Naruto's True Folklore of Jiraiya! - Which Ninja
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Naruto's Jiraiya is one HECK of a character. Mentor, sage, pervert. He's one of the most beloved characters in the franchise. But there is an even GREATER folkstory to Jiraiya that is over 200 years old. Today, we look at how close Jiraiya of Naruto matches his centuries old inspiration!
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I'm the only one who wants the next Pokémon starters being based on Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru?
Jiraiya = Grass Toad
Orochimaru = Fire Snake
Tsunade = Water Slug
Nido Hime switch Jiraiya and Orochimaru's elements, and then it'll be perfect :D
Eh, grass snake was already done I think. In Black/White
Token_Black_Guy sadly true :'(
We have a grass snake and a water frog, now we need a fire slug.
Anyway pokemon based on the three would be fire toad, water snake, and grass slug in order to avoid another grass snake.
@@maximaldinotrap "Fire slug"
Slugma.
Guess Kishimoto took a lot of inspiration from the original tale when he was making Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru it just blows my mind I learned all this today Gaijin
He took so much inspiration from SO many stories like that. If we look at Kaguya in Naruto she appears in pretty much the same way as the original story, coming from a tree(though the original is a bamboo tree but still) and also the references to how she had a lot to do with the moon.
@@onyxrose4349 and the frog puns
Actually, (with a few civil liberties), Itachi was one of the closest in naruto to fitting the actual definition of a shinobi. Spent most of his life in the shadows, gathering intel. Would try not to be detected if at all possible, even using trickery and sleight of hand (genjutsu) to redirect his opponents' focus. Even went behind enemy territory (akatsuki) to gather intel (figuring out how to stop tobi). However, his extreme loyalty to his masters (the hidden leaf village) does give him some similarities to samurai, and some of his more physical attacks do actually command a presence - like amaterasu and susano'o. Other than that, there were likely very few, if any, "historically accurate" ninja in naruto.
Michael Young Also he drove his younger brother to the point of insanity.
I think we should think of the three Sanin as the reincarnations of the characters in the folklore, just as naruto and sasuke are the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura, or even madara and hashirama (to a certain extent).
If you consider some of the tech they have it's entirely possible they were just named after those characters, I mean they have headset's to communicate over short distance at point's in that series as well as a small TV in naruto's house at one point among others I can't remember dood. XD
Remember kids, it's not a true ninja if he isn't also a doctor.
omg a Dr. McNinja episode of Which Ninja would be too good.
I second this!
stani iliev hahahaha I swear there's healing ninjas don't they count as doctors
yes
So should we then just rename the show from Which Ninja to Witch Doctor?
;''3
Another small detail was that when the Snake, Slug and Toad were summoned by a user it was called the three way deadlock. This is most likely a reference to the way the powers matched in the original story.
Though part of that rock paper scissors bit, of the summon magic that also made for the three way deadlock partly has to deal with poisons of real snakes, frogs, and slugs, where it was likely to find in that rotation about weaknesses to said poisons. A number of slugs actually have a poison that snakes can't handle but frogs can, and so one through predator/prey relations, even if slugs don't actually prey on snakes, but that also works into how slugs are shown to be more around healing instead of combat as shown in both stories.
In the show the summons works like this: Snake beats toad toad beats slug slug beats snake, in battles between the sannin jiriya beats orochimaru who beats tsuname who wins against jiryia
I think the reason naruto's universe still call themselves ninjas is that they were in fact ninjas long ago but with the spread of ninshu and chakra they became the primary fighting force of nations forcing them to focus less on steath and more on power and renown because they needed to earn a living so being a highly secret group would be less successful than a well known group, and being known would increase the number of "ninjas" making them stronger for major wars. So while they are not quite our ninjas they could of develop from them.
so basically like how the Ninja troop with guns turned into the .... I forgot the name but it was a large group of gunmen
Man, there needs to be some kind of Pokémon triad to reference this ninjitsu threesome of Snake, Toad, and Slug (maybe the starters of a future generation).
Jiraiya is one of my favorite characters
Yeah! I love Metal Hero!
spoiler alert! he dies
To which work of Shakespeare are you referring?
robust Colma you are Not alone man
Why thank you
And this is why I want a spin-off series about the sannin.
SaiyanNinjaPanda - Amanda Zariwney what about the flash backs and the pain arc they had someone pretty much most of the information
YaHairMe I still want a spin off.
SaiyanNinjaPanda - Amanda Zariwney why tho
SaiyanNinjaPanda - Amanda Zariwney that's a good idea
I'm listening
You should cover Greninja. His references are so deep his stats are references. High speed and attack stats for quick kills but low hp and defense stats, just like real ninja.
Jasper Javillo agreed!
Itse Valtias yea but hes based on jiraiya so this video basically has it covered. Remember he was supposed to be able to change into a toad.
Edgar Mares Muñoz
Yeah, the frog motif was inspired by Jiraiya, but that's the most it really took. The rest of Greninja came from ninja in general.
Aqeela Sakha clearly there is a humungous difference in inspiration my bad.
"It leads people to discover the true folklore of thee characters they fell in love with" I fall in that catagory. I read Jaraiya the Gallant about a year ago, and loved it. I have been hoping for this episode since, and you knocked it out of the park. Much love, Gaijin!
I've been waiting for you to talk about these three for a while! :3 watching Naruto definitely got me into researching the original folklore behind stories. It's really interesting to see how modern culture is shaped by the stories of the past, and I'm glad I got a more indepth look at these three comparing their Naruto personas to the source material. Thanks!
Now I'm kind of curious about all the mythology refferences in Naruto
I'm hearing a lot of familiar names. How many of Naruto's characters were loosely based on actual ninjas?
Scarlet Letter tons they even have hattori hanzo in it. A lot of anime do this like dragonball for example with the journey to the west, goku is son wukong and i dont remember the names of the rest but oolong, ox king and a few others. In one piece tons of pirates are named after real life pirates with blackbeard and whitebeard splitting the name of the real blackbeard which was edward teach. Bonnie, alcapone, drake ect. You just gotta do a little research and youll see it.
Scarlet Letter Many. Many of them. Like... 60% I believe
Edgar though what seperates naruto from one piece on that bit is naruto is more subtle references in many cases especially to western audiences, while one piece is more open about those historical counter parts though that is partly due to the west being more familar with the pirates referenced, especially with Blackbeard as he is the most well known pirate, though aside from Whitebeard's name Whitebeard is a reference to a second pirate known by the same title, and one of the more subtle ones is Shanks being known as Red haired, as a nod to Redbeard making sure there was a nod to those three infamous pirates who unlike in the anime really didn't take place in the same time even if it was still major time of pirates when they were around
Akuma Imayaruk its really as you said about the audiences knowledge on the references. Which is why gaijin is doing a great thing by helping us understand not only where they come from but more of the why some of these references are just names or interpretations.
Sasuke sarutobi was one that I can think of on the top of my head, I could probably reference a few more if I weren't so tired dood XD
Jirayia was also the name of the Black Japanese american ["texan"] Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, who also had a giant toad mecha
Also known as Black Mighty Morphin Alien Ranger
TheCybershark99 no, the black frog zord wasn't used by the alien rangers
It was the character, not the mecha
True, very true. Also, great to see someone reference Super Sentai
Yeah Kakuranger had a number of references to famous ninja. Sasuke (Red Ranger) used an ape in the latter half of the show which is a reference to the famous ninja Sasuke Sarutobi. With the exception of Tsuruhime and Ninjaman, all of the Kakuranger were the descendants of famous ninja from folklore
this might not count as a ninja and i highly doubt that this wull be taken into consideration since im not a patreon and all that but i DO have an idea for an episode of which ninja
Sceptile!
If you read its pokedex entry in pokemon ruby it says that ''The leaves growing on Sceptile's body are very sharp edged. This Pokémon is very agile - it leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.''
which would indicate that sceptile has a very certain way of fighting, using surprise attacks from blindspots of the enemy and using speed as its main asset.
Also if you look at Pokken Tournaments rendition of Sceptile you can see more ninja behaviours.
While it doesnt exactly avoid battle in Pokken (since it IS a fighting game), Sceptiles main tactics involve using speed and carefully laid out traps to ensnare and weaken the enemy pokemon (while also absorbing HP with certain attack, and all those HP absorbing attacks have a far range to them).
He can set up seeds on the ground with some of them growing into mighty vines, simulating cowtrops.
While other seeds can turn into bushes to stop the enemy dead in its tracks.
Also both of Sceptiles Grab attacks showcase his speed and agility.
Sceptiles are also considered ''Phantoms of the Jungle''
Whats more is, The orb like seeds contain nutrients that Allow sceptile to grow and care for the trees, much like how a farmer tends to his crops (Since alot of Ninjas back in the Day were of the peasant class and cared for crops as far as i know.)
I seriously hope That Gaijin sees this or maybe some of his Patrons could show him this so that he can analyse Sceptile even further since all of this knowledge i just typed out was stuff that i could recall off the top of my head. Im 100% positive that with some more research Gaijin could truly find some more mind blowing facts about Scpetile and maybe even the whole Trreko line.
Unitl then, Nicholas, signing out! :D
nicholas vuillemin true.
It could go either way. Its a great idea but, i would rather him do Greninja first
not a naruto fan but everytime i saw Tsunade's huuuuuuuge slug i enjoyed it. i like that guy he's great.
Well at least Naruto popularity not on level where you search Ninja its filled with Naruto stuff.
I pray that day will never happen.
Even I, a Naruto fan, agree.
It's a good anime, but it shouldn't monopolize the concept of "ninja".
Just how assassins creed did everytime you search up Templar
well when you search up ninja now you get fortnite, i think it was better before
"Power Ranger Like World Ninja War Jiraiya" OOOHHHH GOD. I know that not a lot of people Don't know Metal Heroes, but It makes me cringe that Any Japan Heroes (Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, etc) are called Power Rangers
Same, especially when I was pretty sure he already talked about Tokusatsu in a previous video.
I only found out about the Metal Hero Jiraiya because of his appearance in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.
Amen, though if you say Tokusatsu it could work.
In all fairness calling those forms of super heroes power rangers is fitting as many of them were used as a base if not direct port into the various power ranger shows, it is the same and as true as calling all the different versions of mounted troops Calvary because that is what they are just culturally recognized more for their specific types of that unit with their respective names
that series is well loved character in brazil.
Y'know... recalling the fact that ninja usually did more reconnaissance than they did fighting, wouldn't it be cool to see an episode of Which Ninja based off of Squad 6 (Kiba, Hinata, and Shino).
Jiriya's death still brings tears to my eyes.
Almost 500 episodes are filler in naruto
Jolyne Cujoh all have been watched...to much for any human to handle
Jolyne Cujoh Seriously filler kills a show
Jolyne Cujoh well I'd say that some of those episodes did add to characters and help develop them as people but most was just filler
Sathu part of what defines filler is that it doesn't advance or change the characters. Even if it does, it has to bereset by the time the main story kicks back in. Its true that Naruto has some worthwhile filler but more often you have it overstaying its welcome.
so ?
are you saying the power arc is bad .. its the best filler of all time
One mistake you made in this video was saying Tsunade is the daughter of a Hokage. She's not the daughter, she's the granddaughter of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju. Also, while Orochimaru was sealed away by Itachi, he was later resurrected during the Fourth Shinobi World War by Sasuke Uchiha
Hell yeah, about time you made a video about yours truly!
Gaijin goombah plz make a video about jigoku sensei nube cultural reference plz
Ah yes, my favorite legend, Disco Ninja Frog.
I know I'm years late to this comment section, but when you talked about the possibility of some Naruto fans looking into the original Sannin legends, I can tell you I am one of them. And by doing so, became an even bigger fan of Tsunade. :) Naruto actually brought me to looking into Japanese legend, literature, culture and even literature on legit ninjas. :D Thanks for making videos like these, they're super interesting! Chances of you reading this comment is probably very slim, but in the case you happen to, Itachi would be a really interesting video. ^^
Hey g.g., think you could put Joker on the ninja docket? Given how stealth centric Persona 5 is, it could work.
And if not, do a dishonored ninja episode on Corvo, Emily, Daud, or Billy Lurk!
Can you be my history techer?
You should do a Which Ninja for Valentine from Skullgirls.
She's a spy/assassin, she isn't a ninja.
GeckoGC A spy/assassin seems like a good description of a ninja to me, but I would not be asking this if the similarities stopped at that. Also, I could just direct you to her wiki page, but I'm gonna do more than just that, (but go check it out, though). Everything moves to her weapons, screams ninja.
Just look at what she uses for combat. Much like the real world ninjas started weaponizing kamas because they where tools that a farmer (which they often disguised as) could carry without drawing any suspicion, she uses as weapons tools available to nurses: Scalpels, her bonesaw, even using the crosses in her outfit as throwing stars, all weaponized tools that could be available to a nurse.
I could spend a lot of time picking apart a bunch of her moves, but given I'm in mobile, I'm gonna leave that to GG and just point out the animation that, for me, makes the best example of her ninjaness: her timeout loose animation. It's a freaking Kawarimi no Jutsu! There is no doubt about it, she just uses the body replacement technique and disappears, leaving behind just a bunch of bones.
Also, GG already covered in this very series how kunoichi would use their charms (Senran Kagura episode), and Valentine is no exception. Of all the girls in the roster, only two other wear clothes even close to being as revealing as Valentine's: Cerebella and Eliza both of them performers known for their beauty (in fact, the point of Eliza stealing all that blood is to maintain her ageless beauty). It makes sense for them to try to make the most of their famous beauty, but not for Valentine, not until you consider she's a kunoichi.
That's all i'm going to say for now, hopefully I made my point, but I'll leave the rest to GG if he decides to actually make an episode.
Quairon Nailo ... Valentine is the nurse? I thought she was Parasoul.. My bad
Technically, ninja is a spy/assassin.
EmperorFaiz ok, they are like spys, I'll give you that, but they are in no way like assassins.
Fantastic episode, Thank you for that. I love how Kishimoto manages to fit in so many character names, traits and even story parallels into the series. There are actually more characters in Naruto based on real ninja and samurai (Or at least stories of ninja and samurai) than not. I look forward to the next episodes.
Also if I recall correctly in one version, Orochimaru was once one of Jiraiya's followers originally named Yashagoro but was overtaken by serpent magic. Having changed his name to Orochimaru, he gained the ability to turn himself into a giant serpent. He attacked Jiraiya and Tsunade and defeated them with his venom, only for another follower to save the couple's lives afterwards.
You should definetely look at "Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun"
I think that this game has quite an accurate depiction of ninja, though only two of the five playable characters are referred to as such.
There is Hayato, the more or less typical shinobi. And there is Aiko, a kunoichi. Both characters can be played very differently, as Hayato constantly has to stay hidden but has an easier time disposing of bodies, while Aiko can stroll through enemy territory in disguise.
Also, every character has tools for distraction, luring enemies to certain positions or avoiding attention. Hayato can throw rocks to make irritating noise, Yuki (a child that grew up in the wild) can lure people to certain positions with a whistle, Mugen (the Samurai) can drop a sake bottle as a bait, Aiko can throw smoke bombs and Takuma (a sniper and explosives expert) has a trained tanuki to distract people.
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Naruto’s characters may not be real ninja.
But why would u be a real ninja of u could summon giant toads and have superpowers that allow you to destroy mountains.
Borutos dad is my favourite anime
It's good but not nearly as good as the one about Minato's son
It is a really good series. Naruto is such a depressing kid
Very good history i am watching this videos cause of the story
Jiraiya maybe diffrent to fit with the world of Naruto but he is still connected to the story and is a very respectable character
Could you do Bakugan: Battle Brawler's Shun Kazami?
Is anybody going to talk about the persona version of the character
Fun fact
When Orochimaru shows up in the fight between Sasuke and Itatchi, it's a reference to Susano'os or Susano's Lore where he slayed an 8 headed serpent. In his lore, he was travelling around and he stopped at a village which happened to be pestered by an 8 headed snake. The snake had stolen and eaten a child from the village and the child's parents asked Susano for help. Susano laid down 8 buckets of sake, one for each head, and waited for the snake while hiding in the cover of darkness. The snake showed up and started drinking from the buckets, but right after Susano came out and decapitated each head of the snake.
i dont remember exactly how the story goes but i remember the most important parts of it, aswell as this is just his story in a nutshell. You can google him for more information.
I saw this video and instantly clicked on it. I haven't watched it yet, but 10/10. Keep up the great work, Gaijin.
It is awesome when there are many different interpretations of historical and folk characters that are well written, and even if they have different personality traits or physical traits we love them for how they impact our lives. Aaron Burr as a black man and King Arthur as a woman are awesome characters.
I'm loving this series. Could you please do an episode on Black Star from Soul Eater?
At the end of the intro jingle I sang "hey everybody which Ninja is that?"
Fits way too well.
Are they[ jiraya] real in the ancient history?
Tried to watch this without crying. Ended up crying by the end of it. Jiraiya's final episode still makes me cry. (T^T)
Interesting clip I saw earlier today. Jiraiya trying to learn summon jutsu and being transported directly in front of the snake and toad battle!
Forgot he mentions this in the vid. Oops!
3:14 this guy looks like Danzo
What does slug magic do?
Toei must REALLY like Jiraiya because in addition to that Kaiju film and Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, they also had NinjaBlack of Kakuranger (he's the reason why Adam got a frog in the 90s Power Rangers movie lol). Not sure how you missed him when you mentioned the far more obscure Metal Hero... (and yes I know the "World Ninja" appeared in Ninninger but he's still really obscure in the west)
The tale of Jiraiya is truly fascinating.
Also, I never knew Hatsumi Sensei was in a film before.
Personally, I want Gaijin to do a which ninja on Batman.
Matt Culpepper I would be interested to watch
You are by far my favorite UA-camr. I grew up on anime and have always wanted to go visit Japan and learn more about the history. Thank you for doing what you do!!
You should really look at gow of shinbido way of the ninja. He's an pretty accurate ninja for except the black outfit
PUT ON SUBTITLES.
Everytime they Jiraiya's name, it's something different lol
And theres also the fact that orochimaru disguised himself as a kage which could be seen as a refrence
I thought there was going to be a Which Ninja vid on Zero from borderlands. I GO SO HYPED WHEN I SAW IT AND YOU MENTIONED HAVING A LOT TO SAY NOW I NEED THE VIDEO!!!
but anyway this video was still great as always and I really enjoyed hearing about the Jiraiya story, but seriosly please do one on zero dont just raise my hopes up only to knock me down with a kunai as a joke
ah naruto one step away from the great ninja in pirate times raizo from one piece(seriously look him up he is a pretty accurate ninja)
Naruto... I just can't. Awesone topic to talk about.
Thanks for teaching me the epicness of Jiraya in culture & his his folklore! I'm just disappointed with Tsunade in Naruto though.....
My counter argument to Naruto's Ninjas being bad ninjas because, "LOOK at what Naruto is wearing!!! You can't be stealthy in a Bright Orange Jumpsuit!!" is that real ninjas didn't have Ninja magic to the extent that Naruto's ninjas do. If I could do a couple finger motions and suddenly I'm a rock that's indiscernible from any other around me, why would I need to wear stealthy clothing? Also Great video GG! I liked the history lesson.
Hey! I Know you've talked about the Shimada brothers in the past, but could you cover them on "Which Ninja?". This show is amazing and has driven me to learn more about culture all over the world! So, whatever you do, I hope for the best for "Which Ninja?" :D
Yo kai watch 2 Psychic Specters came out 5-6 days ago as of this comment, one boss in the game, Kabuking (or Kabukiroid in the Japanese version), is hoghly talked about for being the hardest boss in the game capable of destroying LV 99 teams if they didn't come prepared. I've always been curious on how accurate Kabuking relates to his orgins through design and moveset. Think you can take the challenge?
Plus, i noticed another little refrence in the clips you showed. Not neccesseraly on Jiraya, but rather that Itachi's *SUSANOO* defeats *OROCHImaru* with a sword.
Niiiiice, man! Here's to hoping you touch again on this when you cover Pokemon' Jiraiya, Greninja. Also, minor trivia, since you brought up Tokusatsu and the Metal Hero ninja Sen Jiraiya, ever wonder why the Frog is a ninja animal in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Season 3, complete with the "I'm a frog" line? This is why. In the original Super Sentai that season's mechs and monsters, and the Alien Rangers' suits were adapted from, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, the Black Ranger of that show was named Jiraiya, and rather than being a frog, his motif was that of a toad. The guns of the Ninja Steel Rangers are also toads for that same reason.
Since you've mentioned Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya and Power Rangers
Would you do a video on japanese Tokusatsu?
And if you're talking about Ninjas, tokusatsu has a lot to offer, such as the already mentioned Jiraiya, Kamen Rider ZX, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger and even the burning dumpster that was Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
But...but the folk lore Jiraiya contradict everything you said about Ninjas !
Never covering his face
Use large easily noticeable animals companions
Flashy jutsus
"Naruto's True Folklore of Jiraiya!" Aka: " Gaijin Learns Not To Be A Hipster".XD
When it comes to Jiraiya apparently THIS is where the whole "Ninjas and Frogs/Toads" thing came from in media. For some reason ninja since Jiraiya have had a pretty close connection to frogs and toads as can be seen in other ninja media. This relationship doesn't appear to exist before Jiraiya's story came about in history. Hell in Tenchu Z for Xbox 360 one of the accessories you can have your ninja have on their person is either a toad with a shuriken on it's side, a raven holding a tiny kunai in it's beak, or a snake sitting/wrapped around the custom shinobi you make..no slug but even in Tenchu you can see the snake and toad.
I'd love to see a couple of videos on the ninja from Tenchu (maybe a little side vid for Tesshu who is an assassin for hire/doctor but has had contact with Rikimaru of the Azuma clan) and Shinobido. Yeah there are some mystical aspects to Tenchu but out of all the ninja games out there these two series have the more 'real' aspects ESPECIALLY the Tenchu game for the Wii when it comes to combat (not the motion controls) if you don't have your own sword brought into the mission with you, if you're spotted you use substitution with and leave your top coat behind, next time it's game over so stealth is VERY important in that game in particular.
Could you possibly do a ninja discussion on Espio the Chameleon, from the Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise.
I'm a little dumb but I realize now why yosukes persona from persona 4 is based on now. Makes the comic joke (persona disco ninja frog) have a lot more sense now. ^__^;
hey Gaijin I got a good idea for Which Ninja. try Rioichi Cooper from Sly Cooper. Sly's Japanese ancestor.
While it uh... isn't a ninja, I can understand your point about overshadowing. Look up Nero Claudius on google images... Nasu's version of the character seems to be overshadowing the original to an almost obnoxious degree.
How many times has Goombah already explained Jiraiya's back story? I don't think this was necessary...
The thing that peeved me off though was that you called Toku Jiraya was a Power Ranger, that's plainly not true. Power Rangers is adapted from Super Sentai, and even then, Jiraya isn't that, he's from Metal Hero, another Tokusatsu series produced by Toei. I get not a lot of people know about Tokusatsu shows, let alone Metal Hero, but you could have explained it a bit more.
awww, you didn't bring up the Power Ranger/Super Sentai take with the Black Ranger and his Black Frog Zord. XD
Interesting fact the character on Jirayia’s headband in Mandarin means oil, I’m not sure what it means in Japanese tho
I know Goemon Ishikawa from Lupin the Third isn't a ninja per se, (he's a Samurai) but I think it would be nice to cover him next in some way shape or form. It doesn't have to be a Which Ninja episode, but just a suggestion.
There's something I still don't understand, in one of your earlier videos you talked about the famous title "Hattori Hanzo". What I never understood is that it's such a revered name but while I lived in Japan during my childhood I learned that the name Hanzo translates to Half-Built in English. What gives? Please make a video about it to answer my question.
Don't care what the haters say. I love Naruto, especially Jiraiya. It's a fun show. The last arc was pretty sub-par, but that's about it.
Btw, I think it's unfair to expect Jiraiya and others to be JUST like who they are based off of. There are enough nods and references for it to be justified while still allowing them to be their own characters.
Are we just skipping over "Jiraiya the Brave" the movie from 1920?
Just for the record, The White Snake in Japanese mythology is actually a heroin. NOT EVIL
great vid, as always. But How about that.. Jiraya in manga and anime is a writer, he makes up stories, so I'm wondering Is that fitting to asume that Jiraya, from legends, would write a tale like Naruto? That would sum up this analysys perfectly...
... there are only 720 episodes of Naruto including shippuden.
Go the subbed version of Naruto is absolutely HORRIBLE.
Look up a old 2000s game on the ps3 called mini ninja. There is plenty you can make a video on, although mostly traditions but I'm all for it 😊😊😊.
I really wanna' see like...Kakashi and Sasuke get an episode...or Aizawa-sensei from BnHA! : D
And now my Ninja in Final Fantasy 14 has a frog attack summon thing.
I ask for a T-rex and I get a frog.
Thanks FFXIV... But srsly I love the nod, and it it fun to use in the game, even if the animation is basically 1 second.
Yo, they should do Sasuke in an episode, his namesake was based off of Sasuke Sarutobi, so they could try to see parallels with him and members of the Sarutobi clan (Third Hokage, Konohamaru, Asuma)
I know I'm late to the party, but I'll go ahead and add in another Jiraiya refererence in Japanese media. In the Super Sentai show Kakuranger, Ninja Black is named Jiraiya and his final mecha is a frog that shoots fire. Bits of Kakuranger got adapted into the third season of Power Rangers and Alien Rangers mini series. Kakuranger Jiraiya is more of a reference than an adaptation, but it's still kind of fun.
I can never find a channel talking about the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, especially the new Cyberdimension game.
“Naruto characters are terrible ninjas”
Me on my 484th episode of Naruto shippuden “so true”
What about the ninja's from Super Sentai? Kakuranger? The Hurricanger, the Ninningers.
I'm just gonna go ahead and suggest Ninja Slayer for this series. Really, just the channel in general. I don't know if you've ever heard of Ninja Slayer before, but it is honestly just something else, man.
greetings and salutations my shinobi gooma friend. I just finished watching a movie called Bloodsport, about a man named Frank Deux, who competed in the Kumite fights in hong kong in the 1970's and supposedly founded the american school of nijitsu called Deux- ryu. but according to what little research i had done his claims have been proven false. i was wandering if you as a shinobi enthousiast could possibly make a video about these events and maybe use them as a topic on some false schools of ninjitsu that have cropped up over the years. i think you, as a teacher and respected ambassador of the shinobi and ninja culture could educate people the best on this topic.
Tsunade is the Granddaughter of the Hokage Hashirama not daughter
PS: I would love for them to do a Which Ninja episode on the Anbu, who I consider the real ninja in Naruto
Naruto is an absolute affront to TRUE ninja. The characters wear SO many colors OTHER than navy blue which would make them stand out like a sore thumb no matter what time of day it was, and the title character makes so much noise, he might as well have put a big bulls-eye where his open trap is.
So basically Kishimoto rewrote the legends into his own new version the same way Marvel rewrote norse legends about Thor. The differences are noticeable to anyone familiar with the source material, the new media is significantly more popular than the original, but the modern portrayals have plenty of references to make up for it. Speaking of that, if Gaijin ever reads I suggest he make a video about modernized Thor vs, classic Thor.
Over the years, I am learning more and more how much Naruto actaully took inspiration from real life japanese lore, almost to the point where Naruto isn't even an original story, but a retelling of old japanese history. But hey, anything that can make history actually FUN to learn, is okay by me.