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• Eric R. Ellis

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• College graduate (finally, whew!)
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• Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Cowboy Bebop, Hikaru No Go, Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakasho
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myOtaku.com: majin ssj eric

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Sadness.....
I have been watching all of my Naruto episodes at a blinding pace (I am now up to the Gaara/Sasuke fight in the finals of the Chuunin exam) but I keep going back to episodes 12-19 over and over and over. For some reason, no matter how far along in the show I get, I can't seem to get over Haku and Zabuza. The tragedy of their story is so powerful and moving to me.

Can you imagine being a small boy who discovers that he has the ability to mold and shape water and ice. That, upon the discovery of this amazing gift, your father kills your mother and then tries to kill you, for that ability is greatly feared in your village. Now imagine wandering the cold and snowy streets of that village, shunned by those who know and fear you, unwanted and alone in the world.

But there is one person who, not only doesn't hate you for your gifts, but embraces them. He gives your life purpose for the very first time. So you dedicate your life to him and his dreams. You work tirelessly as his tool; his weapon. You live day in and day out to be as strong as he wants you to be so that you may one day redeem his acknowledgement of your existence.

Throughout it all, he never once tells you that he cares about you. You break yourself daily for the hope of that one single praise that he will never give you. You do everything that he ever asks of you without question and yet he still only values your abilities, not you.

Then one day, you face an adversary who, by no fault of your own, you cannot defeat. You surrender yourself to the sobering fact that your life is again meaningless. You have failed the one perosn in the world most precious to you. But, in one last moment, you see an opportunity to save his life......by surrendering yours. You do so without hesitation. And only after your lifeless body is laid upon the ground, does that precious person finally acknowledge that he always did love you. And you die together in the snow; side by side to the end.

Zabuza: "Haku, are you crying? You were at my side from the very beginning, and now, I want to be at yours here at the end."

Haku: "....."

Zabuza: "If I could....I'd like to....go to the same place....as you"

Naruto (crying): "He was born in a snowy village..."

Kakashi: "I see.....a boy as pure as the snow....You will be able to go Zabuza.....together."

I cry every time I watch that episode. I don't know why but it is so hard to watch, yet so hard not to. So, anyway, this is my Otaku tribute to Haku and Zabuza. My favorite characters in Naruto even though they were only in a handful of the early episodes. No matter how far into the show I get, I will never forget them.

By the way, I posted a new picture from that scene above in my portfolio so go check it out in the fan art section. I also did an AMV for Haku and posted it on YouTube. You can check it at http://youtube.com/watch?v=BV53R5s5cMU

-Eric

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