I’ve got really sad news to share; a few weeks ago, Akira Toriyama, who is best known for creating the Dragon Ball Z manga, has passed away. I never watched the DBZ animes much growing up and I didn’t even read the mangas growing up either, although I did play some DBZ games growing up. But I grew up playing this game Toriyama co-created and lead designed and it was Blue Dragon. My father introduced me to the game when I was very young, being around 5 years old. I remember watching my dad playing the game for the very first time and ever since, I loved playing the game even though it’s quite hard sometimes. Recently, I was playing the game in honor and memory of Toriyama. Thank you so much, Dad, for introducing me to an almost 20-year old game like Blue Dragon when I was very small.
R.I.P Akira Toriyama
1955-2024
