Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3306440-20140507091001/@comment-5110462-20140509182126

P.S its not ass-pulls that make Toriyama my favorite author, its that the Super Saiyan transformation and the whole concept is so unique that nothing beats

The guy did nothing in the transformation except increasing muscle-mass, changing eye color and hair style and the color

He kept it so simple and yet it is so wonderful, the level of genius reflects in his work

Despite what current authors are doing, i still haven't been able to witness that level of genius in anyone's work

Its true people are using complex plots, distinct transformations, putting so much efforts into the transformation artwork.

But no one is using anything different, ninja's portrayal in Naruto is different and over the top, but they are still only ninjas

One-piece is over the top pirates

Bleach does something unique since it changes the way we see shinigami now, cause before bleach my image of a shinigami was similar to Ryuuk from Death Note

Hunter x Hunter -2011 is still to be eng dubbed so i have no idea about it

And i am not big on fairy tail

The only current anime that comes close to Toriyama's work is Toriko, its plot is the most unique

It might seem i am understating these animes, but no, these are all great anime, but they are using existing concepts, only toriko and DBZ have come up with something entirely other-worldly