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[Seda]

You know, I actually kinda like that Jiraiya's spiel here is all about his failures and acknowledging them.

 

[Ray Down]

After J man death the series will now fall apart, can wait till we get the Itachi and Uchia flashabck.

Damnit, I looked away. Who was Pain after all?

I don't know its so complicated.

Third is a pretty cool dude.

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War arc makes the third Hokage such a loser

 

[Dr. Chaotix]

AGH! That voice is WAY more annoying out of left field like that. Jesus!

 

[redmetal86]

Uh, surely you mean "BELIEVE IT!".

 

[Schadenfreude]

Oh right, we have a protagonist. Haven't seen him in a while.

 

[zedreamcast]

Naruto has a nasty habit

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of killing off all the interesting characters.

Yeah including

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Everything that made Naruto a likable and interesting character.

 

[Raxus]

Naruto....now that I think about it.....I've made a huge mistake.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Your not considering that English words sound cool in Japanese

Apparently

Rock Lee
Might Guy
Yep

 

[B-Dubs]

You know, I actually kinda like that Jiraiya's spiel here is all about his failures and acknowledging them.

It sums up his character arc really well.

 

[UltraGunner]

RIP in Peace pervy sage

 

[Man God]

I get to gif all this stuff in the next month or so!

 

[foxuzamaki]

Jiraiya is basically my favorite character in naruto, I remember v
Crying my eyes out when I first saw this episode

 

[Mik317]

remember when Naruto was the underdog who pulled off crazy wins and had to work super hard for everything?

well fuck you

 

[Dr. Chaotix]

Jiraiya, you're too good for this show.

Please don't leave us with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

 

[ckohler]

Great animation.

That's tonight's theme.

 

[Ray Down]

What does Jiryaya message say in the end?

 

[zedreamcast]

ROWKETTO PANCHI

 

[cntr]

pre-timeskip Naruto and Jiraiya were always the best characters

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

The frog got away

Jiraiya is basically my favorite character in naruto, I remember v
Crying my eyes out when I first saw this episode

Awww

 

[BatDan]

RIP Jiraiya.
Kishi has a bad habit of underusing or killing great characters

 

[Man God]

What does Jiryaya message say in the end?

Do you hear the froggy song?

 

[GaimeGuy]

.... that's a shitty chapter title

 

[Grexeno]

Name the sequel Boruto

 

[the_sun_king]

This was the beginning of the end for me with the Naruto series when this happened in the manga. I didn't stick around for too long after this. Such a shame, as the series started off quite strongly with its very first chapter I thought. Way to kill off your best adult character, Kishimoto. He really was the Sirius to Naruto's Harry.

 

[redmetal86]

Naruto and the Shadow Cloneasaurus.

 

[zedreamcast]

.... that's a shitty chapter title

I think its a Japanese thing.

 

[Hellwarden]

Third is a pretty cool dude.

Yeah, third is okay.

Also, RIP Pervy Sage.

You were the best thing about Naruto.

 

[Ray Down]

Do you hear the froggy song?

Nah I thats not it, I think it says drink your ovaltine

 

[Schadenfreude]

I'm not crying, you're crying. Stupid.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

He was too cool to live

 

[Mik317]

that was a well done scene tho

 

[GaimeGuy]

RIP ;_;

 

[Crocodile]

RIP one of the best characters in the show

 

[Dr. Chaotix]

 

[Man God]

Does that make Tsunade the Ichinin?

 

[Ray Down]

Name the sequel Boruto

Name it after the guy that

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beats the shit out of my wife

 

[Moaradin]

This is still probably the most emotional moment in the entire series

 

[Regiruler]

I hope that encryption key is known by tsunade...

 

[BatDan]

Naruto and the Shadow Cloneasaurus.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me sir"

 

[Raxus]

As Jiraya drifts off we drift off into one final canon arc before going to filler IIRC.

 

[BBboy20]

Did they seriously killed him off like a red shirt just to make room for flashbacks?

Like, it's hard to feel emotion when you're annoyed on how his final fight played out.

 

[Tacorona72]

T_T

 

[UltraGunner]

Even on the cusp of death he's already thinking of franchises

 

[B-Dubs]

I hope that encryption key is known by tsunade...

About that...

 

[Zonic]

So what's this I'm hearing about no Thanksgiving marathon this year?

 

[Ray Down]

Jiryaya really is the coolest guy not that other guy.

 

[Seda]

It sums up his character arc really well.

In general, I feel like failure and mistakes are really interesting things. Most stories seem to ignore them completely, or fail to notice them in their own character writing.

Heck, one of the reasons I like FMA so much is that the main premise is basically "Hey, we fucked up, and now we're going to make amends as best we can"

This might be a little judgemental, but I also feel like a lot of audiences don't really 'get' mistakes in fiction. Like, a character has a lapse of judgement, or doesn't make the ideal decision, and suddenly the character is apparently garbage or trash because they aren't perfect.

 

[zedreamcast]

Next episode is probably one of my favorite episodes of Naruto, it legit makes me cry, i might be a bit more effected by it after hearing it in english which is what i watched the anime first in.

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the only problem i have with yhe next episode is that it wouldve been a perfect time to maybe develop naruto and hinatas relationship a bit more.

 

[MetatronM]

Now it's time for Tactics 15!