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Naruto’s sexy jutsu is inspired by the folklore that the nine tailed fox spirit has the ability to transform itself into a pretty lady.

Let's take a moment to appreciate this guy's research.

Hand signs: " as Americas would say alot of gang signs" 😂😂😂😂😂

So basically Naruto is a mixture of Indian,chinese and japanese mythology

Rock Lee’s drunk combat is a clear reference to Jackie Chan as Drunken Master. Drunken Master is not a mythology tho))))

I love learning the history behind my favorite anime.

6:25 When I was around 10 years old and watching Naruto. Me and my friends would weave signs to cast jutsu and battle each other (Yeah I know, lame right?). The guy at the daycare we were at totally thought we were throwin gang signs, freaked out and proceeded to give us a long ass lecture. What a party pooper.

btw guys i think that Sai is inspired by kishimoto himself, a character that draw thing that become real.

Black flame from Amaterasu was inspired by Hindu deity Lord Shiva's third eye black flame that destroyed everything. Indra and Asuka, Garuda, I found their reference in places like Angkor Wat at Cambodia. Shin susenju and 6 path pain were referring to Buddhism Think you will do a video on that.

Change My Mind: the Uchihas had some of the best jutsus adapted from folklore/mythology. I mean Izanagi, the infiniti time loop technique of Izanami. Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, Susanoo?? Too bad ass

Fun fact: Kishimoto the creator of naruto and the creator of one piece are rivals since there friends they decided to put references in there anime’s

Wow! This gives me a whole new respect for Naruto!

Danzo Katō was a real life master ninja during the sengoku era of Japan

Ninjas were known for having the ability to walk on water, so in Naruto most of the ninjas with chakra control are shown to have this ability.

Is his sexy no justu somehow linked to fox spirits being seductress's in some legends, you think? Great video

The fact that I have seen this at university in Japanese religion, mythology and philosophy, and yes, our professor used Naruto too. These classes are always fun

Alright my respect for this anime has gone up 100 fold,I mean I'm an absolute fanatic for history and mythology and I would not say this lightly 👏

Great research but you missed out a few things. Indra and Asura were taken from Hindu Mythology too, Indra is the god of thunder and Asura is demon. In many episodes of naruto you can find scrolls or messages written in the "Devnagiri lipi" which was in Ancient times and still is a writing style in India.

I love how he presents “it can also be used to cast protection spells” (in reference to hand signs) as absolute fact, really got me invested

Makes sense now why Jiraya and some other people in Naruto kept saying that a shinobi is someone who endures...because it can literally be translated that way

This was great! I’d love to see a video like this about the mythology surrounding Inuyasha!

The names Sarutobi and Sasuke are based on real persons, at some point legendary

"I'll do a shippuden video" *Looks at date and then StoryDrives home page for the video* Bro where's it at?! lol I would love a follow up video!

Naruto Shippuden's Mythology is a must! I mean the main action starts there, Right?

Little bit of clarification, mantra are not incantations per se. They are invocations of buddhas, gurus, or gods. They are usually done with the belief that the sound energy put out in the universe will come back to you. In that respect, they are more like short prayers. Also, mudras are hand gestures that communicate a specific meaning. Like, placing your hands, one on top of the other, with the thumbs touching sybolizes meditative equipoise.

Dude I havnt seen many people say this, but you seem to put a LOT of work into this. I mean you explained EVERYTHING my man. You’re awesome! Keep it up ima subscribe thanks to all the great information. Ik it prob gets hard sometimes for you to study that much information, but dude if you enjoy it keep it going I’ll watch if anything!

Good video! People in the west might claim that this show has little to do with real ninja, but besides the exaggeration, it's really no less faithful than fantasy novels are to European folklore. EDIT: I think the only other piece of japanese folklore I can provide are names. For example, the legendary Sasuke Sarutobi provided the name for Sasuke and the Sarutobi-Clan. I also remember a deeper connection between the Nara-Clan of Konoha and deer, as well as between puppet-wielding and the Sand, but that might be a subject for the Shippuuden-video.

I've been subbed to Antony for a few years. His videos are always no-bullshit when it comes to shinobi.

- story dive. - STORY DIVE , OH YES ! “” STORY DIVE “” ; ) I’m very glad you are alive, never seen any bad videos come from you, always immaculately researched and presented, Love your vids.

Dude! Great video! Would LOVE to see more videos like this!

there's really a village in naruto called village hidden in the mist

I'm a Hindu. And when I watched Naruto and saw words like Indra, Asura, chakra and many more. I was like - 😳.

Love this channel

Man we gotta get you more Subs I thought you would of had millions with how dope your videos are

Well just found a new amazing channel! Thank you!

Great 🤘🏻💪🏻 really informative 😇

Niiiice, gotta love the real part lore of stuff

This video is so good, thank you

Really interesting. Looking forward to part 2.

Naruto is my favorite anime so that is why this vid is amazing

pls cover and explain the philosophy of this gorgeous anime......and nice work ..loved it

Its crazy how much research you gotta do just to make an anime.. great work

This is so cool and im gald I found this gem of a video, pretty much grew up with Naruto, and the Yellow spiky hair ninja always made me feel that if I believe that I can always do better if im determined

sometimes I really have this sympathy towards my fellow weebs in the "western countries", because you guys literally have to watch videos like this just to understand only the surface of the meanings of some words while there are much more meanings behind even one character in our language.

6:31 Bruh I am dead on the floor😂😂😂😂😂

I love topics like this!

Thak you so much for this rare and deeply thorough vid. Very well done 👍❤

Nice exploration of the mythology of the shinobi, and in particular of things like how the "Hidden Village" concept came to be. First I'd actually heard of it, though I'd heard of the Iga and Koga clans before this. This makes the legendary Iga shinobi Kirigakure Saizo make much more sense, if the Iga village was in a misty valley. Of course, a legendary shinobi from a misty village would be associated with mist and illusion...which pretty clearly ties right back into characters like Zabuza and Haku. One small nitpick, though: pretty sure that Susanoo is pronounced with a glottal, given that it's also transliterated as Susano'o/Susano-o, or even Susanowo. "Su-sa-no-oh", not "Susan-oh".

Hyuuga clan's martial arts are a reference to a combination of Bagua Zhang and concept/practice called Dim Mak which focuses on striking TCM meridian points in various orders/combinations. (Brilliant to pair with byakuugan) Also the theme of Senju and Uchiha strongly mimic Buddhist (Hashirama summoning Kannon/Avaloketishvara figures makes this obvious) and Shinto themes accordingly and their influences. Asura-Hashirama-Naruto spirit in some ways mimics some of the personality and influence of Shotoku Taishi.

猿 saru , means monkey in case nobody has mentioned that. I was introduced to Naruto during the orochimaru Vs sarutobi fight so when enma was summoned and turned into the stick I got the first folklore reference there.

Incredible !! Thank you so much for this work. Ever since I started understanding that there was so many connections between Naruto and Japanese / Asian culture, I've been fascinated to learn more ! Can't wait for a part two !! :)

Lol is how he said American mistaking it for gang signs lol

Japanese Mythology : **exists** Rick Riordan : _and then.. you could see me writing a book based on this_

Dojutsu Story Was So Epic I Never Imagined That Amaterasu,Tsukuyomi and Susanoo Were God Amazing Video❤❤

In Naruto series, Some character names and weapons names are similar to Tamil language, Example: Ashura : Suriyan( Tamil ) = Sun ☀️ Indra : Indiran ( Tamil ) = Moon🌙 Kunai : Kurmunai ( Tamil ) = a type of weapon 🗡️ Chakra : Sakaram ( Tamil ) = 7 Sakaram in human body☸️ etc. And Beast Ball statues are here in Some Tamilnadu's temples

So lord shimura beem wrong. He said the only honorable way to fight an enemy is face to face. He really was blinded by his way lol

Love this

Great Video!

Thanks for the video it is great and gives lot of answers.

Vastly entertaining!

So basically, Japan, China, and India liked the series so much, they developed the whole culture based on it.

Awesome video. I'm doing a project for an English class where I have to compare two similar fictional texts and I'm doing Naruto and Harry Potter. This was a huuuuuge help with my research. Thanks man!!

Thank you for this detailed analysis.

Great video. I dont know if it is any conection but en Yuu Yuu Hakusho one of the main characters is a kyubi kitsune called Kurama. In the othe hand, as far as I know the gamen yanken actually is rock paper sissors, its also great to know it also represents toad, slug and snake. Also in older mangas, like in Kamui, nijas trained hawks and dogs (I dont know if it is inspired in folklore).

I need that ninja looking over the town pic!!

So much knowledge...great work

This was very helpful, thank you, you saved me some trouble. Also, this has nothing to do with mythology, and maybe it's already obvious, but The Great Stone Faces aka Hokage Rock, is a reference to and inspired by Mt. Rushmore in the United States.

When is part two? Love these type of videos so much 🔥 👏 📖 🇯🇵

Love it, cant wait for shippuden episode, although maybe make that 2 or 3 part since is quite a bigger series.

Great video

Great video 👍🏼✌🏼

Me the whole video “Soo coooool!!!” “Whaaat, noway! that’s so cool!!”

This could be a Netflix series

Nice vid man... looks like you really did your research... also you had me laughing at “my only issue is that the susanoo didn’t came out of sasukes nose” lol

Great job 👏🏽 I like it

Any man practicing the way of Bushido... a samurai literally and openly states ninjutsu is a form of cowardice and so forth. They don't think lightly of ninja lmao

There’s an occult story being told in naruto as well

This video is actually amazing highly recommend looking into 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Appreciate This You Helpin Us Be How Creator Made Us Ta Be 🤘🏽

4:26 oddly looks like shadow possession jutsu 😳

Does anyone know who made the cover art for The Secret Traditions of the Shinobi: Hattori Hanzo's Shinobi Hiden and Other Ninja Scrolls that is shown here on the video?

Wow that was extremely thorough!

This vid was great👌❤when is part 2 coming out thou?

can you do mythology behind shadow of the colossus

Jus wondering when we will get that Shippen real world comparison video 🤔

This was awesome 👏🏻 ,knowing naruto mythology Aight ,also God bless!🙏🏻😊.

cant wait for the next one

When he said "Americans miss interpreted into gang signs" made me laugh so much lol

I'd love to see a video on Yugioh and the egyptian magic stuff it's supposed to be loosely based on.

Thanks for making this video

Great job!!! Thank you

18:15 Did you just reference the English dubbed Naruto by NOT saying "DATTEBAYO!!" YOU'RE FIRED!!

He got almost everything that I could think of in the original Naruto. Shippuden has a lot including names of Real ninja like Hanzo, and the Gold and Silver brothers direct reference from two demons in journey to the west, along with all the weapons of the sage of the six paths.

sweet part 2

If I could like this video 10 times I would, fantastic job!

In addition to the Eight headed serpent vs Susanoo. It is said that story represents the equivalent of the story of Good vs Evil/Heaven vs Hell in different religions, shintoism, Buddhism, Christianity equivalents. Jesus vs the anti-christ or satan. So basically Itachi is Jesus. XD

Naruto like to use sexy jutsu Kitsune like to disguise beautiful female tricks human male

Your research is the MOST accurate

Thank you for this video! Toward the end of shippuuden I was def thinkin of some new world order/revelation vibes. Classic esoteric/occult story. Madara wanting to put everyone under the spell that they are living in peace & unity when they were all in a deep sleep unaware of the spell.