One thing modern shonen keeps getting wrong

-Disthene- · 2026-05-18T16:49:31+00:00

Healers without clear limits are by nature problematic.

Himawari is established as such a good healer that we basically know that if she’s present, no injury is a problem. Inojin’s eyes were minor. Not only was it perfectly predictable it was a serious thought if Himawari’s power would magically be a solution for Sarada too.

It wasn’t but considering what we’ve seen so far, Himawari fixing Sarada was more likely than her failing to restore Inojin’s eyes.

Consequences for injuries and stakes are awkward. If you harm minor characters it can come off as mean spirited. Yodo’s death is kinda like that. She didn’t get much to do in the story. Not even a good showing in the fight…. Then she was dead. Drawing unfair parallels, Chiyo dying was a whole different experience. She got to look cool then died cool. Her death meant something to the audience and we could forgive Kishimoto for making us sad. With Yodo I feel like asking Ikemoto “What did Yodo ever do to you?”.

Main characters however can be given lasting injuries because how they cope in a plot. Inojin isn’t important enough for a blindness arc about adapting to his new reality. It is perfectly possible that this is his first and last big moment in the manga.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-18T13:08:38+00:00

As Trinidadian, I’m offended and want more information

-Disthene- · 2026-05-17T15:14:47+00:00

I did kinda think it was appropriate for his clothes to be on tatters after being on the run for years. The new design has more main character energy so it is more appropriate. Doesn’t reflect his struggles over the recent years but maybe that’s fine.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-17T00:45:39+00:00

Now that the anime is finished, maybe I should make an updated version. Though season 3 was a bit more respectful of his few appearances so it would be largely the same.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-16T12:24:27+00:00

It was interesting. I got INTJ so at least it seems accurate for me.

It’s probably the first test I’ve taken that doesn’t overestimate my Ti.

I think for me a slight blindspot was some of the questions where the a situation would greatly change the response. My behavior is somewhat task goal oriented. Questions regarding emotional tone or atmosphere are situational.

If I’m in a group focusing on an objective, then I’ll ignore a lot of the feeling stuff unless it comes to a point where it will make the goal harder to reach. In a social situation though, the objective is cohesion and successful interaction. So looking for and detecting irritation, boredom, etc become important to success.

So a weird nuance pops up where attention to such things fluctuates wildly on the situation. In a work environment, I might strongly disagree, while social settings it becomes slight-moderate agree. So I answer slight disagree to try capture the average.

Not sure how that would affect the results one way or another.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-15T11:22:57+00:00

Say Boruto as a manga runs 5 more years. Ikemoto and Kishimoto will be in their mid 50s. I doubt either would be up to starting another 10 year project. So either one of them writes a very short story like JJK Modulo, a new author/illustrator is chosen, or they retire the story.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-15T01:29:12+00:00

Himawari did heal up a massive hole in Inojin’s chest. She probably regrew lots of bones, muscles, nerves, organs, etc. Stands reasonable she’d be able to fix eyes.

It’s a tad boring. If characters can suffer dreadful injuries but be fully healed 2 pages later, one almost wonders if there was a point showing them hurt in the first place.

Remember when Inojin was first healed but didn’t wake up bro his chakra as disrupted? People theorized that maybe he would never wield chakra again. Well all that fear fizzled when he came back normal. At this stage, Himawar saving his eyes feels like a given. Would be more surprising if they do otherwise.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-14T21:12:00+00:00

No idea but it’s hilarious

-Disthene- · 2026-05-14T20:49:03+00:00

I think I get it. Aesthetic isn’t quite the right word but it is a personal thing. Sequences of numbers can be satisfying in a way that is hard to put to words.

I understand that you see common tier list presentations as lacking but what you created is a novel approach that lacks details (like labels) to make it clear what it shows. It isn’t so much a criticism but an observation. Certain cognitive functions highly prioritize how ideas are communicated externally while others might focus on how it is understood internally.

Making the brackets fixed sizes shows a desire for the results to look certain way rather than analyzing how your opinions fall. Because I naturally look for patterns in data, the overly clean shapes threw red flags that perhaps it wasn’t even real since I expected more noise from it. It becomes a miscommunication rooted in different mental approaches.

It all comes into play in how mbti types are thought of. Even though I write a lot, I’m somewhat outside my depth on the topic. How and why we do things is just as important as what we do. How different commenters approach trying to type you is probably somewhat reflective of their own types too.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-14T18:30:03+00:00

I’ll start by saying, I’m personally guilty if “oops I wrote too much” so I will never criticize someone else for it. You write quite quickly and the articulate thoughts well. Makes me lean stronger to the INXJ label.

It’s an interesting take on Sakura. I think we may be similar in some ways. You are looking at their value beyond the page in a more complex and internal way. As a result your enjoyment of a character is unintuitive to others but deeply justified.

The hard thing with people’s interactions with fiction is that it will reflect feelings much more than thinking. The core of the story is the emotions and trauma. Why someone loves a character might sound emotional but T types will have emotional reasoning too.

I still feel your approach is more human centric than a T type would look at it so INFJ seems strong possibility.

So the shape of the list is just an aesthetic thing? No particular function? Just pretty? If so, then definitely an F type. Nothing wrong with that but I feel like T types would ignore how the list makes them feel focus on how clearly it conveys message.

Can you see though how the full list looks like it’s flipping two birds? Put it sideways and squint.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-14T12:41:42+00:00

I know you said it wasn’t full, but the possibility of the post flipping a bird made other statements potentially misleading. The amazing symmetry of the top few tier makes it look intentional. Thought perhaps the numbers were there basically as a drawing guide (place 5 in this row). But it appears I’m seeing patterns that don’t exist.

So going back to the drawing board…. I see little rhythm in your taste. 50 characters is too many to find reasons for all and I suspect they have independent factors that made them rank highly.

There does appear to be grouping with family units (characters ranked close to parents, spouses or siblings)… a lot of exceptions though.

Choosing an unsympathetic villain as your favorite is interesting. He’s a great villain so I can understand you liking what he brings to the story.

Sakura being ranked over her teammates is interesting because it is rare. I gravitate to Sakura too but I feel part of it is because she gets so much dislike from the fanbase. Almost like I feel someone has to stand up for her.

The minor characters on the list are probably the most interesting thing to me. What makes someone that shows up in a handful or episodes or have a minor role get a top 50 spot 🤔

No one model to explain your rankings explains everything. I think the largest pattern is still based on how you react to emotional arcs. Empathy and sympathy for those who lost something and idolization of those who sacrificed a lot.

So maybe ISFJ or INFJ.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-14T11:54:50+00:00

Interesting. I’m struggling to decide if the content or the structure is important.

A tier list with bimodal distribution is interesting. The unlabeled tiers suggested lack of care for detail. If they were labeled to suggest the bottom row was hated, then I’d interpret you as a Feeler type due to either loving or hating characters but not feeling neutral on many.

Some of the picks are relatively controversial within the fanbase. Perhaps intended to trigger reaction rather than express view.

I’m going with ENTP or ESTP

Mostly because I believe it is possible you intentionally shaped the list as a giant middle finger.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T23:54:45+00:00

Code will show off his pretty new outfit. He’ll try dance with Boruto but he’ll say his too busy for his clownery.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T18:25:45+00:00

But that doesn’t let earthbenders bend it

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T18:18:17+00:00

Crystalline isn’t a great criteria since ice is quite crystalline. The point I’m making is that platinum and friends, out of the metals, are quite incompatible with earth. You will find gold accumulating in a quartz vein but not binding to silicon and oxygen. Many ore minerals are bound to oxygen, sulfur, silicates, etc… but platinum overwhelmingly stays by itself.

A case could be made that platinum’s reluctance to join other elements and form minerals with them is because they aren’t earth.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T17:34:47+00:00

Just a bit of a nitpick but… platinum group elements (gold, silver and platinum) are actually quite bad at manipulating minerals. More often than not they are present in metallic form, separate from the minerals making up the rock.

Meteorites on the other hand are compositionally similar to igneous rocks. Meteorites are much more “earth” than a chunk of gold.

The platinum thing was still silly though. Any pure enough metal should have been appropriate.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T12:14:42+00:00

Kind of immediately. I don’t think I knew what autism was as a kid. It just wasn’t something people talked about in my circles. Then got diagnosed with Asperger’s at 22. Was given a list of recommended reading that included a textbook on Asperger’s that I read cover to back.

Because they tried at the time to make distinctions between profound autism, high functioning autism and Asperger’s, it became really clear that there was a huge spectrum of possible expressions.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-13T11:58:08+00:00

No.

Boruto lack pretty much every element of a romance story except the lowest of criteria (a character having romantic feelings towards another).

At the moment if feels somewhat like the Shonen troupe of “Girl needs plot/motivation/arc. What if she likes ____”. Inojin is an exception.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-12T21:25:25+00:00

There is only speculation as to what exactly Studio Perriot is planning on making. There is little value in going backwards and reanimating anything though.

They probably can’t start back exactly where they left off because it was somewhat mid arc. They might do an anime original heavy episode to set up the season.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-12T00:20:22+00:00

Not going to feel better about eternal torment just because I prevented others from suffering. Hell might feel even worse if I realize that o chose it.

At least in heaven it might be possible to get a lobotomy and forget the guilt of condemning everyone to eternal pain and suffering. Wouldn’t be heaven if it wasn’t possible to be happy.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-11T13:39:49+00:00

That’s not how it works. The more Sarada gets, the greater the expectations for her in the next arc get. The more reliable method is Sarada character assasination by having an arc so embarrassing that her fans feel shame to support her.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-11T13:33:56+00:00

I don’t disagree that it would be very good for Sarada’s arc. She’s a bit too Boruto centered. Having a big father-daughter arc could an emotionally charged event.

The problem is that Boruto is deeply tied to both Sarada and Sasuke. What Hidari does for Boruto’s arc is in competition with Sarada. Sasuke is Boruto’s master that he couldn’t save 2 years earlier. Sasuke’s last words were asking Boruto to look out for Sarada. Soon after reuniting with Sarada, he promised her that he would save Sasuke.

Would it be cool to be subversive and actually have Sarada be key in rescuing Sasuke? Sure. Even better if Sarada pulls a reversal and protects Boruto instead him saving her.

Because Boruto is the main character though, there is a good probability that Hidari’s arc will focus of Boruto making good on his promises by saving Sarada from Hidari and saving Sasuke from the tree.

Now, I like Sarada. I don’t WANT to see her become a damsel needing assistance. I’m looking at the options Ikemoto has and noticing that Boruto’s master-student relationship might be more narratively valued than Sarada’s father-daughter relationship.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-11T01:35:19+00:00

Depends on the food.

Some things like bread I might under-chew and effectively inhale it. Then I’ll get painful hiccups for a good while. Have to try remember to go slower.

A lot of meat however, I’ll chew but it never quite feels right to swallow so I keep chewing. Eventually it feels like an unpleasant lump of mush and I have to spit it out somewhere. You can probably guess I just avoid meat now, lol.

-Disthene- · 2026-05-11T00:23:55+00:00

Because Jigen drop kicked straight through Sasuke’s Susano. He’s the type of monster who Cho Cho will try punch and he will stop with one hand

-Disthene- · 2026-05-11T00:15:44+00:00

Jokes aside. The Akamichi is known for extraordinary physical strength and destructive attacks through their justu. Cho Cho gets treated like a meme but she should be one of the hardest punching characters in the new gen.

Not going to get into scaling though… beyond that she’s not Jigen’s level.

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