"I'm taking my grown self to the Ninja Academy ASAP": You wake up in the world of Naruto, what's the first thing you do? Fandom answers hypothetical in goofy internet thread

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Feb 7, 2025 11:30 AM EST

What's up, internet doom scrollers? All anime fans are familiar with the isekai genre of anime. These are shows that center around a character that suddenly finds themselves in a new fantasy world or in a parallel reality. The genre is understandably incredibly popular and consequently quite over-saturated with generic characters and tropes and fan service. However, what if it happened to you? What if you woke up one day in the world of an anime that you are familiar with? Netizen anime fans answer this very question in the engaging thread below, detailing what their first move would be if they found themselves in the world of Naruto.

Naruto was one of my very first animes. As a young artist, I used to draw my own Mary Sue OCs, clad in fishnet (apparently, it is meant to be chain mail) and bandages. I also dabbled in fan fiction, so I do have my own game plan if I ever find myself in Konohagakure. First thing's first, I'd try to figure out if I have any chance of controlling my chakra enough to become even an average shinobi, or if I have to go the Rock Lee route. Scroll down for more hypothetical discussions!

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    f you woke up in the world of Naruto, what's the first thing you're doing?

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    fluxdeken Ramen
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    paperkutchy 99% of the people tought about this immediatly even if they dont want to assume it
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    codingzombie72072 I was about to say "Finding ichiraku ramen"
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    Radiant Detail1349 I want to eat Ichiraku Ramen so much!
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  • Wait, did I say I wanted to figure out how well I could control my chakra first? I hereby amend my answer: I would totally get ramen first!

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    Competitive-Fee-3204 Checking the number of hokage faces, need to understand what time im in
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    x4nter And based on that, decide whether to stay in Konoha or get as far away as possible.
    via u/x4nter
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    Bulangiu_ro alternatively if there are only 3, than ask how's sasuke doing to see what time it is
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    Certain Associate9772 You see 12 faces, you understand that knowledge about Naruto means nothing anymore.
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    Koro_Darren It's sad to think that his legacy may mean nothing by then, but also kind of surprising and reassuring to find out that the Hidden Leaf survives this long without being obliterated by another war (or maybe it did, but they fixed it)
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    Electronic-Ad-4403 As long as Minato's face is up there, I should be relatively safe. The only real issue until the pain arc is the Konoha Crush
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  • Ok, I never even considered that I might drop into the Naruto-verse at an inopportune time… 

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    abdulshukoorpk Get away from any hidden village. Get to one of the major nation capital, find a job and wait out all ninja wars.
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    Dream_eater-69 Assuming you don't get merked by random bandits groups lol
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    mylongestyeaboii Are the hidden villages not the nation capitals? I'm confused
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    The_One_Neo69 No the economic capital where the... daiymo live and the hidden villages are the military capital of the elemental nations
    via u/mylongestyeaboii
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    ThrowRA_LeftProposal Training. I don't know how to control chakra and I'd like to be able to.
    via u/ThrowRA_LeftProposal
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    West_Motor OP You and me both. I'm taking my grown a to ninja academy asap
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    Che_Che93 I'm going straight to Might Guy's team!
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    ashestobe I won't survive a single training day with him and Lee tbh
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    unscholarly_source The sad part is we probably won't have any kekkei genkai so we'll be genetic shinobis with average or below average chakra pools
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    Bad_boy000007 Spoiler everyone about the story
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    sound_of_violence This is on a scale way bigger than "time traveler moves chair" and I support it
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    Ok-Trifle-3781 I would definitely join the ninja academy
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    Vuash_ Seek out Orochimaru in order to acquire the curse mark. And venture out from there.
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    SilvieTheFoxy My man this is the worst idea ever, Orochimaru would only give you one if you are capable of doing his dirty work, if not he's literally just gonna perform human experiments on your a
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    beastmode24711 go to the library and break into the forbidden jutsu section
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    Traditional-Gap-143 Swing on naruto's swing
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    Kobieh02 Find Tsunade and win her over somehow
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    Bulangiu_ro let's be honest, if Jiraya can't, we also have no shot
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    BAALDA Look outside and see if there's a floating emo kid with red hair in the sky to see how bad my first is going to be
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    Friendly_UserXXX jump on electric power pole and scan for tresspassers
    via u/Friendly_UserXXX
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    Ent_Soviet Do my best to remember engineering, mechanics and electrical engineering. Become rich with my inventions. Obviously the thunder train was me.
    via u/Ent_Soviet
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    Casual_Scroller_00 Finding Naruto, and thanking him for pulling me out of a difficult phase
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fantasy ninja isekai ramen animation anime millennials fandom discussion naruto cartoon network japanese entertainment Japan hypothetical reddit thread Reddit otaku television
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