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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 2042926" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I disagree. While there are some similarities, they all seem to be only skin-deep.</p><p></p><p>The most basic one is the grouping of the protagonists in both stories. Both have a boy as the main character, with another boy and a girl as his closest friends and teammates. There's also a very powerful, but somewhat hands-off teacher who watches out for them. Likewise, the girl is usually much smarter, in terms of book-smarts, than her companions.</p><p></p><p>A few other similarities are that the main character each has a particular hidden power within them, and is orphaned as a baby, and grew up with some sort of undeserved prejudice levelled against them. Likewise, the main villain in each series is obsessed with immortality.</p><p></p><p>However, there are differences than similarities in my mind. For example, there is no dichotomy of "magic vs. mundane" in Naruto like there is in Harry Potter; the ninja world in Naruto has the ninjas as being a well-known and (apparently) a popular profession. </p><p></p><p>Likewise, the character relationships are quite different. Harry doesn't chase after Hermione the way Naruto does after Sakura, and likewise Hermione doesn't fawn all over Ron the way Sakura does over Sasuke. On the same note, Ron isn't bitter or obsessed with revenge the way Sasuke is.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, the antagonist structure is different too. All villainy in Harry Potter can be traced, either directly or indirectly, to Voldemort. In Naruto, while Orochimaru is a major villain, other villains like Zabuza and Itachi have either nothing or almost nothing to do with him. Also, whereas Voldemort needs to defeat Harry, Orochimaru barely even knows Naruto's name.</p><p></p><p>I could go on, but I think I've made my point. The two are a bit similar in construction, but it's like saying two houses painted red are the same house: it's obvious when you look inside that they aren't really that similar at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 2042926, member: 8461"] I disagree. While there are some similarities, they all seem to be only skin-deep. The most basic one is the grouping of the protagonists in both stories. Both have a boy as the main character, with another boy and a girl as his closest friends and teammates. There's also a very powerful, but somewhat hands-off teacher who watches out for them. Likewise, the girl is usually much smarter, in terms of book-smarts, than her companions. A few other similarities are that the main character each has a particular hidden power within them, and is orphaned as a baby, and grew up with some sort of undeserved prejudice levelled against them. Likewise, the main villain in each series is obsessed with immortality. However, there are differences than similarities in my mind. For example, there is no dichotomy of "magic vs. mundane" in Naruto like there is in Harry Potter; the ninja world in Naruto has the ninjas as being a well-known and (apparently) a popular profession. Likewise, the character relationships are quite different. Harry doesn't chase after Hermione the way Naruto does after Sakura, and likewise Hermione doesn't fawn all over Ron the way Sakura does over Sasuke. On the same note, Ron isn't bitter or obsessed with revenge the way Sasuke is. Likewise, the antagonist structure is different too. All villainy in Harry Potter can be traced, either directly or indirectly, to Voldemort. In Naruto, while Orochimaru is a major villain, other villains like Zabuza and Itachi have either nothing or almost nothing to do with him. Also, whereas Voldemort needs to defeat Harry, Orochimaru barely even knows Naruto's name. I could go on, but I think I've made my point. The two are a bit similar in construction, but it's like saying two houses painted red are the same house: it's obvious when you look inside that they aren't really that similar at all. [/QUOTE]
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