"Some fans are so fanatical, they dress as their anime heroes. A guide to their strange universe"

STRANGE INDEED. Just look up the front page and the first thing that slaps you in the face are four, childhood deprived youths dressed up as characters from a comic otherwise known as, 'Naruto'. In case you have never heard of Naruto (just like I have), the comic is based on a boy who has within him, a FOX demon...whoooooooooo...ahhhhhhh. Wow, it's not only exciting, the idea of a boy possessed by a wiley forest creature really gets you quivering doesn't it!

Look at the group of four on the cover page and you see a girl by the name of Geraldine. She dresses up as a character with a mask. The only problem is, she's not wearing the mask her character is pictured to have. Thus leaving her fat face exposed for all of the english-educated population in Singapore to see. In fact, the entire group really is ugly. Normally anime characters are portrayed as rather 'sharp' looking with nice features but something really went wrong when the editor decided to pick these guys for the photoshoot.

In the same page, stands another boy by the name of John Lim a.k.a Chouji Akimichi. His special power? The ability to don male underwear on his head and taking a photo for thousands of readers islandwide while keeping a straight face, apparently wanting to show he REALLY means business. Keep it up darling, talent spotters are bound to pick up your underwear-on-head-while-keeping-straight-face prowess! Interesting indeed.

It's amazing to see how they can be so dedicated to a comic series, even spending a thousand dollars on parephernelia. That's right, one young man actually spent a 1000 smackers purchasing Naruto merchandise! Gee, the weightlifting federation doesn't even give me that kind of money within a year and he uses it all to buy Naruto merchandise?? Life REALLY isn't fair. Said 18 year old Goh Chin Teck, a Nanyang Polytechnic student, "It's my passion and I want to go all out for it". Well Chin Teck, I suggest you source for a new passion. It pains me to see how you don't realise how much you're doing such a fine job at making an ass out of yourself.

People, I am by NO MEANS associated with this guy even though we come from the same school..

They dub themselves 'Narutards', aww, I see you guys laughing your arses off already. Come on! Be more respectful to other people's PASSION! But seriously, of all things..NARUTARDS?? This made me think for a moment.."What would happen if the comic was renamed Fuckuto?"

Well now! Then they would be called Fucktards wouldn't they!? WOW! Wonderful job you youths have done! We truly need more people like you with similar PASSIONS to keep us entertained.

Once again, the world is safe! Thanks to...THE NARUTARDS..

(Up next, bus-spotters. Also taken from Sunday's edition of Lifestyle)