Goku and Friends React to Akira Toriyama's Passing is a fanfiction short written by MarioFan65. It is about Goku and the Z Fighters reacting to the passing of Akira Toriyama. It was released on March 14, 2024.
Characters[]
- Goku
- Vegeta
- Piccolo
- Gohan
- Goten
- Trunks
- Krillin
- Master Roshi
Transcript[]
(At the Kame House, Goku and his friends are eating some food such as noodles, rice, sushi and fish as Goku eats fast in much of his friends' shock and how they enjoyed eating together as a team)
- Goku: Man, isn't eating all of this taste so good?
- Gohan: I love it!
- Goten: This is kinda yummy.
- Trunks: Yeah!
- Vegeta: Oh great. I bet I can afford all the food while training in the top of the world.
- Yamcha: This stuff taste the joys.
- Krillin: That's awesome to hear.
- Oolong: Gotta love some bacon.
- Bulma: *show up crying* Oh no! Guys, bad news!
- Goku: What's wrong Bulma?
- Vegeta: Is the world in danger again?
- Bulma: Something else. Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball has passed away.
- Everyone: *heartbroken* Oh no!
- Goku: That's terrible. How could this be?
- Chi-Chi: What happen? I thought he was in his 50s.
- Pu'ar: He was in his 60s and died of natural causes!
- Bulma: Not just that. He died of an acute subdural hematoma.
- Mr. Satan: Damn! That sucks!
- Majin Buu: Aw man! Now how am I going to get all the candy from today?
- Videl: This is just sickening. How could this happen?
- Gohan: I don't know. Life just sucks.
- Goten: Maybe we can bring him back with the Dragon Balls.
- Piccolo: No! That not how it works! He died of natural causes! When he dies, he stays in the after life and doesn't come back!
- Goku: I guess he's with King Kai now and the other Kais in the Other World.
- Vegeta: I bet they're gonna do a funeral for him later on.
- Bulma: Man, this is just sad to see someone go who is a legend for all the works like Dragon Quest. Chrono Trigger, Dr. Slump, Sand Land and Blue Dragon.
- Chi-Chi: This is so heartbreaking!
- Ox-King: That is bad.
- Gohan: Sad to hear that Akira-san is gone.
- Goku: We'll see what we can do later on.
(At night, Goku and his friends host a funeral for Akira Toriyama as Master Roshi held the funeral to pay respects for the creator with everyone else)
- Roshi: Thank you all for coming tonight. As you can see, Akira Toriyama was a great artist and writer who did amazing work on all of his mangas and create the Dragon Ball series. Without him, Japan would never be the same and how different all the influence works would be if his art never came to the world.
- Gohan: He changed my life.
- Goten: He made us go super saiyan.
- Vegeta: He made me a saiyan prince.
- Yamcha: I lived my life when he was around.
- Krillin: I enjoyed his works, especially Blue Dragon.
- Piccolo: He made my role perfect like a piece of cupcake.
- Bulma: He helped me create a lot of inventions through a role.
- Oolong: His manga inspired me to make my own.
- Chi-Chi: I ended up marrying Goku at the end of the original Dragon Ball manga, because of him.
- Pu'ar: We'll miss him a lot.
- Majin Buu: I ate a lot of candy because of him.
- Mr. Satan: I became a champion because of him.
- Videl: His works changed the world.
- Ox-King: His works sell so well that it made lot of money in the manga industry.
- Android 18: It is a honor to have a husband and a kid.
- Roshi: We will all miss Akira Toriyama forever in our hearts. Thank you for everything Akira and we will miss you.
- Goku: Thank you for making the Dragon Balls come to life, Akira.
- Gohan: And thank you for making me a proud father like my father.
- Goten: We'll miss you!
- Trunks: Once a saiyan, always a saiyan.
- Goku: The world will remember you in the skies.
(The gang hold hands together as they take a moment of silence to remember Akira Toriyama)
THE END
R.I.P. AKIRA TORIYAMA
1955 - 2024
Trivia[]
- The short was released in wake of Akira Toriyama's passing on March 1, 2024 before news reported on his passing on March 7, 2024.