It has been 10 months since Akira Toriyama, the creator of the legendary manga series Dragon Ball, passed away on March 1, 2024, which shocked the entire game and cartoon industry. Because the work of the teacher is not only manga and anime, but also works in various games. And the teacher is an inspiration for many manga writers. And when we look back to the past when Teacher Toriyama was interviewed in various magazines, many of us couldn't help but smile at many of the teacher's ideas. That some things, such as Goku's transformation into a Super Saiyan, will start from this kind of story. Including having Goku grow up, it has a simple meaning that the teacher thought at that time. But it unexpectedly extended to other content in the story. Let's see why Teacher Toriyama made Goku grow up and why he made Goku a Super Saiyan. Let's see together.
The story of this content comes from an interview on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Dragon Ball manga in 2015. The teacher once said, "I thought that my only choice was to focus on fighting. But it's not that I don't think about developing the story further. But sometimes, even if I draw it myself, there are still times when I feel, 'Wow, Vegeta joins them! This kind of thing exists.'" And one of the important changes that Toriyama chose for the Dragon Ball series. Many people may think that it is when we know that Goku is a Saiyan. Because it is a turning point that makes this series different from the original. But in fact, the turning point that Toriyama chose and is the most important for this series is actually when he chose to let Goku grow up to be an adult.
The information said that at that time, the story of the Dragon Ball series was popular. And it ended with Goku defeating the Demon King Piccolo. At that time, Professor Toriyama said that drawing hand-to-hand combat with Goku's small hands was quite difficult. So Professor Toriyama decided to make Goku grow up to make the fight scenes in Dragon Ball better. When Goku grew up at that time, Professor Toriyama didn't think about what would happen in the future. Professor Toriyama said that the decision hadn't even been accepted by the executives of Shonen Jump. But the professor decided and drew it. Which was really the right choice. Because Goku's growth It brought new stories that the Dragon Ball series when Goku was a child couldn't do.
This time, let's look at the story of Super Saiyan, which many people have given a thumbs up to for the genius of Professor Toriyama, saying that he is the best writer of fighting manga because adding new power and changing the shape of Goku is like giving life to the series and also being able to expand the story content of the Dragon Ball series to continue for a long time. Just this one thing, but many people don't know that the origin of the Super Saiyan power that we see is actually from the teacher's haste in writing. Because at that time, the Dragon Ball series was very famous and it was an important period of the story. The teacher had to rush to work with his assistant. If anyone remembers, during the time when Goku fought Freeza, he had to draw speed lines and a lot of scene details (pictured below), so it took a lot of time to draw.
When it was like that, Toriyama-sensei had the idea to increase Goku's power by changing Goku's hair color from black to gold to save the assistant's time filling in the black, which probably included Goku's torn shirt later on. Because just drawing speed lines takes a lot of time and must be drawn correctly and straight, which those who have drawn will know well that it is not easy to draw. When it was like that, the teacher reduced the assistant's work by making Goku a Super Saiyan so that he would not have to fill in Goku's hair black. Which started from a small, simple idea like this, it had an incredible effect on the game.
That's the origin of the big story that Professor Toriyama thought was an important turning point in the series. Many times, he didn't think that there would be Super Saiyan 2 and 3, including other forms, but since it's already there, there must be more forms because the fans want it. Until now, we're waiting to see if Goku will have a new form after Ultra Instinct in the future. We'll have to wait and see in the future because right now the Dragon Ball Super manga series is still frozen. Anyway, watch Dragon Ball Dima to make up for it. If there's any progress on the Dragon Ball Super manga, we'll rush to report it to you immediately. Stay tuned.
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