Manga/Tankōbon/Volume 02

==Question #1==
Hajime Higaki (Mie Prefecture):
Hello sensei. Please answer my questions:
01 - How long does it take you to create one chapter?
02 - Do you draw the backgrounds yourself?
03 - Do you have an assistant-san?
04 - Does your assistant-san live with you at your house?
Akira Toriyama:
01 - It takes me about five days to think up the story and draw it all.
02 - I draw the backgrounds if it's the first time they show up, otherwise it's mostly my assistant-san who draws them all. If there are lots of backgrounds to draw then I'll also help draw some of it.
03 - I have one assistant named Matsuyama-kun. If things get really busy his wife also helps out.
04 - He commutes. He doesn't have to draw every day. In one week he will usually only work two days, and that's enough.
==Question #2==
Kazuo Takahashi (Tokyo Metropolitan area):
I really like "Dragon Ball". I keep my tankōbon in plastic bags and always wash my hands before reading them. That's how much I like them. I await volume 2 and volume 3... and please try to release them as quickly as possible.
Akira Toriyama:
Fantastic!! You're remarkable!! That's great, but it sounds like a lot of trouble...
==Question #3==
Eriko Hirano (Hyōgo Prefecture):
Akira Toriyama-sensei, how do you do. Are you handsome?
Akira Toriyama:
Yes!!!
==Question #4==
Isami Gunbara (Kagoshima Prefecture):
Shenlong-sama, have my postcard appear in "Toriyama-san's Dragon Ball Ask Me Anything Corner". Please fulfil my wish.
Akira Toriyama:
It is done. Isn't it great, the incredible power of the Dragon Balls!!? (By the way, this won't work for any other postcards sent in like this)
==Question #5==
Ken'ichi Yatsuka (Shizuoka Prefecture):
Hello Toriyama-sensei. I always enjoy reading "Dragon Ball". By the way, when will volume 19 of "Dr. Slump" be released? I'm very excited to read it.
Akira Toriyama:
Th... thank you very much. Uh... Umm~, "Dr. Slump" ended with volume 18... No matter how long you wait, even if you become an old man, volume 19 won't be coming out...
==Question #6==
Sakura Yoshino (Kanagawa Prefecture):
Right now I have all the Jump Comics "Dr. Slump" and "Dragon Ball" volumes! I also have volumes 1~4 of Katsura-sensei's "Wingman". I'm a huge fan of both of you, but if I had to choose I think that you are much cooler and nowy than he is.
Akira Toriyama:
Fantastic!! You're also remarkable!! I'm sure you'll grow up to be a magnificent woman!!