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Anime Addicts Anonymous

Akira Toriyama. We will always love you.

Anime Addicts Anonymous

Mitsugi Hiten

Video Games, Animation & Manga, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A tribute to a man who was an inspiration and positive influence to millions. Thank you for everything you gave us Toriyama sensei. We will always love and remember you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The You're not going to be here.

0:13.0

You know.

0:15.0

You know? You know?

0:17.0

Oh.

0:18.0

You know?

0:20.0

Oh.

0:21.0

Oh. Oh, It was brought to my attention in the middle of the week on a perfectly pleasant day, on a perfectly

0:46.0

pleasant evening. I was playing piano at the time and sharing it on the discord and the

0:52.0

pancake came home and absolutely demolished. Discord and I imagine for everybody else as well and told me that Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball and so many other properties had passed away at only the age of 68, which is, of course, not especially old, particularly for a Japanese person who have a pretty long life expectancy generally.

1:16.0

From a blood clot in the brain on March 1st is when he passed away and the statement went out a little bit thereafter after the funeral and everything and probably smart because with the just immense popularity of Toriama it could have become a giant circus, I think, for his family.

1:34.2

And absolutely devastating, as I would say to myself, you know, I am not an overly emotional person and the particularly when I read the note from

1:50.4

Oda the manga creator of One Piece.

1:53.7

It was just, there was nothing I could do

1:56.4

from just crying like a little child pretty much during that.

2:00.4

And I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

2:02.3

And to me me it was almost like

2:08.2

Even though this isn't true and there's probably still going to be Dragon Ball Die Mile will probably still come out in the fall

2:13.8

or whatever that's going to hit.

2:16.0

It was almost like Goku died, except this time

2:18.7

we're not going to wish Goku back.

2:20.6

And that was just pretty brutal as I continue this like opening monologue.

2:28.0

I don't think that I'm getting a little personal.

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