constructed into a cyborg by Dr. Gero like his twin sister. >! 17 is a mass murderer in Future Trunks' timeline. >! Number 17 is killed when Cell explodes, but is wished back to life along with the other people on Earth who had been killed by Cell. #17 has his explosive device removed by Kuririn with the second wish. The last time we see #17 in DBZ is when he is in the woods donating energy for Goku's Genki-Dama. Considering the fact that he is alive during the Kid Buu saga serves as a testament to his good soul: the wish that revived him was one that Vegeta made asking for only the good people on Earth to be revived when it was restored (Kid Buu had previously obliterated the planet in a single attack). He later returns as one of the ten members of the Universe 7 team in Dragon Ball Super, >! and ends up sacrificing himself to hold back Jiren. (Source: Wikipedia)

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