In the 1980s, the classic comic "Dragon Ball" created by Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama became popular all over the country and even became popular all over the world.
How popular is "Dragon Ball"? I believe that all post-80s generations must have heard of the name of a publishing house, Hainan Photography and Fine Arts Publishing House.
"Dragon Ball" at that time was 1.9 yuan per book and 9.5 yuan per volume, which made many boys willingly give up their breakfast and lunch, and took one-yuan and two-yuan banknotes to the newsstand to exchange for the latest "Dragon Ball", and then quickly circulated among classmates.
Hainan Photography and Fine Arts Publishing House's comic "Dragon Ball"
In 1983, the 28-year-old Akira Toriyama's personal income tax amount reached 647.45 million yen, equivalent to RMB 40.14 million.
You should know that this was 39 years ago! And it's personal income tax!
Aki Toriyama at this time can be said to be the peak of his life. But at this time he was very "troubled".
Akira Toyama's "troubles"
Akira Toyama has always been "troubles" because the comics cannot end.
"Dragon Ball" was originally a comic designed by reference to "Journey to the West" among the four classical Chinese classics and the Japanese Edo period work "The Legend of the Eight Dogs".
The story originally set by Akira Toriyama is that the male protagonist named "Little Goku" and his friends gathered seven dragon balls scattered around the world, so the comic is named "Dragon Ball" (the first version of the mainland is translated as "Dragon Ball").
In the early stages of "Dragon Ball", the "Chinese style" was very obvious. Xiao Wukong and Xiao Bajie both refer to the names in "Journey to the West". The journey to the West has transformed into collecting dragon balls. Xiao Wukong also has a Ruyi stick, which was also written with reference to the Golden Cudgel in "Journey to the West".
In "Dragon Ball", Xiao Wukong, Xiao Bajie and Bulma are looking for Dragon Ball together to
. Toriyama followed the advice and added the power element of "the world's No. 1 Martial Fighting Club", Dragon Ball comics began to rise rapidly.
"The World's No. 1 Martial Arts Club" in "Dragon Ball"
At that time, the Japanese comics industry was divided into two categories: "Dragon Ball" and "Other Works".
You should know that at that time, "Young JUMP" magazine was in its heyday. Every comic series serialized in the magazine is still a masterpiece: "Saint Seiya", "Bei Di Shen Fist", "Slam Dunk", "Youyou Bai Shu"... But compared with Dragon Ball, they have all become "other works".
Anyone who has read the comics should know that the ultimate boss set by the author at the beginning is the Piccolo Demon King. When Xiao Wukong defeated Piccolo and won the championship in the martial arts competition, the comic should end.
, but the publisher will not let the end. Because the fate of the magazine "JUMP" has long been closely tied to "Dragon Ball".
In 1984, the average sales volume of the magazine was about 3.5 million copies, and it continued to grow every year. It exceeded 5 million copies in 1989 and exceeded 6 million copies in 1991, establishing an unshakable kingship in the Japanese comics industry.
"JUMP" magazine
Once "Dragon Ball" decides to end, not only the magazine "JUMP" will be affected, but the Shueisha Publishing Group behind it, Bandai Company, Fuji TV, Toei Animation and other ace companies in Japanese animation adapted animations and peripheral products, will have chain reactions, and may even cause earthquakes in the entire Japanese comics industry.
In desperation, Toriyama Akira could only continue painting and the story continued.
’s decline after its peak
It is undeniable that Dragon Ball’s expansion of the story from the earth to the universe is a great creativity.
Starting from the appearance of Sun Wukong's brother, it tells the story of Sun Wukong's life, tail and the secret of the giant ape, the universe world of "Dragon Ball" begins to appear.
"Dragon Ball" The beginning of the universe world
When Vegeta and Naba land on the earth, they then led to a battle with the universe emperor Frieza and his gang on Namek.
In "Dragon Ball", Vegeta and Naba came to the earth
, the story of blood continues to sublimate, but this is also the last peak of this great comic by Toriyama.
When Sun Wukong became the legendary Super Saiyan and defeated Frieza, the universe emperors fell down. Is it time to end the story?
In "Dragon Ball", Sun Wukong transformed into the legendary Super Saiyan
, it is not possible, publishing houses and comic fans do not allow it, and Akira Toriyama can only continue painting.
So, the story returns to the earth.
The author came up with the story of the time aircraft and the artificial human being. Although it is also good, compared with the themes of collecting Dragon Ball, the world's No. 1 Martial Arts Club, the Piccolo Demon King, and the Dragon Ball Universe, Akira Toriyama's creativity has obviously come to an end.
Sun Wukong sacrificed himself in the battle with Sharu, the earth was saved, and his son Sun Gohan also became the strongest person in combat. Can it end? Even the author began to take Sun Wukong to say goodbye to everyone.
In "Dragon Ball", Sun Wukong sacrificed
in the battle with Sharu, and he still needs to continue drawing.
The story of Mahuo Buu appears, and the author regains the humorous style of the comic at the beginning. Although the design of characters such as Buu and Satan is novel, the story is almost impossible to tell. All kinds of unreasonable problems began to arise.
Magic Buu in "Dragon Ball"
Problems in "Dragon Ball World"
The first obvious problem is that the combat power has collapsed, and it is no longer measured by numbers.
When Wukong's brother landed on Earth, the probe appeared in the book for the first time, and the combat power of the experts on Earth was only a few hundred.
The first plot of combat effectiveness in Dragon Ball
For example, Teacher Wu Tian139, Kulin206, Tianjin Fried 250, Piccolo408, Wukong416.
From then on, as the strength of the set villain characters continues to improve, the strength of the positive characters begins to grow rapidly.
Wukong's combat power was about 30,000 when he fought with Vegeta. When he arrived at Mik, he turned into more than 100,000. When he saw Frieza, he turned into millions. Later, because the numbers could no longer calculate the combat power, the author started a big idea again.
uses the strength of breath to represent the combat power value. This perfectly solves the problem that the combat power is still growing to hundreds of millions or even hundreds of billions, and it can no longer be displayed with numbers.
From the world's No. 1 martial arts association to strengthen the power element, to the final expansion of combat power without limit, the power element of "Dragon Ball" has obviously crossed the boundaries.
The second problem is that many main positive characters have become "smooth" characters.
The main positive characters of "Dragon Ball"
In the period of artificial human creation, Tianjin Fan, Leping, Dumpling, Kulin, and even the Piccolo Demon King began to fail to keep up with the improvement of combat effectiveness and gradually withdrew from the battle.
The only people who can play in the battle in the story are basically the Saiyans, because they can continuously improve their abilities through combat. Other ordinary people can only give advice, provide intelligence, run errands, etc.
I remember that there is a saying by Turtle Fairy who can represent the state at that time: "I really miss Teacher Wu Tian's first day in the world!"
The third problem is that the improvement of Saiyan abilities is no longer logical.
Super Saiyan is a legend. Due to the plot needs, the second and third generations of Super Saiyans appeared. If one person fails, he can still reunite and change his appearance... The stronger the opponent is, the more powerful Saiyans there are.
is behind the creativity of unreasonable logical settings.
Although there are some problems, for a cartoonist who left behind two masterpieces, "Alarei" and "Dragon Ball", what else can be demanding from Akira Toriyama?
Sun Wukong's change process
farewell to "imperfection"
Aki Toriyama's "troublesome" days are finally over.
1995, Dragon Ball finally came to say goodbye to everyone.
That year, "Young JUMP" magazine sold an astonishing 6.53 million copies because all readers wanted to say goodbye to "Dragon Ball", which has been with them for 11 years.
After the completion of Dragon Ball, the sales of "Young JUMP" magazine turned downward and declined all the way.
Although there are small masterpieces like "Longke Jianxin" supporting the scene, it is still difficult to hide the decline. It was not until the emergence of another master, "One Piece", that the situation changed.
Sun Wukong said goodbye to everyone after all. Akira Toriyama no longer needs to be "troubled". But recalling, wouldn’t the effect be better if Sun Wukong ended the comic after defeating the Piccolo Demon King or defeating Frieza?
Another contemporary masterpiece, "Slam Dunk", gives an answer.
When Xiangbei team defeated the Absolute King Mountain King in the national competition, the author ended the comic. Like Dragon Ball, the publisher and countless comic fans objected, but the author still insisted on his own opinion and ended the story.
and this imperfect ending is still a legend today.
"Slam Dunk" ending
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