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watermelonsloth · 4 months ago

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One of the most interesting parts of Naruto that I haven’t seen talked about nearly enough is the concept of offering a hand to someone who has done you wrong and you have no reason to like.

Naruto hardly ever offers help to or has meaningful conversations with anyone who… for lack of a better term, isn’t an asshole. From condescending Neji to serial killer Gaara to fascist dictator Nagato, Naruto primarily redeems people he has no reason to respect, let alone like. Yet, save for maybe Haku and Nagato, Naruto is the first person to open a line of communication and offer sympathy where they don’t offer him any. This is all based on a core principle of the Naruto series:

Bad People Are Still People

They have reason behind why they think and act the way that they do, they have feelings and fears and interests, and they have both the capacity for good and to change. Naruto’s “talk-no-jutsu” is him appealing to an enemy’s humanity and inspiring them to do better in the same way he inspires his friends.

#I’m not sure if I want to get political right here and now #but I will say that BOTH SIDES should put a lot more effort into understanding and working with the other #Obviously this is more complicated topic that I can’t fully deconstruct here so I’ll just leave it at:#Civil rights lgbt rights and women’s rights are human rights that effect EVERYONE #and thus groups fighting for these rights shouldn’t be exclusionary to ANYONE #And change is brought through sincere uncomfortable long-form conversation #Not making memes about and “OWNING THE LIBS/BIGOTS”#Also we should acknowledge how purity culture has infested both sides of the political spectrum #Hell I could make a whole long post only talking about all the ways purity culture has negatively impacted the Naruto fandom alone #Point of all this was to say that most people could stand to digest the idea that even the worst of us are still human beings #and trying to understand a bad person doesn’t make you a bad person #Sorry for the more serious opinions in the tags #naruto #naruto shippuden #naruto classic #naruto uzumaki #rambling #my stooff #also I’m not saying that everyone he talk-no-jutsu’s is a bad person just that Naruto doesn’t have any reason to like them

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