Naruto

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Well, the anime made all of the inner senshi a tad more immature. Usagi was more capable and responsible in the manga, per example. There was not much of a difference between Minako's, Ami's and Makoto's anime and manga incarnations from what I remember. Although Minako acted different in the first season than she did for the rest of the anime. Weird...

I have not watched it yet. I'll just wait until it's over and gets fully subbed. How faithful is it to the manga?

Yeah she was more serious in the beginning (Minako), but that goofy Libra side of hers was always there. Even in the Sailor V manga.

I heard that Sailor Moon Crystal is way closer to the manga so far.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Yeah she was more serious in the beginning (Minako), but that goofy Libra side of hers was always there. Even in the Sailor V manga.

I heard that Sailor Moon Crystal is way closer to the manga so far.

Sailor V's manga was alright, but nothing special. And Minako was kinda boring in the first season, anyway. There was already a "serious" senshi: Ami. There was no need for another one.

Libra side? Japanese authors seem to love to associate astrological signs and blood types to a person's personality. Apparently it's common for someone in Japan to know their blood type. I have no idea what mine is after all these years.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Sailor V's manga was alright, but nothing special. And Minako was kinda boring in the first season, anyway. There was already a "serious" senshi: Ami. There was no need for another one.

Libra side? Japanese authors seem to love to associate astrological signs and blood types to a person's personality. Apparently it's common for someone in Japan to know their blood type. I have no idea what mine is after all these years.

For SM Naoko purposely did that. Their planets, blood types, family names, elements, and astrological signs are all connected with their personalities. Minako can be a stereotypical Libra...I'm one. lol. She's also a B type.

Yeah, most do know their blood types here, but it surprises me when someone doesn't know it.

Mine is B+. I had it checked back home a few years back...just in case a doctor ever needs to know. My parents got checked as well.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

For SM Naoko purposely did that. Their planets, blood types, elements, and astrological signs are all connected with their personalities. Minako can be a stereotypical Libra...I'm one. lol. She's also a B type.

Yeah, most do know their blood types here, but it surprised me when someone doesn't know it.

Mine is B+. I had it checked back home a few years back...just in case a doctor ever needs to know. My parents got checked as well.

I don't buy into horoscopes at all. But they'v become so ingrained in society that everyone knows what their sign is. I'm a Scorpio, whatever that means other than me being born in November.

I'm more curious about their last names all ending with "-no".

[ssjup81]

の (no) can be used as a possessive, although in the girls' names it's written differently (野) and can also be read as field. For example, though...

Ai no Senshi would mean Soldier of Love or Soldier's Love.

Kiseki no Umi would mean Sea of Miracles

For the girls...the inners anyway, it would be...

Aino (.....of love)
Tsukino (...of the moon)
Mizuno (...of water)
Hino (...of fire)
Kino (...of wood)

Notice a pattern?

Adding on, from what I can recall...

Minako (beautiful child [beauty + child])
Usagi (Rabbit)

Forgot the rest. Rei was written in katakana, so not sure of the meaning. I forgot what "A" in Ami meant and Makoto was written in hiragana. No idea what it meant.

Edit: Forgot to mention something regarding Minako and Usagi. Minako's name has beauty and love in her name...associated with Aphrodite.

Usagi's whole name means Rabbit of the Moon. In Japan, instead if having the man on the moon, it's the rabbit who makes mochi for good kids.

[Prowler]

See, this one of the main reasons I've never bothered learning Japanese. Spoken Japanese is pretty easy to understand and so it is to write words in the Roman alphabet, but the Kanji alphabet and words having different meanings depending on which alphabet they're written in makes it sound like a pain to learn. I bet even Japanese struggle a bit learning Kanji. Korean has an easier alphabet than Mandarin and Japanese do but the language is harder to understand and pronounce than Japanese.

Now that you mention it "no" does appear a lot in Japanese, usually in titles. Luffy always throws in the "no" when he claims that he's the man who's gonna be the king of pirates. "No" being the "of", obviously.

[ssjup81]

Hiragana and Katakana are super easy. I agree with the Kanji thing though. Oh and の is Hiragana.

Usually stuff written in Katakana doesn't have a meaning. Kanji makes sentences easier to understand, but it's easy to forget how to read them without furigana (small Hiragana characters written over the Kanji so you can understand how to read it).

Sometimes I know the meaning but not how to read it. lol

My fav example....

手話 Hand + Language. Sign Language.

I misread it as Tego. Te for hand and go for language like Eigo or Chuugo or Speingo, etc. it's read as Shuwa. lol

[Leofan26]

The original series was pretty good, though man flippin Anime had so many fillers, it was hard to stay into it.

Than we had part two, after the Pain arc it really went down hill in my opinion, what the heck was up with that War?

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Leofan26

The original series was pretty good, though man flippin Anime had so many fillers, it was hard to stay into it.

Than we had part two, after the Pain arc it really went down hill in my opinion, what the heck was up with that War?

It was a whole lot of Keikaku

also

they resurrect Kimimaro but don't have a Rock Lee vs Kimimaro rematch to show Lee's ninja way...that was disappointing

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by Allio

they resurrect Kimimaro but don't have a Rock Lee vs Kimimaro rematch to show Lee's ninja way...that was disappointing

Kimimaro is one of my favorite characters in this series. I wish he could have stayed around longer.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Oh boy, what Sasuke just did is unbelievable. Seriously, no matter what his goal is, it just seems like rinse and repeat.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Oh boy, what Sasuke just did is unbelievable. Seriously, no matter what his goal is, it just seems like rinse and repeat.

seriously I about sh!t a brick when read this issue.

Spoiler:

I seriously thought he killed sakura. "Its been a long time coming but the tables turned around.One of us is going down!"

"Its been a long time coming but the tables turned around.One of us is going down!"-lol that song is stuck in my head when ever these two fight.

The fight will not be as good as the first one imo, bc they are pretty much gods at this point
but this looks to be the beginning of the end for Naruto.

By the way the spoiler is from what I read today in the manga

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

Oh boy, what Sasuke just did is unbelievable. Seriously, no matter what his goal is, it just seems like rinse and repeat.

Mind expanding on this please in a spoiler? ^^

[LeotheLateBloomer]

In the latest chapter 693, he stabbed Sakura after she once again admitted how much she loves him. and yet he still doesn't get why she loves him. And Sasuke and Naruto are going to have another battle at the Valley of End.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by LeotheLateBloomer

In the latest chapter 693, he stabbed Sakura after she once again admitted how much she loves him. and yet he still doesn't get why she loves him. And Sasuke and Naruto are going to have another battle at the Valley of End.

So she does still like him. I'm sure that's conflicting for her.

Going back, I do feel that Sasuke felt something towards her at some point. Not romance, but at least friendship. He did apologize and said thank you when he first left after knocking her out.

So even though she said what she said, was she still willing to fight against him like earlier in the manga where despite her feelings, she was willing to try to kill him?

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

So she does still like him. I'm sure that's conflicting for her.

Going back, I do feel that Sasuke felt something towards her at some point. Not romance, but at least friendship. He did apologize and said thank you when he first left after knocking her out.

So even though she said what she said, was she still willing to fight against him like earlier in the manga where despite her feelings, she was willing to try to kill him?

Actually he did not stab him.

Spoiler:

Sasuke in used a genjitsu and in the genjitsu Sasuke stabs her. But Sasuke isn't pure evil at this point as he was when she was trying to kill him. Sasuke has shifted back more towards a anti-hero. He purposely did it to make sure she would not get in the way when Sasuke and Naruto fight. Also Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura all fought along side each other as allies ounce more and probably brought back these feelings.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Redeemer

Actually he did not stab him.

Spoiler:

Sasuke in used a genjitsu and in the genjitsu Sasuke stabs her. But Sasuke isn't pure evil at this point as he was when she was trying to kill him. Sasuke has shifted back more towards a anti-hero. He purposely did it to make sure she would not get in the way when Sasuke and Naruto fight. Also Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura all fought along side each other as allies ounce more and probably brought back these feelings.

Oh, well never mind then. lol

Personally, I hate Sakura bashing. She gets bashed for everything. Even the thing I mentioned about trying to kill Sasuke, she was bashed. I found it commemorable.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Oh, well never mind then. lol

Personally, I hate Sakura bashing. She gets bashed for everything. Even the thing I mentioned about trying to kill Sasuke, she was bashed. I found it commemorable.

Lol don't feel bad when I first saw the panel I was shock and texted my friend freaking out and then went on to read the panel and thought crap

And I agree with the Sakura bashing its ridiculous. It was deserved at times in part 1, but in part 2 she has actually developed into a good character. I do miss her inner ego from the original series.

[ssjup81]

I felt she improved by the time the Chuunin exam came along, actually. When she was trying to protect both boys, I felt she's shown a lot of growth. She was getting beaten up for their sakes, despite having a crush on Sasuke. It was very selfless of her to do that for both. She wasn't like, "Take that loud Naruto, but don't hurt my Sasuke!" Nope, she took punches to the head and cut off her hair for both. I think they were dealing with the Soundnin.

She was bashed for that! She was never a fav for me, but I didn't dislike her either and the bashing was way undeserved. I felt her crush became genuine too and that she did see him as a friend, as she was in his group, unlike those like Ino who I feel still had a hero worship for him at one point.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

but its basically superheros for Japan.

You don't know what superheros in japan are?