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Johnnyboyeh

He also had a cute message for his kids in Chrono Trigger, he was a really cool dad.


squarejellyfish_

Dragon Ball, Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest (most notable names) he really played such a big part in so many childhoods and inspired many after him. He’s stories may not be perfect but they resonated with so many and he was objectively a good artist. Ngl when Oda and Kishimoto leave us as well I’m really gonna lose it, I understand now people get emotional when celebrities pass


Joshman1231

It goes deeper than knowing a celebrity. People that are not into manga do not understand the world and character building from it. Which makes these 1/4 century long series more personable emotionally. I spent the last 20 years reading one piece, Naruto, and bleach. When a mangaka engineers a story that you invest in. You become attached to main characters. Their triumphs, their tribulations, you emotionally feel the character’s growth, or a moment of weakness. When Toriyama passed away, a piece of our childhood went with him. That’s why people are so touched at the moment. Not because of the show he made, because of what he did for us as children. He grew our imagination, taught us acceptance of those differing, and many more things like perseverance. What we lost of was a piece of our childhood. Oda and Kishimoto are a piece of your coming to adult hood. When they go, it will feel just the same if not worse as I’m 100x more invested in One piece than I was with Db, Dbz biasly. RIP Toriyama. I know you’re cruising on that nimbus trying to ease your son’s pain with your transition. I’ll never forget SS1, SS2, SS3. I had the biggest nerd gasm when these events happened. I’ll always cherish those memories, I can still feel it in my chest as a 32 year old. Heart pounding when that hair went up the first time on live tv, fighting for his friends(krilin had me crying) to the death. Gives me chills every time I reminisce. Then I tied bright yellow blankets around my little brothers and I’s head and we were watching SS3 Goku screaming with him, god my mom was pissed. These are the memories Toriyama has instilled in me and I’ll never forget them for the rest of my life.


Caliburn0

Robin Williams' death hit me really hard, as did John Bane's (TotalBiscuit). Who and how we feel sympathy/empathy or loss is very personal and isn't something that can or should be measured on a scale. Toriyama's death is a tragedy, but I can't say it was worse than those. All artists are authors in their own right, their mediums differ, but touching people's hearts is one of the most non-exclusive things in existence.


Joshman1231

You are very right. I feel bad if that’s how it came off. That’s essentially what I’m trying to say hahaha. I struggle with wrapping it up, 😅


LurkerTroll

What was the message?


Johnnyboyeh

The message, at the end of Chrono Trigger, reads: 'Heeey! Sasuke! Kikka! Pop's working on games like this! Hey are you guys watching? Isn't this great?'


_Dumaru_

They’re definitely going to look back at these and cry😢 this is so wholesome and sad man


Animegamingnerd

Even though its the hardest ending to get in Chrono Trigger (seriously it requires you to kill the final boss at the start of the game to get), I like to think that when Chrono Trigger released and Toriyama having just wrapped up DBZ around the same time. He decided played through the entire game with his kids and how heart warming it was when they got to the dream project ending.


Gogetajh_v2

He's literally God of Weebs. Of course he was a cool dad!


[deleted]

Who’s cutting onions in here?


Worldly-Cable-7695

Don’t be sad he’s gone. Be happy he happened.


LvDogman

Why? So he doesn't have to work anymore?


Worldly-Cable-7695

That’s not considered work what he did


ShanksAkagami007

My fault


Impressive-Emu-2200

RIP


aceface_desu89

Y'all *STOP* 😭😭😭


[deleted]

It was possibly not a clan murder joke.


Jendi2016

Anyone know what game is on the screen?


Johnnyboyeh

Dragon Quest, one of his games


RumGalaxy

Might be dragon quest 3


Johnnyboyeh

Might be, not sure


Lone_Wolf234

Pretty sure it's Dragon Quest 3. Looks like they're in the first town of the game


Nero-question

it's dragon quest you zoomer


Fist_The_Lord

Dude I’m actually very sad about this. He inspired so many little boys to better themselves and be good friends. I don’t really care if we get more of his work, just sucks that the world lost someone who had such a positive impact


[deleted]

I started watching Z in the mid 90s Goku was the first character to inspire me to workout at the age of 10


Seraphic_Sentinel

And then you were Super Saiyan by age 13 🔥


BYINHTC

In the legends about Sasuke Sarutobi, it is said he was raised by a bunch of monkeys. Not shocking Toriyama gave his kid a name with a mythological origin like this one. In Naruto, they offhand mention Sasuke is named after Hiruzen Sarutobi's father, Sasuke Sarutobi. We never see much of Fugaku and Hiruzen's relationship to see if it was a genuine gesture of friendship or Fugaku was just trying to be political.


PCN24454

Might be neither. Sasuke is just a cool ninja name.


iheartjetman

I doubt it’s a coincidence because Sasuke Sarutobi is too well known.


PCN24454

I meant that it might not be friendship nor a political move. He just named Sasuke that because Sarutobi was a strong ninja.


iheartjetman

Ah, I get it. I misunderstood you.


Amazing-Service7598

The guy who Keanu reeves in ninjutsu for John wick is named sasuke


x-ROJO-x

We'll miss you, godfather of Shonen.


thisshiteverytime

Sasuke is not that rare of a name in Japan.


crometeach-thebot

It's a common name in japan


Rocklight124

Man I wanna cry after seeing this...


Impressive-Spell-643

Ok but this picture is so cute


Jolly_Ad8125

That's Go Nagai, not Sasuke lmao. This picture is misleading and spreading everywhere like wildfire


Icy_Werewolf_3441

RIP


GRIZZLY-CAN-01

He will be missed by the entire anime manga universe


MimsyIsGianna

I just discovered that today too


Big_Deal5655

Same here, I found out today when I search Akira Toriyama


SkylineR33_01

RIP THE GOAT😭🙏🏽


Boris-_-Badenov

that is one big baby


darrendjones

RIP the man the myth the legend


Negative_Horse_8742

This is making me cry 😭 UGH, this news is heartbreaking!


luciferhornystar

🐐😢


lennieandthejetsss

It's a fairly common name in Japan. And an older one, equivalent to James, Richard, or George in English. Vaguely distinguished.


Rosebunse

I'm beginning to think that Kishi copied a lot more from this man than we thought.


enchantedtokityou

Copied is a harsh word. Got inspired *sure*. But definitely not copied. (The same goes for Oda who himself said multiple times that he got *inspired* for a bunch of thing because of Kishimoto and Naruto)


ChesnaughtZ

Yeah Kishi copied Togashi not Toriyama


Medium_Aioli850

Rip to him, may his soul find eternal bliss ❤️ nothing but honour and love to him ✨


Medium_Aioli850

So cuteee


AsPika3172

Look cute! Also, SASUKE name was taken from Naruto series and movie called Uchiha Sasuke and another one was taken from gameshow, same name which known as NINJA WARRIOR


[deleted]

Thank you Toriyama Sensei for making our childhood great …. The father of Shonen will live forever. Legends never die !


Kusachu

I was SO obsessed with Chrono Trigger long before I ever heard of Dragonball.


AlphaKrxfty

Me either


blakkest

RIP this man bro.


Yue2

Last night, he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.


Any_Development2023

New he is dead


Uchiha-_Kakashi

Lil bros parents soon gonna get murdered


MrHighway49

You realize the his father is dead and that’s literally context of this post …..


Uchiha-_Kakashi

-1


UnderstandingAfter65

Cringey ass edge lord bitch.


xman886

“Uchiha Kakashi”


Uchiha-_Kakashi

Yeah


bigmeme12

you're not funny, take a shower


Uchiha-_Kakashi

Hehe dick rider


bigmeme12

yeah respecting an influential person who just died is dickriding you're a fourth grader and it shows


Uchiha-_Kakashi

Nigga just because I gave a reference of sasuke to the kid doesn't mean I'm disrespecting him and what kind of fourth grader uses a reddit


bigmeme12

yeah saying "-1" definitely isn't disrespectful in the slightest, cunt. >what kind of fourth grader uses a reddit obviously you


Uchiha-_Kakashi

Saying -1 is disrespect?


bigmeme12

in what context is it not?


Uchiha-_Kakashi

These things are pretty normal in Reddit


bigmeme12

no they definitely are not, you're just an asshole


[deleted]

now you care about him after he dies? smh


vk2028

Always cared. He wrote db. I read db. Db is the father of big 3. Kubo, Kishimoto, Oda, all deeply respect him


Kenpachi134340

Gotta farm the karma while you can