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

by thih9 7y ago

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.

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

by thih9 7y ago

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

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.