Naruto, An amazing ride.

 

I started watching Naruto about 3-4 years ago, When I was doing my intermediate mostly because I need some thing to take my head off the constant studies and expectations and what not but little did I know that it would play such a huge part in my life, and in a sense molding me into who I am today.

It all started with this crazy knuckle headed ninja who would just do bat shit crazy things and just a few episodes in i knew it was going to one emotional ride with the whole Iruka Sensei protecting Naruto, literally the first episode and I get all emotional. Then you gradually went in and realized wait this thing is actually really really good, like the Chunin exams.The Gaara vs Lee fight got me like   *_* , you have the whole Zabuza vs Team 7 , the fight choreography in the series in general was out of this world!

You slowly and eventually get to know all the backstories and the stories behind those backstories, the lore of the world and most of all Itachi Fucking Uchiha  , I Cannot stress enough how much I respect the man, Absolute legend that guy. Initially when you find about Itachi, One doesn’t really have the highest opinion of him, but when Danzo tells Sasuke about the truth behind his actions, like woooow mind blown.

Not going to lie, I’ve cried like a million times watching this 😥

 

Temari is Love

And then you have Temari, if you could see me right
now, you would know that I’m making googly eyes. There are so many amazing characters in this show its unbelievable. You have Might Guy, this man is straight up inspirational, all that he achieved with just Taijutsu. Then you have someone as Badass as Madara, A Man who basically redefined what badassery looks like, taking on the Kages like they were school children. And this is just scratching the surface you have amazing and diverse characters like Neji , Asuma , Shikamaru among the countless others. All fighting their own demons and along the way telling you that you too can face and overcome yours.

 

I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about the ridiculous numbers of fillers but in my
opinion I loved them , they added a lot of elements to the world building of the Naruto universe, about the problems of the everyday people that live there. I’ve watched every single filler and even though sometimes it was a chore, none of them were useless of all them contributed to the bigger picture.
Hell, Even all the antagonists have a story, have a reason for doing what they are doing and their stories are pretty heart touching as well. This show has taught me so much, the general ” I will do good , regardless of whether people have been good to me ” attitude is infectious

At the end of the Akatski Arc, I wonder whether Nagato was right in his own way

, and some of you might not have the same opinion but I absolutely love that, It grows on you, It picks me every time I feel down or disappointed. Countless times this show has single handedly made my day better. You learn about Itachi’s arc and you realize people are not all that bad, sometimes you have to do things you don’t like for the greater good. Guy and Rock lee teach us that you need hard work not talent to be great and that all you need is belief. And yes I know a lot of people say that’s not how the real world works and that I need to think realistically, but I don’t want to. I want to keep believing that if you continue to do good, eventually it’ll pay off, that good will happen to you. I mean after all what are we but the things that we believe in? And no amount of pain or hurt will take that away from somebody. For me Naruto, will Always be Naruto.And all this is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

Madara Casually being the Badass that he is.

 

And don’t even get me started on the music, I kid you not I could write a post just about the amazing music that has graced this Epic series.

We all need a fantasy to escape reality and for the longest period of time this has been mine. It has taken me from feeladelphia to the feelipines. Got me through some really low points and given me some incredible highs. And even though the manga finished a couple of years ago, when the show finally comes to an end in a couple of weeks time all I can say is that, It has been an amazing ride and my genuine Honor to have been a part of it. Thank you, You amazing knucklehead of a Ninja, Uzumaki Naruto.

 

 

 

DATTEBAYO!!

Law Of Ueki

For this review I’m going to pick a series that is little known and is hilariously underrated, Law of Ueki.

Law Of Ueki is a 51 episode series , produced by Studio Deen same guys who produced Rurouni Kenshi , Fate/Stay night and more importantly Beyblade! And I’m talking the original Badass Beyblade with Dragons , Phoenixes and whatever the hell Draciel was, but dear Lord it was epic. The new one, metal revolution or some shit, flat out sucks! A Pegasus? Seriously? How could one possibly go from a fucking badass Dragon..to a Pegasus..?!? Wait… my bad that’s besides the point. So law of Ueki then…

“Don’t touch My Nakama” -Every Shounen Anime Ever

The Pretext of the story is …. High Schoolers with superpowers (well kind of), the whole “Don’t touch my Nakama” air around it ,I know I know you lot are probably thinking “Holy Moly, SOOOOO original!!” , but calm down, this one is actually pretty good and has a pretty decent plot to boot.

So basically there are 100 God Candidates and they fight against each other to determine the one candidate that becomes God and rules over the world and everyone else. How do they do this you ask? Simple. They do that not by fighting each other but by granting powers to high school kids to fight on their behalf.

And let me tell you there are some badass powers involved, like changing your Whistle into a Laser or turning Beans into Bombs! So our protagonist Kosuke Ueki goes
for…..The power to turn Trash into Trees….wait what?…yeah I know right?

The strength of the series is in its fight sequences, the scenes are choreographed amazingly well , like these are legit Naruto level fights like the Zabuza vs Team 7 and

This who the MC Looks up to…

Madara vs The Shinobi Alliance level . If you’ve seen those then you know what level I’m talking about.Also Ueki’s god candidate is a grade-A Badass.

There’s this one guy who can change Cotton into Steel , How would that be any help in a fight you ask? watch the show!! The way these high Schoolers use their powers is baffling! At a later point they form teams and the Synergy between their powers is awesome.
The plot is pretty decent as well.

Pros

– Fight Sequences are amazing.
– Did I say the fight sequences are lit? Because they are.
– Decent Opening.
– Intriguing plot.
– Kobasen (You’ll know what I mean when you watch the series).
– Tenko (Same as above)

Cons

– Needless romance , writers went out of their way to get the “sweethearts” thing in.
– The plot did rely on Ueki being the MC, so some of the things he did and a couple of fights are total BS.

 

All in all ,It’s a pretty good show, If you have time to spare since it is kinda long, I’d definitely give it a watch , you might want to stick with it though atleast initially because it starts off a little slow , but does pick up the pace once the show goes along.

 

#TeamSano