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The newShonen Jumpmanga seriesAliens Areahas been slowly building up steam since its introduction a picayune over a month ago . save and illustrate by Fusai Naba , the serial has reached its first major story arc , and with it comes its own adaptation of the oldest know Nipponese myth . What ’s interesting about this myth is that it ’s the same myth thatNarutobased its final scoundrel on .
The myth is calledThe Tale of the Bamboo Cutter , and it ’s the story of Princess Kaguya , who was raised by an old distich after they found her in a Bamboo stalk . Later on she is revealed to be a being from the moon . Thismyth helpsNaruto ’s foreign twist make signified , as the series ' villain Kaguya Otsutsuki belongs to a backwash of extraterrestrial villains . InAliens Area ’s 5th chapter , the protagonists stumble upon an alien princess , and although her name is n’t Kaguya , her story so far is very similar to the myth .
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Some version of theTale of the Bamboo Cuttersay that Kaguya was sent to Earth to avoid being harm in a heavenly war , and that ’s exactly the case with the princess inAliens Area . The write up seems to be expand on the " celestial warfare " part of the myth , as an assassin is sent after the princess to take her out and eliminate the threat of revenge against the hostile exotic conquerors . The bravo is the subject of the series’first major battle , a turning pointthat will kick off the first story arc , which very well could be about the heroes helping their rendering of Kaguya return to her home plate planet and take it back .
Part of what madeNarutoso interesting was how the series weaved ancient stories of Japanese yore into the ninja mythos , andAliens Areadoing the same is a step in the veracious commission . Several myth in Japan are about celestial deities and celestial occurrences , and to see them adapted with a sci - fi pull would really helpAliens Areastand out from other series . So far , the serial publication has relied intemperately on extension to other manga to keep its readers interested , like how it has the master character useLuffy ’s Devil Fruit major power in the first chapter . Now , Aliens Areais at a point where it can start out using its own ideas , and if Naba continues to retell Nipponese myths with sci - fi construction , he ’ll have feel a niche that will keep the story fresh and interesting .
Shonen Jump ’s new serial might be using the same floor thatNarutobased its final scoundrel on , but it ’s concenter on dissimilar aspects of that grapheme ’s origin that make it into something wholly novel and original . In other words , Aliens Areais about to become a stack more exciting than it already is .
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