Librarian recommends “Morito” manga
I came across yet another article in which a librarian recommends manga as a way to get kids reading. But this particular one is kinda funny. In it, the librarian - a Ms. Robin Brenner - recommends a manga called Morito.
Now, I was kind of curious since I had never heard of a manga called Morito - especially since it was left up there with Fruits Basket, implying that it was pretty popular.
It wasn’t until towards the end of the article, when Morito was described as “the story of a ninja in training” that I realized that they probably meant Naruto.
I’m guessing that the reporter made the mess-up rather than the librarian, but I still thought it was kinda funny. Especially since morito could apparently mean “little Muslim” (el moro meaning the moor, or muslim, and -ito being a suffix that means little). ♥
August 11th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Oh, yeah, I know Robin and she would never make a mistake like that. The reporter was careless. (Full disclosure: I used to be a reporter for another paper in that chain, and I still freelance for them. But I always check spellings!) Robin is incredibly knowledgeable about manga and was an Eisner judge this year. Believe me, she knows from Naruto!
August 12th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Ha! Robin Brenner here, and I just saw this article myself, and the reporter seems to have misheard what I said. I certainly did mean Naruto! But forgive her, she was hearing about manga for the first time. :) I’ll send her an email to let her know, just in case people ask.
August 12th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for dropping by! :)