Warning: SPOILER for episode 90 of Dragon Ball SuperDragon Ball Super‘s most controversial romance crushed in the most heartless way. trunks takes all but being rejected by May (a woman 30 years older than him despite appearing to be the same age), confirming that he still has feelings for Future Trunks, a version of the young Saiyan from the future dystopian world whom he briefly met during the Future Trunks Saga.
Episode 90 Dragon Ball Super ends the prequel story Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero centered on adolescent Trunks and Goten. In the episode, two young Saiyan and Mai, Dr. Hedo, a scientist who creates dangerous androids. When Hedo escapes, Mai summons Trunks to go after him as Saiyaman X1, revealing she knows the secret identity of the hero who saved him in the previous episode. When Trunks admits that she believes Mai has mistaken the Saiyaman X1 for her future self, Mai responds openly:I realized that this is absolutely not possible. You are the only Chest I have in this world!“
Mai Confirms She Still Has Feelings For Future Chests
Mai’s words can be interpreted in many ways, but the context of the story makes it clear what she means by that. During the Future Trunks Saga, Mai (who was turned into a child by Dragon Balls) met and instantly fell in love with the hero from the future, and later learned that Trunks would become a couple in an alternate future timeline. Young Trunks realized this and was jealous because he had feelings for his own Mai. A few years later, when Trunks rescues Mai from the android Beta, Mai has a quick vision of Future Trunks, proving that she still hasn’t forgotten him.
Mai’s description “You’re the only Trunks I have.”“It means, then, that he will never meet Future Trunks again, and more importantly, he is painfully aware that the Trunks of his world are not the same person. This comment is confirmed by the Dragon Ball official website in a recent entry. summarizing: “When Mai is rescued by Saiyaman X1, she remembers her feelings for Future Trunks and begins to feel the same way about the mysterious superhero… enough to terrify Young Trunks.“
Trunks and Mai’s Controversial Romance May Not Be Over Yet
A lot dragon ball Fans criticized the romance that developed between Trunks and Mai due to the age difference between them. Now, it seems that the manga writers were never serious about this, and young Trunks’ hopes were dashed when it was realized that she still had feelings for the older version of Mai. But, May agrees to go out with trunks in this section, so it can be Dragon Ball Super‘s most controversial romance is still on the table, to the dismay of fans.
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