nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1scjc2e839xfmmsjfqr87huvu9qxenptmamfrcj6s98gv6frq5wgqh0el3p nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Yeah people who watched it as kids always tell me they liked it because of how dark it is. I watched it as a 21 year old retard though so it was normal to me. I guess the gnostic villains in the end are pretty creepy but thankfully Naruto is always there to brutally murder any gnostics that stand in his way.
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1scjc2e839xfmmsjfqr87huvu9qxenptmamfrcj6s98gv6frq5wgqh0el3p when I saw naruto on tv as a kid, I was deeply creeped out by all the curses and transformations, willing or otherwise, that they would inflict on each other, or the idea that the abilities that make you you could be blocked permanently. I saw most of an episode with a creepy guy who wore a jug of sand on his back and had nightmares about it
Discussion
BEHEAD GNOSTICS
I have a hard time taking early Naruto seriously because it's straight up plagiarizing the 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime. Not just general concepts, but tons of visual motifs that only showed up together in that show.
Hunter x Hunter went dark in a very gritty way without taking it too far. When you look at Naruto as a derivative of that, it doesn't seem dark anymore, it just seems edgy.