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Naruto movie 6 - Road to Ninja
It's going to be ages until this movie comes out. AGES. And Naruto movies usually suck; the last Shippuden ones have sucked especially badly. But.
BUT.
So maybe he's not doing the script itself, but he's given them the big plot, PLUS he was the one who decide what happens with X characters....
... PROCEED.
This seems to spell HEY NARUTO WANNA VISIT A WORLD WHERE YOUR PARENTS WHO WE HAVE WASTED A HUGE PARAGRAPH ON IN THAT HERE SUMMARY NEVER DIED AND GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND STUFF to me, to which I can only answer with NGHYESPLZ.
Also, this
Just look at that poster. Minato! Kushina! Smirky openvest!Hinata! Unsexy Ino! I was already intrigued!
But then this:
!!!!! o.o
... pfffhahaha BIZARRO SASUKE YES PLZ. this promises to be hilarious. And confident!LIPSTICK!Hinata!!!! (anyone slut-shaming her in this journal for confidently owning her sensuality instead of being sexualized against her will I will kick in the nose. Other women in this manga have been seen wearing less.)
I have no idea if the plot will be worth it or anything, but now I am SO CURIOUS about any interactions with bizarro!nontraumatized!Sasuke and Naruto & Sakura (who are from outside the genjutsu!!!!! who probably remember normal!sasuke!!!!) oh god yes please.
Even if it otherwise sucks, it will be hilarious. Plus, Naruto interacting with Kushina and Minato. Hopefully they'll actually get to recognize each other instead of that last movie's irritating "minato is right here but naruto and him keep just existing side by side and having no meaningful contact!" bullcrap. (i never even managed to finish watching that movie, and i watched every single filler until the end of the konoha destruction arc. it's saying everything.) So frustrating. SOOO frustrating. >:/
BUT.
Kishimoto sensei - original creator, story, character design, planning
Character Design: Hirofumi Suzuki, Tetsuya Nishio also
(...)
So maybe he's not doing the script itself, but he's given them the big plot, PLUS he was the one who decide what happens with X characters....
... PROCEED.
Sixteen years ago, a gigantic demon beast known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was released from its jinchūriki by an unknown shinobi wearing a mask. The village of Konohagakure was close to destruction by the attack of the Nine-Tails, but the village was saved by its leader. Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki — who was the jinchūriki at the time of the attack — sealed away the demon inside their new born son: Naruto Uzumaki. However, this act of saving the village cost them their lives and they left the future of the ninja world to Naruto.
With the demon fox sealed away, things continued as normal. However, the peace of the village did not last long, for Pain, Konan, Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, Deidara, Hidan and Kakuzu — members of a dreaded organisation called the Akatsuki — attacked Konohagakure. Naruto narrowly managed to launch a counter-attack but why have these shinobi appeared when all of them were meant to have died? The mystery remains, but the shinobi are praised by their families for completing such a dangerous mission. However, one of them who has never known the faces of his parents, Naruto, cannot help but feel lonely. At that exact time, suddenly, the masked man makes his appearance in Konoha. Naruto and Sakura are both attacked by the man's mysterious new dōjutsu.
This seems to spell HEY NARUTO WANNA VISIT A WORLD WHERE YOUR PARENTS WHO WE HAVE WASTED A HUGE PARAGRAPH ON IN THAT HERE SUMMARY NEVER DIED AND GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND STUFF to me, to which I can only answer with NGHYESPLZ.
Also, this
Just look at that poster. Minato! Kushina! Smirky openvest!Hinata! Unsexy Ino! I was already intrigued!
But then this:
!!!!! o.o
The anime concept sketches are also arriving one after another!
Sasuke: A playboy through and through, in expression and stance, in clothes and accessories.
Hinata: A strong-minded Hinata with a wild temperament! Very sexy, she boldly displays her cleavage!
Kakashi: With his eyes wide open and his fists trembling, a somewhat hot-blooded Kakashi.
Shikamaru: With his slovenly expression, he looks like he's not thinking anything at all...
Below the Gai and Kakashi pic:
"The exact opposite of their original characters!? A Gai with no ambitions and a vigorous, enthusiastic Kakashi. In Kishimoto-sensei's notes there is a little explanation about these two!"
... pfffhahaha BIZARRO SASUKE YES PLZ. this promises to be hilarious. And confident!LIPSTICK!Hinata!!!! (anyone slut-shaming her in this journal for confidently owning her sensuality instead of being sexualized against her will I will kick in the nose. Other women in this manga have been seen wearing less.)
I have no idea if the plot will be worth it or anything, but now I am SO CURIOUS about any interactions with bizarro!nontraumatized!Sasuke and Naruto & Sakura (who are from outside the genjutsu!!!!! who probably remember normal!sasuke!!!!) oh god yes please.
Even if it otherwise sucks, it will be hilarious. Plus, Naruto interacting with Kushina and Minato. Hopefully they'll actually get to recognize each other instead of that last movie's irritating "minato is right here but naruto and him keep just existing side by side and having no meaningful contact!" bullcrap. (i never even managed to finish watching that movie, and i watched every single filler until the end of the konoha destruction arc. it's saying everything.) So frustrating. SOOO frustrating. >:/
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SASUKE'S SMILE
ANDAND SASUSAKU?
I NEED A MOMENT.
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The consensus we'd already reached was that some personalities appear to have been swapped, and the images and blurbs for Kakashi and Gai back that up.
I basically have not touched new Naruto canon in six years, but you know what, I think I might watch this movie.
A couple of observations and hopes so far:
- Naruto/Hinata/Sakura/Ino/Sasuke OT5 for this
- I kind of want the (at least, initial) canon romantic dynamics to be reversed? This will probably not actually happen but it would be so great if it did. Naruto, struck dumb by how awesome confident Hinata is, awkwardly fanboys her; excitable, boyish Sasuke flirts eagerly with Sakura while she's wrapped up in her Shippuuden-era angst.
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I do figure that whatever happens with Naruto and this Hinata, there'll be at least some token nod by the end of "but original-flavor Hinata is still a great girl who should also believe in herself, no matter what!" because the anime of all things is not going to do something to shoot down canon-universe Naruto/Hinata.
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Like you say, even if it sucks, it's hilarious.
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I wonder if this is going to be a bizarro world with little explanation because its a mindfuck, or a 'what would it be like if these people hadn't died' alternate timeline. Kushina could have been a positive influence on Hinata, and same re: Minato and Kakashi, but that doesn't explain Ino (All 3/4 single small view of her, but whatever, speculation is fun).
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Wonder if this is going to tie into manga canon in any way. Obviously not such that anyone who misses the movie is missing out on vital plot points, but maybe a nod to the movie's events here and there? Characters making use of insights gleaned from their AU counterparts? A reference to how much brighter the world could have been?
If nothing else, Naruto would be even more determined to redeem Sasuke and far less vulnerable to "but what if revenge and team-killing is all there is to him"-style mindfucks, now that he KNOWS there's a good person in there under all the trauma and obsession.
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Anyway, I don't know how I feel about this new movie (or the idea of a playboy!Sasuke wearing all that bling-bling and a cocky grin). On the other hand, I'm curious about how the NaruSasuSaku dynamic will work there. And yes, I wonder whether Itachi will show up and how he will look/act (and how his relationship with Sasuke will be). Personally, I wouldn't mind if he made a move on Naruto while he was at it. *laughter* Hinata... I've never liked her, and I don't think I ever will. I don't like the Hyuugas in general, to be honest. And I'm afraid even a personality switch won't make me change my mind about her/them.
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Epic keyboard smash!! FLAIL!!
SASUKE!! HINATA!!
Yespleaseomgyesmusthavethisnowdroolsyes!!
Okay, you just made my freakin' day. Coherence is gone.
<3 <3 <3
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No! No! Bring my confident badass Ino back! D8
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thanksforsharingthis♥
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Especially Sasuke's kissy-face in the lower-right. VERY MUCH YESPLZ
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Sexy!Confident!Hinata reminds me of her sister. So to me the characterizations don't seem that implausible. Granted, Sasuke is radically different but, seriously, he was under a brain breaking amount of trauma in canon. ...except unsexy Ino, who oddly, I find really sexy in that design?
Wondering about the designs/personality for: Neji, Gaara, Itachi, Haku and Zazuba, Anko...oh the possibilities...*_*
Hoping for: Kushina, Minato and Kyuubi interactions. Yes, I'm sailing with that ship and making a pirate flag for it. >:) The fact Kyuubi used Kushina's first name after her being dead for 16 years was kinda of telling to me. ♠
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Sakura's parents got added, not quite what I had expected... ^^;