#nawaki

[wyrdle]

scribblesssss

I know it’s not confirmed in canon, but I really like the idea of Nawaki being Oro’s student. If anything, being Tsunade’s lil’ bro would imply them knowing each other prior to the mission regardless.

On another note, I wish I could draw or write more (and polish my sketches), but my brain is very much filled with cotton atm, with very little motivation :’) I wanna draw more exploring Orochimaru’s relations with people in the village, as well as some poly sannin nsfw lmao (orochimaru getting wrecked by his two very beefy teammates lives in my head rent free. That’s reserved for twitter though, I think XD)

[iwatchanime]

One in the same

[every-orochimaru]

[komehyappyou]

Did you know this about the Senju's names?

仏間butsuma: alcove/room where 仏壇butsudan, buddhist altar is placed. 柱間hashirama/space between pillars,bay-> 柱/pillars 扉間tobirama (no meaning) -> 扉/doors(hinges) 瓦間kawarama (no meaning)-> 瓦/roof tiles 板間itama/wooden floor room-> 板/woodenPlanks(flooring)

They end with 間ma/space, room. 板ita/瓦kawara are odd/boring compared to 柱Hashira(symbolic, used for counting kami, pillars/support), 扉Tobira(symbolic, gate to new places/changes)

Ah... but there seems to be a theme...parts of a traditional japanese house/architecture? or temple?

Similar Senju Names: Butsuma's name Mystery

Background: if you remember, Naruto manga was released weekly, Butsuma appeared in ch622 and had a week where he was unnamed. people tried guessing his name, based on pillars/doors/roof tiles/planks theme. Some guessed his name correctly. But naturally you get some silly answers.

Let's learn a few parts of a traditional Japanese house!(mostly end in ma)

梁間harima,etc -> 梁/beams

襖fusuma are opaque/solid sliding doors(ex has black outline, white, but sometimes they have paintings), but 障子shouji are translucent sliding doors with wooden grids. 畳tatami is flooring in traditional house. 欄間ranma(my guess w) are carved/grid "transom window" above sliding doors.

床の間tokonoma(床間) aclove for decorations, sometimes next to 仏間butsuma and often has a 掛軸kakejiku/hangingscroll as decor. 押入れoshiire is built in closet. 地袋jibukuro(red), is ground cupboard. Not the 経机kyouzukue/sutraTable, incense holder in front. Above is a frame of 無量寿/eternal life a reference for AmidaNyorai, important figure in esp. pure land sects.

茶の間chanoma(茶間) originally "tea room" for ceremony, but used like living room. similar to 居間ima, western style.

寝間nema is an old word for bedroom. 寝室shinshitsu or "bedroom" is common modern days.

Joke guess but interesting history

陰間kagema... 陰kage\shadow... "shadow space"...

painting by 鈴木春信SuzukiHarunobu of Kagema(boy prostitute) and customer.

Originally, kagema was a term for Kabuki-in-training boys, who didn't appear in stage,(in shadow space). Young boys(13-20) replaced women roles, and often did prostitution to make ends meet. Later term became synonymous with male prostitute and served men and women customers.

During later Edo period, "pinnacle of sexual passion" was experiencing men and women, so kagema "teahouses" prospered, but eventually faded until meji era's draft/changes which ended prostitution. wikilink

Random: Tsunade and Nawaki

of course Tsunade is a character from the famous goukan, "The Tale of Gallant Jiraya"

綱手tsunade is short for 綱手縄tsunadenawa in the olden days was rope to pull boat back to shore.

Tsunade's brother name in kanji 縄樹nawaki, is "rope tree", 縄nawa is thinner rope than 綱tsuna

Of course Nawaki and Tsunade names, makes me think of shintou practices of 注連縄shimenawa with 四手/紙垂shide wrapped around 神木shinboku/sacred tree, which are used to section off kami's world vs man's world.

Interesting to think about.

[akatsukitrash]

Now this is just horrifying. Nawaki looks SO much like Kawarama, and ends up dying like him : young, terrified, on the battlefield, with barely enough mutilated remains to bury. Hashirama and Tobirama must be rolling in their graves.

[devotedly-jovialb1ossom]

Tsunade seeing Sakura's determined resolve in becoming stronger.

[rkoradiopictures]

[classyhideouthearth]

[drowningindango]

*sobs*

Okay but…imagine….imagine Nawaki interacting with his other two granduncles… imagine them being all alive and happy with Hashirama, Mito, Tobirama and Tsunade

[kyuremking]

Kabuto's biggest mistake

Chapter 4 - Awakening

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44581087/chapters/112142029

Orochimaru has fled, but his actions and those of his dead minion leave consequences for the Senju and Jiraiya to deal with.

[nightingaleflow]

Naruto Birthdays: August

August 1: A (Third Raikage)

August 2: Tsunade

August 6: Hagoromo Otsutsuki

August 8: Chocho Akimichi & Fuu

August 9: Nawaki

August 10: Teuchi & Yamato

August 12: Tsume Inuzuka

August 15: Zabuza Momochi & Kakuzu

August 16: Fugaku Uchiha

August 21: Kaiza

August 23: Temari

August 28: Raido Namiashi

[wyrdle]

Sudden temptation to doodle tweaked Canon AU, in the sense that the Uzumaki-Senju women are given spotlight, and Uzumaki-Senju Nawaki is Oro's student:

So I've always enjoyed the idea that the Senju family (Mito, Nawaki, Tsunade's parents etc.) sort of pull Tsunades's teammates into their orbit. So in a sense Oro and Jiraiya are dear to grandma Mito, and knew Nawaki since he was a kid.

Orochimaru is Nawaki's sensei, Tsunade has Shizune and Jiraiya has Minato eventually. Something something giving Orochimaru some of the most prized students (Nawaki Senju -Uzumaki, and eventually Kushina) to ensure his ties to the village since he's "clanless". On the other hand, Jiraiya's implicitly trusted I guess 🤔, basically Sandaime's way of instilling loyalty in his concern for his pupil I guess idk.

lots of other people have written how a lot of potential yondaime candidates get off-ed (Dan, Sakumo, Nawaki could be indirect needling at Tsunade) so forth, and that this is all Danzo's ploy. In this Au, taking that to be true, I enjoy the thought of Mito and Tsunade using their political weight to protect Nawaki/Oro as much as possible and stuff.

Lol my thoughts are really jumbled but I think it's cool for the Sannin to be absorbed into Tsunade's influential family, and as a result remain faithful to the village not the corrupt higher-ups sort of sense. Mostly interested in the Oro X Senju/Uzumaki shenanigans and general Women Being Awesome And Influencing Plot 👌😂

Maybe I'll draw stuff that will clarify all this further since words are not my forte.

TLDR more Sannin Era general interactions focused on Tsunade and the people around her 👌👌👌👌👌

[everytsunade]

Chapter 156

[tired-reader-writer]

Hoshiori thinks of her grandmother, callously killed for the beast inside of her. She thinks of Tsunade, drowned in grief and no longer in Konoha. She thinks of Nawaki, her little cousin— bright and bold and twelve years old. Only a boy, and dead before his time. Konoha killed him, sent him untrained to the frontlines, and for what? To be cannon fodder? Orochimaru stayed by his side as the boy writhed and cried as he lay there dying, and was hated for it.

A tiny thing for my Naruto AU.

Credit for Oro staying by Nawaki's side as he died goes to my good friend @akatsukitrash

[windflowering]

kawarama vs nawaki (aka hashirama's brother vs hashirama's grandson)

hi i'm not okay with this. they look so much alike!! my heart 😭

[akatsukitrash]

Senju portraits study bc im crazy abt this clan. Butsuma isnt included bc i said so

Top row : Tobirama, Touka, Kiyoko (oc), Kiyomi (oc)

Middle row : Hashirama, Satori (oc, mother of Hashirama and Tobirama and inventor of the Senju Pout), Tsunade

Bottom row : Nawaki, Akemi (oc), Shizune (adopted by Tsunade so shes technically part of the clan)