![]() ![]() These were only the outright, blatant examples of gender-stereotyping in Naruto. Such sexist remarks can be ignored in an otherwise feminist-friendly story as just a personality trait of that particular character, however, in Naruto Shikamaru's sentiments are not just a reflection of his own individual personality but of the manga series as a whole. Shikamaru frequently comments that it is "bothersome" to fight a girl or "I will not be saved by a woman". In the rare event that a male and female do face off it is either when the male is a villain/antagonist (Neji vs Hinata Neji is not an arc villain but he was shown in a negative light during that fight) or because he is forced into it (Shikamaru vs Temari). ![]() The Smurfette principle is so strong in practice here that after a point it becomes ridiculous.ĭuring fights, most of the times only females fight females. I was somewhat put at ease when Tsunade was named Hokage but again she is the only female out of the 5 people who have ever held that position. In any case, not a single female in the entirety of 27 volumes was the strongest at her peer level. Temari and Tsunade might be the only females in the entire Naruto universe who were not the weakest in their respective teams even that I can't say with certainty. Among the Jounin leaders of the 3-man-units in Konohagakure, again out of 4 only 1 is female (Kurenai) and she too is the weakest among her peers. ![]() Kishimoto-sensei kept raising my hopes by Sakura's internal monologue about she wants to be someone who wants to protect instead of being protected, but she never actually gets down to doing it.Įvery 3-man-unit in the Ninja villages has exactly 2 males and 1 female and the female is almost always the weakest. ![]() Throughout Part 1, I kept waiting and waiting for Sakura to break the gender stereotype and do something. (I should point out that the very practice of segregating entertainment on the basis of gender,i.e, "for boys", "for girls", "for grown men" and "for grown women" is very ridiculous.) I was not even aware of the word feminism, yet I knew that something was inherently wrong with how the female characters were represented in shounen manga. As a logical person, the very premise of gender inequality has never made any sense to me. I used to hate being thought of as someone less capable just because I was born a girl. Gender Stereotyping.Įven as a kid I was very sensitive towards the issue of gender discrimination in fiction and real life. Of course, as I grew up a lot other things also influenced me but Naruto established the basic foundations of what I was to become as a person.įor all its virtues, I still cannot ignore probably the only vice it has. Courage, standing up for what you think is the right thing and giving every person a second chance, the value of family and friendship, hard work, respect for every individual, not judging others by their appearance, general helpfulness the list is endless. It had a strong influence on my value system. I read Naruto before I even read Harry Potter. Naruto was a very integral part of my childhood and he helped me cope with bullying as a kid more than any real person ever did. #27)īefore I jump into the dirty list of everything that is wrong with Naruto, I want to make it clear that despite its flaws, Naruto is very close to my heart and I will always go back to reading it. Courage, sta Review for Naruto - PART 1 (Vol. #27) Overall rating: 3.0 Before I jump into the dirty list of everything that is wrong with Naruto, I want to make it clear that despite its flaws, Naruto is very close to my heart and I will always go back to reading it. ![]()
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