Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-8284722-20141202185718

Nice to talk to you guys again! If you didn't already know, I'm planning to make a Naruto CGI film trilogy, and I'm making three threads for this, one for each film. Here's a link to the first thread: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:155034 This, meanwhile, is the thread for the second film, Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles. Most of the stuff regarding the overall concept is explained in the first thread. This, meanwhile, will be dedicated solely to the story and characters of the second film - and thus, is one giant paragraph shorter! So without further ado, Ikuzo!

This film will be based on Chapters 245-450 of the manga. The main theme for this movie is the concept of home. Naruto may return home, but with the village still shunning him it doesn't feel like that. As he struggles with this, he tries to keep holding onto the friends that show him what a home is like. And then, his home gets destroyed - but when he returns home again, everyone now loves him, allowing to finally have a true home. This goes in line with Naruto's desire to protect his loved ones and home by becoming Hokage. Storyline-wise, this film will probably be the hardest to develop, since the arcs involved are all rather independent. I've thus put in much thought and I think I finally have a continuity solution. The film will open very similar to how Shippuden opened, with the flash-forward to Naruto and Sasuke reuniting. I'll be cutting out Sasuke's talk to the whole of Team Yamato (before Naruto starts shouting at him) and the flashbacks, as well as the encounter with Kurama, ending the flash-forward when Sasuke nearly slices Naruto open. The film will then get into the Kazekage Rescue Arc. I'm going to reorder some things regarding Naruto's return. It'll be closer to the manga if anything. I'm cutting out the second bell test and skipping straight from Naruto's reunion with Sakura and Kakashi (in that order) to when Naruto and Sakura are planning their to-be-date behind Kakashi. After Naruto realizes he doesn't have the money, the two will be walking around town, whereupon they reunite with Team Guy, Team Kurenai, and Shikamaru and Temari in that order, before it shows Gaara's capture and what not. Also, here's where things get interesting for those who love characterization. If you hadn't noticed before, each of the non-Team Kakashi teams gets a chance to shine in one of the five arcs covered here. Thus, I'll be characterizing those characters here, emphasizing their bonds with each other and others they know. Team Guy gets the Kazekage Rescue Arc, Team Asuma the Hidan and Kakuzu Arc, and Team Kurenai the Itachi Pursuit Arc. That'll be it for the Kazekage Rescue Arc; it's pretty much the same. The Sai and Sasuke Arc and the Hidan and Kakuzu Arc are where things get jumbled up a bit. To shorten things a bit, I'm going to something different. When Naruto, Choji, and Shikamaru have that brief introductory skirmish with Sai, after Naruto leaves and Ino arrives, I'm going to have Asuma also come up and give the team the mission that will cost him his life. There might be scenes of the mission interspersed with the rest of the events of the Sai and Sasuke Arc, but most likely they'll be seen in flashback at a part I'll get into later. For the events of the Sai and Sasuke Arc themselves, I'm probably going to cut out the part where the team finds Sai again. Also, when Sai first encounters Sasuke, he simply stands over his bed and reflects on everything before deciding to help Naruto - only for Sasuke to wake up and then blow up the place. Kind of like how there were those brief flashes of events when Thor came to Earth in the first Thor film, the same will happen here due to the film's intro. After that, the thing's pretty much the same, although Sakura and Sasuke actually will be fighting each other. At the end, after Sai meets Kakashi, I will have the "You love Sakura, don't you?" scene. It is here where Naruto and Sai learn of Asuma's death from Ino and Choji, which is where I'll probably have the Asuma's death flashbacks. There will be brief descriptions on reactions to Asuma's death connected by narration, among them "None [were upset] more so than Kurenai Yuhi - who was pregnant with his child" and his funeral. I'll then get into Naruto's waterfall and rasenshuriken training, which will be shortened. Then there'll be Team Asuma's revenge mission. Shikamaru will actually kill Hidan here, but otherwise it's pretty much the same. I'm also considering having Sasuke's betrayal scene here, which will be shortened significantly and further hint at Kabuto's future role. After the Hidan and Kakuzu events wrap up, I'll be showing Sasuke gathering up Taka. Yes, Taka; they are going to be called this from the beginning in order to avoid confusion later down the road, as well as to show that they are no longer with Orochimaru. The rest of the arc will be pretty much the same, with a bit of emphasis on when Naruto meets Itachi. However, I'll be cutting out Jiraiya's fight with Pain and instead having parts of it as a flashback when Naruto learns of his death. Sasuke's last appearance in the film will involve him revealing his Mangekyo to Tobi and Taka while revealing his will. As such, I'm cutting out Taka's attempt at Killer B, instead featuring parts of it in flashback in the next film, although there will be references to it. I'm also cutting out Naruto's senjutsu training and skipping straight to Pain's invasion, featuring flashbacks of the training when Naruto returns. The Invasion of Pain Arc will be very thematic. To further place bucketloads of pain onto Naruto, a large quantity of characters, both familiar and otherwise, will be brutally murdered by Pain, not just Fukasaku, Kakashi, and Shizune. I'm also considering this one scene where the Pains ask the villagers how much pain they will suffer if Naruto were to die. Synonymously, every single person says that, while they shunned Naruto before, the fact that people would stoop to this level to do even more damage has made them realize that Naruto is their brethren, and that they shall pay. The characters that survive beyond the village getting leveled have some importance later on in the plot, while there will be a few deaths afterwards. For Naruto vs. Pain, it'll be quick but, since it's the greatest out of all the battles, completely and utterly epic. Naruto's Sage Mode will be looking somewhat overpowered, as he defeats the first five Pains almost instantly. For Hinata's rescue, I'm going to have Naruto actually respond with what he truly thinks. As Hinata crouches down, Naruto thanks her but says he likes Sakura. Presumably not hearing him, Hinata charges at the Deva Path while Naruto pleads for her to save herself as his friend so that she can be the clan heiress, but she is swiftly lifted into the air and fatally stabbed. Overall, this will be the quick, shocking, and Gwen Stacy-esque death scene seen in the manga and not the 10-minute, filler-flashback-ridden melodrama seen in the anime. As the Deva Path chides Naruto about the pain all of the villagers' deaths are placing on him, Naruto goes on his rage, which is specifically mentioned by him to be for all of the villagers, and will be kind of like in Man of Steel when Superman was beating up Zod in Smallville for interrogating Martha Kent. It will also be very quick but very effective. The encounters with Minato and Nagato, meanwhile, will be extended on a bit more due to their heavy thematic importance. Of course, then everyone (including Hinata in case you thought otherwise - seriously, I'm not THAT cruel!) gets revived by Nagato. And finally, when Naruto returns home and is greeted warmly by everyone, Iruka will get the chance to reflect on Naruto's journey a similar way to how Ebisu did, albeit with the flashbacks happening synonymous with the words (and there are fewer flashbacks). The mid-credits and post-credits scenes will be Akatsuki discussing the future and Danzo's appointment to Hokage, respectively.

And now for the characters. To clarify, this is only about characters introduced and/or of major importance in this film. Tobi will be drop-dead serious and have that menacing voice throughout (so yeah, probably no "Death by suffocation!"), but otherwise is just the same.The rest of Akatsuki will also be the same as they are. I might change Konan, however, to one who is just blindly devoted to Nagato (he IS the last person she cared about until she met Naruto). I'll also try to make Black Zetsu more serious while making White Zetsu more like the Joker, while also having the two bicker. For Sai, he's pretty much the same, though I'd like to show that he is unknowingly expressing emotions in his art. Yamato will also be rather emotionless (since he's also from Root) but is otherwise the same. For censorship reasons (just look at the scrutiny The Wind Rises got!) Asuma won't be smoking at all, but will, like anime-Shikamaru, carry around a lighter. Unless Kishi states otherwise, I'm going to go ahead and name Kurenai's daughter Asuna as both a tribute to SAO and because the names are so similar. For Taka, I'm thinking of emphasizing each member as a near-mirror image of a Team 7 member. Suigetsu will be that guy who is utterly determined for a near-impossible goal (Naruto), Jugo will be that quiet guy with a bit of bloodlust (Sasuke), and Karin Uzumaki will be a girl who is blinded in every way by her love for Sasuke (Sakura), although in Karin's case she'll actually come to see the humane side of Sasuke and will be having a more legitimate reason for this affection (he broke her free of Orochimaru - that's why ALL of Taka likes him, after all). For the toads, Fukasaku will be that wise Yoda-like figure, while Shima will be a cranky ol' frog, yet still plenty wise. All the other characters will be the same, unless I can come up with something new for them.

Not really sure about promotions that much. There will still be the dubbed opening and ending soundtrack and the movie edition tanboken volumes, with the dubbed version of "Sign" definitely being in the end credits. Just for future reference, I love the fandubs of Naruto openings done by this guy: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCr8oYajoNssVpM_gwxiERMw, and those would be great to use for referencing. The tanboken thing will come in the future. As for the DVD, I couldn't really think of a short film to go along with it, but I was considering a series of mini-shorts with it that basically go over a few events between the Invasion of Pain and the Five Kage Summit, kind of like the Konoha History Arc without all the flashbacks, instead detailing present events. I don't have many (good) ideas for these, though I do have one: Naruto goes through archives and starts reading them in order to find out more about Minato.

That's all for now, folks! The third and final thread for the third and final film - Naruto: Shinobi World War - will be coming in a few weeks. In the meantime, what do you guys think of this film? Feel free to comment below, and as always, please don't be insultive and/or discouraging.  