Is Naruto just mere fiction?

[EternalKaze7]

Ever ask yourself these questions? And can you answer them:

1. Why do you care about Naruto the manga?

2. Does this story somehow seem to corollate to real life or maybe to people in a spiritual way?

3. How does this story consistently hook and reel fans like me and you in week by week?

4. If Naruto is fiction, then why doesn't your brain automatically dislike it or ridicule it as silly like some people selectively do with religion?

5. If you or another fan does not like religion, then how do they get a kick out of this story which incorporates MULTIPLE religions and mythologies within its storyline: in names and concepts?

6. Which parts of this story: Naruto do you believe are in synch with reality and what aren't?

7. What is real and what is fiction?

 

[Naruto.]

Interesting thread. Yes, I do know it's fiction, but there's something in it, that makes me read it every week. I also love the concept of achieving peace and other concepts that Kishi has put forward so beautifully.

 

[EternalKaze7]

Interesting thread. Yes, I do know it's fiction, but there's something in it, that makes me read it every week. I also love the concept of achieving peace and other concepts that Kishi has put forward so beautifully.

Yes that's part of how I see it as well @ -Minato- In a more full explanation- the story of Naruto interests me in the way that the book almost feels like it is a farmer's almanac or an astrological chart. Not that I believe in that stuff but I think there is an underlying principle behind that stuff and Naruto itself. In other words, we speak and live in the spirit (called fiction) and some do without even noticing it, then we come back to the physical world (nonfiction) to find a world full of sin and troubles which is in need of some sort of savior or Hero, the same concept is shown within the story of Naruto and the idea of creating an illusion world filled with peace is deceptive. With the whole Genjutsu thing, the way I see it is that Genjutsu is like the power of witchcraft/magick- and the way that a spiritualist may view it is that the will of the mind comes to life/fruition through strong emotional conjuration, these supernatural powers however are guided by separate entities and not actually through natural human power. I don't practice that stuff at all though and see it as dangerous and wrong to tap into any power which is not of God.

 

[KcMSean]

I can tell ya this much, my love for Naruto ain't gonna cause me to go out on a crusade. This is pure entertainment. It may incorporate religion, but it is clearly fiction. With religion, you have those willing to die, or kill, for it.

 

[obito uchiha the wraith]

A person can like naruto but not like religion because in religion people believe all those things really happened. Example ask a christian are ghosts real and they say no then wtf is an angel? Ask a christian are dragons real no. Then wtf is the 666 beast that breaths fire? Its not just christians though asian and eastern religions are just as silly if not more.

 

[EternalKaze7]

I can tell ya this much, my love for Naruto ain't gonna cause me to go out on a crusade. This is pure entertainment. It may incorporate religion, but it is clearly fiction. With religion, you have those willing to die, or kill, for it.

To the first part; I think that fear is the guiding emotion which causes us to dissociate from anything. Whether it be nonfictional things like political movements or fictional stories- fear of death, going insane, etc. causes us to remain neutral and be one of those people pointing at others and blaming everything on their brain structure. Maybe people are eating other's faces off or mercilessly warring because we have promoted double standards, violence and sin in our society and now the spirits of EVIL/DEVIL is possessing us through our ignorance??? Till our dying day we will eat by the sweat of our brow regardless of whether or not any religion tells us to kill or be martyred for its/THE truth.

 

[EternalKaze7]

A person can like naruto but not like religion because in religion people believe all those things really happened. Example ask a christian are ghosts real and they say no then wtf is an angel? Ask a christian are dragons real no. Then wtf is the 666 beast that breaths fire? Its not just christians though asian and eastern religions are just as silly if not more.

I am a Christian, I believe spirits are real: angels are messengers who were/are intended to serve GOD; whether they were born in heaven or earth or whether they chose not to follow God is based on their will to disobey. You are talking about Revelations when with 666 and the beast. 666 is the number of humanity which is incomplete without God (7). Humans are animals without the spirit of God to keep us in check; without it we would revert to the beast-like nature. The Beast in the bible is a self-righteous human being who is possessed by the power of EVIL- who claims to be God and exalts himself above God and anyone or thing which is worshipped and succeeds in doing so. So the beast is metaphor for his nature which is animalistic. On the other hand- I and others believe that the dragon, the beast, and other angelic entities existed before the Earth was created as spiritual entities; and have the ability to speak to and through people, there power is limited but the symbol which they stood for: The tree of Knowledge & Sin has produced alot of evil seeds and roots in the world and so people follow the devil naturally without having to even see him. If spirits exist; they know we are blind creatures, even more blind than animals; daring to be more cruel then the rest, why should they show their face to us as if they owe it to us?

 

[KcMSean]

To the first part; I think that fear is the guiding emotion which causes us to dissociate from anything. Whether it be nonfictional things like political movements or fictional stories- fear of death, going insane, etc. causes us to remain neutral and be one of those people pointing at others and blaming everything on their brain structure. Maybe people are eating other's faces off or mercilessly warring because we have promoted double standards, violence and sin in our society and now the spirits of EVIL/DEVIL is possessing us through our ignorance??? Till our dying day we will eat by the sweat of our brow regardless of whether or not any religion tells us to kill or be martyred for its/THE truth.

No offense, but I don't know how to respond to that. I feel like you went off on a tangent. I won't get into an argument with you over religion, to each his own. You're entitled to your own beliefs.

 

[EternalKaze7]

No offense, but I don't know how to respond to that. I feel like you went off on a tangent. I won't get into an argument with you over religion, to each his own. You're entitled to your own beliefs.

Lol I wasn't trying to argue with you dude I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I just have alot to say about all of this, I don't really expect anybody to agree but I like to at least stimulate thoughts.

 

[KcMSean]

Lol I wasn't trying to argue with you dude I'm sorry if it seemed that way. I just have alot to say about all of this, I don't really expect anybody to agree but I like to at least stimulate thoughts.

No offense taken, it doesn't seem like you were trying to argue. As I said, you're entitled to your beliefs, I just don't know how to counter that, so I choose not to try! Haha.

 

[vasu 32]

I can't tell you why but somewhere deep within there is something that connects me to this manga. Everything that is shown here,actually happen in the real world. Pick one char. ,see through his pov and you'll find he is right and will empathise with him. Sure you'll not find everyone right but only those whom can feel a slight connection to.

And also in the end of the day,it also tells us how gods are made,like if there would be no internet,coms.,etc. as in the past and people will tell it's story,slowly by slowly through exagarration with time people would've come to believe that naruto was real and all,you know where i am going right?

 

[EternalKaze7]

I can't tell you why but somewhere deep within there is something that connects me to this manga. Everything that is shown here,actually happen in the real world. Pick one char. ,see through his pov and you'll find he is right and will empathise with him. Sure you'll not find everyone right but only those whom can feel a slight connection to.

And also in the end of the day,it also tells us how gods are made,like if there would be no internet,coms.,etc. as in the past and people will tell it's story,slowly by slowly through exagarration with time people would've come to believe that naruto was real and all,you know where i am going right?

I know exactly what you're saying. The individual characters are not so unbelievable, and it's like there's nothing new under the sun, these characters existed long before but in a different FASHION. In terms of how gods are created; the story loosely uses the word god/gods, and there is still the whole Chosen One or chosen bloodline thing present in Naruto which has already been told in real life, for it to exist fictionally in naruto. At the end of the day all worlds would be in chaos if it were not upheld by some type of standards of goodness, and by things which are correct in nature. So Naruto speaks extra volumes, more than other stories in that way while other stories are very immature in their approach to this stuff.

 

[awesomeseimei]

I can just say that I like it because of the story, which obviously interests me enough to make me continue reading. But in terms of emotional impact it isn't my #1 work of fiction. Religion wise I'm totally okay with any beliefs of people (as long as they don't go crazy fanatical over them), and I've learned a lot of interesting things about Japanese religion/folklore/mythology from manga in general. As to the ways it parallels real life, well, I'd say that I prefer other works of fiction. This is a teenager oriented manga after all, I might be wrong in this regard but I can't take it seriously enough.