Road to ninja reminds me of NaruSaku.
LOL.
As you may know, I'm a movie buff. I've seen a lot of movies and some of them were like live action versions of NaruSaku. I will give you my list, so you guys can tell me yours. There was a thread about this but its closed.
1. Titanic (Obviously)
2. Romeo and Juliet (Any version)
3. Harry Potter (Harry and Ginny & Ron and Hermione are similar to NaruSaku)
4. Avatar
5. Spiderman movies
6. Iron man movies
7. Hulk (2003) and The Incredible Hulk (2008)
8. Countless Bollywood movies (I grew up watching them) Because the main heroes in most movies are goofballs like Naruto and the main females has hot tempers, strong and good hearted like Sakura, also the villains are like Sasuke because of the way he treats Sakura. Another thing is that the main female in some movies falls in love with the hero but her parents tell her that the hero is no good, nuisance etc and they force her to marry the villain because he is "cool" and stuff and the hero saves the day and gets the girl he loves. Also in some movies the female didn't realise the love of the hero until an incident or in the end. Plus when the hero looks at the main female for the first time it's love at first sight. (Kishimoto hasn't revealed how Naruto and Sakura met for the first time but I hope he will).
So these are my movies that remind me of NaruSaku. Feel free to tell me yours.
Just gonna discuss the ones I highlighted. First off, Harry Potter! I don't see Harry Potter as similar to NaruSaku. Ginny was a random side character that randomly got the protagonist, while the two main sidekicks got each other. If anything, that's more similar to SasuSaku and NaruHina - protagonist getting an unimportant side character (Hinata) while his two sidekicks (Sasuke and Sakura) end up together. Personality-wise, Ron and Hermione is kinda like NaruSaku because Ron is stupid and Hermione's smart, but Ron is also all around incompetent whereas Naruto clearly is not.. Harry is kinda bland without near as much personality as Naruto, and Ginny has practically no personality. Or maybe she does in the book, and I just can't remember because in the movie she's just as blank as a notebook sheet. BUT, onto the good news! While this did happen, JK Rowling said that she realizes now that it was a mistake and Harry and Hermione should have been together, because as far as characters and character roles are concerned, the protagonist should not end up with a tiny side character. Heheheh.
As for Avatar, I think that's a great example. It's a lot like NaruSaku. The two main characters falling in love, with the girl taking a long time to admit to it while the guy likes her the whole time. Except, funny story, I despised Kataang. Haha. So, as far as character roles are concerned, GOOD! As far as relationship development, BAD. NaruSaku is FAR superior than Kataang when it comes to relationship development.
Edited by Win-chan, 10 August 2014 - 04:39 AM.