| “ | I look down on existence from a much higher perspective than you do. I witness this world, this universe and the truth of all things. That yields deeper understanding. Wisdom. The realization that all mortals should be destroyed. The one and only mistake among all divine creations. That is what mortals are. And this mistake is egregious. To shape existence into the beautiful utopia it was always meant to be, the mistake must be corrected. I will purge all mortals from existence. In place of the gods WHO REFUSE TO ADMIT FAILURE! | „ |
| ~ Goku Black. |
| “ | Very well, no more games or half-measures. Because these insolent mortals continue to defy and profane us, we will reveal to them the ultimate power of the gods. | „ |
| ~ Goku Black before fusing with Future Zamasu. |
Zamasu, later known as Goku Black, is a major antagonist of the manga/anime series Dragon Ball Super, serving as the main antagonist of the Future Trunks saga and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the Tournament of Power Saga.
He is the original Zamasu that managed to switch bodies with Goku in order to obtain his immense powers. He later allies with his future timeline counterpart, Future Zamasu, to continue his plan. He is the arch-nemesis of Future Trunks, and Goku and Vegeta's most hated enemy.
As Goku Black, he was voiced by Masako Nozawa in Japanese, and Sean Schemmel in English, who also portrayed Makuta Teridax in Bionicle: The Game, Conrad in Berserk, Black Doom in Shadow the Hedgehog, Grings Kodai and Cyrus in Pokémon The Series: Diamond & Pearl, Yasuhira Koga in Ghost of Tsushima and Skonk in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As the present Zamasu, he was voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki in Japanese and James Marsters in English, both also voice his Future self in the same series and King Piccolo in Dragonball Evolution.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Originally a well-meaning Kai who was upset the gods weren't doing enough to handle issues affecting mortals, he later became more and more unhinged to the point of wanting total extermination.
- Believing that mortals are too dangerous to live, he decides to initiate the "Zero Mortals Plan", which was intended to wipe out all mortals across the multiverse.
- While still Present Zamasu, he kills a Babarian despite its power level being far lower than his and, thus being of no threat.
- While he was initially shocked at his actions, he got over it rather quickly and later on shows no remorse for his actions.
- Threatens to kill Zuno unless he tells what the Super Dragon Balls do and where each of them are located.
- Murders his mentor, Gowasu, and takes his Time Ring.
- Obtains the Super Dragon Balls and wishes on them to switch bodies with Goku. After switching bodies with Goku, Zamasu murders him before doing the same to a traumatized Chi-Chi and Goten with a ki blade, which is considered by many fans to be one of, if not the darkest and most horrific scene in the franchise.
- This makes him stand out as the first and only villain in the franchise to kill Goku and for it not to be part of a sacrifice on Goku's part.
- Uses his Time Ring to travel to Future Trunks' timeline, where he joins forces with Future Zamasu in order to extend his "Zero Mortals Plan" to every timeline after killing the Gowasu of that timeline (which briefly horrified Future Zamasu).
- Alongside Future Zamasu, he destroyed the Super Dragon Balls, leaving no way to reverse their actions and slaughters countless mortals and destroys many planets.
- Murders all the Supreme Kais in the Future Timeline, knowing even they wouldn't approve of his Zero Mortals Plan, making him stand out as one of the only villains in franchise to commit genocide on his own kind.
- This also causes the Future Gods of Destruction and Angels to die as well due to his actions of killing the Kais.
- Lays waste to Earth, killing those who had survived the previous onslaught of the Red Ribbon Androids.
- Disintegrates Future Bulma in front of Future Trunks and blasts Future Mai, seriously injuring her and putting her on the brink of death, which he then proceeded to taunt Future Trunks about once they both thought Mai was dead.
- When Gowasu offered redemption for him, he tried to kill him and the Universe 7 Supreme Kai, Shin.
- In the manga, Goku Black stabbed him and called him an idiot, and the only reason Gowasu survived was because Goku Black missed his organs.
- Alongside Future Zamasu, he tortures Goku before taunting him about how he murdered Chi-Chi and Goten.
- Merges with Future Zamasu to become Fused Zamasu, proceeding to cause more catastrophe on Earth.
- After his body is destroyed, his soul, surviving through his sheer hatred of mortals, proceeds to spread across the multiverse, killing every last mortal in Future Trunks' timeline before trying to invade the present timeline multiverse as well.
- By becoming Infinite Zamasu, he showed that he no longer only sought to eradicate intelligent life, but all forms of life, including animals, as when he kills the Kame House turtle and kills off-screen the black cat (which is presumed to be Trunks and Mai's pet) who was also shown lending his energy to defeat Fused Zamasu.
- This continues until he and the entire timeline are erased from existence by Future Zeno. Because of his mass destruction, it's also implied that he tried to destroy ALL the timelines out of spite.
- His actions would forever leave a huge impact on Future Trunks, Gowasu, Future Zeno, and Rumsshi (this last one in the manga only) with Future Trunks and Mai being forced to move to a new timeline and being guilt-ridden since he couldn't save his loved ones, this would also inflict Gowasu with so much stress in the Tournament of Power to the point where it indirectly leads to Universe 10's temporary destruction, as he worried he would have a fighter that was like Zamasu, and Future Zeno was forced to live with Present Zeno because he was forced to destroy the future timeline, making Zamasu indirectly responsible for Future Zeno temporarily erasing almost all the the universes in the Tournament of Power.
- While he has a villainous friendship with Future Zamasu, it only highlights how narcissistic he is, considering how he is the exact same person as Zamasu even if from a different timeline.
- In the manga, Black sees Future Zamasu as a mere pawn to his schemes, along with having no problem with briefly betraying him as well.
- Also, unlike in the anime where he and Future Zamasu had perfect teamwork, he and Future Zamasu in the manga never fight together and suffer infighting the moment Goku and Vegeta overwhelm them.
- Despite claiming to be well-intentioned, he is a hypocrite who is far worse than any of the mortals that he despises and simply wants to destroy all of reality and remake it in his image. Not to mention, the narrative makes it clear he's doing what he does purely for his own sadistic pleasure.
- His belief that Gods are inherently superior to mortals and incomprehensibly greater is deeply hypocritical and ultimately a projection of his own ego and narcissism, as Goku and Vegeta have repeatedly proven that mortals are capable of attaining divine power, and even those without godly ki, such as Frieza, the various incarnations of Buu, Broly, Moro, Jiren, Gas, Granolah, Cell Max and a few of the Z-Fighters (mainly Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and Piccolo), have matched or even surpassed the strength of many deities.
- His disdain for mortals becomes even more contradictory when considering that all Gods of Destruction were originally mortals themselves, elevated to divine status through training from their angelic mentors, as shown with Toppo, and more recently, Vegeta. Dragon Ball Daima further confirms this trend by revealing that even the Supreme Kais were once mortals. The Glind, for example, are mortals from the Demon Realm selected to become Kais based on childhood aptitude and purity of heart. This means Zamasu himself was once a mortal that was chosen and rose into becoming a God, making his ideology nothing more than a fragile, self-serving justification for violence and a superiority complex rooted in insecurity and a desperate need to validate himself by tearing others down.
- He is arguably the most heinous and darkest villain in the entire Dragon Ball franchise, with his evil even surpassing Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, and Moro (with Frieza kickstarting the events of the franchise).
- Goku Black has absolutely no tragic backstory, redeeming qualities, or comedic moments, is one of the only two Dragon Ball villains to have killed the protagonist Goku (alongside Cell) and the Supreme Kais (alongside Kid Buu), and to succeed in his goals (alongside King Piccolo) and his actions still continue to haunt the franchise even after his death. Additionally, just like how Frieza, Cell, Super Buu and Moro are personally evil to Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Androids 16, 17 and 18, Goten, Present Trunks, Merus and the Grand Supreme Kai respectively, Goku Black is a personal archenemy towards Future Trunks for destroying his timeline and everyone he loved in it (except for Future Mai).
- Unlike Frieza, Cooler, Vegeta, Raditz and Broly (who were raised to be tyrants and came from a long line of genocidal galactic conquerors), Cell, Baby, Dr. Myuu and the Future Androids (who were created to be killing machines before gaining their own agencies), Babidi (who was a clone of his father Bibidi, but still maintains his moral agency), Paragus (who was nearly killed and left to die on Planet Vegeta by King Vegeta), Dr. Raichi (whose race was exterminated by the Saiyans), King Piccolo, Super Buu, Kid Buu, Syn Shenron and Janemba (who were made from evil before only in the cases of Super Buu and King Piccolo gaining their agencies as well), Goku Black was a Supreme Kai, tasked to watch over the universe and be good before choosing to become evil due to his delusional beliefs that mortals are evil.
Trivia[]
- Goku Black and his Super Dragon Ball Heroes counterpart, Crimson-Masked Saiyan qualifies as Pure Evil, making him the first and only Dragon Ball villain (outside of Fanons) so far to have two Pure Evil versions.
External Links[]
- Goku Black on the Dragon Ball Wiki
- Goku Black on the Villains Wiki
- Goku Black on the Ultimate Evil Wiki
- Goku Black (Manga) on the Hate Sink Wiki
- Goku Black (Anime) on the Entertainingly Detestable Wiki
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