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Sasuke's monologue ch. 698

Fasten Your Seatbelts. I'm warning you, this is one hell of a emotional ride.

Y'all know that Japanese people prefer to express things indirectly. They're tend to be more comfortable with indirect communication. To avoid embarrassment and conflict, they prefer to use more roundabout ways of expressing opinions. You don't have to admit things directly because that's impolite. Even if Japanese people want to say "no" in their mind, they are often afraid that the person they are talking with might feel bad if they say so. So, usually they may pretend to go along with what someone said to them. Japanese people in particular show interest in a person or topic they are not really interested in, in order to protect their conversational partner's feelings. This might be annoying to some foreigners, but that’s the culture. So for example:

1. Wanna go out to for a drink??

a) Thanks, I'm good. b) Erm... Okay

These are two ways to politely reject without a flat-out NO. If you are unclear about whether it is a "yes" or "no, pay attention to their nonverbal expressions, pay attention to what they are saying, their subtle body language, their hesitation and also changing the subject are really means 'No'. Manners, etiquete, and mutual respect play an important role in Japanese society. Don't forget this polite mind is avoided in certain circumstances. For example, if you find yourself approached by a suspicious person on the train or bus or on the street, or if you find yourself in an unpleasant situation in general, put yourself first and don't worry about someone else's feelings.

Okay. So, most people will get offended if you are too direct. You should be more careful while being generally open to your thoughts, feelings, and opinions. And here Sasuke was like, 'I'm going with all of these.' His speech was so so so direct that even Japanese people would not dare to say so.

{ I added some additional notes in the 'Meaning section'. Hope this is helpful!!}

Panel - 1

Raw: ・・・ナルト・・・お前が昔... 常に一人でいるのは知っていた

Romaji: Naruto.... Omae ga mukashi ... tsuneni... Hitori de iru no wa.... shitteita

Literal: Naruto.... I knew... in the past... You were always alone...

Raw: 生き残ったうちはのオレと同じで里で皆に疎外されていたな...

Romaji: ikinokotta uchiha no ore to onajide sato de mina ni... sogai sareteitana …

Literal: survived.... me from the uchiha... and you just like me, by everyone in the village.... we were alienated.

Panel-2

Raw: バカなことをしてはわざと叱られようとしていた･･･

Romaji: bakana koto o shite wa wazato shikarareyō to shiteita …

Literal: Doing idiotic/foolish things on purpose for trying to be get scolded...

Raw: 他人と関わる為だろう･･･

Romaji: tanin to kakawaru tamedarō ･･･

Literal: just for interacting with others...

Raw: 最初はそんなお前を見てくだらない奴だと思った

Romaji: saisho wa sonna omae o mite kudaranai yatsuda to omotta

Literal: In the beginning, when I watching you like that, I thought you were a stupid/worthless guy

Raw: じゃれたいだけの弱い奴だと

Romaji: jaretai dake no yowai yatsuda to

Literal: The type of weak guy who only just wants to be playful.

[[ When we keep an eye on someone or something, we watch it carefully and pay attention to it. And observes the person's behavior. That's what Sasuke was doing here. At that time, even when he was still a small kid, Sasuke properly "analyzed" why he was interested/curious in Naruto...]]

Meanings

• 昔 (mukashi) - old times, old days, former, in the past.

• 常に (tsuneni) - Constantly, always, all the time, all of the time.

• 一人でいる (hitori de) - alone, oneself, lonely

• 知っていた (shiteita) is used when you "already" knew something.

• 生き残った (ikinokotta) - to survive

• 同じで (onajide) - same, just like

• 疎外(sogai)- estrangement; neglect; alienation; casting out

• 叱られる (shikarareru) - to be scolded

• わざと(wazato) - on purpose; intentionally; deliberately

• 関わる(kakawaru) it means as interacting with people

• くだらない (kudaranai) - good-for-nothing; stupid; trivial; worthless

• 最初 (saisho) - beginning; first

• 見て(mite) - to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to keep an eye on

• じゃれたい (jaretai) - to be playful; to mess around; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play

• だけ (dake) - only; just; alone; merely; that’s all

• が (ga) prt. - Ga marks the subject of a sentence when the information expressed by the subject is first introduced in a discourse. Wa replaces ga when the subject is a topic or a contrasted element.

Ga conj. - But. It makes a sentence unit with the preceding sentence, not with the following sentence. Thus, it is wrong to place a comma before ga or to start a sentence with ga. Daga, dakedo, demo, shikashi and keredomo express the same idea as ga.

Panel-1

Raw: ･･･だが何度もバカをして叱られているお前をずっと見ていると

Romaji: ...daga, nando mo baka o shite shikarareteiru... omae o... zutto miteiruto...

Literal: But, over and over again, you would get scolded for doing stupid things... I was keep watching you this whole time...

Raw: ･･･なぜだか気になるようになった

Romaji: ... nazedaka ki ni naru yō ni natta

Literal: For some reason/without knowing why, somehow.... I became as anxious and worried (about you).

Panel-2

Raw: その時思った･･･

Romaji: sono toki omotta...

Literal: At that time I thought....

Raw: お前の弱さがだんだんオレに染まってきたんだと

Romaji: omae no yowasa ga dandan ore ni somatte kitanda to

Literal: your weakness gradually came to taint me.

Panel-3

Raw: それからのお前を見る度にどんどん気になるようになっていった

Romaji: sore kara no omae o miru tabi ni dondon ki ni naru yō ni natteitta

Literal: And then, steadily, every time I saw you, I (my heart/mind) became uneasy....

(It means that Sasuke become uneasy when Naruto were on his mind)

Raw: 他人と繋がろうと必死なお前を見ていると

Romaji: tanin to tsunagarō to hisshina omae o miteiruto

Literal: I was watching you desperately trying to be connected to other people...

Raw: オレの家族を思い出すようになった

Romaji: ore no kazoku o omoidasu yō ni natta

Literal: (Because of that) I began to remember my family.

(Bcuz of Naruto's actions, it made him remember his family)

Meanings

• 気になる(kininaru) - to be on one's mind, to worry one, to care about, to be bothered by, to feel uneasy, to be anxious

[[ 気になる (kininaru) means something/someone - interests you/ makes you think about it/them/ catches your attention / makes you feel curious, Something/Someone - bothers you / makes you curious/ interests you, Someone/something - you worry about / you be concerned about. "kininaru" is a verb meaning "care", "recognize", and sometimes "like". So, Kininaru is often used for romantic interests. Here, Sasuke repeats that he gets worried/anxious/uneasy whenever he sees or thinks about Naruto. It affecting him very strongly and powerfully. So, when Sasuke says this it means whenever he sees Naruto, his heart suddenly feels heavy and it hurts him emotionally. ]]

• As you can see, Sasuke tried very hard to be acknowledged by his parents... here Naruto was trying his best to get attention from others to show his 'existence'. So he knows how painful it is. And moreover he was watching him. So, seeing Naruto hurt, it terribly hurts Sasuke too.

• なぜだか (nazedaka) - somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

• ずっと (zutto) - continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

• だんだん (dondon) - gradually

• 弱さ (yowasa) - weakness

• 染まる(somaru) - to be tainted; to be infected

• 気に (tabini) - each time; everytime; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

• 繋がろう (tsunagarō) - to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

• 必死な (hisshina) - frantic; desperate; inevitable death

• 家族 (kazoku) - family; members of a family

Panel-1

Raw: そしてなぜだか安心したんだ

Romaji: soshite nazeda ka anshin shita nda

Literal: And then... without knowing why, somehow.... I felt relieved.

Panel-2

Raw: だがそれは．．．同時に弱さだと思った

Romaji: daga sore wa... dōjini yowa sada to omotta

Literal: But... at the same time... I thought It was a weakness.

Panel-3

Raw: オレはその弱さから逃げるように修業をした…

Romaji: ore wa sono yowa sa kara nigeru yō ni... shūgyō o shita …

Literal: So that, In order to escape from that weakness... I trained...

Raw: 兄への復讐の為に．．．兄より強くなる為に

Romaji: ani e no fukushū no tame ni... ani yori tsuyoku naru tame ni

Literal: for the sake to get revenge on my brother... for the sake of becoming stronger than my older brother

Panel-4

Raw: なのにお前と同じ班になっちまった…

Romaji: nanoni omae to onaji han ni natchimatta

Literal: And yet... I ended up in the same team as you...

Raw: そしてまた家族がチラつく．．．

Romaji: soshite mata kazoku ga chiratsuku ...

Literal: And then... again, my family flickered (through my mind)

[ It is noted that since ellipsis is common in Japanese, Japanese sentences are often ambiguous in isolation. "Flickering" in this sentence means ''Flicker into someone's mind".]

Meanings

• When Sasuke uses 弱さ (yowasa) it shows his degree of weakness / how weak he is. He directly admits that Naruto is becoming his physical/mental/emotional weakness.

• Naruto, who reminds of his “family" and also becomes his "weakness" that is something that Sasuke wants to escape from.... so, he trained hard to escape from that 'weakness'. When Sasuke said "I ended up in the same team as him", it means that Sasuke was "extremely conscious" of Naruto... He ran away and tried to escape from his 'weakness', but as he tried to escape, fate brought him back to where he tried to escape his 'weakness'. It's okay to mention his family once , but he constantly repeating that Naruto reminds him of his family... I think that means that Sasuke was starting to see Naruto as family.

• そして (soshite) - and; and then. (It is a coordinate conjunction that connects two sentences.)

• なぜだか (nazedaka)- somehow; for some reason; I don't know why; without knowing why

• 安心した (anshinshita) - relieved

[[ 安心 as "relief" or "peace of mind". 安心 has the kanji for safe and heart. It means peace of mind your heart is at ease.]]

• 復讐 (Fukushū) - revenge

• の為に (no tame ni) - for the sake of

• 逃げる (nigeru) - to escape; to run away

• 修業 (shūgyō) - pursuit of knowledge, studying,learning, training, completing a course

• なのに (nanomi) - and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

• 班 (han) - group; party; team; squad; section

• また (mata)- again; and; also; still (doing something)

• チラつく (chiratsuku) - to flicker; to flit; to litter; to be dazzled

Panel-1

Raw: 火影になりたいとほざくお前と一緒に任務をこなし...

Romaji: hokage ni naritai to hozaku omae to issho ni ninmu o konashi ...

Literal: (you) babbling on wanting to become hokage... and (I) went on missions together (with you) ...

Raw: 互いに強くなっていくのを実感したオレはいつしか

Romaji: tagaini tsuyoku natteiku no o jikkan shita, ore wa itsushika...

Literal: Before I knew it, I truly felt that (we) were both mutually going towards getting stronger ....

Panel-2

Raw: お前とも闘いたいとそう思うようにもなった

Romaji: omae to mo tatakaitai to sō omou yō ni mo natta

Literal: (I) really thought that I want to fight you too.

[[ Here, Sasuke using 思う (omou) - It means 'to think'. When you 'think', it comes from your heart (inner thoughts), rather than your head. 思う is used for "thinking from the heart," it is a better fit for reactions. It shows the current feeling. The subtlety of "thinking" is that you are "emotionally paying attention" to the object. ]]

Panel-3

Raw: そしてオレは七班に己の家族の影を見るようになっていた ...

Romaji: soshite ore wa nana han ni onore no kazoku no kage o miru yō ni natteita ...

Literal: And then I.... in team7, began to see the silhouette of my own family.

Panel-4

Raw: だから... お前の苦しむ姿を見る度...そう... オレも---

Romaji: dakara... omae no kurushimu sugata o miru tabi ... sō... ore mo...

Literal: That's why... Every time I saw you appearing to be suffering... that's right.. I, too...

Raw: オレが痛くなったんだ

Romaji: ore ga itaku natta nda

Literal: I became pained.

[[ Sasuke using 痛く which means he's in such intense pain, that words couldn't explain how much it was. The magnitude of the 'extreme pain' greatly affects both his body and mind. The choice of kanji (痛く) Kishimoto given to Naruto & Sasuke when they express their feelings, it screams how much terribly they hurt, but it's not just 'pain'. I've already talked here about Kishimoto expressing other characters' pain with 「痛い」 The word 痛い (itai) can be used in many situations. It means 'ouch' or 'hurt'. You can point out to any body part to say something is in 'pain' eg: 足が痛い (ashi ga itai) - my leg hurts. You can use 痛い when recovering from a bitter past, experiencing something unpleasant in the past, or feeling pain. Here, Sasuke uses オレ = 痛く, and what I'm saying is that Japanese people don't say it that way. What he said literally meant 'I'm hurt'. But you have to say your (body part ) is hurt. Neither of them saying which part of their body was hurting, but their pain was excruciating. It is worth noting how Kishimoto expresses their feelings and pain in spoken language.]]

Meanings

• いつしか (itsushika) - before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

• 実感した - real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

• 互いに - mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

• いく ( iku) - to go (towards)

• 闘い (tatakai) - battle; fight; struggle; conflict

• そう (sou) - so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

• 強く(tsuyoku) - strongly, powerfully, hard

Panel-1

Raw: お前の痛みが分かった時初めて仲間と思えた

Romaji: omae no itami ga wakatta toki hajimete nakama to omoeta

Literal: When I understood your pain, that was when I began to think of you as a friend

Panel-2

Raw: そしてその反面急激に強くなっていくお前をほっておけなくなったどんどん強くなっていくお前を見て... オレは ...

Romaji: soshite sono hanmen... kyūgeki ni tsuyoku natteiku omae o hotte okenaku natta... dondon tsuyoku natteiku omae o mite... ore wa...

Literal: But then, on the other hand, you suddenly become stronger... I became (unable) to ignore it.. I watched you steadily get stronger... I ....

[[Naruto suddenly becomes stronger and stronger in front of his eyes, so that he can't ignore the progress that is happening in Naruto in order to reach him.]]

Panel-3

[Flashback- Naruto🍥]

Raw: オレだっていつもお前が一人なのは知ってた

Romaji: ore datte itsumo omae ga hitori nano wa shitteta

Literal: I always knew you were... alone.

Raw: 同じような奴がいるって安心した･･･

Romaji: onaji yōna yatsu ga iru tte anshinshita ･･･

Literal: There was someone similar to me.... I was relieved...

Raw: すぐに話しかけたかった･･･なんだかうれしくてよ!

Romaji: sugu ni hanashikaketakatta ･･･ nandaka ureshikuteyo !

Literal: I immediately wanted to talk to you... Somehow/somewhat (I felt) happy!!

(Here when Naruto says なんだか (nandaka), it conveys a sense of vagueness, a sense of not knowing quite why or how the current situation came about. Naruto felt happy, for some reason but he didn't know why he felt that.)

Panel-4

Raw: けどそりゃ止めた... 何でもできるお前がうらやましくて… オレのライバルに決めた!

Romaji: kedo sorya tometa... nandemo dekiru omae ga urayamashikute… ore no raibaru ni kimeta !

Literal: However, I stopped (myself).... You can do anything... I was jealous (of you). I decided you would be my rival !

Panel-5

Raw: お前はオレの目標になった

Romaji: omae wa ore no mokuhyō ni natta

Literal: You became my "goal".

Raw: 何にもなかったオレがつながりを持てた

Romaji: nani ni mo nakatta ore ga tsunagari o moteta

Literal: I, who had nothing... had a "bond".

Meanings

• 反面 (hanmen) - while, although; on the other hand

• 急激 (kyuugeki) - sudden; precipitous; radical

• 強く(tsuyoku) - strongly, powerfully, hard

• 時 (toki) literally means 'time'. It is usually used after dependent clauses in the sense of "when" and not as a question of "when."

• 初めて (hajimete) means 'for the first time'

• ほっておけ (hotteoke) - to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

• ように (youni) takes on various meanings in different expressions, including seems, similar to, just like, for the purpose of, so as. In its basic form ように means 'looks like' or 'similar to'. When ような is found at the end of a sentence, it takes on the meaning of a wish, hope, or prayer for something to happen.

• 安心した (anshinshita) - relieved

In the flashback (ch.485), Sasuke remembers what Naruto said in that glittering space (Idk what to call it), and Naruto uses the word 'Anshinshita' when revealing his feelings. Naruto says the exact same thing Sasuke says he felt when he saw Naruto. 安心 as "relief" or "peace of mind". 安心 has the kanji for 'safe' and 'heart'. So it means "peace of mind your heart is at ease".

In Vote 1 Naruto had used the word 『安心したんだ』 ' anshinshitanda' in his monologue and now he was talking about 'it' face to face with Sasuke.

In case you're wondering, Naruto's monologue and in Sasuke's monologue both use 'Anshinshita + Nda'. んだ (nda) is used at the end of sentences. んだ is a casual and preferred in speaking. んだ- One way in which it often does this is by emphasizing the feelings of the speaker.

• すぐに (sugu ni) - immediately; right away; instantly

• うれしくて (ureshikute) - happy; glad; pleased; delighted; overjoyed

• 話 can be used as any of the following English words: talk; speech; chat; conversation. They are basically all referring to the same thing.

• けど (kedo) - used to show the contrast: but; however; although; even though

• 何でもできる(nandemo dekiru) - (someone) can do anything.

• 決めた (kimeta) - to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind

• 目標" which means "goal", "target", "aim", "mark"

• 何にも (nannimo) - nothing

• つながり- Bond

Panel-1

Raw: 第七班で任務やってよ･･･お前みたく強くかっこよくなりたくてずっとお前の後を追いかけてた

Romaji: dai nana han de ninmu yatteyo... omae mitaku tsuyoku kakkoyoku naritakute zutto omae no ato o oikaketeta

Literal: Doing missions... With team 7.... I watched you becoming stronger and cooler. All along, I was chasing after you/following you (to be like you).

_END OF FLASHBACK 🍥_

Panel-2

Raw: 逆だ... 本当はオレがうらやましかったんだ

Romaji: gyakuda ... hontōwa ore ga urayamashikatta nda

Literal: It was the opposite... (The fact is that) I was the one who was jealous (of you).

Panel-3

Raw: オレには無い強さがあったから…

Romaji: ore ni wa nai tsuyo sa ga attakara...

Literal: Because you had a strength that I didn't have...

Meanings

• 逆 (gyaku) means "reverse" or "opposite

•本当は (hontōwa) means actually. And it means that the person who says 本当は has some other things in mind that they really want to do. But instead of revealing their true feelings/desires, they have lied and said something different, but they regret it and are now trying to be authentic about themselves and about their true feelings. That's why Sasuke says he was jealous of Naruto.

• 羨ましい (うらやましい) urayamashii : an i-adjective meaning ‘jealous’. urayamashikatta – 羨ましかった (うらやましかった) : the 'ta' form of “urayamashii”, meaning ‘was jealous’ or ‘were jealous’.

• かっこよく(kakkoyoku) - attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; handsome

[[ かっこう (Kakkou) : a noun meaning ‘appearance’. いい (ii) : an i-adjective meaning ‘good'. The both components joins and literally means ‘appearance good’. Naruto Using かっこよく (kakkoyoku). よく ( = yoku) is an adverb form of いい ( = ii). If you notice in the expression “kakko ii” the “u” is dropped. The “u” has also been dropped at the the end of “kakkou.” You can also write it only in hiragana, as かっこいい (kakkoii), or in full katakana, as カッコイイ (kakkoii). However, when it is spoken, it is usually pronounced as かっこいい (no "う").. That's why it's usually written as "かっこいい" and "カッコイイ" (without う・ウ, respectively) in hiragana and katakana. Kakkoii has two main meanings: 1. “Cool” (something physically present meets your enthusiastic approval), and 2. “Hot” (a man whose appearance is overwhelmingly pleasing to you). Kakkoii is also used as an interjection when seeing something cool or finding a man attractive. kakkoii is only used for people and things physically present. (Kakkoii) is used to describe the Physical Appearance of something and not a Situation. It isn’t as flexible in usage as “cool” is in English. The final い (i) sound in kakkoii is often lengthened depending on the speaker's enthusiasm. If you are speaking with more formal language you should use “kakko ii” instead of “kakkou ii". You can use this (kakkoyoku) expression in the adverbial form.

In ch. 285 When Sakura compared Sasuke to Sai, Naruto used 方がカッコイイ (hō ga kakkoī) means 'Sasuke's way more cooler'. It was good to see what Naruto thought of him fully presented in front of Sasuke. ]

• 強く (tsuyoku) - strongly, powerfully, hard

• 追いかけて (oikakete) is a conjunction of the verb 追いかける means to chase someone or follow after someone/something