question!

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

SO! I've been hearing lots of people say that Kishimoto said that Sasuke is his favorite character. On the other hand, there are people who said that Kishimoto said that Sasuke's his favorite character to draw. I just want to clear this up once and for all, so does anyone know where we can find a copy of the interview where Kishimoto stated Sasuke was his favorite.... Anyone??



...And on a completely random note, I noticed that Kishimoto changed something in ch 286 that wasn't in Weekly Jump.



The one that was featured in Weekly Jump has this.

Yet in Volume 32, Naruto's wearing his phallic necklace.

Here's a closeup:



And this -



I...really like his shoulders, harharhar.

So I guess we can assume that Naruto never takes off his necklace? :3

Comments

[larka-14.livejournal.com]

Naruto is supposed to wear the necklace all the time (even when he's naked ♥) I guess Kishimoto realized that he forgot it and just edited in? I don't know.. :O

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

I know, I just it was kind of cute. Like Kishimoto looked over the chapter and went, "ARGH! I forgot the necklace!! DDDD:"

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

...just thought*** Naruto's shoulders disctracted me D:

[larka-14.livejournal.com]

LOL NARUTO IS QUITE HOT AIN'T HE? ;)

Haha, Aww poor Kishimoto. He probably hoped no one would notice X3

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

Kishimoto should definitely draw naked Naruto more often, yup. Especially his back... *likes backs more than chests for some odd reason*

Silly Kishimoto. When it comes to naked!Naruto, us fangirls will notice every single detail :O

[larka-14.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see his penis

I like backs too but bellies are what get me XD So hot :O

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

Don't we all? :3

Naruto's belly gets +20 bonus points for having that spiffy seal.

[larka-14.livejournal.com]

Fuck Sai ♥, I bet it's medium. Too big isn't cute :(

Of coarse! And the muscle! So cute XD. I think I love his pout hair or eyes the most. It makes him look so... puppyish. X3

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

...Penises are cute? XD *imagines Perry the Singing Penis on a kiddy show*

Awww, if there were ever a Narutoish puppy, I'd buy him on the spot and cuddle him 24/7.

[kayuuko.livejournal.com]

I don't have the interview with me right now but he said Sasuke is his favourite character to draw because Sasuke was more difficult for him (since he is a 12-year-old but has a more serious/grown-up looking face than others).

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! I think I remember reading that part, too... *goes off to download early chapters*

[treat.livejournal.com]

Maybe because I perused this particular scene so much the necklace looks very much drawed in. XP

The necklace does look like a friggin' penis. XD

As for Sasuke...I only really recall Kishimoto stating that in volume 2 Sasuke was his favorite character to draw, but nothing about stating who was his favorite character. I get an inkling it might be Naruto, though.

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm surprised Sai hasn't said anything about Naruto's necklace yet XD

[kunoichi-jaden.livejournal.com]

Well, in the viz translation, in volume 3 it says:

"Keeping the visual consistently right makes him the character who takes the most work and energy from me. Maybe that's why he's become my favorite character."

*shrugs* Take what you want from that. It could be interpreted either way >.o

However, I don't think its possible for Sasuke to not be one of Kishimoto-san's favorites. He's made Sasuke's story so involved and so integral to the plot @.@ I don't think anyone would do that with a character they don't enjoy.

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

I don't have neither the Viz version nor the original volume, so I'll just take your word for it. And yeah, Kishimoto really luvs Sasuke. I mean, he got more pages dedicated to his grand time-skip entrance than Naruto!! :O

[rasenth.livejournal.com]

Yes, somebody needs to post up the Japanese version of the interview AND a translated version. X_X; I never even SEEN this interview before, except random vague references to it.

Awww, that scene is so cute. XD YAAAY!!!
I think the addition of the necklace is really cute. Shows how obsessed he is with that thing. XD And man, I so did NOT realize that Naruto actually stood up when Yamato scared him. No wonder Sai made that statement. XD;;; And God, Sai was looking down the whole time.

[negi-ramen.livejournal.com]

Me neither, and I don't really feel like buying vol 2 (or 3) just for the interview D:

Yeah, Sai loves them penises. I can just imagine him making a snide remark towards the necklace...

Sai: You know what that necklace of yours reminds me of?
Naruto: ........
Sai: ^_____^ A pe-
Naruto: RASENGAN!

[libraire.livejournal.com]

LMFAOOOO. That needs to happen. Needs to.

[rasenth.livejournal.com]

Huuuh? The interview is in volume 2/3 of the manga? O_o ViZ too? *SOOO NEEDS TO SEE THIS!*
I can read it in Borders! :DDD

Why oh why does that seem so canon? XD

[umino.livejournal.com]

This made my frown turn into a smile.

<3.

[kitsukikun.livejournal.com]

yup yup


*grins*

[rasenth.livejournal.com]

God, that line of vision... OMGGG. XDD *ABOUT TO DIE!!!*
Kishimoto is SUCH a SaiNaru fangirl. XD

[seki-yumizu.livejournal.com]

Well... in the next panel Sai DOES go "Ah... so you really do have one.."
xD

[queenoftea.livejournal.com]

I love how Naruto's trying to hide it, too.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

In a recent interview with the American division of Shonen Jump, Kishimoto said he identifies most with Naruto. That's all I got.

Naruto's phallic necklace is made more fitting by what else is going on in that scene.

[kitsukikun.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Kishimoto's Japanese fangirls think everything is phallic... (because I thought I was the only one who thought the necklace was) The phallic necklace, the penis bow...

But he did make Sai penis-obsessed, himself... he's just asking for it. =)

*thinks about Penny Arcade*

[libraire.livejournal.com]

Ahh, love that scene. Naruto half naked. He's so cute. I love his shoulders too :3

[http://users.livejournal.com/_solivagant/]

Those changes between the magazines and mangas are normal. The mangakas have to meet their deadlines for the magazines constantly, so often times they rushed. When the chapters are about to be compiled into actual manga volume, they tend to go back to add some details to their drawings (I've even seen dialogues or narratives edited out and replaced in some other series, but I'm not sure if this ever happened in Naruto).

[ilandere123.livejournal.com]

I swoon for naked naruto if for nothing else ♥♥

[oneiroelpida.livejournal.com]

One thing that continually troubles me about the whole "Sasuke's his favorite thing!" is as far as I can tell, any interview that even HINTS that to be true is very early on... before Sasuke turned bastard (Sorry to the Sasuke lovers. I don't hate him myself, but you have to admit it's true.) Naruto's a long series, and it's a bit presumptuous for people to say that just because Sasuke was once Kishimoto's favorite (if he indeed was) that he STILL IS. For all we know, Deidara's now Kishimoto's favorite and he's going to take over the manga! ;)

[seki-yumizu.livejournal.com]

ah... I thought he had been wearing it all this time XD;

[splintered-soul.livejournal.com]

Haha! Sucked into the NF debates or something, it's always talked about there too. And the worst part is, appearntly in a more recent interview in an American Jump he says Naruto is his favorite character.

We had people there who's heads were turning 360.

[queenoftea.livejournal.com]

Exorcist, Naruto-style! I bet there was projectile vomit, too.