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That's pretty much exactly where I'm at top to bottom. There's a difference between still thinking something is good and respecting it. Dragon Ball is ETERNAL, and it's everywhere.
It's our Garfield. No amount of Super whining from me makes Toriyama any less than 1000 times the man I'll ever be. I'll always have my 2 VHS tapes containing 3 episodes each, one with the Pikkon fight and one with Trunks vs Goten, and they're still gonna have that sticker that says UNCUT in all caps. And you'd better be damn sure I would still sit down and watch Frieza v Goku for 5 hours despite my obsession with good pacing.

Maybe this is why it's hitting me so different. Miura was the creator of one of the greatest pieces of fiction I've read. Toriyama was the creator of one of the most inescapable. Miura felt like losing a person, while Toriyama feels like losing a piece of the world. No less impact, different emotion.