'Dragon Ball Super' episode 59 spoilers: Beerus strikes Zamasu but is the future really safe?

Three minutes can mean a world of difference, especially when one is in the company of gods.

Goku and company's mission to save Gowasu from Zamasu failed, or so it did the first time around. But having Whis with them meant that the god could quite easily reverse time, the same way he did during the battle with Frieza, and thus change the unfortunate outcome of the previous cycle.

Having turned back time, Zamasu's murder was instead turned into Zamasu's own death in the hands of Beerus. But did this mean that Zamasu and Black Goku's threat on the future timeline has been neutralized as well?

Future Trunks doubted it, since going by the multiverse theory the future could be a whole new separate timeline from the present and may still be under the threat of the Zamasu and the Black Goku they previously fought. Beerus tried to assure him that when gods mess with the timeline, its effect on the present will be projected all the way into the future.

This turned out to be false since the preview for the next episode titled, "Back to the Future Goku Black's True Identity Revealed!!" shows Zamasu and Black Goku still pretty much alive in Trunks' future timeline. The upcoming episode also promised to reveal the true origins of the infamous Black Goku.

Another epic battle is in the works and Attack of the Fanboy expressed concern about the all-powerful gods interfering with its outcome. As this episode clearly showed, when gods decide to meddle with the affairs on Earth, absolutely anything is possible and nobody dies except for the bad guy. The fight between Zamasu and Goku may not be as exciting as when the saiyan fighters were left to their own devices.

Meanwhile, Gojiita's translation of the 61st episode's title, "Zamasu's Ambition: The Human Elimination Plan is Divulged," did not only reveal that Zamasu is going to last for the entire 60th episode but also that he will be exposing the details of his ultimate plan of annihilating humanity.

"Dragon Ball Super" airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. JST on Fuji TV.