I recently reread the entire DBZ manga. Boy is the writing mediocre, but boy is it cool. I always loved the look of the Saiyan battle armor. One might say these drawings are a combination of what I drew before and after my sexual awakening.
"At that time, it began to be more fun to think up the story than to draw the pictures. But with the story, I basically only thought of each chapter. That is why I end up getting caught in these quagmires. (laughs) Around the time of Trunks' time travel, it was dreadful. I kept drawing, and it just got more and more incoherent."
"Right around then was when the Androids No. 19 and No. 20 appeared. You weren't my editor or anything anymore, but you specifically called me to say "I thought that the enemies had finally come, but aren't these just a geezer and a fatso?" (laughs) In truth, I hadn't had plans for anyone but No. 19 and No. 20 to appear. But there was no helping it, so I brought out No. 17 and No. 18. Then you called me up and said "What, this time it is just some brats?" So I brought out Cell."
"With second-form Cell as well, I liked him well enough. Actually, I had wanted him to play a more active role. But since I was told he looked stupid, I had no choice but to change him. (laughs) So I made him into his cool-looking perfect form, which was to KondÅ-san's liking."
— Daizenshuu 2, 1995
And if you want to read a very goofy shonen and have time to kill, try "Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken". Some of the plot twists have to be seen to be believed.
There's two anime series of it, one incomplete, one recent and still ongoing.
He admits it: "At that time, it began to be more fun to think up the story than to draw the picture
The story very much has the structure of a compulsive discovery-writer, and luckily chooses an approach where it doesn't come off *too* poorly; virtually no character development, and constant one-upping on power-levels.
But the quality is largely irrelevant. We love it because it's cool.
The story very much has the structure of a compulsive discovery-writer, and luckily chooses an appro
