Naruto: A Mythical and Religious Analysis
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A guide to the mythical and religious elements of the Naruto series. A book that serves as a side-by-side commentary on the first season and Shippuden. Overview of the information in some major chapters Chapter 1: Land of Waves - Inari Mythology - The Kitsune in Japanese Folklore - Kakashi vs Zabuza being a modernisation of Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro Chapter 5: Naruto vs Neji - The role of Confucian values in shaping the Hyuga clan - The adaptations of The Journey to the West, in terms of narrative value and characterisation of Naruto - The role that Taoism plays in providing an answer to Neji Chapter 7: Sannin Showdown - Adaptation of The tale of the Gallant Jiriaya for the three Sannin - How the story also influences the Konoha crush arc Chapter 8: Sasuke leaves the village - The possibility of the Egyptian Mythology of Osiris being a significant shaping of Sasuke's character, and the Myths of Horus shaping Sasuke in early Shippuden. - The nihilistic differences in Kimimaro and the old Neji Chapter 14: Brothers between battle - The story of the Shinto god Susanoo and the story of Yamata-no-Orochi being featured - Sasuke's personfication of Amaterasu - How the cave of Amaterasu's entrapment has been modernised in correspondence with the ideas of Plato's cave Chapter 16: Pain - The symbolism of Christ developing to fight Pain on his own - The psychological symbolisms found in Western alchemy, mapping onto Naruto's descent into hell - Naruto's TnJ with Nagato bearing resemblance to Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov Chapter 20: Tests of Character - Zetsu's correspondence to the alchemical symbolism of the mandrake - How this carries over into the ideas of the homunculus, with Zetsu and Naruto articulating two different types Chapter 25: Squad 7 Reunited - The history of Indra and the Asuras in Hinduism - The combination of select Yokai and Shugendo rituals which forms the idea of the Ten-Tails - The history of Shugendo influencing Ninshu, and the division between Hagoromo's children Indra and Ashura Chapter 26: Endgame - Kaguya being adapted from The tale of the Bamboo cutter - The story of the Chinese Goddess of the moon and the elixir corresponding to the divine fruit - The story of Obito's redemption (also see Chapter 22.) Author’s Note 1 Land of Waves 1 2 Sasuke’s Rebirth 32 3 Bushy Brows 45 4 Hinata vs Neji 59 5 Naruto vs Neji 71 6 Sasuke vs Gaara, then Naruto vs Gaara 87 7 Sannin Showdown 105 8 Sasuke leaves the village 115 9 Naruto vs Sasuke 132 -------------------- Shippuden: Pre-War ----------------- 10 Kazekage Rescue Mission 147 11 Team 7-ish 161 12 Time to train 171 13 The Snake has found the Hawk 184 14 Battle between brothers 193 15 The loss of a teacher 209 16 Pain 221 17 Danzo does it 247 18 The Taka 267 ----------------------- Shippuden: War --------------------- 19 A turtle, an octopus and a waterfall 277 20 Tests of character 292 21 Madara enters the war 304 22 The dawn of Ten-Tails 314 23 Brothers between battle 328 24 What is a village? 347 25 Squad 7 Reunited 368 26 Endgame 387 27 The final, final, final battle - I swear! 408 Appendix 1: ‘Naruto is the worst character in Naruto’ 419 Sources 425 Bibliography 473 Index 486
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