Summary
The anime episode in Dragon Ball Z shows Bulma falling for Vegeta and capturing their chemistry, making their relationship more believable. Bulma’s compassion for Vegeta is evident in the episode, and her understanding of his needs and tenacity may appeal to him as a Saiyan warrior. The anime explores the depth of Vegeta and Bulma’s relationship more than the manga, adding exclusive scenes that make their love more unexpected and complicated.
Like most shounen, Dragon ball struggles to portray romance and sometimes skips over the most important parts entirely. Although Goku and Chi-Chi are an odd couple, what makes absolutely no sense is Vegeta and Bulma’s relationship. In the manga, it feels like it came from nowhere. Even so, an extra episode in the Dragon Ball Z anime has a very long run to show Bulma falling in love with Vegeta while capturing their chemistry, to the point where they have to come together, despite Future Trunks reporting before that.
In episode 124, the Z Warriors are undergoing rigorous three-year training in preparation for the invasion of Android as foretold by Trunks. The most avid trainer is understandably Vegeta as he hopes to achieve Super Saiyans like Goku and Future Trunks, to the point where Bulma begins to worry and even fear for his health. After Bulma’s mother mentioned how Vegeta possessed traits that in her day would have made him a husband, Bulma cherished Vegeta after finding him buried in the ruins of Bulma. a ship that he destroyed while training. Then she slept in the same room as him while he was sleeping. And in the end, she interrupted Vegeta when he got back to training by trying to get him to rest.
Vegeta & Bulma’s Romance Makes More Meaning In Anime
Bulma’s compassion for Vegeta is evident in these scenes, and it’s quite touching. While it seems like Bulma’s mother put the idea in her daughter’s head that Vegeta is a qualified bachelor, it’s not just pure coincidence but at the right time, the explosion led to the Bulma hugged him in her arms bursting nearby. With the exception of the sleep scene, Bulma clearly shows understanding of Vegeta’s needs while also teasing him. While it’s impossible to know what Vegeta is thinking, the extra support may give Vegeta some peace of mind, who is truly alone at this point, and her persistence may attract him, as Saiyans are. known to be quite persistent, especially Vegeta.
Furthermore, since this support comes from Bulma, it’s not overly responsive, which can make it difficult for a fighter like Vegeta. Bulma’s insensitivity is evident when she later interrupts his training after the explosion, allowing her ferocity to unfold. While she later hides her true feelings as she smugly wonders if he’ll finally apologize for destroying the side of her house in the same confrontation, she was unusually hurt when Vegeta told her to leave him alone. Regardless, the chemistry is clear throughout.
Vegeta & Bulma’s relationship is more complicated than it looks
While this episode presents enough for fans to grasp what Vegeta and Bulma see in each other, the anime explores their motivations more deeply than the manga at the end of the Frieza season. In chapter #329 of Akira Toriyama’s original Dragon Ball manga, Bulma invites Vegeta to temporarily live at Capsule Corp with the Namekians when they find a new planet, but warns him not to be naughty despite her being difficult. Resist. While Vegeta’s reaction is hilarious, the anime goes above and beyond in episode 107 when Bulma instead tells Vegeta he’s cute.
Despite its more direct and effective use of omens, the anime added some exclusive scenes to the Frieza story, which ironically makes Bulma’s love for Vegeta all the more surprising. In the manga, Vegeta is of course an idiot after being transported from Namek to Earth in the anime. But in the anime, he laughs, rejoices at Goku’s death and even hits Gohan. He will also kill Gohan if Piccolo doesn’t intervene. So while the anime’s spin-off in the Android saga helped justify Vegeta and Bulma’s relationship, it somehow made it even more unlikely by exposing Bulma to a darker side of her future. But that’s love. It’s very complicated. And that’s the way Dragon ballanime’s finally presented vegetarian And by Bulma relationship.
