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Boy Dies After Imitating Naruto in Sandbox

A 10 year old boy ended up in hospital and unfortunately died after his little misadventure trying to recreate a scene from Naruto by burying himself in a playground sandbox.

Gaara

Codey Porter was playing with five other children in a family friend’s backyard when he reportedly asked them to bury him in a one-foot-deep sandbox from his head to his chest. According to Porter’s half-brother whose three sons were with Porter, the incident was an attempt to recreate the attacks used by the fictional ninja from Naruto‘s Village Hidden in the Sand.

Those interested in the news story can view the new report clip by KOMO-TV.

Source: ANN

And that is why impressionable youths and children should have parents guiding them when watching TV. Which makes me wonder, does Naruto has a PG rating on it?

Maybe next time, Naruto should come in during the commercial break and say:
“Kids please do not try this at home. All these moves and ninjitsu are dangerous and should only be attempted by professional animated trained ninjas”.

But then, it might just backfire since people tend to do whatever you tell them not to.

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6 Responses to Boy Dies After Imitating Naruto in Sandbox

  1. Dee says:

    my gawd, im guessing by the kids name he live in the west somewhere…. typical….. they cut the living crap out of naruto reducing it to a pile of dribble for three year olds and one of em goes n kills himself… what if the kid got out a huge hammer and started slaugtering children? they wouldnt blame tom and jerry.

    i baught the uncut naruto dvd and guess what? IT WAS CUT! they cut out one scene that i noticed. this was when a woman threatened to bite off her toung…. who cares?? just up the rating!

    i dont blame the anime for the childs death in any way despite how tragic his death is.

  2. TKHM says:

    He’s not 5. He’s 10.

    He should have some common sense at this age.

  3. Dee says:

    bloomin heck! 10!?! ¬¬ ! ok hes just stupd….either that or he had a disability which caused him to WANT to re-enact that gaara attack, my lil brother has autism and he seems to memorize things from TV and likes to re-enact stuff…..worrying…..

  4. Alafista says:

    @ Dee: Nether do I blame the anime. But the media always shift the blame onto rock music, movies, anything they can get their hands on except the parents and the crazy kids that get themselves involved.

    @ TKHM: I guess kids nowadays are dumber than when we were 10.

  5. OMG! That’s just so sad… RIP, and stop thinking about Gaara.

  6. Snap says:

    I have lost all faith in humanity.
    What idiot does that? “O HE WAS THRASHING BUT THEY THOUGH HE WUZ RLLY IN CHARAKTER!”