Rules and Conventions

Brandon Jones

In the world of Naruto, there are not many rules that you have to follow as a citizen.
Citizens must stay active in their community in order to survive. There are many family owned
businesses in the Village hidden in the leaves. Like the Ichiraku ramen, or the Yamanaka flower
shop, every business is family owned and thriving.
As for the Ninja in the village however, there are many rules that they must abide by. All
ninja in the village must always be on alert. Whether or not you are a Genin, Chunin, Jonin,
etc., you must always be ready to defend the village or another citizen in the time of need. Ninja
are sworn to always protect and serve, even in times of war. Ninjas, when assigned missions,
must reach the goal of the mission without fail. Even if it means losing a teammate in battle,
you must complete the mission. If for instance there were an emergency in the village and one
of the ninja did not respond, he or she would risk the loss of rank or automatic retirement.
Missions are always assigned to ninjas based upon their level of skill. Genin get small jobs
around the Village like lost pets or simple robberies. However, Chunin ninjas and up go on the
more dangerous scout missions that lead them out of home land and into the land of another
village or territory, like gathering of information, goods, or an escort mission.
Lastly, all business that is being dealt with from another village or region would have to
passed through council first. The Hokages palace makes all deals and sends/manages all mail
in order to assure the safety of the village. If any effort is made to avoid the council or palaces
ruling, consequences can result in death or lifeentences, all depending on the Hokages ruling.

Literary Practices:
(ways of communicating that are written and/or spoken)
Some ways of communicating are through the genin/future ninja training facility. The
Hokage will give occasional village announcements and of course there is mail and 1 on
1 conversations during trades and other interactions. Also the passing of scrolls is a
major thing in this universe. Not just mail but also for missions that need to be
completed by the ninjas in the village.
Artifacts:
(Physical objects, emotions, and ideas, that have cultural significance within a specific figured
world within a community of practice.)
Ninja Headbands- These have labels on them that indicate what village or region that
they are from. The headband not only labels a village but the person and level of ninja
that they are.
Chunin Jacket - Chunin jackets represent a team leader and winner of the chunin exams
that only the top 12 ninja in a class can participate in.
Chakra Seals - Seals are written marks that seal chakra, spirits, battle items, and secret
messages in scrolls. They are used when transporting, and also in battle
Hokage Hat - The Hokage all have worn the same hat since the beginning of time. The
hats differ in color and design based upon the village the Hokage lives.

Commented [1]: What does this term mean? I can

assume what you mean because I've watched this
before. But others may not have so this term may be
confusing. - D.F.
Commented [2]: You and I both know what these title
mean but maybe other readers do not. You should
explain what these titles mean. Another good idea is to
talk about the significance of each rank.
-DR

Commented [3]: In the above three paragraphs you

described very different society from ours. I can follow
your description on the new terms but they seem are
not tightly organized. Try add a sentence or two on how
council, ninjas and businesses influence one and
another. (YS)
Commented [4]: Very nice job with the visual
separation. You have some parts in bold and others
underlined. This really helps the reader be able to read
along your assignment.
-DR
Commented [5]: Many practices are mentioned... only
briefly mentioned. I believe this part should be done in
terms instead of single paragraph. Would you separate
two or three ways out of this paragraph and write a bit
about their influence in the community? (YS)

Commented [6]: In any writing assignment its best to

write out the number. When you write out the number it
makes the paper seem more professional. Especially
when the number is less than twenty.
-DR

Domain:
(Separate smaller communities that can include only one person. They worry about what is
best for themselves and the jobs they must complete to survive)
Naruto in this case has his own personal domain. He is the last of his family name. His
daily schedule and practices differ due to his rollercoaster style life.
Other Domains would include the different family names, such as the Uchiha, Nara,
Inzuka, and Huga clans.
Communities:
(Different groups, clubs, or buildings that hold meetings that help aid all that give back to the
people within the figured world)
The Leaf Village as a whole is a Community would count for one community. Also you
could count the Ninja School, and the Hokages palace. The school teaches every
student how to prepare themselves for survival and for battle.
Practices:
(Common things that are completed and mutually shared throughought different communities
within a figured world)
Becoming ninjas is one of the main practices for 80% of the youth in this village. Then
there is also the multiple businesses that are rising and flourishing such as Ichiraku
ramen, and the Inzuka Flower shop.

Episode 1 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced - Naruto Uzumaki (main character), Mizuki
(chunin), Third Hokage (leader of village), Iruka Sensei (Jonin teacher)
6 minutes in.
The show starts by telling the viewers about the incident that occurred about 11 years
ago. The Enormous 9 tailed demon fox attacked the Village Hidden in the Leaves. The
fourth Hokage was the one who stopped the beast and sealed him away into the belly of
a newborn. The newborn would be named Naruto. He, the main protagonist, has now
become 12 years of age and is up to many mischievous things. He paints overtop of
the great stone faces of the previous Hokage while at the same time misses class. In
comes his teacher, Iruka to bring him to class, make him clean his mess, and then
reward his following good behavior with a bowl of Ramen.
16 minutes in
Naruto fails the graduation exam to become a ninja and is shunned by the other
villagers and students. Mizuki, another instructor convinces him that if he steals a
secret scroll from the Hokages palace that he will be able to master the jutsu within it
and become a ninja. All of it was a plan to fool naruto so that Mizuki could steal the
scroll and use the jutsu inside to become incredibly strong. Iruka finds Naruto with the
scroll and the young and naive Naruto tells Iruka how Mizuki fooled him, at that point,
Mizuki attacked Iruka and shunned Naruto by telling him about the demon fox spirit
within him and how people hate him for it. Naruto runs off and Mizuki follows to kill him.

Commented [7]: I don't really get how "communities

that can include only one person". You might
misunderstand the term "domain" here. You can refer
back to the "community of practice" pdf. (YS)
Commented [8]: I think you should go more into detail
as to why the family names are significant to each of
the actors. Or rather go more into why the family
names are such an important domain. I feel like there is
more to say about this. - D.F.

Commented [9]: What are the goals and purposes of

each communities? I think you left out the Leaf Village
and Hokage palace. Also, who is a part of these
communities and why? - D.F.

Commented [10]: Perhaps you could mention the

significance of each character? Instead of just saying
their part in the show, talk about what they contribute to
the show/ why they are important. I think this would
give the reader a better feel/ deeper understanding of
the characters.
-DR

Commented [11]: I have briefly watched Naruto before

and I assume Iruka is Naruto's teacher? It starts getting
confusing when you don't introduce the main
characters. I also couldn't find your actor section.(YS)

22 minutes (end)
Mizuki is upset when he finds out that the Naruto he was chasing was really a
transformed Iruka. Out of anger he attacks and corners Iruka, at this time Naruto,m the
real one, appears and pushes Mizuki back with the jutsu that originally caused him to
fail his graduation, Shadow clone Jutsu. The now 1,000 count army of Naruto Clones
attack and defeat Mizuki. All while this occurs the Hokage is watching everything unfold
by using his chakra enhanced crystal ball, and with a smile on his face, he announces
to the other ninjas in the Naruto search party that all is well and Naruto will return along
with Iruka. After seeing Naruto serious and in action, Iruka places his headband on
Naruto and says congratulations you pass and are officially a ninja.

Episode 2 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced: Konohamaru (Hokages Grandson), Ebisu
Sensei (Jonin)
5:00 minutes in
Naruto is shown taking his picture on top of the Hokage Palace in order for his
ninja bio to be completed and placed into file. However, when he goes to the Hokage to
turn in his bio, the Third Hokage tells him that he needs to redo the picture due to the
fact that you can barely tell that it is naruto because of all the face paint. Naruto
attempts to persuade the third Hokage by impressing him with his Harem Jutsu, but it
only fails. Meanwhile, Konohamaru, the Third Hokages 8 year old grandson is outside
the door, planning a sneak attack on his grandfather in order to prove his ability to
become Hokage. He runs in only to trip over his own feet and blame Naruto for his
shortcoming. Naruto proceeds to pick Konohamaru up by his collar and punch him in
the head for the false accusation. Naruto then leaves the palace and Konohamaru
follows.
10:00 minutes in
Konohamarus poor ninja skills results in Naruto noticing him following close
behind. After being begged repeatedly to become Konohamarus new master, Naruto
agrees to teach him the transformation technique. Konohamaru has some skill but it is
not perfected. Konohamaru explains to Naruto that he knows some things about using
chakra and jutsu however he does not fully know how to fluctuate the right amount of
chakra in order to perfect the jutsus that he would like to use. Throughout the day
Naruto takes Konohamaru to multiple stores and lounges, like the dirty book store in
order to get a good view of the women in the magazines, and also to a sauna where
they both try to sneak in as women in order to show him what he needed to look for and
focus on when attempting to transform into a woman for the sexy/harem jutsu. While

Commented [12]: Stay consistent with your time

segments. In the first observation the way you wrote
out your time was "22 minute in" and in the 2nd and 3rd
observations you wrote "10:00 minutes in". The
consistency will help the assignment flow better.
-DR
Commented [13]: What face paint? It's not mentioned
before so it seems like it came from nowhere. You
could state this in the beginning of this paragraph. D.F.
Commented [14]: You should explain what this is.
What does this Jutsu do? Why does it fail? - D.F.

there Naruto and Konohamaru end up getting caught in the act and both are kicked out
of the sauna, except Naruto takes a major pummeling.Naruto takes Konohamaru to the
woods in order to let him practice, when they arrive, Naruto makes the complaint that he
is always getting hurt when Konohamaru is around, and that is when Konohamaru says
it is because he is the grandson of the Hokage and everyone respects him and lets him
get away with a lot of stuff. He continues to tell Naruto that the reason he wants to learn
more jutsu and become stronger is because he wants to become Hokage and prove to
people that he is not just the grandson of the third Hokage, but the strong and brave
ninja, Konohamaru.
19:54 minutes (end)
After many failed attempts, Konohamaru finally perfects his Harem Jutsu. His
current sensei however, Ebisu, shows up only to taunt Naruto for his recklessness and
his inexperience as a ninja. He challenges Naruto to a fight, and Naruto accepts.
Thanks to his new shadow clone jutsu, Naruto is able to overpower Ebisu and knock
him out with a barrage of female clone Narutos. Following this, Konohamaru admits to
Naruto that he can not be his apprentice, and that instead he will from now on be his
rival. The Third Hokage has seen this all unfold at his Palace and now smiles knowing
that his grandson and Naruto have finally found themselves on the path to becoming
true ninjas.

Episode 3 Naruto observation

Characters Introduced - Sakura Haruno (Kunoichi(genin)), Ino
Yamanaka (Kunoichi(genin)), Sasuke Uchiha (genin), Kakashi Hatake
(Jonin)
5:00 minutes in
Naruto awakes on the day of orientation into the ninja world. No stress on his
mind. As he walks towards the ninja school, he meets Konohamaru who challenges
him to a battle but he politely refuses and informs him of his going to receive his
assignment for what team he will be placed on. Meanwhile, Sakura Haruno, a kunoichi
(female ninja), has just awaken. Her mother waves her goodbye and Sakura heads to
the school. Sakura ends up running into her rival, Ino Inzuka, another kunoichi. They
begin to argue over who will be the better ninja and who will end up with the most
popular guy, Sasuke Uchiha. The argument soon turns into a race to the school. When
they arrive, Naruto is showing off the headband that Iruka gave him, and that is when
Ino and Sakura walk up arguing over who was going to sit beside the infamous, Sasuke
Uchiha.
10:00 minutes in

Commented [15]: This is not the exact location of this

comment for, but I have to stop reading and mention
this: please be clear and and pay more attention on
how you introduce new actors/characters in your
observation, unless it is a side character that only
appears once. (YS)

While all of the young and new ninjas were arriving, the Hokage had gathered all
of the Jonin who would be leading the groups of three, together. They all were
wondering about Sasuke Uchiha, the last in the Uchiha clan. The Third Hokage
assured them that he was the last and the most special. Returning to the school, an
infuriated Naruto is staring into the eyes of Sasuke with disgust. The two look at each
other with the intent to kill when all of a sudden, one of the other genin in the room
bumped into Narutos back, pushing his face forward causing him to kiss Sasuke. The
girls, now upset with Naruto, beat him to a pulp and return to their seats to hear the
teams be called out. The most important group of genin is called out, Naruto Uzumaki,
Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto begins complaining about being placed
with Sasuke, the pretty boy who everyone was jealous of. Iruka sensei announced that
since Sasuke had the highest scores, and Naruto had the lowest, that putting the two
together would make the best fitting team, which embarrassed Naruto horrendously.
Iruka announced to the Genin that their Jonin leaders would meet them after class was
dismissed.
15:00 minutes in
Sasuke went back to his home after the class dismissed. Sakura went out
looking for him but ran into Naruto instead. Naruto asked her to join him for lunch but
she refused. A nosy Ino and her teammates Shikamaru and Choji watched from the
next building as Sasuke sat in his room thinking to himself, unaware of what was about
to hit him. Naruto snuck up beside the window, and jumped in surprising Sasuke.
Sasuke immediately countered and tied up Naruto, however, it was only a clone of
Naruto. The real Naruto jumped out with two more clones and attacked. Naruto
successfully tied up the real sasuke and used the transformation jutsu in order to look
like Sasuke so that Sakura would talk to him.When he did so he ended up finding out
that Sakura saw him only as an annoying peer whom she truly had no feelings for in any
way. Naruto in the form of Sasuke continued to listen to her as she poured her heart
out about her emotions and feelings that she had for who she thought was the real
Sasuke. Sakura leans in for a kiss and Naruto almost kisses her, however his stomach
begins to grumble and he runs to the bathroom before the jutsu cancels and his cover is
blown.
19:50 (end)
The real Sasuke escapes the trap that Naruto put him in and went out to look for
him. He ended up running into Sakura, who tried to start conversation with him but he
only looked at her and told her that she was annoying. She then realized how Naruto
felt about being called annoying and treated like an outcast and decided that she would
be nice to Naruto when she saw him again. Naruto exits the bathroom and sees
Sakura, she asks him would he like to go back to class with her, however, he assumes
that it is Sasuke in disguise trying to play with his head. He then runs off to the

bathroom again, which only infuriates Sakura more. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage and
the Jonin Kakashi Hatake are at Narutos home. Kakashi picks up a carton of milk that
had been outdated for about 2 weeks. Kakashi stated, One sip of this and he will
practically live in the bathroom. The Hokage informs Kakashi of the hard trials to come
with these three on his team, and Kakashi agrees that this will be a lot to handle. The
episode ends with a screaming Naruto on the bathroom toilet in the school saying, I am
going to die on this toilet.

Interview Questions
1. Naruto has been alone since birth. People have shunned him and spited
him for a crime he doesnt even know the cause of. How do you think the
situation could have been handled?
2. The ninja world has its similarities between the real world. What do you
think is the most similar?
3. Do you think that the ranking of ninjas,(genin, chunin, jonin, sannin,
sennin) can be compared to the police forces we have today? If so, what
could you compare them with?
4. In episode two, the Third Hokage stated that, Naruto should be considered
a hero for carrying that beast inside of him and keeping it from wreaking
havoc. What do you think about that statement?
5. Both Naruto and Sasuke have experienced loneliness on about the same
level. In your opinion, how do you think this team is going to play out in
the end?

Commented [16]: I like these questions. I think that

they will make whoever you ask think. I definitely like
the last question because this may relate to the topic at
some point. - D.F.