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Zuri's definitive episode watching guide
a break down of season 4 OG Naruto and why it's peak
why is naruto so gay?
(tldr; only male characters are ever given meaningful beliefs resulting in conflict with opposing male characters (AKA plot) which leads to only male/male meaningful relationships.)
When I was young I used to hate Naruto bc he was wayy too immature. I thought he was stupid and annoying, and I was just watching for cool ninjitsu and like, Kakashi or shikimaru. and I always thought, naruto himself was the biggest weakness.
I was rewatching season 4 recently and I was just hit with---woah, Naruto is so freaking cute! He's like a little baby! And Jiraiya was so mean when he took his froggy wallet!! Like! I really like Naruto! hes so cute! and its like, i get it now. he's so baby to highlight that, hes a little baby, yet all these effed up things happened to him bc of fricken, society, n shit. i get it. horrors of war and effects on the young. changing him from a baby to a colder person but still holding those baby ideals, i get it. the people who succeeded most at being ninja, were the most effective, were also colder, didn't show as much vulnerability as Naruto, kept themselves isolated, stoic (kakashi, shikimaru, actually, like, all of them)---its a great message!
and everything about that rasengan training hits me in the fucking feels. he's a baby. with no parents. and he's so alone. and he's so desperate. and he's trying his best. i really feel for him so much, and his feelings towards jiraiya, T-T.
those few episodes were actually great. but i feel like it gets burried if you watch it with the rest of the show. or in context with other shonen anime. bc its easy to not look into what was happening here. why he was such a baby. but yeah, taking those episodes out of context and just rewatching them, i was like. damn. there was almost something going on here.
but if u watch season 3 before it it doesnt feel that way.
you have these really over dramatic "oh how terrible!" soapy backstories for like, gara, and shit, and its so in your face, that it like, blinds you to other things going on for characters. "this persons backstory is sad. here is 2 episodes of character getting locked in a cell or physically beat and bullied by there village. here is them crying." and its like, obviously this character had a bad past, but "thats all behind them now!" and now they can stop acting weird and go be a likeable character!
so when thats the logic of the show, u get in it and ur like, ok, like, naruto, we already saw your flashback, which means its all behind you now and u should be in ur ideal form. and it keeps u from treating it like u would a normal story---noticing things and treating them as important. idk. so when i see criticisms on naruto about naruto the character being too obnoxious, immature, and annoying, i'm like, ur so close. its almost like he's a child right? like he never got a chance to grow up? why would that be? but u just dont get it. bc only real naruto getters can critique in a way that matters (notice not FANS. GETTERS. bc u either GET IT or you DONT. and a lot of fans have shit opinions).
Itachi Uchiha
the way it actually benefits him in battle bc it brigns attention for his eyes for his genjutsu is literally so fucking iconic oml weaponized lashes. @Lashes_By_Itachi who is his tech tho?? is it the same one doing all the akatski matching acrylics like???? do they paint them themselves?? i'm obsessed w kisame hunched over w the lil purple bottle painting his, or him trying to pull out his sword while tryna keep his nails from smudging LMAO okay but the matching outfits are so fucking iconic i love it sm and the custom matching rings????? SO FUCKING REALLLL
