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This is why I was up till 1:00 am last night.
One of the amusing things is that I've seen characters in people's icons and heard their names mentioned and so forth, but had no idea who they were. So now I know who Jiraiya is. He's really cool! Although... I think he's generally right that Narutu should learn to control his fox demon rather than ignoring it, because that's something that he's going to need to do sooner or later, and better in a controlled environment than in the middle of a huge battle... and yet I somehow feel that this is going to have rather easily foreseen consequences, namely, that Naruto is going to get over-confident, draw on the demon chakra, and let it out before he's learned how to stuff it back in.
I also now know the context of this icon, which I had always assumed was a little between-chapters sketch, but actually illustrates a two-page user's manual on chakra release, which against all odds was both informative and amusing-- well, part of the reason it was amusing was that right in the middle of fight-fight-train-train-fight-fight was a two-page technical manual.
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telophase's line, "I can make a frog the size of Texas" comes from. I laughed myself sick at the frog god or whatever that was deciding that Naruto was going to be his minion, and also at Naruto creating tadpole after tadpole, and getting all excited when one of them appeared with little legs. And at Jiraiya's face-palm reaction to Naruto going, "I have improved! See, it has legs now!"
Much as I love Bleach, Kishimoto is a million times better at introducing hordes of new characters while not losing sight of the old ones (yay, sudden guest appearance by Iruka!), and of making me care about the new characters. (I am assuming that characters who didn't make it to the semi-finals will continue to be significant, as I can't imagine Sakura dropping out, and Rock Lee got such a huge starring turn that I assume we have not remotely seen the last of him.) I adore Rock Lee and his sensei, and I really liked Kiba and his little dog too. Shikamaru also seems interesting, and so are the sand village trio.
I am a little bummed that Temari, whom we have seen very little of although what we've seen is cool, is the only girl to make it into the semi-finals. Naruto needs more female characters who a) kick ass, b) whose key character trait is not that they are in love with one of the male characters.
I continue to be fascinated by Gaara, that little freak. Do we ever learn why he has "love" tattooed on his forehead?
One of the amusing things is that I've seen characters in people's icons and heard their names mentioned and so forth, but had no idea who they were. So now I know who Jiraiya is. He's really cool! Although... I think he's generally right that Narutu should learn to control his fox demon rather than ignoring it, because that's something that he's going to need to do sooner or later, and better in a controlled environment than in the middle of a huge battle... and yet I somehow feel that this is going to have rather easily foreseen consequences, namely, that Naruto is going to get over-confident, draw on the demon chakra, and let it out before he's learned how to stuff it back in.
I also now know the context of this icon, which I had always assumed was a little between-chapters sketch, but actually illustrates a two-page user's manual on chakra release, which against all odds was both informative and amusing-- well, part of the reason it was amusing was that right in the middle of fight-fight-train-train-fight-fight was a two-page technical manual.
And I now know where
telophase's line, "I can make a frog the size of Texas" comes from. I laughed myself sick at the frog god or whatever that was deciding that Naruto was going to be his minion, and also at Naruto creating tadpole after tadpole, and getting all excited when one of them appeared with little legs. And at Jiraiya's face-palm reaction to Naruto going, "I have improved! See, it has legs now!"Much as I love Bleach, Kishimoto is a million times better at introducing hordes of new characters while not losing sight of the old ones (yay, sudden guest appearance by Iruka!), and of making me care about the new characters. (I am assuming that characters who didn't make it to the semi-finals will continue to be significant, as I can't imagine Sakura dropping out, and Rock Lee got such a huge starring turn that I assume we have not remotely seen the last of him.) I adore Rock Lee and his sensei, and I really liked Kiba and his little dog too. Shikamaru also seems interesting, and so are the sand village trio.
I am a little bummed that Temari, whom we have seen very little of although what we've seen is cool, is the only girl to make it into the semi-finals. Naruto needs more female characters who a) kick ass, b) whose key character trait is not that they are in love with one of the male characters.
I continue to be fascinated by Gaara, that little freak. Do we ever learn why he has "love" tattooed on his forehead?
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And now that you've found the genesis of that line, you can start wondering about *this* icon, which is from a hilarious summary of the manga someone wrote a year or so back. You can't read it yet, because it deal with events up to and after the end of the third segment of the chuunin exams. (And I can't find it online anyway, so oh well. Someone's bound to have it bookmarked.)
re: Gaara. Keep reading. :D
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It starts after the end of the chuunin exam story arc and covers about 3/4 of the way through the next story arc after that, so I won't link you. :D
Non-spoilery tidbits:
sasuke: ARGH MY NINJA COCK IS SOOO SMALL!
sakura: . . . god i'm useless
jiraiya: DAMN THAT'S SOME FINE BLING!
sasuke: OW MY BRAIN!
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BISHOUNEN NO JUTSU! (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8032339/) *escapes while
and I need more Sauske icons, dammit.
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...well, I am not, so CURSE YOU< I AM DISTRACTED
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I greatly admire Kishimoto's skill at character-juggling in the chuunin exams. I don't think I remembered everybody's name until the end of the chuunin exams was approaching, but I cared about them all. And I certainly adore the sudden guest appearances by Official Naruto Daddy Iruka.
Jiraiya is my master now. He is a ninja! He wears a Sesshomaru fuzzy on his head! He writes porn! He is made of awesome! Do you know that he and Orochimaru are cracked-out versions of "real" mythical ninja figures? That's where the snakes and the frogs come from. I would say more, but woo, spoilers!
Temari is so my "Naruto" girlfriend. In the anime, her voice actress is Paku Romi AKA Edward Elric. Humina. I also cherish the Best Porn Doujinshi Ever starring Temari that I found at AWA this summer, but the pairing is as yet spoilery, so I will save it.
Oh God so tempted to upload my spoilery Gaara icons to use on this reply. Instead I will just use my Temari icon and play my Gaara song and cackle. Keep reading!
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I mean, I could see something like "Red Right Hand," but given the music in the rest of the anime... I am having a hard time imagining this.
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I need more Gaara icons, clearly. And for the record I loathed him for a good long time. It looks like you've gotten to chapter 96 already, so: probably my favorite page in the entire series is this one.
*That I know of. But there must have been one at some point on Oh! Naruto Nippon! And it was undoubtedly chibi and cheerful and terrifying beyond words.
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That's a great page. I also love that creepy smile on the next page or so... wait, is that the same creepy smile in your icon?
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Different creepy smile, different chapter, but same volume (chapter 99): oh Gaara, my dear, you are so very NOT SANE. And good for the creepy smiles.
Interesting Gaara stuff coming up in the series sooner or later, I promise!
P.S.: Scanlations: I use CDisplay, unless you have a Mac, but your mileage may vary.
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I think I use CDisplay, but I'm not sure, because I am writing from a friend's computer where I am supposed to be roasting vegetables for sixteen people for Passover, but I lost it after peeling things for forty minutes and fled to the computer room for a break.
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Nick Cave downloads
Where the Wild Roses Grow: http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IUZQ32JT5LO73GFQJEKZ1Z9A4
Do You Love Me?: http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FFB0FDB509B2B454
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Gaara has an entire album
Mother the doctor knows something is wrong
Cause my body has strange information
He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child
But he doesn't dare ask the right question
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I think I need to get the rest of this album.
And I have no idea how far you've read in "Naruto" by now so I'm not going to tell you what I think of the lyrics to "Rock In This Pocket", "When Heroes Go Down", "99.9F", and "As A Child".
But I am anxiously awaiting your reaction to/thoughts on the next few volumes (and the rest of the series), because Gaara went from my most hated character in "Naruto" to a permanent position in my top 5 very suddenly. And then he got better.* And then he got better again.
*though not necessarily sane.
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I am up to the point where [spoiler with the Third Hokage] and the really touching flashback to Kid!Iruka, and then Naruto takes off with Jiraiya in search of Tsunade, and also I now see why Sasuke has such a bad attitude. The last I saw of Gaara, he was being dragged offstage by Temari and Kankuro, and actually thanked them, which they seemed very surprised to hear.
Also, a very minor point I'm sure, but when Shino, the creepy bug kid, collapses from poison gas and his father bends over him and says, "Don't worry, my bugs will suck out the poison," the convergence of the sweet touching family moment and the fact that it consisted of first aid via disgusting creepy ninja bugs made me laugh maniacally for about five minutes straight.
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And then you can understand why my Gaara plushie is my shiny happy evil plushie of DOOM. It has plushie fishnets, remember? I was so happy when you sent me that.
Mind you, I think my household has a Naruto plushie problem, because from where I am sitting I can see the plushies of Gaara, Shikamaru, Naruto (twice in different sizes), Sasuke, Iruka, Kakashi, Sakura, Lee, the plushie of Goku that one of my housemates put in a Chuunin vest and he just looks too damn happy about it, Jiraiya's medium-sized frog, and a two-foot plush stuffed kunai which I have to talk my wife out of taking to job interviews. I think I'm sitting on the stuffed shuriken.
Did I mention that this show has great merchandising?
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I love the Naruto merchandising, even as I curse it. Have you seen the seasonal stuff, like the Halloween ornaments with BatCostume!Sasuke and his tiny flappy wings?
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Goku would fit right in at the ninja exams. I see him and Rock Lee becoming Best Friends 4-EVAR!!!!
Man, I really want plushie ninja weapons.