TheDevilsCorpse wrote:I agree with almost everything you are saying, except the bolded stuff. In a case like this with Toriyama, is that really that fair of a statement? Yeah he's the original author of the content we on this forum love. I personally love pretty much every work he puts out and I still fully support him writing whatever stories he wants to tell, but I honestly don't think its disrespectful or anything to desire that someone just glance over what he writes and point out some minor corrections for the sake of consistency (once again, things like dates, character ages, number of wishes, how dead bodies work, etc). Why? Because I think it is very important to note that said original content (the manga) that we came to love only came to be what it is in the first place because he had people watching over his shoulders in the form of his editors. Of course things can never turn out perfect, but they did try to keep him in line and help maintain some of the consistency, as well as reject ideas they didn't think were for the good of the series/popular with the fans.
I knew there was something I forgot to have in my post, thanks for bringing this up.
To clarify, I do agree that it's probably a good idea for Toriyama (or any manga author, or author in general) to have an editor or someone, even if it's just a friend or relative, to look over their work and make sure it's the best it can be. Toriyama's editors are a big part of what made Dragon Ball as we know it into what it is, just as Toei and the voice cast and Kikuchi are all responsible as well for making the anime version we know into what it is (it all goes back to Toriyama and his editors at the start of course though). So I do agree that it'd be nice if we had someone who would do that for Toriyama now.
What I was decrying with that comment though was the spirit in which it normally seems to be said, as if Toriyama completely on his own is incapable of giving us interesting material. I might be putting words in people's mouths, but it just normally seems to be coming from a place of throwing even more accusations at Toriyama, rather than just wishing for even more consistent material.
Like I said, I can't control what people think or what they say, and I'd never want to nor should anyone else, but all I ask is just the slightest nod of respect to the guy who started it all, ya know?
)