Naruto: The corrosive effects of child abuse.
Naruto is, like many anime, based on a popular Japanese manga. It currently airs on Cartoon Network, marketed to children, rather than its late-night big brother Adult Swim.
Unlike any of its American counterparts—the utterly noxious cultural misconception Xiaolin Showdown chief among its thematic rivals—the subtext beneath Naruto’s glossily animated surface and big, expressive eyes is a story about the corrosive effects of child abuse.
This is a show about the abused, about how the traumas visited upon us in childhood build our worlds in bruises and blood.
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