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*doesnāt like a character*
*doesnāt post character hate in the main character tag because I have fucking manners*
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see also: i paid five-figures in university fees for my bachelors and masters so (1) you can bet your ass iām going to make the most of it, and (2) iām there numerous days a week and have been for years of my life, this is just how i speak now.
āyou talk like a smart/pretentious personā actually I just forget simple words constantly and am forced to rummage through my brain for the nearest synonym, which is usually twice as long and needlessly specific
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this blog is a platform for critical analysis and a catalogue of similar content so i very rarely reblog fanart or edits and iām not one to jump on such with a commentary but, looking at this, i just have to say that this is the naruto i love ā the character i still remember fondly and feel nostalgia for. i try not to lose sight of everything i felt for this knucklehead ninja and his franchise when i visualise the series for what it tends to be most associated with now; i donāt want to reflect on something i truly adored only with the negative connections of its more recent years. as so many academics have stated anyway, fans and audiences in general are not passive consumers; itāsĀ not only acceptable but necessary and expected for them to criticise depictions in media. but every now and again, i miss when naruto was just naruto; no sexist discourse from pierrot or otherwise. like,Ā they actually did a good job at the animation here too! i know itās a shippuden flashback but the original series (i.e. genin naruto) feels representative of something more; something so pure and wholesome, before any of the mess that followed with the studio and fandomās spoliation. sure, the handling of it all may have opened my eyes to the wider audience and industry issues, which led me to study such and in turn develop my craft in critical discourse analysis at university but i just miss him, and i miss what this series meant to me before he embodied anything more than the cutie up-top.
Naruto (1999 - 2014) ā
5 years today since the final chapter and I miss this boy!
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every boruto iāve ever met thinks heās a naruto
every Ross iāve ever met thinks heās a Chandler
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every mineta iāve ever met thinks heās a deku
every Ross iāve ever met thinks heās a Chandler
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I will never understand why people create whole ass fantasy worlds and still oppress women in those worlds.
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Seriously props to Takahashi for refusing to give Kagome any panty shots and also forbidding the animators from doing it as well and they followed her wishes. She wanted to prevent her from being reduced to a fanservice character at all costs and justā¦yeah man.
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i think this is in reference to the latest arc in the boruto anime wherein he returns to the past, supposedly a day after sasuke leaves the village (if iām recalling that right, from the bits and pieces iāve seen discussed online), despite the continuity of that timeline and the charactersā plot dispositions at such distinct juncture surely proving that period to be entirely nonsensical for s/pās delusional nostalgia trip. (why not just set it when sasuke is there, if you have to at all? jeez.)
the retrieval squad was formed the following morning after sasuke fled, leaving no interval for borutoās marty mcfly adventure.
it was indeed implied that naruto left with jiraiya immediately after his recovery from his loss to sasuke at the valley of the end, meaning marto mcmaki couldnāt show up for some fanfic-esque time-travel antics then either.
if it does take place directly after sasuke leaves, then:
lee would still have his crutches.
inoās hair would still be cut shorter (which they do appear to have rectified now in their most recent episode than in the photo-album shown prior).
sakura and narutoās temperaments would be entirely different to that which isĀ portrayed,Ā not the iconic personalities of theirĀ active genin days when sasuke was present.
Didnāt Naruto left the village the next day after he left with Jiraiya
Wait, what? I am not sure of the question youāre trying to make here... could you be a little more specific, please? I donāt want to misinterpret.
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...wha-? when? that never-? like, why would that-? š¤ ugh, as sweet as this could be, studio pierrot have me rubbing my temples too much with this sort of stuff. š
i mean, what is the point of thisĀ āĀ of retconning any (supposedly pre-existing) substance between hinata and team 7; situating her amongst the main characters and all that it implies, and moreover with naruto in particular? let alone the audacity of it, when it was studio pierrot at the forefront of pitting these girls against each-other in their cavil, disputatious fillers all these years!
canon = two-decade-old established material, and this aināt it. a friendship between all of them wouldāve been cute, and (in-character) fluff can be appreciated by fans. but not when there is an underlying, surreptitious agenda attached ā one that increasingly attempts to convince a mass and credulous audience, who arenāt aware that naruto and hinataās entire canon interaction literally spans less than 1% of the manga, is any more than just that, performed by manipulating these compact retcons enough to impose a subconscious yet lasting effect that supports their narrative of their āsignificantā ship, which was actually built in its pervasive ubiquity on filler. and hey, iām not just going off over this picture alone (iām simply using it as an example; a jumping-off point)Ā ā iām already exhausted of this upcoming contentious arc, whichāll probably be full of drivel like this, when itās actually supposed to be nostalgic whimsy for fans, not a guise of such; obscuring veiled motives of advocacy for their bias.Ā and thatās not even getting into their present-dayĀ filler scenes ofĀ naru/hinaās ostensible and reputed domestic life, contradicted and discredited in kishimotoās material.
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Iām so glad to see youāre backā¤ļø
thank you, anon! š iām glad to be back, and hoping to stay at least semi-active as i continue my studies this time. š
seeing an inbox notification for this blog pop up and wondering as i click onto it whether itāll be harassment or support is always a flip of a (slightly weighted towards the positive latter) coin, so reading your welcoming message was one of those simple pleasures! ā¤ļø
i have 150+ asks so i promise iāll get around to them all and thank you everyone so much for your words of praise, encouragement, advocation and your own critical analysis too, as well as insightful questions and discussions! iāve been skim-reading and i love doing so! please donāt feel disheartened if i donāt reply right away, my ask-box is always open (lbh, no-one would do a masterās degree if they werenāt a nerd for academic scrutinisation so keep āem coming š).
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took a hiatus from tumblr to graduate university and begin pursuing my masterās... and sakura is still the most useful, strongest andĀ overallĀ āĀ objectively; in canonĀ āĀ best kunoichi in naruto. š
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so... you just deliberately didnāt reblog the explanation behind the chosen images in a desperate attempt to debunk the matter at hand by clinging solely onto that trivial element? oh, wait,Ā of course you didnāt reblog that additionĀ ā whichĀ challenges your frail, ridiculous argumentĀ āĀ because you stalked the āanti hinataā tags, hence your reblog directly from me and my original post. i mean, come on, it isnāt even a case of idiocy that hinata fans havenāt figured out simple blacklisting; they purposely choose not to in weak attempts at harassment and a chance at throwing their toys over a two-and-a-half-year-old post.
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hereās the response from the update you either [ a ] purposely chose not to reblog from so that your argument could actually appear to hold any strength and fit the confirmation bias of the sheep who follow you, or Ā [ b ] did not necessarily ignore but simply rather missed due to becoming instantly offended and enraged enough to reply (to an appropriately tagged post) when stalking āantiā tags of your own volition:
āone is official art and the other is just a sketch!ā
it isnāt a comparison of the level of detail in kishimotoās depictions, obviously theyāre differentā¦ the chosen images are mere examples showcasing the severe bias that s/p have in arrogantly defying canon, solely because of their partiality. these pictures highlight how they undermine sakura and (/to) emphasise hinata, despite their given source material, which theyāre supposed to directly and accurately reference.
the chosen images [of hinata] are actually on consecutive pages of damn official guidebook, directly showing the two designs in relation to one another; highlighting their differences.
it isnāt a direct comparison of the girls themselves, fgs. itās exposing s/pās favouritism and sexism; knowing that exploiting conventionally attractive traits ā such as large breasts and āfeminineā qualities ā are features more likely desired. as such, an audience ā especially a young male demographic (shonenās target market) ā would evidently be much more inclined to like that character.
[in relation to your comment reducing this issue merely to chest size:] whilst i do have an issue with her wardrobe [in s/pās rendition,Ā which particularly accents her chest] essentially acting as exploitation of her character through sexist marketing strategy (particularly due to defying the previous databook entries regarding her style), her clothes [moreover, her accentuated chest size, in this argument particularly since you want to focus on that]Ā arenāt exactly the issue iām stressing here ā rather itās s/pās modification of kishiās design to sexualise her.
ā³ see a further explanation here!
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as stated many times previously, the issue goes deeper than chestĀ sizeĀ āĀ especially such in shonenĀ āĀ and you know that, so do not patronise the issue.
this isnāt about tit measuring*Ā and youāre much more aware of that than you let on. donāt act oblivious to strengthen an argument based in sexism.
*Ā alike to ādick measuringā:Ā in which these fictional women are forced to compete over a superficial characteristic that a male-dominated society (and, as such, industry) has deemed important, in order to demonstrate their supposed worthiness, power and overall superiority status.
āfunnily enough, sakura looks better in sp versions.ā
donāt do that. you donāt care about sakura... a quick look at your blog showcases that. you donāt think she looks conventionallyĀ ā i.e. genuinelyĀ āĀ ābetterā in s/pās version because you wouldnāt argue over the comparison in the first place if you did. you think that she looks better because she looks worse; which you personallyĀ prefer, as that is your bias since you dislike her and/or like hinata more, thereforeĀ āĀ due to patriarchal brainwashing out of your control regarding comparisons deemed preferable by straight men ā youĀ want her to appear superior by said superficial means of conventional attractiveness. contrary to that subconscious and man-made belief, that is not a female characterāsĀ only worth. and highlighting studio pierrotās bias in perpetuating that ideology is the exact point of this original post.
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again from theĀ explanatoryĀ addition:
[it doesnāt matter if you personally like sakuraās animated rendition, it doesnāt matterĀ because:]Ā sakuraās animated rendition is plain disrespectful. it is not what the mangaka had in mind and is not true to the character, especially when it is only done/purposely deteriorated with intent to ridicule her; all to make her less appealing than hinata. they intentionally reduce her chest size, and have done so since part two began.Ā
now please pay attention here, as this is the only reason why an argument regarding chest size actually matters:
( a ) they then they make fillers body-shaming her, mocking her ā brainwashing viewers with the ideology that this is to be undesired, which goes without saying is a very backward and damaging mindset. ( b ) they consistently compare her āundesirableā attributes negatively with hinata, glorifying her with filler (through contrasting ādesirableā ones).
it is only worth bringing up said argument to dismantle the misogynistic discourse and wider social issue attached, not to further it by supporting it (/those responsible by arguing forĀ their end product).
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i personally donāt know how someone can relate to a male-written, entirely one-dimensional female character who featured in canon less than 1% of the manga (since ānarutoā has about 12,500 pages on average and hinata was depicted on something as low as 100 of them). but if you meanĀ fanonĀ hinata ā the studio pierrot version youāre so familiar with ā wait, no, i still donāt understand relating to a character void of her great potential by blatant misogyny in the form of objectification.
āthe bias is there, and s/pās sexist discourse attached to such is the issueā¦ along with them just, you know, being terrible animators not doing their damn job.ā
bias: canon vs not š«
sakura:
hinata:
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i had to very briefly come off hiatus to show you guys the best thing i saw on twitter today
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sasu/saku looking at each-other:
naru/hina looking at each-other:
aaand heās not because heās too busy looking at the girl he actually loves. š¬
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