"You may believe it to be cruel, but it is what simply must be done, because it is my ultimate mission, to vanquish humanity in place of the gods who refuse to admit their mistake. "
― Goku Black to Future Trunks in "The Feelings that Surpass Time Trunks and Mai"
Goku Black (ゴクウブラック, Gokū Burakku), usually just referred to as Black, is one of the main antagonists of the Future Trunks Saga of Dragon Ball Super.[1] His true identity is Zamasu (ザマス) from an unaltered timeline, in which he stole the body of Goku and sought to destroy all mortals alongside Future Zamasu.[2] He was given the name "Goku Black" by Bulma when he initially referred to himself as Son Goku.[3]
His original appearance was identical to the rest of his counterparts. After stealing Goku's body, it somehow underwent minor changes. While still essentially identical, he has a slightly darker skin tone and sterner eyes, along with a somewhat skinnier physique. His attire consists of a sleeveless dark grey uwagi, a long-sleeved black undershirt with a turtleneck, a red sash, black pants and white boots. He wears a single gold and green Potara earring on his left ear.[4] He also wears a Time Ring on his right index finger. While inside dark clouds or fire, Black has a demonic appearance.
Before acting on his dark impulses, as Zamasu, he was a calm and patient individual, willing to listen to his teacher's words. Finally giving in to his desires, Black mercilessly killed Gowasu as his first step down a dark path. Upon taking Goku's body, Black became much more emotional. He gained many opposite characteristics to his host body's personality.
Like his future timeline counterpart, he is extremely sadistic, seen when he kills Bulma, along with the vast majority of the Earthlings, believing it to be "justice". However, he retains his past self's politeness and is shown to be graceful during his first fight with Goku as Black. Black also claims to have already destroyed multiple different planets' populations before going to Earth. During his short battle in the present timeline, Black seems to enjoy the pain Goku inflicts on him in their battle, suggesting a masochistic side, which disturbs Goku. During his fight with Trunks, he showed a sense of brutality as he savagely fractured Trunks' arm and shoots a barrage of ki blasts at his defenseless opponent. However, Black also seems to share a few traits with Goku, namely his desire to fight strong opponents and love of battle, even going as far as holding his full power back in order to further enjoy a fight. Black also shares Goku's sense of determination, vowing to find Trunks as he escaped to the past.
Judging from his derogatory comment towards Trunks' Saiyan heritage, it's possible that he harbors some negative feelings towards the Saiyan race, yet at the same time referred to them as a proud warrior tribe, enough to make the the decision to use Shenron's power to take over and reside in the body of a Saiyan: Goku. Black also seems to respect Goku's power. He seems to utterly detest humanity, perceiving them as a blasphemy and the gods' greatest mistake. He elaborates this hatred by stating that he has scoured several universes and has implied to have seen enough timelines via the Time Ring to feel vindicated in his belief that humanity is an existence that prevents the universe as a whole from becoming a true paradise and has taken it upon himself to destroy all traces of mankind, who he believes have only been allowed to live as long as they have because the gods are too prideful to acknowledge their failure in creating humans. Also, rather than using the Super Dragon Balls and wish for mortals to be exterminated, he preferred to steal the body of Goku, displaying his infatuation with the Saiyan. This also seems to suggest that he wanted to destroy mortals by himself, as he believed that it was his own responsibility, as if he were the Supreme God.
He appears to have a somewhat different view on power compared to his other counterpart. Unlike the future Zamasu, who desired immortality, Black openly stated his disinterest on such a power. Instead, he is glad of the abilities he already gained through Goku's body and seeks to attain more power through his own effort, seeking battle from strong opponents to further progress his might, especially against the actual Goku from the main altered timeline.
Befitting his attitude, Black uses very formal speech patterns, and uses the pronoun 'watashi' (私) when referring to himself, which is gender neutral and but only goes to indicate his formal nature. However, while transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé, Black notably switches from 'watashi' to 'ore' (俺), a more masculine, casual pronoun, which can be used to sound arrogant.
Black has also shown a fixation on beauty (or more accurately, what he perceives as beauty), considering the utter removal of mortals as making the twelve Universes into a beautiful paradise - his "utopia", he also sees his Super Saiyan Rosé form as beauty itself for both its power and appearance. An interesting trait not shared with his original self and future timeline counterpart is his comparisons of fighting foes to food: as Black has designated Vegeta, Son Goku, and Trunks as the "opening dish", "main course", and "dessert" respectively.
He was originally a version of Zamasu from the present timeline. Due to the powers of the Time Ring, the death of the other present Zamasu under Beerus' hand did not affect him.
Zamasu was originally the North Kai of Universe 10.[5] However, due to his prodigious fighting skill, he was selected to become a Supreme Kai-in-training under one of the current Supreme Kai, Gowasu.[6] With his continuous distrust of mortals and growing dismay of the Kais' passive and indirect influence of the universe's development, he ultimately rejected his teachings and went rogue, developing his Zero Mortals Plan. To which, his ultimate goal became to annihilate all mortals in a specific timeline, then build up from there, conquering every other timeline with it, making the multiverse a "true utopia" rid of the mortals who ruin it. Requiring a Time Ring for his plans, Zamasu killed Gowasu and took his Potaras to become a Supreme Kai so he could wield the Time Ring.[7]
For the next part of his plan, learning of Goku's might surpassing even the Supreme Kais, Zamasu gathered the Super Dragon Balls and wished to switch bodies with Goku, thus merging his soul with the Saiyan body. Upon his wish being granted, to erase all personal ties to Goku's past, he killed Goku, followed by his family,[7] and took the name of Son Goku for himself.[8]
Despite his newfound power, Zamasu needed to find a realities without a God of Destruction, still fearing their intrusion to his plans. With that being said, Zamasu began traveling to various parallel realities in search for one with the ideal settings so he could act initially unnoticed. Eventually, he found one in Future Trunks' reality where the final Supreme Kai of that universe was killed in a battle to defeat Babidi and Dabura.[9] He also met his counterpart from that timeline, Future Zamasu, immediately allying with him shortly after Zamasu killed Future Gowasu. The two then gathered the Super Dragon Balls and first wished for Future Zamasu to become immortal. They then traveled another year into the future to wish for the Super Dragon Balls to destroy themselves and stealthily annihilated all the Supreme Kais of that reality (which thereby killed the other Gods of Destruction) to leave their path of destruction unchallenged.[10]
Beginning the main part of his plans, Zamasu traveling to many different planets and destroyed all life on them for "the sake of justice" while proclaiming himself to be "Son Goku". Upon his arrival on Earth, he goes on a rampage, his first attack caused half of mankind to be wiped out. Since his arrival, Zamasu became known as a terrifying warrior only known as Goku Black. Those who survived formed resistance cells, with Mai leading them. They attempted to lead Black into an area rigged with remote detonated explosives, but Black emerged unscathed.
Dragon Ball Super[]
Gods of the Universe Saga[]
Main article: Gods of the Universe Saga
Resurrection ‘F’[]
Main article: Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
Black as Mai threw a flash grenade at him
In the midst of causing destruction, Zamasu as Black began to sense Trunks's ki, so he then pursued him. After Black caught sight of Trunks, he fired several ki blasts at Trunks while he was attempting to flee but failed and he was hit by a ki blast. While Trunks was on the ground defeated, Black declared it was over for Trunks as he prepared a Black Power Ball to kill him. However, Mai saved Trunks by throwing a flash grenade at Black and then they both quickly escaped. After Black regained his sight, Black stated that Trunks could not run forever.[11]
"Future" Trunks Saga[]
Main article: "Future" Trunks Saga
Goku Black's first appearance
Trunks survived their encounter and, for a year, prepares to travel back in time using a Time Machine with Bulma in an attempt to save the future. Future Trunks and Bulma are eventually intercepted by Black himself when the villain kills Bulma and destroys their hideout. Trunks narrowly escapes with a canister holding enough fuel for a one-way trip back to the past while Black pursues him. Later, as Trunks and Mai arrive to Capsule Corporation, Black attacks them both, knocking out Mai and heavily injuring Trunks. An angry Future Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan and engages Black in battle, but Future Trunks is easily beaten back. As Future Trunks fires a Masenko, Black blocks the attack, but Trunks disappears. He then begins to sense for Future Trunks' ki, and spots Future Trunks about to leave in the time machine. Black fires a Kamehameha, but the attack narrowly misses as Future Trunks leaves, and Black realizes that Trunks' ki has completely disappeared from this world. Growing angry, Black vows to find Future Trunks as he has nowhere to run.
In the anime, while Black tries to figure out how Trunks escaped, a Time Ring that he wears has a sudden reaction which creates a portal to the past. After going through the portal, Black finds himself in the present timeline which he quickly spots Future Trunks and eventually introduces himself to Goku. When Black arrives in the past everybody's shocked that he looked exactly like Goku. Black then realizes that it was time travel and also seems to know Vegeta and the God of Destruction Beerus. Trunks, upon seeing him, is enraged and goes to fight him but he is stopped by Vegeta. Goku goes in his place, beginning to battle with Black. Black opens with the same Golden-Black "ki" sphere he attempted to use on Trunks. Goku blocks it while the force of the ki sphere knocks Goku into a rocky plateau. Goku powers up to Super Saiyan 2 and fights back. By sharing the fist blow with Goku, Black is amazed at Goku's power as a Super Saiyan 2 and gets excited against such a powerful opponent.
Black powers up during his fight against Goku
Now Black powers up a little and release his evil ki. Black then attacks Goku with several punches, eventually landing a hit on Goku in the abdomen and kicks him away, following up with a barrage of ki blasts. Trunks is confused as to why Goku is not using his Super Saiyan 3 powers, when Vegeta explains Goku's bad habit of holding back his power during the beginning of battles. While the fight goes on, Black and Goku are evenly matched with both of them hiding their true power. Goku threatens Black, betting him that he'll be able to force out his doppelgänger's true power. Goku bolts and lands several punches until Black manages to throw Goku into another mountain.
Black fighting Super Saiyan 2 Goku
While Black gloats, he feels a distortion in Time and Space. The distraction creates an opening for Goku, as he lands a sharp kick in Black's abdomen. Black, clearly damaged but delighted, claims that the pain will make him even stronger as he powers up even further. Black stops and throws a large ki blast at Goku, who managed to deflect it. Black then follows up with a kick to the Saiyan's head, which knocks him into the ground and forms a large crater. The impact knocks over the Time Machine. As Black realizes the Time Machine's function after Future Trunks accidentally reveals it, Goku returns with full force and lands a sharp punch in Black's stomach. They both lock fists and go into a power struggle as the pull from the distortion gets stronger and Black pulls towards it, interrupting the fight. Before getting pulled back to his own timeline, Black destroys Trunks' Time Machine. During the battle, Beerus points out that Black is clearly not Goku, noting his ki feels strange and dark.
Time Portal pulling Black back to the future
Throughout the fight, the Time Ring attempts to pull him back to the future. Black attempts to resist its pull, but is unable to. Before being pulled into the portal, Black fires a Ki blast at Trunks' Time Machine, destroying it, effectively stranding Trunks in the past. Upon returning to Future Trunks' time, he collapses from his injuries after his fight with Goku before regaining his composure. Black proceeded to test his power, using a Golden-Black ki sphere, causing it to grow bigger than its usual size before firing it, pleased at his increased power and integrating Goku's fighting style into his own. He also mocks that Trunks is now stranded in the present, leaving him free to terrorize the future as he pleases. With Trunks's departure, Black moves to attacking the base of the resistance formed by the Earthlings, who struggle to defend it from him and are for the most part murdered by Black then and there, the few survivors having to flee and designate a new base. None of this occurs in the manga.
Black compliments Vegeta for reaching the realm of the gods
After Trunks travels to the future with Goku and Vegeta, Black is surprised, given his destruction of Trunks' time machine in the anime and confronts them, in the manga Goku Black is both surprised and intimidated. Black fights Vegeta who was able to secure a match with him first via a round of rock-paper-scissors with Goku. In the anime Black moves close to Vegeta, touching his neck in a show of his speed before Vegeta attacks him with a barrage of punches. Suddenly Vegeta stops, wondering what he just felt as Black slowly walks out of the crater and kicks Vegeta away not having taken any damage at all, though he is impressed by Vegeta's strength and offers to show him something as a "reward". Black then transforms into a form to resume fighting Vegeta, naming the form "Super Saiyan Rosé" in the spirit of Goku's naming pattern. Black mocks Vegeta, calling him the opening act before his fight with Goku. Enraged, Vegeta charges Black and unleashes another assault, but Black effortlessly avoids every punch. Black lands a mighty blow to Vegeta and prepares to finish him with another but Vegeta catches it and launches a counter assault. Before Vegeta can land any real damage, Black is quick to stop Vegeta by turning his aura into a Energy Blade and stabbing Vegeta clean through the right side of his chest, mortally wounding him, acknowledging that Vegeta has strengthened him through their fight. He thanks Vegeta for the warm up and tells him to know his place before pulling his Ki Blade out and allowing the injured Saiyan to fall to the ground, nearly dead, prompting Goku's entry into the brawl. The two fight evenly in the eyes of Future Trunks, though Vegeta determines that Black is overwhelming Goku. Black indeed does defeat Goku, but just as he prepares to fire a Black Kamehameha wave at him, Future Zamasu stops him as he arrives, recalling Black's prior promise to save killing Goku for him.
Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta easily dodges Super Saiyan Goku Black's attacks
In the manga, however, Black faces off against Super Saiyan Vegeta, becoming a Super Saiyan to fight him, however Super Saiyan Vegeta manages to hold an advantage against Black and then further transforms into a Super Saiyan Blue and easily overwhelms Black, even after he transforms into a Super Saiyan to try and even the odds. Black states that he yet couldn't achieve the Super Saiyan Blue form, and is overwhelmed by Vegeta. When Vegeta is about to kill Black with his Final Flash, Black is saved by Future Zamasu.
Black and Future Zamasu standing side-by-side
The two quickly conflict as Black insists that his body is yearning to fight Goku and battles him in an even match while Future Zamasu separately duels Trunks until Future Zamasu grabs hold of both Goku and Trunks to allow for Black to fire a beam at the pair which he does in the form of a Kamehameha, causing the two Saiyans to take damage. Black then joins with Future Zamasu in trying to fire at the pair, an attack stopped by Vegeta's intervention, which allows Goku and Trunks to escape. Black attempts to locate them by sensing their ki but has trouble thanks to its faintness and being mixed among others. In the meantime, Goku, Trunks and Vegeta use a time machine to return to the past, which Black later is able to sense as it departs, failing to catch them with Future Zamasu insisting that they'd return.
Black and Future Zamasu discussing their plans
Both Black and Future Zamasu are next seen at the cabin they are living in waiting patiently for Goku's return to the future. Black is ready but Future Zamasu tells him not to kill Goku right away otherwise Black will no longer get stronger. He then offers Black the chance to become immortal but Black refuses, saying he was satisfied with the power he has now.
Upon sensing the return of the trio (Trunks, Goku and Vegeta, along with Bulma) in the future, Goku Black and Future Zamasu waited and eventually encountered them again. Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta quickly charges at Black, who entered his Super Saiyan Rosé form. They stopped their exchange of blows for a while and returned to their respective base forms, with Goku assuming that they were right about Zamasu and his plans with the Super Dragon Balls. Black "corrected" Goku and claimed he is Zamasu who has switched bodies with Goku with a wish from the Super Dragon Balls, but kept his heart and soul intact, and killed the Goku in Zamasu's body.
The fight continued, with the duo had the upper hand on the Saiyan trio, and Black and Future Zamasu revealed to Goku that after Black stole Goku's body, he killed Chi-Chi and Goten in cold blood. This caused Goku's power to rise tremendously due to his anger, and Goku then began overwhelming both Black and Future Zamasu for a short time but was ultimately defeated by Black nonetheless. As Goku lay defeated on the ground, Black and Zamasu revealed one of the reasons behind their plans, saying Future Trunks was the one to blame for traveling back and forward through time causing history to change. They called Future Trunks a "Sinner", because of his actions, causing Trunks to give into his anger completely and was able to access a never-seen before Super Saiyan transformation. Trunks then prepared to fight Black and Future Zamasu as he proclaimed he would destroy them both.
Super Trunks then charges at Black and the two begin fighting. They seemed evenly matched until Zamasu stepped in and the duo begin to overpower Trunks. He doesn't stay down though and tells Vegeta to take Bulma and the injured Goku back to the past so that they can come up with a way to defeat Goku Black and Future Zamasu once and for all, while he stays behind to hold off the duo. Black tries to stop them, but they are protected by Trunks. Black says that they will be back and continues to fight Future Trunks. Trunks was eventually saved by Future Yajirobe, while Black and Future Zamasu retreated. When Future Mai and some resistance members attacked Black at their cabin, Trunks appeared just in time to save them, and the fight continued, and despite gaining the upper hand early on, Black and Future Zamasu defeated Trunks, and Goku and Vegeta soon returned to the future timeline, with the Mafuba to seal both Future Zamasu and Black, but it was broken when Black destroyed the time machine as the Mafuba was still inside it.
While Vegeta and Goku argue, the Supreme Kai's from Universe 10 and 7 show up with the time ring and confront Black and Zamasu, but they attempt to kill them, but Goku and Vegeta blocked the attacks. The Kai's refuse to leave when asked, wanting to see the battle through. Vegeta requests to take Black, believing that he couldn't be beaten by a fake Goku. Vegeta overwhelms Black, while informing that he could never achieve the full power of a Saiyan by stealing Goku's body. Declaring Black as nothing but a fake, Vegeta affirms that he was the Prince of all Saiyans and would destroy him.
Black continues to be overwhelmed by Vegeta on the battlefield, noting that Vegeta must have grown stronger due to his anger. Possessing the body of a Saiyan himself, Black decides that he will do the same, and stabs his Aura Slide blade into his hand, revealing a new, large scythe variation of it. Black slashes at Vegeta, who dodges it, but the slash creates a large rift in time itself. As Future Zamasu pursues Future Trunks and the others, Vegeta and Goku are held back by the illusionary clones created by the large rift, and Goku Black mocks them as they are surrounded by the clones.
He then realizes Future Zamasu's flustering energy (Future Zamasu was sealed with the Evil Containment Wave, but the seal could not be complete so he escaped) and teleports to him with Goku and Vegeta following him. When the two reunite, Future Zamasu says the time is ripe as they can no longer afford to be careless, and the two perform a PotaraFusion to become Fusion Zamasu. Fusion Zamasu was later erased from existence at the hands of Future Zen-Oh (along with the entire future timeline itself), thus putting an end to Black and Zamasu once and for all.
Retaining his prodigious fighting abilities as a Supreme Kai apprentice in unison with the might and abilities of Goku's body, Black has proven repeatedly to be a highly dangerous opponent. Black in his base form is strong enough to easily beat Super Saiyan Future Trunks.[12] It is stated in the anime by Future Trunks that Black in his Base form is at least equal if not somewhat stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku, and in the manga, Goku Black manages to defeat Super Saiyan 2 Future Trunks after a brief fight, though he has some trouble with Future Trunks' Masenko.
In his anime-only fight against Goku in the present, while not able to use his full power, he is roughly on par with Super Saiyan 2 Goku as neither gained a clear advantage. When Black returned to the future, he noted that from copying Goku's fighting style and experiencing the mighty Saiyan's blows, his power increased significantly. In the anime only, with his newfound strength and skill, in his base state he is able to shrug off blows from Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta and even manages to knock him back. In the manga, Goku Black is able to withstand a kick from Super Saiyan Vegeta, though it manages to push him back somewhat, Black responds by taking on his own Super Saiyan form, but is shown at a disadvantage to Vegeta's full Super Saiyan 2 power, and then is completely overwhelmed when Vegeta becomes Super Saiyan Blue.
Upon transforming into Super Saiyan Rosé, he takes down Vegeta with a surprise piercing blade attack and is shown to be able to fight on par with Super Saiyan Blue Goku and get the upper hand on several occasions. Continuing his fight with Goku, and due to Future Zamasu's interference, a full-force hit from a Kamehameha was able to defeat Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Super Saiyan 2 Future Trunks. In the third fight he overpowers Goku, Vegeta and Trunks simultaneously. When Super Saiyan Blue Goku powers up from his rage and brutally overwhelms Black, Black was able to quickly recover and once again imprint on the power to further increase his might and viciously retaliates and nearly kills Goku. However upon Goku and Vegeta's return Black was completely overwhelmed by Vegeta's power increase.
Upon recognizing the Saiyans' ability to grow stronger as they get angry, Black decided to incorporate this by using his universal anger, stabbing his Aura Slide blade into his hand and revealing a new scythe version. With this scythe, Black was able to create a large rift in space in one swing, feeding off an evil energy that blocked Goku's usage of the Instant Transmission and it had the ability to create a number of clones that possessed the same power as Black himself, and regenerate after every attack.
Statements by guidebooks and authors
According to the producer of Dragon Ball Super, in his opinion Goku Black is the strongest fighter other than the God of DestructionBeerus.[13]
According to the Dragon Ball Super rival danger scale, Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black ranks as a twelve out of twelve.[14]
Techniques[]
Flight - The ability to take flight through the manipulation of ki.
Ki Blast - Black is shown to use ki blasts while terrorizing Future Trunks' timeline.
Continuous Energy Bullets - Black used this technique against Trunks.
Black Power Ball - Black can create a golden colored Energy Ball with black energy in the center to attack the opponent. Once he fires it, the attack becomes completely golden with a black outline. He used this against Future Trunks and Goku. As a Super Saiyan Rosé, the energy ball takes on a pink color. This attack is named in Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle.
Black Kamehameha - Black is shown to be able to use a black-colored version of the Kamehameha. It is named in Dragon Ball Heroes.File:DarkKamehameha1-0.png
Black preparing his Black Kamehameha.
Super Black Kamehameha - A stronger version of the Black Kamehameha used by Black as Super Saiyan Rosé in Dragon Ball Heroes and Dragon Ball Super. It is his Ultimate Skill in Xenoverse 2.
Instant Transmission - Used by Black several times, in the manga in order to quickly get up close to Trunks and attack him and in the anime to avoid an attack from Goku.
Ki Sense - The ability to sense ki and power levels.
Shockwave - After engraving Goku's power into his own being he is shown using this technique while testing his new abilities. It also appears as one of his Super Skills in Xenoverse 2.
God Split Cut - Zamasu's signature attack, used by Zamasu after obtaining Goku's body to kill the Son family.
Fierce God Slicer - In his Super Saiyan Rosé form Black is able to use an enhanced version of the technique, he emits a blade of violet energy from his hand to slash and stab his opponent. It seems to be enhanced by the form's ki aura. After enraging Son Goku to further empower himself, the technique evolves again, become a longer blade with a curved edge. During his rematch with Vegeta, it completely changes shape by becoming a scythe.
Energy Javelin Shots - In Super Saiyan Rosé form, Black can shoot out multiple energy javelins from his blade that first pierce the target and then explode. This attack easily defeated Super Saiyan Blue Goku after he powered up from his rage.
Fierce God Slicer (scythe) - A more powerful version of the Aura Slide technique, attained by Goku Black after he turned his anger into power. It became capable of opening a rift in the universe to an unknown place or time which would release an evil energy.
Cloning - From the energy of the rift, Black is able to form many clones of himself. These clones are unstable and if they were hit, they would disperse, but can immediately reform themselves after. They have the same physical might as Black himself. The clones and the rift dissipate once Black goes too far away.
Zenkai - In the anime, much like other Saiyans, Black becomes stronger the more he battles and when he recovers from injuries sustained in combat. In Black's case, his healing factor and subsequent power boosts far surpass that of other Saiyans, even prodigious ones such as Goku and Vegeta. The rate of these power ups is also astonishing, allowing him to continuously increase his power level multiple times in a very short span of time. In the manga, Goku Black does not possess any special zenkai ability.
Mimicry - In the anime, as an extension of his newfound Saiyan biology, Black is also capable of imitating anything that he learns from Goku in battle due to them sharing the same body. He used his fight with Super Saiyan 2 Goku in order to have "battle memories" engraved on his body, and thus to learn his fighting style and become stronger as a result. He also applied a similar method when fighting Vegeta, recognizing anger as source of power for Saiyans and mimicking that to further increase his power.
Energy Shield - In the manga, Black is showed to using this to defend against Super Saiyan Vegeta's Ki blasts attack.
Meteor Blow - One of Black's Super Skills in Xenoverse 2.
Break Strike - Black's Evasive skill in Xenoverse 2.
Solar Flare - According to currently unused lines in Xenoverse 2, Black can use Solar Flare.[15]
Kaio-ken - According to currently unused lines in Xenoverse 2, Black can use Kaio-ken.[15]
Equipment[]
Potara - After killing Gowasu, Black took his former master's Potara earrings, allowing him to use the full capacities of a Supreme Kai. Upon meeting his future counterpart, Black gave him the right earring.
Time Ring - Retaining his godly ki as a Kai and wearing an earring of a Supreme Kai, Black is able to wield a Time Ring, which allows him to travel through time and even alternate realities. The ring also acts as a stabilizer, keeping his existence unaffected by changes in the past, even when Beerus killed his past self. He only wields this in the anime, while in the manga his partner Zamasu is the one who possess the Time Ring.
In Toriyama's notes for Black, he was stated to have a regular Super Saiyan form. However he only transforms into a Super Saiyan in the Super manga, using the form to combat against Super Saiyan Vegeta. Upon transforming into it, Future Trunks notes he had not seen Black using the Super Saiyan form for a long time. While in this state his eyes get a black outline similar to Demon Prince Vegeta and he gains sparks similar to the Super Saiyan 2 form.
In this state he is able to defend himself against Super Saiyan Vegeta, but becomes largely outclassed once Vegeta becomes a Super Saiyan Blue.
Super Saiyan Rosé[]
Main article: Super Saiyan Rosé
Goku Black as a Super Saiyan Rosé
In the anime, Black possesses the ability to become his own version of the Super Saiyan form that matches Super Saiyan Blue.[16] Black stated that he fully mastered Goku's power to be able to achieve Super Saiyan Rosé. In this state, Black is able to overpower Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta. During the three matchups with the Saiyans, Black remains transformed in this state while fighting.
Goku Black makes his debut appearance in a video game and as a playable character in Dragon Ball Heroes, introduced in the ninth mission of the God Mission series (GDM9).
Goku Black vs. Future Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan) (Anime only)
Goku Black vs. Future Trunks (Super Saiyan 2/Base) (Manga only)
Goku Black vs. Goku (Base/Super Saiyan 2) (Anime only)
Goku Black (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan 2/Super Saiyan Blue) (Manga only)
Goku Black (Base/Super Saiyan Rosé) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue) (Anime only)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan Blue)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) and Future Zamasu vs. Goku (Super Saiyan Blue), Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue) and Future Trunks (Super Saiyan 2)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue)
Goku Black (Base/Super Saiyan Rosé) & Future Zamasu vs. Goku (Super Saiyan Blue), Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue/Base), & Future Trunks (Super Saiyan 2)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) & Future Zamasu vs. Future Trunks (Super Trunks) & Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) & Future Zamasu vs. Future Trunks (Super Trunks)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) vs. Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue)
Goku Black (Super Saiyan Rosé) vs. Goku (Super Saiyan Blue) & Vegeta (Super Saiyan Blue)
List of characters killed by Goku Black[]
Gowasu (Goku Black's timeline) – Killed by Black so he could steal both the Potara earrings and Time Ring. Event erased upon Present Zamasu's death.
Goku (Goku Black's timeline) – Killed by Black after stealing his body. Event erased upon Present Zamasu's death. However, due to Goku Black's Time Ring, he is allowed to exist in the body he stole from Goku.
Chi-Chi (Goku Black's timeline) – Killed by Black along with Goten in the anime.
Goten (Goku Black's timeline) – Killed by Black along with Chi Chi in the anime.
Future Gowasu – Killed by Black.
Future Supreme Kais – All killed by Black during his travels across every Universe (except for Universe 7's Supreme Kai in the manga, who died due to injuries sustained from his battle against Future Dabura and Future Babidi).
Future Gods of Destruction – When Black killed all the Supreme Kais, the Gods of Destruction died with them (except for Universe 7's God of Destuction in the manga, who died at the same time as Universe 7's Supreme Kai, due to their lives being linked together).
Future Bulma – Killed by Black while he destroys her lab.
Earthlings – Black killed more than half of the human race during his rampage on Earth.
Earth's Resistance – A lot of soldiers were killed by Black during his invasion.
An unknown number of mortals from several planets.
Trivia[]
Goku Black's name uses katakana for Goku (ゴクウ) rather than kanji for Son Goku (悟空).
Akira Toriyama's notes for Goku Black state that he can become both a Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan Rosé,[17] however the anime skips over his regular Super Saiyan form.
The revelation of his true identity in the anime greatly differs in the manga. While he himself corrected Goku about his true identity in the anime, the complete truth came directly from Kibito in the manga. Also, in the manga, Goku and Vegeta were already aware about the truth and the Supreme Kai of Universe 7 was given the assignment by Beerus to travel time and space to determine Zamasu's true motives which will solidify the truth they have discovered. This prompted Beerus to destroy Zamasu.
In the Super manga, however, during Black's first fight with Vegeta and Goku, Black states that he still wasn't able to achieve the Super Saiyan Blue form, with his Super Saiyan Rosé form being his Super Saiyan Blue counterpart.
Zamasu is the second person to switch bodies with Goku, the first one being Ginyu.
Noticeably, Ginyu's control of Goku's body had no physical changes to its appearance.
In Xenoverse 2, Sean Schemmel voices Black in a manner similar to how he voices Goku as a Super Saiyan 4, although it's lower and raspier.
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Goku Black artwork for Dragon Ball Super
Goku Black in the Dragon Ball Super opening
Goku Black talking to Future Trunks
Goku Black looking down at Future Trunks
Goku Black tries to locate Future Trunks
Goku Black trying to locate Future Trunks
Goku Black displays his dark aura
Goku Black spots Future Trunks
Goku Black about to shoot at Future Trunks in the Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' Special Edition
Goku Black in the Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' Special Edition
Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black without his aura
Goku Black using Instant Transmission to dodge Goku's kick
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Mixed Saiyan transformations
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Squadrons
Saiyan Army • King Vegeta's Elite • Bardock's planet elite force • Illusion Saiyans • Z Fighters
Wars and conflicts
Saiyan-Tuffle war • Kanassan war • Invasion of Planet Meat • Genocide of the Saiyans • Shikk conflict • Tritek war • Destruction of Planet Arlia • Saiyan conflict • Battle on Planet Namek • Android conflict • Majin Buu conflict • The Dragon Ball GT conflicts
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Cell • Cell Jr. • Super Kaio-ken • Strongest Form 1 • Strongest Form 2 • Mira • Fu • Super Mira • Mecha Goku • Attack Ball • Blutz Waves • Saibamen • Galactic Frieza Army • Planet Vegeta • Planet Sadala • Power Ball • Scouter • Monkey Boy (Charles Chen) • Goku (Justin Chatwin) • Zenkai • Fusion forms
Old Kai/Future Old Kai • Grand Supreme Kai • Northern Supreme Kai • Shin/Future Shin (Kibito Kai) • Western Supreme Kai • Southern Supreme Kai • Chronoa • Gowasu/Future Gowasu/Gowasu (Black's timeline) • Demon Realm King • Demon Realm Supreme Kai • Universe 6 Supreme Kai • Zen • Fen • Wairu • Zamasu/Goku Black/Future Zamasu/Fusion Zamasu
Potara • Time Ring • Z Sword • Sacred World of the Kai • Super Saiyan God (Saiyan beyond God • Blue • Rosé) • Demon God (Final Form • Makyouka) • God Class-up • Super Shenron • Mechikabura • Light of Justice • Majin Buu
Old Kai/Future Old Kai • Grand Supreme Kai • Northern Supreme Kai • Shin/Future Shin (Kibito Kai) • Western Supreme Kai • Southern Supreme Kai • Chronoa • Zen • Fen • Wairu • Universe 6 Supreme Kai • Gowasu
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