It seems that while Mai has developed a crush on Future Trunks, the present Trunks is starting to develop a crush on her. It has to be one of the weirder love triangles out there, but it is kind of endearing seeing young Trunks try to catch Mai's attention. He even goes so far as to pick up a hand saw and sling it over his shoulder like Future Trunks' sheathed sword. While you kind of wish the two Trunks' had more time on screen together, it is nice to see that Future Trunks' presence is sparking some evolution of the main timeline's Trunks and growing his character.
For Future Trunks' part, he goes to Gohan's. His intent is to thank his mentor for the influence he had, but things take a turn. The episode does give us a flashback to when Trunks turned Super Saiyan, reminding us of the impact that Gohan had. It marks the first flashback where Trunks' hair was altered. Up until now, they stuck with the original purple, but it seems that, rather than just use footage from the movie, they decided to reanimate the sequence for the purpose of this show in order to give him blue hair. It's simultaneously more consistent and less. Not a big deal, but still notable and a little on the odd side.
The last time Trunks saw Gohan, it was during the fight with Cell, where the young Gohan had just hit a new height in terms of power. As such, he's rather thrown to see the dorky dad that Gohan has become.
Once again, Pan steals the show just by being adorable. She gets a chance to play with everyone with varying degrees of success. It's all endearing as all get out, though. Whether Trunks' inability to control Pan was a dig at GT or not is left up to the viewer. On the one hand, you could see it as a stretch, but I suppose you could see it that way. At the very least, it sets things up for a potential time skip where the two (or at least Present Day Trunks and Pan) can bond more effectively than they did here.
The dinner, pleasant as it is, wasn't what Trunks was expecting, but it does actually work to his benefit. As he notes, it's a reminder of what he's fighting for. It didn't seem like determination was a problem for him; but between the androids and Black, you can't blame him for forgetting what a peaceful life looks like. Judging by the dreams we see, Trunks needed the positive boost. He still seems to be suffering from some PTSD regarding what Black has done.
On a similar note, we see why Vegeta was so ticked last episode. In hindsight, it was kind of obvious (or should have been anyway,) but it still makes perfect sense. Black killed Bulma, hence the fury. The episode doesn't put too much focus on it. We just see one scene where Vegeta is training in the gravity room, but it was a nice touch.
If you were looking for more clues about Black's identity, this episode offers next to nothing. He doesn't even really appear, barring Future Trunks' nightmares. Normally, I'd cite this as a bad thing, as I think Black has been a fantastic villain; but given how light and fluffy this episode is, it's for the best that he sits this one out. His presence really wouldn't have fit.
The only thing we do get on that front comes from Beerus and Whis, who conclude that Black's energy feels like it comes from Universe 10, thus they (along with Goku) set out to investigate. We do see that green Kai, who has appeared in the credits, make an appearance. Said Kai has no lines of dialogue so we can't draw any conclusions. It also has both earrings, so the seemingly obvious connection seems like it can be dismissed for now. Seeing as all we see the Kai doing is push a cart, we can't even tell if it's good or bad. I suppose that's what the next episode is for.
Judging by the title of said episode, it looks like next week's episode is going to be a whammy. Questions will be answered and the nature of Black will be revealed. It should be a good one.
Truth be told, I was hoping for more of that this week, but I enjoyed what we got here. The characters are all so nice and have such pleasant dispositions that it's hard to hate. Technically, this probably does fall under the category of "filler", but this was the good kind of filler.
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