{"id":478,"date":"2011-08-04T10:32:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/misakithursday.wordpress.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2018-12-20T00:23:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T07:23:32","slug":"ns221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/ns221\/","title":{"rendered":"Naruto Shippuuden 221"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I wrote this introduction paragraph before I watched the episode, so I don't have any Naruto pictures yet. Instead, here's the frog prince.<\/p><\/div>\n

In my journey in the anime world and fandom, I have come to the realization that “first episode impressions” are about as impressive<\/em> as “random episode impressions.” \u00a0People are getting dumber and dumber these days and assume that a “three episode test” – that is, watching the first three episodes of a show to determine if it’s good – works wonders. \u00a0Some even believe that a three episode test isn’t enough, and that we need more and more episodes to watch before we can determine if an anime is truly good.<\/p>\n

Eventually, we’ll reach the point where everybody agrees that watching an entire anime isn’t enough to determine if it’s good. \u00a0You’d have to write episodics analyzing every last detail of each episode before you can scratch the surface of such a holy and radiant anime.<\/p>\n

But enough of that! \u00a0What I wanted to do was watch a random episode of a random show and see if forcing a “in media res” would tell me anything about the show in question.<\/p>\n

I also just wanted to watch Naruto.<\/p>\n

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useless character!<\/p><\/div>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

Naruto talks with two frogs about flashbacks for 12 minutes and then I threw up all over my keyboard.<\/p>\n

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artistic shot!<\/p><\/div>\n

Reaction<\/h3>\n

Deep down, I wanted to disprove all the crap people give this show. \u00a0There must be some<\/em>\u00a0reason why it got and remains so popular in America. \u00a0There must be some<\/em>\u00a0reason why people dress up as random Naruto characters at AX instead of Mikoto or Eureka or any Nichijou characters. \u00a0But the conclusion I came to is:<\/p>\n

NO.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

There is no reason why this show should be popular. \u00a0The half of the episode I managed to get through was a piece of crap. \u00a0I bet Studio Pierrot has only one guy working on this show, and he’s always drunk and blowing chunks all over the cels and script. \u00a0I bet he voices the characters too. \u00a0Or maybe he downloads Naruto soundboards off the internet.<\/p>\n

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The episode starts off with three ninja guys running down a tunnel, and Snake man (Orochimaru, I assume?) catches them and kills them. \u00a0And then the OP kicks in. \u00a0By that point, I was ready for the worst. \u00a0The animation of the opening minute was horrendous, and the Snake man looked retarded. \u00a0It was going to be a long, “suspenseful” episode where this Snake dude runs around looking for Naruto or Sasuke or whoever is the protagonist now.<\/p>\n

But, no. \u00a0No, no, no. \u00a0The episode went on to feature Naruto talking with two frogs about random flashbacks for ten minutes! \u00a0What’s the point of the Snake man opening, then? \u00a0Where did he go? \u00a0I don’t even care for the answers to those questions because this is such a horrible, messy excuse for an anime.<\/p>\n

And to top it off, this is from the point of view of somebody who hasn’t watched any previous Naruto episodes! \u00a0I’m sure that fans have seen the same flashbacks ten times over. \u00a0Why do they like seeing the same scenes? \u00a0If they wanted to watch something repetitive, they could go loop Endless Eight. \u00a0That would be a better use of their time.<\/p>\n

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On a more interesting note, I've been watching Golden Boy.<\/p><\/div>\n

My original intent was to use the “random episode test” as an excuse to experience Naruto in all its glory, but now I see that the “random episode test” really works. \u00a0It told me that Naruto is a disgrace to humanity and that I was a fool for not believing all the people who bashed the show.<\/p>\n

I propose that we all ditch the idea of “first impressions” and the “three episode test” and instead opt for the “random episode test.” \u00a0As I have methodically proven in this post, it works wonders.<\/p>\n

P.S.: Shitty anime deserves shitty post. \u00a0Sorry for this week’s shit. \u00a0I really wanted to delete this draft, but I couldn’t let all my hard work (sitting through 12 minutes of junk) go to waste. \u00a0I bet this is how manga bloggers feel about the Bleach manga, too. \u00a0Except a chapter of that takes only ten seconds to read.<\/p>\n

P.P.S.: In other news, I got 7 headshots in one round as a sniper yesterday (in TF2). \u00a0I’ve found out that the trick is to just keep shooting, because the head hitbox is bigger than you think. \u00a0I’m still\u00a0unaccustomed\u00a0to the Huntsman at close range, but I’m getting pretty good with the regular sniper rifle. \u00a0Hmm.<\/p>\n

P.P.P.S.: I promise next week’s post will be better. \u00a0In fact, I’ve already written it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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