Future Son Gohan

Future Son Gohan (未来の悟飯) is the alternate timeline counterpart of Son Gohan that appears in the timeline that Future Trunks lives in.

In the original manga, he appears in a special chapter titled "Trunks The History The Lone Warrior", and he also made his future debut in the Dragon Ball Z anime episode "Ghosts from Tomorrow" during one of Future Trunks' flashbacks. He would receive a much larger role later in Dragon Ball Z TV Special 2 and in the DB Super manga.

Background

"Now Gohan... what would your father do!?".

— Future Gohan questioning himself after he and Trunks are nearly killed by the androids (English Version)

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2-013 — Young Future Gohan, after he founds out that his father died from an unknown heart virus.

Future Son Gohan lived the exact same way as his mainstream present day timeline counterpart, Son Gohan. However the point of this timeline divergence with Future Gohan, and his mainstream present day timeline counterpart sadly occurred when Future Frieza arrived on planet Earth in August of Age 764. Originally, Future Goku uses his Instant Transmission technique to arrive on Earth and kill both Frieza and his father (Goku even states to Future Trunks in the main series that was what he was going to do), but the events in the series differ, as Future Trunks arrives and kills the tyrants instead of Goku, thus the timeline divergence. Future Gohan hails from the true original timeline (one without a Future Trunks coming back in time, obviously) and because of this, the timeline events that unfold are far different from those in the main anime series timeline.

After the death of his kind hearted loving father due to a lethal heart virus that had no cure at the time in Age 766, and then the murders of all the Z Fighters by the two androids on May 12th, Age 767, Future Gohan's life is altered drastically. It is presumed that these events are what first sparked Gohan's transformation into a Super Saiyan, but it is never truly shown.

Over the next course of the following thirteen years, Gohan trains himself to be able to take down the androids, and over time, develops a close relationship to Trunks, the son of Vegeta and Bulma. As the last remaining Z Fighter, he continuously takes it upon himself to just challenge the two androids, even though he is outnumbered and outclassed. Gohan becomes a Super Saiyan sometime during the years-long struggle against the two androids. In the special, Trunks also states that being a half-Saiyan hybrid like himself, Gohan must understand how he feels about not being able to stop the two androids, and while he does, Gohan still states that Trunks is currently an emotional wreck like he was when he was not allowed to train and fight with his father or friends.

Future Gohan's first true appearance in the special is his arrival at a city the androids had just recently attacked, thirteen years after the Z Fighters had been killed. He encounters Future Trunks in the ruins of the city, and after hearing his plea to learn to fight, Gohan agrees to take him under his wing.

During a day of relaxation from training, the androids attack the theme park Super World while Gohan and

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2-386 — Gohan wakes up from his injuries while asking where the androids are.

Trunks happen to be flying overhead. The two quickly head toward the park to battle the androids. Upon arrival, Gohan instructs Trunks to stay out of the fight. Gohan then battles with Android 17, transforms into his Super Saiyan form and despite a few lucky hits from Android 17, Gohan quickly gains the upper-hand. However, Android 18 soon intervenes and Gohan finds himself quickly overwhelmed. In an attempt to assist Gohan, Trunks desperately rushes in only to be quickly defeated by Android 18.

However, before Android 18 can deliver a powerful energy blast to the young warrior, Gohan rushes in and takes the attack for him, thus saving Trunks' life. Gohan then carries the unconscious Trunks while trying to find a place to hide. He is successful in hiding until the androids decide to bomb the entire area in hopes of driving them out. Gohan however manages to protect Trunks and stay hidden, but at the cost of his right arm, in which is completely blown off in the bombing.

Merely one Senzu Bean remains in Gohan's bag and rather than use it to restore his arm, he chooses to give it to Trunks, which saves him from near death. Trunks awakes a moment later and brings the unconscious Gohan back to Capsule Corporation where Bulma treats his wounds. After Gohan's injuries heal, the two resume their training. Trunks, pushing ever closer to becoming a Super Saiyan, quickly begins to improve day by day.

"Sorry about that Trunks, but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if anything happened to you. This is my battle for now little brother, you're not quite ready yet. I can feel them all crying down there Trunks, that's why I have to go! I know you'll understand someday. See ya later kid...".

— Future Gohan saying goodbye to the unconscious Trunks (English Version)

Some time later on, during a day of training and relaxing, the nearby Pepper Town is attacked by the

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2-542 — Future Son Gohan's death

androids. Gohan prepares himself for battle, only to see young Trunks begging to fight along side him. Gohan seemingly accepts, only to knock Trunks out to avoid the young warrior from being nearly killed again, or worse. The one-armed Gohan seals his final fate when he flies into the city alone and ambushes the androids. Despite his handicap, Gohan puts up a long, suspenseful fight against the combined power of the androids.

As Gohan tries his hardest to keep his defenses up, he is ganged up on and knocked down into the city streets below, before the androids launch energy blasts just like a machine gun from the sky, thus killing him outright. Trunks awakens soon after when his mentor's energy depletes. He then searches the city, only to find Gohan's dead body laying in a pool of blood and water. His rage then bursts out, and he transforms into a Super Saiyan for the first time.

Personality

Like his present day mainstream self's personality as a young child, in his childhood, Future Gohan lacked the fighting spirit of his father, and as a fighter, he is mostly a coward and is a shy little boy, was gentle of heart, and a pacifist in nature, but when enraged for seeing his friends hurt, his hidden dormant potential briefly revealed itself, he was also intensely focused in his studies, until the time his father died of the heart virus and the invasion of the androids and the murder of his friends, especially his mentor Future Piccolo, which is the period of the time divergence, and the period that dramatically changed him for the rest of his life.

Due to the apocalyptic world that he spent the latter half of his life in, Future Gohan is shown being very serious and more aggressive than his present day timeline counterpart, but he does retain his calm and joking nature, much like his father. Future Gohan is shown to be in quite a bit of pain and massive stress after all the years of challenging the androids alone, and has a sort of "do or die" type of attitude.

However numerous times he appears to hide it, let go, and just enjoy life for what it is worth, most memorable when telling Future Trunks to forget about becoming a Super Saiyan until he knows he is ready (in the anime special). Future Gohan also is incredibly close to Future Trunks, and appears to even think of him as his surrogate little brother. He also appears to be deeply angered by the deaths of his close friends, in which is told out loud to Future Trunks by stating that he remembers back then to how the androids killed his late mentor, Future Piccolo, and his late best friend, Future Kuririn, when transforming into a Super Saiyan.

Although he once shared the same dream as his mainstream counterpart of becoming a scholar, due to the apocalyptic event that took place, Future Gohan presumably never went to school to fulfill that dream. It is assumed he spent all of his time training and pondering ways in which to stop the androids, making him a complete warrior instead of the scholar his present timeline counterpart becomes in late Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball GT. But Future Gohan said to Future Bulma that he always dream of being strong like his father meaning he never wanted to be a scholar anyway. However, he is never able to receive the ample training with Goku like his present timeline counterpart does, and therefore, is never able to reach anywhere near his full potential, which leads to miserable defeats, and ultimately his death, against the weaker Androids of the future.

In Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2, it is revealed that he is still highly intelligent like his main timeline counterpart, being able to quickly figure out that the Trunks that assisted him is from the future. He was also able to learn that his fateful encounter with the androids has a purpose. He realizes that there should not be anyone as powerful as the Future Warrior living on Earth, as he would have already noticed them by that point, therefore causing him to wonder where they came from.

Later on in the Unknown History Saga, when Xeno Trunks alters the course of history for this timeline so that Future Gohan actually destroys the androids, Gohan mentions that he is looking forward to taking a break and enjoying the peace but he will still defend and protect the world with Xeno Trunks, officially taking over his father's role in the greatly altered future timeline.

While working as an Instructor in Conton City as part of the Masters Pack DLC, if the Future Warrior trains under his Present counterpart and Videl, Future Gohan will learn they are training under his main timeline counterpart and is actually comforted by the fact that there is a different more peaceful version of events out there, showing that he is happy to hear that his counterpart did not go through the same things he had to and was able to live a peaceful life. Additionally his special dialogue with Great Saiyaman, he notes that it looks like his counterpart is having a blast and apparently has no problem with his counterpart's goofy alter-ego, indicating that while they have different personalities, they still share some of the same tastes and Future Gohan may have or would have been more like his counterpart if he had grown up in more peaceful times.

Appearance

Future Gohan appears as a tall, stern, and young muscular man. He also dons a uniform greatly resembling that of Goku's early uniform, and states that he is inspired to wear it in the hopes that he will one day be as strong as he was. The only differences between his uniform and Goku's is that the sleeves are longer on his, his boots are a dark blue with yellowish stripes on the bottom edges and without the line running in the middle of the boots from top to bottom, and he also wears his own kanji symbol on the back, Han, 飯. Bulma even states that Gohan resembles Goku when wearing this uniform. His hair is cut much shorter, somewhat resembling the haircut his alternate past counterpart had when fighting with Cell, only it was more grown into because Future Gohan was a full grown adult. He also obtains a scar that runs down the left side of his face, the after effect of an injury sustained during a battle with the androids that also cost him his right arm.

When Future Gohan was revived in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Another Road, Gohan's missing arm was restored yet he retained his scar.

Abilities

Dbztrunks-030 — Future Gohan battles the androids.

Before his eventual death, Future Gohan is arguably the most powerful warrior left on Earth. In the manga when Future Trunks attained his Super Saiyan form, he struggled against Future Gohan's base form. He is shown to be able to take on the two androids all alone. However, the combined strength of both androids overwhelms him to the point of his eventual defeat. Within the original manga, Android 17 even claims he only had to use half of his power when he killed Future Gohan.

In the History of Trunks, Gohan seemed to have gotten stronger via Zenkai as he was able to hold his own against both androids for some time despite having one arm, unlike their last encounter in which he could not hold his own at all with both his arms. Before Future Trunks departs to the past, Future Bulma tells him that he is only about as strong as Future Gohan was at the time of his death.

Flight

The ability to fly with the use of ki. Gohan uses this skill in Dragon Ball Z TV Special 2, when he makes his first appearance as an adult 12 years later after his father, Future Son Goku, die from a heart virus, including when all the Z Warriors were kill by the androids a year later.

Intercept

A counterattack used by Future Gohan where he teleports behind the opponent to deliver a kick to his chin.

Masenko

A yellow wave of ki shot from one hand on top of the other. Future Gohan uses this technique in an episode flashback and in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 as one of his Blast 2 attacks in his base form (he only uses his right hand in the video game for this attack though). In the 8th Dragon Ball Z Movie, Future Trunks is shown using the Masenko with the present Gohan as Super Saiyans, suggesting that it may have been the Future Gohan who taught him the move.

Kamehameha

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2 481 — Future Gohan fires a Kamehameha wave.

A blue and white energy blast. This attack is seemingly taught to him by his father. Future Gohan uses the Kamehameha in the special when he battles the androids the second time. He also uses the Super Kamehameha variation in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 in his base form as his Ultimate Blast. Ironically, he uses it one-handed (due to loss of his left arm), making it reminiscent to the implementation of his younger counterpart's Father-Son Kamehameha.

Super Explosive Wave

A wave of energy more powerful than the simple explosive wave. Future Gohan's version of the Super Explosive Wave looks very similar to Piccolo's Hyper Explosive Demon Wave. It is used by Future Gohan in his base form in Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Raging Blast 2.

Evil Barrier

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2-469 — Future Gohan uses an energy shield.

A green energy shield, Gohan used this ability against the androids and in the third Budokai Tenkaichi game in his Super Saiyan form.

Full Power Charge

One of Future Gohan's Blast 1.

Power up to the Very Limit

One of Future Gohan's Blast 1 in his Super Saiyan form.

Down Burst

Screenshotsdbztvspecial2-454 — Future Gohan prepares his counterattack.

A counterattack used by Future Gohan where he fires an energy sphere to the ground in order to get away from his opponents.

Burning Attack

Used in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road. This move is originally used by Future Trunks in the manga/anime.

Fierce Combination

Future Gohan's Ultimate Technique in video games. The attacks performed in this rush are taken from his fight with the Androids and his younger counterpart's fight with the Cell Jrs. and Super Perfect Cell in the main timeline.

Gekiretsu Madan

One of Future Gohan's Blast 2 attacks in his Super Saiyan form. Called Hyper Masenko in Raging Blast 2.

Special Beam Cannon

A purple and yellow ki wave shot from two fingers. He never used this technique in the anime or much less the manga, where we never even see him attempt a blast, but it is apparent that it may have been taught to him by Future Piccolo. Future Gohan uses this technique in the third Tenkaichi game and the second Raging Blast game while in his Super Saiyan form.

Gekiretsu Madan

One of Future Gohan's Blast 2 attacks in his Super Saiyan form. Called Hyper Masenko in Raging Blast 2.

Burning Attack

Used in Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road.

Power up to the Very Limit

One of Future Gohan's Blast 1 in his Super Saiyan form.

Rise to Action

After the 1.09.00 Update in Xenoverse 2, it can be added to his custom skillset through Partner Customization.

Evil Eyes

After the 1.09.00 Update in Xenoverse 2, it can be added to his custom skillset through Partner Customization.