Did Naruto change anything in your life?

[narutocrofan777]

Ok, so I was wondering...I know many of you can find similar personalities within few Naruto characters, but I wondered, can characters change those personalities?

For example (what Naruto changed in my life):
- I started believing that I can do what I want
- I started being a fighter, before, I'd just say "Who cares?" if I got stuck in the problems, but now I say that I won't give up until I solve them and I do what I say
- I spent my life thinking and Naruto changed it, I started using acts, not thoughts :)
-I sometimes just wouldn't give up on anything, not even on the smallest thing

Many more...
Basically, Naruto Uzumaki changed it most (in a better way), but there are other characters, too.

So was your life changed somehow?

P.S. I meant Naruto manga/anime, not Naruto like Naruto Uzumaki, even tho it can be a case...
P.P.S. Sorry if there was a similar thread like this one before, cause I didn't find any (I didn't even try to search :sweatdrop) and sorry if this is posted in a wrong place...

[Iri]

Naruto influenced my life heavily.

He made me fall in love with my supposed-to-be 'brother' and rival, who has serious self-esteem issues, is broody, anti-social and emo and ditched me for power and a perverted man who's about 40 years older than me. :hurr

And even now I am still fighting to get him back.
I'll never give up! :iria


LOL, kidding.

[Gaawa-chan]

Um... Naruto got me addicted to NF and now I have no life?

...

... Does that count?

[Zaru]

It did in the sense that it got me into this forum, which changed my life quite a lot.

[Jetstorm]

Only by association. Nothing that was directly involved in the series itself.

[Yumi]

It really did:iria
It really changed my view about things in life:iria I'm more cheerful and more determined now:nod

[Tsukasa009]

just not giving up, this was strongly reinforced by taking Muai Thai which the philosophies are basically identical to Naruto's, whenever i'm tired and don't feel like doing anything it's just like "you know what?! i never give up!!" it's really great

[Euraj]

Yes, Naruto and NF have changed what I do with my that other three hours of my life each day.

[Kelsey♥]

Naruto lead me to NF which changed my life but apart from that I dont think it has :lmao

[Krix]

It has, kind of. I'm alot more optimistic. :amuse

[sweets]

Got me strangly addicted to this forum, and taught me never to give up.

But overall, nothing LOL. I try not to get influenced by fictional characters.

[SwirlyUchihaFan]

I think about the aspects of it, such as the importance of bonds and willingness to fight for the things that mean most to you- but I don't follow through and feel any of these things, even if I wish I could.

[Sarutobi Asuma]

I wear my naruto headband proudly to school now thanks to Naruto. Because of him, I want to become president of my college. :del

I will become president. Believe it. :LOS

[Kyasurin Yakuto]

I would say so considering that I never would have found this board otherwise and met some great people.

[NaruSaku12345]

It made my mom find out I'm a pervert. :dupe

[Vix]

yeah, my japanese improved, now I can talk to my grandpa in japanese. :)

[Perestroika]

Are some of these replies serious!?

Anyway...I have to go with the joining NF answers. The only way Naruto ultimately impacted me is that I found another addictive place to indulge in procrastination.

[Revy]

An anime changing your life....
LOL

[Sen]

I would say so considering that I never would have found this board otherwise and met some great people.

Are some of these replies serious!?

Anyway...I have to go with the joining NF answers. The only way Naruto ultimately impacted me is that I found another addictive place to indulge in procrastination.

Pretty much this :byastars

Naruto itself didn't change my life, but I can honestly say that NF and some of the people here have definitely changed my life and I won't be able to forget a lot of memories/friends I've made here. So whether it's for good or not, Naruto did inadvertently change my life. :awesome

[kakashi'sgirl]

i started to fight back a little to solve problems (arguements with freinds).
i met new people in my year at school who also liked naruto
i stared to go to expos ect so thats good.

i saw kakashi ( eek i love him so much) and became addicted to watching kakashi in the eps and looking at pics of him on the internet. so yeah my life is bacicly drawing manga, school, naruto, anime, bleach and kakashi....

[Sena01]

Naruto made me addict on the on animes hahaha :D It also taught me that friends are the one that you can't let go these friends help you when you need them and they can help you with all your problem. This anime also taught me to control myself you should plan before you do such things think of the consequences that might be the effect of what you have done because once you do it you can't take it back.

[Bluebella]

I was starting to go insane from bordem, and I would basically start twitching a lot.

Because I had been on Deviantart snce I was 11, and hadn't really gone to any other site, I thought Naruto was this shit anime that only 12 year old girls liked, because thats what the other users said.
On DA there would be two sides: those who didn't like naruto, and those who liked it (this was around 2005/06) and people would complain and try and get the admins to forbid people from drawing naruto fanart, because they would get about 100,000 pageviews and stuff.

I was then bored one day and found out theres a part 2 of the naruto manga, (before I was skeptic about these twelve year old kids having superpowers) and they were about 15/16, which in manga, my favourite characters were usually older.

Bascially, it steered me away from being an idiot online (I was in the DA version of /b/)
And it also gave me someting to look forward too each Tuesday (spoilers come out), Thursday and Friday.
It made me a lot happier though -
Although now people have started liking the show too, that I know, and for some reason I feel really angry when I hear them nattering on about it. Maybe because they didn't take the show as serious as I did (if I hear one more 'believe it' joke I am going to snap)

If I wasnt into naruto, I would... I dunno :awesome being a hacker or something.
oh no im rambling. Sorry!

[narutocrofan777]

An anime changing your life....
LOL

Yeah, for the record, it happens. You can say it's an idiotic tought and idiotic thing, but it works :).
Better now than never!

[Louchan]

Sakura has always been a huge source of inspiration for me.
Hell, the whole hair cut scene pretty much convinced me into getting short hair as well. :hehee

[Jeαnne]

i became more retarded >.>

[HikiHiki]

Uhm... because of naruto series I had to buy a new internet connection... for downloading ^^ *haha* But I would have done that anyways sooner or later I guess...

Hm... and yeah... today I failed a test at school, because yesterday watchin' the kizuna movie seemed more important than studying... -_-"

But generally I'm not the type who's life get's influenced by some special comics/TVseries...
Animes generally changed my life, because it became a new passion of mine, and it is a part of my life since many years now.... but that's got nothing to do with naruto...

[azn_fan_gurl]

It opened my eyes to a whole new world of geekiness. :quite

[Ningen]

It changed my Thursday nights/Friday mornings.

[DeterminedIdiot]

actually it did. even though its a show it made me realize i shouldnt give up and always keep at it. and my life has been alot better since doing that:genma

[Mai♥]

Yeah it's made me believe in myself a little more. And to not give up so easily.

[Peter]

It gave me something exciting to look forward to on Friday's. :awesome

[ChaoticxShadows]

I found a lot inspiration from Naruto but also from Hinata, because I was (but still to some degree) a very shy person with many insecurities and very low confidence. But after seeing the Neji v. Hinata fight and seeing how she decided to still keep on fighting even though she seriously hurt and close to dying...it inspired me to change and have more confidence in myself. :cry

[Nicola]

Hmmm... not that I know of? :lmao

[Striped Shoebox]

Uh, yeah.
The way I treated special-ed kids. (:

[Brooke Logan]

Yes, in a negative way in one case, but I can't talk about that here, it's personal.

In a way it changed my life when Hidan came into the picture, because Hidan has helped me understand what God's love for us must be like. I love him unconditionally and I like to think that's how God feels about people.

[Yagami1211]

No, nothing.
This is just a manga, a really good one, but just a manga. You've got to realize it's just a fictional story of characters who never existed.
It's okay to cry of be happy about a story, but that's about it.

[dummy plug]

well Naruto made me addicted to it [i]and/i] NF, hell that's why im here posting :suave

[Yondaime X3]

Naw, and I plan on keeping it that way.

[KisameBijuuLevel]

Yeah, Thanks to Naruto i have a hobby watching manga and looking for new animes everyday :edu

[Coteaz]

Yeah it's made me believe in myself a little more. And to not give up so easily.

actually it did. even though its a show it made me realize i shouldnt give up and always keep at it. and my life has been alot better since doing that:genma

I found a lot inspiration from Naruto but also from Hinata, because I was (but still to some degree) a very shy person with many insecurities and very low confidence. But after seeing the Neji v. Hinata fight and seeing how she decided to still keep on fighting even though she seriously hurt and close to dying...it inspired me to change and have more confidence in myself. :cry

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Are you fucking kidding me?

[LordUchiha]

I admit it did have a large influence on my life. Not characters in particular but other means.

I was able to relate to both Sasuke and Naruto although I find Naruto as a kid annoying and corny but I am beginning to like him now. This is mainly because no one has ever killed my family but a good portion of them was ripped away from me by certain circumstances ie Divorce , Jail , Drugs , and Feuding Families. This was mainly due to my father who does love me but has committed so many crimes I just dont want to see him. I was made fun of a lot in school as a little kid at age 4-9 and had basically zero friends(that did not beat me up anyway).

Naruto has not shown me but rather reminded me how important bonds are and how far I am willing to go for someone even if they don't return the favor as often. The first friend(bond) I ever made was in 4th grade at the age of 10 in September 2000. He is to this day my closest friend(beyond best friend level) In a way he is like Naruto(NOT GAY in anyway fangirls!!!!!! We are both straight and peverted over the naruto girls.)to me. We fight , ALOT , but at the same time can finish each others sentences. So Naruto(show/manga) reminds me alot about this.

Other things would include me being more observant and calculative in my life.

And yes like everyone else here I am addicted to NF. I post at least twice a day lol.

[FoxxyKat]

Got me very interested in yaoi and I've met some cool people here.

Also got me interested in reading manga, when before I didn't even know what that was, lol.

[Zack]

not really. just another manga I read

[biar]

Yeah, I've started to use Gai's "My Own Rules" to toughen up myself such as "If I don't finish my homework before dinner I'll have to do 2000 push-ups etc"

[mastergimmy]

i got used ot saying believe it befor but i quit hopefully

[raininggemini]

Thanks to Naruto, I met my 4-year boyfriend.

I always tie up a Naruto forehead protector on my bag, he saw it, we became friends, then we got together :)

[Firefist]

hmm not much just eating ramen a couple of times.

[Chippy]

Not particularly. I do like it, but if anything it raised my frustration levels due to debating and whatever.

[Brotha Ajax]

Changed the productivity of my studying, for the worse.

[izzyisozaki]

No longer Yaoiphobic.

[jeremy7]

To Bullitt: If you think everyone is a fag if they believe Naruto has changed their life in any way, then why have you posted over 1,000 times on NF, and have been a member for a year and a half? leave the negative stuff somewhere else, nobody posted on this thread dissing everyone on the thread. only post if Naruto has changed you life in any way, other than that, live and let live.

[KawaiiKurochan]

Well... i started getting closer to my friends..

Because before i was the quiet type but because of Naruto, we talked more often mostly about Naruto, but it really did a big part for me

[•Rinoa•]

Yes now i'm more time in the internet->NF.

[winryrocabell]

it did actually ... i have learned alot of it ...it actually have changed my life alot .. its to troublsome to mention though ...

[Femme fatale]

Not really. I mean, I enjoy reading it, but it's not really changed me lol.

[lishiyo]

not really, though i think it's changed my drawing style a bit and i appreciate the less pretty styles more now, at first i could barely read it since i thought the art was too ugly. i think NF has plenty of interesting theories and analyses that i didn't notice before in the manga, so it's made me appreciate how much thought and attention to detail kishi has put into a manga for 12 year olds. i've also realized how strangely obsessive some people can be over fictional pairings or characters :amuse

of course it's also made me far less productive :(

[Sheireen]

I started to like yaoi and yuri

[kizuna]

hmm... well, i got obsessed with it, and over xmas all i did was watch the anime...
and now i love deidara :<3

i don't spend too much time thinking about it, so it's not really changed my life that much, but if naruto didn't exist, i'd probably have turned to other things... like alkohol. which = bad. so naruto = good!

[kratos184]

You guys, it's an Anime and yes, i very much like to watch it and i'm a lot on this forum but it doens't change/affect my real life...

[Plot Hole]

No not really at all to tell you the truth. :oh

[Leah]

Yeah Naruto has had a big impact on my life.
I am a more confident person and I don't give up like I used to. It also led me to NF, where I met a lot of awesome people.

[♥Nadia♥]

i was actually so inspired by naruto uzumaki. the things he went through but no matter what, he was always looking ahead to better things, and always found a way to fix his problems, never giving up. I really admire him for that, cuz he changed my view on alot of things.

once i thought that things around me were bad and now, i think it could be much worse, and i f i have a goal, i'll achieve it in any way i can X3 and sometimes (and im not even kidding) when i get tired, or i dont feel like finishing something (like say, a race, or my exercises in martial arts class) i think about how naruto never gave up, and it got him somewhere and made him better, so when i think of that, i dont quit either :amuse


i know he's just a fictional character, but he can really get to people with what he says and does. His determination rubs off on us XD

[Narukka]

I start loving anime and manga again with renewed mood. I started drawing again :nod and it feels pretty cool. Also I spend a bunch of time in NF :hurr

[Kaekoro]

I start loving anime and manga again with renewed mood. I started drawing again :nod and it feels pretty cool. Also I spend a bunch of time in NF :hurr

Yeah the same for me, more or less. After I turned about 17, I grew out of anime, and then with Naruto (and now a few others), I've become a manga/anime fan again.

[Fujioka]

well yea naruto has really changed my life, i started drawing anime, joined a naruto fc, and joined naruto forums :amuse

[DVeagle74]

no. why would it? i dont really take any life lessons from manga/books/movies/video games.

[ButterflyGod]

Naruto has just been another thing for me to obsess over until the manga ends. Then I will just find something else to obsess over and never be interested in it the same way again or even give it a second thought. It's how it usually goes with me.

[Koroshi]

Nothing at all, it's just another manga, there's more where that came from.

[Naruto Trids]

Yes i was going though you can call it an "Arc" in my life we i was changing naruto got caught in it so i've been hook ever since :amuse

[Rainney]

Sasori changed who I fap'd to. :oh

[Glowpop]

Naruto was the anime that made me completely in love with anime/manga, and truly become the tard i am now.

I began reading a few years ago, but naruto was like, pow.

[Pepper]

The series itself? No.

It brought me to this forums, and that is the only thing about it that affected me. A lot. :canttouchthis

[LivingHitokiri]

Nope , Nothing

[Mai]

Nothing but making me read the manga more :zaru

[GlazedIce]

Uhhh. He taught me the real meaning of Baka and what it takes to become one. Seems the requirements are quite tough, if you ask me.

[Katz]

well I just got into anime more and spending more timez on the pc.
oh and it helped for my likes of dramatic shits period :zaru
and thats mostly it.

[Iruka]

Yes, Naruto bought Iruka into my Life. :ohpek and Yaoi. :lmao

[Distance]

Naruto has actually taught me a few lessons in life that I may have not found out until much later on.

[axellover2]

Yes Naruto has taught me that wearing the color orange is okay.I would have never done that before.

[Misha]

Naruto basically teaches what most shounen teaches, so not really.
However, Shaman King&Gurren Lagann taught me a few things c:

[Chrona]

Nothing really.
Other than wasting more Money on some Naruto related stuff XD

[narutocrofan777]

Uhhh. He taught me the real meaning of Baka and what it takes to become one. Seems the requirements are quite tough, if you ask me.
:lmao
Hehe... I guess not many of us can surpass them :amuse

[Isaha]

When my sista gets hurt and snivels, I tell her "Think about what Kakashi endured in Tsukyomi". She rolls her eyes and laughs at my fangirlness :xzaru

[ZigZag]

Meh, my time, that's about it.

[narutocrofan777]

When my sista gets hurt and snivels, I tell her "Think about what Kakashi endured in Tsukyomi". She rolls her eyes and laughs at my fangirlness :xzaru
:lmao I could use that one on my brother :plot hehe...

[Mish]

It taught me to stay in watching anime and wasting your life, when you could be doing somthing more intresting and fun.

[Pervy Fox]

Nope, but I know that it ended someones life in a sandbox :zaru

[narutocrofan777]

It taught me to stay in watching anime and wasting your life, when you could be doing somthing more intresting and fun.
If it's that bad, it will use as an experience, fight trought it. You'll get stronger. :amuse

[gaushi kapre utar]

Yeah it did change some thing in my life = made me distinguish stupid people from wise ones...go figure :hurr

[retro]

Nothing Really. :oh

[gaushi kapre utar]

^ yes it did...

it's the reason you're on this forum, whether partly or wholly.

[narutocrofan777]

^ yes it did...
it's the reason you're on this forum, whether partly or wholly.

Usually that's the case... and I guess all who say no lie. :hurr

[Sunabozu]

Determination

[Sasuke RULES]

Sasuke did ..

[narutocrofan777]

Sasuke did ..
:oh When I said Naruto, I didn't mean Naruto Uzumaki, but Naruto manga/anime.
So what was it?

P.S. You're the one of the rare ones who actually answered to the 2nd question "Who was it?". :P

[Hikui]

Well, I was fandom-hurt after Harry Potter so it healed me and made me obsess over something else. :kaga

[narutocrofan777]

Well, I was fandom-hurt after Harry Potter so it healed me and made me obsess over something else. :kaga
:lmao Nice one hehe...

[Sammitehninja]

I think that because of Naruto I'm more comfortable being in my skin, and more optimistic.

[CeruleanChains]

Oh, most definitely.

Well, actually, I think perhaps "Naruto has inspired me" would be a better way of phrasing it. Nothing's changed so much, but certain episodes and characters really helped me through some things, and reaffirmed my beliefs. You can argue that it's silly to put so much stall on an anime, but whatever :P

In particular, Rock Lee reminded me to work hard, and keep working hard at the things I love, even if it seems like it's not paying off. And Hinata...reminded me that strength is not when you're unafraid; real strength is when it scares the crap out of you but you do it anyway.

I could rattle off a thousand more things, but I'm trying to curb my tl;dr so I'll leave it at that :amuse

[narutocrofan777]

Nope, but I know that it ended someones life in a sandbox :zaru

Yeah... I heard about it, too. It's pretty sad. :(

Oh, most definitely.
Well, actually, I think perhaps "Naruto has inspired me" would be a better way of phrasing it. Nothing's changed so much, but certain episodes and characters really helped me through some things, and reaffirmed my beliefs. You can argue that it's silly to put so much stall on an anime, but whatever :P


I never thought that it's silly to be changed by an anime. Anime is a work of a human and it carries many important life morals.
Well, it's somewhat similar to be changed by another person's believes and acts.
It's not silly, it's brave. I think it's brave to let something change you and actually accept it.
:)

[CeruleanChains]

^ I don't personally think it's silly either, but there are plenty of people who do. That's more of what I was trying to say :P

[pokamon]

I lost money in buying its manga from Japan. :zaru

I think I became more boyish? And I learned how to interpret and right essays and theories and all that shit. XD

[Moonshine]

No it hasn't really. It lead me to this forum were i meet new friends and even met some of them irl:awesome. But the manga itself, it's "teachings" have not changed my life.

[narutocrofan777]

^ I don't personally think it's silly either, but there are plenty of people who do. That's more of what I was trying to say :P
You said it!
Many people don't realize it and I find it totally fulish when they make fun of that.

No it hasn't really. It lead me to this forum were i meet new friends and even met some of them irl:awesome. But the manga itself, it's "teachings" have not changed my life.
Well, the teachings didn't, but manga did! :zaru

That's how I see it. :amuse

[Laex]

yes it did, it took up so much of my free time :P

[natwel]

Probably made me happier

Didn't gain me anything extra curricular or productive though,

Maybe not,
Maybe it encouraged me to take up Japanese more,
eh that's right

[KrizzKee]

I'm not ashamed to say it did :hmpf I cherish my friends more, try not to ever give up and led me to this awesome forum which thus led me to have a more open mind about things. and it also burned a serious hole in my wallet.

[Beastly]

Naruto actually introduced me to other manga in shonen jump magazine.

[Angel]

No not really. I enjoy it and everything, but it hasn't changed anything in my life.

[Muah]

He tought me that the original is always better. That americans will take something suck out all the culture or goodness and put it on tv to make money. Plus naruto made me a computer nerd.

[hairyflubaasshat]

My best friend and I bonded over Naruto, so thats good. :)