Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his June 2023 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Zahha:

Zahha

A very mysterious magic swordsman. Congratulations to Dragon Ball Legends on its 5th anniversary!

Zahha — like Shallot from last month — hails from the mobile video game Dragon Ball Legends.

“Sacher” may be a better fit for a localization of the character’s name, coming from “sachertorte“… which would still end up with a roughly “Zahha” pronunciation, provided one knew the original German origin. Like with many other names from the Dragon Ball franchise, the process of localizing includes many demanding and often contradictory decisions be made regarding the eventual spelling as well as guiding an intended pronunciation.

(KitKat makes a popular sachertorte-flavored candy in Japan.)

This drawing and comment set has been added to the respective page in our “Translations” archive.