seeing this made me just break down crying. if you’d asked me yesterday what i thought of akira toriyama i would have probably said i respected him immensely, but his work didn’t hold a special place in my heart. but realizing that he’s gone is just devastating. such an iconic, important artist. the world is worse without him
blown away by how much I realize that I liked him
it’d be enough if he was just the artist for one hugely important and influential series with a sense of child-like whimsy, but he did dragon ball AND dragon quest
RIP
and chrono trigger! the fact that chrono trigger is only maybe the 3rd most important thing he did is astounding