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Dragon Ball author's career could have ended because of Shonen Jump

Believe it or not, the author of dragon ball It wasn't always as popular as it is now and it seems that its first serialization was almost canceled because it was overshadowed by another title. However, fate didn't allow it. Dr. It went unnoticed, and in fact, soon after came the great success of the Dragon Balls, Goku and company, more details below.

Can you imagine a world without dragon ball? It would be very strange, but perhaps the work would never have reached the world if Dr. would have been cancelled, as it would not have opened the door for another Akira Toriyama serialization.

And that's it, the author's work dragon ball It competed directly with Hibari-kun, which completely led the audience, causing Toriyama's series to fall into second place and slowly fall behind. The mess was so intense that, according to the author's editor, Toriyama made the decision to leave the series.

The most impressive thing is that the publisher said yes, they could do without him because they had Hibari-kun, The problem is that Hisashi Eguchi, the author, was unable to maintain the weekly serialization and after some failed negotiations, he ended up ending the delivery.

For that moment, Shuēisha could no longer allow the author to leave dragon ball. Here is what the editor mentioned about it:

“‘Hibari-kun’ overwhelmingly took first place, leading the magazine absolutely. It was the number one manga. At that time, the popularity of ‘Dr. Slump’ was gradually waning. Toriyama kept saying, ‘I want to quit, I want to quit.’ [However], the fact that ‘Hibari-kun’ took first place implied that there was a possibility for ‘Dr. Slump’ to end; since the main manga was another [Hibari-kun]. Therefore, even if Toriyama said he wanted to quit, the editorial department could respond, “We have ‘Hibari-kun,’ so it’s fine.” However, when ‘Hibari-kun’ started to go on hiatus, Toriyama couldn’t let ‘Dr. Slump’ go.”.

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Dr. It was published between 1980 and 1984, bringing together 263 chapters in 18 compilation volumes. It was adapted into an anime from 1981 to 1986. It was a Toei Animation project and had 243 chapters.