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Akira Toriyama, the Creator of Dragon Ball, Dead at 68 (comicbook.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This suuuucks. He was so young and such a legend.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Burning out barely after your prime is seemingly inherent to a successful mangaka. Yoshihiro Togashi (YuYu Hakusho, HxH) is only 57 and is nearly physically and mentally broken from the sheer amount of time and energy he's spent on the worlds that he's created. Dude is only 57, but it always seems like he's on his deathbed. Rest in peace Toriyama-san, show Other-World how it's done

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

68 is young?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Japan's standard of living and medical care available gives them a life expectancy of 84 years. Akira was also successful and rather wealthy by the standards of his country and thus had a access to an even better standard of living than most.

So yes, in the context, 68 is a rather young age to die given the resource available to them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Life expectancy also takes into account infant mortality and young deaths - if overall life expectancy is 84, and you're already 68, you would likely make it longer than 84 since you already didn't die for the first 68 years.

As an example, in the US life expectancy at age 0 is 74 years, but by the time you're 30 it's up to 77 years. By the time you're 60, it's up to 80 years.