some friendly reminders...

My dad, being the logical character that he always has been, usually teases us about our fondness of cartoons and Japanese animation. He usually says that those sort of things are stuff we should have outgrew long before now. And that adults, who remain hooked with amusements for the child must have a developmental problem..most probably cognitive..

Yeah well, personal opinions are the most difficult to contest.. So i won't contest it at all.. hahaha.. Maybe one day, i'll get to tell myself that dad is right, but while i still am a fan of Naruto, Justice league animated and some other bunch of cartoons and Japanese animations, let it be said, for the sake of argument, that i'm impaired..hehehe..

One of my personal favorites is Naruto, an animation about a mischievous boy named Uzumaki Naruto struggling to be recognized by people who deemed him unacceptable.

Here's a summary of the story..

Twelve years before the start of the series, a Kyuubi (nine-tailed fox demon) attacked the Hidden Leaf Village. A swing of one of it's mighty tails could raise tsunamis and flatten mountains, chaos reigned throughout the village as it killed many people, until the leader of the Leaf, the Fourth Hokage, defeated it by sacrificing his own life to seal the demon inside a new born child, that child is Uzumaki Naruto. The Fourth Hokage would forever be celebrated as a hero for sealing the Kyuubi and saving the entire village. It was his wish that Naruto would also be respected in the same way he would be, however, this was not the case. Everybody in the village avoided Naruto, regarding him as nothing more than the evil demon fox. The Third Hokage made it a rule within the village that other villagers were forbidden from mentioning this event to anyone, even their own children, however because of the way their parents treated Naruto, they mistreated him as well throughout most of his childhood.

As a result of this Naruto grew up as a lonesome orphan, without friends, family, or acknowledgement of any sort. Nobody would pay any attention to him, so he sought attention in the only way he knew how, through pranks and mischief. However, Naruto's behaviour would come to change after graduating from the Ninja Academy by learning the technique of the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu to save his sensei Umino Iruka from certain death. Naruto learnt two things that day, that the Kyuubi was contained inside him, and that there was someone who cared about him, and understood how he felt.

And so, the main story follows Naruto and his friends' personal growth and development as ninja, and emphasizes their interactions with each other and the influence of their backgrounds on their personalities. Naruto finds two friends and comrades in Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura. They were two fellow young ninja who are assigned with him to form a three-person team under an experienced teacher named Hatake Kakashi. Naruto also confides in other characters that he meets throughout the series as well. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of Konohagakure, The Hidden Leaf Village.

The plot looked simple but the story line was deeper than one would think and the episodes make strong emphasis on character development. As the story goes further, we'll soon find out how deep the complexity roots..

Here are some manga scans of my favorite chapters.. some i just posted because i like their lines..hehe..
(source: www.onemanga.com)






Here's some of my favorite chapters: (everything available in www.onemanga.com)

Manga Episode 218: Brothers of the Leaf
Manga Episode 219: The Future and the Past
Manga Episode 220: Brothers
Manga Episode 221: A Distant Brother
Manga Episode 222: Suspicious of Itachi
Manga Episode 223: Sasuke and hid Father
Manga Episode 224: That Day
Manga Episode 225: Within the Darkness
Manga Episode 226: To My Dear Friend
Manga Episode 227: Chidori vs. Rasengan
Manga Episode 228: Kakashi's Premonition
Manga Episode 229: Bonds
Manga Episode 230: Time of Awakening
Manga Episode 231: A SpecialPower
Manga Episode 232: Valley of the End
Manga Episode 233: The Worst Conclusion
Manga Episode 234: Day of Separation
Manga Episode 235: Mission Failure

Here's the video of the actual Sasuke vs. Naruto Fight taken from www.youtube.com.. It's starts at Episode 127 of the Japanese Animation (Dattebayo Season)



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After watching these clips or reading the manga, one would eventually understand the battle Sasuke is fighting to face his demons. Only to find out the truth behind his brother's story 4 years just after he defeated his brother, Itachi, to death..
Read the following Manga episodes to find out how sad Itachi's life is and why Sasuke and Naruto might just be locked in rivalry for the rest of their lives..

Manga Chapter 384: 2 Roads Diverge
Manga Chapter 385: Secret of the Mangekyou
Manga Chapter 386: My New Light!
Manga Chapter 387: Reality
Manga Chapter 388: The Gap Between Our Power
Manga Chapter 389: Sasuke's Strategy
Manga Chapter 390: The Final Justu
Manga Chapter 391: With the Thunder
Manga Chapter 392: Susano'o
Manga Chapter 393: My Eyes!
Manga Chapter 394: Victory of Sasuke
Manga Chapter 395: The Mystery that is Tobi
Manga Chapter 396: Intruduction
Manga Chapter 397: The Man Who Knows the Truth
Manga Chapter 398: Konoha's Beginnings
Manga Chapter 399: The Beginning of Everything
Manga Chapter 400: In Hell

So, in closing, i would like to thank naruto fans who make data about this not-so-lame anime within reach..
I hope you guys enjoyed the show..^_^