The Conversation Between Peter And Naruto

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What Peter loves most about Naruto are the layers in the plot. Characters like Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi have their own idiosyncrasies, which manifest themselves in their distinct appearances, practices, histories, and characterizations in the series. Naruto, the lead character, grew up without parents or friends, and with little attention. To get attention, Naruto pulls pranks and causes mischief.

Distinguishing features of characters are found in their relationships to ninja lore, a class system, and spirituality that become evident when they enter and exit the human and supernatural worlds. Peter seemed the Thomas Sabo Bracelets most interested in spirituality within the storyline, and most of our interview dealt with spirituality and the notion of chakra.

Jennifer: I like these Naruto cards, is that how you say it?

Peter: Yeah. The levels of the ninja are academy, student, and then you get your headband. I look this up on the computer. After undergoing a three-part exam, you are being judged worthy to advance to the rank of Chunin. ...
... A Chunin is able to go on solo missions and lead groups. Yeah, and then the Chunin are the elite, the most powerful and highly skilled ninja. A Chunin is also deemed strong enough to train a squad of three Genin.

The conversation goes on for another five minutes, during which we look at a series of Naruto screens. We then get onto the topic of chakra, about which Peter is very passionate:

Jennifer: Do you play it with your friends?
Peter: ignores my question and instead changes the topic to chakra] Chakra is the energy needed by ninjas to perform special ninja arts and techniques called jutsu. Chakra is generated within the body by combining elements: physical energy that comes from the body's cells, and spiritual and mental energy that is gained through training and meditation.

Peter proceeds to discuss the nuances of each character at length. The dominant discourse in the world of Naruto is ninja history and the layering in of spirituality with the notion of chakra. In terms of design and Thomas Sabo Bracelets production as a physical, material manifestation of content in design (the second and third of Kress and Van Leeuwen's [2001] processes of multimodal textual understanding), spirituality blends in with the plotline through forces that surround characters.

Figure 2 shows Naruto in a warrior pose, brandishing a scroll like a sword, on which is written Japanese lore and the spiritual guiding principles of Naruto's mission in the series and videogame. The distribution and modal density is obvious in the illustration, with the intensity of Naruto's blue fiery eyes and his whiskers as a reminder of the otherworldly quality of the story--characters in Naruto stand between the human world and an ethereal other world. The emblem sits prominently in his headband as a reminder of his heritage and origin in the Leaf Village.