Trunks: The Wounded Character | The Anatomy of Anime

[@TotallyNotMark]

I hope you had fun watching :) don't forget to leave a like or dislike. I sincerely appreciate it

[@profesae]

Totally Not Mark 👍🏽 *Liked*

[@ismailbrkic3640]

Totally Not Mark can you make a video about Yamcha something like Yamcha:The Underated character

[@PlayerX-mi3dm]

YOU SHOULD CONTINUE WITH MAKING THOSE VIDEOS !!! (JUST SAIYAN!)

[@Ningesquid]

These videos are my second favourite ones (after the Easter egg ones)

[@lezola8697]

@@ismailbrkic3640 thing is he isn't underrated. He is just not needed for the Story and never achieved anything that drove the Story forward XD

[@Alex-wd8en]

Only Trunks can look badass with a bowl cut

[@trunksfgc3840]

Alex Corral it’s not really a bowl cut though

[@justabeard3794]

*rock lee*

[@cptsteele91]

If not a bowl cut what is it

[@trunksfgc3840]

cptsteele91 I don’t know what it’s called in English, but it’s where your hair parts from the middle

[@cptsteele91]

Yeah he has a center parting but the back and sides are shaved into a bowl cut still

[@Vision-lz4ru]

Trunks is easily one of my favorite characters, he’s heroic, wholesome, badass, and most of all gets shit done

[@SycosenMerihem]

If Bulma and Goku had gotten together, Trunks would have been the greatest person in the universe.

[@SycosenMerihem]

@Light Dash 21 Bulma was VERY into Goku at the Martial Arts Tournament after his growth spurt(s).

[@kaiolsen8425]

@@SycosenMerihem He's talking about genetics, sure they may of had a powerful child but it wouldn't be Trunks, he/she may end up like Gohan and decide not to train

[@SycosenMerihem]

@@kaiolsen8425 Genetically Goku is better than Vegeta anyways. Aside from that whole heart virus thing. Chichi was an enormous impediment to Gohan being properly trained and continuing to train almost his entire life.

[@slumpedjonn1878]

Samael Merihem Gohan didn’t really want to keep fighting or training himself. It’s not Chichi that did that to him, it was his own choice, he wanted a fairly normal life with a fairly normal family.

[@ajwelsh3191]

I’ve always loved the evolution of Trunks and Vegeta’s relationship. It really is where a lot of Vegetas character development happens.

[@somethingsomethingjavi7341]

@Druhrfe Hadishia why

[@weabooheaboo1198]

@Druhrfe Hadishia I love the pure silence after you said that

[@Kruegernator123]

I would say that Vegeta would have not developed at all as a character. Either that, or his development would have been much more slowly, had Future Trunks not arrived.

[@kwon7378]

Especially in DBS, I love the Growth from the cell games up until Trunks left in Super💯💪

[@JeromeProductions]

ye

[@Supermutant6112]

I've seen the TFS version of 10:45 so many times I was genuinely taken off guard by the two finger salute.

[@BetoPerez999]

NGL I like the middle finger better

[@gunswordfist]

lmfao

[@G.F.SF55]

By the way, what does that salute mean?

[@vallyent_]

same

[@Jose-kd9ec]

😂

[@egz3637]

Yamcha: The meme character

[@livingcheese2910]

Yamcha used the kameham...! Nevermind, he already got beaten.

[@chienkelleher8052]

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[@nemogd7991]

Dr. Doofensquidward you are right

[@imnoob9732]

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[@TuskActMinus1]

Im noob I agree

[@risingyun2859]

In my opinion, Future Trunks (Z) has the coolest character design out of the all the Saiyan characters.

[@saeedsenpai5530]

ikr it just feels special

[@Hamzethegoat]

Yup him and OG Broly with all the Gold on

[@offwhitejayR2E]

even in super he’s cool as hell.

[@aquifer9480]

Yin Yu Bowl cut, baggy pants up to his belly button, and he still looks cool

[@mikay7866]

@@offwhitejayR2E Meh, DBZ Trunks was written much better

[@JoyboyYoho]

You can tell he puts effort in a video when he cites the sources. Always appreciated Mark!

[@zeroeleven6551]

I'm learning screenwriting from dragon ball and Mark!

[@LemorasCards]

To be fair he basically cites the same three books every video.

[@garytina7009]

@@LemorasCards Well those three books are the basic fundamentals of writing and character arcs and the likes.

[@McMachal]

Great effort putting ad breaks mid sentence 👏🏻

[@Bimskuuy]

I want those books

[@kaiser8773]

He literally fought his whole life, his reward? Everyone he met and loved died and his timeline ended up being erased in its entirety...

[@Hamzethegoat]

Listen im all up for no "Happily ever afters" in some anime arcs but this one really did make me mad lol

[@MaxIronsThird]

Are you talking about Gohan?

[@Marc-rw3dd]

@@MaxIronsThird nice bait

[@Seedonator]

after he killed imperfect cell his arc was complete and he was rewarded with peace, until super came and screwed him up

[@theamazingmaymay123]

At less he has Mai...

[@GenreChowderStudios]

I love it when people treat Dragon Ball as real art worth dissecting, analyzing, and evaluating and not just “TOTALLY AWESOME!” or for being that anime where everyone screams a lot. Both those things are true, but there’s some much technique to mine from Akira Toriyama’s writing (and whatever his editor may have inserted) that can be just as much benefit to us as an exploration of a traditional novel or cinematic classic. I grew up reading, watching, and playing Dragon Ball stuff. It is one of the main inspirations that made me become an artist. Dragon Ball has always meant the world to me, so the uptick of Dragon Ball analysis I’ve seen on KZbin is much appreciated.

[@dinogt8477]

There isn’t as much screaming as many people say surprisingly

[@veryangryboi4128]

@@dinogt8477 The longest scream in dragon ball is only 5 minutes and it's in the last saga of the show lol

[@tankjackson698]

Doraball is another good db tuber who anaylize the characters aswell

[@Kami.Asura000]

@@veryangryboi4128 exactly

[@cj-ew6xg]

I know this is from 4 Years ago but Your comment Describes the reason why i I still love Dragon Ball ❤

[@dannybenhur6123]

Trunks = Lack of Confidence... Vegeta = Over confident...

[@lazydelibird]

That ammount of confidence has to come from somewhere

[@lendemen1833]

@@lazydelibird pride. Trunks grew up with his mom and vegeta with no parents cause they died early. I think this gave vegeta the fact of pride that he is the son of a king which can make anyone pretty confident and trunks being the son of royalty without knowing about his true origin can make any man lack of confident. Bulma probably told him about vegeta and how he is. And a dad not being around can make you insecure to. Pretty realistic stuff for an anime

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

[@texteel]

why is "I know that I cannot do what I objectively cannot do" lack of confidence? How many times has Future Trunks fought his androids? How many times he got his ass kicked? How many times does it have to happen for the statement of "with the tools and opportunities present for him, defeating the androids is impossible" to be objectively true?

[@nicklasveva]

Trunks = Tall... Vegeta = Short...

[@Hermdawg123]

Hey Frieza! Looks like you dropped the ball.... Dropped the ball.... Drrrrropped the ba-

[@shadowsayan3454]

Th-Those eyes there the same as ....PIZZZZAAAAA

[@ms7live488]

As soon as he showed the clip of trunks dying, all I though was VEGETA NO MY BABY BOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYY

[@bb2fiddler]

Bitch... I'm adorable.

[@baba_treesh]

Herman Bertel I actually love this scene🤣🤣🤣

[@tafua_a]

DAAAAH! *throws a ki blast*

[@NIN_IO]

How to make a mark video 1] Twitter poll about *Insert dbz charector* 2] Results 3] chose the 2nd most voted Answer

[@L33PL4Y]

Wrong...choose the most _interesting_ answer. He's not picking it because it's second, he's picking it because it's the most interesting and would make for the best video.

[@AndreaMontanoArtist]

Observation: Vegeta realized the importance the relationship of Goku's and Gohan when Gohan became SSJ2 and Goku never wavered that Gohan could do it and when Goku died for his son- showing that feelings made them stronger. When Trunks was shot by Cell, he snapped- he couldn't keep cool and pretend he didn't care because he cared- he always cared, just like Goku cared for Gohan. I said this on my twitter as well: Goku inspired Vegeta to be a father. It's just Vegeta became a better father than Goku due to Goku's example.

[@carlosrod100]

While 1 of those examples did occur before the other did not

[@AndreaMontanoArtist]

@@carlosrod100 I'm sure Gohan turned SSJ2 and then Goku died. Then after Trunks died, but please clarify if you can. Thanks.

[@carlosrod100]

@@AndreaMontanoArtist Sorry, I realized that after I commented but KZbin refused to show me the comment so I assumed it never got posted and didn't delete it

[@AndreaMontanoArtist]

@@carlosrod100 no problem

[@Xamry]

Andrea Montano Interesring. I never thought about this but it’s true.

Your videos started popping up in my recommendeds and I started watching not even knowing this is an educational series. After watching almost every video in the series, I just found the playlist they're all in and I just wanted to say that the work you're doing is superb. Without even knowing the goal was to educate the viewers, I was already taking notes and applying them to my own story. The way you explain your points, the books you quote and even the editing of the videos are spot on. You're doing a marvelous work, thank you for sharing this knowledge to the internet Sorry for any mistakes, English is my third language :P

[@kurlykayla9013]

Future Trunks will always be best boi in my heart. My first anime crush, and a genuinely good character

[@omit4727]

GAAAAAAY

[@SwagokuLion]

its a shame that future trunks got wasted in the android arc, the best moments were given to piccolo and vegita, after them gohan, then trunks, at least trunks didnt lose every fight in that arc, goku lost all three fights (19, cell, cell jr)

[@denkifriedkalamari1730]

@@omit4727 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Zilot-z9i]

Trunks: the character akira does not give enough plot too so he can't protect his own damn future

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Y’all...essentially all the development in Z is backpedaled for Super

[@quadeevans6484]

@@air-headedaviator1805 trunks should have chased goku black and zamasu back to the past instead of asking for help

[@Duzz1412]

@@quadeevans6484 even if he wanted to, he cannot, Goku B & Zamasu were just too powerful for him

[@CombatSportsNerd]

@@quadeevans6484 not his fault he has no access to mentors

[@quadeevans6484]

True

[@connorbingham-davis2091]

I wasn't aware of the concept of a 'wound' in terms of character writing before this video. Guess you learn something everyday! Also love the thumbnail art for this one. The detail in Trunk's hair is great.

[@powerwegy]

This is why I love Dragonball Z; it's a sinple story anyone can enjoy but has somuch depth hidden in it's charecters to explore. Toriyama truly is a genius!

[@noaholsson5379]

Simple

[@noaholsson5379]

And characters

[@UncleForHire]

Well as much as i like db i think youre giving too much credit, and the buu arc shows why and kinda so does super with the whole mess black and top were

[@janeenschultz8502]

@@UncleForHire That's because Toriyama was in charge until Cell saga. Everything after Cell was a mess because of the shift.

[@ripper3052]

@@UncleForHire Boo arc isn't a mess unless you are butthurt Gohan fanboy Also you are bringing in Super 😂😂😂

[@Mista_Saturn]

Your dissection of the Dragon Ball cast is a goddamn work of art, it makes me want to write my own fictional story to create just as interesting complexities within characters.

[@Speed_Zamaa]

As a noobie comic writer, these videos are a rollercoaster of useful information and i love them

[@thomaswhite3149]

but hey at least he let us know Goku is indeed not black.

[@parrotplays7]

Trunks confirmed we can only shoot black

[@crispycringe8710]

Thomas White only spiritualy

[@genericworks9092]

He is a black father tho.

[@thomaswhite3149]

Oof

[@tyronewilson8122]

At least he doesn’t act like a white dad. Then we’d have to sit through him raping and murdering Gohan and Chi Chi.

[@laxyiechinzah543]

Goku spend 1 year with gohan in the hyperbolic time chamber and still didn't understand him.

[@MilleniumActress]

To be fair, Gohan was actively trying to do things only his father liked and tried to connect to him. Which ended up biting everyone. I still think Piccolo gets Gohan the best.

[@laxyiechinzah543]

@@MilleniumActress that's what I'm saying,Goku wanted him to be a great fighter and didn't know who he really was. Like you said Piccolo understands him the best.

[@MilleniumActress]

@@laxyiechinzah543 I read the first line of your comment and thought "oh no, my comment pissed someone off again" but thank god it wasn't so. We agree.

[@KonariVibez]

@@laxyiechinzah543 I mean, Goku wasn't wrong. Gohan was a great fighter. Piccolo only got that "he doesnt wanna fight" thing because he trained Gohan for a year as a child and he cried most of the time.

[@AntiSoraXVI]

I know TFS' jokes helped push this idea that goku was a terrible father and incompetent, and sure if he spent a little bit more time with his son he would've noticed that Gohan never liked fighting, but: Putting things into perspective he was around his son, then got murdered by his alien brother and that one event triggered so much conflict that he COULDN'T be a father. Afterwards, every bad thing that happened was connected to him, so while training with Gohan he wasn't thinking "Time to get to know my son" he was thinking "I gotta prepare him to take my place because what happens when I can't beat one of these guys?" so understandably he didn't notice things like that (Then when he found Uub he found someone capable of protecting everyone AND wanted to fight.) What's most important is that as soon as Goku put all the pieces together he was always supportive

[@parrotplays7]

FINALLY AN EPISODE ON MY FAVORITE CHARACTER OF THE WHOLE DB SERIES

[@catdragon1313]

ParrotPlays Amen to that!!

[@Healthandwellnessp90]

Yeeessss 😩😩

[@eeenriquegabrielnegro8167]

Dont you say DB say DBZ DB is the original OG

[@TheSwordsman100]

@@eeenriquegabrielnegro8167 DB stands for the whole franchise and yes Trunks is the best character in all of DB.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Future Trunks is one of my favorite Dragon Ball characters.

[@Flores-ne1ex]

Who Your Favorite Then?

[@EddieLee25]

Same😄

[@gunswordfist]

Same!

[@SycosenMerihem]

Future Trunks is my favorite Non-Fused character. Nobody, NOBODY tops Vegito.

[@strings491]

@@SycosenMerihem *Gogeta*

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

Vegeta never overcame his greatest struggle. That world-ending widow's peak.

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

In Dragonball GT he did

[@OriginalTrapstar]

So Mark, are you trying to be a director or writer or producer? Your character breakdowns and viewpoints and super detailed. I'd think you'd be great at it

[@chaoscontroller316]

This thread went from speed limit to Nascar in just a few hours.

[@OriginalTrapstar]

Druhrfe Hadishia uhhhh wtf? The internet is a weird place.

[@OriginalTrapstar]

ChaosController316 right I can't even complement someone on their content😂😂😂

[@spidey677]

Mark definitely has skillz. He’s a ninja

[@kurlykayla9013]

@Druhrfe Hadishia excuse you?

[@UnStorm]

NotMark: Vegeta is a fighting genius. Goku: Am I a joke to you?

[@gligurr]

but Goku isnt especially compared to Vegeta

[@UnStorm]

@@gligurr in what sense?

[@aceDOZA]

Vegeta is a better fighter than Goku technically. Goku just has more power and extra potential

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

@@aceDOZA on contrary. Vegeta always had more pure potential and his starting point was higher. Their first battle shows it: It takes everything Goku learned and trained for to even compete against him, and even so, he needs help. The reason why Goku tends to be stronger is not one of power, but one of mentality: Goku is always open to becoming better, using all sorts of innovative training and being humbled to learn from all sort of different masters. In comparison, Vegeta always had a rigid and unflexible training method, enhancing nothing but it's core power, which works, but not so much when put agains such a resourcefull fighter like Goku. Now that Vegeta finally got a master (Whis), he could, for the first time, enhance all parts that he was neglibe about, get in equal strenghts with Goku, and even surprass him in the SSJBlue aspect.

[@VoraciousHeart]

@@AgnusCavichioliPereira id say Vegeta is more of a genius than goku, but both are genius in their own rights. goku was taught by numerous renowned trainers through his life and has taken techniques from dozens of places. he didnt really develop much of anything. vegeta on the other hand has developed several techniques of his own and (outside of basic military combat arts when he was very young) has developed his own fighting style that is capable of keeping up with a master of several martial arts.

[@mukete]

WAIT WTF UNCLE BEN DIES?? Put a spoiler warning next time bro, sheesh

[@Wexpros]

Dude, this is just a hunch, but I believe he was joking

[@jokior]

​@@yosoyjose4887 r/woooosh

[@futuregohan2398]

ys j You’re the one who doesn’t know. The comment you whooshed was clearly sarcastic, but in your blind lust to whoosh every comment you possibly can, you missed the sarcasm.

[@jokior]

@@yosoyjose4887 coming from the guy who didn't even reference the correct subreddit

[@hasannaim8381]

whats weird tho is that uncle ben isnt really a big part of homecoming but i might have missed something..

[@StevejRodriguez]

"X vs Zero" to introduce Trunks eh? I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@arbitrary-human]

Roven The Arisen Aha, another mega man fan

[@epkurnissheoway]

Ah more men of culture I see

[@VolatileViolet]

Gotta love Mega Man.

[@spatalottakittens]

How do you do fellow Megaman fans?

[@holepunch1829]

although X5 wasn't the best Megaman X game, it had a kickass soundtrack.

[@macabreenterprise1823]

This is great, but Uncle Ben wasn't even mentioned in Homecoming. This amounts to head canon

[@YoloSwaggMcJagger]

Macabre Enterprise not really....the whole reason Peter even thinks of being Spider-Man is because of Uncle Ben, that’s a fundamental of his origin regardless of if it’s mentioned or not

[@macabreenterprise1823]

@@YoloSwaggMcJagger Yeah, WE know this. But because it is not mentioned in the film, it is called HEAD CANON.

[@thefakejoey8549]

He is never explicitly mentioned, but his existence is strongly implied by Peter in a scene when he says something along the lines of "I can't put Aunt May through that again, she's been through too much." We all know what that means. That plus Uncle Ben's initials on the suitcase in Far From Home - I know fans want more references to him, but at this point we can say he existed as a character in this iteration of Spider-Man. They just seem to be avoiding involving his character too much so it doesn't feel like repeating the two previous iterations of movie Spider-Man.

[@donovantucker5166]

You're probably right, but it's still head canon. It makes this video confusing, because Ben isn't explicitly mentioned in the movie, and if you're not paying attention you might even miss the Uncle Ben references. I agree with most of his points, but I think he could have picked a more explicit parallel, that wouldn't draw attention away from the main point of his video.

[@johnschwalb]

@@donovantucker5166 uncle Ben is the whole reason Peter becoms spider man in every iteration. Its just as part of his character as getting spider powers. If you have a peter parker spiderman you have a dead uncle Ben who is dead because of peters inaction.

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

DAMN...this was a great video! Trunks never realizing his true potential because he focused on needing help while Vegeta was the opposite...I LOVE this breakdown! Thank you for this!

[@Marker1313]

“MY BABY BOY!!!!” Thanks for another kick ass video

[@Livingroomset799Dep]

To be fair Vegeta’s only redeeming act in the entire Cell Saga was getting mad when his kid was shot

[@thetribalist6923]

Hitting Cell with blast strong enough to give Gohan the edge and win.

[@VarjoPira]

He saved Goku from the clutches of Android 19. Androids 18 and 17 were unarguably delayed on their way to Goku, by his intervention. His effort allowed Gohan to win the beam struggle against Cell (in which he would've struggled even with both hands intact).

[@oreox1000]

If Vegeta kills Cell in his second form there isn't a conversation to be had.

[@lukejones7164]

@Rikin p Wrong. Super Perfect Cell was already stronger than SSJ2 Gohan (because Perfect Cell was stronger than SSJ1 Gohan and they both got a 2x boost)

[@lukejones7164]

@Rikin p You are the one not thinking about it logically. 1. Perfect Cell was stronger than SSJ1 Gohan. 2. Both SSJ2 and Super Perfect are 2x power boost over their previous forms. 3. Therefore, it follows that Super Perfect Cell had to have been stronger than SSJ2 Gohan. 4. Vegeta's attack on Cell was off-guard, and we already know that in this franchise weaker characters can hurt stronger ones when they're off guard. 5. Goku himself told Gohan that he didn't lose any power after getting his arm broken. Gohan was doubting himself.

[@bb2fiddler]

Trunks was always my favorite DB character. Paradoxically, he embodies the best and worst of both sides of his heritage, each counterbalancing the other. The combat prowess and physical potential his Saiyan side endows him with is tempered by the insecurity and lack of single-minded drive for power that comes from his human side. Conversely, his attachments to other people stem from his humanity, and prevent him from realizing his full potential as a Saiyan warrior, as demonstrated by his desire to end fights quickly for the sake of saving people, rather than use them as training opportunities like a full saiyan. There is always this ideological tension between Trunks and the other protagonists of the story, making him the most compelling character imo.

[@texmexlink]

These videos make me realize the genius of many people: the genius of the those two people who discuss how to create a character, the genius of Akira Toriyama, and YOUR genius for being able to analyze things like this so well and accurately. Well done man.

[@jomama7933]

This is quite literally my favorite Dragonball video series on KZbin. Keep up the fantastic work Mark!

[@lexbers5390]

I was so pissed when his timeline was deleted in Dragon Ball Super, in fact, I am still pissed

[@GeekedOutNeckbeard]

Well, Super is trash. It wasn't the right Trunks. And Mai shouldn't even exist. Just a shit series. I:m mad at the existence of that series lol.

[@chaoscontroller316]

Should we believe that Super Trunks is the Cell Saga Trunks? Zamas proved that Multiverse Theory is a bitch, so maybe it isn't the same man from the Cell Games.

[@forgedtofight]

shit happens

[@lukejones7164]

@@chaoscontroller316 Its clearly the same Trunks from the Cell Saga (they even say so). And different timelines are not different universes.

[@chaoscontroller316]

@@lukejones7164 Then we cannot defend the reversal of character done to Future Trunks in Super. Is there a psychological way to explain how he revisits older traumas when an even bigger threat causes him to unintentionally revert back to his old self?

[@theAKVchannel]

*"MY BABY BOOOOYYYY"*

[@DeathGodRiku]

Damn it lol. I was hoping to be the first one to say it on here

[@tafua_a]

Vegeta, no!

[@saw2135]

aiooty19 Vegeta, yes!

[@javierortiz82]

Are we there yet?

[@Raisinbrooke]

Watching Dragonball Super and seeing Vegeta treat Trunks like a son made me so happy.

[@kw-wf9uf]

Bro, I absolutely love these story-based videos you've made. I would kill to see you tackle things like the MCU.

[@VolatileViolet]

I love how you played X vs. Zero. Both Zero and Trunks have the whole blond-haired, noble swordsman schtick and both wind up pretty much being the sole survivors in their series in one form or another. Very fitting.

[@pypi3]

Both also suffer the loss of a loved one (or in Zero's case, everyone, because Elf Wars) which sparks a change in their character (Gohan in Future Trunks' case, and Iris in Zero's case)

[@SiddhantTiwarihnlu]

Trunks just catching that giant ball that destroyed Namek was the scene that instantly made him my favourite as a kid. He had hands down the best and saddest Super saiyan transformation when Future Gohan was killed. Him absolutely wrecking 17 and 18 in the future is one of the most cathartic moments in all of Dragon ball. Also Ssj Rage may have been an asspull, but man was it amazing to see him just lose it, should have been the end of the arc there and then. Forever the coolest character for me. *My baby boy*

[@Heebie-Deebies]

I can know understand why Vegeta is so angry. Standing next to his son, it's pretty clear.

[@JACK123101]

Short boi

[@mirsadajdari]

@@JACK123101 ye

[@PP-th4ft]

Napoleon Complex

[@keineken_3281]

Princess Trunks?

[@Morgil27]

Huh, I never noticed before the connection with Vegeta loosing the use of his arm when fighting 18, and future Gohan loosing his arm altogether. Interesting.

[@Ads-yw1wr]

“Father and son relationships that force each other to get better” (shows Shinji and Gendo). Yeah, that didn’t really get better now did it?

[@neytirinavi2612]

I was searching for this comment. Thank you!

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_The most wounded anime character is Calilou. His leg being scrapped is one of the most painful injury ever exist in anime history._*

[@Reality-Distortion]

Can you link me the scene?

[@Hamzethegoat]

Foh either Trunks or Sasuke hell even Nico Robin. Wstch the History of Trunks and tell me that isn't that most depressing anime movie ever

[@Reality-Distortion]

@@Hamzethegoat Tbh if we are talking about traumatic wound then many Naruto characters were more fucked than Trunks. Trunks isn't that different from any apocaliptic movie protagonist. Compare that to PTSD that for example Sasuke or Gaara had.

[@StarmenRock]

ITS CAILLOU

[@JamesW609]

@@Hamzethegoat Those guys dont got shit on guts being raped as a kid seeing his whole band get butchered by his best friend and his love of his life getting raped by said best friend while he was forced to watch

[@nappy9987]

"GET OUT OF MY TIMELINE" Oh wrong Trunks You gonna do the TFS variations?

[@cafe8681]

Wow that would be awesome

[@nappy9987]

@@cafe8681 yup

[@mostafaal-hasany7172]

LET ME FINISH

[@markjohnhumilde9758]

They're pretty much the same characters, just overexaggerated in their personalities.

[@Nyzer_]

@@markjohnhumilde9758 Not really. The TFS Trunks has a repressed goofy side that Krillin is able to coax out with "pew pew" noises. He's also actually annoyed with the various eccentricities of the group. Sure, both traits are just played for laughs, but they make for a more ... whole character. And Vegeta comes across as a lot more believable, mostly because his canon dislike for the group is largely based on the way he's ALSO annoyed with their eccentricities. We can actually sympathize with why he feels someone like Goku is inferior to him, and why being so easily surpassed by him is so infuriating. TFS Goku just idiot-savants his way to ultimate power, while Vegeta works himself until his ribs break and still can't measure up. We also see TFS Vegeta's vulnerabilities more easily, and he's a bit less in denial about them. It's why he and Krillin have that moment after getting slapped around by Perfect Cell.

[@Heebie-Deebies]

I think it's interesting how the hair sort of reflects and shows differences in characters. For instance: Vegeta's hair is straight up because he is a proud prince, Trunks hair is down because he doesn't believe in himself, and Goku's is all over the place because he is a mix.

[@5altine224]

That is soooo cool when you really think about it

[@akeme25]

I think it's more that Goku's soft, just like Trunks. I don't think Goku has ever not believed in himself.

[@wyvern0m3g42]

When it comes to Goku's hair, I think it might be implying how energetic and excitable he can get, and probably may be addressing how he was raised in the wilderness surrounding the mountains. I mean, his hair is pretty wild looking, no? And the way it sticks up and branches out all over the place makes me feel like it's full of energy and excitement.

[@LinkEX]

Well, yes, but actually no.

[@somacruzmiroku]

Dylan Norman so what would you say about gohan would he the one bang hanging down could mean that he had this limitless potential but has the one downside of not having interest in fighting idk just a thought

[@KD_311]

I must start by saying Trunks has always ALWAYS been my favorite character from Dragon Ball. The insight and even psychology behind his story and relationship with his father is incredibly dynamic! You've done a fantastic job here and my inner Saiyan thanks you!

[@ampedup10]

These character analyses are super fun to watch. I love them, and best of luck to you in the future!

[@Petski_]

Great video! This perfectly sums why Future Trunks is my favourite Dragon Ball character.

[@Monroah]

1:09 You gotta play with my heart with the GaMetal version of X vs Zero?

[@degenerate-otaku6634]

Lmao should be called Trunks: The absolute best character no questions

[@MaxIronsThird]

Sure

[@Pikachufan-hz4xb]

True Dat! Since Goku Black didn’t reveal what he looked like until he roflstomped Future Trunks meaning that Jiren doesn’t know the appearance of the “evil doer”. This means that the “evil doer “ could be Goku Black and if Broly and Gogeta become cannon, anything’s possible including Goku Black being the evil doer. Android 17 is the MVP of the Tournament of Power and now the dearly departed Future Gohan is rolling in his grave right now...oh, wait! That’s impossible because Zeno erased that entire timeline...oh, wait! That’s happening right now because Android 17 wished back that timeline aka Zamasu. Toei Animation please have Goku Black be the “evil doer” in jiren’s backstory and make Zamasu returning because Android 17 wished back the future timeline cannon. It’s the perfect excuse for the main timeline’s heroes to be too weak to defeat a villain and have to ask Future Trunks & Future Mai for help for once and have Bulma Getting Crap Past the Radar by telling the Cassandra Truth of the story of Future Trunks including the Forbidden Chekhov’s Gun as the Legend of the Chekhov and all the other universes’ inhabitants Tempting Fate by saying But That’s Just an Old Fairy Tale as Gowasu keeps a radar silence due to peer pressure followed by a Save the World Finale featuring a Cataclysm Climax as all the universes’ inhabitants unanimously agree while screaming Screw the Rules it’s the Apocalypse and that the Zamasu situation has officially crossed the Godzilla Threshold, luckily, Zamasu Can’t Stop the Signal to the battle couple of Future Trunks & Future Mai despite both complaining here we go again upon receiving the news, come back for the finale once more, with clarity in this end of the world special, arriving just in time to save the day during the darkest hour with all the inhabitants of every universe panicking about how nothing can save us now being their cue for their big damn heroes moment arrival complete with Future Trunks going all we meet again my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die and full vengeful sadist who’s laughing now mode as Zamasu has a oh crap realisation as O.O.C. is serious business right before Future Trunks dishes out a it’s personal humiliation conga and this is for there is no kill like overkill no-holds-barred beatdown on Zamasu fuelled by unstoppable rage on the place Future Trunks first landed in the past where it all began and bookends in the form of Future Trunks deciding to wrap it up with the finishing move ensuring Zamasu’s Rasputinian death being an ironic echo callback on the day of reckoning, killing Zamasu deader than dead as it’s the only way to be sure, thus making the end of an age and the dawn of an era, after the world healing wave, Future Trunks & Future Mai say that I choose to stay because we are not going through that again. Toei Animation please make this cannon. THEY SCREWED FUTURE TRUNKS OVER BIG TIME!!!! Future Trunks deserves way better than what they did to him after all of the worse and worse bullshit he has been dealing with 24/7 day in, day out and constantly putting up with all of that mental trauma & torture bullshit! Future Trunks’ entire existence is the epitome of Silver’s infamous quotes from Sonic 06, “It’s no use! Take this! It’s no use! How about this! It’s no use! This will end it!” Future Trunks has suffered enough at their hands already! It’s time to stop! It’s time to stop, okay! No more! Where the fuck are your parents?!? Who are your parents!?! I’m going to call child protective services! It’s time to stop! Too soon! It’s always too soon! Future Trunks is a ticking time bomb and is going to end up snapping and go full on pure evil genocidal maniac one of these days from all of the worse and worse mental trauma & torture bullshit he has to constantly deal and put up with as long as he is stuck in that timeline. Everything he cares about is Killed Off for Good and Deader than Dead except for Future Mai. His main timeline friends all but abandoned him and kept them a secret from everyone. He’s forced to live as mere echoes eternally in the shadows of their counterparts indigenous to that timeline, doomed to forever chasing phantoms of all the friends he has lost. Every moment seeing phantoms off his fallen allies constantly remind him of everyone he failed and is TORTURE. He hasn’t had a thing to stop the phantoms with the faces of his friends reprimanding him for failing them from eating away at his sanity in over a decade so deep down he is probably a bit crazily murderous along with being positively livid. Then suddenly, those precious friends who forgot about him pop back into their lives, and all he wants to do is tell them how much he’s missed them, but instead ALL THOSE CONFUSING EMOTIONS AND PENT UP MURDEROUS INSANITY JUST GET HIM ALL FIRED UP!! Mark my words!

[@shanks6190]

@@Pikachufan-hz4xb no one cares

[@presidentc4]

Trunks is a bitch tho

[@FinalxBoss]

Nice! I love the dynamic and balance between Vegeta and Trunks. Thank you for making this!

[@MCShvabo]

He's literally the most tragic character ever.

[@leultrainstinct406]

Fr. He and guts have the most tragic lives.

[@thatoneguy9816]

Zuko

[@thatoneguy9816]

@@leultrainstinct406 Zuko

[@patton3081]

The pretty boy sayin and 2nd super sayin and all the good parts of gotanks.

[@MikaV01]

Your videos are always of such high quality, unbelievable.

[@psyrolz1626]

Future Trunks is my favorite character of all DBZ. There are a couple of things I never thought about. Great video, man! I'll rewatch it, Im sure of it!

[@haadnaqvi1323]

Your best video yet, I never thought about the fact it was vegeta's arm that was damaged

[@asagtavilia5852]

I always love your character analysis theory, it gives so much more insight of the character's attitude and motivation! Thank you for covering Trunks! I'd love to see more characters covered by you too!

[@YungNikey]

That thumbnail art of trunks is godlike

[@yurimendes6881]

You honestly have THE best anime essays/videos I have seen in my life, they're so educational and entertaining at the same time. It helps me learn more and connect to these characters

[@yojojo6570]

You know who else is wounded? Me because I didn't have Geico. Now I have to pay 15% more money on car insurance because I was too stupid to switch. Don't be like me guys. Switch to Geico today.

[@Zephyrs009]

Shameless plug

[@Rexodiak]

@@Zephyrs009 its an old dead meme, wouldn't blame you for not knowing

[@WolfXGamerful]

Shameless plug? Probably. Dead meme? Yeah. Hotel? Trivago.

[@ticetvoed5568]

I’m sorry, I don’t speak CAPITALIST

[@stoiccrane4259]

When Geico commercials used to be funny..

[@jonathaneytchison6841]

Holy crap Mark! Please keep this series that you've been doing up! I've really been enjoying the character dissections. Excellent work!!!

[@davidma6616]

Mark I love how you edit these baddass character montages after your initial intro. SO BADASS EVERY EDIT IS SO BADDASS!

[@GorshFlytgear]

Trunks (aka John Conner) is possibly the COOLEST character!

[@jp3813]

John Connor didn't time travel though.

[@laxyiechinzah543]

Trunks still can't catch a break.

[@mohamedabdulla6303]

Can you guys imagine if trunks went back to his timeline after the Hyper Bolic Time Chamber ( or ROSAT for the fanboys ) without helping the Z-fighters in the cell games. Trunks: "Now I have all this power I can save my own timeline. Screw you guys imma goin home"

[@MaxIronsThird]

He couldn't help in the past anymore, and he didn't, if he was smarter he would've gone back to his time, dying against Cell wouldn't save his mother, the other characters would understand, but that would've put a stop in Vegeta's development arc though.

[@fab7525]

@@MaxIronsThird I don't know, he stayed in the past to help because he didn't know Gohan or anyone could actually reach the level of perfect Cell, given that he saw him destroying Vegeta without a blink. I always appreciated how much Trunks cared for what happened in the past, since what he wanted was to never let the world become the nightmare he was forced to live in his timeline. Yes he wanted to save his mom, but ignoring the fight against Cell where Earth could have been easily destroyed (hadn't Gohan reached SS2) is not something he'd do. To me him being in Cell games and dying is perfectly justified.

[@MaxIronsThird]

@@fab7525 Yes, helplessly trying to save the present while your mother suffers in despair without her son, until her imminent death in the hand of the androids. Plus the power shown by Cell against Vegeta and Trunks is probably around the same level as what Goku and Gohan had when they left the RoSaT and Goku showed off his power pretty blatantly.

[@fab7525]

@@MaxIronsThird You do understand that Trunks' mom and dad are also alive in the past right? hell future Trunks even gets to meet past baby Trunks, making it even more believable that he wants to stay and help. Also, I don't know what you mean by this "the power shown by Cell against Vegeta and Trunks is probably around the same level as what Goku and Gohan had when they left the RoSaT", since the first thing Goku did after getting out of the room was to feel perfect Cell's ki and inmediately recognizing he wouldn't be able to defeat him (all of this while telling the audience that that he was already way stronger than Vegeta, even Vegeta ackowledges that later).

[@block9355]

Vegeta told trunks: “you care to much!” Trunks told vegeta: “ you don’t care enough.”

[@warwick802]

2 things : Trunks -my favorite character I love how you use info on what makes a good character. And use evidence from books

[@jirenjoestar3665]

Trunks suddenly showing up with super saiyan, in my opinion, was what caused the start to Super Saiyan losing the sheer impact it had

[@2UltimateZWarrior2]

It kinda did in a way, but it was awesome and mindblowing. I think Goten and Kid Trunks are the ones who ruined it for me tbh

[@jirenjoestar3665]

@@2UltimateZWarrior2 well they did it as a gag, it wasnt supposed to be taken seriously unlike Kale and Caulifla are. Goten cant even fly yet can go ssj, it's a joke and the joke died after dbz hence why we dont see them again

[@jirenjoestar3665]

@Nick I'm not saying he didn't deserve it, I'm saying the fact he showed up so soon and just popped it out ruined it

[@jirenjoestar3665]

@Nick true

[@likeanuuk6612]

@@jirenjoestar3665 i feel that what really ruined super saiyan is that, the show treats super saiyan like a static power level almost. its supposed to be a multiplier, but it looks like characters are not even getting stronger at base form anymore. just getting stronger transformations.

[@KaiCyreus]

Got the notification for this as my phone was playing Future Trunks' theme from that game with the "22" in the title

[@ChronoKatie]

I feel like one of the reasons Vegeta's character development in the Cell saga is so overlooked is because obviously the spotlight is on the much more focused Gohan development.

[@isagaming7559]

gud point.

[@armandohernandez5454]

Thats why imo the cell saga is the best in db, they developed every z fighter in their own unique way. And gohans ssj2 form is easily the best form ever.

[@zemox2534]

How was Yamcha developed? Almost he did was get a home punched through his chest?

[@broken120z]

@@armandohernandez5454 Gohan development start in the Sayian Saga, Vegeta in the Namek Saga, Piccolo literally end in the Namek saga, Tenshinan development end during the 22nd Tournament Saga, Krillin had multiple development, but if you're talking about his development with C-18, i agree.

[@broken120z]

@@armandohernandez5454 Yamcha developped way before Piccolo Daimao. I believe in the Pilaf Saga.

[@gregorygrice5795]

Mark, you are one of the greatest story theorists I've ever known. Thank you for teaching us about character development in a way we can understand.

[@SeanTheShinigami]

You keep slipping into my feed for some reason but this video here attracted me because of how precise your analyzing of one of my favorite DB characters was. Seems like you're worth the subscription.

[@Kfri4486]

These series of videos are amazing ways to analyze DB’s narrative which is often seen as simple.

[@anthonymalone4714]

4:56 you pressed the goku button, you shouldn’ta did that

[@TheBlond49]

Most complex DB character, Future one, tho

[@ripper3052]

Goku*

[@TheBlond49]

@@ripper3052 Goku is the dumbest

[@Fizzsama]

@@ripper3052 Goku is literally the LEAST complex character in the series lol

[@RandomGuy-zl5sp]

Ripper 30 Future Trunks has way more complexity than Goku

[@vyse8637]

@@Fizzsama r/wooosh

[@mr.comrade434]

I laughed a little when you implied that Uncle Ben's death has done anything to the MCU version of Spider-Man

[@jacinto1477]

i'm so glad this video is back online.one of my favourite videos about dragonball z on youtube

[@superbabybao]

This was absolutely terrific. I actually learned so much about two of my favorite characters. Thank you.

[@TheSmoshJuniors]

Praise Odin, a video about the best Dragon Ball Character, from the best Dragon Ball KZbinr.

[@robensmonteau161]

3:58 Bulma: 😕😞Everything ok- Trunks: Hey mom, ever meet dad? 😡 Bulma: *sighs* Ok look love is complicated.

[@obliviouspotato8545]

Robens Monteau Trunks:And [i get to meet] my father! Bulma: Oh whit you do.

[@javierortiz82]

I love it in DBZA when Bulma tells Trunks: "you have his gender" lmao.

[@AustinU25]

The books you recommend in these videos are always amazing, I encourage people that are interested to buy the physical versions! The audio books are good, but I find myself wanting to flip back through them for a specific quote or rule when I’m done

[@Felipemelazzi]

Totally Not Mark, you're on fire with this series! Excellent video analysis!

[@Ayahuasca98]

Yall make dbz sound deeper then evangelion. And it’s true.

[@CrowPiper]

back in the day it was

[@fantablack1998]

It isn't deep, Mark just puts into words things we've already seen on our own, heck even TFS analyzes this in a satirical manner.

[@Hamzethegoat]

It lowkey is deep outside most of DBZ has to do with emotions and it was ahead of its time obviously animes like Naruto and One Piece handle emotionally scenes better but thats after they witnessed Z and built of its ideology and themes. Anger, Comedy, Hate, Defeat, Regret, Foolishness, Redemption, Ego, Family and epic climaxes DBZ used all these elements to create a Master Piece. Even in its weakest arcs Buu Saga had some extremely memorable and amazing moments

[@fantablack1998]

@@Hamzethegoat DBZ is praised because of the way it uses action, not because of it's story.

[@Duzz1412]

@@fantablack1998 DRAGON BALL was praised because it Revolutionized the Battle Shounen genre, in terms of story & action..

[@pixiebubbles2628]

8:17 - 8:47 Vegeta: "MY BABY BOY!"

[@spencerC23]

Pixie Bubbles yes I wanted to comment this but I went looking for it instead

[@FireAngelXooX]

YES!!! He did a video on Trunks! This will be amazing! Your character analysis videos give me life

[@Kihanacloudy]

When Vegeta and Trunks didn't grin and flip each other off at 10:47 I did a double-take; it was so incredibly in-character in DBZA that it had completely overwritten the original scene in my memory.

[@rafaelc.decarvalho1457]

Absolutely incredible analysis of the progression as characters. Spot on!

[@grandprixrejects7027]

Another excellent analogy, Mark. 4:41 I see what you did there.

[@NicoXBlack]

Trunks has always been one of my favorites. Without him, everything that took place after the Androids wouldn't have happened!

[@Skillerikx]

Mine's Future Gohan.

[@-cams.]

Future Gohan and Future Trunks are (Imo) the best heroic characters in the Cell Saga.

[@Reality-Distortion]

@@-cams. There aren't really other *heroic* characters. Goku still fights mainly for pleasure, Gohan because he has to, Vegeta is antihero, Piccolo just stopped to be in middle of the arc.

[@MaxIronsThird]

So, you're saying that Trunks ruined DragonBall?

[@NicoXBlack]

@@MaxIronsThird No, not at all!

[@David0Izzy]

Tony Stark is nothing without his suiit, so it's pretty ironic of him to tell Spiderman that

[@brunowillich1837]

Uhh... He VERY MUCH proved the opposite in Iron Man 3. People hate this movie because he spends 95% of the runtime out of his suit, but i actually like that. He really proved himself in that movie.

[@BadOnMyEnd]

Bless you, Mark. Thank you for always being the best!

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[@juki1277]

Every, single, time, I forget to spam A! This still hunts me to this day...

[@DsgPhyre]

LOL I WAS PLAYING XENOVERSE 2 WHILE READING THIS!

[@jordanwilliams2266]

These character videos are definitely my favorites 🤟🏽

[@msproductions0]

These videos are the most interesting videos that you have made

[@lazycommentz]

Amazing character analysis. I LOVE Dragonball, and I do like your other videos similar to this. I just feel like this, in terms of structure, was really really well done. Good job.

[@drakonyx5872]

Uncle Ben’s death is never brought up in homecoming

[@Jordan-dr3wo]

It was, but they did it in a very subtle way. Since they'd done it so many times before. "You can't tell Aunt May. What with everything that happened to her. Please"

[@drakonyx5872]

Oh ok. That makes a lot of sense

[@toby-wankanobi1385]

Future Trunks is still my favorite character by far