Akira Toriyama clarified in his day why the second saga of the series was called Dragon Ball Z, a detail that very few followers know today.

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Dragon Ball continues its course, adding new adventures so that the followers of the skills of Goku, Vegeta and company They can continue to show why they are the strongest warriors in the universe. Akira Toriyama, its creator, does not stop offering new details about some of the aspects of the series, such as the reason why he introduced Cell in the android saga or why he does not consider Goku as a hero. However, he also left a brushstroke that very few know: the reason why the second saga of the series was named as Dragon Ball Z.

And it is that it is one of the most legendary sagas of all anime, leaving truly epic and spectacular moments. However, very few know the origin of the Z that gives its name to an arc that is already a legend, something that Toriyama explained in an interview over 20 years ago and that very few followers remember. In it, the creator of Dragon Ball assured that “Z is the last letter of the alphabet, right? Anyway, from then on, I wanted to finish the comic, so I put a ‘Z’ in the title, meaning that’s it, folks.”announced along with the main illustrator of the Dragon Ball anime, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuri.

In this way, the Z of Dragon Ball means a conclusion to a whole stagealthough finally it turned out to be the beginning of everythingsince the arrival of Dragon Ball Z gave rise to a colossal success that continued to expand through movies, video games, merchandising and, later, with dragon ball super landingits official continuation.

Dragon Ball fans believe that Toriyama got tired of the series

Despite Dragon Ball has continued its adventure after the outcome of the Z saga, Many consider that Toriyama ended up really tired of his own creation, so he wanted to end it in an abrupt and hasty way. Perhaps Toriyama’s intention was to put an end to his greatest work, but he shows that He still has enormous respect for him.because with the passage of time has been involved and has supervised some of the projects who have continued the story.

Thus, the story could have been very different if Toriyama’s wish had come true and Dragon Ball Z was the final conclusion of the adventures of the Saiyan warriors, who currently have much to enjoy.

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By Geeke