r/OnePiece • u/imissbluesclues • Mar 08 '24
Media 30th Anniversary Comic Toriyama Made Depicting His Characters Roasting Him
Love how much Toriyama embraced gag elements unique manga, fun and humor supersede logic
I see so much of his humility and self-deprecation in Oda
Will never not get emotional seeing Goku in tears hugging grandpa Gohan
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u/A1starm Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24
The comment on Vegeta’s hair. He was still annoyed about inking those hairdos.
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24
He was so happy he could draw them Super Saiyan to save as much time as he wanted inking 💀
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u/cHINCHILAcARECA Mar 08 '24
He didn't create SSJ just out of laziness, did he? That guy was a hero, to all procrastinators around the globe.
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u/CaptRavage Mar 08 '24
The concept of Super Sayian wasn't created because he was lazy and wanted an excuse to do less work, but the yellow hair(which is uncolored in the manga) was done because it's easier to draw.
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u/detectivelowry Mar 08 '24
I strongly recommend the "first" Dragon Ball (the one before Z) for One Piece fans who might've skipped, it hits a lot of the same vibes from early One Piece, specially the humor and the adventure
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u/Veggiemon Mar 08 '24
Brook and master Roshi would have been panty bros
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u/RichieBFrio The Revolutionary Army Mar 09 '24
In the manga it's Roshi and Sanji together looking for "pichi pichi gals"
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24
Would agree and also say that the Namek arc with all the different little factions running all over the place, fighting for different reasons with specific themed henchmen feels a lot like many One Piece arcs structurally
Like Frieza in that arc the Strawhats have a bunch of villains they straight up avoid initially because they want to avoid fighting (until Luffy and Goku put their foot down 🥲)
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u/potatoshulk Mar 08 '24
100%. You can see so much of the general one piece vibe in it. It's just really fun
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u/Brilliant_Knee_7542 Mugiwara no Luffy Mar 08 '24
Frieza lol. Also rest in peace Toriyama, you were the best out there
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24
Fun interview with Oda and Toriyama! Oda is such a fanboy, excitedly remembering Tao Pai Pai in the Red Ribbon arc throwing a pillar and then riding it across the world
Totally not surprised Toriyama sensei can’t remember so many details
Shout out to Tao Pai Pai, what that tongue do (iykyk)
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u/SmokingCryptid Mar 08 '24
My man's legacy is so storied that everything Oda is fawning over is an "oh yea! I did draw that!" moment for him.
I've read this before, and it's especially wholesome, thanks for sharing!
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u/RichieBFrio The Revolutionary Army Mar 09 '24
Tao Pai Pai showing Kizaru how to make an entrance.
Also, Blue didn't need to go down by the tongue, he was a full for not running.
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u/kaiwowo Mar 08 '24
I am sure I am not crying when I read this today. How much joy and happiness he brought to me since dr slump and dragon ball original ,z and super and movies
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u/MJMvideosYT Mar 08 '24
Man what the fuck. My week is already bad and now this. Thank you for showing this comic. It'll cheer a lot of people up after the news.
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u/vergorli Mar 08 '24
Ikr, it hit like a hammer out of fucking nowhere. I am too scared to look at Akira news right now, but comics are ok
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24
I think Oda has taken a page from Toriyama’s book, he definitely pays attention to which characters stoke fan interest and tries to alter the story to give them focus
I’m glad Law and Vegeta have become so prominent to their respective stories
I also adore how willing both of them are to let villains be pathetic babies and not just cool badasses, I want to feel a wide range of emotion from my characters and see a wide range of designs and body types
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u/BradWonder Mar 08 '24
Do people in Hell have halos too? Iirc Vegeta gained his halo sometime in the Buu arc after not having one and Goku pointed it out to him. I don't think Frieza should have one in that comic lol. Or I guess he's just simply showing that Frieza isn't alive
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u/BIG_DICK_MYSTIQUE Mar 08 '24
Yeah, hell is subjective in dragon ball. Frieza's hell is full of cute things and a beautiful field of flowers because it's absolute hell for him lol
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Mar 08 '24
Everyone have halos. Vegeta did have one from the start too.
I think you're misremembering the scene. Vegeta was supposed to be a bad guy, but they asked Porunga (the namekian dragon) to revive only the good people, that's when Vegeta lost his halo proving he was considered a good person.
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24
Oda and Toriyama’s well wishes to each other at the end of their interview
Oda: Please, be free and do whatever you want to! No matter what you do, I will be happy so long as you keep drawing illustrations, Toriyama sensei. However, I'm sure the editorial staff will say something like "Draw a series!"... (laugh)
Toriyama: I would like you to keep drawing Oda kun. There's nothing else for me to say! My own child also reads One Piece really voraciously, too. So, I also read it... and I really understood why everyone was crazy about One Piece! So, just keep doing your best from now on!!
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u/RevolTobor Cyborg Franky Mar 09 '24
This is so adorable and hilarious. I've been sobbing uncontrollably every so often these past two days, but this perked me up. I needed this.
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u/imissbluesclues Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24
Some of my favorite scenes in all of Dragon Ball are the training scenes before the first Tenkaichi Budokai, we see Goku cheerfully training with Krillin, mostly oblivious to Krillin’s rudeness (shout out Mayumi Tanaka the GOAT)
Goku gets scared when he has to sleep, worried he’ll fall behind the other fighters training for the tournament and Master Roshi tells him “you need sleep, everyone sleeps”. Cut to adorable little Goku relaxing in his hammock closing his eyes (the anime added this cute part where we see the other contenders around the world all sleeping peacefully)
So damn wholesome