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Interviews between mangakas are always exciting opportunities to find out more about them. But sometimes, you get to know facts that were better hidden. In an interview between the authors ofDragon BallandOne Piece, Akira Toriyama was shocked by one opinion from Eiichiro Oda.
In all honesty, Oda was simply mesmerized by Akira Toriyama and only wanted to praise his skills and art. In a 2001 interview featured inOne PieceColor Walk #1, the two legendary authors sat together for a fun-filled interview which quickly led to them spilling some serious beans.
Eiichiro Oda Appreciates Akira Toriyama’s Armpit Drawing Skills
Inthe interview,Eiichiro Odaseemed genuinely excited about interacting withAkira Toriyama.
Of course, he’s god! He is in an entirely different dimension. All in all, he’s just too good at drawing!
The author ofOne Piecethen revealed thatthe first time he encounteredToriyama’s manga was during the second chapter ofDragon Ball.Regardless, it was love at first sight. At the time, Oda was obsessed with Disney, but he considered Toriyama’s art to be even better. He then asked theDragon Ballauthor about a particular character in the franchise called Ranfan, who appeared in the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai.
When Akira Toriyama acknowledged that he remembered the character, Oda brought up a specific scene inDragon Ballthat was memorable to him.
You know how Ranfan took her clothes off, right? Her armpits during that scene were really drawn well. I thought that you were the first person to accurately draw someone’s armpit that well. Back then, I always drew people’s armpits.
This confession might have made Toriyama take a step back but Oda remained excited, skipping to the next thing he liked about theDragon Ballauthor’s drawings.
Eiichiro Oda Remembers the Most Minor Characters inDragon Ball
Next, Oda confessed that he used to love drawing Tao Pai Pai’s hands. Mercenary Tao or Tao Pai Pai was an assassin for hire who was a major antagonist in the Commander Red Saga. However, he is a minor character that even the most hardcore Dragon Ball enthusiasts might find hard to remember. Yet, Oda did and exclaimed thathe loved the character.
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Oda continued to fanboy by saying:
When he posed his hands were so well drawn. During that time, the only thing I drew were hands. Those two things were what shocked me the most in Dragon Ball… armpits and hands.
Toriyama calmly admitted thathe regrettednever having studied muscle models back when he started out withDragon Ball. He only focused on how they looked, but they were not accurate.
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Oda rushed in to claim that the muscles inDragon Ballwere perfect and even the women are fully muscular. According to theOne Pieceauthor, it made the women look sexy.
you may readOne PieceandDragon Ballon Viz Media and watch the anime on Crunchyroll.
Aaheli Pradhan
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
