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This is not a fanboy analysis. I have tried to consider the subject of the study from objective and unbiased points of view. However, any objection, opposition and disagreement is welcome.
Well, considering that this analysis is to some extent long, I divide it into 3 Sections so that you guys are not bored reading it and also can read it more critically without any bother.
Section 3:
...And Naruto has something that no one else has. And it is because of this thing that he will be able to become Hokage greater than all previous Hokage.
Naruto's special gift is NOT the 9 tails.
It's not "that jutsu" or Sage training, or being the son of the 4th Hokage.
Give up?
Naruto's greatest distinction (with great irony, and not intentional by the 4th, I don't think) is that he was ostracized as a child.
No. Really. I'm serious.
BECAUSE Naruto was ostracized as a child, he has actual reason to care about friendship (unlike many shallow shounen heroes). And also because he was ostracized, he missed all the indoctrinization of "what it means" to be a Shinobi. No one educated Naruto about the Shinobi world until he joined team 7, and by that time he had gone ahead and formed his own ideas. We know he didn't study, so his ideas about "the way of the ninja" were things he made up, and so he made rules that coincided with his heart.
This makes him unique. Naruto's other gifts aren't his jutsus. Not that those aren't important, but they aren't his trump cards.
Naruto's personality is his winning combo. He is tenacious, proactive, hard working, self-affirming, and extremely likable. There are what are commonly called "leadership" qualities (they pull you aside in high school if they think you have them--really). Naruto just hasn't grown into them entirely. He hasn't defined his goals yet (i.e. what does it mean to him to be Hokage?) but in the "real world" these are the qualities of successful people--many who were also misfit failures at one point in their lives! Of course, according to one my friends "But in real life, talented people prevail after they mature"
There's one thing that all successful people share in common: When people laugh at them for their dreams, they don't care; they believe in themselves and just kept on trucking, and this is exactly what Naruto does. The more READERS laugh and give up on him even, the more true to life, and the better the story in the end.
Furthermore, Naruto really cares about other people, about kindness and happiness and relationships (all things traditionally counter to Shinobi), AND although he doesn't study, he does listen to advice, all of which are excellent leadership qualities. If THAT weren't enough, Naruto is steadfast, sticks by his principles, but is NOT resistant to change. In fact, Naruto is a catalyst for change: he busts through the barriers with the subtlety of an elephant. And if THAT weren't enough, he also has what it takes to become really powerful... just more slowly. But when he gets there, it will be with real strength, as Haku predicted long long ago.
And Sasuke will not be the only one who will be amazed and inspired by this. Naruto's personality is SO contagious, in fact, that he has the potential to change not only Konoha, but the entire Shinobi world.
End of Section 3
Well, considering that this analysis is to some extent long, I divide it into 3 Sections so that you guys are not bored reading it and also can read it more critically without any bother.
Section 3:
...And Naruto has something that no one else has. And it is because of this thing that he will be able to become Hokage greater than all previous Hokage.
Naruto's special gift is NOT the 9 tails.
It's not "that jutsu" or Sage training, or being the son of the 4th Hokage.
Give up?
Naruto's greatest distinction (with great irony, and not intentional by the 4th, I don't think) is that he was ostracized as a child.
No. Really. I'm serious.
BECAUSE Naruto was ostracized as a child, he has actual reason to care about friendship (unlike many shallow shounen heroes). And also because he was ostracized, he missed all the indoctrinization of "what it means" to be a Shinobi. No one educated Naruto about the Shinobi world until he joined team 7, and by that time he had gone ahead and formed his own ideas. We know he didn't study, so his ideas about "the way of the ninja" were things he made up, and so he made rules that coincided with his heart.
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This makes him unique. Naruto's other gifts aren't his jutsus. Not that those aren't important, but they aren't his trump cards.
Naruto's personality is his winning combo. He is tenacious, proactive, hard working, self-affirming, and extremely likable. There are what are commonly called "leadership" qualities (they pull you aside in high school if they think you have them--really). Naruto just hasn't grown into them entirely. He hasn't defined his goals yet (i.e. what does it mean to him to be Hokage?) but in the "real world" these are the qualities of successful people--many who were also misfit failures at one point in their lives! Of course, according to one my friends "But in real life, talented people prevail after they mature"
There's one thing that all successful people share in common: When people laugh at them for their dreams, they don't care; they believe in themselves and just kept on trucking, and this is exactly what Naruto does. The more READERS laugh and give up on him even, the more true to life, and the better the story in the end.
Furthermore, Naruto really cares about other people, about kindness and happiness and relationships (all things traditionally counter to Shinobi), AND although he doesn't study, he does listen to advice, all of which are excellent leadership qualities. If THAT weren't enough, Naruto is steadfast, sticks by his principles, but is NOT resistant to change. In fact, Naruto is a catalyst for change: he busts through the barriers with the subtlety of an elephant. And if THAT weren't enough, he also has what it takes to become really powerful... just more slowly. But when he gets there, it will be with real strength, as Haku predicted long long ago.
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And Sasuke will not be the only one who will be amazed and inspired by this. Naruto's personality is SO contagious, in fact, that he has the potential to change not only Konoha, but the entire Shinobi world.
End of Section 3
