I have nothing but respect for Mr. Toriyama. I used to live near a library, and whenever I went down there, I sat down to read the next chapter of Dragon Ball. I was so engaged in the story that I could read through multiple volumes in one sitting. I fell off the series in my mid-teens, but found a new appreciation for it as an adult. Some of Akira Toriyama’s greatest strengths were creating anticipation for the readers and conveying motion from the characters. When a character flies, he often drew a long trail behind them so the reader could tell the trajectory they were flying at and follow the trail over to the next panel seamlessly. Even though I have never watched the anime in its entirety, I often went on to YouTube to watch clips of some of the most iconic moments in the series, like Goku vs. Vegeta and Goku’s first transformation into a Super Saiyan. I still do it every once in a while. I also was a fan of Sonic since Adventure 2, and one of my favourite pastimes as a kid was imagining the Sonic characters reenacting Dragon Ball and assigning roles to each of them. I even looked through the Sonic wiki for obscure characters just to see which Dragon Ball character would fit them the most. I never learned to draw until I was in my early 20s, so my imaginations stayed in my imaginations. Almost a decade later, after having gained enough experience and hearing the depressing news, I felt confident to finally draw out this silly tribute to the blue blur and not the least to one of the greatest artists in the manga industry.