Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20140910222248/@comment-28861328-20140914050619

Rachin123 wrote: That's why I hate this thing with Naruto. It makes it seem like just one guy can change the minds of every person. It ideally unrealistic and boring. I know its fiction but come on can get anymore bad than that.

I could scream from the amount of people who can't differentiate realism with literature. The story is about Naruto. I don't care if Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Tsunade, Orochimaru, Tobirama, etc., etc., can change the minds and hearts of others. The story isn't about them. Naruto is the Hero and therefore the other characters are merely facets to get him to the goal of the story. That's how almost all Hero's Journey-based stories go.

If you really hate it that much, hey, try another genre. There are plenty out there where the Hero is much more down to earth, realistic, and depressing for your skeptical pleasure.

I never will understand people who read a manga (any manga, or any story for that matter) week after week after week and lament every word written, every action taken, and every outcome that presents itself. Shonen is a very predictable genre, with unrealistic abilities and outcomes, characters that are almost purely idealistic, and that is because they're aimed at being entertaining and teaching a central value.

Kishimoto literally can do no right by some of you. Which makes me wonder: why do you bother reading? If its for another character in the story, stop torturing yourself. It'll never be about Sasuke, Itachi, Madara, Obito, Sakura, Shikamaru, Gaara, and so on and so forth. Its about Naruto. Plain and simple. If Naruto does good things, he gets flack because he's too good. If Sasuke kills a group of newborn puppies, the fanboys are out in force telling us how terrible of a past he has had, and how they can "list the sins of the Kage" to somehow justify the psycho nutjob's very real need for psychiatric medication.

Kishimoto doesn't "play favorites" with the Uchiha. The other clans just aren't as important to the story. It doesn't matter if you like it or not, or wish he'd focus on the Hyuga, Inuzunka, or whatever it is for you. They're not relevant. The Uchiha are highly featured because they're the descendants of one of the two brothers that began the conflict between the reincarnations that would span centuries. That is all.

At some point, those of you decrying this manga need to consider one of two options: Either stop reading it, because its not your type of story (nothing wrong with that; I despise One Piece with every fiber of my existence, but some people manage to find that pile of **** Oda calls a story readable). The other option is to put down the "bitchy glasses" and enjoy the manga.

Shonen are meant to be unrealistic. They're meant to be over the top. You're not going to get the next Iliad out of Masashi Kishimoto so stop looking for it. /rant