Friday, April 16, 2004

A Rant. x_o;;
You have been warned. The following... prargraphs I'll assume there will be, are based upon mostly my personal opinions, yet facts too. You are not being forced to read it, and if you don't like what I have to say, well too bad, this is my page.

The following is a comparison of Naruto and Inu-Yasha

Why compare them?
'Cause I can. Pfft. Spring break has gotten the worst of me, I've become bored. I've had too much time to think about things. This is one of them. I don't know what I'll ever do over summer vacation. And, Inu-Yasha was my first anime years ago now, and lately, Naruto is my new craze.

Charaters
Naruto - PRO: A huge variety, vast difference between all of them. Each one is devoloped, well, might I add. Each one is different, no one is perfect. CON: What can I say? It's basically a male overpopulation. No means to get into that kind of stuff, but, all female genins are weak. Sure, TenTen, Ino, Sakura and Hinata have their times, but nothing is developed around them in the end. They all are strong, or so their sensei's say, but nothing ever is there to complicate things for them like things are for Lee, Sasuke and Naruto. It's like, "Oh, yeah, Sakura, gotta stick her in there somewhere... and we'll have Ino do something too." Sure, Sakura and TenTen have kicked some major ass, but not as much as the male characters do. Enough of this topic.
Inu-Yasha PRO: Arrg, not much here, really. You've got yer good guys in one corner, and yer baddies in the other. Wow. Amazing. I'm sure that took hours of work to figure that out. CON: Way too many things here. Basically, if you think about it, Kagome's like.... perfect. o.O No character is devoloped well. They each have a simple problem, brother turned evil, hole in hand, evil brother, a jewel shard. Wow. Another "amazing."

Setting
Naruto - PRO: D00d, seriously, wow. Whole new place, different things, new ideas. Everything is amazing. CON: Uhhh... nothing?
Inu-Yasha - PRO: Seriously, nothing. CON: It's Fuedal Japan, they sure had to think about that, didn't they? u.u;;

Winning Vs. Lossing (this area is not organized by pro & con)
Naruto - Not everyone always wins, that's what I like about it. You would have thought that all Leaf nins would have passed the chuunin exams, but they didn't, that's what makes it good, there are losses.
Inu-Yasha - Ehh, basically, good guys win, all the time. Boring.

Romance lmao. I do have that girly part to me, though no one ever really sees it, so, here's my two cents. (not organized by pro & con)
Naruto - Okay. You've got Sakura and Ino, both have a major crush on Sasuke. Sasuke completely ignores both of them, that's basically yer romance. Oh yeah, there's the love triangle too. Hinata likes Naruto, Naruto likes Sakura, Sakura likes Sasuke, Sasuke likes no one. Okay, maybe that's not a triangle. Close enough though. Well, Sasuke has his moments where he can care about Sakura, but that's only when she's like, dying or in danger. Yeah, that's basically it. Except the two sensei's whose names I can't remember at the moment... Kakashi seems to think there's something there. XD
Inu-Yasha - Basically, love hate relationships. Makes for funny moments.

Plot
Naruto - PRO: It's always twisting. Nothing is ever really the same. Sure, you have Orochimaru and his plan to take over the Leaf Village/have the Sound Village take over and how he wants Sasuke, but, the idea is changing. New problems occur often. The big picture didn't appear till what, chapter 70? Before that, it made you think it was all about Naruto and his dream of becoming Hokage, then it switched. Maybe next they'll focus on Sakura. She's still on they're team. CON: Ummm.
Inu-Yasha - PRO: Creative idea of plot, I guess. CON: The only plot that ever happens is the freakin' jewel shard, that's ALL. Think about it, yeah, there's minor things that last one episode, AT MOST. I could go on for awhile about this.

Music ahaha, yeah, I had to stick this in here.
Naruto - PRO: Everything? Possibly the best music I've ever heard comes from Naruto. "Wind" is my all time favorite song, a masterpiece in my mind. All songs from Naruto are original CON: The song "Little By Little." In the words of Tazmo from NarutoFan.com, "They sound like the smurfs." The only musical mistake in Naruto.
Inu-Yasha - PRO: The songs "My Will" and "Fukai Mori." They're very nicely done. CON: The unoriginality of everything. It's so boring after awhile.

Overall
Naruto - I fell in love with this manga/anime the first time I saw it, browsing through Viz's site, noting that ShonenJump was coming to the U.S. and learning Naruto was soon to join it. Everything is original. Ninjas no longer are those that are shrowded in the black cloaks, but normal people, in reality, just trying to make their way in life. I've always liked ninjas, but Naruto gave the name a whole new meaning.
Inu-Yasha - Rumiko, you seriously need to get some new ideas. All of her manga/anime never really has a good plot, just the same thing in each, over and over. It's become a bore for me.

Point?
Yes, there is a point to this, believe it or not. Inu-Yasha was the thing that got me into manga and anime, back in late 1997, i think it was. Back then, I thought it was great, but now watching it and actually stopping to think about it, it's a shame, really. To think that I wasted a lot of my time only noting Inu-Yasha. I've opened my eyes. Teri, believe it or not, you're the one who pushed me to write this. A week ago when you listened to Wind over the phone, you told me Inu-Yasha music wasn't that great. It made me think. And today, well actually yesterday now, when you called again I was 1/3 listening to you, 1/3 trying to solve that damn puzzle thing and 1/3 thinking about this.

I hate spring break. Makes ya think too much. Uggg, bed. Sleep. Now.

Now, I need to put up a to-do list or else I'm gonna forget everything. Goldfish memory. x_X;;
To-Do
Event...............Date
-Kakashi fanart b-day gift for Vashtya (30th)
-Pay fine for library book (19th)
-Finish inking/CGing Sakura pic (???)
-Neiji fanart for my own good XD (30th-ish)
-Email brother (29th)
-Bother Trufflepig (24/7)
-Find April's Shonen Jump (???)
-Ink Gundam Seed sketch (SOON. It's only four months old. x_o;; )

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