Manga creator Eiichiro Oda - who last week announced that One Piece would be taking a three week "scheduled mainte👍nance" break - has commented once again on the recent passin🎐g of his friend, and fellow legendary mangaka, Akira Toriyama.
As spotted by the on Twitter (), Oda, writing in the latest issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, said of his friend and colleague, "Right now he's got a halo on his head and he's saying 'Sure is tough to be a mangaka' while building models without a care in the world."
Oda's author comment for Akira Toriyama in the latest Jump pic.twitℱter🌊.com/ZNpopcia4T
He did love his M♐odels. pic.twitter.com/7pQ5gdQVMy
This is not the first time that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询ღ:Oda has commented on Toriyama's passing. Hours after the news broke that the creator had died at the age of 68, Oda reminisced of an early meeting with a creator he had long considered one of his personal heroes. "I have admired him so much since I was a child, so I remember 💙the day he called me by ❀name for the first time," he wrote, adding, "He showed us the dream that manga can go worldwide. It was like watching a hero going forward."
The final episode of One Piece for now is published today in Weekly Shōnen Jump #17. The series will resume in Weekly Shōnen Jump #21, date for April 22.
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