Comments on: Anime Rule #142: Band-Aids Heal Everything

By: JS

JS — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:57:39 +0000

Speaking of which, I remember there being a Kiminozo OVA in production, where Haruka doesn’t get hit my a car.

By: Ronin

Ronin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:21:57 +0000

Now, if they had only applied the band-aids correctly to Haruka Suzumiya, maybe things would’ve turned out better…

Yea, and let all the angst hanging (meaning the story ends quickly – happy ever after – or let the love trangle heat up further. No more emo for Kiminozo if that happens, for one of the very reason it has a very huge fanbase could be Haruka herself.

By: Sana Jisushi

Sana Jisushi — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:57:10 +0000

Before I clicked the link, I thought you were referring to Asamiya Haruka. Remind me to watch Kiminozo, unless it sucks.

By: Pete Zaitcev

Pete Zaitcev — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:20:29 +0000

I thought that a significant time lapsed between the end of the battle and the next scene, enough time to complete the bridge. If Sasuke has slept it off, we never see it.

I agree that a certain suspension of disbelief is necessary in that scene. For example, Sasuke always manages to fall so as not to drive any needles into the body, very convenient! And Sakura can hug Sasuke’s body without dealing further damage and impaling herself, too. Although Haku was very considerate and skilled not to deal any instantly debilitating damage, this seems to be exceeding minimal bounds of realism for the type of show Naruto aims to be.

I just don’t think that the amounts of effort necessary to tune out the Naruto’s inconsistencies are all that unusual for anime in general, and not just shonen. The lapses of realism are more noticeable in it precisely because Naruto goes to great lengths to play on pseudo realism. This includes the recovery from damage, in many instances. From the outset, Kakashi and Zabuza spend time bedridden after their first confrontation. That is the overall style of it. But certainly, someone can find deviations.

By: Hung

Hung — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:40:08 +0000

I was thinking more like how Sasuke gets stabbed by like a billion needles and sorta just sleeps it off. At least, from what I can recall.

By: Pete Zaitcev

Pete Zaitcev — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:34:04 +0000

One have to wonder if the author of this entry has even _seen_ Naruto at all. People freaking die there, from combat wounds. Lee’s wounds and surgery form a major plot arc. Sheesh is all I can say.