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The reason DB blew up the way it did is because of the fights and not Toriyama's toilet humor. Had it just been Toriyama, this series would have ended as early as the Pilaf arc.
>"Up until the Tenka’ichi Budōkai began, the series hadn’t been all that popular. That’s what Torishima-san had told me. “Your protagonist is rather plain. That’s why it’s not popular.”, he said. Personally, since I was doing a fighting story for this series, I had intentionally made the protagonist’s clothing excessively plain.
>So this annoyed me, but then I figured it out. “Well, let’s increase its popularity” I thought. When I had designed Goku’s character, the words that best represented him were “I want to become strong”. So I thought I’d bring that to the front. Even during “Dr. Slump”, the tournament-like events such as the Penguin Village Gran Prix or the Mini-Event had been amazingly popular. So I’d simply make the story into a tournament format. From there the Tenka’ichi Budōkai was born. I temporarily withdrew the other characters besides Goku, brought back Kame-Sen’nin, and added Kuririn as a new character. From there it got popular before I knew it."
His stubbornness and flair played well with Toriyama's genius because he could compromise with what Toriyama wants and what the fans actually wants. And he also turned down a lot of Toriyama's ideas, give or take. We all think we have the best idea in our heads, but that doesn't mean the idea is actually good and Toriyama had a lot of bad, stupid ideas.