These two polar opposites got bored and decided to hit it raw to pass the time for reasons unknown.
In the series itself, Vegeta and Bulma had zero chemistry until their offscreen one-night-stand which must've been a controversial move, but it's played off as a joke about silly human nature. I think if Toriyama didn't have to deal with editors and censors, he would've probably made gags out of similar scenarios if he had the opportunity. That is, with all due respect, an immature outlook on an extremely complex subject that has centuries of literature written on it.
And it isn't this binary thing of "you've been completely straight as a board your whole life, but you whacked another man's willy once while you were stuck on an all-male whaling vessel for like a full year, therefore must've been secretly bi your whole life". Sexuality is much more pliable than you're making out, especially in extremis. If Vegeta decided to ejaculate into Goku to relieve his sexual craving, he would have always been gay/bi. If those guys were willing to relieve themselves by screwing other men, they were not straight to begin with. You speak as if straight men would have sex with other men. And let's face it, Vegeta is a very frustrated little man.īut of course, Dragon Ball isn't a realistic series about realistic people with realistic psychologies, so none of this bullshit applies. Same thing happens in prisons, lighthouses, literally anywhere where two or more straight men are stuck in a confined location without women or means to relieve themselves of frustration. Well, xth century sailors trapped on galley boats for long voyages would probably say the same thing, but the combination of desperation, isolation and being surrounded by people with the same impulses makes men resort to shit they would never do otherwise. That would work only if Vegeta actually had a thing for men. You have any idea what three years in one place would do to two men? Men of the seas have certainly gotten more desperate in less time.
I'd almost be surprised if anything untoward didn't happen during that time. Vegeta willingly spent three years in the Time Chamber with Goku, AFAIK that's by far the longest any duo has spent in there. Regarding the sequels contributed to by Toriyama (GT, Super, DBO), Dragon Ball indeed has multiple canons, and the claims that there is only one is mainly a subjective declaration now. To refer to the biblical canon, there was (and still is) more than one canon of the Bible, one for each sect. Frankly, that is not an inherently bad thing. What someone considers "canon" from that point would be more based in personal preference than what was from before that point. The problem isn't the "rules" of Dragon Ball canon, the problem is that there are multiple sequels that Toriyama has been involved in produced after the end of the original story's run. If there is no confirmation, then those works would not be considered canon. Hypothetically speaking, if Toriyama confirmed that someone would continue the story of Dragon Ball (even without his help), the new author's work would be considered canon. They would be more akin to "what ifs", but made by those who were allowed. "Branches" goes against the concept of canon, as those "branches" would take place in an alternate universe separate from the "main body". The consensus is that the Dragon Ball manga is the most authentic work as it was directly penned by Toriyama, so all the events in the manga and the matching events in the anime would be considered "canon" as well.Īny event in any of the animated work or video games that did not occur in the manga that was not written with the help from Toriyama or contradicts the events of the original manga would be non-canon. A "main body" of work is the most authentic and significant line of work within the franchise.