When I first saw the daima trailer, I assumed the makaioshin would be an evil Shin clone! So here's a design I made for him! :)
Evil Shin criticizing Shin for his past actions, belittling him like Beerus and old kai and telling him everything is his fault....the angst is crazy y'all.
Why did Toriyama have to die at 68 when Henry Kissinger got to live to be 100? Why did Toriyama have to be taken before Trump or Biden?
If there is a god, he must genuinely hate us.
I (the MUN) have been a fan of Dragon Ball since I was 8. That's nearly 22 years of pretending to go Super Saiyan, drawing up OCs and imagining them going toe-to-toe with Goku, and just being immersed in Toriyama's colorful world.
It's even harder to swallow since an adaption of Sandman is coming out in a few weeks and Daima is slotted to release in the fall season. Toriyama won't get to see those projects go to screen.
It's not just Dragon Ball.
Dragon Quest has been a beloved video game franchise since I was 11. I've played Dragon Quest 8, 9 and am currently grinding through 11 for the first time. My first poem ever was about the giddy feeling I had when playing Dragon Quest. I remember feeling so elated when I finally beat a boss that had been giving me trouble.
Both series were there for me when I had so much emotion bent up inside of me that I needed to express. He was like a fatherly deity figure to me, a wise, protective man off in a land far away that I could look to as my North Star.
Whether you like either series, the world of anime, manga and video games has never been the same since he first published Dr. Slump.
I don't know what I'm going to do without these series. I know they'll always be there.
Now if you excuse me, I'll be crying in my bed, eating chocolate and calling my therapist.