Naruto

Sometimes out of boredom I will pick up one of my kids' video games and play. I'm not any good at it, growing up in a time when Atari was the only home video game system available, and pac man was considered to having good graphics. Now I'm amazed at the advances made with video games and of course the hand held game systems such as Gameboys.

Well my kids are big fans for the cartoon "Naruto". They will sit and talk about characters and sound like the are speaking Japanese. I've watched some of the episodes and at first they didn't seem too bad, but the last episode I saw, I turned off the t.v. It was a little too violent for them. My daughter, who thinks Kakashi is hot for a cartoon, was the most disappointed. And I thought Kakashi was a cereal.

Before I was laying down the rules on Naruto, I let them buy a Naruto video game. They didn't seem too bad. I've played a little on it and so far it has been okay. Of course I stink at it. I have a difficult time battling some of the characters. So tonight when I picked it up, I did not go to the usual "story mode". I went to the "visual mode". I found out that this was not a game, but a list of characters and their pictures.

For all those who have "Naruto: Ninja Council", please feel free to follow along on my personal thoughts on these characters, and for those who are fans of Naruto, you will probably get it too. For all others, well I won't blame you if you are left a little confused.

No.01 Naruto. Wide-eyed kid and it looks like cat whiskers on his face (must be the makeup)

2. Sasuke. Thin looking kid. Looks like he's got an attitude. Needs some spongebob in his life.

3. Kakashi. My daughter thinks he's hot. He's got gray hair so it must be the Taylor Hicks affect. His headband is covering one of his eyes. and his turtleneck is over his face. You can only see 1/4 of his face, so he might really be butt-ugly.

4. Konohamaru. Kid has a weird hat on. Looks like a motorcycle helmet gone bad.

5. Ebisu Sensei. Guy with Beetle's style sun glasses (not to be confused with Shino). Who does this guy think he is?...Paul McCartney?

6. Ino. When I saw the name I never would have thought this was a girl. Blue eyed and blond. Need a hair barrett.

7. Choji. Chunky kid with earrings. Looks like very wide gyspy with pink swirlys on his cheeks.

8. Shikamaru. This is obviously the kid with the attitude. I remember him on one of the very few episodes that I watched. He was lazy. Here he is looking crossly at me with a small stick in his mouth. (like a toothpick). I don't know why, but I have an overwhelming urge to slap him.

9. Haku (mask on). I know it's just a mask, but it's cotton-pickin scarey! It's a cross between Scream and Friday the 13th .

10. Kiba/Akamaru Okay, it's a guy with a puppy/rabbit looking thing. The guy looks like he could be in a rock band.

Okay there's 19 more so I'll skip to the good ones. :)

13. Neji. Just white eyes. Like Orphan Annie gone to the darkside.

16. Orochimaru. Very Pale person. Needs a tan, or at least some airbrushed tan.

18. Kankuro. Looks like a grown man dressed as a cat, in a bad mood. Go figure.

24 Kurenai. Don't know if it's a guy or a girl. If it's a guy, he has the Ace Freely thing going. If it's a girl, I think about Jaclyn Smith who was my favorite Charlie's Angel. When my sister and I played "Charlie's Angels", I would be Jaclyn Smith and my sister would be Kate Jackson. I was looking up Jaclyn's name just now to spell it correctly and did you know that there was an "Asian Charlie's Angels"? Go figure. :)

Well I think I'll stop commenting. I find all the characters very interesting in a weird sort of way. Will I go back, watch, and let my kids watch the cartoon? Probably not. I'm more of a Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends kind of person.