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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
by 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 agoThe 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 agoThey 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 agoI 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 agoWhen 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 agoThe 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.