Grandpa Gohan's Death Date Discovered

[DerekPadula]

I translated a statement by Akira Toriyama in Bird Land Press 15 where he describes when Grandpa Gohan died, prior to Dragon Ball Chapter 1.

https://youtube.com/shorts/s4YNPBTEAW4

Toriyama says Gohan died 2 years beforehand. So Goku was 10 years old when he killed Gohan as the Ozaru, and then Goku lived alone on Mt. Paozu for 2 years before meeting Bulma.

Fans have always wondered when Gohan died and how long Goku was alone on the mountain, and now we know.

The irony is that Toriyama wrote this in Bird Land Press 15 the same month as the premiere of Dragon Ball Chapter 1, in November, 1984, but it took over 40 years for us to find out. That's because in the story, Goku only says he died "a long time" ago.