Naruto Anime Analysis (Season 5)

Season 5: Episode 192

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"Ino Screams! Chubby Paradise!"

"Princess Fuku is meeting her fiance for the very first time. She is hesitant to appear to him in person, thinking that she looks unattractive. She is overweight because she binges on snacks to relieve stress. She hires Ino Yamanaka, who looks exactly like the princess except for the one obvious difference, to take her place and win her fiance's (who bears a strong resemblance to Elvis Presley's) heart. Ino tries to behave like a princess worthy of the man's admiration, but she finds his flamboyant displays of affection unbearable. Naruto, frustrated by the mission's slow progress, takes matters into his own hands by transforming into the princess himself. His interference upsets Ino and the real princess, and he accidentally reveals the real princess. It is revealed that the prince likes chubby women, and Ino is unable to comprehend why."

Analysis

The episode was filled with light-hearted scenes with huge amounts of comedy. It also indirectly served as a tribute to the late Elvis Presley. Other details will be mentioned in the analysis.

The beginning of the scene starts with light-hearted music mixed with a high-pitched Japanese flute. At the Hokage headquarters, Tsunade informs Ino about the details of the mission at her office. She said, "Your next mission is for the daughter of an affluent feudal lord who is looking for a body double. I don't know where she heard about you, but it turns out you're her spitting image. She was pretty adamant; she said she wouldn't work with anyone else but you." Moreover, since everyone was busy with other missions, Tsunade appointed Naruto to assist Ino in her mission. Afterwards, Ino and Naruto headed off to see Princess Fuku's residence.

Princess Fuku is meeting her fiance for the very first time. She is hesitant to appear to him in person, thinking that she looks unattractive because she is overweight and she binges on snacks to relieve stress. When Ino and Naruto arrived at Princess Fuku's residence, they had a perplexed look on their faces because she was overweight. Moreover, while the princess was conversing with Ino and Naruto, she showed them a picture of her before she gained weight. In that picture, she was the spitting image of Ino Yamanaka. She also said that her father hired a matchmaker and that they are brokering an arranged marriage for her to her prospective husband, Chikara from the Land of Udon. Furthermore, since she was stressed about meeting her potential husband, she was eating too much, which caused her to gain weight. She even tried eating supplements to lose weight, but they were ineffective, hence why she hired Ino to compel her fiancé to marry her. The princess is also confident that while Ino finishes her mission, she will take the supplement known as Substitution Slender to help her lose weight before the wedding. In other words, the princess has no intention of exercising to lose weight.

She hires Ino Yamanaka, who looks exactly like the princess except for the one obvious difference, to take her place and win her fiance's (who bears a strong resemblance to Elvis Presley's) heart. Ino got dressed up as the princess while Naruto sat beside her at the residence. While they were waiting, the fiancé arrived with a dramatic entrance. First, the lights were turned off to show different kinds of colours flashing in the dark. Second, a girl announced her fiancé's arrival by tossing red petals in the air. Last, an electric guitar playing in the background resembles Elvis Presley's music. Afterwards, the fiancé revealed that he is overweight; his demeanour and even the way he spoke are like Elvis Presley's. Moreover, he arrived with other workers from his land who were praising him. Therefore, this dramatic entrance by the fiancé presents a sense of situational irony in the sense that what happened, which was him being overweight, is the opposite of what was expected, which was that Ino and Naruto expected him to be a slim and handsome man.