Toriyama Akira was probably Japan’s greatest manga master
The reclusive but tireless creator of “Dragon Ball” died on March 1st, aged 68
He had lost it again. It must have slipped down somewhere, between his papers and the low table he liked to work at. He was so careless with his stuff—all his stuff. But this was urgent. With steadily rising anxiety, he rummaged through his office. No sign. And yet he couldn’t draw properly, therefore couldn’t function, without it.
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