A self-portrait by Akira Toriyama from Dragonball volume 1
Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1st, 2024 at the age of 68.
Like the rest of the world, I learned about Toriyama's passing when it was announced on March 7th.
Reading that shit hurt. I'm sure there's more eloquent ways to express that but I won't be able to find those words for a while.
I have been a Toriyama obessive since I was 7 years old and stumbled across a channel playing Dragonball episodes in spanish at 5am. I didn't understand why that kid had a tail, why that guy was green, or what the hell anybody was saying but I wanted to climb into my television and live in that world. A few years later I would find his manga and that would be a wrap - my fandom was cemented.
