Eiichiro Oda Redraws Volume 42 of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball in One Piece Style

The One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda redrew the Volume 42 cover of late Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga. This has concluded the Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project, which was an initiative to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Akira Toriyama’s iconic series.

Titled Good Bye, Dragon World, Volume 42 was the final volume of the original Dragon Ball manga series. It was released in Japan on August 4, 1995, while the American release came on June 6, 2006. The cover featured the iconic “Thank You! Good Bye!!,” while Oda’s version has “Thank You!!” A teaser was revealed on December 21.

You can also see the original volume cover below.

Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project had a renowned mangaka re-imagine one of the 42 original volume covers each month, with the project running from August 2021 to January 2025. You can see all the participants below.

• Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto) – Volume 11 (August 2021)
• Tite Kubo (Bleach) – Volume 27 (September 2021)
• Osamu Akimoto (KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops) – Volume 28 (October 2021)
• Ryuhei Tamura (Beelzebub) – Volume 38 (November 2021)
• Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man) – Volume 2 (December 2021)
• Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) – Volume 32 (January 2022)
• Shinohara Kenta (Sket Dance) – Volume 9 (February 2022)
• Tatsuya Endo (Spy × Family) – Volume 15 (March 2022)
• Hiroshi Shiibashi (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan) – Volume 6 (April 2022)
• Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko) – Volume 19 (May 2022)
• Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom) – Volume 20 (June 2022)
• Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) – Volume 33 (July 2022)
• Kyosuke Usuta (Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar) – Volume 23 (August 2022)
• Kōji Inada (Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai) – Volume 3 (September 2022)
• Mikio Ikemoto (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) – Volume 7 (October 2022)
• Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko’s Basketball) – Volume 14 (November 2022)
• Akira Amano (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) – Volume 4 (December 2022)
• Kentarō Yabuki (To Love Ru) – Volume 31 (January 2023)
• Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama) – Volume 16 (February 2023)
• Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland) – Volume 22 (March 2023)
• Boichi (Dr. Stone) – Volume 26 (April 2023)
• Shun Saeki (Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma) – Volume 10 (May 2023)
• Yuki Tabata (Black Clover) – Volume 40 (June 2023)
• Kazue Kato (Blue Exorcist) – Volume 25 (July 2023)
• Yasuhisa Hara (Kingdom) – Volume 34 (August 2023)
• Shūichi Aso (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) – Volume 37 (September 2023)
• Katsura Hoshino (D.Gray-man) – Volume 36 (October 2023)
• Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) – Volume 41 (November 2023)
• Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul) – Volume 8 (December 2023)
• Yusuke Murata (One-Punch Man) – Volume 12 (January 2024)
• Yoshifumi Tozuka (Undead Unluck) – Volume 21 (February 2024)
• Takeshi Obata (Death Note) – Volume 29 (March 2024)
• Naho Oishi (Dragon Ball SD) – Volume 18 (April 2024)
• Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi) – Volume 35 (May 2024)
• Toyotaro (Dragon Ball Super) – Volume 39 (June 2024)
• Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk) – Volume 17 (July 2024)
• Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter) – Volume 5 (August 2024)
• Morita Masanori (Rokudenashi Blues) – Volume 24 (September 2024)
• Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia) – Volume 13 (October 2024)
• Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin) – Volume 30 (November 2024)
• Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai) – Volume 1 (December 2024)
• Eiichiro Oda (One Piece) – Volume 42 (January 2025)

Toriyama passed away in March this year. Eiichiro Oda left the following comment on his passing.

It’s too soon. The void left behind is too large.

The sadness overwhelms me when I realize I’ll never meet you again. From my childhood, I’ve admired you. I remember the day I was first called by name. On the way home after the day you used the word “friends” for us, I remember the joyous moment with Kishimoto-san. I remember our last conversation.

Taking the baton from an era where reading manga was considered foolish, you helped create an era where both adults and children enjoy manga. You showed us that manga can do this, that it can take us to other worlds. It felt like watching a hero charging forward.

Not just for manga artists, but for all the creators who were children during the serialization of Dragon Ball, the excitement and inspiration remains rooted. Your presence is like a giant tree.

For manga artists of our generation who stood on the same stage, Toriyama’s works became an even greater presence the closer we got. Almost scary. But meeting the laid-back you always made me happy. We love Toriyama-sensei to the core.

With respect and gratitude for Akira Toriyama-sensei’s rich creative world, I sincerely pray for his peaceful rest.

May heaven be the delightful world you envisioned, Sensei.

Update (December 26): Removed the unofficial image of the cover.

Source: Official Website
Featured image:
Dragon Ball ©BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA/TOEI ANIMATION
One Piece ©Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha, Toei Animation