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## The question

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

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


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How/Why did Mai from the future Trunks, in Dragon Ball Super get young?


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.stack.imgur.com/8SviT.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8SviT.jpg)

[![Dragon Ball Super CH15.5
P2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jxjGo.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jxjGo.jpg)

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


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