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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18201: Jun 4th 2015 at 2:56:28 PM

I wish Bulma had stayed one of the main characters for. Well. The entire series.

Like. Have her with more prominence and screentime than Vegeta. He can punch the things, but as more of her tagalong. Or.

Hmm.

...I dunno how I describe what I want, give me a bit.

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#18202: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:03:59 PM

I don't see how she could be any more relevant in Z than she already was. I mean, if it wasn't for her, everyone would have died to the Androids. Don't forget her always useful Dragon Radar that I don't understand how anyone reads. She also got them to Namek in the first place but the ship was just on autopilot so...

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#18203: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:05:15 PM

The Dragon Radar is a radar. The centerpoint on it is you, the blips are Dragon Balls. You click the button to adjust the zoom level.

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#18204: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:12:07 PM

Yea, Bulma had a pretty substantial role for a non-combatant, which is an achievement for a series that beats it home that if you're a weakling, you ain't shit.

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#18205: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:16:27 PM

The Dragon Radar is an amazingly easy to use tool, I have no idea how you could possibly be confused by it.

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#18206: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:17:14 PM

Goku was able to figure it out.

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#18207: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:19:11 PM

Well, she can apparently tell you how far away it is even though all I ever see is blips on a screen

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#18208: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:21:26 PM

That's just experience with the device. When she says, "Five miles that way," she's estimating based on the distance on the radar, not actually reading a display that tells her five miles.

Like other radars, the distance between the blip and the centerpoint is how you tell how far away the target is. The more practiced someone is at reading a radar, the easier it is to estimate that distance.

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#18209: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:27:04 PM

If only.

[up][up]Animation constraints?

If Dragonball ever had a live-action film, maybe we'd some distance calculations or markings on the screen.

I want to know how she got the idea to build the radar in the first place. Teenage hormones lead to breakthrough scientific discovery, tracking rare gems that even intergalactic overlords have trouble finding.

Or maybe Frieza would've built a radar too, given the time.

edited 4th Jun '15 3:30:20 PM by Soble

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#18211: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:46:11 PM

[up][up][up] Except all of the Dragon Balls are displayed on the screen at once regardless of the zoom level and every time I recall seeing it, it's zoomed in enough to show multiple Dragon Balls in the same location. For example, the first time we really see it used, it shows all of the Dragon Balls and makes the distinction with the blips between the three they had despite Roshi being well over one hundred miles away.

Now, if it was like maps in modern video games where there's an arrow that points you in the general direction of your goal if you aren't close enough or zoomed out enough for it to be displayed precisely then that'd make sense but it doesn't.

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#18212: Jun 4th 2015 at 3:54:19 PM

It's still kind of amazing that without Bulma making the Dragon Radar, Raditz probably would have destroyed everything. The world was saved because Bulma wanted a boyfriend.

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
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#18213: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:10:20 PM

[up] You're forgetting Freeza and Buu. The universe was saved because Bulma wanted a boyfriend.

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#18214: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:12:53 PM

The world was saved because Bulma wanted a boyfriend several times over, starting with Pilaf, going into the Red Ribbon Army and even further in.

Goku would not have been able to protect the Four Star Dragonball from the Red Ribbon Army, he could probably have been tricked by Pilaf and anything past the Red Ribbon Army would've utterly stomped Goku.

The entire flippin' galaxy owes its peace to Bulma wanting a boyfriend, since that eventually leads to Goku killing Freeza.

[up]They're a threat to peace, but they're not a threat to the universe. If they were, Whis would've killed them. Or offered them Beerus' job. Whichever comes first.

Actually, Cell might take the offer, now that I think about it. That is kinda funny.

I can imagine that, in an universe where Cell accepted his loss against Gohan graciously, he would still be around at the time of Battle of Gods, and he does have both Goku and Freeza's cells, so he'd probably be mad strong by that point...

It's funny. If he wasn't such a sore loser, he'd probably be on the side of the heroes.

edited 4th Jun '15 4:16:20 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18215: Jun 4th 2015 at 4:21:13 PM

I still think this is an accurate depiction of Vegeta's biggest kink.

EDIT: I think Bulma should have managed to kill some enemies.

Like with a giant robot.

Peel off Burter's skin like a soft-shell crab.

edited 4th Jun '15 4:38:54 PM by unnoun

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#18216: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:04:29 PM

It's a myth that bulma was a main character for even half of dragonball. She fell out of focus and the series shifted to focusing on Goku and Krillin by the time training for the first tournament began.

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#18218: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:12:51 PM

That moment when you start reading a fic but quickly stop because not only is the premise flawed but the events that followed could be easily fixed in multiple different ways.

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#18219: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:13:04 PM

Excellent, then you should also know Dragonball has no main character outside of Goku. It has a revolving door which allows characters to shift in and out of focus. The closest thing to a second main character is Gohan, and even he falls short.

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#18220: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:18:15 PM

Gohan is outright called the main character in the story itself. Toriyama can sideline him all he wants but he can't change the past.

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#18221: Jun 4th 2015 at 5:49:54 PM

He sure as hell is ruining his future however.

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#18222: Jun 4th 2015 at 6:00:05 PM

Introducing Yamcha! The (Not) Scar-faced Bandit! Why is the Wolf Fang Fist even an attack? It's just a rapid series of punches with a strong finish. Of course, that's true with basically every Strike Super so....

Also, Yamcha not having that scar is weird.

Also, Yamcha not being in his gi is weird.

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#18223: Jun 4th 2015 at 6:00:43 PM

[up][up][up] ...I would take that as a challenge.

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#18224: Jun 4th 2015 at 6:07:05 PM

Great, go waste your time on an impossible task.

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#18225: Jun 4th 2015 at 6:16:31 PM

Goku is as much of a main character as a guy who comes in to beat the Big Bad and then gets sidelined can be.

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