Bulma was never essential to the story of Dragon Ball.

[ScottyFamalam]

Fact.

 

[Warmmedown]

Scotty's 2025 resolution: say dumb stuff
"Very important or necessary"

Early DB: nobody to hit Goku with a car. He'd literally never met a human other than Gohan, in 12 years, despite spending lots of time running around outdoors. In other words, nobody visited those mountains. The dragonball combined with the dragon radar gave someone a reason to go into Goku's area.
Roshi: never meets Roshi without Bulma taking him from the mountains at that specific time so that he's there when Roshi comes to put out the fire. Delays everything, or he just never meets him ever, since Roshi rarely leaves his island.
RRA: same as below
King Piccolo: takes over the Earth if Goku isn't there to stop him. Even if you think Goku would have eventually left the mountains and found Roshi for training, he would have been weaker due to the delay.
Android Saga: no Trunks coming back without the time machine
Buu Saga: no Vegeta sacrifice and less of a general character change without Bulma

You're gonna make some bullshit arguments about how someone else would've done everything she did instead. But we can make that argument about every character except Goku.

 

[ScottyFamalam]

nobody to hit Goku with a car. He'd literally never met a human other than Gohan, in 12 years, despite spending lots of time running around outdoors. In other words, nobody visited those mountains. The dragonball combined with the dragon radar gave someone a reason to go into Goku's area.

Pilaf had his own radar and would have eventually come for Gokuu's ball. Then the story goes exactly the same but with Pilaf in Bulma's role

Not like it even matters because doing one thing at the start of the story doesn't make you important for all of it. Otherwise Mizuki is the most important character of Naruto, lol trash logic

 

[Warmmedown]

You've ignored most of it because you know you have nothing.
On top of what you ignored, there's also that without Bulma he wouldn't have befriended Yamcha. Pilaf also doesn't have the same personality as Bulma, which would cause the story to greatly change. I guess you're too terminally online to get that people are different from each other tho.

 

[TheVocalsmith]

Pilaf would of NOT replaced Bulma because guess what he is... A VILLAIN

He's not gonna be traveling with Goku and would try to kill him and either succeed in doing so or they would take his Dragon Ball and Goku would wind up dead either way.

But ignoring that... Pilaf would have 0 reason to travel with Goku... he would be alone until he would of met another Human... Pilaf would get his wish for World Domination and Goku and Co (If he wound of traveling with anyone else) would NOT of gotten to Pilaf in time (They lack a certain Radar to track the Dragon Balls)

Pilaf might eventually get attacked by the RRA (Who probably already killed Goku... Goku didnt really have a reason or a way to find Roshi) and then he would either die or flee and find DKP... who would kill everyone else with no opposition until Babidi decides to shank everyone alive and try to awaken Buu

 

[ScottyFamalam]

You've ignored most of it because you know you have nothing.

Pilaf alone proved everything you said wrong.

Not to mention you ignore the fact doing one thing at the start of the story doesn't make you important for all of it.

On top of what you ignored, there's also that without Bulma he wouldn't have befriended Yamcha.

Yumcha falls in love with Mai and nothing changes. They're an even better fit since they're both prudes.

Then Vegeeta steals Mai and Trunks ends up being Mai's son instead of her boyfriend LOL

Pilaf would of NOT replaced Bulma because guess what he is... A VILLAIN

Yumcha, Ox King, Lunch, Tenshinhan, Jiaozi, Piccolo, Vegeeta, Boo, etc were villains too and they all became Gokuu's friends. Pilaf himself becomes his ally in DBS. Eviler villains than Pilaf get redeemed all the time.

He's not gonna be traveling with Goku and would try to kill him

Even Bulma tried killing him as soon as they met. So did Yumcha, Blonde Lunch, Piccolo, Boo, etc.

and either succeed in doing so or they would take his Dragon Ball and Goku would wind up dead either way.

Burdack's wish made Gokuu immortal as a kid, so he doesn't die.

But ignoring that... Pilaf would have 0 reason to travel with Goku...

Gokuu kicks Pilaf's ass and Pilaf tricks him to help out like Bulma did.

And just like that, everything you said is wrong. More importantly, though, doing one thing at the start of the story doesn't make you important for all of it. Otherwise Mizuki is the most important character of Naruto despite the fact he never appears past the first chapter.

Bulma pulled Gokuu out of the mountains (someone else would have done that anyway) and she spends the rest of the story only being used for perverted, misogynist gags and worthless plot devices that are never fleshed out as they're always brief or swept off-screen. Making dumb shit like time machines off-screen and having sex with mass murderers doesn't make her important. The plot in Dragon Ball is bullshit and the only thing people watch it for are the fights. Bulma doesn't fight so no one gives a fuck about her.

 

[ScottyFamalam]

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[Hector]

Fact.

She's essential fanservice. Have you ever seen a successful anime without lightly dressed young girls?

 

[TheVocalsmith]

Wildly wrong thread

there is no convincing that you're wrong... you view Bulma only though a shitty random artical