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1. Racist Jimmy Buffett (jimmybuffettfanaccount@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:11:30 JST Racist Jimmy Buffett
   Naruto, as a whole, is terrific, even if some of its constituent parts are unimpressive.
   • Racist Jimmy Buffett (jimmybuffettfanaccount@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:11:29 JST Racist Jimmy Buffett

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     • Hollyjollytailspike
     I’m speaking of its quintessence, not it’s qualities as a media product. The manga is a good media product, but the quintessence of Naruto is millions of young boys playing pretend in a mental state defined by powers in their blood, bequeathed to them by their ancestors, and honed by hard work, to be used in defense of their blood and land against traitors, foreigners, and homosexuals. “Terrific” is underselling it, it’s incomparably prosocial. The only way something could be better if it was aesthetically rooted in European/Aryan folklore and artistic traditions instead of Japanese, but that’s a quibble, and it’s the next best thing anyway, honorary and all that.
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   • Hollyjollytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:11:30 JST Hollyjollytailspike

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     I agree w/regard to the manga.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:17:23 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Hollyjollytailspike

     Never seen it but I totally adore how many of those sat. morning cartoons in japan lean into the vitality of a people being measured by the strength of their roots. Having flashbacks to 6 generations past is such a cool thing to prime kids with

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:49:30 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Hollyjollytailspike

     gotta have more mountains to overcome

   • Hollyjollytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 02:49:31 JST Hollyjollytailspike

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     Naruto is odd because they character himself should be venerated by the village but because Kishimoto is a hack he's spurned instead. It's a really obvious retcon when it's revealed that Naruto's father is the 4th hokage who sacrificed himself and his wife and low-key sacrificed Naruto by sealing a demon inside him to save the village.
   • Hollyjollytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 04:03:18 JST Hollyjollytailspike

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     It's such a huge removal of a mountain it makes the opening chapters seem bizarre.
     "Your parents are loved and respected heroes who sacrificed their lives for us and you yourself carry a burden inside you, we hate you actually."
     "Yeah this kid has an apocalyptic monster inside him let's abuse him anyway"
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