作者一席談：岸本齊史眼中的《火影忍者》

Question： When was the first time that you thought of becoming a mangaka[日本漫畫家] and why？

Kishimoto： At some point between second and fourth grade I got into Akira Toriyama’s Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball注. I loved his characters. Also， his art really appealed to[有吸引力] me. There was something about his cartoony[卡通化] drawing style that felt right. I thought to myself， I wanted to become like him.

Q： Compared to when you first started， how do you think you’ve grown and changed both as an artist and person？

K： During my career as a mangaka， I got married， had kids and became a father. This directly influenced[影響] the story in Naruto. Through these experiences， I realized the things that are important in the world.

提問：你是在什么時候第一次萌生當(dāng)個漫畫家的想法呢，為什么會有這樣的想法？岸本：從二年級到四年級，有段時間我迷上了鳥山明的《阿拉蕾》和《七龍珠》。我很喜歡他筆下的角色，同時他的創(chuàng)作深深吸引著我，在他那種卡通化的畫風(fēng)里有些東西讓我感覺特別棒。我不禁心想，我也想成為像他那樣的人。

問：和你剛開始連載那時比起來，作為一個漫畫家以及作為一個人，你覺得自己成長了多少，改變了多少？

岸：在漫畫家這段職業(yè)生涯里，我結(jié)了婚，有了孩子，當(dāng)上了父親，這對《火影忍者》的故事產(chǎn)生了很直接的影響。透過這些經(jīng)歷，我才認識到這個世界上最重要的事情是什么。

The character Naruto represents[代表] a little bit of

myself and a little bit of my child. It was after my child was born that I wanted to write about Naruto’s parents. The way Naruto’s parents feel about him is very close to how I feel towards my kids. Even if I died someday， I want to leave a work in the world that would let my kids understand what I always wanted to tell them.

Q： What is your feeling toward Sasuke， who has gone through drastic[激烈的] change throughout the series？

K： Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress[前進，生長] as a pair. So when I write about Naruto， I always have to think about Sasuke. They are on opposite[相反的] sides of the spectrum[系列]， like yin and yang.

Q： The Akatsuki are one of the most colorful and intriguing[有趣的] groups of villains[惡棍] in any manga. Why did you create the Akatsuki？ Do you have a favorite？

K： Itachi， Sasuke’s brother， is my favorite. The Akatsuki is an anti-hero group who are pitted[使競爭] against the main characters in Naruto. But I didn’t want to just make them villains， because I thought there should be different reasons as to why they became outlaws[罪犯] against society. I wanted to explore their backgrounds just as much as I would for the heroes.

Q： When people read your manga， what do you hope they’ll take away from it？

K： In real life， it’s hard for people to understand each other because of things like differences in culture or upbringing[教養(yǎng)]. As you grow up， you start to see that sometimes things in life don’t go right. But I created Naruto to tell the younger generation that although there’s hardship in life， you can get along. Other than that， I would rather let the readers themselves find out what they can get from Naruto.

鳴人這個角色，有一點我自己的影子，也有一點我家小孩的影子。也就是在我孩子出生以后，我才會想寫鳴人父母的故事。鳴人父母對他的感情就和我對自己孩子的感情相去無幾。哪怕有一天我死了，我依然想在這個世上留下這么一部作品，讓孩子們明白到我一直以來想告訴他們的事情。

問：佐助在故事當(dāng)中發(fā)生了如此之大的變化，你現(xiàn)在對他是怎么看的呢？

岸：我在心底里一直惦記著佐助。鳴人與佐助兩人是一起成長的，所以每當(dāng)我描寫鳴人的時候，也總會考慮一下佐助（的情況）。他們倆就是這個系列里截然相反的兩端，就像“陰”與“陽”一樣。

問：曉組織可以說是漫畫作品當(dāng)中最多姿多彩、有趣迷人的壞蛋組合之一。……