Living Out My 8 year old Weeaboo Dream in DragonBall Z: Xenoverse 2 Part 2

ethics and brevity: I have no affiliation with Dragonball z, Dragonball Super, Dragonball GT or Dragonball, Toei, Shueisha or Namco Bandai. I'm just a fan who wanted to chronical their adventure with xenoverse 2. 

copyright; Dragonball, Dragonball z, Dragonball gt and Dragonball Super are all owned by Bandai, Tv Tokyo, Shueisha and Akira Toriyama

This is part 2, if youre wanting to read part 1. click here

Android/Cell saga:

The cell saga skips past the androids destroying the city and straight to cell as he absorbs the androids at the same time. As he transforms into perfect cell, the familiar dark aura engulfs him too, this revelation terrified trunks because he had to do it one at a time; staring with 17 then 18. Trunks details to the elder kai how the events went. Saying that cell saw what vegeta did and wanted to perfext himself further as a taunt. But now that doesn’t happen Implying that now that he’s implies that because the absorbing them was so soon. That there might not be a cell games. 

Elder Kai advises Trunks that due to his increasing strength, the mere presence of his power may spark Cell to initiate the Cell Games. Desiring a future and Gohan's survival, Trunks sends us back in time to before the absorption of Android 17. Upon arriving, we witness 17 shrouded by the recognizable Dark Purple Aura of Evil that Cell exudes in his larval form. Battling 17 and attempting to avoid being absorbed, the android quickly tires of failing to defeat Goku and taunts Cell, leading to his ultimate absorption. With the restoration of the canonical timeline accomplished for now, the question rises: for how long will it remain as it

Following our latest expedition, we arrive at the Patrol HQ to discuss the findings. The Kai of Time expresses concern regarding the lack of appearances from Towa and Mira, and their potential threat remains as a looming danger. Not fazed, Trunks moves to downplay the severity of the situation. However, it appears that Mira is back on the scene and ready to take over the Cell Games event. With time now of the essence, we must return to the Cell Games once more to counteract Mira's plans and protect the canonical timeline. of Mira is looming over the cell games as he's now In in full control over whats happening, he doesnt need to control the events with his parther's magic but with his powerful aura as we have to stop him from changing the results of the cell games by existing in it

Mira's battle proves to be a significant challenge as we strive to prevent him from interfering with the Cell Games. After a long-drawn-out struggle, we finally manage to bring Mira to the ropes, but Towa's sudden involvement halts our progress. To prevent a potential predestination paradox from occurring, Trunks is forced to vacate the battlefield, leaving the future of our timeline in his hands.

As we strive to save the timeline, Trunks departs to tackle a new threat. Cell unleashes his Cell Jr. spawn, which we are now tasked with stopping. Empowered by Towa and Mira's Dark Energy, the spawn mimic their father Cell, creating a formidable challenge for our team. The Cell Games are briefly glossed over, as the focus shifts to Android 16 imparting a critical lesson to Gohan, telling him that fighting for justice is more important that fighting for yourself. that fighting for a just cause is what saves the world. We manage to stop Cell and his children, but a sinister group waits in the shadows: the brutal Metal Coolers and his army of robotic Metal Coolers pour through the rift, ready to wreak havoc on our world.

The canon as we know it has been thrown out for a far darker more sinister plot. As we fend off the metal coolers we have choice but to ensure the safety of the timeline, as we enter the portal coolers army of coolers opened and step into the plot of coolers revenge. The coolers keep coming off waves of him seemingly endless fighting. But trunks lands in to assist telling us and cooler that he has a plan. And at some point in time he rigged the big Geti star to explode.

After an grueling and destructive battle against the onslaught of Metal Coolers, our victory is finally sealed as the planet and the enemy detonate, permanently ending the madness. Reverting to the canonical timeline, we arrive at the climax of the Cell Saga, as Cell is still buoyed by Towa's magic and Gohan stands off against him. With the power of Goku and the Father-Son Kamehameha, Gohan successfully vanquishes Cell, restoring the timeline and settling the canon plot once and for all.The celebration in HQ commences as we triumphantly return from the battlefield and recount our victory over the deadly Metal Coolers. However, among the joyful festivities, the crew offers a few good-natured jests at Trunks' expense, a fun way to lighten up the mood. Our attention now turns to a fresh challenge: continuing our quest to eliminate Towa and Mira while keeping the timeline in its correct position. With a new saga starting, the buu saga is finally upon us, bringing with it unprecedented dangers and exciting adventures.

However, I’m a little upset that we skipped to the cell part of the saga, the androids are a very fun and chaotic duo with a lot of fun you can have like if Towas magic engulfed 18 before Krillin destroyed the detonator. Or even could do the history of trunks story but with an engulfed android 16, 17 and 18. The parallel quests do some stuff with the androids, but it’s just defeat them and alike. Nothing story wise. There’s a lot to work with but they didn’t and it’s a little disappointing but it’s still an intense fun story. However, the ending to the chapter is the closest thing we get to it, while it’s not the main timeline, we do get something similar as we see trunks sulking in the time vault, lamenting over the timeline he couldn’t save, the world he couldn’t save, the future destroyed by the androids as we enter the timeline and world of history of trunks. 

so, lets queue those Linkin Park Dragonball Z amvs as we finish the chapter as we fix the history of Trunks. Trunks's past is rife with anguish, especially when he recalls the desolate future where the androids have conquered and left behind only sadness and pain. In this bleak future, not even Goku, the mightiest of fighters, managed to withstand the onslaught. The pressure now falls upon Gohan's young shoulders to carry on the legacy of heroism and to preserve the cherished virtue of never giving up. It's his turn now, he will have to learn what it means to be a hero. 

History Of Trunks:

As we have so many times before we enter mid battle, as androids 17 and 18 are wrecking havoc even taunting adult gohan about the fact he’s alone before they part with gohan a gift, a dark energy enduced Android 16. Android 16 alone is a threat to this timeline but him being assisted by towa and Mira is a problem, we quickly assist gohan in his quest to dismantle Android 16, but as we land the finishing blow a familiar spectre returns, Mira joins the fight, he’s stronger than last time as he takes gohan and i on. As we do the altered timeline becomes more altered as we fight Mira.

As Mira's taunts continue, Trunks grows increasingly furious. In a breaking of the Time Patrol's rules, he eventually leaps back to his original timeline and assists Gohan in battling the ruthless foe. After Mira retreats, Gohan acknowledges the presence of a time-defying warrior, remarking on Trunks's legacy of greatness. However, Trunks has no choice but to halt his efforts and return to HQ, his sadness overwhelming. As Gohan begins the final march to his doom, Trunks grieves for the fallen hero. A brother, a mentor, Gohan will always be the spirit of virtue in a wasteland, Gohan will always be his bright in the darkness, and that will always fuel him to keep the timeline, and the world safe. 

However, the pain, the trauma, the nightmares are still going to be revisited as we learn Android 16 is still in the timeline destroying everything looking for his new target, not goku, but trunks. As we quickly aid trunks a second warrior comes to stop us, perfect cell. It seems we’re at the complete end of the cell saga proper as travel back to the main timeline and catch trunks rewatching the events of gohans death. Over and over again 

It’s a somber scene and reminds me of the comic series heroes in crisis from dc, where lagoon boy relives his death over and over again, a bitter and destructive form of coping. It’s a sad parallel but one that can’t to mind, that some wounds never closed our, and it doesn’t matter how much bandages you put on; nor how much self care you use, it’ll always be there; reminding us that not every victory is a. Defeating of victory, but an experience that never goes away, that even heroes; the champions of good we see them as, have dark moments too. 

I know it's just pulling at straws, but trunks' character resonates with me. As a person whose trauma exists, especially as a man were not told to deal with them. so, a lot of men do something to reopen that wound, like read old emails, look at old photos, or even just wonder what could have been. We like to pretend that we could just change things if we had a time machine, but we can't, we know we can't, but we pretend that we can. Trunks... he's a man pulled from time, a man with a lot of traumas to deal with, and the show or manga never really delve into it, mainly because the only time after the androids we see future trunks is a different timeline or a different person entirely. but im really glad that Xenoverse is delving deep into Trunks the man and were seeing how he works as a man and not just a cool sword dude that exists for beefcake for the ladies. I felt my cheshire smile fade a bit, and I felt seen, seen by a piece of fiction that exists to be entertainment. And its a bittersweet pill to swallow. 

But enough of that serious talk.. let’s fight the pink manbaby!

Buu Saga:

Before we can lay the smackdown on Big, Pink and evil, we need a quick detour occurs as the supreme kai of time informs us that her owl, Tokitoki, has laid an egg. Our lovable pink Kai states that its eggs are capable of creating an entirely new timeline. The kai of time wants to celebrate this remarkable occasion, much to Trunks's dismay. However, this joy is quickly curtailed as we discover that Towa, Mira, and the mysterious masked Saiyan have amassed a formidable force, including Janemba and Brolly 

While Towa is happy in her conquest, but Mira is angry that he sees himself weak, mentioning that I, as well as the masked sayajin are stronger than him. Towa snaps mira out of his funk stating that it’s time to enact their planned conquest, the scene ends with us cutting into the buu saga proper as we see the fight between goku and majin vegeta. In the canon timeline this is where vegeta knocks goku out and gives his speech right before trying and failing to kill majin buu, but the timeline has been greatly altered when the legendary super sayajin, the devil himself, Brolly appears. He’s enraged at the sight of goku and it’s up to us to stop him and help vegeta on his quest for redemption and glory. 

Having put a stop to Broly's chaos, we get to see Vegeta's emotional farewell to Goten and Trunks. With a quick embrace, he knocks them both unconscious. Then, Vegeta transforms back into his true self, a family man and a loyal friend. Filled with regret and sorrow, he gives Majin Buu and himself a swift and painless death via Final Explosion. We cut back to the time patrol hq to find trunks watching the scroll after we fixed the timeline.. The pain in Trunks' heart is palpable as he watches his father die a hero after watching gohan.. his friend and hero die, knowing that he is powerless to stop it. That its a canon event and it has to happen. It's heartbreaking to see him go through this again, to see the aftermath of a tragedy that he couldn't prevent. but time is of the essence, (heh). 

Without a moment to pause for mourning because we didnt get to fix the timeline completely and Buu survived final explosion, which happened in the correct timeline, but something is off. But, we must take on Buu's rampage immediately. We quickly learn why the timeline isnt fixed, he's been granted new power to him by Mira and Towa, and he's proving to be a dangerous force to be reckoned with. We split into 2 groups. Trunks goes after Mira, we correct the timeline by fighting Buu. We act swiftly, re-entering the past during the fight against Super Buu and Gotenks and Piccolo in the time chamber.  It much like in the canon timeline is a quick fight however. As the plot progresses, we continue to the epic battle between Gohan and Super Buu, skipping to when they clash. Despite the fanbase calling Gohan weak in this arch.. He's pretty powerful. 

The fight with Super buu goes as planned, Gohan and I lay into him, but the timeline has been altered too dramatically as we're hit with a heavy blow. Brolly has been brought into the timeline, not only is he a powerful threat on his own, hes been enhanced by Mira and Towa, increasing his power level to newer heights. I wont lie, the fight with Brolly was extremely hard, but we powered through, clashing and smashing into the hulking super sayajin. But Brolly might be the devil, but were a devil buster as we defeat him. But were not done fixing this timeline yet, as were dragged quite literally into hell. Dragonball has a few different layers of hell. one with flowing Lava and demonic strong men tell you to be nice to eachother, and a third hell. one where everything is a floating colorful rock thing. i originally called it purgatory in my review of Fusion reborn. 

Speaking of Fusion Reborn. Were met with Mira and Towa's last resort of movie characters as Jinemba attacks. after we dodge his attack, we look to see Trunks laying on the ground injured. as we fight against the fiendish fusion, were given an unlikely aid. Vegeta fresh from the judgement line after his final explosion attacks Jinemba, shooting him with a gigantic ki blast vanishing Jinemba into dust, the buu saga timeline now completely secure and unaltered we disapear before vegeta can thank us for helping him making him believe he was seeing things.  

As the Buu Saga plays out, I can't help but feel like a kid again, playing with action figures with my best friend. The absence of angst and sadness from the Android/Cell Saga makes for a much more pleasurable experience. Everything from the original story makes sense, and the added moments feel fun and exciting. It's like I'm smashing my action figures together and reliving the glory days of my childhood. But the saga isn't over yet. There's still one more issue to address - the future. We need to learn from the events of the past and use that knowledge to tackle the challenges ahead. Speaking of Challenges, without movie villains to mess with the timeline, whats Mira and Towa's next big scheme? Easy, super charge Buu a third time, this time its Kid Buu.

As we re-enter the Buu Arch's timeline we see a scene of Goku gathering Energy for his spirit bomb, a technique that has worked 0 times, but with it being the only move he has left, and our only option to defeat Buu once and for all. the fight with buu is 0 thrills as buu throws out his best moves, its up to me. the ghost of vegeta and mr. satan to slow him down. during the fight, Mr. Satan and Vegeta call out to every single living being in the world, asking, pleeding the citizens of earth to give goku their energy as we lay into buu. and thats when it happens. the scene that will book end the arch. everyone on the planet earth gives goku their energy, millions if not billions of lives on earth go into one attack. and Goku does it. he throws his Spirit Bomb at Buu, ending Kid buu's terror on earth once and for all. 

With the timeline successfully fixed, the kai of time urges us to return to headquarters, but Trunks calls out to us with an urgent message. He's found Mira and Towa's right-hand man, the Masked Saiyan, who's right behind us. We quickly give chase, but he jumps timelines, this time not into the past, but into the current future, where we witness the destruction that occurs when gods clash. As the battle of the gods rages on, we realize that our work is not yet done, and the future still needs our help. 

(side note: theres a dumb and cute sidequest where you feed bu, and the more you feed him he starts to have children, so you basically save the Majin race and its cute. the baby buus give you items you can sell to buy more food thus a cycle, the buus also evolve into different color majins and give you stuff, after a while that side quest ends with buu being a family man like mr.satan. you love to see it)

Battle of the gods arch. 

The Battle of the Gods arc doesn't ease us in, as we crash in on the middle of the epic fight between Goku and Beerus, much to Beerus's annoyance. The Masked Saiyan poses grandly before the battle as we challenge him. The Masked Saiyan proves to be an easy target as we break his mask and reveal the obvious, The Masked Sayajin is Bardock

. but villains never work alone, as Mira steps in to help him. Beerus growls in frustration as he threatens to destroy the entire universe over this small inconvenience, but the kais have anticipated this and send him a box of pudding as a peace offering to pacify the enraged purple cat man. Mira and Bardock use these distractions to escape.

Unfortunately, the pudding turned out to be disgusting, causing Goku to fall ill and angering Beerus even further. His rage becomes too much even for Whis's control, and the only way we can calm the god down is through a fight. Fighting and surviving Beerus's anger is tough, but we pull through. Although we don't achieve Super Saiyan God form out of it, we manage to calm the angry cat god's soul, which is a plus. Following our victory in the head to head fight, we tease the Kai of Time about her cooking and how bad the pudding was. After a good laugh we regroup and plan our strategy against Mira and Towa.

Victory against Beerus's fierce Feline fury is sweet but short-lived as we move on to our next challenge: resurrecting the Emperor of destruction, Frieza, and facing off against him in an epic battle. With the fate of the entire universe hanging in the balance, we must summon our greatest strength and wits to win this decisive war and restore peace to the multiverse.

Resurrection F:

As we draw closer to the end of our current timeline, a more recent event awaits us: the resurrection of the galactic tyrant lord Frieza. As the energy from the Demon Realm is being drained by Towa, we realize that she is collecting enough power to convert half the universe into evil. The parts are all coming together after learning Towa's master plan because to make matters worse, Trunks's partner and the hero of the city is missing making us severally out gunned. Without their help, we're not sure we can stop this threat before its to late. 

With no time to plan or dawdle, we have to save the Super timeline immediately, learning of Frieza's invasion with a squadron of powerful and terrifying Frieza Force members. As each member has been empowered by Towa's evil magic, they are an overwhelming force for the Z-fighters. With Goku and Vegeta off-world training with Whis and Beerus, our last hope is on Jaco and I as we step in to fight, but the battle is a simple one. Even with the extra power granted by Towa, the Frieza Force squad is no match for us

Taking on bewitched bad guy is more fun than it sounds. With every moment of fighting, he throws out some kind of snarky comment, but he's not here to banter. He's here to conquer and destroy. As he reveals his new, gold form, the sky darkens and the world forebodes the arrival of a terrible threat. Luckily, we're not alone and are aided by the new and empowered Super Saiyan God Goku with blue hair. Yet another twist occurs as Metal Cooler assists his brat of a younger brother, turning the tides once more. Thankfully, Vegeta comes to our aid and turns the situation into a 3 on 2 match up. The odds are changing all over the place, keeping us on our toes and the suspense high. We continue to take down the mechanical tyrant and manage to put the timeline back on track. Its a small victory, not a full fix but a course correction. We're suddenly pulled out of the timeline and back into the Scroll Vault. The Kai of Time appears before us and reveals a new threat that we'll need to face to complete the quest and restore the timeline to its correct path.

The canonical events and the altered timeline have merged, creating something entirely new. Frieza, desperate to gain the upper hand over the Saiyans, blows up Earth as a last-ditch effort. But Towa and Mira have already planned ahead, hijacking the Vault of Time and using a devious trick to lure Beerus and Whis to the Time Patrol HQ. With no Whis and Beerus to rewind time and offer a second chance to the heroes, the timeline has been permanently altered. Luckily, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Beerus and Whis join the search for Towa and Mira, at least temporarily. 

Thankfully, Whis is kind enough to enter the altered timeline and re-wind time similarly to how he did in the canon events giving us a chance to fight off Frieza and Cooler right as towa blesses them with power.. As we beat down Cooler and Frieza with the help of Vegeta and Goku. goku and vegeta thanking me; goku even comments on how this feels like he’s seen us, and I’m not permanently 8 years old, goku is my friend and we’re defeating frieza it’s perfect. Whis and Beerus thank us for the help. but leave.. well after bullying the kai of time some more first. Finishing up the canonical events, now its time to enter the world of Original storyline and fanfiction as we defeat Towa and Mira and Close the book on xenoverse 2.  

As a huge fan of Dragon Ball Z, I was ecstatic to be able to play from the Saiyan Saga through the end of Resurrection F. In my head, young me would have been thrilled to see Vegeta and Goku team up with our OC to take down Cooler and Frieza. I said to myself. "8 year old me would have be dying right now". It made me think of all the nights I spent playing Budokai 2 and 3 with my best friend. My OC I created was a reflection of myself and how I saw the world. Looking back, I had the biggest smile on my face after defeating Golden Frieza, especially when I realized that it was me, my character, who did it. It made me ponder

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