Have you noticed how much Naruto takes from Yu Yu Hakusho?

[@aperson9201]

Not to mention, sasuke and the uchiha clan were likely inspired by kurapika and the kurta clan

[@banjonetero2376]

Kurta Clan > Uchiass Kurapika > Sassuke Zoldyck > Uchitrash Killua > Suske Hiei > Sucksuke

[@cartoonmovesaz4587]

I feel sorry for you cause you never watched Naruto series fr😅​@@banjonetero2376

[@ness5365]

​@banjonetero2376 this comment gave me a stroke

[@Crystaal87]

​@@ness5365 fr

[@pinkykiduniya6388]

​@@banjonetero2376 absolutely agree hxh billion times better that overrated show

[@prajjwalchaulagai998]

"There's nothing new under the sun". People don't realise how deep this applies.

[@loverboi753]

It's not that deep😂

[@prajjwalchaulagai998]

@@loverboi753 it is. It applies to everything. Every thought every emotion every atom every electron. Everything

[@NostalgicOccultist]

@@loverboi753 In this specific case it is, you might just not be thinking about it very deeply.

[@justduro1527]

​​@@prajjwalchaulagai998 i am pretty sure there may still be things out there that have not happend before, be it here on earth or in space.

[@arangpu7482]

I'm pretty sure it's deep, everything we make is always inspired from everything else, so nothing new really, we just discover the combination from time to time.

[@sensoine]

They actually respects each other and openly admit where they got their inspiration, honest and humble

[@zir456]

It's better to have good image especially in Art and Manga Industry

[@vishnucs8204]

But most of the fans just want to compare one anime to the other 😩 it's rare to see an anime fan who enjoys both without even comparing when it starts it's like a war

[@Mochi-xv8zo]

​@@vishnucs8204onggg

[@mochoman312games2]

​@vishnucs8204 ya especially when you realize most mangaka are friends like oda and kishimoto are friends and I think grew up together heck they even wrote a but of each other mangas

[@smileyp4535]

"Bad artists copy, great artists steal" You can't be inspired without having something to be inspired by

[@magi9194]

People don't understand that there's a difference between artists being inspired by others to create their work and breathe their own life and personality into it. And artists who just copy/paste a checklist of things that all manga have, like a lot of generic action shonen or isekai have. Keeping it all Naruto, the entire concept about Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade is just taken from Japanese folklore. But he brings his own spin to it to create vibrant and entertaining characters.

[@enderborn6860]

Yeah Jiraya the galant i believe, he was a monk who helped a 3 legged frog and saved a princess called Tsunade now Orochimaru thats another legend Susanoo's return to godhood after burning Amateratsu's rice fields, he fough Yamata no Orochi and got Kusanagi from the tail and gifted it to Amateratsu thus regaining his godlyness

[@leonardorolingstella8554]

Not only the Sannin, but also almost every Mangekyo ability is named after a Japanese god

[@VIXXlight_VIXXComeBack]

Also the Susanoo forms are literally tengu. And the tailed beasts are yokai.

[@Star-vh4cs]

Susano and amaterasu are literal shinto gods ​@@VIXXlight_VIXXComeBack

[@darkling-studios]

Well... They are both not original... They take their origins back to Shinto practices and the idea of chi. Maybe the way it was used is similar but that doesn't mean it was a ripoff

[@Purpledictatorlinguistic]

The fact that Hunter X Hunter and Yu Yu Hakosho have the same Mangaka makes it even better. Like a cycle of inspiration

[@99range92def]

And his wife is the mangaka for sailor moon.

[@Paradox484]

Chakra natures and jutsu are probably the closest we've come to a power system that can rival the HxH nen, but it falls just a little bit short. Nen system is just so damn well thought out.

[@InTheKitchenWristStirFry]

@@Paradox484i might take Stands, Cursed Energy and Alchemy before it personally but its very solid and has done so much for the manga community

[@thedeadmeme7877]

Nen and cursed energy are nearly interchangable in their applications id say nen makes more sense though. Cursed energy stems from negative emotions and thoughts which implies that the most powerful sorcerers are immensely miserable people. This doesnt make any sense, and i think gege just kinda handwaves that away. Nen is just concentrated aura passively generated by living things. @@Paradox484

[@incarnation_of_immortality3422]

@@InTheKitchenWristStirFry Isn’t cursed energy directly inspired by Nen? Add in a little Chakra and you basically have Cursed Energy.

[@rmfgotenks28]

Naruto is like Star Wars. It takes different elements from different stories but is still able to create a world that stands on its own.

[@gabrieltorres6484]

And they both got shitty spin offs done by greedy corporations that just wanted to make a quick buck off the IP.

[@etherealhatred]

That's literally anything that is not plagiarism, every form of art works like this, not jUsT naRuTo AnD sTaR wArS

[@MrAltiach]

"Stealing from EVERYONE is called 'Research.'"

[@Sh00peh]

I think its funny how one of "The big three" is bassically just a ripoff off most other great anime and manga.

[@LOSAY-]

Yuyu hakusho was my first anime i ever watched and im so proud it’s getting the love it deserves

[@rafatheboomer]

There’s a jjk episode in season 1 where yuji is learning cursed energy by watching movies and asks if he’ll be able to use Bankai and more

[@CanTheMan]

That's a reference gintama does it a lot

[@user-gk2jh3cp5q]

Kamehameha, spirit sword (I think it's called like this idk haven't watched bleach) and other more

[@harshvardhanmisal2255]

​@@CanTheMan Assassination classroom is full of references

[@IKBanksI]

@@user-gk2jh3cp5qhe said spirit gun. Yusukes main attack from Yu Yu Hakusho

[@thatpoorlonelyguywhonobody2143]

Rasengan

[@debrachambers1304]

The chakra/spirit energy just have a common root in legends and whatnot.

[@PugGrumbler]

Life energy, so yeah kinda

[@aquaphoenix200]

In Hinduism, Chakra is various energy points in your body There 7 points across your whole body and it is used in meditation and yoga

[@JeSt4m]

I mean Ki, chackra, Reiatsu, curse energy blablabla it's basically just random naming for special energy and whatnot. The real root however is actually Chi from Wuxia novel. The idea that one can train to cultivate and harness energy within to do the impossible is basically originated from China.

[@bartofii]

@@JeSt4m I'd say non-physical energy systems are more widely discussed to be simply be stated as having a singular origin. If anything I'd say that Wuxia is just a version of fantasy themed under chinese cultural influence. Now specifically over the top martial arts to a super human level is definitely specific to wuxia and chi/ki/qi might be more influenced by chinese elements... but non-physical energy is present in too many cultures to really be JUST one source

[@cfri9332]

Bruh really said "They made chakra from Naruto a real thing!"

[@leonvalentine3748]

The author is honest about it. Respect.

[@phoenixprince79]

Every single movie on the planet, video game, comic book, etc. takes his inspiration from everyone and anything

[@albertogomes167]

Kurama is literally a boy that turns into a fox spirit XD

[@xSABRET00TH]

technically kurama is a demon fox fused with the boy yorichi after being wounded…

[@d.geodraxarehal20goldenbir35]

People on the Dragon Ball community sometimes seem to treat Akira Toriyama (RIP) was THE inspirer, meaning, the one who inspired others but NOT accept he might have also get inspired by others, like he was link 1 on the anime chain. Specially when Akira confirmed he was inspired by stuff like Astro Boy, Ultraman, and even Disney animated movies like 100 Dalmatians of all things.

[@Puff_the_Buff]

Yeah. There isn't really a first person that just made crap up. Everyone is inspired by something. Nothing is original.

[@balazscsotai8354]

Not just that, I'm pretty sure that Dragon Ball also had some inspiration from Journey to The West. One of the most influential pieces of literature of China

[@Puff_the_Buff]

@@balazscsotai8354 Yup. Goku, Ox King, Oolong, Yamcha, Master Roshi and some others were based off of Journey to the West.

[@AddYourName_FS]

The OG Dragon Ball inspiration is Journey to the West and DBZ inspiration came from Superman (Saiyan saga), Star Wars (Frieza Saga), Terminator ( Android Saga ), Disney movie ( Buu Saga) ​@@balazscsotai8354

[@edweefication]

Even Dragon Ball was at first the rip off version of Journey to The West 😅

[@edwardballiet2167]

Thats how you also learn you kinda have a type of anime you like.

[@forte210392]

Remember when the naruto anime took so much inspo from cowboy bebop that they reskinned an entire fight sequence frame for frame? Good times

[@obscurereference8798]

"Good artists borrow, great artists steal" - Pablo Picasso

[@2OrangeDude]

Course ya know… the Nine Tails being referred to as Kurama

[@DZlegend]

Kurama is also a mountain in Japan that is said to have a nine tailed fox demon protecting it.

[@leonardorolingstella8554]

And also Kuramas chakra makes wood jutsus start growing trees

[@anonymous-ix7kr]

And kurama's red hair being a trait of the uzumaki clan

[@leonardorolingstella8554]

@@anonymous-ix7kr You mean Kushina, Kurama is the fox

[@denobiskenechi1682]

​@@anonymous-ix7krok bro you are kinda stretching it

[@Debt-tective]

This is a ubiquitous phenomenon. The father of Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, gave us the structure for fiction writing that has been echoed throughout time. It doesn't make it bad if it's an echoing of a thing before

[@mental_hazard]

This feels more like a written story than an actual recounting.

[@adRHCP]

Hunter x Hunter also heavily inspired Jujutsu Kaisen, like, heavily. Togashi is such a good mangaka

[@kiteknight23]

Togashit can't do without toriyama

[@mohitnegi1033]

​@@kiteknight23why u are hating on togashi

[@kiteknight23]

@@mohitnegi1033 cus he ain't nothing

[@IzzySarru]

@@kiteknight23 What does that even mean. This feels like low-tier bait.

[@kiteknight23]

@@IzzySarru cope bro

[@ashenshield1712]

It's called taking inspiration and as long as the work isnt a carbon copy i actually really like it

[@hunterstocks7247]

Yeah that's what the vid was about

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@hunterstocks7247​​⁠ not hating ​​⁠ it’s cos this guy decided to use Naruto as an example. Idk why but now apparently Naruto is mid and HxH is a master piece. When HxH is inspired by db. In fact Muruem is basically Cell. Gon is childlike exactly like Naruto. They chose him as a kid exactly the same way dragon ball starts. At least the big 3 start much older. Even Naruto skips to 12 in part 1 then shippuden straight away. Let’s not mention how he uses Goku’s favourite move b4 kamehameha. Which is Rock Paper Scissors. Gon is exactly like Goku in personality, very innocent naive but dangerous. It’s basically copy paste of Goku. Yet I don’t complain.

[@hunterstocks7247]

@@zakiahmed6655 ohh I see, tbh I'm not a big fan of Hunter X hunter

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@hunterstocks7247 ahh must’ve mistaken your profile for a HxH fan

[@AlmondNut]

Naruto actually takes a huge inspiration from Japanese Mythology, especially when it comes to names for abilities: Susanoo is the god of the winds and seas, Amatarasu is the god of the black sun, Izanagi is the supreme diety, etc I heavily encourage people to dive into Japanese Mythology and see how much of it was used to create characters and abilities from Naruto!

[@pablodavidclavijo4609]

If no one took inspiration from previous artist we'd be still painting on caves

[@gibbs1716]

bro the video was so polite and then the comments are "mY fAvOrItE >>> aNyThInG eLsE"

[@keot777]

Sadly not surprised. There's way too many animanga fans that just can't enjoy their favorite without crapping on other's favorites

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@keot777 it’s cos this guy decided to use Naruto as an example. Idk why but now apparently Naruto is mid and HxH is a master piece. When HxH is inspired by db. In fact Muruem is basically Cell. Gon is childlike exactly like Naruto. They chose him as a kid exactly the same way dragon ball starts. At least the big 3 start much older. Even Naruto skips to 12 in part 1 then shippuden straight away. Let’s not mention how he uses Goku’s favourite move b4 kamehameha. Which is Rock Paper Scissors. Gon is exactly like Goku in personality, very innocent naive but dangerous. It’s basically copy paste of Goku. Yet I don’t complain.

[@zakiahmed6655]

⁠ it’s cos this guy decided to use Naruto as an example. Idk why but now apparently Naruto is mid and HxH is a master piece. When HxH is inspired by db. In fact Muruem is basically Cell. Gon is childlike exactly like Naruto. They chose him as a kid exactly the same way dragon ball starts. At least the big 3 start much older. Even Naruto skips to 12 in part 1 then shippuden straight away. Let’s not mention how he uses Goku’s favourite move b4 kamehameha. Which is Rock Paper Scissors. Gon is exactly like Goku in personality, very innocent naive but dangerous. It’s basically copy paste of Goku. Yet I don’t complain.

[@Noob-gb6bn]

​@@zakiahmed6655the character copies paarts of goku ut the story is so dark and good. Really enjoyed naruto and db as well so like, who cares if they are similar

[@keot777]

@@zakiahmed6655 I assure you, even if he had picked any other example, those armpit smellers would've showed up anyways.

[@kh2freak1337]

Togashi out here inspiring generations of mangaka

[@kiteknight23]

U mean toriyama?

[@kh2freak1337]

@kiteknight23 idk Dawg the video is right here. Toryiama has his place in the anime/manga zeitgeist. But this video proves my point more than yours.

[@kiteknight23]

@@kh2freak1337 tagoshit ain't without toriyama my dude. Cope

[@kh2freak1337]

@kiteknight23 call it cope. But your making it sound like togashi's work don't stand on their own. Your the one coping I've never seen an episode of DragonBall and will continue that streak, especially now because a dragonballs fan like you got so mad haha

[@kiteknight23]

@@kh2freak1337 togashit work is done n dusted. No originality No continuation no growth no fanbase no movies no games nothing. It's just dead in every media and every aspect possible. Do not grave dig, Let it rest.

[@alphae9712]

They did a good job I like both shows.

[@theGhostSteward]

What I think, being a ikustrator, is taht: the more you take inspiration OUTSIDE your industry, the better. Like, your art increase soooo much by just having other interests. Look at art from tother cultures, think outside the box... like, Araki come with his poses cause he love fashion, Versailles no Bara is just historical fanfiction but we remember them dearly cause they change the genre and you can feel their passion. It's nice to see a story thst is not a eco chanber, a history with feelings, imperfections, tests and errors and a lot of love ❤

[@zaydiosama8397]

Togashi is one of the goats and i'm sick of haters talking shit about his back. If you're a JJK fan you should know buddy took a LOT of inspiration from HXH

[@SkeetWeet4368]

Nobody talks shit about togashi , he's one of the most dickridden mangakas off all time

[@__diosito__]

HxH turned into shit with the elctions arc and YYH is a piece of outdated mediocrity. It's not haters talking shit bout it but fanboys who think that hack is the Best mangaka

[@kiteknight23]

Togashit is basically copy of dbz

[@tywit9481]

​@@kiteknight23dragon shit is​ basically copy of astro boy​​ superman etc

[@kiteknight23]

@@tywit9481 yes yes Toshi copy toriyama. Can't deny

[@user-tv8vp4du4k]

I actually feel a sense of familiarity if that's the case which makes me more interested since it's also sometimes easy to understand things like powers , plot etc

[@emanuelalcala1314]

Dude jjks legit steals fight scenes and just scenes in general and it's goated

[@nong333]

Personally, I treat my multimedia like I treat my food: It's not about the originality of the ingredients but rather how well the chef cooks those ingredients.

[@falloutjustcause]

I mean any good writer or artist will take inspiration from the prior works of his genre out outside of them. Standing on shoulders of giant and what not. Don’t see why people get hung up on “this person copied this” cuz it’s usually not even a direct copy it’s just an iteration on that previous idea.

[@derpypotato677]

and sometimes they didn't even do that.

[@bkhai1041]

Everybody takes inspiration from something. It's impossible to be a conscious human with completely original thoughts, you can try to mitigate it later in life, but you can't mitigate it during your developmental years.

[@williamargott398]

Except for JJK, that’s literally just “NaruBleach Hakusho”

[@horseheadlegman414]

@@williamargott398you’re literally the type of person he’s talking about in the last sentence

[@faikromid1970]

​@@williamargott398proceed to have completely different story. The only thing looks similar to naruto is the student of gojo and sukuna begins a monster but as a vesel inside of mc but they're personality are completely different. Nothing more deep than this The story and plot is completely different to the two series.

[@Leonardo-oq2qf]

As a YYH fan it’s always seeing the references in other mangakagas work

[@kevankebon9353]

Like music.. How many combination that you make there is always a similarity with the old song.. 70's 80's 90's is the gold era of music industry, comic, movie else

[@ppcdsalvc4208]

Finally somebody showing love to YU YU HAKUSHO !

[@theflashfan3234]

I think there is a difference when people speak about inspirations vs. when they talk about character archetypes and their tropes and arrangements of said things being lifted wholesale from other manga.

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

i felt like i fucking took psychic damage for a second when this man really tried to say that any kind of spirit energy is a reference to yu yu hakusho as if it wasn't a real life lore thing is blond hair a dragon ball reference then?

[@alvafairchild13]

Same here like wtf

[@Fanimati0n]

He was talking about the *application* of it. Like, spirit energy & Chakra work in practically identical ways. Yes, they both have a common origin, but it's the way that it's applied that causes them to be similar

[@princeharris2660]

@@Fanimati0n this can literally be said about Ki, Qi, Chakra, Chi, all kinds of energy from Eastern cultures and stories

[@emperormoist3851]

Nah bro having an odd haircut is a one piece reference because one piece had bad hair!111!!

[@user-jz7vf5iq7h]

@@Fanimati0n call it whatever you want to call it. spirit energy, chakra, ki, nen, life energy, ... they have the same kind of application and aren't based on any anime. the concept of this kind of energy is far older than the very first manga.

[@archdiangelo7930]

This is a good lesson: it's not that there's nothing new under the sun, it's that no work is an island. Everything has an origin point, and that origin point has its origin point. "Originality" isn't about having no inspirations or influences, because that's next to impossible. Even if it's something from your real life influencing your work, like a traumatic event or someone you love, you're still drawing inspiration from SOMETHING. It's about putting your own spin on what you're drawing inspiration from, giving it a unique identity, and making something that only you, in your time and place, can make. Only Kishimoto could've made Naruto, only Oda could've made One Piece, and only you can make whatever you end up making, if you don't just copy and paste that is.

[@y.h.w.h.]

Another inspiration: ninjas with mutant bloodline abilities and magic eyes also draws from Basilisk.

[@musty_birb]

I actually really like and find it cool when manga artists take inspiration from other mangas whether it’s a character or power system

[@Worldsbiggestloser]

Fun fact Sanji from one piece was going to be named naruto, but he wanted to the up and coming anime Naruto to have that name.

[@WieldMyWord]

Was Oda friends with Kishimoto at that time? I thought that was later on..

[@eromirage-nm4xx]

I cant remember the name but there was a manga/anime that dragon ball took a big amount of inspiration and copies from

[@TheFightmaster22]

Also Naruto took some ideas from Akira Toriyama too. If you watched the OG dragon ball, you can notice that Kinkaku and Ginkaku appear there as characters, as well as the name "inoshikacho", but in Dragon ball it's the name of the animal

[@soksoksg325]

They are both characters from the Journey to the west Chinese epic. Both Naruto and DBZ used the characters from journey to the west.

[@levinkeluargapolca]

Ino, Shika, and Cho trio is a winning formation in japanese card game. So, both Toriyama and Kishimoto are inspired by that. Same way as Eiichirou Oda create King, Queen, and Jack trio in One Piece

[@TheFightmaster22]

@@levinkeluargapolca ohhh didn't know that :o I don't know much about the chinese/japanese culture so thanks for educating me

[@TheFightmaster22]

@@soksoksg325 same goes for u ))

[@WieldMyWord]

@@levinkeluargapolca that is just very common in a lot of older shonen, I think it has more to do with being easier to remember, than knowing their specific names which can be very hard after awhile when watching tons of anime.

[@user-jw4pj8eq1b]

People don't realize that almost all works are inspired from real life or from another work and that isn't just for manga or comics it can be applied to anything for example try to imagine a color you never saw

[@user-jw4pj8eq1b]

To note something I am absolutely not against inspiring I actually love when something is inspired in smart way

[@zakiahmed6655]

⁠ not hating ​​⁠ it’s cos this guy decided to use Naruto as an example. Idk why but now apparently Naruto is mid and HxH is a master piece. When HxH is inspired by db. In fact Muruem is basically Cell. Gon is childlike exactly like Naruto. They chose him as a kid exactly the same way dragon ball starts. At least the big 3 start much older. Even Naruto skips to 12 in part 1 then shippuden straight away. Let’s not mention how he uses Goku’s favourite move b4 kamehameha. Which is Rock Paper Scissors. Gon is exactly like Goku in personality, very innocent naive but dangerous. It’s basically copy paste of Goku. Yet I don’t complain.

[@Dmox21]

Chakra, spirit energy, nen, cursed energy, its all the same

[@shaqibkhan4380]

These are the same people who say musicians steal songs when they sample a song tune, or a verse of a song for theirs

[@randomdudethatswatchingyoutube]

"all stories have been told, all thats left is to tell them in different ways"

[@bananaslamma35]

Naruto and Sasuke also have a ton of visual inspiration from GOku and Vegeta, and their rivalry was also kind of forced on him by an editor trying to emulate the success of Vegeta as a rival IIRC.

[@fireblizard8366]

It was Goku and Krillins.

[@sphjinx1448]

@@fireblizard8366I can see how considering being peers and all. But Goku and Krillin didn’t really have some big climactic battle to solve their rivalry, and Krillin is nothing like Sasuke is. Even back in those days he wasn’t. Sasuke reminds me a lot more of Vegeta, so I’d say it’s a mixture.

[@Segen_Bell]

I love Hiei. He is so cool and cute.

[@abubakaryfofana4219]

That’s the beauty of it all The fact that people can take things they have been inspired by and create something even more amazing in my opinion

[@andrelcz3030]

It’s new that Yu Yu Hakusho and HxH are masterpieces inspiring all the actual animes.

[@user-bq8mi6ld2v]

i dont mind manga getting inspiration from other manga but i draw the line for bad isekai clones which make fanservice the only good thing happening for hem

[@mahamadeuswardhana8860]

This can really be said for not only different forms of art, but ART in general. Us as artist are beings who are inspired to make things from things that inspire. us in any form. So originality shouldn't be based on something new, but something unique. We just add out own little twist to things that inspire us, and that is completely normal in art. Pablo said it best, "good artist borrow, great artist steal". So don't be afraid to take inspo.

[@alvafairchild13]

Seriously like thats just straight up creating

[@mahamadeuswardhana8860]

@@alvafairchild13 ye

[@JonnyRoss]

Literally all art takes inspiration from previous art. That's the circle of creative life. Lol

[@IdkEnglishT-T]

“There’s nothing new under the Sun”. people don’t realize how deep this applies!

[@patrickcalip948]

My man didn't even mention the fox spirit.

[@user-jz7vf5iq7h]

probably because that doesn't come from any manga/anime. the legend of the nine tailed fox is thousands of years older.

[@patrickcalip948]

@user-jz7vf5iq7h I was referring to kurama being a fox spirit inhabiting the body of a teenager.

[@alexsanchez1620]

Chakra and spiritual energy is older then all anime aswell ​@@user-jz7vf5iq7h

[@zakiahmed6655]

⁠ not hating ​​⁠ it’s cos this guy decided to use Naruto as an example. Idk why but now apparently Naruto is mid and HxH is a master piece. When HxH is inspired by db. In fact Muruem is basically Cell. Gon is childlike exactly like Naruto. They chose him as a kid exactly the same way dragon ball starts. At least the big 3 start much older. Even Naruto skips to 12 in part 1 then shippuden straight away. Let’s not mention how he uses Goku’s favourite move b4 kamehameha. Which is Rock Paper Scissors. Gon is exactly like Goku in personality, very innocent naive but dangerous. It’s basically copy paste of Goku. Yet I don’t complain.

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@patrickcalip948 Apparently Sasuke comes from a ninja tale about someone called Sasuke who wants to avenge his clan. So how is Kurama inspired by the anime you want to imply it is.

[@xPandamon]

Naruto being beloved is a mystery to me to this day, and I am 28. Always found it pretty mediocre, especially because it got way more popular than it ever should have.

[@Someguy92377]

I mean shows like dragon ball has mid stories but people still like them it's just outdated for it's time

[@yanyanzhang5813]

Because Naruto is legitimately one of the best manga ever written and saying otherwise is just you playing contrarian for attention?

[@xPandamon]

@@yanyanzhang5813 One of the best manga ever written? First time I ever heard anybody claim that. I myself don't like it, many people I know don't like it, there only are two camps, which is not an indicator of a genuinely great manga/ anime

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@xPandamon “first time I ever heard anybody claim that” Ah, so you either haven’t talked to another human being before or you are death. Sorry for your loss either way.

[@xPandamon]

@@yanyanzhang5813 Even on a quick search most people agree that the manga is a 7/10. Not bad, but has some flaws. I totally agree with that, the manga is way better than the anime, which to me is terrible and it has split opinions on it for many reasons. The mange is good, but it's just a good manga in a sea of other good mangas. I guess I dislike Naruto because of the mediocre anime, which many grew up on and like because of that reason. But like I said, I never heard anybody say that Naruto is one of the best manga out there, hell, I rarely hear people talk about the manga in the first place. Kind of a shame.

[@mihaicovaciu6634]

We gonna ignore completly that Naruto looks exactly the same like super sayian Goku

[@H3r0toZ3r0]

I can't remember who said this quote but "good artist borrow great artist steal"

[@rickylopez166]

Wait wasn’t Naruto design after Goku ?

[@user-eb6fe9xm3z]

Honestly this is very painful, as young as i am, I actually come up with my own original ideas just to watch an anime or movie to see that same idea being used in the exact same way

[@keithdavy7346]

My dude I literally made a story I was gonna upload online but told my friend the rundown of the initial plans. My friend laughed after hearing me out and said the web novel he was reading the EXACT same plot points. Everything I mentioned before and after, that same web novel had done exactly that, the exact same way. I read it myself and it felt like I was reading a carbon copy of my story that never left the draft.

[@huntersuper98]

The only time in life where you're able to have true untainted original thoughts is when you're extremely young. This is also why however most of said thoughts are terrible. Without reference and inspiration creating something truly great is impossible at least by modern standards. The artists of today were inspirited and draw inspiration from the artists from the previous generation, those were inspired by the previous, and so on all the way back to the original cave paintings. It's part of being human, the important thing is to be yourself with what you create though. Don't just copy those around you verbatim. Make something your own while not being ashamed of the inspirations around you.

[@docomega7862]

Humans have told stories for thousands of years. Every single concept of story has already been told at least once. What makes your story unique is not that it's concept is "original" as nothing really is (and if it is, maybe there's a good reason why nobody used the idea as it may be terrible). What matter is what you bring to the original concept, how you use your experiences, encounters, beliefs, knowledge and opinions to shape a generic concept into something new. So, if you find the exact same story you wrote somewhere else, here is how you shoumd proceed. First, do not get discouraged by it and instead think of it as a challenge to make your story better. Then, go deeper than thinking that the plot points are the same. I'm sure your story has a little something that is unique. Maybe your character has a unique quirk. Maybe there is a relationship that is different. Once you find that one special thing, expand on it and how it affects your story. Then, write and rewrite until you're satisfied with your result. And a last advice, even if you can't find a way to make your story truly different from the other one you found, if you really want to put it out, then do it. The only thing that matters is that you are proud of yourself and your story, and for your next story you'll find something more unique, more true to you

[@user-eb6fe9xm3z]

@@docomega7862 thanks very much for the advice, I won't give up then

[@brentparris7537]

The background music 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↕️

[@moochyaldridge6205]

i think we forget that we have been around for so long now, that its hard to continue to be creative and come up with new things that everyone will enjoy that is completely new

[@KeWiTheNoun]

It’s almost like a lot of the lore across manga is inspired by the same mythology.

[@naturesymphony8423]

That too but people notice when something is done in the same likeness as something else. Or else we wouldn’t have the same typical revenge story of a certain shonen protagonist trying to avenge their nigh extinct clans

[@ChrisMALUKAI]

..a notorious clan with eyes that once turned red unlock strange powers which also attract evil curiosity upon them from other people wanting to steal their eyes.. That clan got genocided.. hmm hmm hmm 🤔 oh! and the sole survivor is seeking revenge! 😀

[@yassirbeniaz6645]

Common japanese trope, not inspired by hxh 😅

[@MustyHam]

​@@yassirbeniaz6645the red eyes too? that's a common trope?

[@gavinbrown216]

In this case it is most likely coincidence

[@ChrisMALUKAI]

@@gavinbrown216 it's not. Masashi confirmed it himself.

[@pieth68]

I mean... both manga were prepublished the same year and considiring how early the uchiha storyline is introduced it's unlikely that kishimoti took inspiration from that

[@hewhomakesnosound]

Nothing changes but the face and the place.

[@alackofgames913]

There's a reason we call brilliant works "inspired" and weak works "uninspired"

[@kushywaygalaxy4428]

Kishimoto has a brother who wrote a manga called 666 satan which is also about a young boy with a demonic power within him essentially because both of them were inspired by the same source material.

[@Joshua_N-A]

Seishi, wonder what manga he's doing currently.

[@PSN_OGRE]

I say Sasuke is a combination of Kurapika and Hiei.

[@yanyanzhang5813]

Except Sasuke was created before Kurapika. Again, research, it’s not that hard. Sasuke is a combination of Hiei and Sasuke from Sasuke by Sanpei Shirato.

[@Stoneking-lf6ey]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@yanyanzhang5813kurapika was made in 1999. Sasuke was made in 2002 and even if he was based off of that Sasuke, you still can’t tell me that the uchiha clan isn’t based off of the kurapika clan

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Stoneking-lf6ey it isn’t. And everything you just said is incorrect. HxH was created in 1998. Naruto was serialized in 1999. It’s concept following proto-Sasuke and the proto-uchiha clan was created in 1995. And Sanpei Shirato’s Sasuke, about a black haired ninja named Sasuke avenging his Ninja clan whose eyes turn red came out in 1961. Togashi wasn’t even born until 5 years later. Sit down kiddo.

[@omermohammad1336]

​@@yanyanzhang5813 Huh?

[@nikamoreillus661]

​@@yanyanzhang5813oh so what you mean is that the concept of sasuke came out way before the concept of kurapika...?

[@trxshmonke6590]

Bro ever source of media is an inspiration

[@Arcanilumia]

Everything is a remix of a remix. The execution is what makes it unique

[@Hiperblade1999]

The dragonball community are the biggest culprits of this

[@ismokedyotreedontsmokearou7618]

We pointed this out years prior to this guy naruto is still a fraud and the anime is still terrible in comparison to its predecessors

[@Hiperblade1999]

@ismokedyotreedontsmokearou7618 pretty much proved my point imao

[@Hiperblade1999]

@@ismokedyotreedontsmokearou7618 and what does that have to do with what I said?

[@bohlam6c]

let's not forget the chakra affinity test and nen test is basically the same thing

[@dragonfire-ew7bb]

Not is it not how are paper and glass the same this

[@littleghost2271]

I thought you were gonna talk about how Naruto has a lot of inspiration from the Japanese folklore but that works too

[@raygandarilla]

I swear I thought I was the only one who noticed this. But I love both shows.

[@Dragor9359]

Hiei and kurapika both inspired sasuke

[@yanyanzhang5813]

Except you’re wrong because Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan predates HxH. The original concept for Naruto was about the Uchiha clan, and that was released before HxH was made. Sasuke is inspired by Hiei and Sasuke from Sasuke by Sanpei Shirato.

[@Dragor9359]

@@yanyanzhang5813 i just looked it up and hunter hunter came out first back in 98 and naruto came out in 99

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Dragor9359 the concept manga for Naruto came out in 1995. Again, do some research.

[@Dragor9359]

@@yanyanzhang5813 i have and naruto wasn't introduced in 95 but had a one shot in 97 but there was a one shot in 95 called karakuri that later helped make the naruto manga along with the original one shot where naruto was originally the fox

[@Cl7.]

​@@yanyanzhang5813 and sasuke wasn't even in the concept manga, he was suggested to him by kishimotos editor while he was reviewing his work, dumbo.

[@Imtaz-]

Naruto’s fame is not deserved buddy kishimoto’s writing is so bad I don’t even know how it got popular

[@B_Governance]

Maybe yes maybe no, but many disagree with you me included.

[@jin4712]

Nah it’s definitely deserved. Naruto is probably one of the most well written shounen out and part 1 specifically was peak

[@Imtaz-]

@@jin4712 his writing is bad maybe if u watched other anime than shitruto you would know

[@jin4712]

@@Imtaz- I guarantee I’ve read and watched far more anime/manga than you have. The truth of the matter is that Naruto is objectively written extremely well. People who claim otherwise only claim so bc it’s more popular than their favorite. If you’re gonna be biased you gotta claim it at the very least

[@yanyanzhang5813]

@@Imtaz-hi, I read more manga than you do. Naruto is still written well.

[@user-ij7qf4bg8e]

Inspiration makes perfection

[@Floydric]

Funny thing every shonen anime that has a tournament arc got the idea from the dark tournament

[@redworm93]

it’s almost like the ideas from anime come from myths and legends from real life lol.

[@Bob-j1]

In fact, there is nothing original in people's ideas, at least the majority. A bad artist imitates what he stole, and a good artist turns what he stole into something better

[@raidof3876]

Everything is made from inspiration and further refined again anak again that’s how masterpiece are made.

[@qwmx]

The whole concept of chakra (life energy) being used in combat is also something that is older than yuyu hakusho. The chinese believe in "qi" (or ki) and believed in all sorts of stuff related to it too and how it affects kung fu. The concept of Chakra is also in some Indian continent religions too.

[@marceloho1984]

Yu Yu Hakusho is a master piece

[@glenntimotitzy1136]

There's a big difference between taking inspiration and straight up copying...

[@Ghostly_One1]

Open, respectful imitation is the highest form of flattery.

[@nexty10]

Bro HUNTA HUNTA, a mf masterpiece.

[@skunkpelz]

nothing is created in a vacuum, the best creations take inspiration from other works, and then subvert viewers' expectations

[@danny297]

Yea a lot of inspirations for yu yu hakusho but he does mention it and he has great relationships with everyone he’s used as a source. I love that they’re all kind of friends or at least respect each other.

[@Stormer13]

I love Yu Yu Hakusho. The Dark Tournament arc is still my favorite tournament arc that I've seen to date.

[@pattygreen8064]

chakra and spiritual energy have been around LONG before any manga was ever written.

[@ThatGirl577]

Thank you! I'm currently writing a novel and I shared my thoughts in the friend group on how the story would begin and YOU KNOW WHAT!? MOST SAID IT WAS UNORIGINAL! They said that I was stealing stories from others and making them my own, when I just shared my thoughts on how the freaking story would begin. Just from that, some of my that I can't come up with something original. 🙂👏🏻

[@zayyinhaidar452]

It's not just inspiration, it's already become a format for the Shounen manga

[@Itsjustgaming859]

I’m not going to lie, the thing I’m writing right now takes a lot of inspiration from my favorite anime.

[@vasylpark2149]

Every story ever told takes inspiration from something else.

[@celinhooliveira3716]

"A third ey-" "BLACK CLOVER"

[@user-yp5ee9uw2s]

Don't you dare forget the first ninjutsu hand signs are in outlaw star

[@cotocoyerakson8195]

Sasuke's amaterasu is just Hiei's flames

[@evandropba90]

there is an adage that says that "every story has already been told", and completes saying that "what we do when we tell a supposed new story is change the 'how' the story unfolds or 'how' the plot goes", and i think that adage is simple liberating