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On March 8, 2024, the world was shaken by the unfortunate news that teacher Akira Toriyama passed away suddenly. The creator of dragon ball He was one of the most influential mangakas today, as he served as a source of inspiration for other creators, not only in anime and manga, but in entertainment in general.

With this great loss and how enormous the franchise dedicated to Goku and company is, we started to think about whether it would be prudent for this beloved saga to continue even without its creator.

Something that is evident is that dragon ball will continue for the foreseeable future. After all, the manga is just beginning its new arc within Super and its next issue is expected to be released on March 20, 2024.

For now, the publisher Shueisha has not commented on a possible pause or delay of its next chapter. Although new news is likely to come when it is released. At least in this arc it's quite likely that Toriyama and Toyotaro discussed the way forward. Although for now everything is a question. Especially due to the sudden death of the author.

His great return in the anime is also expected in the form of Dragon Ball Daima. A project where Akira Toriyama was very involved and which will also be a celebration of the 40 years of the franchise.

In fact, Toriyama's involvement made many doubt its release. However, it has already been confirmed that it will arrive. They probably already had everything in terms of story and design, and they're just in the process of animating it. So it's pretty easy to see why. Dragon Ball Daima yes it must continue. But what about Super and other things that might come up in the future?

Toyotaro would be the ideal to end it, but not to continue beyond

For years it has been proposed that Toyotaro be the one to take the reins of what is and will be dragon ball. Many consider him to be a true successor to Toriyama. However, we must take into account that even for your work in SuperToyotaro had the constant supervision of Toriyama. Although he was no longer the artist, he made comments and discussed with him where the story would go.

We still don't know for sure if they really had the opportunity to form the entire arc that follows after super hero. But still, we believe that the manga should continue even without its original creator. This should be at least until this arc ends.. It would be very sad for both fans and current workers to leave this new story unfinished due to real-world tragedy.

Maybe Toyotaro could arrange everything to make it an ending worthy of everything it represents Dragon ball and the thousands of memories that Toriyama left us. We think it wouldn't be such a good idea for Toyotaro to create an entirely new arc on his own.

Despite the death of its creator, we cannot forget that Dragon Ball is a money-making machine

Obviously we cannot forget that dragon ball It is a franchise mastodon that even 40 years later is a money-generating machine for all those who have its rights. With this in mind it is obvious that we will not stop seeing their stories and characters in different media. From anime, new movies, video games and hundreds of marketing objects.

Surely Toriyama's passing won't stop the arrival of Sparking Zero nor will content be stopped being added to Heroes. In any case, the author was no longer involved in these projects.

In the anime we could have a certain balance. After all, the Moro and Granola sagas that we saw in the manga and where Toriyama still had influence are not yet adapted to this format. Of course it seems unreal that once they adapt these arcs it will be the end of dragon ball in animation. Surely they will not miss the opportunity to continue profiting.

After all, we already have proof Dragon Ball GT. Akira Toriyama had nothing to do with it and yet Toei Animation created this divisive series in the fandom. We wouldn't be surprised if we see something similar in the future.

Ideally they shouldn't continue without Akira Toriyama, but we know that won't happen

We must also be realistic in accepting that dragon ball It hasn't been what it was for years. Even the best bows Super They have not lived up to the cultural impact that Z achieved at the time. Continuing without Akira Toriyama opens the possibilities for him to find an equally iconic path or for the saga to be completely discredited due to poor decisions focused on generating profits.

Not to mention that absolutely nothing will now have the supervision of the creator, so it will not be known if the direction taken would be the one he would have liked. Ideally they should bring closure to what Akira Toriyama left unfinished and keep dragon ball As a memory. But we know that the business aspect and the money it generates will not let this happen.

So no. We do not believe that dragon ball should continue without Akira Toriyama but the reality is that it probably will and even future generations will have their own product of the series. But how different will it be from what Toriyama created? Only time will tell.

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