<p>Pilaf gang made the wish just before Piccolo were killed by the androids.</p>

<p>Toriyama's <em>Dragon Ball</em> manga and both <em>Dragon Ball Z</em> and <em>Dragon Ball Super</em> anime adaptations didn't cover that event IIRC, but Toyotaro did in a special chapter of his manga (in Vol. 2). <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Extra_Edition_1_(Dragon_Ball_Super_manga)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">According to Dragon Ball Wiki</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In the <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_timeline" rel="nofollow noreferrer">future timeline</a>, <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Android_17" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Android 17</a> and <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Android_18" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Android 18</a> are battling the future <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Team" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dragon Team</a>, and <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Goku" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Goku</a> is dead - having died from the <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Heart_Virus" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Heart Virus</a>. <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Bulma" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Bulma</a> and <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Gohan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Gohan</a> are flying in a capsule ship and notice the <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_(object)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dragon Balls</a> have been activated. <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Pilaf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Pilaf</a> wishes for himself and the rest of his gang to be reverted to their youth - as babies, and Future Bulma arrives too late to stop them from making a wish. The Dragon Balls then drop down as stone, as <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Piccolo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Piccolo</a> has died. Future Gohan screams in anguish at Future Piccolo's death. The baby <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Trunks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Trunks</a> and the baby <a href="https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Mai" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Future Mai</a> notice each other as baby Future Pilaf plans to escape.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8SviT.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8SviT.jpg" alt="Dragon Ball Super CH15.5 P1"></a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/jxjGo.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jxjGo.jpg" alt="Dragon Ball Super CH15.5 P2"></a></p>

<p>It's assumed that something similar happened offscreen in the main timeline.</p>

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<h2>The question</h2>

<p>Why Mai from the Future Trunks timeline is younger than what she should've been? </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0TXX3.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0TXX3.png" alt="from wikia 1"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8fZ1a.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8fZ1a.png" alt="from wikia 2"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KnGgC.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KnGgC.png" alt="from wikia 3"></a></p>

<h2>The problem</h2>

<p>In the future Trunks timeline the Dragon Balls have been destroyed, during the Android Saga, the Pilaf Gang should not be able to wish for youth.</p>

<p>Her appearance in the future timeline, appears to be younger than what she should've been at that age. She even appears to be younger than what she was in Dragon Ball.</p>

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How/Why did Mai from the future Trunks, in Dragon Ball Super get young?
# How/Why did Mai from the future Trunks, in Dragon Ball Super get young?
Posted by: username_0 on 2019-07-27
## The question

Why Mai from the Future Trunks timeline is younger than what she should've been?

[![from wikia 1](https://i.sstatic.net/0TXX3.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0TXX3.png)
[![from wikia 2](https://i.sstatic.net/8fZ1a.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8fZ1a.png)
[![from wikia 3](https://i.sstatic.net/KnGgC.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KnGgC.png)

## The problem

In the future Trunks timeline the Dragon Balls have been destroyed, during the Android Saga, the Pilaf Gang should not be able to wish for youth.

Her appearance in the future timeline, appears to be younger than what she should've been at that age. She even appears to be younger than what she was in Dragon Ball.
**Tags:** dragon-ball-super dragon-ball dragon-ball-manga
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2019-07-29. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
Pilaf gang made the wish just before Piccolo were killed by the androids.

Toriyama's *Dragon Ball* manga and both *Dragon Ball Z* and *Dragon Ball Super* anime adaptations didn't cover that event IIRC, but Toyotaro did in a special chapter of his manga (in Vol. 2). [According to Dragon Ball Wiki](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Extra_Edition_1_(Dragon_Ball_Super_manga)):

> In the [future timeline](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Alternate_timeline), [Future Android 17](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Android_17) and [Future Android 18](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Android_18) are battling the future [Dragon Team](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Team), and [Future Goku](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Goku) is dead - having died from the [Heart Virus](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Heart_Virus). [Future Bulma](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Bulma) and [Future Gohan](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Gohan) are flying in a capsule ship and notice the [Dragon Balls](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_(object)) have been activated. [Future Pilaf](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Pilaf) wishes for himself and the rest of his gang to be reverted to their youth - as babies, and Future Bulma arrives too late to stop them from making a wish. The Dragon Balls then drop down as stone, as [Future Piccolo](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Piccolo) has died. Future Gohan screams in anguish at Future Piccolo's death. The baby [Future Trunks](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Trunks) and the baby [Future Mai](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Mai) notice each other as baby Future Pilaf plans to escape.

[![Dragon Ball Super CH15.5 P1](https://i.sstatic.net/8SviT.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8SviT.jpg)

[![Dragon Ball Super CH15.5 P2](https://i.sstatic.net/jxjGo.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/jxjGo.jpg)

It's assumed that something similar happened offscreen in the main timeline.
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