Yeah, that is pretty much the same conclusion I came to as to the name Uzumaki, despite my never having seen that speculation. Naruto, of course, is the little spiral fish-cake you find in ramen ^_~ So again, a spiral reference. Kishimoto-sensei knew what he was doing when he was fooling around with names. And if you don't already know about Shikamaru's, there's this delightful little passage that I'd love to copy-paste at you.
Well, Arashi is traditionally a first name (I think), so it's still possible. Also, they did some counting on the scrolls I think; from what I'm aware, Naruto's name is the most recent, then it's Arashi, then Jiraiya. Since Yondy could summon frogs (as evidenced by the first episode if nothing else) it's a logical conclusion. (I really want to know how it was spelled, though. Depending on the kanji used, I'm pretty sure it could mean 'tempest', and then I start geeking over large storms having a whole bunch of spiraling winds and so forth.)
*patpat* There, there. I feel your pain. Anyway, I just got a 'new' computer, which should be able to handle Yahoo!Messenger better than my last one, so I'm willing to give that a try. If not, I can just post what I've got in a locked post and we can go off on tangents there and stuff. Whatever works--if you're interested in a collaboration, of course.
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Date: 2005-10-26 01:56 am (UTC)Well, Arashi is traditionally a first name (I think), so it's still possible. Also, they did some counting on the scrolls I think; from what I'm aware, Naruto's name is the most recent, then it's Arashi, then Jiraiya. Since Yondy could summon frogs (as evidenced by the first episode if nothing else) it's a logical conclusion. (I really want to know how it was spelled, though. Depending on the kanji used, I'm pretty sure it could mean 'tempest', and then I start geeking over large storms having a whole bunch of spiraling winds and so forth.)
*patpat* There, there. I feel your pain. Anyway, I just got a 'new' computer, which should be able to handle Yahoo!Messenger better than my last one, so I'm willing to give that a try. If not, I can just post what I've got in a locked post and we can go off on tangents there and stuff. Whatever works--if you're interested in a collaboration, of course.
Just a little bit of encouragement on my part ^_~