[Discussion] Fujin & Raijin - Naruto & Sasuke

[CasualMisfit]

Fujin & Raijin - Naruto & Sasuke

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(雷神 raijin?) is a god of thunder[1] and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology.
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(風神?) is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods.
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Now we all know that Kishimoto is pretty damn partial to foreshadowing, (in his cover art especially). He is also a fan of using copious amounts of Japanese Mythology... Most coming the from

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... all of which feature as the powers of the MS.

I'm sure it's been noted before that there may be a relationship between the two main characters of the Naruto series and these two Kami... It's been said that the Naruto is homogeneous to Fujin and Sasuke to Raijin. Given their chakra nature types this would be more than enough to convince most people...

I can't find a source but I read that there is a myth about the two Kami coming together to defend Japan from invading forces.

Assuming this myth is real... the next step to relating this to Naruto is obvious... Sasuke and Naruto joining forces against the invading force Madara...

However... I was re-reading some chapters and came across this

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Notice the rasengan like spheres around Naruto... to me they look awefully similar to the drums around the Raijin... is there anything to this apparent reversal of deities?

I may be jumping the gun or over thinking (it could just be coincidence after all) but perhaps it's symbolising Naruto taking on both rolls of Fu and Raijin... "shouldering the entire burden" Perhaps there is no redemption left for Sasuke...

Another theory is that Naruto and Sasuke are interchangeable... either of them could still go either way but will always arrive at the same place when it comes to protecting the ninja world.

I honestly don't know so I'd like to dissect this one with NB as I do think it means something but can't put my finger on what ...

 

[+Haruhi+]

nice work

 

[NarutoBases Local Troll]

I agree to aboves post

 

[Wildstorm83]

Agreed. Nice work. Makes for a interesting read for a change instead of all these "Sasuke sucks" Or "Madara is really..." threads that have been posted lately. Don't know much about the Fujin/Raijin Myths but im def going to go google them now...

 

[naturo9]

<<<<this is naruto after the war. he will get fat for eating too much ramen.

 

[ero sannin]

NICE work!!! u touch alot of key points between the actualy mythology and the two boys naruto n sasuke. something else u forgot to mention tho is tht in the Japanese myths the two kami are distant relatives......also playin wit the notion of naruto n sasuke being distant relatives / enemies, the same as the two mythical Japanese kami

 

[SasukesDestiny]

yeah good one

 

[meimei]

nice work

This is a really interesting thing to have read!!! You have done a great job and hope you can let us know more about any other thoughts you may have - well done!!!

 

[meimei]

<<<<this is naruto after the war. he will get fat for eating too much ramen.

Hahaha! It's good that he burns up a lot of chakra, huh?

 

[udosohhope]

you really put a lot of thoughts into this i see

 

[Cio 14765]

good theory, with how Kishi has foreshadowed so far you might have something here

 

[upoc2009]

That was extremely good.....
Beautifully done as in.....
Wonderful
Keep lettin us now ur stuff u find out...

 

[Elmage G Ace]

Great work at least i've seen a useful post this week

 

[CasualMisfit]

Thanks guys... I'll add anything else I find... I just really want to know what this might mean before it's revealed! xD

NICE work!!! u touch alot of key points between the actualy mythology and the two boys naruto n sasuke. something else u forgot to mention tho is tht in the Japanese myths the two kami are distant relatives......also playin wit the notion of naruto n sasuke being distant relatives / enemies, the same as the two mythical Japanese kami

That is very true.. thanks for pointing that out! I wonder what deity Madara is likened to!

 

[fishcake]

Great thread! I would likely say since Kishi is so into the shinto religion, he wasn't necessarily cross referencing when he drew the image. He probably saw that image of Raijin a while ago and it stuck in his head cause he thought it looked cool and maybe he added those Rasengan like spheres around Naruto without thinking about which god they belonged to. Anyways, that's my theory!

Once again nice work

 

[-Liquid Cefka-]

damn..this is good..i read the linkyou placed for raijin, and it turns out he's also known as Narukami
Narukami-Naruto? anyhow, you've got a great idea here

 

[Baka Sennin]

great theory