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Goku and Bulma

Post by ABED » Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:30 am

I can't put my finger on why, but I love their dynamic. I feel it's underutilized later in DB's run. What say you all?
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by sintzu » Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:33 am

I did notic that as DB started to focus more on fighting his interactions with her got less as she couldn't fight so she was usually left behind unlike before where she could go with him such as the 2 times they looked for the dragon balls.
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Post by Super_Divine_Genki » Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:15 am

Yeah, even though the interactions become more infrequent as the series progresses (very much limited during the Boo arc for understandable reasons), I like how there's always that mutual understanding between the two. No matter how much time passes, they seem to understand each other better than anyone. I mean, Bulma puts more faith in Goku than she does her own husband to get things done!

I like that little moment on Namek in the anime when Bulma is regretting a bit about passing up Goku because of the way that he turned out. Maybe that's why she was so quick about igniting sparks with Vegeta later on, especially with her knowing that he is/was the Saiya-jin prince.

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Post by Taisa732 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:37 am

Yes! Glad I'm not the only one that loves there dynamic.
I always see there relationship like an older sister that constantly has to look after her little brother who is getting into trouble.
If there is one thing I mess during Z is Bulma and Goku's interaction, so glad that Super gave them some attention. Episode 17 is one of my favourite because of how much screen time they have together.
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by KBABZ » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:25 pm

For me the pairing of Goku and Bulma is very much a case of uneducated but outgoing country bumpkin with a strong punch with a knowledgeable but easily scared/grossed out city girl who can't fight for s***.

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Post by Lord Beerus » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:26 pm

Goku and Bulma have sensational chemistry. They playoff each other so well. Right off the bat when they first met, they just gelled together so well despite their contrasting attitudes and beliefs. Some of the best personal interactions in Dragon Ball comes from the early chapters of Dragon Ball with Goku and Bulma.

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Post by DragonBallFoodie » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:13 pm

They were like a young brother and an older sister IMO. Very lovable and fun.
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by TobyS » Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:04 am

DragonBallFoodie wrote:They were like a young brother and an older sister IMO. Very lovable and fun.
This it's why I hate seeing em shipped.

I also actually like better the extended Yamcha/Bulma +Goku trio, ( in which Oolong, Puar and Kuririn can be added on to.)

Like a little family, or group of siblings. Kuririn got to keep in Goku's orbit but Yamcha suffered by Toriyama splitting up of Yamcha/Bulma so he could use her to breed super saiyans. Puar went with Yamcha and Oolong was both sidelined during this process by not being a fighter or a scientist and so on...

But yeah I like a lot if super characters actually like Beerus, but to me the Dragonball gang will always be.

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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by KBABZ » Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:49 am

TobyS wrote:But yeah I like a lot if super characters actually like Beerus, but to me the Dragonball gang will always be.

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That's how I feel too. For me, the Dragon Ball Gang is Goku, Bulma, Master Roshi, Oolong, Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, Launch, Tien and Chiaotzu (with the minor addition of Turtle). You can add Gohan too thanks to the Namek arc. The Z Warriors is a different but still connected group of explicit fighters rather than adventurers, who are made up of Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Modern Trunks and Goten, with the possible addition of Master Roshi. For me they were first "formed" in the Daimao arc, but we obviously know them best from Saiyan onwards.

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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by The S » Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:26 pm

I feel the dynamic became incredibly underutilized in Z, especially once she got with Vegeta. There are a few instances when we're reminded of the relationship, but she's literally his first friend ever, and their interactions as such happen so infrequent that people often forget it.
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Post by Son Perfect » Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:44 pm

It's a shame Vegeta came in the picture. I felt if Toriyama kept Goku 14 from the start, he could have had a potential relationship with Bulma. Maybe the little monkey boy could been tamed by the spoiled city girl. ;^)
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by ulisa » Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:28 pm

I’ve always loved these two interacting. When Goku is young, it’s such an awesome contrast to see a city girl with this wild savage. Bulma is definitely not the best person, but she improves over the course of the series which I like to see reflected in how she interacts. They definitely have a sibling type relationship.

Having said that though, I wouldn’t have been opposed if they’d wound up together romantically either. Any time they play off one another, it’s awesome so it just would have been another fun situation to watch. Personally, as crazy as Bulma can get, I always thought she showed more respect to Goku than ChiChi but that’s a whole other topic.

Bulma having been Goku’s first human contact/friend outside his grandfather gives her a special type of bond I think, at least on some level.
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by Thanos » Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:54 pm

Yeah, it’s definitely a great dynamic. The shipping wouldn’t make sense at all—especially her being older and already super worldly compared to Goku when they met... it would almost be creepy. And I really like Goku’s reluctant naive marriage as is.
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by ABED » Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:01 pm

She's older, but only by 4 years. Not saying they make for a great couple, though.
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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by KBABZ » Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:54 pm

I maintain the idea that Goku accompanying Bulma as she attends high school would make for at the VERY least a fun side-story.

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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by PerhapsTheOtherOne » Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:02 pm

Like TFS said in one of their DBcember countdowns, the whole franchise started with these two.

Besides Krillin, Bulma is arguably Goku's most beloved best friend.

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Re: Goku and Bulma

Post by Robo4900 » Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:00 pm

PerhapsTheOtherOne wrote:Like TFS said in one of their DBcember countdowns, the whole franchise started with these two.

Besides Krillin, Bulma is arguably Goku's most beloved best friend.
Kuririn is his best friend, Bulma is his oldest friend. :)
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