When we take the accounts, at the end of the day the equation places Bulma in the first places of the most important characters in dragonball. Are we surprised by the fact that she is a woman? Nothing to see. The astonishment comes because she does it without throwing a single punch in stories that are based on martial arts.
And beware that it is not only about learning Karate or Kung-Fu. The Dragon Ball characters reach unimaginable powers and even unattainable for any other science fiction character. It is there where the importance of Bulma becomes more valuable.
Goku’s best friend meets our warrior when they are both children. She is looking for the dragon balls and the little one with the tail has the four-star one, the one she got from her grandfather Gohan.
Since then they begin an endless adventure in which Bulma is essential to take him to the Z Fighters the technological and scientific part whenever it is required. He does it with the dragon’s radar and with the machines he makes for Vegeta to increase his power.
Bulma’s first appearance was not in Dragon Ball
Anyone could say that Bulma’s first appearance was at the time of the first episode of Dragon Ball in which she meets Goku. Simple truth? Well no. The reality is that Mrs. Brief’s daughter made it to another anime first.
Bulma appears in the same outfit that we share with you in the cover image, in the anime Yatsura Movie 3, according to a review geekmi. The aforementioned portal publishes that this came out in January 1985 and Dragon Ball was released in February 1986.
These stories have nothing to do with Akira Toriyama. In fact, its writer, Rumiko Takahashi, is known for being the author of Ranmma 1/2 and Inuyasha. The image speaks for itself, in this appearance of Bulma.