As a result of Fused Zamasu not quite healing properly from the severe attacks that he takes this time around, Supreme Kai speculates that maybe this version of the villain isn’t immortal. Since half of the fused parties were mortal, maybe that bungles the whole package. Or maybe Zamasu is in an even more inconvenient situation where simply half of his body is dead and useless while the other half is immortal and lives on to fight for a little longer. It makes for an interesting development and the first real sign of a weakness, but I still think that the Evil Containment Wave would have been a better resolution here.

But in the end, perhaps it’s better that the Mafuba doesn’t work because the gang takes advantage of this moment of weakness and finally put fusion back on the table after so much denial. Believe it or not, Vegeta is still against the idea, but once Supreme Kai explains that a Potara Earring fusion that doesn’t involve a Kai will only last for one hour, so Vegeta bites the bullet and allows himself to once again share a body with his biggest frenemy. Not only is Vegito reborn once more, but the ultra-powerful fused warrior doesn’t want to waste a single minute of his hour-long time limit and turns into “Vegito Blue” almost immediately.

Vegito Blue’s appearance is particularly painful because although he does get the upper hand on Fused Zamasu, his skills cause Zamasu’s anger to mutate him in a way that would make William Birkin from Resident Evil 2 proud. It’s also a little surprising to see Zamasu get so emotional during his send-off and that he even cries over his inability to complete his Zero Mortal Plan. He does get a little melodramatic though and lines like “The world will be purified by my tears,” is a little much. Through all of this Vegito Blue makes his presence known, but because the depths of Super Saiyan Blue are such a strain, the fusion’s one-hour time limit runs out considerably sooner. There’s only like six freaking minutes of Vegito in this! Then things are back to exactly how they were before, except Zamasu is even stronger now.

You’ve got to hand it to Dragon Ball Super for not milking this opportunity and even though some seem to think the Goku Black/Zamasu fight has stalled at times, there has always been a fresh element that gets added in each episode that makes the fight more complicated. So Dragon Ball Super reluctantly gives its audience its long overdue return to Vegito, but they take it away almost immediately. That being said, every second with the character is fantastic. It’s exactly as suspenseful and exciting as it should be. It might sting pretty hard, but this blow is a little less painful considering it’s Future Trunks who gets to save the day and be the hero here. Future Trunks becomes inspired by Future Mai and somehow repairs his broken sword with his overwhelming strength. This strange moment is forgivable because what follows is some very excellent sword fighting and then Future Trunks collects everyone’s energy on the planet and essentially performs a Spirit Bomb that he then channels into his sword. Trunks then uses this ultra-powered blade to premanently slice Fused Zamasu in half. Big Bad defeated. If you squint real hard it almost looks like a fight between Link and Ganondorf.