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R.I.P Akira Toriyama
by Beann0843
Professional Loser
2 years ago
*The pose was used from a page in U.I. Goku VS Morro*
I'm never drawing again xdxd
Vent: With my birthday right around the corner I've faced so many losses that are happening. 2 very impactful ones. One of those is Akira Toriyama. After hearing about an important loved one passing away, I've come to find news upon another person I've cared about had passed away march 1st, announced on the 7th.
I remember being a kid and creating a whole schedule to watch an episode of dragon ball every Saturday night on Cartoon Network. Usually they repeat episodes after you dip your toes into Namek Saga. I remember my parents being strict about it and not allowing me to watch it but I still did xdxd it was the second episode I've ever seen, oh god; it was the episode of Nappa killing every one of the Z-Fighters and my mom was terrified of what I'd seen LOL
I remember my first episode had Yamcha appearing and I thought he was the main character but ended up dying THAT same episode xdxd
I remember sitting in class listening to "Dragon Soul" with my phone in the desk, resetting the song once it finished. I was caught within a few minutes
I remember staying up at night watching those videos about Super Saiyan transformations 1 - 1,000,000 or something
I remember when the battle of gods movie dropped and asking my mom if I can go watch it and she said no
It's just tough. Something that was with me, my whole life. Being so dumb and careless but just loved watching dragon ball and even creating fake scenarios in my head. Later down the road Abridged came out and it reignited my passion for dragon ball.
Later down the road Resurrection F came out and I couldnt stop seeing clips of it and Goku's ssjb form. I remember coming to school and one of my friends telling me about his new form was out and I was excited about it because I didnt sleep at all that night.
It was the fact that I had my first few friends through dragon ball too. I remember chatting about it at lunch all the time. I was definitely that one friend with no real friends, and a weeb at heart, just didn't know it.
Then the anime versions came out and I had lost track of it again. Goku's M.U.I form released and that day was internet shattering. I had actually only seen an A.M.V of T.O.P and it included MUI. I was so surprised I was so so so so so interested about it.
I remember moving states right as I finished Elementary School and got a new school entirely to work with. I found dragon ball friends the same week and even got a game called Dokkan Battle that I still play till this day.
Oh god, I remember my grandmother passing, and everything was just hard. I found my peace mainly through music, but a little bit of Dragon Ball.
Sometime down the road I've lost someone else. Got a boyfriend who I'm still with and he's made me happy again... But now, here I am.
I've lost multiple people again, but this time it's all around my birthday.
Akira has single handedly created 99.9% of my childhood and his passing absolutely destroyed me. If I knew he was going to pass March 1st, nothing would've prepared me for this. And now that he's gone I really dont know what to do with myself. I feel like it's fake but I know that it isn't.
My art style is heavily based off of Dragon Ball art style, it was the first thing I drew. In fact it was Ssj3 Goku and I have a picture in my phone of it.
I remember when the broly movie was coming out and I asked my mom again if we can go watch it. My mom said maybe this time but we didnt go and see it, and when I got my first paycheck at my job the first thing I bought was the broly movie off of Google Movies
If anyone has made it this far, I want to thank you for listening to my gibberish. I just needed to say something even if no one actually sees this.
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