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> Ms Haga has been interested in ninjas - covert agents and assassins in medieval Japan - since watching an animated TV show as a child. I would find it absolu

> Ms Haga has been interested in ninjas - covert agents and assassins in medieval Japan - since watching an animated TV show as a child. I would find it absolutely hilarious if that "animated TV show" was Naruto.

rasengan 7y ago
Naruto is an epic story.
abootstrapper 7y ago
I don’t know why they’re so reluctant to admit it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Say it loud and proud, Turtle Power!
- droithomme 7y ago
  Turtle Power!
thih9 7y ago
Isn’t this a popular anime with a ninja theme? Why would that be hilarious?
- 0xcde4c3db 7y ago
  It's been a while, but ISTR that in an early arc Naruto passes an exam for promotion to the next ninja rank after turning in an empty sheet for the essay portion.
  - arghwhat 7y ago
    No, he has an empty answer sheet at the end of a written exam with multiple questions. To his luck, the exam was a psychological torture test, and he passes when the time is up by sheer virtue of still being in the room. The empty sheet is not found by the proctor until after the students left, with the proctor being amused by the fact that such an idiot could pass his exam.
- on_and_off 7y ago
  Because this anime has very little to do with "ninja". Whether it is the black pyjama variety or the historic one, Naruto does something very different. There are Ninjutsu in the serie but more often than not they create large explosions or summon a 30 meters tall creature. The whole has very little (if anything, but I don't know all the arcs) to do with espionnage. Which is 100% fine, but explains why it would be funny to have it as an inspiration.
  - Filligree 7y ago
    The first season is the best, and also the most realistic. It gets increasingly over the top from there. If you've seen it, you'll know I don't mean to say it's realistic.
    - 2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
      They pretty much reveal from the very beginning that Naruto hosts the 9 tailed fox. And Naruto is the protagonist. So you know it's going to get wild. But it's a pretty good show!
    - on_and_off 7y ago
      I have seen it an eternity ago and I really liked the Zabuza ark. It was indeed way more grounded, at least compared to what happens afterwards. I wonder how much of the over the topness was planned from the start and how much is just the result of the scaling phenomenon that many shonens suffer from and semi improvised "head above the water" weekly publications.
      - shostack 7y ago
        When I tried to jump back into the Shippuuden arc a while back I had to find a site that gave synopsis of the episodes so I could skip watching the filler episodes. There were... Quite a lot.
  - JulianMorrison 7y ago
    The show is kinda closer to the pre-martial-arts-boom idea of magical, mystical ninja in Japan, though. It literally borrows character names from that. Jiraiya for example.
johnchristopher 7y ago
Or ninja scrolls. Or basilisk.

rasengan 7y ago

Naruto is an epic story.

abootstrapper 7y ago

I don’t know why they’re so reluctant to admit it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Say it loud and proud, Turtle Power!

droithomme 7y ago
Turtle Power!

thih9 7y ago

Isn’t this a popular anime with a ninja theme? Why would that be hilarious?

0xcde4c3db 7y ago
It's been a while, but ISTR that in an early arc Naruto passes an exam for promotion to the next ninja rank after turning in an empty sheet for the essay portion.
- arghwhat 7y ago
  No, he has an empty answer sheet at the end of a written exam with multiple questions. To his luck, the exam was a psychological torture test, and he passes when the time is up by sheer virtue of still being in the room. The empty sheet is not found by the proctor until after the students left, with the proctor being amused by the fact that such an idiot could pass his exam.
on_and_off 7y ago
Because this anime has very little to do with "ninja". Whether it is the black pyjama variety or the historic one, Naruto does something very different. There are Ninjutsu in the serie but more often than not they create large explosions or summon a 30 meters tall creature. The whole has very little (if anything, but I don't know all the arcs) to do with espionnage. Which is 100% fine, but explains why it would be funny to have it as an inspiration.
- Filligree 7y ago
  The first season is the best, and also the most realistic. It gets increasingly over the top from there. If you've seen it, you'll know I don't mean to say it's realistic.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
    They pretty much reveal from the very beginning that Naruto hosts the 9 tailed fox. And Naruto is the protagonist. So you know it's going to get wild. But it's a pretty good show!
  - on_and_off 7y ago
    I have seen it an eternity ago and I really liked the Zabuza ark. It was indeed way more grounded, at least compared to what happens afterwards. I wonder how much of the over the topness was planned from the start and how much is just the result of the scaling phenomenon that many shonens suffer from and semi improvised "head above the water" weekly publications.
    - shostack 7y ago
      When I tried to jump back into the Shippuuden arc a while back I had to find a site that gave synopsis of the episodes so I could skip watching the filler episodes. There were... Quite a lot.
- JulianMorrison 7y ago
  The show is kinda closer to the pre-martial-arts-boom idea of magical, mystical ninja in Japan, though. It literally borrows character names from that. Jiraiya for example.

johnchristopher 7y ago

Or ninja scrolls. Or basilisk.