Naruto!!
More than 200 episodes later, probably amounting to some 100 hours, i feel I owe a few words to my latest obsession – Naruto, the anime series. A good friend of mine has used the word “Narutard” on me (it would have been hurtful if not also used with a feeling of endearment), I have not felt any great urge to spend time with people in general (only very close male friends fall outside of this... I shall talk about friends and gender in another post) when I could just go home and watch another ten episodes of Naruto at a go... In the meantime, my reading has suffered. Melacholy Whores lies untouched, a colleague's copy of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is neglected, while a Japanese for Dummies remains in its cellophane wrap weeks after it was purchased on impulse without a discount. I think the Naruto series has enough young fans that another glowing review is not really necessary. At the same time, I feel I must give my two cents' worth, so that perhaps those who'v...