![]() ![]() ![]() In Episode 499, the penultimate episode of Shippuden (the arc of the preparations for Naruto and Hinata's wedding), after learning of the rest of cast's mission to get the perfect wedding gift for them, Hinata innocently says "I never thought our wedding would cause so much trouble." Considering the amount of Ship-to-Ship Combat and Die For Our Ship that split the fanbase through the course of the series, despite Naruto/Hinata being one of the biggest Fan Preferred Couples in anime and manga for the last fifteen years with the manga's entire run, this is perfectly fitting.Not only does every single person present have a Disapproving Look on their faces, but Naruto easily sees right through her, calls her out for lying, and rejects her outright by telling her that he hates people who lie to themselves. Acting also as a Take That, Audience! moment, Sakura's infamous fake love confession to Naruto is a verbatim reading of all the arguments Naruto/Sakura shippers used to justify why they should be together (paraphrasing: "I used to love Sasuke, but he's now evil and he's breaking my heart, but you, on the other hand, have always been there for me", and "You used to be a dork but now you're the village's hero, so of course now I love you.").Jiraiya having written a book about a ninja Determinator whose name is Naruto (which the character of the series was named after by his parents after they read the book) is fourth wall-leaning enough, but a couple of pages of Chapter 448 which were only in the volume release has part of Naruto's speech to Pain/Nagato nearly have him talking about himself as if he was fully aware that he was a fictional character, and all of this is done in a completely serious fashion.There's one point in the manga where Naruto comes running into a fight late yelling, "The main character of a story usually shows up in these types of situations and instantly kicks the enemy's ass!" Naturally, he then proceeds to be on the receiving end of said ass-kicking.More than once, Naruto is described as being the sort of person who could never be the main character of anything.Haruna: This isn't some erotic anime, you know! You gotta ditch the unmentionables! (" OVA" being comparable to what is known in the west as "direct to video" but generally of higher quality) In one of the Negima?! OVAs (legal, US/Canada only) has a line lampshading the use of towels in a Hot Springs Episode, noting that it isn't some TV anime.Similarly, in chapter 277, minor character Tosaka says to Ako and Akira, "Us side-characters gotta look out for each other.". ![]() Also a Lampshade Hanging, as said demon form is an Homage to Inuyasha. Asuna says something similar when Kotaro first breaks out his demon form.It also has a more Fourth Wall- breaky one when Negi sees what his father was like: he exclaims, "It's like he's a character from a totally different manga!".In an especially tongue-in-cheek moment, Natsumi refers to herself as a side character right before making a casual observation that turns the chapter (#257) into a Wham Episode.As she was the main character of that particular mini-arc, he was right, too. Negi counters that even if she's a minor character in someone else's story, she's still the main character of her own. Fairly early in the manga, Ako tells an aged-up version of Negi that she envies Negi because she feels like she's just a supporting character and he's the main character.Maka: The way we're sneaking around like this, it's almost like we're the protagonists of some supernatural crime story! ![]()
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