| “ | 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 the secondary antagonist of the Dragon Ball Super series, serving as the unseen final antagonist of the Copy Vegeta saga, the main antagonist of the Future Trunks saga and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the Universe Survival 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 one of Goku and Vegeta's most hated enemies.
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, 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.
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, he murders him before doing the same to a traumatized Chi-Chi and Goten with a ki blade.
- 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's 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 was Trunks and Mai's pet) who was also shown lending his energy to defeat Zamasu Fusion.
- This continues until he and the entire timeline are erased from existence by Future Zeno. Because of his mass destruction, it's also possible that he tried to destroy all the multiverses out of spite.
- His actions would forever leave a huge impact on Future Trunks and Gowasu, 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, and 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- He is arguably the most heinous and darkest villain in the entire Dragon Ball franchise, even surpassing Frieza, Majin Buu, and Moro (with Frieza kickstarting the events of the franchise).
- He has absolutely no tragic backstory, redeeming qualities, or comedic moments. He is one of the only two Dragon Ball villains to have killed the protagonist Goku (alongside Cell) and the Supreme Kais (alongside Kid Buu), he is one of the only two Dragon Ball villains to succeed in his goals (alongside King Piccolo) and his actions still continue to haunt the franchise even after his death.
- Unlike Frieza, Cooler, Vegeta and Raditz (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 and Broly (who were 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 gaining their agencies as well), Goku Black was a Supreme Kai, supposed to watch over the universe and be good but chose to become evil due to his delusional beliefs that mortals are evil.
External Links[]
- Goku Black on the Villains Wiki
- Goku Black on the Hate Sink Wiki
- Goku Black on the Dragon Ball Wiki
- Goku Black on the Ultimate Evil Wiki
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