Silly.

Gross

Chiyo

Kushite

The comic version has some pretty cool panels…

Isn’t there?

It’s Goku-chan…!

Complete edition cover, the beginning of the superhero, card games, etc.

There are a lot of scenes featuring Super Vegeta kicking my stomach for some reason.

Hey, Vegeta!

Please get my face fixed!

You can’t imagine things on your own.

Words from former person in charge Kondo.

Ugly

The spirit of asking a foe for a favor.

Teacher Toriyama likes ugly class bosses like Goma, but…

It turned out to be a surprisingly meta reason.

Mashirito was giving a lot of criticism, but Kondo made suggestions about the Frieza Force, and his only criticism was about Cell’s ugly face.

>>26

It was Kondo-kun who made criticisms about No. 18 and No. 19 on the radio the other day (laughs), they said.

Understanding of the editing supervisor

If the second cell is the final form

What could this be that has taken in numbers 17 and 18?

Or will one side be saved?

If the enemy is good-looking, does it really make you think, “Can we actually win?”

I don’t think Frieza was particularly good-looking.

>>29

I guess they really hated it to the point that they had to intervene.

>>31

Ah… well, I guess it’s unpleasant.

It looks more like the Ginyu Force than an enemy boss.

>>29

Rather than whether they are good-looking, I think it was the fact that they were a monster that was the issue.

Even Mashirito said that monsters won’t be accepted in Jump. When the Great Ape first appeared, we thought for sure that the survey ratings would go up, but they actually went down, and he mentioned that.

>>53

Due to that, Mashirit and Kondo came to recognize that “giant characters do not resonate well.”

Even if you self-destruct, you survive, and somehow that powers you up with the Saiyan’s near-death ability. What are you?

Beauty and ugliness determine friends and foes, but they do not decide victory or defeat…

>>33

Because if it’s this ugly, it’s just not acceptable… right?

It’s like something similar to Jaggi…

It’s probably because I want them to just hurry up and die since they’re so gross.

Since Kondo is involved with Frieza’s character image as well.

This guy seems like an idiot.

Let’s quickly turn it into its final form.

Even if the second form faces Goku in the Cell Games, it doesn’t seem like it would be very decisive.

It seems like people might think that Goku can still do a little more.

I feel like there were some cool scenes between the time we defeated Android 16 and the arrival of Super Vegeta, but it might just have been that Wakamoto’s voice sounded cool back then.

Cell is pretty creepy until he becomes his perfect form, right?

Cockroach wing extraction

The exoskeleton is clearly that of an insect.

Stabbing humans with a tail and absorbing them.

Opening its tail and swallowing the android whole.

When you self-destruct, you become a total fatso.

The form itself is like a lump of disgust.

>>43

I love the horror vibe of Ginger Town.

The way the Galick Gun fell over was so silly that it was no good.

The design was still alright, but the bird that was trying to turn this comical character into its final form was already quite wacky back then.

The voice acting of Wakamoto is amusing again, and that’s a problem.

All of Cell’s lines when he’s at a disadvantage are hilarious.

>>48

I can say my favorite lines in Breakers, but I can’t help but laugh.

>>48

Hey, Vegeta!

Do something about this guy!!

>>52

Seriously, it feels like they really want something done, it’s funny.

Frieza also has a model and was an editor for a girls’ magazine.

It’s probably polite language…

>>49

Well, it’s just self-proclaimed, though.

Toriyama is quite famous in the industry for drawing characters based on people he recognizes as models, as mentioned by the producer of Dragon Quest 10, who became the model for Nelgel.

>>54

Kondo claims to be a model for trunks.

The statement was made by Professor Hiroko Ishizuka, who illustrated Iyoku.

I’m curious about how the Android Saga was supposed to develop with the old man and the fat guy.

>>56

Toriyama and the editing team are not thinking about next week while writing.

The editor also seemed to be surprised and thought, “Wait, Trunks is Vegeta’s son?!” after reading the name.

At the point when he split Frieza in half, he was still a mysterious young man even to the editor.

In the Cell Saga, both Kondo and Toriyama have been regretting for a long time that they shouldn’t have introduced time machines—because it turned into a time paradox. In a recent radio show, Toriyama mentioned that drawing it became so tough that he really wanted to quit the series.

The stupid cell was probably the only source of healing, seriously.

Actually, I didn’t write a huge boss even for the superheroes.

I liked how the Android Saga continuously introduced new candidates for the final boss, it felt very mysterious.

Mashirito = King Piccolo

Kondo = Frieza

Mr. Ishizuka often drew.

Isn’t it cruel to call someone ugly for the face they got from their parents!?

Even though they look a bit like insects when they change color, those pink lips.

Damn it!

If I can just become perfect…!

Editing is editing, but Mashirito was scolded by his senior editor for breaking all the theories of this shonen manga! What are you doing?!

Why does everyone think, “Why is this guy a Dragon Ball editor?” Kondo-san feels really uncomfortable in the Jump editorial department.

Takeda was urged repeatedly to absolutely continue the serialization!

It seems like there have been various struggles with Dragon Ball.

>>67

Editorial Department: “Mr. Toriyama is going to continue the serialization, right!?”

Takeda: “I’m making sure to emphasize it (I haven’t said anything to Toriyama-sensei).”

>>69

On the radio, they said that since Dr. Toriyama wants to quit, they are going to proceed in the direction of him quitting without compromise.

I think the higher-ups were wondering who this guy was, as I was called in to help Akira Toriyama continue his series, but things didn’t go as planned.

Unlike Kondo, the third generation’s person in charge suggested, “It’s okay if it’s not cool; let’s draw what Toriyama-sensei wants to draw. After all, this is the last one.”

They said on the radio, but the only ones asking about what kind of developments we’ll have next week were the editors from the fully-formed Buu Saga, and neither Mashirito nor Kondo have ever talked about what will happen next week at all.

Akira Toriyama is a genius at fitting things together, but the one thing he has firmly stated that he couldn’t resolve was the time paradox problem in the Cell arc.

Muji Mashirito (though with critiques on the design of androids)

Frieza – Until the Cell Saga halfway, Kondo

From the Cell Saga through to the Buu Saga, Mr. Takeda.

Kondo → The handover to Takeda-san is in a two-person system, and it will be fully handed over in the meantime.

I don’t remember the exact moment I became completely alone.

It seems that Toriyama-sensei was complaining to Mashirito that Takeda, unlike any of the previous editors who would give criticism, is the only one who asks, “What will happen with this next week?” during meetings, making it extremely difficult to work.

It says, “The editorial team didn’t particularly oppose it,” so I guess there were various other things that happened…

Regarding the android, in last week’s radio show, Kondo pointed out its flaws, and Mashirito confessed that I am innocent.

It seems like there might be various differences between the editorial perspective, the author’s perspective, and the editorial department’s perspective…

It’s been a long time.

There are probably many parts that have become vague in my memory.

>>77

Mr. Takeda has written, “To liven up the interview, I sometimes said things that were different from the facts at that time.”

Mashirito recommended Kondo as an editor because Toriyama cannot write unless he has an editor who isn’t influenced by Jump.

I think Editor Takeda said that they brought in someone who would likely listen to the editorial department to ensure Dragon Ball continues.

Toriyama said he didn’t want the perfect form of Cell to be discarded, so he made him a handsome character that Kondo would likely like, but the editor changed right after he became the perfect form.

Satan and those related have already changed to Takeda editing.

At that point, the second form is strong enough that we need to create something as convenient as the Room of Spirit and Time.

Iyoku revealed that DAIMA started making the anime before the story was finished, resulting in a situation similar to a weekly serialization, so I think it’s actually impressive that the story, apart from the sticking bug, ended up in a good place.