The Importance of the Non-Important

     I know you haters of Manga may think that the books do not contain depth and meaning like regular books do, but you're wrong. Though each page may only contain 1-30 words, those words can be thoroughly observed. I don't read that much Manga books because many times, they are not accepted by certain teachers because of  the easy reading and unchallenging theories and understanding of the book, but when I do, I like to make sure that I have fully understood the meaning of the book/episode. Every book you read is challenging only if you take your time to analyze page by page. The volume of Naruto Shippuden that I just finished is #46. Now this volume has a lot to unpack because it is fillled with extreme action. In this episode, a ninja from the Ataski clan, Pain, has come to the leaf village in search of Naruto because he has a powerful beast inside of him, which they want to use as a weapon. The main issue in this episode is the meaning of pain and peace through Pain's eyes, and the meaning of pain through the villagers of the leaf village. Pain and the villagers of the leaf village obviously have different opinions of the word.
     To Pain, the meaning of pain and peace is that to achieve peace in the world, it has to feel pain. He explains this right before he performs a powerful jutsu that destroys most of the village. He also brings up this while Naruto and him are fighting. After Naruto sees that the village is almost completely destroyed, Naruto says "What part of this is peaceful!" and Pain responds with:
     "Your death shall lead to piece." What I think this means is that there will be piece for only the Ataski clan because, although I believe that Pain's theory is true, I feel that Pain is such an evil person that why would he want to bring any piece for the village. If Naruto gets captured, his death would mean that the Ataski now has the Nine-Tailed fox as a weapon, which would extremely boost the success rate of their plans. What the Ataski and the leaf village are in right now is a war. The theory does conect to war because that is what war does. It first creates destruction, then subsides to create a settlement, but many times, its only a settlement to one side and thats what is happening here.
     To the villagers of the leaf village, pain and peace means that a incredible miracle has to occur for peace to happen. What I think they mean is that there will never be peace, but it is possible to keep pain away from their village. I think many of the villagers see Naruto as a miracle because he was supposed to be looked at as a possible destruction for the entire village as he grew up, and he did for awhile, until he finally was able to make friends. Now, everyone can see how a boy who started isolated from the world, is standing up against a powerful ninja, who may mean the the end of the village.
     See, manga books can be explored just like regular books. I know I had a blogpost like this one, but the other one was based off the episode on television. Next time you see a Manga book, don't assume that you cant write a 4-5 paragraph essay because it may be packed with more information than a book with 700 pages.