In Defense of Talk no Jutsu (Hope and Hypocrisy in Naruto)

There's an aspect of Naruto that was brilliantly explored throughout the entire series, a motif that remained constant for some, it's the worst part of Naruto for others, it's a great meme for me, it's a stroke of pure genius, al which of course I mean. no speaking

jutsu

Naruto's supernatural ability to defeat any opponent and completely change their ideology just by

talk

ing to them now, contrary to what some people may believe, Naruto didn't always have this ability, but even when he used it, his words didn't. They were just words. Each successful instance of

talk

no

jutsu

was supported by both Naruto's actions and his opponent's past experiences, plus each of his enemies had an apparent contradiction in their ideals that Naruto forced them to recognize and it was the contradictions that who took them. to change your perspective not lazy too optimistic writing not the power of friendship but the antagonist's own

hypocrisy

and on the topic of

hypocrisy

let's go back to the origin of the conversation no jutsu let's go back to the land of waves before his initial conversation with Haku Naruto's wishes were too simplistic, I bet my money, you know, he has to fulfill that Mississippi, because he had a goal but not a purpose, in other words, he knew what he wanted to do but he didn't know why he wanted to do it.

Did he want Naruto? To become stronger for himself or someone else, he had never thought about it until he met Haku and it was through Haku that Naruto developed his worldview. Haku's strength came from his desire to protect what was most precious to him and that resonated with Naruto. He remembered his past experiences with Inari Kakashi Arouca and realized that he wanted to protect people just as they protected him. Haku's impact on Naruto was deeper than that, although when Haku believed he no longer had a purpose and asked to be killed, Naruto was clearly upset about it. but still he prepared to please him under the depressing pretext that this is how the world works, there is no other way.

Sasuke's supposed corpses served to confirm in Naruto's mind that not everyone could achieve their dreams in this cruel world and even though he and Haku could. They had been friends in different circumstances, that was impossible now. He saw two boys his age who had failed to achieve their dreams and seemed willing to assume there was nothing he could do, but then something happened that changed his mind forever. Haku stopped him. he took Kakashi's lightning sword to save his master and then Zabuza, the cold and sadistic assassin of the mist, shed tears for his subordinate. Those abusive shinobi saw his tools.

He couldn't treat Haku as such when Haku sacrificed himself. Zabuza had the opportunity to kill. Kakashi cutting his disciple, but he hesitated despite everything Zabuza had said about Haku, he couldn't get rid of him like a broken tool, his hypocrisy was reinforced when this scene was called back in the war arc as a mindless puppet whose feelings and free will had been stripped Zabuza truly became a tool to Kabuto and Haku truly became a tool to Zabuza. This mind controlled Zabuza did not hesitate to hack Haku, but in that state he was not really a shinobi, he was a tool, but he was no longer human while he was still alive, however, Zabuza could not escape from the emotional Baggetts who were chained. to his humanity.

Haku lived to protect Zabuza as his tool, but he dared not kill Naruto or Sasuke, even when doing so would have helped protect them. Zabuza's teacher was also supposed to be nothing more than Gato's tool, but in his last act he challenged Gato and thanked Haku for standing by him by affirming his humanity. Haku and Zubaz approved that the shinobi couldn't just be tools once the battle was over. however Sakura wondered if those two were right or wrong about what a shinobi should be to which Kakashi replied shinobi 1000 gb no children I do more to do Akane had a dog it was this eyes towards the back after sitting down he said that but when asked if he really agreed with that idea, Kakashi said no, that this was simply an ideal that all ninjas strive for rather than what ninjas really were;

In other words, not everyone agreed that a ninja should be an emotionless tool, but because that was the widely accepted notion. of the perfect ninja, most people just accepted it, that's why when Naruto rejected that ideal and said he would find his own ninja path, it didn't seem like a mere fantasy, the current shinobi system was based on a falsehood and while It took an enormous amount of effort to reform society, actually making change not a possibility, but before Naruto could convince anyone to change the fate of the world, he first had to convince a ninja that he could change his own destiny, stoic istikhara koto. nado DNA what is cola what is Kawada come on a coke emotes karmakar us tonight stoic karate yoga an iconic whistle is called another the enormous Inga Neji Hyuga subscribed to the notion that all individuals have a predetermined destiny and that there is nothing that anyone can What to do to change that in the first place made his philosophy seem quite convincing before his fight with Hinata had even begun, he read her body language like an open book and erased what little confidence he had without landing a single punch, he would have given her a fit. full-blown panic if Naruto hadn't interfered, but all this strength and Menace cleverly masked the obvious contradiction in Meggie's ideals, while his all-seeing Byakugan allowed him to see the flaws of the world around him, those Distractions blinded him to his own dishonesty, he told Hinata and later.

Naruto says that people cannot challenge his destiny, and yet his most significant moments showed him actively attempting to challenge his own cadet branch of Neji's Hyuga clan who had been forced to serve the main branch for years. generations. This was a destiny Neji had been born into. so by his logic she would always remain inferior to him, not his main branch, yet when he was paired against Hinata, he brutally attacked her on a mental and physical level, constantly referring to himself as an elite despite the bloodline. lower than the one he was born with. While most speak, no jutsu recipient attempted to suppress or abandon their conflicting desires or tendencies, Neji boldly displayed his hypocrisy without even realizing it, that's why when he and Naruto faced each other, their battle was simple, both boys stubbornly held on. to their ideals and they clashed. over and over again, each believing the other to be full of nonsense, the difference was that Neji's actions and words were contradictory, while Naruto's remained consistent as such.

It stands to reason that Naruto, the problem child who couldn't even perform a basic clone jutsu at the Ninja Academy would trick the talented Neji with his signature shadow clone jutsu, a joning-level technique he had mastered as an attempt to defy his destiny. , won the match and, by winning this way using a skill that a supposed failure should never have. Perfected, he definitively proved Neji's philosophy wrong. This was underscored when Neji discovered that the incident that incited his pessimistic view of the world was actually a lie, that his father had not been forcibly killed, but decided to die of his own free will and therefore escaped. the shackles of his predetermined destiny there was no room for debate I was wrong Saguna panini da da da hey EW is taking an ascetic aware of emissivity Rita many songs I wrote America photos subarashii sekai ni 4 NH diary old clothes The ascetic kuru kuru of Japan manioc speech songs Ice Skate Economy Car was the first of many twisted Naruto parallels that appeared in the series, but it also served as a combination of previous conflicts that Naruto had overcome as if Neji Gaara had been chained to a predetermined destiny of his own, he would always be hated and like Haku, he had been left without a purpose to live.

Gaara was born with a monster trapped inside him and had been cast aside by his village, just like Naruto as a child, he longed for friendship and acceptance but was constantly denied these things. He was finally met with the same disdainful look after being betrayed by the only person he believed loved him. The guard did what Neji refused to do and embraced his fate. He decided that families were mere spaces of flesh connected by hatred and murderous intent and that he could only survive from the suffering of others killing became his purpose isolation became his demand or he was internal Kodaka soon so keep calm econo an aside I know Cruz mid Ten of omar of a seed still SCARA rondalee yes, see you at the cinema gym your tail ah noryeok ah dr. ug opens a porous condom for you dr. azouz the ADA stage one cannot truly feel hate without first experiencing love and therein lies Gaara's conflict.

He claimed that he killed to feel alive and in doing so maintained isolation above all else, but in truth Gaara hated being alone, the very source of his hatred represented by the kanji he carved into his skin as a child was his desire to be loved. He tried to abandon this desire by loving himself, but he could never quite do it. Before Gaara, a meaningful battle was not just a fight to the physical death, it was a stage. in which an individual faced his purpose against that of another and by losing the battle that person would lose his reason for existing in both Sasuke and Naruto.

Gaara faced an opponent who shared personal ties with others as Sasuke's conviction was divided between his desire to protect his comrades and his desire for revenge, he was defeated against Naruto, however, it was Gaara's resolve that faltered afterwards. that Naruto found out about Gaara's upbringing. He saw Gaara as a manifestation of the monster he himself could have become, as well as a reminder of his own dark past that he wanted to leave behind because of this Gaara impacted him in a way that no one else in the attunement exams could use Neji. had angered Naruto Gaara terrified him where Naruto had been eager to fight Sasuke Rock Lee and others he wanted to avoid completely.

It is until the lives of his allies were at stake, unlike Gaara who believed isolation gave him strength, Naruto's power came from his connections and unlike Sasuke, Naruto's commitment to his comrades was absolute. , he initially feared Gaara not only because of their similar backgrounds, but also because he was not like him. Naruto had managed to fight for himself while remaining isolated, he was afraid of the possibility that Embree's loneliness would make him stronger than those who had escaped when they were forced to fight him, however, Naruto remembered Haku, another shinobi who was once at the center of loneliness and was remembered that loneliness does not lead to power only by protecting others could one become truly strong and because Naruto's ideals were unbreakable, he won.

Gaara, on the other hand, couldn't let go of his persistent longing for love and as such, he lost Meetha Meetha REO boom. Bharat co e na se na oh my omona saku-dono it on Yoshi sono itami guys were not successful that was my video today oh it was sudden it feels good it is necessary as I mentioned earlier Sasuke was weak because he lacked the conviction in the one that was found. a crossroads with two paths laid out before him, there was his brother's path, the path to find strength in his hatred, and then there was Naruto's path, the path to find strength and bonds, would he embrace his anger and take everything over himself or reject his anger and find comfort and friendship, he was torn between two ideals unable to fully commit to either of them and would eventually receive his wake-up call in the form of Itachi, who had returned to the village not to confront Sasuke. but to get Naruto back when Sasuke challenged his brother, he was pushed aside and given an answer as to why Sasuke had eventually spent years preparing for this chance encounter with Itachi, but his feeble efforts had gotten him nowhere.

Naruto, who had remained true to his conviction, was becoming stronger while Sasuke was torn between love and hate being left behind after being ignored and humiliated by the man he sought to kill. Sasuke's indecision had reached a breaking point: would he abandon his quest for revenge or abandon his comrades unlike Gaara? Sasuke had tried both and based on his own experiences. decided that he could not walk the same path as Naruto without remaining in the shadow of his rivals and so Sasuke chose to take revenge and left the village when Naruto finally faced Sasuke in the valley of the end, he lacked the same level of understanding that led him to victory against Neji and Gaara instead of challenging Sasuke on his ideals, instead he tried to make him feel guilty our companions risk their lives to bring you back Orochimaru killed the Third Hokage Does Konoha mean nothing to you to Sasuke?

These were non sequiturs, he did notHe cared about what other people had done, he only cared about power and how to achieve it. So what would happen if Orochimaru killed the Third Hokage? He could make Sasuke stronger to win Sasuke over Naruto. He needed to convince him that the path offered by Orochimaru was the path of hatred. it was not the path to power and to do so he needed to fight and defeat Sasuke so they fought but because Naruto couldn't understand Sasuke and tried to drag him back to Konoha by force he lost the conversation no jutsu failed While Sasuke had understood and even recognized Naruto's efforts that allowed him to win on this day, in the future Naruto would learn from his mistakes and these two would clash again, but before that, the pain of his failure would grow even more, watching us teach. taka carves March into a bucket, Connie sighed. not the others, she paved the way, yes George, yes the next two story arcs stood out.

Naruto struggled to get over the loss of him after a three year jump. Naruto had a new appearance, a better understanding of his abilities, and an enhanced sense of inadequacy knowing that the nine-tailed fox's power was slowly devouring his psyche and about to trigger a severe mental breakdown at any moment, another of his comrades was kidnapped and just like last time he couldn't do anything to prevent it, in typical Naruto style he threw himself headlong into the Kazakh on a rescue mission, but since he couldn't control his emotions, he accomplished almost nothing, the only character who really benefited from its inclusion.

She was Lady Chiyo, the contradiction of her was that she burdened the next generation with the problems of her generation, but she had no faith in them and took no measures to help them bear that burden; In other words, she wouldn't take responsibility for them, but she expected them to take responsibility for them. For her, this dichotomy was strengthened by her reluctance to accept help from other villages and she even went so far as to say that friendly alliances are fundamentally impossible. This was the reason why Nara toe impacted her so much despite belonging to a different village that she was able to connect with.

Gaara in a way that no other sand ninja could, at the same time denounced the faulty practices that had led Guard to this tragic situation, faulty practices that Lady Chiyo had taken responsibility for since Naruto had not actually backed up her words. with significant actions like In the past, however, Chiyo needed to face her contradiction through a third party, she needed a battle of her own to strengthen her doubts and that is exactly why she fought Sasori. Her grandson was an excellent example of what she owed him. Toxic ideals had created an emotionless puppet who felt nothing even at the prospect of a close member of his family dying, to put it another way, one could say that Sasori saw family as mere shells of flesh connected by hatred and murderous intent, not only did she owe it to the generation that had led to Gaara being tormented by shukaku and alienated. of the entire village but they had also given birth to a member of Akatsuki, the same organization that had already killed a kaze khegay and had now taken another in Gaara.

She had made two big mistakes, but who was it that came to clean up her mess? Because? none other than Konoha, the very village she had avoided in the past, had been definitively proven wrong and that is why the lady who had previously shown no

hope

for the future of the village sacrificed her life to save whoever she would carry. that village at an end. A Brighter Future: This Konnichiwa Akatsuki suppression was the only Naruto-centric arc that did not include an instance of talk no jutsu and as such is a good example of what the series could have been without this thematic throughline unlike the other antagonists I've covered.

Kakuzu did not possess an ideological contradiction for Naruto to challenge, but instead served to advance Naruto's relationship with Sasuke after failing to win Sasuke back during the appropriately named mission. Naruto went into a downward spiral, the only real achievement of his during the Kazakh rescue arc. It was his influence on Lady Chiyo, otherwise he wasn't there to protect Gaara, he fell under Itachi's genjutsu, which only strengthened the sting of his failures, he basically did nothing to delete our Sasori's data, he made a tantrum that almost started a partial nine-tails transformation. I'm sure that if he hadn't confronted Chiyo like he did, Gaara might not have been revived, but since Naruto's last encounter with Sasuke proved that words alone weren't enough to bring Sasuke back, Naruto needed power if he was going to change Sasuke's mind and he showed none. of that here, so when the Tenchi Bridge mission took place, Naruto completely failed, not only did he not succeed in persuading Sasuke, but he barely registered on the guys' radar after his face was hidden throughout the entire thing. the arc the first time we saw Sasuke in post. -skip was when he was looking at team seven like they were ants, this was not the same Naruto that Sasuke had recognized just before the time skip, this was not the same Naruto that had stood in front of him in Al Valley In the end, this was a weak and pathetic Naruto who begged, cried and bowed his head, he didn't face Sasuke like before and instead said dejected things like why didn't you kill me and if someone can't even save a friend, I won't I do.

He thinks they deserved to be Hokage, he lost confidence in himself and his ideals and if Naruto didn't believe in what he was saying, why did Sasuke when Akatsuki Suppression came? Naruto was desperate to win, he didn't care about inspiring anyone. he just wanted to tell himself that his

hope

s and ideals were worth defending. Kakuzu served as fodder for Naruto, but that's the main problem with his character. Kakuzu was largely disconnected from the two emotional payoffs in this arc and that made him a disappointing antagonist for him to primarily be around. on the sidelines when Don fought Asuma and offered no ideological conflict to Naruto, he was just there to take the El and that's a real shame.

One of the most interesting aspects of Naruto is watching the titular airhead interact with these twisted parallels of himself and battle. them on an ideological level as well as a physical one, but while I ultimately defend this spoken jutsu motif, this was an example where the theme could have been given a little more nuance if kakuzu had possessed some sort of ideology. that Naruto could have had. challenged, the battle between them could have been much more memorable since Naruto didn't need the ideological victory here, although he still could have defeated kakuzu without speaking, without jutsu, you can write a character with conviction and problematic ideals who still loses in the end, just look.

In my hero academy slick, this failure to change into kakuzu would have played into the mixed feelings Naruto had after their fight. The aftermath of Ross and shuriken was already destined to undermine his victory and prevent him from fully escaping his pre-Jiraiya downward spiral. Death and this added weight would have further accentuated his desire to connect with the pain as things turned out in this arc that lacked speech, no jutsu definitely didn't live up to the ones that had it, which it did, However, it was giving Naruto the confidence he needed. needed to face his toughest obstacle yet Jara don't say no tameni Macarena konohana tasty craft oh my god any car stereo total master Isis rated snowy Tamiya Dharam Raj oh mi mo mo sono itami I was sitting in the auto boat oh my love - a panic whatever or a no say don't panic they thought she was safe with you none of khushu that Harry taught a non-union relative who she was a bit you naraba let's do in a loose fish you only new criminal dense enough pain he sought peace through oppression, he wanted to focus all the hatred on himself and rule the population like a god, but before challenging the world as a whole, he first decided to test his ideology on a larger scale. small.

He enters the village hidden from the rain. This was Payne's test subject. in which everyone feared the same entity, the same pain, the flow of information was limited by the constant rain that served as a sensor to keep locals in and a barrier to keep foreigners out, it was nothing less than a dictatorship , but it worked when Jiraiya infiltrated. In the village and interrogated two of his civilians, they resisted him not only for his own sake, but also out of pain. These guys didn't just fear Pain, they supported it, they worshiped it, even at one point referring to Lord Pain as a God in Conan as a.

Angel Pain's vision had proven effective in both theory and practice, so with Akatsuki backing him, he attempted to expand the scope of his influence. His new plan involved capturing all the tailed beasts and using their power to create mass destruction jutsu. With such power at their disposal, Akatsuki would control all wars and by destroying millions of people they would force the entire world to experience the same loss, the same pain, this aching mind was the only way to end all conflicts for those who did not. they knew. pain would never understand true peace his ultimate goal was to unite the world through empathy so although his methods were cruel and extreme he believed that the end justifies the means saij because I can take you under whoa kono sekai okay honesty suka sorry body panna cotta so Rico that's what Donna says Donna Marino Kazoku bloody menachem all bloody no sato no sato Panaji honest Tomodachi Konoha no shinobi dikenga hey vato Sergio Cucho cute arigatou you too sir a bucket alone or is there a good reason why even part - those who Haters will point out the assault of pain and let's say that's when Naruto got better again.

Pain is one of the most imposing antagonists the series has to offer, as he needed to be after Naruto defeated Kakuzu and began escaping his downward spiral. The pain killed Jiraiya and undermined Naruto's progress almost immediately. He then presented Naruto with an ideological conflict that, while unpleasant, could not be definitively countered. Payne's perspective was reasonable and his arguments seemed sound, but most importantly, Payne had the conviction that he was not like Neji, whose actions and ideals so blatantly contradicted each other. At all times he did not struggle with an internal conflict like Gaara, who had been continually haunted by a more loving past that he so desperately wanted to recover, if Payne had an underlying contradiction and his ideals kept them hidden just as it did with his true identity. of the. where Neji's hypocrisy had been obvious and Gaara's actions had been weakened by his own internal turmoil.

Naruto couldn't read pain and pain hadn't weakened itself as such when he was faced with a question: how would you face this hatred to create peace? all Naruto could say was I don't know but your article is still wrong of course this answer that lacked supporting or paid evidence was not going to satisfy a man with such conviction to properly understand pain and refute his ideology that Naruto had to face. He face to face had to listen to the story of Nagato, the man behind the mask, and only then could Naruto discover the hidden hypocrisy of his enemy.

The brilliance of pain. Naruto's characterization is that his contradictions were hiding in plain sight, but Kishimoto still managed to hide them. behind other layers of his character, such as Rena GaN's multifaceted power, the mystery surrounding his true identity, the emotional appeal behind his terrifying ideals, but although Nagato's hypocrisy had been present even from the beginning, Naruto did not receive all the details until the end of the arc, Jiraiya was able to recognize the contradictions, but it was too late, he had lived a life full of failures and therefore had nothing to say that would change Nagato's opinion.

He could tell that Nagato was wrong, but he had no experiences to back it up. That statement all he could do was have faith in Naruto, but when he died he took his knowledge in Nagato's memories with him, nothing happened to Naruto, he kept the stories of a brave shinobi novel that he had surely written using Nagato as inspiration for the protagonists. These elements added weight to his presence in the story, but were carefully integrated in a way that did not detract from his equally intricate hypocrisy, something that had been hinted at from the beginning. Nagato had convinced himself that he was still fighting for the same thing. target like Jiraiya, but he had actually abandoned Jiraiya's teachings a long time ago, more specifically by trying to unite everyone through pain.

Nagato had abandoned empathy for him, put himself on a pedestal and called himself a god who would rule the world and guide it towards peace, but in doing so, he stopped trying to understand and empathize with people, in amoment he even told Naruto flat out to walk with his constant Cacioppo merchandise no yakumo Madoka satellizer a winner and yet he still tried to connect them through a mutual understanding of pain, his ideology. It was fundamentally flawed and as Naruto began to learn more and more about it, the cracks in Nagato's argument began to intensify until it finally shattered completely.

He wanted to guide the world towards peace, but he said that true peace cannot exist and instead he would strive for periods. of temporary peace, all of this he said without acknowledging how twisted his original target had become like an outsider looking in, however, Naruto did recognize it, but he was only able to do so after he had defeated the six paths of pain, a literal manifestation of Naruto moving beyond his pain as he felt burning hatred and then deciding to commit to his revenge for the sake of peace. Naruto did what Nagato had not been able to do, he never lost hope and did not abandon himself or his sensei, just like with Jiraiya.

Nagato rejected this as a no-answer, so Naruto went right after Nagato's contradiction when Naruto cited the book of Uriah. Nagato realized that he had become what he had once been fighting against. The moment the pain was created was the moment Nagato lost faith in himself, his alliance with Akatsuki and their attack on Konoha had been in vain, so in his last act he undid all the damage he could with the birth of Rhaenyra and put his faith in Naruto in the hopes that the young ninja could carry out his dream and succeed where he had failed.

Nagato had changed. Over time and as he changed, he had contradicted himself, but although Naruto had also stumbled, he had ultimately stayed true to his word at the end of class to move towards peace. Naruto's pending response was better than Nagato's strong response, so Nagato decided to match Naruto's commitment. With one of their own, this was not a definitive victory, as Naruto's exchange of pain would weigh on his mind throughout the chaotic 5km summit. This Ark served as a key turning point in the series where the pessimistic principles of the ninja world began to change. On a large scale, while Naruto had been protecting the village from pain, Sasuke had joined Akatsuki and become a wanted criminal, this once again undermined Naruto's momentum as he was then bombarded by a ton of new information and Problems that were out of his control with the pain was compromised and his lack of response still stressed him out.

Naruto could do nothing but beg and take a beating on Sasuke's behalf with no supportive actions, his warnings about revenge and the cycle. of hatred accomplished nothing worse yet, Sasuke had moved further inward. The darkness made it even harder for him and Naruto to understand each other. Meanwhile, Gaara's path to redemption had finally put him in a position where he could attempt his own no-jutsu talk in Naruto's place. The first of them took place at the NGO Cog. one piece of advice where Naruto asked for boldness from Gaara resonated with his stubborn Chi Cago and led him to work alongside the other villages, the second was with Sasuke and as they had once shared a mutual understanding in the past, Sasuke gave Gaara a opportunity, their roles had later been reversed.

All of Gaara had gained tremendous power in both the path of hate and the path of love, something that Sasuke had been unable to do, so his perspective was not useless because he did not make a strong enough effort to connect with Sasuke now, Gaara though. He quickly failed, he saw the same look in Sasuke's eyes that he saw before, but he made the mistake of reaching for the old Sasuke who had been torn in two. The current Sasuke may have shared the same look in his eyes, but those eyes had evolved. No longer needing or interested in personal bonds, he had found power in the path of isolation, a power far greater than what Gaara had achieved, so when Gaara continued to lecture him based on his own experiences instead of trying to understand the man he was in front of him, Sasuke. lost interest like Naruto at 10, she bridged, he tried to take Sasuke down by force and failed.

Something similar happened with Kakashi and Sakura, two people who had once been able to get close to Sasuke but now couldn't do so due to the lack of him. of understanding while everyone was telling Sasuke that what he was doing was wrong, they were not making an effort to relate to him and that is why he did not care about their opinions, on the other hand, Naruto, who had managed to understand Sasuke from the At first, he had done it. He now experienced Sasuke's pain, but as the situation had changed, he still couldn't counter it to connect with Sasuke and finally convinced him to return home.

Naruto first had to face his hatred in the form of the nine-tailed fox. In the past, he feared the fox. Power escaped his hatred only when he gave in to despair, Naruto let the Foxes rage, but when that happened, Naruto never had the control to properly match Sasuke, who had achieved power by embracing his hatred. Naruto needed to control his taming. The nine-tailed fox by doing so had finally leveled the playing field for their showdown at the end of the war. From there Sasuke's defeat was inevitable. He had planned to cut all ties and bare all the world's hatred from the shadows, but in the end he could not defeat Naruto, he never could, his desire to protect his comrades had not been completely erased, as the instinctive displays of Altruism like the one he showed against Haku had continued to slip at times even during the war, plus Sasuke knew it. the pain of loneliness, unlike the pain that in a similar position saw himself as a righteous god, Sasuke knew that his notion of a Hokage would lead to his own suffering, even as he was giving his answer to Naruto, he hesitated. , so I know, all cognitive, uh.

Deep down, Sasuke couldn't abandon his connections, he couldn't be alone again and that's why he had lost before the battle even started. That being said, Naruto's previous ideological opponent did not go down so easily and, like Sasuke, served. as a culmination of everything Naruto had faced beforehand the correction occurred in omyeon Akari kotoba mo in mo is serene inside it is about cooling the agenda Obito was the culmination of the enemies that Naruto had defeated beforehand, making him the perfect precursor to the final boss or at least it would have if Moderate had been the final antagonist, but that's a topic for another time.

He tapped into Naruto's greatest fears and challenged him on the things he had previously overcome: his isolation and his pain. One of his conversations with Naruto even acted as a direct extension. from the commitment of pain, but because Obito had completely given up hope, he continued to push Naruto further than Nagato, unlike Nagato, Obito didn't care about what Naruto had been entrusted with, he knew from the beginning that Naruto He shared an ideal that he too once had. the past and that's why he wanted to test him, he wanted to see how Naruto would react to failure first hand, he wanted to take him down and see a new version of his younger self leave the world again, he wanted Naruto to validate his own decisions. and prove that his life was not a complete failure Naruto found strength and connections Obito suffered because of his connections Naruto faced his pain Obito tried to escape his at first, not unlike Sasuke, he seemed to be the polar opposite of Naruto who so much him like Sasuke had found. suffering in their connections and decided to isolate themselves from the world, but while Naruto had a deep knowledge of Sasuke through their long history with each other, which then made the outcome of their battle a foregone conclusion, Naruto did not know Obito's history. at all and thus, he was unable to recognize his contradictions from the beginning as more details of his past began to emerge, however, it became obvious that he was just another twisted reflection of Naruto, which set him apart from opponents.

Naruto's previous, however, was the dynamic of their fight while Naruto. he was looking for Obito's hypocrisy Obito was looking for Naruto's, he wanted to see if an unbreakable will could really exist or if such a thing was mere fantasy, so in that sense, if Naruto's actions were consistent with his ideals, it is one thing. say that I will never go. I'm back on my word, but this topic would ultimately fail if Naruto was a hypocrite all the time, his behavior never was, so let's examine his basic principles and see if they hold up after his team was attacked during the escort mission he had.

He promised that he would never execute. He again contradicted this during the Chunin Exams when he wanted to run away from Gaara, but Gaara challenged him, threw Naruto's boast in his face and when the time came, Naruto overcame his fear to protect his comrades, recognized his hypocrisy and really did. he corrected because that was the last opponent who tried to flee from another component of his ninja code also defined in the land of waves. Ark's belief was that shinobi were human beings, not tools, so when he faced his enemies, he did not treat them as objects. use or break, but his people to reform his battles were not just battles, they served as a dialogue between two characters, this was also significantly contradicted during the first fight with Sasuke.

Naruto demanded that Sasuke recognize him as an equal right after saying that he would drag Sasuke back to Konoha by force, Sasuke initially refused of course because Naruto wasn't showing equality in his actions, he was trying to show dominance. . Sasuke's eventual engagement came only after Naruto stated that he viewed Sasuke as a brother, but while he was Naruto he was unwilling to commit even after being acknowledged. Naruto still refused to acknowledge Sasuke's wishes and thus had already lost the ideological battle. This hypocrisy led to Naruto's downward spiral, something he only recovered from after addressing his hypocrisy to move forward.

Correcting his contradiction and engaging his hypocrisy was a critical part of his character arc and for the most part it was handled well. I can't say he was perfect, though, because Kaku zhuzh's fight with Naruto wasn't a significant contradiction that Naruto could grow from. he needed a victory to get closer to Sasuke. kakuzu gave him that victory, in other words, kakuzu was a tool that Naruto used to reach Sasuke. If he had been fighting Kakuzu to protect his comrades, this might not have mattered after all, keeping his allies alive had always been his. The top priority is seeing Gaara and Kaguya, but that wasn't the reason he wanted to beat kakuzu.

He vehemently refused help and fought alone with the sole purpose of matching Sasuke's strength. It's an unresolved contradiction, kakuzu plain and simple, apart from the previous addictions and the character of Naruto gave something to Obito. To exploit, he continually pressured Naruto to see if he would surrender, but every time he hesitated, one of his comrades would intercede to remind him of everything they had accomplished before and why they were fighting now, just as Naruto wanted to help others. being helped by them Obito, on the other hand, was alone, lacking the same support network that Naruto had built, so instead of testing Naruto, he ended up testing himself as Naruto was continually validated.

Obito's will began to weaken and he began to see images of an alternate reality. where he had not abandoned his comrades where he had not abandoned hope the dream he had wanted to fulfill in the infinite tsukuyomi came true his ideal world his ideal self was standing right in front of him Obito lost hope in reality and pursued a dream and Because of that, any happiness he could achieve on that path would only be an illusion. He had also stated that the name Obito Uchiha had no meaning to him, but it was his past experiences that continued to motivate his actions.

His contradictions were obvious, but he had repressed the past for so long that his denial was almost impossible to overcome, even after Naruto had looked into his heart and explained it clearly to him. Obito still rejected the truth and stubbornly defended his choices because doing otherwise would undo everything he had done. He had spent most of his life working towards it, he would be forced to accept that he had sacrificed everything for nothing when he began to recognize Naruto's words as well as his own mistakes, he tried to rationalize his position, there is no need to walk through a difficult path with an unclear end point, anyone would take the easy path to peace and that is just what I am doing.

Naruto refuted that there were no shortcuts or easy ways to escape difficulties. Obito was simply running away from his problems and projecting righteousness onto himself, but even then he hadn't really given up imam under any michi niko came all night king ofbad mood spoke attano even oh my son here what a home Naruto was able to defeat Gaara by himself for the sake of his comrades so when Obito was too much for him only his comrades returned the favor his journey had come full circle . Hope had taken physical form in the bonds he had forged and his Obito lay defeated on the battlefield.

He finally faced his hypocrisy and recognized this hope once again. Okay, not everything I'll do. This quote has drawn criticism for being too sympathetic towards Obito. Some people even believe that this acceptance undoes the tragic elements of his character and this possible frustration is understandable. Here is Naruto, the protagonist and moral center of the story, praising the man responsible for Neji's death. I can see why that would raise some eyebrows, so let's discuss what Naruto actually said here at the end of the day. Naruto saw Obito not as a murderer or a traitor but as an ally and if you've been keeping up with Naruto's characterization up to this point you would understand why this makes a lot of sense.

He chose to value the good and Obito over the bad just as he had done with Sasuke. Gaara Neji and many others before him. Bo Beto may have made countless mistakes in the past, but he tried. to atone for what little he could in his final act and there is something worth noting in that, especially for Obito, he not only abandoned the teachings of his sensei or his comrades, he abandoned the entire world, he abandoned everything and devoted years of his life to a useless person. illusion in those final moments he had to admit that his entire life up to that point was a waste, but even then, deep down, he never lost hope after dragging the shinobi world into war to benefit himself, he died to protect the future of the shinobi, of course that. would resonate with Naruto of course he would get defensive about Obito, does that mean Obito's actions were completely forgiven?

No, Naruto did not forgive Nagato for killing Jiraiya, but when Obito criticized his final act, Naruto was still willing to defend him, you can certainly disagree with the optimism that Kishimoto presents, but at no point is it inconsistent or problematic. The same goes for speaking without jutsu, it may not align with your particular tastes, but Naruto is no worse off for having his antagonist change his ideals in the end, if anything. The series is even more interesting for having crafted this narrative through a line, anyone can write a fight scene or two people punch each other until one falls, but it takes at least a little creativity to create complex and compelling characters that consistently conform to contradictory behavior.

I wouldn't call Naruto a masterpiece because of this but I definitely call Kishimoto a genius or maybe I've just been talking no Jude Sood this video took forever but in the process of making it I came up with like five or six others script ideas so I hope you're ready for NAR summer because I have a bunch of Naruto videos I want to make now, the most obvious being a video about Madara because it still fits this idea of ​​hypocrisy. but with the structure that I came up with for this script, moderate just couldn't fit and there are also other things that I would like to touch on with Kaguya in there, so it will be its own separate video, a kind of addendum to this script and beyond that, there is There are a lot of other ideas I want to get to eventually because Naruto is actually a good series, guys.

I guess this is what happens when you talk about a long-running shonen manga for like 40 hours on a podcast. I have a lot to say about it when you visit again, if you like listening to critical analysis of Naruto or just long running shonen manga/anime in general or if you just want to support longer projects like this then be sure to check it out. Please continue Patreon Comm and join the likes of King Kevin 30 Stone Cold Triple o 7 and all my other lovely patrons who have supported me even though it took me like a month over a month like a month and a half to make this video, but thanks for being patient with me and putting up with that, I'd be failing at this outro too if I didn't. mention Craft Store's new video about Sasuke Uchiha's conflict and compromise basically works as a companion for this video, even we both like to upload them.

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We came up with this idea. He had already written the Sasuke video and then we decided on it. He wasn't talking about jutsu like we were going to pit it against each other so he was already done and then I was like, oh I'll just write a video about talking about jutsu, it won't be that bad and then it took me like a month. to make the video, so he's just been waiting, he already has the video done and everything, and at the time of recording this I still have like a week of editing to do, but it's all finished, he's waiting for me.

I feel bad that I had to do it. He makes him wait to do this so go there and yeah support the craft store too because he had to wait for my old man who was moving at a snail's pace and I feel bad but the dwarf Sauer crafts are over otherwise. Supporting both of us would be to go and watch the Nenshi podcast, like I said, like 40 hours of Naruto discussion there, although we weren't into Naruto as we are now in the process of making this video. I came up with so many new things that I didn't have back then, but if you want to check out, we're also in the middle of using bleach right now, so if you like bleach or hate it and want to go. and make fun of bleach, so we're there talking about bleach, the videos they have to make after this one shouldn't be as long as this one, so I hope the release schedule is a little more consistent from now on, lots of

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