Social Changes in Japanese Society as Portrayed in Masashi Kishimoto’s Comic Naruto

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This article studies the factors and impacts of social changes in Masashi Kishimoto’s comic Naruto in volumes 50 to 72. Naruto comics describe the lives of ninjas in Konoha and other villages. This study uses a qualitative method with descriptive analysis. In this study, it is formulated about: 1) the causes of the shinobi world war and 2) the impact of the fourth shinobi world war in Naruto comics. In this study, Abdulsyani and Basrowi's sociological theory of change is used, and Martono's positive impact theory and Sumartono's negative impact theory. From the formulation of the problem, it can be concluded: 1) the factors that cause social changes in the Naruto comics are factors from within the community and factors from outside the community. The most significant factor is the influence of other people's cultures; 2) The positive impacts of social change include the development of technology which is marked by Naruto using a laptop while serving as Hokage, increasing social integration which is marked by mutual trust after hearing Gaara's words, health technology with the use of a wheelchair by Gai, social mobility marked by peace society of the Shinobi Alliance, and the development of a mindset when people prefer to use communication tools to convey information rather than through animals. The negative impacts of social changes contained in Naruto comics include upheaval and rebellion; protests and demonstrations; crime; and juvenile delinquency. The negative impacts that cannot be found are corruption, collusion and nepotism.