The same is true in Dragon Ball Super and if it wasn’t for Future Trunks’ heads up about Goku Black, Goku and friends would be in much worse shape than they are now. “I Will Defend the World!” plays even harder into this overall theme as it illustrates just how driven Future Trunks is to kill Goku Black. He doesn’t just want to help out with Goku Black’s end; he believes that it’s his job to finish. This episode pushes Future Trunks one step closer to that destiny and underscores just how grand this obsession of his is.

After the big fight that took place in the previous episode, “I Will Defend the World!”” takes its time to regroup and relish the quiet downtime. The team finally get a chance to catch their breath, so they use this opportunity to recover and figure out a new plan (although what was the point of all of those Senzu Beans if they weren’t even going to use all of them?). This slower tempo is a nice change of pace after how hectic the past few installments have been, but Future Trunks is still left to do a lot of the heavy lifting by himself in his own timeline.

“I Will Defend the World!”” begins with an exciting introduction that’s all about making a spectacle out of Future Trunks’ fancy new “Super Trunks” form. The new plateau of power makes quite the splash in this episode and even though it feels like some updated version of Ultra Super Saiyan (something that Trunks also helped pioneer), it seems to hold some tremendous power. In this new form Future Trunks somehow seems to be at an even level with Goku Black. Trunks hurts Goku Black more than anyone else has been able to so far and he actually gets the guy on the defensive.

It might seem kind of ridiculous that Super Trunks would be as strong as Super Saiyan Blue Goku or Vegeta, but this episode is all about giving Future Trunks his moment to shine. Maybe his incredible rage in this moment allows him to do a better job than he normally would. Super Trunks is so confident in his ability that he actually uses the opportunity to act as an exit for Goku, Vegeta, and Bulma to retreat back home.

Vegeta and Goku aren’t very happy about running away from this battle, but they don’t have much of a choice here. Despite Goku Black and Zamasu’s efforts, the gang safely makes it into the time machine and are able to go into reconnaissance mode back in their own timeline.