On Naruto

It's been a really long time since I have blogged. So I have decided to blog on something that has been occupying some space in my digital life... the anime series Naruto :)

What is it about ? Its about the adventures of Naruto, the wannabe Hokage ( Ninja Village Leader ) growing up in the Ninja Village : hidden in the leaves. Naruto was sealed with the demon spirit "nine-tailed-fox" as a child making him a host of a tailed beast or a Jinchiruki, and grew up with the villagers shunning him as a cursed child. The ninja academy teacher, Iruka Sensei who would treat Naruto with Ichiraku Ramen ( supposed to be the best in the world), was the only family for him. He does have his crush interests on Sakura, the ninja girl who grows up to be student of the 5th Hokage Tsunade, and teams up with Sasuke Uchiha, the sole survivor of the genius ninja clan of Uchiha.

Naruto's story isn't complete without the story of Sasuke. Being the only one to carry the name of the Uchiha forward, Sasuke's life has been consumed by revenge towards his elder brother Itachi Uchiha who slayed the entire clan except Sasuke. The genuis Sasuke, who is always on top of the class in the Ninja academy has plenty of fans wherever he goes thanks to his looks. Sakura has strong feelings towards Sasuke as well. However, consumed by revenge Sasuke ends up chasing power, and eventually leaves the Hidden leaves village to go after his brother Itachi.

So when Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke are teamed up with super ninja Kakashi as the ninja team 7, the bond between all the three ninjas grow stronger. However different adventures and other encounters made Naruto stronger than Sasuke for a time. Sasuke decides to let go of the loving atmosphere to chase more power, and defects to Orochimaru who is seeking a body to regain his power from the curse of the third Hokage of the hidden leaf village whom he killed. Naruto, who has never had a best friend in his life never gives up on convincing Sasuke to come back to the hidden leaf village... and this story goes on ...

What is extremely interesting about Naruto, and what keeps all the viewers hooked onto to the anime series is his strong character traits, and udehis never-say-die ( I mean literally) attitude. You just wished that he would just give up, but he just won't. No matter how much the injury he has sustained , or even if he is sustaining injury, he just wont ever give up !!! Naruto is no genius like Sasuke, however his pure heart, and simple nature is a delight to be reminded of. Throughout the series he has matured, grown to be understanding and kind to everyone. The kid who wants to be Hokage somedeay makes us never give up on our dreams..

What makes Naruto more interesting is the richness of the different characters that feature ... be it the genuis, cool and the one moving towards hatred - Sasuke, or the one who grew from Hatred towards to finally being the Hokage of the sand Village - Gaara, the genius strategist but the laziest ninja - Shikamaru, the insect ninja - Shino, or the branch family/ head family feud within the Hyuga clan ... the show never ceases to keep us wrapped within the plot.

Naruto Shippuden is still going on .. and the story has matured to a point where Sasuke chose a path of destructing the Hidden leaves village, in which he would he would eventually end up facing Naruto ... Also the question whether Naruto, who is still the only Genin in his friends circle ( the first level Ninja ) inspite of saving his Village on numerous occasions, will ever become the Hokage to change the ninja world of hate and war is also something that everybody is waiting to see .. The show must have been an inspiration to thousands of anime lovers , and continues to play its role in stroking the human spirit within as well :) Hope to see it conclude in the best possible way though :)