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REVIEW: Naruto GN 50


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SonicRenegade84



Joined: 04 Apr 2010
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:30 pm Reply with quote
Jessica Hart wrote:


Guess I'm the only one who likes Sakura and the War Arc in general Surprised


You're not alone, girl!

I seriously need to catch up in the manga. I'm only on Vol. 12 and i've been stopping for no reason!
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MaxSouth



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:16 am Reply with quote
Obviously "Naruto" is no your average entertainment manga, and it never was.

Every detail from very ("lighthearted" -- however "lighhearted" assassination of Hogake could be to some) beginning of it was not casual and bore meaning, meticulously unfolded in later arcs. Kishimoto is very calculative and planning in that. And 50th volume and later is consistent continuation of the whole concept.

"Naruto" was always meant to be of "War and Peace" scale. If Carlo wants it to be something else -- some simplistic story -- then still his criticism is totally misplaced. There is no point to even begin wanting single-line plot developments and recurring use of characters which were already expressed via prior arcs.

It is strange that Carlo wants familiar characters, while plot comes to war which includes many parties that have nothing to with already used characters. It is no typical shonen manga where most of characters are used and reused again and again, gaining all of sudden new abilities in a short time. Naruto has only few of such characters.
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