I realize that I've slowly gone the way of covering my blog with cartoon characters and such. I suppose that should be alarming? I mean... I should have this place completely covered with pictures of beautiful women!
*writes that down for future blog purposes*
...anyway, with all lame attempts at joking aside, this entry today is all about Naruto. Yes, I know it has been out for some years and I've only started up on this just a few weeks ago. I've been watching some episodes on YouTube and I've been reading up on the Manga as well.
I prefer the manga over the actual show, just because of the fact that it took a mere 4 books to accomplish what 17 episodes couldn't. For a moment, I swore I was watching an alternate version of Dragon Ball...
Still, I am considering on eventually picking up at least the first season in English. It can't be that bad, can it?
I think what caught my attention the most was how masterfully the characters are given life. I mean the writer gives just enough detail to give them life, yet doesn't go overboard right off and just bombards the reader/watcher with too much info. Take Naruto himself for example.
On the surface, he looks to be just a wreck less brat that live to stir up trouble any way that he can. And it is fair to say that he is also very good at stirring. But beneath that is a boy that is sick and tired of being alone and ridiculed. He wishes to be recognized and he'll do fairly anything to reach that, which sets him on the mindset that he can only get there by becoming Hokage (His village's top Ninja). If that isn't enough, the kid loves ramen!
What drew me even more to the character was the fact that he didn't know the reason why people in his village hate him. It all stems from the fact that he has the spirited of an evil nine tailed fox demon trapped inside of him, which seems to be slowly awakening as the story progresses.
In any event, I am only on episode 17 on the series and book 7 of the manga series. Well, I still have yet to read book 7 so... off I go! I'm sort of curious to see how the second part of the Ninja rank test goes for Naruto and company.
The things I get into just to keep my mind busy these days...
