Naruto Observation - Brandon Jones - UWRT-1104

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Vocabulary

Village Hidden In the Leaves - This is where our main protagonist Naruto lives.
It is where most of the story takes place as well. One of the many settings in the
series.
Chakra - The natural energy that fuels the human body. In this series it is
channeled through the body in order to create different ninjutsu.
Ninjutsu/Jutsu - An attack used by ninjas that utilizes the chakra within his or
herself, and using one of the four elements as a base.
Ninja - Men and women that train in order to become what we see as police
officers. Like our defence department there are different ranks higher and lower.
Ranks in order from lowest to highest:
Genin-Chunin-Jonin-Sannin/Sennin
Hokage - Leader of a village
Nindo - The mental way of the ninja. It is a learned trait that is distinct within
every ninja. It is the code that they abide by mentally in every situation they
encounter as a ninja.

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The series takes place in the Hidden Leaf Village, or the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
The village is huge, surrounded by miles of trees, and includes many family owned businesses.
Those of which are responsible for taking care of their own money and dealings. Like the
Ichiraku ramen, or the Yamanaka flower shop, every business is family owned and thriving.
As for the Ninja in the village however, there are many rules that they must abide by. All
ninja in the village must always be on alert. Whether or not you are a Genin, Chunin, Jonin,
etc., you must always be ready to defend the village or another citizen in the time of need.
Ninja Ranks
Genin - Lowest ranked Ninja - Usually a previous basic skill graduate. Has basic
ninjutsu and can complete simple missions.
Chunin - Fairly high ranked ninja - Ninja who passed the requirements and or won
the chunin exams. Can complete more difficult missions - Has a lot more skill and
awareness.
Jonin - Highest ranked Ninja - Has the highest level of skills and awareness.
Usually are teachers and team leaders.
Ninja are sworn to always protect and serve, even in times of war. Ninjas, when
assigned missions, must reach the goal of the mission without fail. Even if it means losing a
teammate in battle, you must complete the mission. If for instance there were an emergency in
the village and one of the ninja did not respond, he or she would risk the loss of rank or

automatic retirement. Missions are always assigned to ninjas based upon their level of skill.
Genin get small jobs around the Village like lost pets or simple robberies. However, Chunin
ninjas and up go on the more dangerous scout missions that lead them out of home land and
into the land of another village or territory, like gathering of information, goods, or an escort
mission.
Lastly, all business that is being dealt with from another village or region would have to
passed through council first. The Hokages palace makes all deals and sends/manages all mail
in order to assure the safety of the village. If any effort is made to avoid the council or palaces
ruling, consequences can result in death or life sentences, all depending on the Hokages ruling.

Literary Practices:
(ways of communicating that are written and/or spoken)
Hokage Speeches - The Hokage will occasionally give speeches or host meetings wtih other
country leaders or his own village. This is done in times of monetary need or war. Other
occasions such as celebrations like parades as well.
Genin Training Facility - This is where many young children in the village will go to become
ninja. They are usually taught by older Jounin with lots of experience.
Scrolls - Scrolls are used like mail. They bring news, important information, and secret jutsu.
Scrolls are used by everyone in the ninja world.
Artifacts:
(Physical objects, emotions, and ideas, that have cultural significance within a specific figured
world within a community of practice.)
Ninja Headbands- These have labels on them that indicate what village or region that
they are from. The headband not only labels a village but the person and level of ninja
that they are.
Chunin Jacket - Chunin jackets represent a team leader and winner of the chunin exams
that only the top twelve ninja in a class can participate in.
Chakra Seals - Seals are written marks that seal chakra, spirits, battle items, and secret
messages in scrolls. They are used when transporting, and also in battle
Hokage Hat - The Hokage all have worn the same hat since the beginning of time. The
hats differ in color and design based upon the village the Hokage lives.
Domain:
(Separate smaller communities that can include only one person. They worry about what is
best for themselves and the jobs they must complete to survive)
Naruto in this case has his own personal domain. He is the last of his family name. His
daily schedule and practices differ due to his rollercoaster style life.
Other Domains would include the different family names, such as the Uchiha, Nara,
Inzuka, and Hyuga clans.
Side note about Family Names (the important ones)

The Uchiha were known for having the Sharingan, a special visual technique that gave them
multiple battle techniques, like the Amaterasu (Black flames that burn and cannot be put
out).The Uchiha in the Leaf Village were the main police force.
The Nara are known for strategization and patience. They usually help with secret missions
due to their ability to manipulate theirs and their opponents shadows.
The Inzuka are known for their brain manipulation techniques. Their ability is used in the
Secret Ops organizations in order to gain intel for the Hidden Leaf
The Hyuga clan is known for having the Byakugan, a special visual technique allowing them to
see the chakra nodes inside of people. They use this in battle and therefore are another huge
part to the police force.
Communities:
(Different groups, clubs, or buildings that hold meetings that help aid all that give back to the
people within the figured world)
Of course there are the Families as listed above.
Hokages Palace - Used for making and listing laws and taxes. Control all policing to
keep the village safe.
Ninja Academy - Teaches ninja from genin to chunin how to be better ninja and how to
develop their jutsu.
Practices:
(Common things that are completed and mutually shared throughought different communities
within a figured world)
Becoming ninjas is one of the main practices for 80% of the youth in this village. Then
there is also the multiple businesses that are rising and flourishing such as Ichiraku
ramen, and the Inzuka Flower shop.
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Episode 1 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced :

Naruto Uzumaki (main character) -

Mizuki (chunin) -

Third Hokage (leader of village) -

Iruka Sensei (Jonin teacher) 6 minutes in.

The show starts by telling the viewers about the incident that occurred about 11 years
ago. The Enormous 9 tailed demon fox attacked the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

The fourth Hokage was the one who stopped the beast and sealed him away into the
belly of a newborn. The newborn would be named Naruto.

He, the main protagonist, has now become 12 years of age and is up to many
mischievous things. He paints overtop of the great stone faces of the previous Hokage
while at the same time misses class. In comes his teacher, Iruka to bring him to class,
make him clean his mess, and then reward his following good behavior with a bowl of
Ramen.
16 minutes in
Naruto fails the graduation exam to become a ninja and is shunned by the other
villagers and students. Mizuki, another instructor convinces him that if he steals a
secret scroll from the Hokages palace that he will be able to master the jutsu within it
and become a ninja.

All of it was a plan to fool naruto so that Mizuki could steal the scroll and use the jutsu
inside to become incredibly strong. Iruka finds Naruto with the scroll and the young and

naive Naruto tells Iruka how Mizuki fooled him, at that point, Mizuki attacked Iruka and
shunned Naruto by telling him about the demon fox spirit within him and how people
hate him for it.

Naruto runs off and Mizuki follows to kill him.

22 minutes (end)
Mizuki is upset when he finds out that the Naruto he was chasing was really a
transformed Iruka. Out of anger he attacks and corners Iruka, at this time Naruto,m the
real one, appears and pushes Mizuki back with the jutsu that originally caused him to
fail his graduation, Shadow clone Jutsu. The now 1,000 count army of Naruto Clones
attack and defeat Mizuki.

All while this occurs the Hokage is watching everything unfold by using his chakra
enhanced crystal ball, and with a smile on his face, he announces to the other ninjas in
the Naruto search party that all is well and Naruto will return along with Iruka. After

seeing Naruto serious and in action, Iruka places his headband on Naruto and says

congratulations you pass and are officially a ninja.

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Episode 2 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced:

Konohamaru (Hokages Grandson) -

Ebisu Sensei (Jonin) 5:00 minutes in

Naruto is shown taking his picture on top of the Hokage Palace in order for his
ninja bio to be completed and placed into file. However, when he goes to the Hokage to
turn in his bio, the Third Hokage tells him that he needs to redo the picture due to the
fact that you can barely tell that it is naruto because of all the face paint that he had
used in order to try and be humorous. Naruto attempts to persuade the third Hokage by
impressing him with his Harem Jutsu, but it only fails. Meanwhile, Konohamaru, the
Third Hokages 8 year old grandson is outside the door, planning a sneak attack on his
grandfather in order to prove his ability to become Hokage. He runs in only to trip over
his own feet and blame Naruto for his shortcoming. Naruto proceeds to pick
Konohamaru up by his collar and punch him in the head for the false accusation.
Naruto then leaves the palace and Konohamaru follows.

10:00 minutes in
Konohamarus poor ninja skills results in Naruto noticing him following close
behind.

After being begged repeatedly to become Konohamarus new master, Naruto agrees to
teach him the transformation technique. Konohamaru has some skill but it is not
perfected. Konohamaru explains to Naruto that he knows some things about using
chakra and jutsu however he does not fully know how to fluctuate the right amount of
chakra in order to perfect the jutsus that he would like to use. Throughout the day

Naruto takes Konohamaru to multiple stores and lounges, like the dirty book store in
order to get a good view of the women in the magazines, and also to a sauna where
they both try to sneak in as women in order to show him what he needed to look for and
focus on when attempting to transform into a woman for the sexy/harem jutsu. While
there Naruto and Konohamaru end up getting caught in the act and both are kicked out
of the sauna, except Naruto takes a major pummeling.

Naruto takes Konohamaru to the woods in order to let him practice, when they arrive,
Naruto makes the complaint that he is always getting hurt when Konohamaru is around,
and that is when Konohamaru says it is because he is the grandson of the Hokage and
everyone respects him and lets him get away with a lot of stuff. He continues to tell
Naruto that the reason he wants to learn more jutsu and become stronger is because he
wants to become Hokage and prove to people that he is not just the grandson of the
third Hokage, but the strong and brave ninja, Konohamaru.

19:54 minutes (end)

After many failed attempts, Konohamaru finally perfects his Harem Jutsu. His
current sensei however, Ebisu, shows up only to taunt Naruto for his recklessness and
his inexperience as a ninja. He challenges Naruto to a fight, and Naruto accepts.
Thanks to his new shadow clone jutsu, Naruto is able to overpower Ebisu and knock
him out with a barrage of female clone Narutos.

Following this, Konohamaru admits to Naruto that he can not be his apprentice, and that
instead he will from now on be his rival. The Third Hokage has seen this all unfold at
his Palace and now smiles knowing that his grandson and Naruto have finally found
themselves on the path to becoming true ninjas.
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Episode 3 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced :

Sakura Haruno (Kunoichi(genin)) -

Ino Yamanaka (Kunoichi(genin)) -

Commented [1]: Add some sort of specialized vocab

list about terms unique to the show; this way, readers
unfamiliar with this series can better follow your
observations.

Sasuke Uchiha (genin) -

Kakashi Hatake (Jonin) -

Shikamaru (Genin) -

Choji(Genin) 5:00 minutes in

Naruto awakes on the day of orientation into the ninja world. No stress on his
mind. As he walks towards the ninja school, he meets Konohamaru who challenges
him to a battle but he politely refuses and informs him of his going to receive his
assignment for what team he will be placed on. Meanwhile, Sakura Haruno, a kunoichi
(female ninja), has just awaken. Her mother waves her goodbye and Sakura heads to
the school. Sakura ends up running into her rival, Ino Inzuka, another kunoichi. They
begin to argue over who will be the better ninja and who will end up with the most
popular guy, Sasuke Uchiha. The argument soon turns into a race to the school.

When they arrive, Naruto is showing off the headband that Iruka gave him, and that is
when Ino and Sakura walk up arguing over who was going to sit beside the infamous,
Sasuke Uchiha.
10:00 minutes in
While all of the young and new ninjas were arriving, the Hokage had gathered all
of the Jonin who would be leading the groups of three, together. They all were
wondering about Sasuke Uchiha, the last in the Uchiha clan.

The Third Hokage assured them that he was the last and the most special. Returning to
the school, an infuriated Naruto is staring into the eyes of Sasuke with disgust. The two
look at each other with the intent to kill when all of a sudden, one of the other genin in
the room bumped into Narutos back, pushing his face forward causing him to kiss
Sasuke.

The girls, now upset with Naruto, beat him to a pulp and return to their seats to hear the
teams be called out. The most important group of genin is called out, Naruto Uzumaki,
Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto begins complaining about being placed
with Sasuke, the pretty boy who everyone was jealous of. Iruka sensei announced that
since Sasuke had the highest scores, and Naruto had the lowest, that putting the two
together would make the best fitting team, which embarrassed Naruto horrendously.
Iruka announced to the Genin that their Jonin leaders would meet them after class was
dismissed.
15:00 minutes in
Sasuke went back to his home after the class dismissed. Sakura went out
looking for him but ran into Naruto instead. Naruto asked her to join him for lunch but
she refused. A nosy Ino and her teammates Shikamaru and Choji watched from the
next building as Sasuke sat in his room thinking to himself, unaware of what was about
to hit him.

Naruto snuck up beside the window, and jumped in surprising Sasuke. Sasuke
immediately countered and tied up Naruto, however, it was only a clone of Naruto. The
real Naruto jumped out with two more clones and attacked.

Naruto successfully tied up the real sasuke and used the transformation jutsu in order to
look like Sasuke so that Sakura would talk to him.When he did so he ended up finding
out that Sakura saw him only as an annoying peer whom she truly had no feelings for in
any way. Naruto in the form of Sasuke continued to listen to her as she poured her
heart out about her emotions and feelings that she had for who she thought was the real
Sasuke. Sakura leans in for a kiss and Naruto almost kisses her, however his stomach
begins to grumble and he runs to the bathroom before the jutsu cancels and his cover is
blown.
19:50 (end)
The real Sasuke escapes the trap that Naruto put him in and went out to look for
him. He ended up running into Sakura, who tried to start conversation with him but he
only looked at her and told her that she was annoying. She then realized how Naruto
felt about being called annoying and treated like an outcast and decided that she would
be nice to Naruto when she saw him again. Naruto exits the bathroom and sees
Sakura, she asks him would he like to go back to class with her, however, he assumes
that it is Sasuke in disguise trying to play with his head.

He then runs off to the bathroom again, which only infuriates Sakura more. Meanwhile,
the Third Hokage and the Jonin Kakashi Hatake are at Narutos home. Kakashi picks
up a carton of milk that had been outdated for about 2 weeks. Kakashi stated, One sip
of this and he will practically live in the bathroom. The Hokage informs Kakashi of the
hard trials to come with these three on his team, and Kakashi agrees that this will be a
lot to handle. The episode ends with a screaming Naruto on the bathroom toilet in the
school saying, I am going to die on this toilet.

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Interview Questions
1. Naruto has been alone since birth. People have shunned him and spited
him for a crime he doesnt even know the cause of. How do you think the
situation could have been handled?
2. The ninja world has its similarities between the real world. What do you
think is the most similar?
3. Do you think that the ranking of ninjas,(genin, chunin, jonin, sannin,
sennin) can be compared to the police forces we have today? If so, what
could you compare them with?
4. In episode two, the Third Hokage stated that, Naruto should be considered
a hero for carrying that beast inside of him and keeping it from wreaking
havoc. What do you think about that statement?
5. Both Naruto and Sasuke have experienced loneliness on about the same
level. In your opinion, how do you think this team is going to play out in
the end?

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Brandon-

I want you to include more photos from the episodes that you have observed.
You describe quite a bit of heated action, but as a reader, I kept wanting to see
these scenes for myself. Good work on including character images, but I want to
see action sequences as well. You may even consider linking to videos, or using

Commented [2]: Formatting: The doc needs to be 12

pt Times New Roman--I did not deduct points for this,
but you need to be in the habit of making this change.
Commented [3]: Formatting: Bolding, italics, and
indentations at the beginning were a bit distracting. I
am not sure why you were bolding some sections and
not others--again, I didn't take points off of this, but I
want to make note of it.
Commented [4]: One major issue: I didn't see much
change between the first and second drafts; for this
reason, I had to deduct a number of points. One thing
that really stood out was the fact that you did not
complete the interview. You have excellent questions
here, but no completed interview. For the final course
portfolio, you need to make sure and revise your
assignment based on the suggestions your peers have
made and complete the interview.

the slideshow feature in Wix to incorporate more relevant photos of the things you
have observed.

Formatting: Bolding, italics, and indentations at the beginning were a bit

distracting. I am not sure why you were bolding some sections and not others-again, I didn't take points off of this, but I want to make note of it.

Add some sort of specialized vocab list about terms unique to the show; this
way, readers unfamiliar with this series can better follow your observations.