>The creator of DBZ has said he originally wanted to end it there, but his people got him to keep going    This is misinformation. The closest thing we've ever gotten to Toriyama saying he "planned to end" at any point is saying he didn't originally envision past the first hunt for the DBs, and saying "I never expected it to go this far" for just about every single arc he wrote after this. There was never any pressure from fans or staff, only speculation about his more lenient editor post-Cell leading to the Buu arc being so...weird.