Why did Bulma fag?

[dbboxkaifan]

This.



I don't have anything against people who fag nor do I like it but why on Dragon Ball's World?

I think there was also another smoker.

[DBZAOTA482]

Vegeta

Although he's not half the handfull Goku is.

[dprez]

lol fag. Are you from Great Britain?

Who wouldn't need a smoke every now and then when Vegeta is your husband.

[Dorexx]

Stress.

[TripleRach]

Her father is a smoker. She probably picked up the habit from him.

[the_abberration]

Obviously she picked up the habit from her father.
I also think it was a way to show she had matured and moved into the role her father may have had before. Also, nothing is cooler than watching a character from your favorite show smoking a cigerrette. Right kids??

Seriously, don't smoke kids!!

[Son_Gohan]

There was actually a title page where she's drawn smoking earlier in the series. But I guess since she was only 16 then, it was edited out of the Kanzenban release.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Blooma smoked for the same reasons that people do IRL. Stress, addiction, relief, whatever.

That's like asking, "Why did Muten Roushi drink beer?"

[VegettoEX]

Smoking was (and still is to a lesser extent... though I'll let someone like Julian or kei go into more authoritative detail) incredibly pervasive at that time in Japan, as well. Nothing like the stigma attached and lopped onto it like we had/have in the US.

[Akumaito Beam]

You now realize Bulma smelled like stale cigarette smoke to everyone around her. I hope this enriches your reading experience.

[OzzyApu]

In universe: I just took it as relief from stress and picking it up from her dad. Both points already made.
Out of universe: Toriyama + Japanese culture

I also recall seeing a scene during the Cell arc of Muten Roshi smoking.

[dbboxkaifan]

Smoking was (and still is to a lesser extent... though I'll let someone like Julian or kei go into more authoritative detail) incredibly pervasive at that time in Japan, as well. Nothing like the stigma attached and lopped onto it like we had/have in the US.

I tried smoking for a day or two, nothing happen, just meh.

[Majin Boo]

Since when is fag a verb (of this meaning)?

[dbboxkaifan]

Since when is fag a verb (of this meaning)?

In UK people call cigarettes as fags, something which is offensive to say in US.

My ex-teacher once asked me if I wanted to go fag with him but I don't smoke so I just said no. He'd make the fags instead of buying already done. Haven't seen him for couple of years now.

[DarkPrince_92]

Lmao, "fag". Anyway it's better than being a pothead....I've tried weed and don't see the appeal or why people constantly use it. If anything it burns the crap out of your throat.

[Gonstead]

You now realize Bulma smelled like stale cigarette smoke to everyone around her. I hope this enriches your reading experience.

So THAT'S why Goku and Vegeta's families got seperated.

Damn you Bulma!

[VegettoEX]

Are we seriously going to literally type out childish chuckles because someone from another region used the legitimate word from their region to refer to something?

Let's not. Thanks .

[DarkPrince_92]

It was a Peter from Family Guy moment, I had to . Anyway, from movies I've seen and other experiences, the term it isn't new.

[Hujio]

Toriyama himself was an avid smoker, and often commented that he should stop, saying he would go through a couple packs a day. So I've never really been too surprised that some of the characters in Dragon Ball, and many of his other series, smoked. Although it's never overpowering to any scene, it's just something one of them is doing casually while talking. And as Mike mentioned, it was a habit that was incredibly pervasive at that time in Japan.

[dario03]

I thought it was a older term that had fallen out of use in Jolly ol' England-land. Is that not the case?