Fic update: happily I might be able to entirely cut out the Dr. Slump crossover, which I never liked. Unhappily, Blue might also get postponed like Silver, because he didn't get bumped into.

Bulma didn't run into the Red Ribbon Army people on the island to alert Blue that Goku and Sakura were around

so he's off doing his own thing still while they go dragonball hunting

they still might run into him after collecting the dragonball, though

but things will be different enough that we shouldn't randomly end up in Slumpville.

this fic is already a crossover

let's not make it worse

Goku's turning into a giant monkey thing has been foreshadowed but has yet to happen

Maybe that will work into it