Boy dies after friends imitate Naruto

[Akademic]

A family is in mourning after an accident in a playground left their 10-year-old dead.

Codey Porter of Everett, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, died on Saturday after friends buried him in a sandbox, according to The Seattle Post Intelligencer. The boys were apparently imitating the popular anime show Naruto.

The children were allegedly reenacting one of the show's character's special attacks, where the target is enveloped in sand. Though the boy thrashed around when he couldn't breathe, his friends apparently thought he was joking and didn't pull him out until damage had already been done. He died later in a hospital, surrounded by his family.

Though the incident seems like a perfect lightning rod for watchdog groups to curse Naruto and call for its end, the general consensus is the death is simply the result of a tragic accident.
by Tim Surette TV.com Staff Write

this was in 08, kinda old but yah, i think they tried to imitate gaaras dessert coffin lol, rip kiddo..

what yall think, is naruto really to blame or do ya think its the parents fault?

 

[Schmack]

lmao i was so bummed out by that shit. what a world we live in.

 

[Sageofthepath]

it's sad... but come'on i was listening Teenage mutant ninja turtle while i was 10 yo and i never tried to jump of a roof or to beat one of my friends with real Katana... maybe plastic one

 

[Akademic]

lmao i was so bummed out by that shit. what a world we live in.

lol tell me about it, to think they thought he was joking lmao?

 

[Sostrange89]

Its the parent's fault for never teaching their kids that the television characters are fake and that doing a stupid stunt like these kids did you get somebody hurt or sadly in this case killed.

 

[Jack Spicer]

I was about to say this is way old, until I saw the end.

Ah well, what can you do?

People bash everything these days. Haters gonna Hate xd

 

[Goldrinn]

Mad props to the lil' Gaaras.

I don't have the balls to try and kill someone with sand.

it's sad... but come'on i was listening Teenage mutant ninja turtle while i was 10 yo and i never tried to jump of a roof or to beat one of my friends with real Katana... maybe plastic one

Exactly. That's why the whole "T.V./Video Games make children violent!" thing is bullshit. If your child is going to copy something like that, they obviously had problems to begin with, the show or game isn't to blame.

 

[Jack Spicer]

Double posted on accident......Curses.

 

[Amanwithnoplan]

it's sad to see people take shows like this a bit too far. it's not really anyone's fault in the end, but it serves as a warning for others.
The moral of the story-rping kills.

 

[Akademic]

Mad props to the lil' Gaaras.

I don't have the balls to try and kill someone with sand.

they should of stuck to basic chakra molding haha, its safer xD

 

[DarkPhoenix]

actually one question that needs to be answered is since they were children,
why was there no adult supervision in the playground to prevent this?
Bad parenting much?

 

[Akademic]

actually one question that needs to be answered is since they were children,
why was there no adult supervision in the playground to prevent this?
Bad parenting much?

i was left with my friends at the age of 10, not at the park but yah, i think its just common sense, its a cartoon.

 

[MinaminoRaine]

actually one question that needs to be answered is since they were children,
why was there no adult supervision in the playground to prevent this?
Bad parenting much?

Totally agree! where were their parents? if they have enough energy to waste blaming the show they should use it to watch their progenie

 

[Jack Spicer]

Must've been Academy Students. They tried a jutsu far out of their rank.


Seriously though, I think if people blame the TV, you gotta blame the parents too.

 

[The_Empire]

I know I shouldn`t laugh but it is funny since they tried to use Sand bural. Also with the comment up above about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtals. Lol I tried doing that but it is was off the monkey bars and slash at my cousin like he was a bad guy.

Sad for the death

What will the kids try next, ripping their bones out and try to be Kimimaru or do something to their eyes to make them into a sharingan. I hope not

 

[Akademic]

I know I shouldn`t laugh but it is funny since they tried to use Sand bural. Also with the comment up above about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtals. Lol I tried doing that but it is was off the monkey bars and slash at my cousin like he was a bad guy.

Sad for the death

What will the kids try next, ripping their bones out and try to be Kimimaru or do something to their eyes to make them into a sharingan. I hope not

that would be scary, naruto will definitely be canceled then

 

[Kushina Farron Senju]

People are just looking for some to use as a scapgoat for the problems in their lives. On that day Naruto just happened to be it.

 

[Mr.Beastie]

Totally agree! where were their parents? if they have enough energy to waste blaming the show they should use it to watch their progenie

dude the kid was in 5th grade besides i saw the report he died in one foot of sand he shouldve been able to get himself out and he had friends there with him.

 

[Kyuubikiller]

wow, this is pretty sad, but students shouldn't mess with jutsu out of their league, next they'll try to use kitchen knives as kunai. tsk tsk.

 

[Akademic]

wow, this is pretty sad, but students shouldn't mess with jutsu out of their league, next they'll try to use kitchen knives as kunai. tsk tsk.

lmfao best post so far kitchen knives as kunai lmaaao......