staticdash22
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Sigh....Neji you were a beast and will be missed. But, I do want to get this off my chest.
Neji's story was supose to be about freedom and that people decide their own fates. But, the saddest thing about Neji's death wasn't that he actually died, but that he died believing naruto was right about destiny. When in fact Neji was right all along. Both him and his father died for the main branch. They chose their own deaths but it still coincided with their destinies as branch members. He was also right about position of kage. Based on what we've seen in part 2 it is entirely based on lineage with A and Oonoki being groomed for it as kids. "But Neji freely threw himself in between the wooden spikes & Naruto +Hinata". Yeah, and "destiny" already decided that Neji was going to do that, which in turn fulfilled his destiny decided at his birth to protect and serve the main branch. Neji was basically reduced to Hinata's protector in shippuden and it hurts to realize that. "But naruto was right, he overcame trials and tribulations". No, naruto was destined for greatness that moment he was EVER connected to Minato & Kushina. The fact that Kushina's bloodline grants naruto special traits that give him natural advantage such as super stamina over many ninja, is a huge problem. "But just because you are connected to someone famous/strong doesnt mean you will be". No, the VERY fact that he is EVEN connected to Minato at all makes his theme of Destiny irrelevant.
Imagine this:
*Naruto struggles. People call him a loser. Note that the majority of the village does not know he is connected to Minato*
*Naruto gains strength over time. Defeats some of the strongest ninjas that even people like kakashi couldn't. Imagine the villagers finding out that he is Minato's son. "OH, of course naruto would have overcome his struggles, he is Minato's SON afterall". Even if naruto struggled, he was going to overcome it anyway because Destiny said he was. That wasn't someone he chose. Because the prophecy said a child was going to save the world, he was going to get strong over time. The struggles he had was just to spice things up and make his riselook good, but I think we are smarter than that. In conclusion, I feel sad that Neji died in total belief in naruto's ideals when naruto's life itself doesn't follow his ideals. Yeah, naruto had no control of that, but don't try and continue pushing that moral/value when you find out you are chosen.
What do you guys feel about this whole situation caused by Kishi's inconsistency in his themes?
Neji's story was supose to be about freedom and that people decide their own fates. But, the saddest thing about Neji's death wasn't that he actually died, but that he died believing naruto was right about destiny. When in fact Neji was right all along. Both him and his father died for the main branch. They chose their own deaths but it still coincided with their destinies as branch members. He was also right about position of kage. Based on what we've seen in part 2 it is entirely based on lineage with A and Oonoki being groomed for it as kids. "But Neji freely threw himself in between the wooden spikes & Naruto +Hinata". Yeah, and "destiny" already decided that Neji was going to do that, which in turn fulfilled his destiny decided at his birth to protect and serve the main branch. Neji was basically reduced to Hinata's protector in shippuden and it hurts to realize that. "But naruto was right, he overcame trials and tribulations". No, naruto was destined for greatness that moment he was EVER connected to Minato & Kushina. The fact that Kushina's bloodline grants naruto special traits that give him natural advantage such as super stamina over many ninja, is a huge problem. "But just because you are connected to someone famous/strong doesnt mean you will be". No, the VERY fact that he is EVEN connected to Minato at all makes his theme of Destiny irrelevant.
Imagine this:
*Naruto struggles. People call him a loser. Note that the majority of the village does not know he is connected to Minato*
*Naruto gains strength over time. Defeats some of the strongest ninjas that even people like kakashi couldn't. Imagine the villagers finding out that he is Minato's son. "OH, of course naruto would have overcome his struggles, he is Minato's SON afterall". Even if naruto struggled, he was going to overcome it anyway because Destiny said he was. That wasn't someone he chose. Because the prophecy said a child was going to save the world, he was going to get strong over time. The struggles he had was just to spice things up and make his riselook good, but I think we are smarter than that. In conclusion, I feel sad that Neji died in total belief in naruto's ideals when naruto's life itself doesn't follow his ideals. Yeah, naruto had no control of that, but don't try and continue pushing that moral/value when you find out you are chosen.
What do you guys feel about this whole situation caused by Kishi's inconsistency in his themes?
