Say that "Naruto" is an anti-war manga I think it is too high to exalt it, anti-war to reflect on it, the cruelty of war is not easy to resolve by mouth, the world view of "Naruto" is to fight and kill, but in the end it is a more magical and outrageous world of the author Kishimoto's fantasy, the author has not thought of portraying anti-war, it can be seen from the work, for example, Miyazaki's representative works "Valley of the Wind" and "Castle in the Sky" can clearly see the persecution of human beings by war and the destruction of the environment. However, there are still people who are obsessed with the consequences of self-inflicted evil and almost let the war escalate again, which has a wake-up effect.
In the first dozen episodes of "Naruto", perhaps Kishimoto also thought about hating the right and wrong of war, when Kakashiban did not cut and white again, why Bai was almost killed by his father since he was a child, because he awakened the boundaries of blood succession, and saw that the attitude of ordinary people towards ninjas was not only disgust but also rose to fear, even if his own children had to be removed. Then Kishimoto rarely involves ordinary people anymore, the ninja in his worldview is the ruling level, the powerful ninja (scorpion) can destroy the country alone, the ninja village is the supreme authority of the whole country, and how to get along with the surrounding ninja is completely up to the ninja, interests and contradictions are originally ninja things, but once they go to war, ordinary people are bound to be affected, so naruto whether he wants to be Naruto or not, for the sake of Kiba Village, it is to consolidate the hegemony of ninjas, samurai are vulnerable like babies in front of ninjas, Not to mention ordinary people.
Naruto is of course excellent as a hot-blooded manga, with friendship and adventure, and the bond between Sasuke and Naruto. Hot blood manga is inseparable from wonderful fights, "Naruto" portrayal of fight scenes is very wonderful, Kishimoto refers to many Hong Kong martial arts movie design actions, storyboarding is also very good, so that the animation team can make these fights coherent, such as Sasuke vs. Chirabi is a thrilling battle. In the finale, there are all kinds of weird super ninja duels, but it is not interesting to watch.
Another thing that everyone cares about is the growth of the protagonist, "Naruto" is a double protagonist, kishimoto finally forcibly twisted Sasuke over, he did not exterminate the humanity to kill Kakashi or Sakura, he can still accept it, as for having to win and lose with Naruto until both are crippled, who let him get the second disease, can not be cured. Naruto's growth is the biggest point of view, from the tail of the crane to not becoming a drag, to the trust of partners, after cultivation and growth can be independent, and then experience the death of the mentor, understand the preciousness of life but not as noble as the will of fire, then Naruto is qualified to be a fire shadow, the fourth ninja warrior character growth is nothing, the enemy becomes stronger, I am stronger, save the world is not a word.
Text: Dragon Knight Sharu