 Khan prefers the manga over the slow pacing of the anime adaptations.<ref></ref> Ollie Barber writing for "Forbes" echoed Khan stating with a lot less padding, the manga's "pacing is a lot tighter and makes you realize how talented Dragon Ball's creator Akira Toriyama truly is when he chooses to flex his storytelling muscles".<ref></ref> Including it on a list of "10 Essential Manga That Should Belong in Every Comic Collection", Matthew Meylikhov of "Paste" also praised the manga over the anime as an entirely different and more "involved experience.