Yepp. Sorry not sorry guys, it’s Naruto.
Anime is so insanely large you simply can’t do more than one at a time. As it is that is going to be insane so lets get started. Naruto, for those who may not know, is a Japanese Anime series adapted from a Manga. To get into all the details of it we’d be here for days, all you need to know is that the main character is a ninja. Pretty much all of the main characters are ninjas. And they go against all types of bad guys.
Now, one of the things I love about Naruto is the sheer complexity of it all. Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, built a world, and all sorts of characters, with such detail that I hardly know where to begin. Not to mention the sheer amounts of development each character goes through. But I have to find something to start with, so lets get going.
Lets stick with Team Seven, and we’ll start with our titular character. Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto is a Jinchuriki, meaning he hosts a ‘tailed beast’ inside him. In the Naruto world, a tailed beast is a representation of insane amounts of chakra, the main power source for ninja. His beast, the nine-tailed fox, is the most powerful beast there is. There are nine of them, going from one to nine tails.
Now, Naruto has no parents. He grew up hated by everyone around him, and yet he is quite possibly the most optimistic character in the show. Constantly keeping attitudes and spirits high whenever he can. Throughout the show, he goes from being the dead last in his class to the most powerful ninja in the village. All through hard work and perseverance.
On to Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke is another member of Team Seven. His character is a favorite of mine, especially when writing. He lost his entire family (we’re talking like one hundred people at least) at the age of about seven. He becomes cold and distant after the loss of his family (The village isn’t known for its mental health care) and eventually leaves the village and becomes a missing nin, and essentially a villain in an attempt to destroy his older brother as revenge for killing their family.
His development is one of my favorites because he’s not a good person all the time. In the end he is greatly affected by the death of his family and is succumbing to the darkness because of it. He pulls himself out of the darkness with the help of his friends. He eventually goes on to have a family in the village and live his life to protect it, despite having also tried to destroy it.
Finally, we will be discussing Sakura Haruno. The only girl on Team Seven, and actually a widely hated character. I will provide a video that better explains that than I ever could, but basically the gist is she is relatively useless in the first part of the series. In the second half, she becomes much more useful. Sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30yuCXH7q0M
Her development is almost more of a jump than Sasuke and Naruto. While the two of them have huge jumps in power, they started off still ridiculously good. While Sakura starts off essentially useless, by the end of the series she has become insanely strong with and without help from chakra and also has quite good chakra control. Despite her lack of screen time usefulness, it’s still a significant enough power jump.
These characters show a lot of complexity, though Sasuke and Naruto show more than Sakura really does due to their detailed pasts. But it’s important to look at these characters for what they represent. Similarly to the Disney post, we see more of the ‘it’s okay to be different’ when it comes to Naruto and the nine tailed fox. But at the same time we really get a good look at what hard work and dedication can accomplish, not to mention the fact that we can see even more of just how our minds can be affected by our pasts. And just because this is how you think now, doesn’t mean you’ll think or feel that way later.
It is important to look at these individual accomplishments to see how these fandoms can help the world as a whole. Because you cannot help the world as a whole without first helping each individual person.
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