Dragon Ball: Why doesn’t Akira Toriyama really like Cell?
Even the author doesn’t like this villain?
Dragon Ball Z is one of the franchise series Akira Toriyama whose villains are always remembered, whether for their ultimate evil or their desire to destroy the Planet. Among such names as Frieza, Dr. Hero and his androids and Majin Buu, Toriyama said several times how cell the villain less expensive From him. Understand why!
The cell appears during android saga, but that wasn’t Toriyama’s real idea. The person responsible for creating the villain is actually Kazuhiko Torishima, Akira’s editor at the time. The author created Android 17 and 18 to replace Android 19 and Dr. Hero, but the evil brothers did not in the least cheer up the editor, who considered them nothing more than jerks.
Androids 17 and 18
they didn’t have design threatening, after all: they looked human. Thus, this constructive criticism led Toriyama to create Cell, which will have a completely different look and feel inspired by insects. However, the mangaka didn’t like the character’s appearance either.
He found boring Draw Cell, mainly because his body is covered with small dots, which made his drawing even longer. What ultimately made the creative process extremely annoying as well as tedious for the author.
Honeycomb absorbs Android 17
In addition, for the author of Cell there was no depth driven by strong motives. He knows he’s not very good at developing his characters, and finds this part a challenge (via Ranker). Akira had already stated once during a debate with Toyotaro:
“I mean, I’m not very good at portraying the psychology of the characters on the page. […] To be honest, even Cell seemed a bit boring to me (laughs). With enemies, it’s easier to make them thugs so they can be beaten. In that sense, I think shoujo manga is really amazing because it has to constantly depict a girl’s state of mind (laughs). I don’t think I could handle it! “
Author didn’t have fun when creating Cell and made it clear in all his statements, and since he did not want to play this character, his outrage and lack of affection for him makes sense. While many fans love what the villain has been presented with, the author himself is proving to be controversial, and for good reason.
Source: Legiao Dos Herois