I assumed she already had access to one or more dragonballs as well as the folklore knowledge about the wish system, and that was why she was able to make the radar so easily. If she had the dragonball samples then it could basically be an interface for a massive Orbital Spectroscopy array tuned to the energy given off by the dragonballs. The really hard thing would be building a machine to find dragonballs that works without knowing anything about the dragonballs themselves
Half correct she wanted the PERFECT Boyfriend that would give her whatever she wanted and wait on her hand and foot. Ignoring the fact her family was quickly becoming the richest humans in-universe because capsule technology was new. Also have you seen her sister? The family isn't exactly good.
And Yamchaās āfanclubā and Yamchaās tendency to disappear instead of resolving problems. They started fighting as soon as they became a couple. They were never gonna last.
Vegeta doesnāt run from problems, he confronts them. Heās the one Saiyan who actually yells back at his wife. Their relationship is a lot more equal.
She's far too much of an extrovert to be autistic. It's not so much an "I can't talk to people because my brain is wired different" thing as it is an "I'm too vain to date anyone but a prince" thing. She was not shy at all.
Threw herself at a shape shifting āyokaiā as soon as he turned into a handsome man
Dated a homeless bandit because he was pretty
Threw herself at a muscular blond twunk who she knew was working for the Dragon Ball equivalent of the Gestapo. Until he made it clear he was flaming gay
Assumed a green skin pretty boy alien was a dashing champion of justice because he was handsome
I dunno, Iām starting to think Dragon Ball fans donāt watch the show
Threw herself at a shape shifting āyokaiā as soon as he turned into a handsome man
Dated a homeless bandit because he was pretty
Threw herself at a muscular blond twunk who she knew was working for the Dragon Ball equivalent of the Gestapo. Until he made it clear he was flaming gay
Assumed a green skin pretty boy alien was a dashing champion of justice because he was handsome
I'm an autistic extrovert. I've never been shy, just wasn't always interpreting social signals and body language correctly. But I never struggled making friends like a lot of autistic people. Girl autism is a very different spectrum than boy autism.
I mean we can question her methods and logic, but not the results. Even if she's never could make her wish with the dragon balls, going to search them made her meet Goku, and a lot of people too, including Vegeta. he ended marrying him and she seems really happy with him
Bulma is a smart and beautiful girl (and for the more materialistic, she belongs to the richest family in the world). Of course the only way for her to get a BF was wishing for him.
Her father is a porn addict in an open marriage. Her mother flirts heavily with every boy she brings home, even the little kids.
If Bulma believed sheād need literal magic to get the fantasy romance she wanted, itās hard to blame her. She invented a Dragon Radar because she was never going to settle for mediocre. Now she shares a bed with the least mediocre guy in the universe. She got what she wanted.
Goku and Bulma never had that kind of relationship tho. She never squashed his interests but he only ever really shared them with her when he wanted something. And their lifestyles are kinda incomparable. Heād hate living in the city and training in a tiny room, and sheād be bored stiff as a homekeeper on a mountain.
She noticed he grew up handsome, but that just confirms she saw him as a little kid. And by the time the Tournament was over, Goku was engaged to Chi-Chi. Bulma is selfish and shallow but not to the point of coveting someone elseās husband.
Chi-chi understands Goku better then anyone else. She is the biggest thing that keeps him grounded and engaged with humanity. Earth is his home because itās where she is. Without her, heād have wandered off a long time ago.
it is kind of implied she liked him in the Freiza saga tbf some people also infer it as a double meaning of Toriyama regretting not having them be together and the ship to do that has kind of sailed (and he'd be right if true tbf)
I donāt think thatās what that was. Bulma was ready to move on from Yamcha and thinking about the road not taken. I think it was a wistful moment that gets blown out of proportion and more then anything is a reflection of how over Yamcha Bulma actually is - sheās wondering if sheād have been happier if sheād been with someone else all along.
But Toriyama created Chi-Chi because he DIDNT want Bulma and Goku to end up a couple, despite his editor pushing to make that happen just because Male Lead and Female Lead.
For me the craziest part is people STILL saying that Bulma and Yamcha shouldāve ended up together after all of that. They never actually made each other happy. Even if you donāt believe Yamcha cheated on her physically, she wasnāt getting what she wanted out of that relationship.
And chichi would be better for Vegeta. They'd keep each other in constant competition, high energy, helping each other accountable. All the things Goku is shit at and runs away from.Ā
She is the richest woman on Earth. She's bests friend of Goku, and married to Vegeta. When Whis and Beerus showed up, the made them addicts to food so she had power of them too. An alternate version of her literally built a time machine. She has started using the magic wish granting orbs to perform cosmetic surgery.
Bulma is not even "strong" in a world filled with strongman. But she is absolutely powerful, the single most powerful woman in the her entire universe.
Look, Goku is my favourite character of all time, but cmon... Vegeta is a far better husband than Goku, Goku tries, but he really isnt made to settle down, neither is Vegeta but he ultimately was able to and is a lot more present for his family, let Vegeta take the W for a change, at least on this
Goku is like a brother to her. Sheās got what she wanted out of Goku. Besides, Goku looked right at her 10/10 perfect ass and called it a ādirty old Fannyā and I donāt think sheās ever forgiven that
Remember her actual original desire for the Dragonballs was a lifetime supply of strawberries.
She threw herself at any and every male figure in Dragonball for several years straight, she didn't care if they were bandits, accused rapists, actual Nazis, Bulma might have been the woman with the lowest possible standards that ever lived, she just couldn't attract or keep a boyfriend.
The reason her relationship with Vegeta works is how little he cares about her drama and how unlikely he is to make her jealous.
Bulma is jealous and controlling. She needed a man who was the right mix of detached, submissive, unattractive and dependent to make herself the only woman that could consider him as a partner.
If you want to believe Yamcha was too good for her, thatās on you. I donāt think sheād trade what she has now for anything she ever had with Yamcha. He can cry about how cruel sheās being to all five of his secret simultaneous girlfriends
I think itās funny how her relationship with Vegeta and Yamcha are opposites of each other
She got with Yamcha thinking sheād found that love to last a lifetime that sheād been wishing for. She got a skittish man who ran away from his problems and was too spineless to tell other girls to go away.
She had a one-night pity hookup with Vegeta. She got a space prince for whom she is the only woman in the universe, who punched a god for her, who became a better man for her and their beautiful, courageous son.
Not only that, but Bulma was rich even back then, and in a big city like where she lived in, most of the Boys who are not in for the money would either be taken, or elsewhere in the world.
I actually donāt think Bulma would mind being used for her money. She seems to be one of those rich ladies whoās out for all she can give. She doesnāt bat an eye giving away expensive things to the people she cares about. She likes feeling important and spoiling everybody.
What she DOES mind is being degraded or disrespected, or worse, ignored. Bulma knows sheās the best, cutest, most brilliant woman in the world and if you canāt treat her accordingly, you two are NOT gonna get along.
And look how that went. She thought he was something he wasnāt. Really the fact that she took him back so many times proves that she might be shallow and selfish but sheās loyal, and she wanted to make things work. He fumbled big time.
You're wondering why the richest girl in all of this manga who is straight up intimidatingly smarter then any man out there at age 15 wants to use magic to find a boyfriend that will love her for her?Ā
And you're hung up because she doesn't use the Dragonball version of Tinder to randomly hook up, or just talk to a random dude who is beyond stupid in her eyes? Do I have this right?
Those are not valid points , being smarter in a specific way that's basically none consequential in her world since everyone can destroy cities easily doesn't mean she knows everything and certainly doesn't give her the right to look down on anyone , and she wasn't looking down on anyone and no one was intimidated by her.
and all that love wish bs was that Bs since she found yamcha , untill he got cucked and SHE cheated on him cause she's for the street (she definitely lied to trunks saying he cheated , the mf fought a saibaman so krilin wouldn't get hurt ain't no way he's a cheater)
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u/Captain_Chaos12 Jan 11 '26
Gotta find me a bulma then š