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EP. 28 Believe It B***h!! Naruto 1-5
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Hey Weebs!! We're doing it!! Nelson is being subjected to Naruto!! Join us for a week of calm peaceful discussions about some hot takes and hot topics as both Jon and Nelson make their opinions known! This episode went pretty much exactly as we were expecting it to and we hope you enjoy and make sure to catch us again next week on Nelson's journey into the Land of Fire!
Next week the boys will be continuing on with episodes 6-11 so make sure to check those out in order to Weeb-Along with us!!
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Transcript
Introduction to Weave Along Podcast
00:00:05
Speaker
Welcome to Weave Along. I'm Jon, and I'm forcing my friend Nelson, who doesn't like anime, to watch and discuss different anime. Thanks for tuning in. Let's get started.
Nelson's Reluctance with Anime
00:00:17
Speaker
Hello, everybody. Welcome to the bane of my fucking existence. This is actually we belong here with me always is John. Hi, that's me. Yup. And he did it. I did it. He got me starting Naruto.
00:00:37
Speaker
Yes. So we watched the first five episodes and I think I actually I think it only took me until about 10 minutes into the first episode to want to turn it off and be done with it. Listen, it's better than last time. Yeah. Yeah. Last time I wanted to turn it off about five, five minutes in.
00:00:59
Speaker
Hey, we're, you know, it's progress, I suppose, right? Like what Yuri said, you're getting the taste for it. Yes, but Yuri has devoted his entire life to doing this.
00:01:10
Speaker
And you have started up a podcast to doing where I have devoted my entire life. Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy your entire life since September. How about that? We're actually in August.
Podcast Structure and Future Plans
00:01:23
Speaker
But yeah, so we we we began Naruto and we welcome you guys on this journey with me.
00:01:30
Speaker
And I try to see if there's one spot on the table. I'll eventually put my head through it. It'll be good. Find the, you know, the most reinforced part to knock some sense into you to like some Naruto. And this is a hundred dollar table from China. I am amazed. It actually has my monitor standing. I don't have high hopes for it. That would be good. You know, it's going to be fine.
00:01:57
Speaker
She sounded like the Ninetales fox over there. Am I right, guys? That is nothing. Not at all what it sounds like. Like what? You heard me, bitch. Karuma? That was Karuma. Karuma is the actual name of the Ninetales.
00:02:12
Speaker
Oh, OK, cool. All right. Well, I guess, yeah, we're doing things a little differently. Yes. This time around, we're not going to give you the full episode breakdown because we watched a little more at a time because if we did our normal full episode breakdown, this would be a Naruto podcast. This would be the entirety of the show. Yeah.
00:02:31
Speaker
So right now we're breaking it down into a chunk. So we are watching in total the first 25 episodes. It'll be a total of five episodes of We Belong, including this one. But we will be getting through the beginning of the tuning exams with the first part of the exam being where we're going to end, cueing us up, going into the second part.
00:02:53
Speaker
I feel like that's enough to get us going with it a little intro and then it'll contrast some other things that we're going to be doing down the line as well. And then we'll come back to this and play nicely. This will be a little drop in in between some things.
00:03:09
Speaker
Yeah, we're essentially going to do some Naruto, do one or two shows and then a little bit more Naruto so we can keep progressing with it because it is a longer show while also tackling some other shows that aren't quite as long or you know, we actually want to watch.
00:03:25
Speaker
Yeah, you know, that aren't in total probably about like 750 episodes in between two shows. You heard it here. First, folks, our next our next show is going to be one piece. One piece. We are finding the grand line. We're just going to straight shot it and hope for the best. Yeah. Get that gum gum fruit ready. We're ready. God damn it. No idea what I'm saying to you. I have no clue.
00:03:52
Speaker
I only watched a tiny like a very like minuscule amount of One Piece, but what 70 episodes? Yeah, only like 120. No, no, probably only like 10. I've probably seen like five episodes of One Piece and I played a PlayStation two video game without having actually watched One Piece because my uncle who is sends a gift on my birthday every year. I'm not completely disconnected from my life because he lives over in Europe and
00:04:22
Speaker
Yeah, Air Force, all that good stuff. Oh, it'll do it. Yeah. Yeah. He sent me a game who is like, oh, this is Naruto, right? And it's a one piece video game. I'm like, yeah, you nailed it. Good job, Uncle Mike. You nailed it. A year ago, me, whenever anybody talked to me about anime, this is Naruto, right? Right. No, it's still be Naruto. If it's not Attack on Titan, it's Naruto. Mm hmm. Those are the two shows.
00:04:50
Speaker
Yeah, the one piece video game probably not the worst gift he got me. He did before I had an Xbox for Christmas. Send me two Xbox games and I was like, hmm, that's interesting. What were they, though? It was, I think they were both Star Wars. One of them was I think it was after Attack of the Clones would come out. It was two of the battle games. I want to say it was like Commandos and the one where you're in the the airship.
00:05:18
Speaker
and you're flying around on genesis star wars starfighter special edition no not that one that game was fucking great that was great that was with the new starfighter so. Yes that is right i guess let's start banging my head against the fucking desk and get into some naruto shall we let's bang away absolutely now hey now hey now this is what dreams are made of.
00:05:41
Speaker
Uwu? Uwu?
Did Naruto Expand Anime in America?
00:05:43
Speaker
Uwu? Yes, but a much more tamed Uwu. Alrighty, well, we'll get on into it just a little bit about Naruto itself. It was created by Masashi Kishimoto. He started making everything come out and it debuted in the U.S. back in 2005 on September 10th, but also came out a couple of years prior over in Japan, I believe.
00:06:09
Speaker
five years prior or something like that, like 1999. Oh, no, two years prior or three years. Yeah, three years. Yeah. From October of 2002 to February. Yeah. Came over here, started out on Cartoon Network, then it switched over for an hour to ship it in for the first, I think, hundred episodes or so over to Disney XD and then came back as it got a little bit more adult to to nominee and adults when back on Cartoon Network.
00:06:37
Speaker
Here's my question. Yes. Do you think that Naruto was the show that really brought a wider range of like American audience to anime? Because like Pokemon was a thing, but I don't think it was like weirdly. It feels really weird to say as big of a thing as Naruto is slash was.
00:07:00
Speaker
Um, I think that the thing that might have made Pokemon be a little bit bigger was the fact that they also had the games and the cards going along with it that really just took off like in and of itself as well. But Naruto is definitely like it's referred to as one of the big three for anime. And what I do, the big three that would be Dragon Ball, Bleach and Naruto. So Bleach is one of the big three. I'm pretty sure.
00:07:30
Speaker
Hold on one second. That's wild to me because I didn't think that that was like going to the now granted, I don't I don't know the characters on site, but I feel like going to cons and everything. I don't see nearly as much like bleach stuff as I do everything else. Yes, no. Fuck that up. Naruto bleach in one piece.
00:07:48
Speaker
Oh, yes, yes, yes. Nah, that's even more surprising. Mm hmm. Yes. OK. But yeah, it is animated by the studio hero who also is done like Tokyo Cool, Black Clover, Bleach as well. So shout out to them having to the big three, you know. Yeah, good on them. But yeah, I feel like unfortunately we should get into this fucking show. I think you mean fortunately. That's not what I mean at all. It's a good show. It's not.
00:08:18
Speaker
It's going to be great. I'm not having fun yet. So yes, you will. You will have fun yet, but I'm not now. Every other show had wrote me in by now. Sure. J.J.K., I think we got to episode eight or something like that and you had said, you know, I feel like if I weren't to watch for like a week or two, I probably just want to pick it back up. So I don't remember saying that. So it didn't happen. Yeah.
00:08:44
Speaker
Like, at least it's not like recorded or anything. Yeah, no, definitely. Definitely not. No, nowhere. Not on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, anywhere that you might listen. Yeah, no, never. It's not a evidence out there on the Internet. Crazy. Fucking nutty.
00:09:02
Speaker
All righty. Episode one.
Naruto and Iruka's Relationship
00:09:05
Speaker
Episode one, we'll kick it off. We get a kaiju fight with the nine tails and also a big ass fucking toad who you'll meet later on down the line. Then we get introduced to Naruto. We see a little bit of vandalism. We see him stealing some shit. We meet some other characters. And then we see a confrontation and Aruka being the best teacher ever. Yeah, that gears us up for the rest of the show. Yeah, that sums it up pretty well.
00:09:30
Speaker
Oh, thank you. Thank you. I try. Episode one of the beginning, you know, we get that kaiju fight going on. We get the Ninetales. We also get a boss toad going on. I know it's only teased. We will get into all of that stuff later on down the line. But does the premise of potentially eventually having a kaiju fight make you excited for something?
00:09:58
Speaker
No, because I know it's not gonna happen for like 200 episodes. So the excitement that I may have had...
00:10:06
Speaker
gone. It's going to happen though. You're going to see it happen. There's going to be other stuff that you're not going to want to take a break from in order to watch that be explored. So I'm going to want to watch every flashback about how how Sakura was in love with Sasuke for fucking 12 minutes and is standing on the sideline crying because he got punched
00:10:30
Speaker
Even though he's a ninja and that's what he's supposed to do. There is other stuff in the show, sir. I'm talking about the stuff that's going to pick up right where you dropped off. I I'm excited for a kaiju fight now.
00:10:49
Speaker
I am not holding out hope that I will see it anytime soon. And the excitement of seeing the nine tailed fox versus we're going to call him fucking Gary, the frog is that's all that's all going to be gone by the time I want it to happen. I will have forgotten about it. But you're going to love it that much better. Agree to disagree.
00:11:16
Speaker
It's OK. It's going to be great. No, it's not. But yes, it is. It's going to be great. Enjoy it. I will pretend you get to meet these characters down the line and you're going to be like, oh, my God. Wow. Wasn't expecting that. That's cool. Oh, they seem like a fun character. And you're going to each goddamn words from right now. Sir, I'm not hungry. No words will be certain. Get fucked.
00:11:38
Speaker
You're gonna like it and it's gonna be great down the line. But you need to be fucking patient. It's a very long line. But it's a line that has stuff pushing it forward. It's not like you're just watching stupid shit. Like there is cool stuff that's going to happen. I am watching stupid shit. I'm watching Naruto. It is not stupid shit.
00:12:01
Speaker
You are going to watch it and you're going to enjoy it because it is good. Sounds like SpongeBob telling Gary he's going to eat his food. You are God almighty.
00:12:13
Speaker
Alrighty. Anyway, moving on from the Taiju.
Character Dynamics in Naruto
00:12:18
Speaker
We also got a little tease of the fourth Hokage, which is cool. More on him again later in the future if you're not an impatient fuck. I am an impatient fuck. Yes, you are. Then we go to current day with Naruto vandalizing the Hokage wall, doing, you know, a little something something to try to stand out. You had this to say about the vandalism.
00:12:40
Speaker
Wait, so he essentially defaced Mount Rushmore? Yep. Oh, stick it to the fucking man. I enjoy. I enjoy sticking it to the man. However, you're already disliked. So why are you defacing the like statue of heroes to your fucking village? Like go do something else. Go go tip a cow. Go light up a fruit stand like don't.
00:13:05
Speaker
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Go light up a fruit stand? I don't know. I feel like it's it's. Yeah, don't vandalize something. You know what you should do? Fucking arson. Burn it to the ground. Look, I'm not talking about lighting up a grocery store. I'm talking about lighting up one singular fruit stand. It sends a message. The message that.
00:13:25
Speaker
Vandalizing doesn't- I'm a rebel, that's the message. Yeah, I think that there's a difference between painting something- Okay, okay, bad example. Bad example. More than you can wash away, the other one is probably somebody's livelihood that you're fucking with. Technically, you'll still wash it away. But- In another life, the fucking mycabbages guy is just screaming right now.
00:13:50
Speaker
Look, if he had been gone and he came back to it burning, I feel like it would have been less destructive to his mental health. Nah, he would see it and that immediately just, MY CABAGES! Oh, so what you're saying is it would be the same exact reaction? No.
00:14:05
Speaker
No, that's that's all he does. He yells by gappages. You have that type of reaction, but it has different consequences to it. There is a difference in between painting something and then being forced to scrub it down later. That doesn't hinder somebody else's livelihood and income and how they're going to make it in the world versus burning probably somebody's crops, impacting either the farmer
00:14:27
Speaker
Or also the merchant as well and fucking with their livelihood. There's a different we're not we're not here We're not here to argue the dynamics of the economy to this place, bitch That was supposed to be an in passing comment yeah, well you say stupid shit
00:14:49
Speaker
It's gonna get stupid. Look, look, look, look, look, look. Yeah? Oh, I'm sick. Tell me I'm wrong. What? Would you rather have somebody graffiti your apartment? Would you rather than burn it down to the fucking ground? Hmm? Which one would make you hate that person more? Burning it to the ground. Oh, weird. Anyway, I rest my case. Move forward. I digress. Ladies and gentlemen, the jury, I thank you for gathering here today for my closing argument.
00:15:19
Speaker
Might I present to you exhibit A, these nuts, now moving on. Exhibit B, get fucked my guy. I object to that. Moving on. Moving on. He's already hated. Why not do a smaller act of rebellion?
00:15:44
Speaker
like setting a trash can on fire. You gotta stop with the fire. Look, I went for the smaller, lighting a trash can on fire is an actual rebellious thing the kids do. Sir. Either way, smaller act of rebellion.
00:16:05
Speaker
Listeners, this is what I put up with daily. That's what you put up with for 15 years and what you put up with for many more.
00:16:20
Speaker
The left toaster bath, bitch. Alrighty. That sounds really refreshing right now. Yeah. That's why some people at work, I can't wait to go home, you know, rest my feet, drop that, put some Epsom salts in there, then just soak right in with that toaster. That's gonna be so good. But you leave it unplugged. You just like to clean your toaster. Yeah, that too. That's why I like the breadcrumbs in between my toes.
00:16:45
Speaker
Tookles my brain. That gave me a vibe to my my feet. We're not enjoying that. Yeah, it's like some fucking reverse, weird, fucking nutty ASMR shit. Somewhere even Tarantino is cringing.
00:17:02
Speaker
But yeah anyway back to Naruto moving on with it yeah he goes to school we see you ruka sensei we get to see him in the you know teacher environment we get a little tease of sakura sasuke shikamaru eno and also hinata we don't hear anything from sasuke cuz yuri lowenthal really phones it in until the third episode not your character and mine top tier character saying absolutely nothing.
00:17:30
Speaker
I wish Naruto would take notes. I wish Sakura would take notes. Were you clapping? Yeah. Okay. I was going to say that it sounded like something else entirely and I'm glad that you were clapping. Yeah. I was emphasizing my point. I thought that you just really excited about Sasuke not talking.
00:17:57
Speaker
Hey, man, you know what they say? Beat your meter, hit the street. Oh, God. Or burn it to the ground, apparently. Only fruit stands, trash cans. God damn it. But Eruka can continue talking. Eruka, he started off weak. Yes. He started off a literal who. Yeah. Well, he comes off as like by the book and everything. Yeah. But I mean, he
00:18:21
Speaker
He takes care of Naruto. He goes out and he buys him some ramen. Yeah. I mean, all he has to do is mention that he has no parents. And then the guilt trip for ramen ensues. They can bond. Naruto also has no parents, right? Yes. OK. That is also a part of the whole acting out thing, which makes them connect later because we find out that Aruka, when he was starved for attention because he didn't have anyone at home, he would act out because even negative attention was attention. This is true. And this is why.
00:18:50
Speaker
He and Naruto. All publicity is good publicity, I guess. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. No, but we got a nice little bonding moment. I like Aruka. Aruka is great. I'm excited for you to see, like, honestly, like he's there consistently throughout the show. Like they go back to him. He's sort of from this point forward. Episodes one and two, he is there. Episode three, he sort of gets replaced by Kakashi going forward. But Aruka comes back and he's always like that.
00:19:19
Speaker
check in back to like, oh, okay. So started and look at how far he's come. And so you get to see a hero's journey in the evolution of this main character. And I feel like Aruka is a really good plot device for that. And also he comes back and he does some fun stuff in ship it in that like tugs out the heartstrings a little bit. And I was like, Oh, awesome. Can't wait to wait 500 episodes for that. But like 600. You made it worse.
00:19:47
Speaker
I didn't think you would. I thought you would give me a lower number, but no, you made it worse. Listen, yes and motherfucker.
00:19:56
Speaker
But yeah, we see Sasuke, we see Iruko, we see Sakura, she cheers on Sasuke. Oh, you see me do that? I'm so cool. Yucky. We see Ino, who just has one line that's like a fucking dumbass Naruto. And then we also see Shikamaru as well. Shikamaru being one of my favorite characters, which, yeah.
00:20:19
Speaker
Yeah, we'll get there, I assume. So all these characters sort of go away for the bridge builder arc because it's the Kakashi team and it's just essentially those four characters. And then we come back and we start this big ol' exam that everyone is in. Oh, they add more people. They add more people. Man, I wish I'd known that. You get the exchange event.
00:20:40
Speaker
equivalent for Naruto. And so you get all these other characters coming in, you get to see more of them and learn about them. And you get to see all of their shit that they do. And they cool shit. This cool shit. Shugamaru, fucking thousand point IQ. Great guy. Like Toto. Like Toto. Although, I don't know, I think Rock Lee gives me more Toto vibes.
00:21:03
Speaker
I remember when I was when all the boys were talking about anime and everything, and I stated that I was not an anime fan. I was told specifically to go watch Rock Lee versus Gara and that that would bring me into the show. So naturally, I didn't watch it. Yeah, because you're a fuck.
00:21:26
Speaker
Yeah, that's what they tell me. So I have been told. No, Rock Lee is one of the goats. His fight versus Gara. Amazing. His fight versus another character, Kimi Maru, later on. Also fantastic, but for different reasons. And I'm excited for you to get to both of those. When is that? That one is still in Naruto, so it's not Shippuden. Oh, so Rock Lee, Gara's Shippuden. No, both of those are Naruto. Actually, Gara happens during the shooting exam arc.
00:21:54
Speaker
Oh, so I'll get to that eventually. Yeah, you'll actually get to that in the next chunk of episodes that will watch after we do some other shows and come back to it. Red. OK. Yeah, that actually I'll be honest, that actually kind of gives me something to look forward to. We're doing it. We're doing it.
00:22:15
Speaker
We are. I don't don't get ahead of yourself. Please do not get ahead of yourself. My favorite thing about raising my voice in this room is I have my guitar, my ukulele up on the wall. And every time I raise my voice, I like it reverbs. And sometimes I can hear the strings and like the echo for the ukulele. Yeah. Just call it a ukulele, like a normal person. It's called an ukulele if you're actually, you know, culturally, you know, savvy.
00:22:45
Speaker
in the navy i was about to say and i'll take your silence as i win uh no you could take my silence as a goddamn goddamn f-35 flying over my house yeah but uh in hawaii they call it an ukulele instead of a hawaiian no call it a ukulele like a normal person anyway moving on
00:23:09
Speaker
What is education and being fucking, you know, aware of surroundings? Crazy. Zero. Crazy. Yeah, I mean, luckily, my voice doesn't really have anything to bounce off of in here. All my guitars are in cases. Yeah, he really said guitar and not guitar. Oh, you see what I have to put up with every day?
00:23:37
Speaker
See what I have to deal with every single day. Every day. We love each other. It's great. Anyway, moving forward. Sexy Jutsu. Got that whole, you know, D-Gen naked Naruto. It's not even D-Gen. It's just creepy. He turns into a naked girl. How is that not D-Gen?
00:24:00
Speaker
Oh, it's okay. Okay. It's a different. It's not good. Degen. It is bad degeneracy. Why? Because you don't see the nipples? No. Why? I'll give a fuck about that. It's because that's a child. This is true. Like that. He's what, like 12? I think they are 12. Yeah. So what the fuck are you doing? He's acting out. He's setting fires.
00:24:25
Speaker
my head actually hit my desk oh my god no that is yeah that's that's like fires yep boom nailed it oh got him yep hey we we go from that to cleaning the hokage wall the whole orphan thing then we get the iruka ramen chat um after that he goes nacho goes home mizuku he's like
00:24:48
Speaker
Hey, you want to steal some shit, learn some things, want to become a ninja? Cool. Uh, cause he fails his exam, which is big sad for him. Cause he, he don't do the shadow clone too well. And then he steals a scroll cause music is like, Hey, you got to steal it, learn the jutsu. And then they can't.
00:25:05
Speaker
not make you a ninja, you have to be." And so then he goes into the forest and starts training. They send everyone out, go find him. Eruka finds him. They have a little conversation. Mizuki shows up. He goes, fuck you, die. And then he throws some shit. Eruka pushes Naruto out of the way and takes all the things. Naruto runs away after hearing that he's the nine-tailed fox spirit trapped or sealed inside of him and that Eruka probably hates him because it killed his mom and his dad. And that's sad.
00:25:34
Speaker
And so, Iruka should hate Naruto, just like everyone else does. And then, Iruka turns into Naruto, fucky-wuckies with Mizuki, pulls a little, you know, wool over their eyes, and, you know, and then fuckin' starts squaring up. And Naruto's like, hey, don't fuckin' touch my sensei. And then he Shadow Clone Jutsu's, and there's like a hundred of them, and then kicks the Shadow Mizuki. And then, boom, Naruto, ninja, nailing it. And that is the rest of season one. Or, season one, your god.
00:26:06
Speaker
I would love that. You want to talk about pacing? Imagine if all of this was stretched out over one season, this just its first episode. I'm amazed they didn't do it like that. Shut your hormone. No, fuck you. Fuck you. But yeah, what did you think of the whole Iruka Naruto thing at the end where he gives him the headband and then they have that little moment?
00:26:31
Speaker
Cute, nice, good. Enjoy. It was nice. Enjoy is not a word I'm going to use for a while, but if at all. But sure, it was it was nice. It was a good moment. The word enjoy later this fucking episode and I'm going to let you goddamn have it.
00:26:49
Speaker
later this episode, that's not going to happen. It's going to happen. You know, actually, it is my mission to make you say during the rest of this. And we're going to see what happens. You know what? You might actually you might actually get that moment.
00:27:06
Speaker
Yeah, no, I know. I hate to say and I'm going to, you know, pander to it just to make it happen. Don't you pander to me, you son of a bitch. God damn it. Oh, yeah, that's going to end episode one for us. We'll go on over to episode.
00:27:22
Speaker
2. It's establishing more characters because Konahumaru
00:27:41
Speaker
Just like Aruka is also going to be a plot device where it's checking back in with him. You see both him and Naruto progress. And again, you have those reflection times back to it. So that is why it is not a hundred percent filler this episode, but the portions of this are just filler. But you need it to sort of establish the relationship in between Naruto and Kono Hamaru.
00:28:04
Speaker
essentially gives him a Ruka, almost being an older brother, such like father figure to him in the last episode. And now Kona Hamaru being the younger brother that he can mentor. Gotcha. OK. Well, well, we have we have like Naruto going in to talk to the homie. I don't remember who the homie was. The hokage. Oh, so it was a hokage. Yeah, it was a hokage.
00:28:27
Speaker
For some reason, I thought it was the the guy who he sends out like after him later. Oh, I see. Sure. The the one who has like the bandana on his head and stuff like that. Yeah, him. Yeah. For some reason, I thought I was talking to him. OK. Yeah.
00:28:43
Speaker
It opens with him taking this picture for his ninja like photo ID card or whatever. And he takes this weird thing and then he shows it to the Hokage and the Hokage is like, fucking look normal, bitch. You look like a goddamn fool. And then during that is when Konohamaru enters and then Ebisu follows behind. Gotcha. Yeah. But I mean, right off the bat, I did not like that kid. Mm hmm.
00:29:05
Speaker
I still don't like that kid. Yeah, that kid has zero redeeming qualities and he's a little shit. He'll get there. He. Yeah, stuff happens down the line. Rad. Yeah.
00:29:16
Speaker
Because yeah, I couldn't couldn't get worse right now again. Everything is going to be down the line. You just have to watch further. All right. Yeah, I'll I'll watch more of the show. Ooh, weird. Good. Because if you don't, then we don't have a show. Crazy. That's true. You're not. I mean, we could, but we could just completely like pass Naruto and go straight into our next show.
00:29:40
Speaker
Which that one I'm actually excited for. So. And then the one after that you'll also be excited for as well. I am actually also excited for that one. And the one after that you're going to be even more excited for because it's going to be more Naruto. Yep. That's what I thought. But the one after that. Uh huh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Whichever one that is. Just a sneak peek for whoever who knows how fucking long that's going to be. Yeah.
00:30:05
Speaker
Catch us in 2025. No, probably August. You think it's July somewhere in there? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Because I think that going like five, six episodes at a time will be. Oh, that's true. He sees. But yeah, I do not like Code Amaru because I mean, him and Naruto go out and like do some hooligan shit. Mm hmm.
00:30:28
Speaker
But nothing's actually good hooligan shit. Like they are going and burning fruit stands for the most part. Like they're doing the not good stuff. They're stealing a nude bag and not even stealing. They're just perusing it in the store without buying it. And then that's stealing. That's theft of intellectual property. That is not burning it down. Stop using this. This is not.
00:30:54
Speaker
I'm going to make it work that you should be comparing stuff to. I'm going to make it work. Oh, God damn it. Fucking Kona Hamaru wants to learn the sexy jutsu. Yep, because he uses it on the Hokage and also Ebisu and both of them are like, whoa, and I have problems with this because of your old.
00:31:18
Speaker
He did it in front of a child. Yeah, but go ahead. No, go ahead. Please go. I am. I am patiently waiting. He did it in front of a child. Yes. So one Naruto also doesn't have a mom and dad to teach him right from wrong and all that. And nobody is taking an interest in his life, except for Ivaruka throughout his entire life. So he doesn't always know the best. That's all I'll say.
00:31:40
Speaker
Okay, I will accept that as a valid argument. Beautiful. It's still fucked up. It's still a little weird. I will admit. Yeah.
00:31:50
Speaker
And then going and looking at nudimags with the same kid. He's just a bad influence. Again, older brother being a bad influence on the younger brother of like, oh, hey, I'm just learning this stuff. Oh, this is stupid. I'm going to have my my younger brother do something stupid. I know that you're the younger, so you don't understand. But it's the thing. I don't know. They they go and they they just do shit that is unbecoming of the honorable grandson.
00:32:19
Speaker
Yes, and I don't know. I feel like if that actually happened, he would have come under a lot more fire for like exposing, you know, what would be the next potential next hokage to a life of degeneracy. Now, hokage isn't necessarily a bloodline thing. It is correct. It's the strongest.
00:32:40
Speaker
But being the the grandson to the whole cow guy. Yeah, he's, you know, if the strongest is the one that teaches you, then you have a better chance of becoming the next strongest. Correct. The rich get rich. Correct. So he would if I was to go to Vegas and put money on it, it would be Kona Hamaru. I mean, it won't be because the show is not called Kona Hamaru. But
00:33:17
Speaker
Mm. It just doesn't. This episode doesn't sit right with me. Heard. OK. I'll let you have it because it's, you know, it's again, a little bit of a filler episode and it's, you know, the weird bonding in between the two of them where it's like, wow, they're both knuckleheads, I think is really what it's just trying to establish and how they are of similar mindsets and like isms and stuff like that. But they come from vastly different upcomings.
00:33:37
Speaker
And I'm really glad it's not, because I would punt this kid into the sun, but I...
00:33:45
Speaker
Right. I don't even know. But the because I mean, when you and I did this a couple of years ago and we watched it together, if I'm not mistaken, we just bypassed this episode. We watched bits of this. We watched like the beginning and the end. We skipped out on all the shit in the middle. Yeah, we skipped the whole stealing playboys and learning the sexy juju thing because I knew that you would feel this way and I didn't want you to abandon the show too early.
00:34:15
Speaker
And yet here we are. And yet here we are. Doing a whole show about. Leave the point that you fucking just to go with the fruit stand. Oh, no, no. You watch this and then you saw the whole Ninetail Fox thing happening and then the fight with Haku on the bridge. And then as stuff was like hitting peak beginning Naruto, you were like, oh, no, I'm good. Yeah.
00:34:43
Speaker
I think that we also watched it late at night and you retired, but also I would have just picked it up the next day if I was still into it. It wasn't. And I'll be honest, we're probably going to have that again, except this time I have to pick it back up. It's going to be. Oh, wait, this is actually sort of cool. And that's that's what's going to happen. I prediction. That's my prediction.
00:35:04
Speaker
Yeah, you've seen the show. You don't get to make predictions. But my prediction is on you, bitch. I know Naruto and I know you. And you you really think that something's going to pull me in here? I believe so. Believe it. I believe. Yep. Believe it. Dr. Bayou motherfucker. And I believe that on the second one, after seeing Attack on Titan, after seeing Blue Lock, after seeing Spy Family, after watching King of Thorn, after watching Jesus Christ.
00:35:33
Speaker
All of this is going to give you a different look at Naruto. How am I just in a constant state of forgetting the King of Thorn exists? Hey, it's there. Never forget. Our first special. Oh, you know what we should have done? So there's a show called ZOM 100. It would have been really funny to start that and release it on like Easter for Zombie Jesus Day.
00:36:00
Speaker
You still could. We could. But that would be very close for editing and everything. And also, I also have not seen Zom 100. Its first season just wrapped. Oh, so it's a whole show, not a movie. Correct. Correct. Oh.
00:36:18
Speaker
And I know your affinity for zombies potentially down the line. Maybe bringing that into the show. Yeah, that I'll look into the show and just see if I can get like a simple premise off of it and we can discuss. Mm hmm. I know the voice actor cast, I think is pretty cool as well. Oh, nice. But anyway, back to Naruto. Unfortunately, yeah, getting back to Naruto. Hey.
00:36:40
Speaker
But my favorite thing that happens during the whole fucking around town is that whenever Konohamaru does something stupid, like transforming into a lady and doing a really bad transformation, or they're looking at the nude mags, no one ever punches Konohamaru, they only punch Naruto.
00:37:01
Speaker
Well, that's expected. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, not only are you going to punch the older one, you're also not going to punch the grandchild of the guy in charge. Mm hmm. But also, you know, Kona Hamaru probably should have been like, hey, don't punch my friend. Just like, well, but he's a shit. So he's not gonna. Correct.
00:37:20
Speaker
Look, as long as he's not the one getting punched, he doesn't care in the future. He's got to check his privilege. But here's here's the thing going off of that. Yep. They see a lady. Yep. And they transform into her. Mm hmm. In front of her. Yep. And a bunch of other people. Yes. What the fuck? She got the statement.
00:37:42
Speaker
I know, but I'm so mad that I'm trying to piece it together. So essentially, they deep fake this woman in the middle of the street in front of everybody. Correct. Like straight to jail, straight to jail. I mean, no, this is. OK, so a lot of people go to the Ninja Academy. And so this is a very common thing to turn into a naked woman in the middle of the street. He wasn't naked. He was clothed in that one. Was he?
00:38:11
Speaker
was OK, that's not as bad. I thought he was OK. Oh, OK. Yep. Boy, I was she was naked. Then, yes, I understand. Yes. OK, that's where the heat was coming from. Mm hmm. Doesn't make it of later on in the episode with Ebisu. Yes. Yeah, that is that is what I'm thinking of.
00:38:31
Speaker
Uh-huh.
Understanding Chakra in Naruto
00:38:32
Speaker
Still not great. Still not great. But slightly better. Okay, cool. Uh-huh. Other important thing to mention about this bit of the episode as well and why it's not 100% filler is that Chakra gets mentioned for the first time. Chakra is essentially the life energy that lets ninjas perform jutsu's and different techniques and stuff like that. And you can, you know,
00:38:55
Speaker
Channel it using hand signs and that is how like the transformation how shadow clone stuff like that all goes on And so that gets you know snuck into here as well. Yeah, they they really just like tossed it in and then moved on Yep, cuz I got another stuff to do, you know
00:39:11
Speaker
Yeah, people to impersonate. Yeah. And that's episode three. I have thoughts on that. Yeah, they I don't even know. Yeah. We'll get to, you know, a little bit later when Ebisu runs into them as well. Finally catches up with Kona Hamaru Naruto after they've just shared a little bit of a moment together. How Kona Hamaru is like, I'm going to make it there. I just like I got to figure out the fastest way. And then I was like, there's no easy way to become Hokage.
00:39:39
Speaker
Like you get there through hard work and determination and being the strongest. And his whole through line for wanting to be Hokage is that way people don't look down on him and then everyone has to recognize that he's a human being.
00:39:50
Speaker
I understand that he's the embodiment of the thing that destroyed the entire village and killed a lot of people. Well, he's not just an embodiment of it. It's literally like sealed inside of him. Right. So people neglecting him and doing all that seems to me like it's more likely to bring it out.
00:40:09
Speaker
Yes, there is, you'll see it later on in Shippuden and we'll get a little bit more in depth with it, but there is very much how, I know that you don't like Harry Potter, but I'm going to reference it because it's just like a generality. I understand it. I don't like it, but I understand it. Okay.
00:40:24
Speaker
You know how they're like, Harry is the chosen one. Make sure he's taken care of. And then he proceeds to leave him with his aunt and uncle and then puts him through like deadly shit every single fucking year. He's at Hogwarts. Yeah. And like even offers him up as bait at one point and Snape calls out Dumbledore is like, the fuck are you doing? You're putting his life in danger. How dare you? Sort of same thing with the third hokage and Naruto.
00:40:48
Speaker
where there's some stuff that happens and he should be taking care of them and he doesn't. And later on down their line, you're like, wow, that's fucked up. But it sort of has that same exact thing. And you saying that all right now, yes, 100 percent. Yeah, because it just it doesn't it doesn't make sense to me. But I guess that's the premise of the show. Let's poke the bear. Yeah. No, we're going to slap the bear in the fucking face. We're not even poking it at this point. But yeah.
00:41:16
Speaker
So we get Ebisu, you know, yelling at Naruto, saying that he's like nothing in trash and fucking awful and how Kona Hamaru shouldn't waste his time with him. And then Kona Hamaru tries to sex his YouTube, does not work on Ebisu. He's like, I'm too strong for that. And then Naruto's like, I got this. And then Shadow Clones up. And then Ebisu's like, oh, you want to fight? It was fucking tussle, bitch. I'll fucking put you down to the fucking ground. And then he proceeds to use all of his Shadow Clones to then transform into
00:41:45
Speaker
Call it the sexy harem jutsu a whole bunch of naked girls. Ah Listen I remember being in either I want to say was fifth grade when my buddy was bringing Naruto to light in the manga to school and that's why I really like actually started watching the show outside of it as well and
00:42:07
Speaker
But I started reading the manga and then I got to that page and I was like, I don't know if I should be looking at this, but OK. Yeah. I would like to point out real quick that my what the fuck at the sexy harem jutsu was so distraught that my wife just came in and checked on me to make sure I was OK. She's like, hold up.
00:42:33
Speaker
She literally opens the doors like, are you good? And I'm like, yeah, I'm unfortunately, I'm good. Apparently and very clearly this show is giving me mental anguish. It's great. That's why I'm putting you through it. Content. Yay, content. I think I would like to be done with episode two now. OK, well, then let's move on to episode three.
00:42:59
Speaker
In this, we get a little day in the life of Naruto where he, you know, wakes up and everything. And, uh, we get some shit. Uh, we see some kahamaru again for brief second. We get introduced to the whole little squad that's going on. And we see Naruto be jealous of Sasuke and Sakura being sort of like love triangle-esque, but Sasuke not giving a shit about anyone. And Naruto takes a shit. And yeah. Oh, I forgot about that.
00:43:26
Speaker
Yep, he actually shit. Yep. Forest Gump ain't got nothing on this shit happens. We see Naruto wake up in the morning. You see him go without his routine, getting himself ready because nobody said to take care of him as he's on his way. Kona Hamaru like is creeping up behind him and just very, very poorly hidden away. Really bad at hide and seek. Like
00:43:48
Speaker
like would not would not play with going on way too easy. No, no. Like actually, I think I would. I think I would play it with him so that I could find him very quickly. And then he would be like, OK, it's your turn. And I'd be like, cool. Count to count to 60. And then I would just leave. Just just leave him.
00:44:07
Speaker
Just be gone. I would go to something else. Fuck that kid. Every five of my being, I hate that child. Heard. We'll see what happens in the future. Anyway, that happens. And we also see Sakura and Eno. They both come out of their houses around the same time and they walk slash race each other to the Ninja Academy. We get to see a little bit of the dynamic between Sakura and Eno. And they do not like each other. Thoughts on that? Do they actually not like each other?
00:44:37
Speaker
Or is it more of just like a rivalry thing? A rivalry thing, but also bleeds over a little bit. OK, so but for the most part, they're not actually on bad terms. Oh, no, they are on bad terms. Oh.
00:44:50
Speaker
Yeah, they both hate each other with a passion because both of their lives, they're very boy crazy and both of them like Sasuke. And so it's like everybody likes Sasuke. Yeah. And so they're like, fuck you. I'm going to get him. No, no, no. Fuck you. I'm going to get him. And then they just it's when you like have that rivalry that could have been salvaged and then you just go too far with insults one or two times. And then it's like, oh, you're you're you're striking too deep and too many of those things have happened.
00:45:18
Speaker
God, so that, yeah, bleeds over into that. So that wasn't entirely clear to me that it was like a show. I'm giving you a little inkling into that. So that way, you know. OK, yeah, it makes sense. You're welcome. Thank you. Giving you small, teeny, tiny spoiler things just to flesh it out a little bit for you. So you're like, oh, no, I don't know. Oh, thank you. But it'll get explained in the show. You'll see it happen. And you'll be like, oh, here we are. Gotcha.
00:45:47
Speaker
Yeah, fun little thing, though, about the voice actor. So Kate Higgins voices Sakura. And then we also have Colleen O'Shaughnessy as, you know, Yamanaka. Wait, the Colleen O'Shaughnessy? Yeah. Oh, O'Shaughnessy. O'Shag Hennathy. O'Shaughnessy. I think this bit is done.
00:46:07
Speaker
The fun fact about those voice actors won their rivals in the show and everything, but also they both have voice tales from Sonic, which I just think is fun and cute. Yeah, which that's just cute. Also, you know, has actually voiced another character in the show that you have actually met in the show. Yep. Colleen O'Shaughnessy also voices Kona Hamaru. No fucking way. Yep.
00:46:33
Speaker
I'm not even gonna make a guess, Hor, cause I'm like, you only have like five characters, but yeah. I would've gotten it. Yeah. This one felt easier, so I didn't want to give you the gratification. Fuck you.
00:46:43
Speaker
But yeah, we see that. We go into the area, we get even more characters. Shikamaru's like, Naruto, the fuck are you doing here? You have to pass him to be here. He's like, no, I did it, believe it, crazy. And so then we get that, we get Sakura and Inou being like, hmm, Sasuke, I'm gonna get him, I'm gonna get him, no. And then Naruto, like, staring daggers at him, person in front of him, leans back, stretches up, accidentally knocks Naruto, moving him forward into a kiss, a tender kiss.
00:47:12
Speaker
I got it right. I got it. Nice. And then me, you know, get a little bit of his backstory where, you know, he's like the last of the Uchiha is he, though? Um.
00:47:26
Speaker
He's not. I mean, pretty much. No, he's not. There's going to be somebody else. His whole clan got murdered. There's going to be somebody else. There's always somebody else. I mean, he's like, I'm going to kill someone, my older brother. So his older brother is alive. Oh, look at that. He wasn't the last in his clan. I can't say more because you don't know yet because you're on cultured swine. And we'll get there. We'll get there.
00:47:54
Speaker
Anyway, the squads get revealed. On one, we have Kiba, we have Shino, we have Hinata. Then we also have on another one, we have Joji, we have Shikamaru, and we have Ino. And then on the other one, we have Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
00:48:09
Speaker
Those are the essentially the rookie nine that are the core group for all of his colleagues and everything going through. We also get another squad that'll join later on that you'll meet at the end of our current chunk of episodes as well. Gotcha. Oh, yeah. More people to forget their names.
00:48:29
Speaker
More people. Nah, it's actually Rockley and his squad. So. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Rockley and Benjamin and Sarah. Or does everybody have. That's it. No, you know. Nice. Crazy. Fucking let's go. Oh, yeah. We got that. We have a little moment where Naruto has his little thing that break for lunch. Naruto
00:48:53
Speaker
was like, I'm gonna get close to Sakura. So I'm gonna take out Sasuke, disguise myself as him, go talk to her and flirt with her. And so he does, he gets to jump on her, on him. And then he has a little moment with Sakura where there's a weird rom-com thing and everything's going exactly how she planned, but it's with Naruto and she doesn't know it yet. And then as her about to kiss, then he's like, I'll be right back. And then he goes and shakes his pants. That was such a creepy. It's a weird catfish. Everything. Yeah. Like identity theft.
00:49:29
Speaker
I don't even know what term to use for it because it's just so it's so wrong identity theft and catfishing very much. Yeah. But also like if he had kissed her, that would have opened up a whole other can of worms. Yeah. And like the fact that he even took it that far is just disturbing. Yes. So instead, he should. Instead, he shoots his pants.
00:49:48
Speaker
To the extreme. Yes. I mean, that's...
00:49:56
Speaker
We had to lighten up the mood because we were going to have a weird not cool moment. Yeah, we've already got the kiss for the episode. But anyway, we have that, Naruto shoots his pants, Sasuke breaks out, and then he goes and makes his way, and then Naruto goes to run back to Sakura, runs into Sasuke, and is like,
00:50:13
Speaker
Oh shit, you broke out. Oh no. Uh, and then they're about to fight and then he's like, Oh wait, no, I gotta go shoot my pants again. And then Sasuke starts walking. He sees Sakura and Sakura is like, Oh, you're back. Awesome. And then they sort of have a little exchange. Sasuke being the last of the Uchiha and all that minus his brother. Allegedly. She has this whole thing about how she doesn't like.
00:50:37
Speaker
Naruto and she goes on a little thing like, well, I mean, you can't blame him or I mean, like, of course he'd be awful because he doesn't have anyone to raise him. He doesn't have his parents that teach him right or wrong. So of course he's stupid and awful, but you're nothing like that. You're amazing. But no one should ever pay any mind to him and just just being a complete bitch about it. She's really kind of a kind. But also, I'm like, don't you realize that his entire family, minus his brother, everyone is dead. Also, essentially orphaned, right?
00:51:05
Speaker
Like. Read the wrong one. That is not the correct way to win him over. Yeah, read the room. You're just being a bitch and you're making yourself look stupid. And well, to be fair, she does that fairly often and does a really good job of it. Yeah, I have as my note just shits on being an orphan.
00:51:23
Speaker
There's a lot of shit going on this episode. She's so fucking useless. She gets better eventually. Couldn't get worse. Very Konohamaru. You could not get worse. I'll be honest, a lot of the first season or a lot of the Naruto itself, it's her having like that. God damn it. I very much how Nobara was like, I'm running behind Fushiguro and also Itadoria. I need to be up with them.
00:51:51
Speaker
And so that's why she goes into Shibuya. Sakura has a little bit of that, but she starts her training at the end of Naruto, and then we see her coming back. There's a time jump between Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, and she makes more of a jump to be useful in between that time. So we get a little bit of character development, and then we see her making that conscious decision, but we do not see a lot of Sakura doing cool shit.
00:52:16
Speaker
at all. So we get we get character development way the hell later and she only becomes useful in a completely different show. Got it. Cool. Correct. Other than that, she's just motivation for Naruto to try to be better. I put my head through a window. Listen, that's why the show's not called Sakura. It's called Naruto.
00:52:37
Speaker
That's like, that's a good argument. That's valid. That's valid. Cool. And I think that does it for episode three. There's not really much else to discuss. That'll bring us to episode four and five.
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00:53:55
Speaker
So that is going to bring us to episodes four and five, which I'm kind of just going to lump together because they're
Kakashi's Training Challenges
00:54:02
Speaker
the exact same thing. Yeah, it's essentially just one longer episode. Yeah, together. It's the whole survival training arc. Right. So, yeah, and in these two, we get our survival training with Kakashi, where he's like, I have
00:54:17
Speaker
some fucking bells. All you got to do is get them off of me. And then we also have kind of a not like a subplot, but a little bit with what's his nuts? The first sensei guy, Aruka, being like, what? No one's ever passed. Naruto's fucked. And then the, you know, of course, the culmination of the survival training. Yes. So I guess. Yeah. Starting off, we're going to talk with the fucking. I guess the.
00:54:46
Speaker
Yeah, the introduction to Kakashi. Mm hmm. Which I mean, he is Gojo, but not as cool. So far, so far, so far. I'll give it to you. Yes. I know he's got his fucking eye thing eventually. It was I'm going to say a word and you're going to make fun of me because I'm going to be wrong. No, I'm right. I know. Shikagami. Oh, I mean, you got you got the beginning. Shikagami is different. A sharding gun.
00:55:16
Speaker
That's the one but i'll give you props for shikigami. That's going to be uh fushiguro's summons and everything from jjk You know, it's a different from a shinigami, which is an angel of death from death note. Okay
00:55:31
Speaker
Can we just stop giving everything very similar names? I'm begging you. I am BEGGING just once have something called a completely weird fucking thing like a Blarfengar or something. Just...
00:55:47
Speaker
a Blarfingar. So, OK. So, yeah, Blarfingar. There was when Betty White hosted SNL, there was a sketch about like somebody doing a census and she did not want to be part of it. So she said her name was Blarfingar Blarfingar. And that has stuck with me for the entirety of my life. Just lives rent free in your head. Oh, it's Betty White. How can it not? Exactly. At least she's living somewhere. But I'm glad we had the same job. We both went there. OK.
00:56:18
Speaker
And now we don't have to edit out the other one being like, dude, really? Yep. Now we both have that bad humor. But yeah, then everything just blends together in all of this for me. But so it's a shard gun, a sharding gun. I'm not going to say it like that because I'm going to butcher it, but.
00:56:42
Speaker
S-H-A-R-I-N-G-A-N. Yeah, Shar and Gun. OK, cool. Yeah, I think that's how you spell it. That was just off the top of my head. Hey, it sounds right to me. Yeah, I know he gets that and I know he gets cooler, but for right now, a lightning blade. Oh, sorry. But for right now, he is first, you know, three episodes, four episodes of season two. J.J.K. Gojo for me. Yes. Where he just sort of there seems like an arrogant shit.
00:57:07
Speaker
But also, that's why he's my favorite so far. Oh, yeah. Because he's the only tolerable one by. Well, no, sasuke is kind of tolerable. Sorry, Sasuke. There we are. Is kind of tolerable, but that's only because he doesn't say a lot.
00:57:27
Speaker
yet. Does he talk more? I mean, when we, you know, spend time with this character, he's going to talk more. We haven't had much Sasuke time shows. We've had enough Sasuke time at Sasuke. Look, Yuri Lowenthal. Very nice man. Very nice to talk to.
00:57:43
Speaker
Uh-huh. Very talented guy. I don't need to hear him talk more in this. Yes, you do. But getting into it. Getting into it. Not Gojo is like, hey, bro, if you guys can take these bells, you win. I only have two bells because whoever doesn't get one is going to be tied to a post and has to watch the other two eat their lunch, which starving children is a wild. Yeah. It's like if if none of you get the bells, you all get tied to the post and you get to watch a meat eat.
00:58:12
Speaker
What is this trading tactic? Isn't the tactic that if they don't get the bells and that person goes back to the academy or they also get? Yeah, they they also get kicked out, I think it's not. Yeah, they get kicked out. It's not. It's not eating lunch. It's like they get kicked out of being a ninja. Oh, that's what it is. Yep. And they're not allowed to eat until after. So I was half right. Uh huh. You're you're sort of there. Oh, yeah.
00:58:39
Speaker
Those are the stakes. So I guess the much like cows eating weed, the stakes are very high. Nobody's ever passed. So why are they keeping him around as a teacher? That's there's a reason for it. You'll get there. OK, because I guess they're just weeding out the herd. You got to give it time. There's a reason people haven't passed in the in everything because they all died. Yeah. But you'll find out later.
00:59:06
Speaker
when we get to it. Yay. Patience. You have to be OK with not being spoon fed everything in your life. Look, if the spoon is shaped like an airplane, I'm happier. Yeah.
00:59:21
Speaker
Hey, all I have to do is open my window for five minutes and I will hear the plane. I've given you some tidbits here and there. That is your. That's my spoon. Yep. That's your spoon. Nice. As long as I still get to be the little one. And yeah, I was going to say it'll be a little spoon for like that little little bit for you.
00:59:41
Speaker
Which which is nice because I'm too tall to be the. I just got a jet pack. This was definitely the best of what we watched, because I guess it was the most action packed. I will still not say I enjoyed it, but it was a more easy watch than the rest of it. Yeah. We're that you'd be interested when stuff is like actually happening. Crazy. Yeah. Who would have thunk it?
01:00:07
Speaker
Who would have fucking thunk by? Yeah, if only there'd be like more content of this, you know, going forward and like that gives you a whole rest of the show. If only that would be helpful. But unfortunately, there's nothing enjoyable. You shut your whole mouth. We literally get a fight in the next episode. Sir, you're heated. Yes.
01:00:29
Speaker
You need to calm down. Sir, you're stupid. No, no, no. You need to calm down. There doesn't need to be this kind of hostility. You're defending dog shit. Just calm down. Sir, again, I cannot wait until you're like, wow, there's going to be any enjoyment. There's not going to be a moment in this world. No, no, no, no, no. I am excited for that.
01:00:53
Speaker
Ayo. Ayo wait. Oh, that you do whenever you're excited. I'm excited for that moment to happen. And when it happens, you can bet your fucking ass. It's going to be clipped and it's going to be played through this goddamn fucking Spotify fucking Apple podcast goddamn we belong show. And I'm going to be like, hmm, weird, bitch. No, because it's not going to happen. There is a conceivable moment that I can possibly think of in this entire fucking show where I'm going, oh,
01:01:23
Speaker
There's not going to be any of that. Yeah, because you've seen this entire show. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You've seen this entire show, right? And so, you know, one of these characters are bringing me any kind of enjoyment whatsoever. I hate all of them. I know all the gross characters. I don't give a fuck. We're not there. We're not going to be there, sir. Stop it.
01:01:53
Speaker
Listen, it's a frustration, a frustration of this. So are you saying that no show ever is allowed to have a fucking hero's journey with any person starting off not exactly likable and then transitioning into somebody that you like? Have you not seen this? It doesn't take me hundreds of episodes. It's not going to. It's just going to take you more than fucking 15 that you watch, bitch.
01:02:21
Speaker
I watched 18. Exactly. It's literally going to take you into this next chunk of well, or also maybe paying attention to the stuff that you have watched before and actually giving it a shot this time for you to be like, oh wait, this is sort of cool. This is sort of interesting what's happening. Wow, I was mistaken.
01:02:41
Speaker
I will be long gone before I admit that I was mistaken about this show. No, you'll be three fucking episodes from now in this goddamn show talking about it.
01:02:52
Speaker
Fuck you. Fuck you, I'm right. Again, the vein popping part of the logo. Here we are. Both of us. Yep. I'm lightheaded from anger. I gotta take a second. Holy fuck.
01:03:17
Speaker
But anyway, Kakashi is like, yeah, you can even attempt to use like lethal force, which bold. I mean, I know you're cool, but like bold. Yeah, I mean, it'd be like, you know, the same thing with like Gojo, like, oh, yeah, come at me. But he has his infinity like he he is that good. So Kakashi has his version of the infinity. No.
01:03:38
Speaker
He was just so to speak, he's just that good. He's just that good. OK. He gets injured and shit, but he is that good. Well, I know he kind of necessarily say he gets a womp in the Zabuza fight, but he takes some hits, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. OK. The executioner's blade, man. It's cool. I'm excited for you to fucking see it again and actually, goddamn recognize it.
01:04:02
Speaker
Fucking idiot. The worst part is he's gonna pop up with that thing and I know I'm gonna be like, oh yeah, that's right. Yeah. No, one of our friends is literally 3D printing a Funko Pop for Zabuza. And he's like, yeah, I'm starting to do a custom pop. And he was like, I'll give you a hint. I'll give you the accessory. And so he has, he already 3D printed the sword. And then he sent that to me. I was like, oh, you're doing Zabuza. Cool. Like that is how recognizable
01:04:30
Speaker
That's what it is to that character. I mean, I believe you. I do. I honestly believe you. Good. However, however, I don't remember it. God damn it.
01:04:43
Speaker
Like I am literally like seconds away from just googling a picture of Zabuza. And this is why I think that rewatching it, you are going to have more of an appreciation for it. I think that you're going to enjoy it more with that, just like how this whole survival test that you're like, I'm not fully enjoying it, but it was entertaining at least a little bit to watch.
01:05:03
Speaker
Yeah. With seeing all that other stuff and seeing because Zabuza is fucking, he's
Zabuza's Anticipated Arrival
01:05:09
Speaker
cool. And the whole thing between him and Haku and how it goes is a really nice arc that goes on. And I'm excited for you to experience that again after seeing more anime to then see the other stuff that goes into it and just appreciate it. We will have to see how it goes.
01:05:26
Speaker
I think that you're going to still be a little bit of a little bitch about it, but I think that you are going to have a little bit more of an appreciation than the last time you watched it. Because also, again, doing it for a show, you're going to be paying a little bit more attention to it instead of probably scrolling on your phone. Yeah, it's fair. Yep.
01:05:41
Speaker
Not saying I was scrolling on my phone while we watched it the first time, but I was definitely scrolling on my phone while we were watching it the first time. Yeah. Yeah. It's accurate. Anyway, we should probably get into the actual survival test itself. Probably. Instead of just yelling at each other. I don't know. That's more entertaining to me than actually discussing the show.
01:06:05
Speaker
They're taking steps right now. Let them grow and let them cook. Let him fail because that's what happens throughout this test is they constantly fail. And he says go. Everyone goes and hides. Fucking. You're forgetting the part where he straight up goes to Merck Naruto right off the bat. As he's counting down, Naruto pulls out a kunai and then runs
01:06:30
Speaker
goes to run it kakashi and before you can even take a step kakashi appears behind him grabs his arm twists it around to behind his head and puts his own kunai to the back of his neck because he's just that cool exactly and they're like wow this guy's fucking fast
01:06:47
Speaker
And there's our let's try it again three two one go and then they go and hide and they go so fucking not for she girl goes and hides in a tree useless not no barra goes and hides in a bush and we don't know what happens to Naruto immediately.
01:07:03
Speaker
Yeah, he, you know, goes away and comes back immediately. Yeah. He does like the fucking the pacer exam and runs away and then runs back. The fitness grand pacer test is a multi-stage. But no, I they just stared at him for so long by soccer.
01:07:23
Speaker
and
01:07:42
Speaker
Go out of your way to do nothing. So in the academy, they go through like shuriken training. They go through like very, very, very, very basic shit, but they do not actually go over like, you know, fighting someone also. So there's different stages of being a ninja.
01:07:58
Speaker
There's in the academy that you graduate, you become a guinea and then you pass the exam and you become a tuning and then you go from tuning to Jonin and then from Jonin, you become like Hokage. The Jonin is like the highest that you can be. The Jonin is what Kakashi is. So you have these people who are fresh out of the academy going up against one of the strongest people in the entire fucking village.
01:08:20
Speaker
I want to know what the other tests were like that he failed everyone else on or no, no, no. The other tests that like, you know, and oh, they probably didn't even go through one. This is literally just Kakashi's thing that he does. Oh.
01:08:33
Speaker
Yeah. And there's a reason for it that we'll see you later on. That will get to. Yes. And it's OK. It is so good when we review revisit it in the future. It is so good. Well, that is something to look forward to, I suppose. Yes. 100 percent. But as for this test, I mean, Kakashi just like pulls out a fucking book and it's like, OK, cool. Whatever you guys want to do. Fucking go for it.
01:09:00
Speaker
Naruto squares up and he goes, hold on one second. They reach into the backpack and they're like, oh, he's going for a weapon. And then he pulls out the fucking make out paradise three. My man's there reading smut.
Kakashi's Quirky Personality Traits
01:09:10
Speaker
Yep. Kakashi reads the smut. Well, he's known for there's Funko pops with him just holding that book. Are you really? Yeah, there are. So he's kind of a DGN. Uh huh.
01:09:20
Speaker
You know what? I respect it. Yeah, it does make you like him a little bit more. Hey, weird as you like know more information about these characters, you grow to like them a little bit more. Who would have thunk it? We already have established that I like Kakashi. Uh huh. But now you liked him a little bit more or finding out that little nugget. So imagine what's going to happen when you find out all the other shit for all the other characters and you grow to like them a little bit more crazy.
01:09:44
Speaker
I don't see it happening. This is how show logic works. You introduce a character, you introduce them to their isms and also their backstory and also give them fun things to do. And then you grow to like that character over time. This is the formula. This is the format. This is how it works all the time. Sure. Bye.
Training Mishaps and Teamwork Lessons
01:10:04
Speaker
The I enjoyed not really enjoyed. I respected Sasuke attempting all his shit from the tree. Yeah. Chucking all the shit. Yeah. Chucking all the shit. I was like, I was like, Hey, you're you're actually trying. That's really cool.
01:10:23
Speaker
Uh huh. Hey, Sakura, are you taking notes over there? No. OK. But yeah, I mean, Kakashi just being like, what if I just said fuck no? Right. Your shit didn't work. Right. Naruto coming up out of the water with all his shadow clones, all his shadow clones. I was like, good on you. You're also at least trying. Yeah. Almost lands a hit. Yeah. I went wide for a moment on Kakashi when he was like, oh, shit, I didn't think I was actually going to get touched.
01:10:52
Speaker
He doesn't play. No, he is. The thing is Naruto fucked up. So he went to go restraint Akashi so he could punch him. But he should have done is had one of them while restraining. Grab one of the bell. Yeah.
01:11:07
Speaker
He got too caught up in like, I gotta make a name for myself and I gotta do this instead of like actually going for the objective. Right. He's like a person playing, you know, domination in a video game and he's just going for kills instead of capping the objective. Isn't that what we did? Yep. Like, wait a minute. I'm trying to make it more relatable for you, dammit.
01:11:31
Speaker
uh yeah okay all right so you're welcome yeah i appreciate that yeah but one of my favorite moments happens so jeff's after that he uh goes uh does a substitution jutsu where naruto essentially punches a himself uh because he substitutes out with one of the clones and then he comes back over and he releases a jutsu and he's like ah where the fuck is he i think kakashi shows up behind him is like never drop your guard
01:11:57
Speaker
and then you see him make this hand sign, and he was holding the book, and he puts his fingers out and everything, and then he goes, the hidden leaf, secret jutsu, or forbidden jutsu, a thousand years of pain, and then he, or a thousand years of death, I think it is, yep, and he proceeds to jam it up Naruto's ass and sends him flying to which you had his reaction. That is, that is assault. Which, correct.
01:12:28
Speaker
yeah he he just assaulted a child uh-huh in a in a very not good manner but it was funny and i mean that's it it's a show it's a show god damn it that's true you were watching this when you were what 11
01:12:44
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, about that. Yeah, so I guess when you are 11, your brain doesn't fully comprehend the that might be kind of fucked up. Yes. Yeah, that was I mean, even Sasuke and Sakura thought he was just going to die.
01:13:02
Speaker
Uh-huh. And did they step in? Nope. Nope. So let that bitch die. Yeah, not even close. Which leads me to wonder, if he did die, wouldn't they be super fucked because of the whole Nine-Tail Fox thing? Mmm. We'll get more into that. Because if it was the case where it's like he dies and it goes away, shouldn't we just kill him? We'll get into that. Okay.
01:13:25
Speaker
down the line don't you worry okay cuz that's that's gonna answer a few questions believe it or not that thing that was teased at the beginning that you were not a fan of plays quite a big role in sort of everything for the show. I don't believe it.
01:13:44
Speaker
Anyway, we get to what should be your favorite part. Or actually, no, we have a little bit of something else and then we get to your should be your favorite part. We get the whole so Naruto sees Kashi and like disappears after the whole like substitution thing with Sasuke trying to take the kill shot. He goes, oh, he dropped the belt. Nice. And he goes to grab it and his fucking thing goes up and then he is trapped.
01:14:06
Speaker
And then he's like, oh shit, I gave away my position. Then him and Sakura start running. He finds Sakura. And then he does this thing called Genjutsu. Genjutsu is when it's essentially like illusionary technique where you are disrupting the flow of chakra in the other person. And so it is making them like trip out and see things that aren't really there. And so he does that to Sakura and makes Sakura see Sasuke all like knifed and bloodied and like, eh, I'm dying.
01:14:33
Speaker
and then she screams and then sasuke as she does as she fucking does she does um just sasuke no um that was pretty good is kate higgins in the call with us yes she is now introducing special guest kate higgins um
01:14:51
Speaker
And then we get the whole fight in between Kakashi and Sasuke. Sasuke starts pulling out all the stops. He actually gives Kakashi a little bit of a run for his money. Kakashi puts away his book to focus up a little bit. And Sasuke does some handsides of himself and then he does a
01:15:08
Speaker
fireball jutsu and blows fire out of his mouth at Kakashi to roast him alive and I figured that this would be the point of this episode that you would relate the most with given your prior comments about how much you like setting fire to things Sasuke takes after you and proceeds to try to you know set fire to Kakashi
01:15:31
Speaker
Not quite a fruit stand, but I'll take it. Yeah, it was. I like that he did the fire thing. It's cool that he turned into a dragon. It didn't fucking do anything. But because again, Kakashi is just that goaded. Yes. OK, who who would win, in your opinion, in a fight between Kakashi and Gojo?
01:15:52
Speaker
Oh, Gojo. Yeah. Yeah. Only because he is just very OP. The goat. Yeah. In between a current Itadori and Kakashi, definitely Kakashi. I feel like Kakashi could take out everyone in JJK except for Gojo.
01:16:11
Speaker
Only because Gojo's infinity is just ridiculous. But that's of the good guys in JJK, right? No, no, I'm talking about everybody. Uh, Mahito also probably would. That was gonna be, that was my next one. Yeah, Mahito and Gojo would probably be the two. Okay. Huh.
01:16:28
Speaker
Yeah. OK, so that does kind of give me a basis for how good he may be, because even even Toto, like that's. Oh, yeah. No, definitely. That's what that's what surprises me. Uh huh. OK. But, you know, the white.
01:16:43
Speaker
So, okay, so the shotting gun. We'll get into the next thing, but like it copies Jutsu's and shit like that so he can use it himself. If you translate that to being able to copy cursed techniques as well, then having Kakashi doing like the Toto clap and being able to teleport around would be insane.
01:17:00
Speaker
Yeah, so he has his dogs that he can summon that you've seen before so it's not technically a spoiler for you because it's in the Zabuza fight that you saw and then you gave up and I don't remember you bitch and so I would love to see those dogs and ninja dogs versus fucking fushiguros demon dogs. I would just make a
01:17:21
Speaker
Anyone out there just make an animated, you know, miniseries of, you know, like all the what ifs where you want dog fighting. God damn it. I might go step back, take a step back to Kashi fighting all the people from JJK is what I want. Not dog fighting. Now, you know how it feels. I'm not Michael Vick, dammit.
01:17:47
Speaker
But anyway, back to Naruto. Yep. There you go. Yep. Yeah. Take it away, bitch. Oh, OK. I'm bitch. Yep. I mean, ain't no one else here. But he was on the call. Yeah, sure. But yeah, the whole. Yeah, they they do all that shit. I'm trying to honestly try to remember what happened. What comes next?
01:18:14
Speaker
Kakashi bros down through the ground and grab Sasuke brings him down to just his head poking out of the ground to immobilize to which Sakura is like, oh my god, he's just ahead. He killed him more screaming. Yeah, more fucking screaming from the most useless character in any show I've ever seen. What about Miwa?
01:18:34
Speaker
Dude, Junpei's mom did more than fucking... Listen, Junpei's mom is great. Junpei's mom was awesome. She had her issues, but she was great. I believe it was Junpei's mom that's got it going on. Yeah, I'd thicker than a bowl of oatmeal, man. Hey, yo. You have to steal...
01:18:59
Speaker
But yeah, so more screaming ensues. She does less than nothing. Isn't this the reemergence of Naruto? Yeah, he gets out of the trap and then goes towards the lunches. Oh, yeah. And he goes, actually catches him. He goes to eat lunch before anybody else. So that way, even if he loses, he still gets to eat because that boy has food on his mind 24 seven. Kakashi's like, hey, not cool. And then ties him to the post because cheaters never prosper. Yes.
01:19:27
Speaker
And then I believe the timer runs out or like the the time concludes for when they were supposed to have the bells by. Yes, they hit noon. But because Naruto cheated, the other people still get to eat lunch and he gives them another chance because they failed the exercise because they did not act as a team. But he's like, all right, cool. Yeah, you guys can try again. You two can eat your lunch, but Naruto can't eat anything. And if he does eat anything,
01:19:57
Speaker
then you won't be going back to the academy you'll just be done and he's like I'm going to leave now goodbye and then he leaves yes well we also miss the whole like thing with the memorial stone as well so they are at the memorial site there's this big old stone that has all these names engraved on it and those are all the shinobi who have been kied and
01:20:20
Speaker
Naruto doesn't know that me and soccer soccer is a means killed in action and so a lot of kakashi's friends are on that stone they have their names there which big sad little thing for them yeah but he very much heart like harps on teamwork as i feel like that carries a lot with that stone being right there as well.
01:20:40
Speaker
Yeah, so that definitely did carry some weight. Uh-huh. Because there's that point where Sasuke goes towards Kakashi to try to do something, and then Kakashi pins him down to the ground and holds a kunai to his neck. And he's like, Sakura, kill Naruto, otherwise I'm going to kill Sasuke.
01:20:57
Speaker
That's how it actually happens in the real world. If you let yourself get captured, then that puts you in those bad situations. So if you are not working together, then you're going to run into stuff like that. You might've stood a chance of all three of you came at me at the same time, but instead you all prioritize yourself instead of each other. And so it was easy to take care of you. Right.
01:21:18
Speaker
after they do the, you know, the tying up and the lunch talk and all that and they're eating. Eventually, Sakura is like, hey, we need to give Naruto food so that way he's at his best and we can actually win. Well, that's how he does that. Oh, I thought it was her. No, Sasuke does it and Sakura goes after it. Oh, right. Because she just follows everything he does. Exactly. Yeah, that makes sense. Unfortunately. Yeah.
01:21:47
Speaker
Yeah, that whole and because then they kind of have the debate of like, is it worth it to have that happen? And you know, risk everybody getting kicked out because he's not around. He can't see them. He doesn't. He doesn't know what's going on. So maybe they can get away with it. And yeah, after Sakura comes to the decision by herself to go ahead and feed Naruto.
01:22:07
Speaker
fucking kagashi pops up and he's like what the fuck how dare you this is the one instruction you were given and you you went you went against it in blah blah blah blah blah and his whole thing
01:22:22
Speaker
And. That would get you. Yeah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. His whole thing. And yeah, they fucking pass. Like, cool. You passed.
01:22:41
Speaker
You passed. Good job. You risked everything so that you could accomplish everything as a team. Yes. And they become the first people to pass the Kakashi test. Yes, they do. And the quote that is there for the reason why they pass is Kakashi says, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. Great quote. Love that. Great quote. Solid.
01:23:09
Speaker
I believe it was Gandhi who said that and then they put it in the show, which kind of cool for them. Yeah. But no, that's real. Yeah, definitely buddy. All right. Whatever. But yeah, and I think isn't that pretty much where our episode ends? And that is where our episode ends. We have so that will actually bring us to the part that I enjoyed the most, which is when I got to stop watching it. Did you enjoy?
01:23:37
Speaker
I enjoyed it being over. I mean, you did say that you enjoyed it, so I'm gonna count that as a win.
01:23:43
Speaker
And you're going to count that as the enjoyment is being glad it's over. I'm going to count that and also the Sasuke using the fire to burn, try to burn something. I don't know if we're going to call that enjoying. I'm going to call that enjoyment. I'm going to call that a win. You became a chuckle fuck. So there we are. You're already a chuckle fuck. Well, it takes one to know one, bitch. I can't argue that. Yep. But he who smelt it logic.
01:24:10
Speaker
Yep, exactly. And yeah, and that's where we'll end our Naruto discussion. Next week, we'll be watching some more. We're going to get even further. In the meantime, Nelson, why don't you plug them socials?
Podcast Community Engagement
01:24:24
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01:24:35
Speaker
r slash the we belong podcast and ooh ooh ooh music plug for the week. We we are going to go with a song called Dim Sum Paradise by OCT. Found them on TikTok a couple months ago. They put out a song called Don't Touch My Clogs. Very funny band, very funny music, very funny music videos. Heard. Very nice. Fucking go ahead. Yeah.
01:25:02
Speaker
go for it.
01:25:23
Speaker
No fault of the voice actor shame on the studio they were not upholding sag after a union contract rules for the pay and so main character do is like what can i pay me what i'm worth just get out yeah.
01:25:38
Speaker
So good for him for getting out. Sad that he had to go because he was great. Really enjoyed him for the first two seasons. But yeah, I'm starting, I think I'm like two or three episodes into season three and digging it so far. Watching that Shangri-La frontier is winding down. I'm loving all the stuff that's going on there as well. It is great. I'm excited to hopefully put that on the show later on as well. And yeah, those are my plugs for the week. Fuck yeah, buddy. Hell yeah. Hell yeah.
01:26:08
Speaker
And, uh, I was looking at the episodes so I could get it a hundred percent. I'll be doing episode six, seven, eight, nine, 10 and 11. How many episodes is that? That is one, two, three, four, five, six.
01:26:23
Speaker
That's what I thought you were going to say. And we are trucking trying to get through as much as possible in a quick time frame so we can get on with some more stuff because we have we have some very fun things planned, I think. Yes, yes, yes, yes. But yeah, so watch those six episodes and we'll be discussing that next week as well. We'll see you in the next probably more arguments. So oh, more than probably. Definitely.
01:26:53
Speaker
Yeah, but you guys have a fantastic rest of your week. Thank you for weaving along with us and we'll see you in the next one. Bye guys. Bye.