#i like tbat other possible meaning to obito's name#also irl there was the emperor shōmu. who's name before ascension was “obito”#with that exact kanji “首”
@obitoslover oooh amazing info! <3
Pixiv Recs. Obito's name
Have I already mentioned I love the Japanese fandom for all the wonderful comic strips and doujinshi? Oh, do I love it! They inspire me so much to create mine.
I haven't rec'd anything in a while because tumblr shadowbanned me for posting too many links last time xD But this one! Oh!
It's common knowledge in the fandom that the word KAKASHI means 'scarecrow', but what about OBITO? Ooooh, it has a meaning too ;)
But it's such a rare, outdated word that even (some) Japanese are shocked at the revelation--judging by the comments on Pixiv to this bittersweet and touching comic:
✏ "The name he threw away" by さあり.
Obito's parents discuss their soon-to-be-born son's name.
I was not surprised by the meaning only bc it had been the first thing I looked up in the dictionary when I'd learned about the development of this character after 12 years of being out of the fandom :D
Author's comment: "The man who spent most of his life under the aliases Tobi and Madara."
Translation:
Obito's Dad: Have you decided on a name?
Obito's Mom: Yes. I've searched books and thought about this a lot.
Dad: We're expecting a boy, so his name must be intimidating to his enemies and very powerful.
Mom: Powerful, yes. But I would like his name to be endowed with more than that… The name is very important. It is a gift given by parents to their child, the gift that stays with the child for life. If we disappear from his life someday, he will never forget our love because his name will still contain the intentions and thoughts we put into it.
(Book: Character Meanings)
Mom: Bringing people together and guiding them, leading the way for them… I want him to be such a leader.
Dad: Leader? You mean you want him to become Hokage?
Mom: He-he! He's your son after all. I wouldn't be surprised if he declares that one day!
Dad: Actually, I haven't given up on the idea myself yet!
Mom: My lovely child… Carry this name proudly, never forget it! And if you ever get lost on your way, reach out to it. In it is your essence.
(Book -- 首 SHU/kubi; kashira, osa; obito "a person who leads" (tousotsu suru mono)).
Mom: Obito.
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In the manga Obito's name is written with a syllabic alphabet, but the word may be written with a character too.
首 'obito' - a hereditary title (kabane) in Yamato-period Japan (250–710 CE). Obito means 'leader, commander', also something like 'the man in charge' (e.g. an obito could be the head of a 'bemin' family (a small clan subservient to a more noble clan in Yamato), or the man in charge of some duty, or a professional).
The word seems to have originated from the word combination "oo hito" (lit. 'big [authoritative] person'), but it was never written with these two charactes. In fact obito is one of the readings of the character 首 SHU/kashira/kubi 'head, neck', which hints to the meaning (just like in English the word head also means 'chief').
And the author of this comic saw great irony here. 'Leader' who renounced his own name along with the feelings his parents put into it 💔
I loved it.
year 3000. naruto is dead. zoruto, the son of poruto, who was the son of coruto, who was the son of goruto, who was the son of boruto, who was the son of naruto, now has an anime. ‘zoruto is gonna…be better than poruto’ kishimoto assures, at age 1026.
This timelapse is a bit messy but my goal was to record some of my rendering process to show the way I paint. It's not a tutorial but it might give an idea of how I push my pixels around.
The video starts after the rough sketch is already in place and then there's a BIG gap somewhere in the middle where I figure out all the trees and tentacles. I thought the face might be the most interesting bit to focus on anyway. The video is little over three minutes but the entire process probably took closer to six hours, not counting the looooong breaks.
There isn't a lot of color in this and I painted almost all of it with a gradient map adjustment layer on top of everything, colorpick set to "current and below". I start painting above that at the very end when working on the eye. Other tricks used in this is a tilt-shift blur filter to add some depth, a final color balance adjustment and a high pass layer for final sharpness.
We're thrilled to announce our prompts for this year's event, taken from your suggestions, thank you!
Day 1 ~ September 15th
Prompt A - Kakashi's Birthday
Prompt B - Free Day
Day 2 ~ September 16th
Prompt A - Habits
Prompt B - Negotiations
Day 3 ~ September 17th
Prompt A - Secrets
Prompt B - Stories
Day 4 ~ September 18th
Prompt A - Blessing | Curse
Prompt B - Hobbies
Day 5 ~ September 19th
Prompt A - Bearing Fruit
Prompt B - Any AU
Day 6 ~ September 20th
Prompt A - Dream | Nightmare
Prompt B - Seeking
Day 7 ~ September 21st
Prompt A - Stillness
Prompt B - Catastrophe
Day 8 ~ September 22nd
Prompt A - Sky | Sea
Prompt B - Flora | Fauna
We have two prompts per day for a total of sixteen! As always, feel free to create for as many or as few as you have time and inspiration for!
This year we have a number of prompts with dual or mirrored topics; creating for those feel free to use the paired combination/comparison or only one or the other (e.g. you could write about Kakashi suffering a curse, and not touch on 'blessing' - or only that having the curse removed is a blessing, or the curse is a blessing in disguise), as you like!
As per last year's consensus, we will be doing prompt discussion posts again! Please do let us know (via ask, message, or comment on this post, however you like) if there are any of these prompts you'd particularly like us to highlight with one, we likely won't get to them all!
As always, all newly-created Kakashi-centric works are welcome in our event, and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Part 1: Kakashi's first ObiGai nightmare
Part 2: The "past"
Part 3: Kakashi's second ObiGai nightmare
Part 4: ObiGai nightmare has seeped into reality! ⬆️
So, if you've been following me for a while, you might remember this unspecified naruto character that I have a feud going on with. While I was rewatching the Chunin exams arc 2022/23, I spotted this old fuck:
If you remember this time period of me posting, you might also know that I was quite pissed at him. He didn't do anything, but why is this minimum fourty year old fuck here??? That's not a shinobi, that's a distinguished gentleman. Get him out of the army. My man literally has his hitai-ate tied in a bow?? Hello??
But. It gets crazier.
you might think that this is a regular screenshot of mr.bow but NO! This is him still sitting in the exams room after the tenth question was asked. BOW MAN PASSED THE THEORETICAL CHUNIN EXAMS. That's crazy! This man probably was in the forest of death, IN THAT OUTFIT.
And if you thought that was all. Here's my new discovery-
HE'S CANON. HE EXISTS IN THE NARUTO MANGA THIS IS AN ACTUAL CHARACTER. NOT JUST SOME FUCKER MADE UP BY STUDIO PIERROT.