One of the great mysteries of Dragon Ball is over: Akira Toriyama explains how Krillin breathes

There are three titles that nobody is going to be able to take from Krillin in Dragon Ball. One is that he is Goku’s best friend. Both warriors have been inseparable since they were a couple of children who trained with Master Roshi.

Secondly, although it may not seem like it, Krillin has an incomparable weapon of seduction, even better than Yamcha. Her partners during the series prove it: first with Maroon and then with android Number 18, on whom you have to have a lot of temper to be able to conquer her.

But there is a characteristic of this character that stands out from the rest of the Z Fighters or people who appear in Dragon Ball: Krillin has no nose. We had all noticed it and actually joked about it when we were kids during the anime airing in the mid-1990s.

At one point we thought it was a bad joke on the part of Akira Toriyama, and that despite not being drawn, the nose was on Krillin’s face exercising its vital functions for the existence of human beings.

However, the reality is that although it may surprise you, Krillin has no nose. How does he breathe? Akira Toriyama himself answers the mystery in a Question and Answer section on Dragon Ball, in a special manga called “Dragon Ball: Adventure Special”. How would this be possible?

The same statements by Toriyama were confirmed in the book by Derek Padula, one of the most important Dragon Ball researchers, cited by a note on the Dragon Ball website. Hobby Consoles.

“Hmm… (long silence). Krillin has a physical characteristic that allows him to breathe through his skin,” says Akira Toriyama, revealing a unique quality that sets him apart from other human beings.