Kishimoto Masashi - Naruto, vol. 06-10 (Eng. trans.)
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oyceterMassive spoilers ahead!
So I left off in vol. 5, right when the chuunin exams are really commencing and the students are deposited into the Forest ofDOOM Death. A lot of stuff happens with Orochimaru that I cannot explain to anyone, largely because Orochimaru seems to a) be a giant snake b) control a giant snake c) both d) control a whole lot of other ninjas whose names and faces I still can't point out with the exception of the guy in the glasses and e) kill several other ninja and take their faces, which leaves me even more confused.
Anyhow, he's evil, he's a snake guy, and he leaves an evil tattoo on Sasuke.
Also, this leads to what is currently my favorite line in the series to date: "My chakra was so depleted that I didn't even notice the giant snake behind me."
Ahhhh, Sasuke, you rock.
The only thing I really remember from the Forest ofDOOM Death is that Sasuke has a funny tattoo and that Gaara is freaky ass scary and squashes people with sand.
Once we go on to the individual tournaments, I got much more interested. I still don't actually remember half of the characters' names, although I have developed an unexpected and extreme fondness for Rock Lee of the enormous, bushy eyebrows, marble-round eyes, and absurdly stick-like lower lashes. I was a little insulted at first by his bowl haircut and said eyes and eyebrows, because it seemed like Kishimoto was doing some sort of satire of Bruce Lee. But then, Rock Lee's enthusiasm and his dorkiness and his desire to do well totally won me over. I don't know what it is about him! But I adore him!
I also love the backstory that's revealed about him and Master Guy. Thanks to the all-capital-letters of manga, every time Rock Lee talks about his master, I keep thinking he's saying, "And then I did such-and-such because master-guy told me to," as if he kept forgetting his master's name. Master-guy has an awesome, giant nose and the same bowl haircut and bushy eyebrows. I love them both. I love them even more after Rock Lee's epic battle with Gaara, in which I kept hoping and hoping that he'd win, especially after he admitted his shinobi goal of proving that a person could be a shinobi with taijutsu alone. Wah!!!! And now, he can no longer be a ninja! Waaaaaaah!!!!
I also loved Hinata's backstory, along with Sakura and Ino's. Rachel had warned me about love triangles, particularly since everyone seems to be in love with Sasuke, but amazingly, Sakura and Ino's competition over Sasuke doesn't bother me nearly as much as it should. I think it's because Ino helps Sakura as a kid and that Sakura is in some way continually trying to earn Ino's approval. I also love that Kishimoto doesn't let most of the characters win, despite their great determination. I kept expecting Hinata and Sakura and Rock Lee to win, and I was so, so, so disappointed that they didn't. I also kept expecting Naruto to miraculously beat Gaara or something, so I'm glad that Kishimoto is keeping everyone's relative strength in mind.
Oh, my other favorite moment in the manga is Naruto winning via fart.
Yes, I am twelve.
Yes, I cackled over that for about five hours. Of course, it didn't help that right before reading that, Rachel and I had found a book for kids on "why we fart" in a random bookstore in Little Tokyo.
Ok, maybe I am eight.
Five?
Also... giant frog!
So I left off in vol. 5, right when the chuunin exams are really commencing and the students are deposited into the Forest of
Anyhow, he's evil, he's a snake guy, and he leaves an evil tattoo on Sasuke.
Also, this leads to what is currently my favorite line in the series to date: "My chakra was so depleted that I didn't even notice the giant snake behind me."
Ahhhh, Sasuke, you rock.
The only thing I really remember from the Forest of
Once we go on to the individual tournaments, I got much more interested. I still don't actually remember half of the characters' names, although I have developed an unexpected and extreme fondness for Rock Lee of the enormous, bushy eyebrows, marble-round eyes, and absurdly stick-like lower lashes. I was a little insulted at first by his bowl haircut and said eyes and eyebrows, because it seemed like Kishimoto was doing some sort of satire of Bruce Lee. But then, Rock Lee's enthusiasm and his dorkiness and his desire to do well totally won me over. I don't know what it is about him! But I adore him!
I also love the backstory that's revealed about him and Master Guy. Thanks to the all-capital-letters of manga, every time Rock Lee talks about his master, I keep thinking he's saying, "And then I did such-and-such because master-guy told me to," as if he kept forgetting his master's name. Master-guy has an awesome, giant nose and the same bowl haircut and bushy eyebrows. I love them both. I love them even more after Rock Lee's epic battle with Gaara, in which I kept hoping and hoping that he'd win, especially after he admitted his shinobi goal of proving that a person could be a shinobi with taijutsu alone. Wah!!!! And now, he can no longer be a ninja! Waaaaaaah!!!!
I also loved Hinata's backstory, along with Sakura and Ino's. Rachel had warned me about love triangles, particularly since everyone seems to be in love with Sasuke, but amazingly, Sakura and Ino's competition over Sasuke doesn't bother me nearly as much as it should. I think it's because Ino helps Sakura as a kid and that Sakura is in some way continually trying to earn Ino's approval. I also love that Kishimoto doesn't let most of the characters win, despite their great determination. I kept expecting Hinata and Sakura and Rock Lee to win, and I was so, so, so disappointed that they didn't. I also kept expecting Naruto to miraculously beat Gaara or something, so I'm glad that Kishimoto is keeping everyone's relative strength in mind.
Oh, my other favorite moment in the manga is Naruto winning via fart.
Yes, I am twelve.
Yes, I cackled over that for about five hours. Of course, it didn't help that right before reading that, Rachel and I had found a book for kids on "why we fart" in a random bookstore in Little Tokyo.
Ok, maybe I am eight.
Five?
Also... giant frog!