That is a very good point. On the one hand, I'm glad that the mangaka doesn't tell us more, simply because I've been burned too many times by canon that doesn't compute in my head, but in Naruto's case, it seems like they air way to far on the side of not showing.
And you have a really good point about the focus on being a ninja - I think that's part of the world as a whole - who you are as a ninja, and how who you are forms you as a ninja are all the characterization needed. I mean, really, do we get THAT MUCH MORE information about other characters? Like, do we ever see Sakura's house or family? Or even her relaxing and not simply waiting for either Sasuke or Naruto to enter the scene? I'm not saying you're not right, because I think you are, I'm simply mentioning that not telling us what he should seems like a large part of the mangaka's weaknesses as a writer.
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Date: 2008-05-27 06:00 am (UTC)And you have a really good point about the focus on being a ninja - I think that's part of the world as a whole - who you are as a ninja, and how who you are forms you as a ninja are all the characterization needed. I mean, really, do we get THAT MUCH MORE information about other characters? Like, do we ever see Sakura's house or family? Or even her relaxing and not simply waiting for either Sasuke or Naruto to enter the scene? I'm not saying you're not right, because I think you are, I'm simply mentioning that not telling us what he should seems like a large part of the mangaka's weaknesses as a writer.