lierdumoa | Naruto: The Illustrated Guide; Part 1 (Reply)

Sorry for the lateness. This will take a while if you're on dial-up.

Introducing Naruto

The series begins with a sort of prologue. We learn, as I described in my previous post (see: here), who and what Naruto is.

^{nine tailed fox demon (the flaming comes later) / ninja seal, for capturing the demon}

^{baby Naruto -- notice the seal on his stomach}

Once all the history is out of the way, the series jumps to present day. Well, not really present day, but I'll call it that for simplicity's sake. Naruto is now a 12 year old boy on the verge of graduating primary school.

^{complete with Lisa Simpson hair}

^{awww, innie cute?}

As part of his final exam, he must show his ability to transform. Everyone else in his class shows this by transforming into their instructor. Naruto shows this through a technique he invented, which he calls "the seduction technique."

^{before / after}

Why yes, I DO have a genderbending kink! How on earth did you guess?

Introducing Sasuke and Sakura

Aaaaaah, good old episode 3.

Enter Sasuke.

^{mmmm...pensive Sasuke}

^{his milkshake brings all the boys girls to the yard}

^{somehow, I'm not getting a real reciprocal vibe here}

Naruto jumps in for a closer look to see why everyone else finds Sasuke interesting. Of course, he himself has no interest in Sasuke. He just wants to know what ~~THIRD WHEEL~~ Sakura sees in him.

^{...uh huh}

^{lets see that again in POV; sadly, constipated is not a good look for Naruto}

Naruto and Sasuke proceed to give each other the eyefuck of doom.

^{DOOM, I tell you}

^{I still can't believe this is an actual screencap}

Spectators are not happy about this.

^{really not happy}

^{maybe I was wrong in crossing out boys earlier}

Not everyone in the room is wrapped up in this. The kid in back of Naruto, for example, is off having a conversation of his own.