Can’t really say which one is true.. is Naruto the Harry Potter of East, or is it Harry Potter the Naruto of west. I cannot say that I have watched the Naruto episodes thoroughly to even remotely make any decision, but surely there is an uncanny resemblance between both of them. They both are orphans (or I can say parents killed in the process of killing a villain) and were never appreciated much by the society until they came to their respective schools and they were genius in their respective fields too. They had something of that evil left inside themselves which makes the stories even more interesting. Talk about how such a nice plot appeals to human nature over and over again and across the globe? The affect of fiction on people always makes me question myself, is it the greatness of stories or weakness of men that actually makes all these works of fiction work successfully. For a while lets think it is both.. a little bit of this and a little bit of that.. (because firstly, I enjoy fiction and don't wanna stress on later point much :p)
I think for someone to be very successful, there should be a hard fall. Hit the ground so hard that they bounce back with acceleration that can overcome 'g'.. So may be such stories will make the people who are falling down realize the bright side of the situation.. the success.. the bounce back. That’s the beauty of the fantasy world which appeals so much to the human nature and every comic.. every fiction.. about such characters was and will be a super hit.
These fantasy and fiction works are the ones which encourage people to dream and dream big. Optimists say dream on.. and work hard to achieve it. Realists or rather pessimists say.. "But only in their dreams can men be truly free.. It was always thus and always thus will be..” At the end of the day, I am an optimist and I always believe in the power of hope. It gives us the courage to see the fading flickering light at the end of the tunnel, gives a reason to go on with the journey. The reason to fight - the reason to succeed - No matter who says it, be it Naruto, be it Harry Potter, message is the same.
"Don’t let people who judge you or smirk at you affect you.. it’s You who can make a difference.. it’s You who can make it work..” Help in the form of Dumbeldore or Iruka will always find You.
P.S: One of the best parts of Naruto is its background score, I just loved it.. :) One of the bad things is, I can’t take my eyes of the screen, even if I move a little, I can't even figure out what is going on. I guess I need to learn Japanese now.. :)
