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Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining
Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks (Japanese:
絶望への反抗!! 残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス, Rōmaji: Zetsubō e no Hankō!! Nokosareta Chō-Senshi "
Gohan to Torankusu) is an hour-long TV-Special (#2) that is part of the
Dragon Ball
Z series of anime. Originally released in
Japan on February 24, 1993, between episodes 174 and 175.
FUNimation's title is The History of Trunks & Bridge
Entertainment's title is Gohan and Trunks. It tells the story
of Future
Trunks. It is unique among Dragon Ball movies/specials since it
is actually based from a brief chapter in the manga, called Trunks The
History - The Lone Warrior. The special changes several key plot
points for drama (such as that in the manga Trunks was capable of
turning Super
Saiyan before Gohan's death).
The film opens with Goku's death and the death of the
Z-Fighters at the hands of Androids
#17 and #18, who are unable to come back
because the Dragon
Balls are permanently unusable due to
Piccolo's death. The TV Special
moves into the future where Trunks is 13 years old and 23-year old adult
Gohan is the only one able to stand
against the Androids, ever since he became a Super Saiyan after witnessing the
deaths of the other Z-fighters. Gohan trains Trunks in fighting and power, who
comes very close to becoming a Super Saiyan as well. One day, The Androids
attack an amusement park, where Gohan and Trunks come to the aid of the people.
#17 takes on Gohan while #18 sits back and watches. Gohan transforms into a
Super Saiyan and, despite a few lucky hits by #17, quickly takes control of the
fight.
However, #18 joins the fight and begins to beat Gohan.
Trunks, though no match for the Androids, comes to the rescue and takes on #18.
He manages to fight her for a minute before he is defeated, but Gohan saves him
from death, and they both hide in the debris. #17 and #18, unable to find them,
figure they left but blow the park up anyway. Gohan and Trunks survive the
blast but at the cost of Gohan's left arm. Gohan recovers and resumes training
Trunks. The training is stopped short when the androids attack the Capitol.
Trunks wants to fight, but Gohan knocks him unconscious because he couldn't
afford for Trunks to get hurt again like before. The one-armed Gohan ambushes
#17, and despite his handicap, puts up a long and suspenseful fight against the
androids, but meets his end when the androids knock him to the ground and shoot
ki blasts like a machine gun from the sky. Trunks is awakened when Gohan's ki
vanishes. Upon searching the city, Trunks finds Gohan's dead body. The rage
from within him is unleashed and Trunks transforms into a Super
Saiyan.
The story moves forwards three years later and Trunks
is now 16 years old. While Bulma
is working on the time machine, Trunks goes off to fight
the Androids. Trunks barely puts up a fight and is eventually beaten by the
merely-toying Androids. He miraculously survives a large blast of ki from
Android #18. Trunks awakens in his house with his mother Bulma by his side.
After a brief talk, he decides to go in the time machine (once it's finally
ready, which is about six months to a single year later) to give the heart
medicine to Goku.
After returning from his trip to the past, Trunks
happens to come across the Androids again who expect another vapid fight.
Trunks does better, but still needs to improve, and decides to return to the
past once again, six months to one year later, to see how the battle with the
Androids turned out.
The aforementioned manga version was at the end of
volume 37 and the full title was: "Dragon Ball, Trunks The Story, The Lone
Warrior (Side Story)"
The following are notable differences between the
special and the manga:
- No scene with both Trunks and Gohan fighting the
Androids together.
- Trunks is already a Super Saiyan, shown when he and
Gohan are training together.
- The Androids do not gang up on Gohan, and only #17
attacks.
- There is no rain.
- Android #17 tells him that he didn't even use half
his power in their last battle.
- The viewers see a horrified look on Gohan's face in
one panel of the manga, after which the story cuts to Trunks waking and finding
his sensei's dead body. Trunks cries and slams his fists into the ground but
does not transform.
- The manga then cuts to 3 years later, where like the
special, Trunks rushes to avenge the death of everyone but fails miserably.
However the fight between Trunks and the Androids is not seen at all and it
cuts to 5 days later, where Trunks is recovering in a hospital.
The conclusion of the TV Special can be seen in the
DBZ Episode I'll protect the Future!!! Trunks-san eradicates #17,
#18 and Cell (FUNimation title: Free the
Future).
Characters not born due to the Android
events:
- Goten (Goku died of a heart
disease)
- Bra (Vegeta was killed by the
Androids)
- Marron (Krillin was killed by the
Androids and 18 never had a change of heart)
- Pan (Gohan was killed by the
Androids)
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Cast list
- Ending Theme
"青い風のHOPE" / "Aoi Kaze no HOPE" / "The Blue Winds
HOPE"
- Lyrics: Dai Satō
- Music: Chiho Kiyooka
- Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto
- Vocals: Hironobu
Kageyama
-
Song Lyrics
(The FUNimation English version includes
music by the band Dream
Theater)