The most recent manga arc of Dragon Ball Superthat of Granola the survivor, introduced a new form of Ultra Instinct in Goku we’ve never seen. It has been tormenting us for months. We do not know how one differs from another and makes us guess based on what we have seen.
Fortunately that is over. Toyotaromaximum illustrator of the work of Akira Toriyama and main person in charge of the Dragon Ball manga, has decided to talk about this phenomenon and the differences Goku has given him since he first achieved it in the Tournament of Power arc.
While fighting Jiren, Goku managed to execute what Whis had explained to him so many times. Reach a state in which the Gods normally maintain it, where the body is separated from the mind and thanks to the abilities previously achieved, the physical acts independently.
Under this state he is a much more skilled and faster fighter; his hits do a lot more damage and his fighting level is better than his any Super Saiyan transformation.
But Goku doesn’t like it. He feels that he does not have the situation under control and thus has mutated Ultra Instinct into different forms. He is the one with black hair with a heavenly aura and the one with white hair very much in the style of a deity.
The differences of Goku’s Ultra Instinct
According to what the portal publishes Comic BookCiting an interview from DBS Chronicles, Toyotaro says that Goku always has a need for his own power. And besides, he doesn’t want to be calm during an intense battle.
“The reason why Goku ultimately chose to go with the black-haired form this time is because the silver-haired form cannot be maintained unless the mind remains calm. With the black-haired one, he could show his true self and still use Ultra Instinct. So, he opted for that transformation,” Toyotaro said.
And he ends by explaining: “Even if you don’t transform, like Whis, you can still be in an Ultra Instinct state, so this is not a special state of being. Rather, it would be ideal for one to be in a state of Ultra Instinct regardless of whether he is asleep or awake. I think Goku is getting closer and closer to that level.”