Shikamaru, the structural anomaly

Sep 02, 2007 21:59

Note: This is neither a pro-Shikamaru nor an anti-Shikamaru essay ( Read more... )

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riah_chan September 2 2007, 19:05:33 UTC
I've always considered Shikamaru to be Kishimoto's author insert or something. (Though I still like the character.)

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erizibang January 8 2008, 03:52:06 UTC
haha I really enjoyed this... some parts made me laugh... go Shikamaru!!

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erizibang March 9 2008, 05:46:49 UTC
whoa that icon is creepy sasuke's head just pops out like "I seee youuuu"

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erizibang March 10 2008, 00:51:51 UTC
hahaha never thought that before xD
I think little Sasuke is cute :P

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I think... anonymous June 13 2008, 14:08:36 UTC
The problem is that you ignore the fact Kishimoto might just like Shikamaru.

Sometimes, when an author is working on something certain side characters just grow on them or take over aspects of the story...it isn't necessarily because they are special because they had to be, it's just author favour.

A second point is that perhaps Shikamaru's lack of a particular theme is his 'hat' except unlike others he gets 'mini-themes' while other themeless characters like Shino just get no themes.

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Re: I think... heronite June 13 2008, 14:16:53 UTC
The problem is that you ignore the fact Kishimoto might just like Shikamaru.

Eh? How that a problem? I simply find that irrelevant. ?_?
- Kishimoto said his favourite girl out of Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten is Tenten.
- Kishimoto said that his favourite girl (overall) is Anko.

Obviously, all that didn't influence how he writes the manga, no?

And getting mini-themes is not a theme. Giving a character mini-themes is directly giving up the opportunity to develop it into a mega-theme that would occupy many more pages and thus generate more revenue. Kishimoto can't write the manga for his own fun you know, he's got editors to please and a whole crew to feed.

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Shikamaru, the structural anomaly anonymous July 14 2008, 20:49:48 UTC
I agree with you on this, because now i find it even more strange that Shikamaru's role as a supporting character is bigger than the others O__O

Oh well ,I suppose Kishimoto has his reasons!

(I took extreme notice in the part with Temari and i do agree, but as a ShikaHina fan( yep, weird couple right?), I have a hard time believeing that he and temari will end up together, because I always imagined them just being friends anyway, but oh well, I can't predict what will happen, since Kishimoto isn't very predictable anyway.)

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