Manga/Tankōbon/Volume 09

==Question #1==
Rie Yoshida (Saitama Prefecture):
I know it's a bit late, but congratulations on the birth of your son Sasuke. I heard that you do a lot for him such as changing his diapers and feeding him milk. You sound like a good father and I am jealous of your wife.
Akira Toriyama:
Thank you very much. I recently did a one-shot story for Shōnen Jump so I was very very busy. And even though we were all in the same house, I hardly had any time to be with Sasuke. When I was awake, I would be alsleep or be busy working. Well, this continued for so long, I think Sasuke forgot his own father's face! I went up to him and made a funny face and he started crying! So now I am careful to show him my face often and tell him "This is your father, this is your father's face." So you see, recently I haven't been a very good father. And I regret this very much.
==Question #2==
Nobuo Kobayashi (Gunma Prefecture):
Please answer the following questions: (1) How many watts is the brightness of Kuririn's head? (2) How long does Goku's Nyoi-Bō get? (3) On page 87 of Vol. 4 Kuririn flings a booger, but does he even have a nose?
Akira Toriyama:
(1) Hmmm... difficult question. I wonder how bright it is? Uh... basically it only gets bright when it reflects sunlight. (2) This is another difficult question. The Nyoi-Bō once stretched out to the moon, so that means that it can stretch out to at least 380,000 kilometers. (3) Actually, a lot of people asked me this question. I think we got about a thousand postcards about this. I really couldn't think of a good response to the question, so I just ignored it for a while. Sorry everybody!
==Question #3==
Noriko Ota (Tokyo Prefecture):
The motorcycles, cars, and clothes that appear in your manga look very cool. I think you have a very good sense of style.
Akira Toriyama:
Thank you. I'm not sure about my sense of style, but I do enjoy thinking about motorcycles, cars, and clothes.
==Question #4==
Kazuhisa Tango (Ishikawa Prefecture):
When I heard that you actually went to China to observe things over there, I was amazed at how much went into the creation of this manga.
Akira Toriyama:
Well, actually, I'd always been fascinated with China and my wife and I just went there for a vacation. However, it is true that our trip greatly influenced Dragon Ball. It is important for manga artists to have some leisure time.