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Tite Kubo shared touching words after the passing of Akira Toriyama – Dragon Ball author. The Bleach author said in his column on Klub Outside that it is impossible not to comment on this. Mangaka said death has a different weight when it comes to someone he has followed since he was a child, someone who worked at the same magazine and who had a huge influence on his life. For Kubo, as long as someone’s work still exists, they will never truly disappear from this world.
Kubo said: “Personally, I don’t feel lonely or hurt at all. It was the death of someone I had followed since I was a child, someone who worked at the same magazine as me and someone I was deeply influenced by.” sharp, so that feeling is different from when I face death in general.
I never talked about it with anyone, but I always believed that creating things means expanding your existence and life. That’s because I believe that as long as the work exists, the author will not die. And I believe that being able to get used to this feeling properly is proof of the importance of the work’s existence remaining in my heart. That’s all.”
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The Bleach author also said that he strongly believes in the idea that creativity is a way to expand life. For him, the fact that he was able to face a loss like this showed how much Toriyama’s work meant to him personally. Kubo promised to post with optimism as usual next time.
Toriyama was extremely important in Kubo’s life, having inspired him from an early age. In fact, after Bleach was rejected by Weekly Shonen Jump the first time, Toriyama sent Kubo a letter of encouragement. Bleach was a huge success, lasted 15 years, was adapted into a movie, an animated series and sold more than 100 million USD.
Kubo, along with Naruto’s Masashi Kishimoto and One Piece’s Eiichiro Oda, is part of manga’s “Big Three”, three authors who marked a generation in Weekly Shonen Jump. They all recognize Toriyama as one of the most influential people in the art world. Hideaki Sorachi from Gintama and several others also recognized this influence.