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[Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru] Isn’t this just a gap?

This time it’s all about glasses again, isn’t it? As someone who draws glasses, I feel like a new hero has been born. Next are the editor and the manga artist… But those glasses seem to belong to a reserved, intellectual type, don’t you think? Yes, indeed. I thought the character positioning was interesting when I watched the movie “IT.” In fact, the intention behind Yamaru’s glasses is to “shift the character position”… Shift the character position? It’s true that it deviates from the character’s image, right? Yamaru wears glasses, but his personality is lively, which deviates from the usual image of protagonists. That’s why it felt very fresh. Glasses = reserved or lacking in character, that sort of thing is often said, right? “W-wait, that’s not the image I had!” I thought if we could break the existing image, it would look new. So, with glasses = 08, we have a lively Yamaru, along with other characters like a gentleman appearing. I see! So then, let’s shift the character position! Each character is facing challenges while continuing to grow.

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Is it such a rare element that it can be called fresh…?

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Wait, this guy is untrustworthy.

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The image of the symbol has been stuck since around the 1980s.

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>>5

What kind of image do glasses have in modern times?

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>>33

I feel like a nerd.

Otaku characters tend to wear glasses more than intellectual characters.

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Nobita-kun…

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It’s a bit amusing that I’m quietly being followed by an editor and a manga artist related to rice balls.

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>>4

It can be said that it’s not really the case.

The strange fluctuations in the characters around here are definitely Kishihachi…

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Well, shifting is a basic technique, isn’t it?

It’s basically the same for beautiful girls fighting and such.

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>>10

It can be said that it is an idea anyone can think of.

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It’s fine to shift things around, but you’re forgetting something much more important.

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An idea is ultimately just an idea, merely having the effect of catching the eye once.

If you shift what you want to express, there are parts that don’t make sense, right?

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What is the deal with the princess who doesn’t seem to intend to shift?

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You’re talking, but you took off your glasses right away and did Katsuhachi, didn’t you?

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An attractive character that captures the readers’ attention isn’t like that.

The gap is huge between works that develop characters and others.

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A rugged but gentlemanly guy…?

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I think it worked well during Naruto… a blonde-haired, blue-eyed protagonist in a ninja village in a Japanese-style world.

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>>18

Naruto’s appearance doesn’t really have any characteristic elements that stand out that much, does it?

Rather, it is the rebellious spirit stemming from my upbringing that drives me to become Hokage!

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>>21

Huh?

Even though he was a ninja, having blond hair and blue eyes was quite impactful from the beginning.

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>>23

Is it the shadow of the headlands…?

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>>25

Perhaps I’m just taking the impressions I’ve read from overseas reactions rather than my own impressions from reading it myself.

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>>23

It might have existed, but in ninja stories, there were many more famous ancestors like Galford.

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He’s a giant with a hammer, but he’s reliable until the end, strong, and has his moments to shine.

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>>20

Rock pillar…

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In the first place, the existence of Sakura with pink hair from the very beginning indicates that hair color is just something that exists in that kind of world, right?

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Naruto is a skilled editor.

It’s the result of letting Sam8 do whatever they wanted, so well…

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What’s up with the natural way some guys treat women so badly?

It’s my duty to protect the princess! It’s crazy to not protect her when I’m carrying her around as a living human buff.

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>>26

Your attitude towards my princess is trash! That’s what Gokuu said, so I figured I was writing with the mindset of an ignorant brat.

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>>26

The absurdity of the dog samurai’s master being black and seemingly considering overseas expansion while handling women in a Showa-era manner is incredible.

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I’m wearing glasses, but I’m not serious; was I just playing around?

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It’s fine if people who normally do it get off track without being conscious of it!

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Glasses pop!

Head pop!

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If everyone around has black hair and black eyes, being the only one with blonde hair and blue eyes would certainly be a feature.

There are so many characters like Sakura with pink hair, Darasuki with silver hair, and Hinata with white eyes.

There’s no impact at all.

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>>32

Increasing impactful characters doesn’t mean the impact will decrease, right?

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>>38

It will decrease.

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>>38

If a design has a strong impact, it means it evokes a shock, so if there are many bold designs, people might get used to them and the individual impact could decrease, don’t you think?

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>>38

It’s an unusual characteristic within the world of the story, which makes it stand out as an impactful element.

If there are many others like that, then it simply concludes that the world in the story is just that kind of world.

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Shallow…

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The reason Sam8 is no good is not because of gaps or misalignments or anything like that…

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>>39

Half of it is right.

My ears hurt.

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When it comes to active glasses, it’s Nadia’s Jean from 1990.

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I like the theory that since Kishi Hachi is naturally off-center, when he tries to draw right down the middle of the mainstream, he ends up perfectly off-center, and when he tries to intentionally distort it, it becomes a wild pitch.

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Nori tone is gross.

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Sneaky

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>>48

What are you sneaking around for!

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My ear hurts.

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We also need to consider why everyone doesn’t use that expression.

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>>50

Good children!

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Glasses character = smart, quiet, introverted

If I had discarded the entire image of that, it should have become interesting…

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I just became aware that Naruto has blonde hair and blue eyes after it was mentioned here.

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I believe that gaps and discrepancies are merely hooks and are a separate issue from the interest of the story.

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Was Zabuza’s originally uncool name a play on words?

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>>56

It seems that he was the white bear who accompanied Momotaro (later known as Shiro), so it’s probably without a doubt.

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In terms of shifting the shadows, I thought the difference in how Orochimaru and the Second Hokage used Edo Tensei was really a shift.

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>>57

The technique to resurrect and wield powerful ninjas.

A technique to revive weaklings and use them as disposable.

Both are the same technique…

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It’s the original creator of Naruto! Hey!

Can you express your opinion when you’re told that?

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>>58

Well, it’s probably only possible with the original editor shadow…

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Even if it’s said that it’s impactful that the main character, despite being a Shinigami in Bleach, fights with a sword instead of a scythe!

Well, all the grim reapers in the story fight using swords, right? So that would be the end of it.

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>>60

So the way of reaping lives had quite an impact, after all.

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Okubo-kun, it’s your manga.

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Just by reading the name, it’s clear that it’s definitely from Kishikage, and that’s just something else…

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Of course, whether it’s a blonde blue-eyed ninja, wizard, or hero, they would all fit perfectly…

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Is it that the old man of Zangetsu is the mastermind and the Hollow Ichigo is on our side?

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Recently, it’s this Ryumon from One Punch Man.

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Final Fantasy

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Regardless of the twists and turns, the Reizuna arc was really interesting.

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Is the fact that the foul-mouthed glasses-wearing brat is gay just a front?

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The gap surprises readers’ expectations and common sense in a good way.

The author’s masturbation has been shifted.

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>>72

What’s terrible is that even when I’m told it’s a spoiler, I still get sidelined.

Oh, I see… but is that really something to be concerned about? It’s just at that level.

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>>81

It’s the same kind of thing that Naruto is a ninja but has blonde hair and blue eyes!

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>>87

I thought Naruto’s misdirection went well, but when I thought about it, I realized that blonde hair and blue eyes are the safest design choices.

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Will a genuinely successful example become the protagonist of Dandadan?

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The seven swords each have different properties: fire, water, light, wind, dream, lightning, and flame.

Each sword’s guardian spirit uses magic suited to its characteristics!

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>>76

This is still better, as Sam 8 takes about the first 5 pages to get to the point.

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>>77

Even though it’s only one page, it’s still better than Final Fantasy.

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>>77

I’ve never seen the cover color of a new series wasted like that before.

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>>82

I think that was something absolutely forbidden in Weekly Shonen Jump.

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>>82

If you’re a reader of NARUTO, you should be able to endure it…

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>>90

I want you to think that it’s strange to make readers endure.

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>>76

Is this a spot where the hidden ability is shifted?

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>>79

The fire and flames are overlapping, so shift them.

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>>86

It’s quite common for the same attributes to overlap…

Mera Mera and Magu Magu, etc…

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>>99

It’s inevitable that there are overlapping attributes among the dozens of types of Devil Fruits.

It’s quite off to overlap in only 7 Final Fantasy games…

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>>99

I’ve always thought that even molten rock wrapped in flames and heat doesn’t have an hierarchical relationship of the same attribute.

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Isn’t Zabuza and Shiro’s design from a former assistant who worked on Bolt?

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>>78

Un

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I’ve already said it many times, but it’s because they were originally out of sync.

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The blond-haired, blue-eyed person is also quite a bit of a disguise.

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Despite the Chūnin Exams being quite popular, the person in charge thought it would be boring if it were decided that way, saying “I’ll just destroy the tournament!” which led to the destruction of Konohagakure.

By the way, if the tournament had continued as it was, Shikamaru was expected to win.

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But they really are good at drawing…

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Originally, the face rock of the Fourth Hokage was a dog.

There’s that character with sharp teeth… There’s a ninja dog, right?

I thought it was fine for a dog to become Hokage if a ninja dog is a dog.

Then the original person in charge said, “Have we gotten off track at this point?” and so we decided to make it the protagonist’s father.

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It’s just that they have prejudices against fat people and those who wear glasses.

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The beginning of Sam8 really reminds me of Final Fantasy.

The setting of the princess, keychain, and samurai is also similar to Fantasy Master, Fantasy Sword, and Last Fantasy.

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I feel like the interaction between the shore shadow and the editing shadow was good.

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I realized that the editor in charge is really important.

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They follow because it is interesting.

If it’s boring, no matter how great the author is, it’s no good.

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That’s exactly right, like Mr. Guy and all the shifting perfectly fit together, don’t they?

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>>102

Where?

The reason the passionate teacher is strong is not because of tricks, but because of the traditional way.

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I honestly think that the person who hit it big with a world-class ninja manga is a great figure.

Falling on the second shot feels kind of heroic in a way.

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>>104

I think it’s amazing that you guessed it, but it’s not as simple as just earning money to gain respect, especially in the case of manga.

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I understand that well.

>>104

I don’t understand that at all.

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Readers are fans of the work, not followers of the creator…

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>>106

I can’t help but not dislike it when I read the autobiographical columns between the volumes and the early data books.

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Well, since Naruto had achievements, I guess they were able to tolerate that at the beginning…

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Even now, the P in Gakumasu is a data character, so they are still doing the glasses character, and the image of glasses hasn’t changed from the past.

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I don’t think it’s bad to dedicate pages to explain the worldview.

If it doesn’t explain anything, then the readers won’t be able to follow along.

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I think it’s good that even though it’s a tracksuit, it has ninja-like functions like a scroll holder.

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What happened to the bad parts of Sam 8, Kishimoto-sensei…!? Just kidding.

Ah, this is when Mr. Kishimoto was drawing the bad version of Naruto… and I can totally understand that.

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>>112

I felt it even at DAIMA.

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>>117

It’s a relief that it won’t be a disaster like in NARUTO.

BORUTO is… well, it’s different for everyone.

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I saw glasses that don’t look like glasses in the fairy operation.

A work from over 30 years ago

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The editor-in-chief talking about how all four keys have come together in high spirits is also quite strange.

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I thought it was a nice gap that Guy-sensei and Kakashi-sensei being rivals wasn’t just Guy-sensei’s one-sided declaration, but that they were actually evenly matched in skill.

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Naruto also had quite a range in its content.

If it’s a long-running series, there are bound to be issues.

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The work was just like the bad parts of Naruto, you know, Sam 8…

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Good children, everyone!

Often, crazy writers and pretentious creators are foolish.

“They babble about ‘challenging what no one else has done.'”

Most of the time, it is something that “the predecessors thought of but consciously chose not to do.”

A person who cannot understand why the orthodox path is interesting cannot have an interesting story.

I can’t make it!

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In Naruto, there was a buildup and character development that allowed us to enjoy it, but Samurai 8 is presented as a standalone without any of that.

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>>125

The author can see all the buildup and subsequent developments in their mind.

A veteran writer doing something that amateurs often do…?!

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I really like the comic with a 100% glasses rate.

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Despite the few works, they are treated like a big name, so there is no one to stop them.

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It’s good that no one came out saying that the artist is just freely drawing while borrowing the name value of Mr. Kishimoto… That’s a good thing, right?

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During the boring times in Naruto, it was really criticized harshly.

That’s why something like Naruto was born.

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It was terrible when Naruto was forced to be active even when he was feeling tired.

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>>131

The battle between Darui and Gin and Silver was truly the worst, with Kishi mistakenly believing he could write a mind game like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure or Hunter x Hunter.

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>>135

That’s an incredibly easy-to-understand analogy.

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Can you just pretend that I had already reached the spiral shuriken within the two and a half years of training, even if it’s starting now?

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The story about the editor-in-chief being moved after seeing this draft was amazing.

It’s amazing how someone can become an editor-in-chief just by flattering the big shots.

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There’s no room for doubt in the artwork; this is definitely a pure 100% boring Naruto moment… which is impressive in a way.

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If you steal from Doraemon and present a cat as a dog, that’s just a matter of sensibility…

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>>136

Even if they say a dog that meows, what does it really mean?

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Naruto is interesting only because of the sticky emotions of its characters; otherwise, it can only be described as a complete mess.

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I wonder if it’s okay to say this… but everything that comes from that setup is a plan that would have been better left unsaid.

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It was really hard to read during the period when they started depicting anime in the manga.

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>>140

They were talking about the limitations of manga expression, but they just don’t understand the differences in media.

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>>140

I was bewildered by suddenly becoming bad at it.

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I wonder if there are people who realized that Doraemon is the original source without the onigiri manga.

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If it weren’t for the rice ball accusation manga, there was a possibility that the blame would have been placed on the illustrations.

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Even Naruto suddenly starting the water test when he entered the second part was really pushing it in many ways.

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Kiki’s Delivery Service

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When the Boar, Deer, and Butterfly & Shinobi Alliance were slowly fighting against the Nine-Tails transformed Kinkaku, it was more technical when the Second Hokage was using cheat techniques to outmaneuver Obito.

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>>148

Ah, it’s really easy to tell that the editing has changed.

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The Naruto anime was so well made that the creator became complexed about the anime…

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People who found it funny have a slightly off sense of humor to begin with.

I wonder if I tried to intentionally shift it and ended up going too far, surpassing the target readership’s range.

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The shifting of the shift is the possibility of a fixed position.

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The result of shifting things around is left to the reader to decide whether it’s interesting or not, which is why such a boring work can be created.

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A topic that is still being talked about.

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Only Kishi-Kage could write the weird conversations in Sam8.

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