#minato gaiden

[tamelee]

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[thena0315]

It was Kushina that named it Rasengan

A technique that Minato created to protect her

[sueske]

[fille-de-skroa]

Kushina and Minato really are a sweet couple, and I’m glad Kishi choose to put their relationship as the main focus of the Minato manga, reminding readers that he knows how to write romance when he’s invested in the romance he’s writing.

He gave this couple a cute symbolism, with the butterfly, and the way they interact with each other is really sweet. Kushina apologizes when she’s too intense, Minato is caring and wants to protect her more than anything…

Also I love the fact that Kushina is the one that named the Rasengan, especially since it’s one of Naruto’s main jutsu… it’s like he had both his mother and his father with him when he uses it.

[uchihauahas]

Obsessed with how the Minato manga is actually about Kushina it’s Her world and they’re all living in it

[mystickingstuff]

I know that minato's solo is full of cute moments between him and his girl, and it was amazing to get a little more on uzumaki clan lore and to see her shine too, but what I actually liked to see was two jinchuurikis from the same village alive at the same time and using their powers as a combo. Because I always thought that the villages that have two bijuu instead of one (and I still think Konoha should have one more jinchuuriki but ok) only had one jinchuuriki at a time or whatever but it's nice to have this little question answered. Man, I miss old days naruto so much. Back when it was just ninja shit and not aliens. This gaiden had a few elements from the classic Naruto that made me tear a little bit. Childhood memories and all.

[0ynes]

Oda did this hiatus so he could comeback with Kishimoto next week. Oh to have Naruto and One Piece on the same sunday :')

I never experienced this because I only picked up One piece after Naruto ended

[itxchis]

Masashi Kishimoto's New One-Shot Manga Celebrating NARUTOP99 to Publish in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 33! 『NARUTO外伝 渦の中のつむじ風』"NARUTO Gaiden: Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze"

The 55th anniversary issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, Issue 33 (on shelves in Japan July 18th) will contain Masashi Kishimoto's new 55-page one-shot, 『NARUTO外伝 渦の中のつむじ風』"NARUTO Gaiden: Uzu no Naka no Tsumujikaze", with color centerfold feature pages!

Synopsis: The story of Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage), who took first place in the NARUTOP99 worldwide character popularity vote! What kind of ninjutsu did Minato develop?!

Manga Plus will be releasing this Naruto one-shot at the same time as Japan in 6 different languages; English, Spanish, Portugese, French, Thai, and Indonesian.

[luckyrave]

Minato: Naruto 1 Shot Manga Livestream Discussion/Review: WHIRLWIND INSIDE THE VORTEX!!

Masashi Kishimoto has returned to the Naruto verse with the Minato One Shot Manga that was announced after the Naruto 99 Popularity votes that took place from the tail end of 2022 to the first month of 2023.  This has been something I've been waiting to see from Kishi for a very very long time, and I am very excited to dive back into the Naruto verse and talk about this one shot on Minato Namikaze.

[awesome-cookies-and-cream]

i have read the minato one shot and i've concluded that the man's whole existence is to be a malewife

[mr-fear]

Ponyo ObiKK!

(THE POST YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR WITHOUT KNOWING WHOOHOO-)

I was feeling a bit.. silly and completely unmotivated by any normal work because of the stuff I've been working on at school. I can't say that being an art major is hard at all, but I CAN say that it's super tedious when all you work on is boring ass still lives. So I wanted to start a project that wasn't as time consuming or painful as my homework, but I also needed to work on something between my character sheets to get my mind off of anything difficult. SO! I decided that I was going to do little Ponyo redraws with ObiKK. I thought the idea was super cute since I've seen it a lot with NaruSasu (SNS) and I wanted to see the same thing with these guys. (But not the meme ones that think Obito getting crushed by a rock is the funniest shit ever.) So, this is what I have to offer you today and I hope everyone can enjoy it! I certainly enjoyed making it and if there are any requests for more, I might just do it!

Screenshots I redrew- (Low key traced, but there was a lot of creative liberties taken so, eh-)

[sasuke-from-the-uchiha]

Driving a hand through the chest was never framed as romantic in Naruto. The way a character reacts to being hand-stabbed, however, is often meant as an act of love: Haku and Rin voluntarily sacrifice themselves to save others, for instance, and don’t mind it. Naruto, although he didn’t meant to, gets stabbed as a consequence of trying to help Sasuke. Sacrifice is thus framed as an act of love.

In Minato Gaiden, it shows the extent of Minato’s love for Kushina: ever though she hurt him badly with this gesture, he still stands by her 100%. He understands why she did it, and he only cares that she’s okay. The same way Naruto overlooks Sasuke stabbing him later on (to me, this was meant to show Naruto inherited this trait from Minato).

It’s interesting to me that Sasuke doesn’t pierce Naruto’s heart in VOTE1, but goes straight for it while confronting Sakura. I feel it shows how he can’t bring himself to actually kill Naruto, and that he’s trying to break Sakura’s heart once and for all so that she stops chasing him. He symbolically gives Naruto a chance to recover, not her. It’s a twisted way to show how he cares about them -never closing the door into Naruto’s face completely, while making a point to reject Sakura in the most forward way ever. He can’t burn bridges with Naruto, while he needs to get Sakura to move on.

This goes along with the fact Sasuke refuses to get a replacement for the arm he used against Naruto. As he said, he could antagonize Naruto again if their values clashed again. But he’s by then resolved to keep Naruto in his life, so he decided not to get back the tool he hurt him with most. Effectively, he’s stating he would rather die than drive that arm through Naruto again, even if they clash. He’s putting Naruto above his own life and values. That’s his own, permanent show of sacrifice.

Soooo I dont rlly understand is the arm tru the chest romantic now or not? Bc sasuke did to naruto and sakura both and kushina to minato ppl on twitter keep arguing

Context matters. None of these are the same thing. Ask yourself what the conflict was, why it mattered to the characters, what they were struggling with internally whether it was before or after the action. Maybe it it had less to do with the other person, maybe it had everything to do with the one who's hollowed out- It is certainly something that Kishimoto decided to bring back certain key-points in Minato Gaiden (which are very, very romantic 🥹💕), but action itself means nothing unless it means something to the character. It's not symbolic unless it has meaning and even if it is repeated, it doesn't become a literary motif unless it has symbolic significance. Something only is romantic if the context reveals it to be so and not because someone twists it the way they want it. But feel free regardless.

[thena0315]

Minato Gaiden [2/2]

[sueske]

so minato and kushina were able to work together to tame the kyuubi, just like sasuke was able to do for naruto during the reunion. because he has a sharingan. but it goes deeper than that. sns have been shown to 'tame' each other. 

for example, before vote1 naruto (clearly affected by kurama's chakra as we can see by the outward manifestation of kurama's features) sees sasuke get out from the basket thing and that was enough for naruto to go back to normal. seeing sasuke was enough to calm him down. conversely, breaking the seal and allowing the kyuubi's chakra to come through has been linked to sasuke one way or another, on numerous occasions.

the same is true for sasuke. arguably at sasuke's 'darkest' point, the kage summit, it was only naruto who was able to get him to stop and listen. it was only naruto that was able to bridge the gap, to get through to him, to ask of him something, to which sasuke acquiesced - the promise to come at naruto first. and sasuke brings this up later when he fights, 'you're not part of the promise'. because he honours the promise he made to naruto.

of course I just know ss are going to bring up the forest of death hug and how the curse seal retreated. but as we come to learn afterwards, sasuke didn't retreat the curse seal because the affect sakura had on him was so profound; it was a matter of not worrying his teammate. sasuke had less chakra in the chuunin exam 1 vs 1 fights and just from thinking about not worrying naruto AND sakura he was able to suppress it by will. and then it was never spoken about again because it's narrative importance was not that great. whereas with the other examples above, and sns' effect on each other, it's constantly brought up throughout the story.

[r--kt]

Okay, but why the "Kannabi" Bridge? I mean, why is this called that? Turns out, this is an amazing and very beautiful metaphor.

Kakashi Gaiden analysis. Kannabi — the bridge between two worlds

I will look at this from the side of Shinto culture (based on the materials that I could find, feel free to correct me if you know more about this) and from the side of Kakashi and Obito's storylines.

Contents | cultural code · significance for the plot structure · the idea itself (this one is really important!)

Cultural code

In Shinto culture, it is not customary to divide the world into human and sacred, especially into divine and demonic principles — everything exists in harmony with each other, in a single system.

Kannabi (神奈備) refers to a region that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami. In fact, Kannabi is a place of connection between the human and the spiritual. Usually these are mountains, rivers, and forests that stand out for their beauty. These are such accumulations of natural energy, so sacred that their presence requires observance of a certain rite. So, if in relatively modern times be present next to the blossoming sakura, picnics in picturesque mountains and the like has normalized in Japanese culture, then in ancient times people did not dare to disturb mountains or groves with their presence. In such places, people performed rituals of worship to the deity, wrestling matches, divination, sacred dances, offerings, etc. The territory of the kami did not completely coincide with the territory of worship to them, people still tried to move away from the center of the sacred place so as not to bother their deity. To mark the border of entry into Kannabi, symbolic gates were installed — most often in the form of torii.

examples of kannabi in real life. Mount Fuji and Nachi Falls. [ as I understand, shintai and kannabi are synonymous concepts, but kannabi is broader in meaning. ]

It's all about how important the term is in a cultural context. A place of divine power that cannot be desecrated. From here, the Kannabi Bridge and the surrounding area can also be considered endowed with divine energy — and here the most interesting thing begins.

Significance for the plot structure

Now about the scenario composition. In general, the Battle of Kannabi, as the event itself in Kakashi and Obito's storylines, according to Joseph Campbell's «hero's journey», is a stage of transition between worlds. That's what the symbolism of the place also works for. This is the moment when the hero assumes responsibility for the beliefs he carries and their consequences, and literally or symbolically crosses the threshold between the safe and familiar world to the dangerous and unknown one, embarks on the path of reflection and prepares to meet the unconscious.

Thus, briefly speaking, Kakashi finds the strength to resolve his internal conflict in favor of his father's attitudes about the value of each Shinobi, and Obito sacrifices himself, protecting his loved ones and defending his ideals. Then their paths got separate so that each one could face with the unknown by himself.

In the context of the monomyph model, this is how the beginning of the initiation stage is demonstrated (i.e., the transition from one state to another, which is accompanied by some kind of ritual). Since Kannabi in culture is the boundary between the human and the divine, it can be concluded that this very transition is shown almost literally, thanks to the sharingan awakening and the broken tanto. This is the first turning point in history, structurally coinciding with the end of the first act.

The idea itself

And what do we see in general? In the battle of Kannabi, the religious Shinto subtext is vividly read. For the battle in a sacred place, the moral positive change of the hero (Kakashi) or his original courage (Obito) and a certain sacrifice (Kakashi's eye), the deities give a reward: the power of sharingan, which helps them save Rin, which is shared between Obito and Kakashi and in the future generally serves as a direct demonstration of the spiritual connection between them. At the same time, for the desecration of a sacred place (the goal of the mission was to blow up a bridge), heroes are punished: from this point of view, Obito's death is a certain sacrifice for the damage inflicted on the deity.

There is also information that the name of the bridge - Kannabi-kyo (神無毘橋) - can also be interpreted as «A bridge where the gods won't help». idk if it's true, but sounds cool.

Moreover, the very name of Obito's mangekyo — Kamui (神威) — literally translates as «The Power of Gods». Perhaps it is based on the mentioned concept of the place where Kakashi and Obito received the power of sharingan. And maybe that's why they call the technique the same way: because they treat it rather with such a religious meaning.

and thanks for reading to the end ♡

[ama-tera]

I have the same questions, but in a more angry way: wtf people? How do you connect such things?!

Something I've been noticing lately is how some ( not all ) Sakura stans are afraid of the new minato manga because kishimoto portrays kushina in a better light than sakura. I don't know why they would reach to that conclusion if they are both different characters. They say that Naruto Gaiden looks so bad in comparison because it makes sakura look pathetic and that kishimoto waits no time to shame Sakura. The whole " kishimoto hates Sakura" opinion is starting to come back again...

Something I've been noticing lately is how some ( not all ) Sakura stans are afraid of the new minato manga because kishimoto portrays kushina in a better light than sakura.

How?...

They say that Naruto Gaiden looks so bad in comparison because it makes sakura look pathetic and that kishimoto waits no time to shame Sakura.

How?...

The whole " kishimoto hates Sakura" opinion is starting to come back again...

Why?...

The guy literally proclaimed his joy and how proud he was that Sakura was so beloved worldwide:

This fandom is just so fucking stupid, it never ceases to amaze me.