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[Draugoth]

After the surprise death of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama at age 68, players across online communities have gathered together to pay tribute to Toriyama's decades of beloved and influential work across manga, anime and videogames.



In the video above, a player walks along a lengthy line of players standing in respect to Toriyama, as players in the public chat discuss Toriyama's contributions to games like Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger.



The same thing is playing out on other FF14 servers like Leviathan. In this Twitch clip you can see how many players have stuck around for minutes or possibly even hours, placing a fire in front of them and using the “pray” emote to pay their respects. In this longer video of music being played at Balmung's vigil—including Dragon Ball theme song Cha-La Head-Cha-La—you can see how many players have stayed rooted in place.

Here are more posts about vigils held across Final Fantasy 14.

 

[Skifi28]

I'm mourning on my own in DQ11.

 

[Effigenius]

I still mourn the fact that DQ 10 never made it to the west.

 

[Fake]

And journo still shit on gamers.


We can do great things.

 

[Eimran]

It's heartwarming to see how many people this man has reached with his legacy and how his fans honor him.

He made so many childhoods awesome with dragon ball z, he introduced me to JRPG's via Dragon Quest.

Truly awesome. R.I.P Akira

 

[Buggy Loop]

And journo still shit on gamers.


We can do great things.

dID yOU kNOW tORiyAMA was RacIsT? Look aT Mr POPO!!

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