Post by Hatake Kakashi on Jan 21, 2008 19:03:26 GMT -5
The world wide game "rock, paper, scissors" originated from China during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), invented by the warlords of that period.The game reached Japan in the early 1640s and one variation of the game was the "Slug, Snake, Frog" variation.
In this variation, the Frog is afraid of the Snake, the Snake is afraid of the Slug and the Slug is afraid of the Frog. This is influenced by the rock-paper-scissors way of thinking, where it keeps the 3 objects in a deadlock.
The fact that the Sannins use these 3 animals as summons hints that none of them is better than the other- it also barely hints, when Naruto summons toads, that he is weaker than Sasuke- who is influenced by Orochimaru, the Snake summoner.
In this variation, the Frog is afraid of the Snake, the Snake is afraid of the Slug and the Slug is afraid of the Frog. This is influenced by the rock-paper-scissors way of thinking, where it keeps the 3 objects in a deadlock.
The fact that the Sannins use these 3 animals as summons hints that none of them is better than the other- it also barely hints, when Naruto summons toads, that he is weaker than Sasuke- who is influenced by Orochimaru, the Snake summoner.