Talk:Resilient Will to Protect the Future Trunks (Teen) (Future)/@comment-33108122-20191111111441/@comment-33108122-20191111205814

Im sorry, but you couldnt be more wrong here. Trunks going back in time is what creates the split. Him going back creates it, as it also creates a new time ring. That's what the time travel is greatly frowned upon by the Gods and Angels. This aspect is all memtioned in Super at the beginning of the Black arc. So with Cell; the reason Cell doesnt create a new universe when he uses the machine is because he's using the same data as what Trunks would, if Cell had traveled to a different time, it would have created a whole new set of universes 1-12 and a brand new time ring. If Trunks hadn't used the machine in the first place, everything would have played out like it did in Trunks' timeline.

Your explanation about the differences is nothing but art directions, and lazy character development, nothing more.