What are you talking about? Killing Goku and Vegeta after Gohan and Trunks were conceived wouldn't do anything.
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I mean, he did give Frieza that energy.
Edited by unnoun on Sep 19th 2018 at 10:09:19 AM
To be clear, Kaioshin didn't recruit the Saiyans. He only used Gohan as bait. After that purpose was fulfilled, he rushed off to follow Yamu without telling the others what was going on, just commenting "I'm going to go find Babidi, you can come if you want." It seems his initial plan was just to solo Babidi and his gang with Kibito in tow as his taxi slash white mage (he didn't know Babidi had taken control of Dabra). But then he saw Dabra was with him, and he didn't really have any other options other than to rely on the guys that followed him.
Snow Ghost
Then he immediately wasted said energy...
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You think Vegeta holds a grudge to those that have beaten him and are part of the Z Warriors? Or is he too caught up in his "surpass Kakarot" at al costs to bother?
Uni cat
Vegeta and Yajirobe don't really interact.
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She's an asshole, but she's an asshole who retains a lot of agency and tends to, if not actually drive the plot like in the first arc, be pretty damn helpful more often than not; she has intelligence, gumption, and resources.
Well, I'm a little late here, but Bulma's relevance bounces up and down. That being said, up until recently with the Universe Survival Arc, she's the female that's most likely to do something...but as is often the case, that thing is quickly rendered null and void, leaving her with no role at all very quick.
In the Frieza Arc, they literally blew up the ship that only she could pilot, and she couldn't do a thing but sit around off screen (in the manga).
She tried to lend a lot of help in the Cell Saga with varying results (suggesting they catch Gero before he build the Androids, finding out about Cell, creating a new shut down remote, etcetera).
There's nothing wrong with that either. Considering how uniformly important fighting and Power Levels are, it's nice to see someone who can play a role that's not connected to that at all. Bulma is—as others have stated—an awful person, but she is a BrilliantScientist!
It's very weird though that someone who's role was inspired by the Distressed Dude of Journey to the West tends to be more important than any single female who can throw a punch.
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True, also i haven't seen either 18 or Vegeta interact at all. Geets must be salty.
Bulma has been consistently an useful support character. Also the true Greater-Scope Villain but nobody raises an eye for it. All according to cake.
Not really a lord of anything
Relevance doesn't have to mean "doing important stuff", it could just mean being around and getting lines which is a feat for many characters.
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drunk bunny
oolong who?
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Funny but not helpful
vicarious
I like Bulma
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Nothing wrong with liking her.
But she really is an awful person. She's improved massively since her teenage days, but still.
And she has kinda helped save an entire timeline via sending Trunks back in time.
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I find most of this "Bulma is an awful person" stuff to be an extreme exaggeration. An asshole, sure.
Edited by Moth13 on Sep 19th 2018 at 11:49:19 AM
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Bulma is not a nice person.....no wonder she gets along well with Vegeta.
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Oh, Bulma appeal definitely consists of her being manipulative, bitchy, sassy, assertive, petty, you name it
It’s part of why I think she’s great, she’s unapologetically an asshole but with enough charm and good will that she’s likeable.
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Then why is Future Trunks such a nice guy if his parents are a bunch of asshats? 
Present Trunks is another story.
Uni cat
The Cat Knows Where It's At
Vegeta was dead basically the entire time and Future Bulma was too busy trying to not die to be an asshole.
Mr. Clueless
Maybe present Trunks is such a brat because his father didn't die when he was young.
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Taken, if your dad is dead you might be a better person.
No wonder all the children in this show are fucked up.
Uni cat
The Head of the Hydra
The apocalypse brings out the best in people after all.
Edited by slimcoder on Sep 19th 2018 at 9:28:56 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
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Honestly, that's one of the biggest mysteries of the entire series.
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Snow Ghost
That's not much of a mystery.
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1 hot tempered woman + 1 short fused short man = Trunks: one of the nicest characters in the series?
Seems pretty damned mysterious to me.
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Snow Ghost
Well, if you think thunk think that personality is genetic.
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He didn't let Freezerator get away...it's a miracle, a miracle that he even survived.
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