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#too bad that was the part in the manga where kishimoto gave up on himself
wispforever · 7 months
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water-petal · 3 months
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the fandom is crazy
you mad i am defending sakura?
then come buck me bitch
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!english ain't my first language!
before i get jumped because people might think i am attacking kishi
read it first
people legit defending kishimoto's bad female writing to prove hinata is the "best written" female baffles me
hinata only had one best moment she could have gotten the confidence boost she deserves but no kishi didn't
not being able to speak up for yourself doesn't mean you are just "shy"
sometimes you can speak up by actions or by proving yourself
kishi sadly didn't knew this
in part 1 hinata was very interesting
oOH BOY THEN IT GOT THROWN DOWN TRUCK KUN
what's even more surprising they keep saying "kishimoto is not a bad female writer sakura is just meant to be a bitch"
show me your sources? where has it been said? did kishimoto himself claim "i wanted to make sakura a bitch"
kishimoto was never interested in developing the female so actually just to downplay sakura y'all call him "the most realistic writer"
"realistic character writer"
they are writers who do not give in to fans demand
kishimoto was so pressured over by editor and studio pierrot bro never got to do his own thing
this is not a "realistic writer"
fans are to blame too
while oda and tite kubo did their own thing kishimoto gave in to the pressure
he himself claimed he had plans for sakura but thanks to hater he forgot them all
haters are to blame in the end.....if y'all actually gave kishimoto time to let her be developed maybe he would have done the same to every naruto female
this wouldn't be the case with fandom if y'all actually knew how to stfu for a moment
sakura became the victim of "unpopularity" which resulted in kishi giving up on her
reminder that was fucking 13 year old sakura
people hate on sakura for 'bullying' naruto
wasn't mf trying to steal her kiss without her knowing? hypocrisy much?
i salute kishi for being a good male character writer but he sucks at female character writing
the only good female character he ever wrote was tsunade and hanabi
sakura on other hand is way too overhated people bring up fillers to argue with sakura fans or call sakura fans "delusion"
read the manga then argue
she is much better in manga
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fourangers · 3 years
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Hi Fourangers,
First of all, I love your blog so much. It's like going through a history back when Naruto Manga chapters were released weekly and your reviews were so Golden, Hilarious and spot-on. Am a new fan though (especially an SNS fan), I just got into this fandom only this year. I don't know if you'll answer my ask, but I just wanted to try and ask you few questions and I pray that you might answer me....
1. Since you've written in a post that you were active in the eastern part of the fandom, How was chapter 698 received in Japan? Because this is the chapter I inherently realized they both love each other. Yeah, I was too late but somehow whenever they interact with each other in previous chapters I always find them to be 'Weird' for just to be friends. Chapter 698 is just blatantly obvious that they love each other. Considering Homophobia and Shounen genre, I have no idea how it was perceived over there back then in 2014.
2. Which scene made you to ship SNS?
3. As an SNS'er how do you feel about the ending, where everyone was married off when they were just 19 just to make some shitty sequel??? As a new fan, I felt betrayed and It would've been perfect if they had stopped at chapter 699, leaving an open ending.
4. How do you face with the accusation about Naruto and Sasuke as brothers and we, SNS'ers are Incest shippers??? I don't care about that Indra and Ashura thing. But Naruto himself told he considers Sasuke as his Brother couple of times. And in Chapter 699, Sasuke acknowledged, 'He finally understood what it meant'.... It's the only thing that confuses me and I don't even have an answer!!! Plus, Kishi himself gave an interview that he based Sasuke on his Brother... I really wonder how he gave such an interview when he literally made them wear necklaces with each other's faces.
5. How was Naruto and Sasuke's sexuality perceived in the fandom back then??? Man!! Kishimoto just made lot of comic reliefs on their sexuality by making Sasuke on Sai jutsu, Naruto not interested in Icha Icha but making Reverse Harem no Jutsu, Naruto was angry when Konohamaru made Boy on Boy jutsu whereas he had no problem with him doing it. LOL. And all those homoerotic posters. What do you think about their sexuality, personally??
6. Why did Kishi had to develop their bond as Soulmates with some unintentional or intentional romantic undertones, if he was eventually going to pair them up with girls??? He easily could've gave many such romantic tropes to other girls and keep the bond between N and S as purely friendship or brothers. It still would've made sense.
7. Final one, Was Naruto really Nosebleeding when Kurama made a joke about Sasuke's kiss in Chapter 572???? We had a lot of heated discussion with other shippers where they claim that it was just a splotch of snot.
Sorry for the lengthy ask....... I am so eager to know your answers and I don't want to spam your ask box by sending multiple asks.
Thanks 😊😊😊
Hey yo! Welcome new SNS fan! I'm so glad that you joined us and I'll try to answer as best as I can. I'm not very active here on tumblr (except browsing lol) but your ask was such a delight to read.
1. I honestly don't remember. I think I didn't follow the japanese boards until the eventual 699-700 disaster. People were craving for reactions and I was curious about it too lol. And well...it's been years, I doubt I'll be able to find the reactions from that time. Imo, most readers don't care much about pairings, they just wanted to read about power-ups and abilities and the basic Naruto Vs Sasuke. Though there are some backhanded jokes about how gay Naruto is for Sasuke.
2. Hah. It's going to be very anti-climatic but it was when Naruto and Sakura were eating in Ichiraku Ramen. Naruto just used Rasenshuriken against Kakuzu and he busted his arm. Sakura was healing his arm and her attention was focused on Naruto. I used to be a NaruSaku shipper so I thought "Oh hey! This is the moment that Naruto would have a candid romantic moment!" But nope. He talked about Sasuke. And I was already getting suspicious about Sasuke's feelings towards Naruto ya know? And the whole "SASUKE IS MIINEEEEEE" in Orochimaru's lair. It was that moment I thought "you only have Sasuke in your head don't you, Naruto?" and started shipping SNS.
3. Hooo boy was I surprised when it was suddenly revealed that they had the basic heteronormative, boring marriage with bunch of clones of themselves. Everyone thought that it was almost like a bad fanfiction come true and some thought that it was fake. It was a pandemonium lolololol. I also thought that it was too lame to be true and lo and behold, when it came true I was floored. And then whenever Kishimoto threw new material, I got insanely pissed off because S*arada and B*ruto becoming pairing material is ok because they are a girl and a boy, and then they paralleled with Naruto and Sasuke which are only FRIENDS because they are both men. ARGH. Open ending was what Kishimoto planned from the very beginning but wrote a sequel to earn more money.
In that aspect, I made peace with it because of the whole anime/manga industry. I learned that, as a mangaka, you don't earn a lot of money with selling books, but rather with merchandise and profiting with sales right. And that guy have a family to raise, have two kids (which is hilarious about how B*ruto movie is his self-insert story), he needs a steady income. Also, I read reports about how anime studios are so poor and animators don't receive a decent income not to mention they are overstaffed and tired, and B*ruto is a good money cow for them to earn money so they can invest later on other anime they have more passion about it. So even though I hate this story with a strength of thousands suns, they are putting meal on people's tables and making them pay rents. I'm ok.
4. Lemme roll my eyes because in the Last movie they said that Hinata is related to Kaguya and so is the Uzumaki and Uchiha clan so they are all related woo hoo. But in the aspect of brothers because reincarnations bla bla bla, didn't Naruto himself said that he's no longer that brother, he's himself? Hmm...I gotta re-read it. One day. Maybe. lol. But I'm sure that he said "Sasuke is not my brother but I'm sure we'll understand well as friends" so there. Honestly, there are a lot of interviews out there and a lot of them are fake, so I'd always take the interviews with a grain of salt lololol. I do know from artbooks that Kishimoto wanted to create Sasuke as a rival-esque character and that was it. As he was developing Sasuke and Naruto's relationship, since he liked the whole yin-yang concept, whenever he wrote Naruto's story, Sasuke's was developed at the same time as his shadow.
5. I can tell from Naruto Forums (I used to participate back in that day) MOST of the non-shippers thought it was gay as hell, but you know...it was a relic of that time. While they thought it was gay, they didn't put too much thought about you know? Because it was shounen, and we knew that it was a joke that it couldn't be taken seriously. Of course, in the SNS fandom, we did make more analysis and there were a lot of instance when Naruto and Sasuke's sexuality was questioned. Some other non-shippers also thought that Naruto was totes gay for Sasuke (including a IRL friend).
Imo, Naruto is definitely bisexual in my view. Sasuke I think he's asexual or gay. He's attracted to Naruto, but mostly because of his connection to him, not because of his physical attributes, so yeah...asexual. Or Pansexual. Sasuke is more complicated lmao. Imo, Naruto could be pansexual too, come to think about it. Yeah, I guess both being pansexual can be valid.
6. He developed Naruto and Sasuke being soulmates from the very beginning, that was proven in his comments in artbooks and in the manga. He probably created with the intention of making it purely platonic, going beyond physical ties. Then he shot himself on the foot by drawing Naruto thinking about Sasuke on bed, talking about how Sasuke is cool, meanwhile Sasuke waxing poetic about how Naruto saved him. What gives? Lol. Yeah, I think he got too enamored writing their relationship that he didn't have time to write romantic ones. What I noticed that Sakura's popularity never was really high, so I could see some editors putting their fingers all over it and making her less relevant. Also, Kishimoto didn't know how to handle her, so when she got her time to shine was the whole fake confession disaster. Coupled with Kishimoto sexism and, in his words (Kurenai's flashback), women are useful to spout more babies, women was never really relevant in his story, unfortunately. Even Kaguya who was technically the big bad boss, was never really fleshed out in comparison to Madara. So the null het romantic moments it's not because he wanted to elevate SNS moments, it's more about how he's incompetent about it. It's either Hinata slowly elevating to a relevant status because forced interaction (Pain's sacrifice and Neji's death) or Sakura being obligated to be pining over Sasuke because she's a girl. It's even more painful to see that, if we ignore B*ruto, both girls are shown to be just talking with their kids and dusting shelves, basically being housewives, even though thorough the story (especially Sakura) it was implied that both of them have much more potential than being their husband accessories.
7. It was a splotch of snot. I can confirm myself lol. Whenever the chapter is out and fans would scan it to scanlate it, the editor usually would amp up contrast to max. So usually the lines get much more thicker than usual, when you read the official release which gets straight from the source, you can notice how the lines are more delicate.
Oh lol...but then we also have a lot of controversy about translating style. THAT one is a whole new can of worms to open.
Man I had fun answering your questions! Please send more :P
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sasuita · 6 years
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[[ kinqpein. tumblr. com /post/ 175954697308/ personally-i-think-itachi-was-an-abusive-piece-of ]] I dunno if this will let the link go through, but it's this one, the notes in there are pretty bad, too. thank you for the response! :3c
Anonymous: Personally, I think Itachi was an abusive piece of shit. I feel like his entire treatment of Sasuke is was makes him utterly irredeemable.
Thinking and truth are different things, anon... 
For the most part I do agree with you, anonymous. I don’t agree about Itachi being irredeemable though. At the same time though I agree that the narrative DOES set him up to be irredeemable.
The narrative does not set Itachi up to be irredeemable. You’d literally have to be ignoring large arcs of chapters to think he’s irredeemable. Especially the Edo Tensei arc where he gets a change to speak to Sasuke and explain himself and offer his unconditional love. You don’t give a character the chance to mend a broken relationship if he’s not meant to be seen with some sort of apathy/empathy.
Itachi Uchiha could have been redeemed if he had simply explained everything to Sasuke sooner / in due time. That’s what makes his character so ass backwards and contradictory [towards the end] because his actions were inexcusable as to why he couldn’t just confront Sasuke.
Pray tell how that happens, because it’s a lot simpler than Itachi just going “you know what, imma tell him.” I hate this ass backwards idea that Itachi was in full mental control of himself at all times and that no other external factors existed to prevent him doing this. It’s literally explained in the manga, he didn’t realize his mistakes until after he died. 
Itachi would have gone to his everlasting grave and would’ve never told Sasuke the truth if not for Kabuto reviving Itachi
...And? It was his plan to go to his grave and not tell Sasuke anything. Was it a shitty plan? Yes. But it was his plan to begin with. 
 [which was almost impossible because I remember Kabuto expressing he didn’t have everyone’s DNA to do Edo Tensei]. 
Itachi died in a very public area, his blood, hair, and skin cells were ALL OVER the arena since he was coughing up blood and had a very violent fight. It was not at all difficult for Kabuto to swoop in and collect Itachi’s DNA. It being impossible to collect some specific people’s DNA does not mean Itachi was difficult to revive. 
Itachi kept using the excuse that Sasuke was too young to understand why he did what he did, but was somehow mature enough to endure the suffering and trauma at the tender age of five. 
You can’t use that against Itachi because he himself realized that was the wrong attitude to take. Why do people like this always call Itachi out for actions he himself have admitted are wrong? You act like he’s trying to excuse himself or deflect blame and he did absolutely none of that. Also the massacre happened when Sasuke was 7, not 5. How am I supposed to take analysis seriously from someone who can’t even remember basic facts?
It didn’t make sense and Kishimoto knew this. 
It does make sense. It’s not the right thing to do but it makes sense. PLENTY of people in the world function under this detrimental mindset of wanting to protect their children or siblings from things they think they’re not ready for. 
If Itachi wasn’t portrayed as a loving older brother then I agree that he couldn’t have been redeemed. However because he was shown as a loving big brother, that’s why I believe he could have been.
He-- was literally portrayed as a loving older brother post the truth? Do you people not know critical reading anymore. Being abusive/aggressive was a farce, actions that are not natural to him. You can love someone and still do things for them that are wrong, ontop of that. 
His apology to Sasuke was never genuine to me. Sasuke had to corner him in order to get answers and that’s what made it so unfair for me on a narrative standpoint.
It was 100% genuine from him and he needed that push from Sasuke. I’m sorry you just can’t read?
 Itachi used his last moments to tell Sasuke that he would rather be a coward than a hero. He died a coward though, not a hero. He undid the jutsu but the damage was already done; he relayed information to Sasuke that Sasuke once again had to live and suffer with while Itachi had the excuse to die again and be freed of burden.
He gave Sasuke important information in the method of literally all of his memories and left Sasuke to make a choice on his own because  he knows Sasuke is a smart, capable shinobi who can come to his own conclusion. He saved countless lives by ending the Edo Tensei and in Sasuke’s novel he is hailed as a war hero. 
To me, Itachi could’ve been redeemed in those last moments if instead of telling Sasuke about the truth and why he hid it from him, he could’ve relayed to Sasuke that he never regretted being a big brother.
“Hm yes instead of telling Sasuke important information and why he chose to hurt him and how it was a mistake, let’s appeal to emotion.” 
Does I will love you forever not count anymore?? What is with this person. He clearly didn’t regret being Sasuke’s big brother, he regretted treating him wrong and putting him down the path of more pain because he didn’t tell him things.
(And if you want thoughts of him as he’s ascending into Ninja Heaven, just play the Full Burst version of the fight, come on.
 He never regretted that he had the chance to protect Sasuke despite sacrificing his family for the village. In the end, Itachi died just a coward that was FORCED to tell Sasuke the truth. He was cornered and out of time. He did so because HE wanted to be free of burden, but he once again puts that load on Sasuke to bear.
Are you on something? It’s not about being free of guilt uwu, it’s about finally telling Sasuke something he should’ve told him a long time ago. It’s about FINALLY treating Sasuke like a person who commands equal respect. 
That’s what makes him irredeemable and unforgivable. He didn’t relinquish that information to soothe Sasuke, he explained everything so that his soul could rest in peace while Sasuke could harness it.
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I liked Itachi Uchiha as a character but he’s disgustingly selfish as a person.
He’s selfish up until his death. Dying and being revived and fighting Kabuto with Sasuke made him realize how selfish he had been, so he finally did the right thing and was selfless to Sasuke. 
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kopfkinoes · 6 years
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I’ve been a Naruto fan for like 13 years now but after the manga ended I pretty much left the fandom because I anticipated the vitriol that was going to follow after the ending. Every once in a while I stumbled upon a Naruto post that made me realize I had been right and I didn’t interact. But at the end of 2017 I came back and…nothing has changed. I honestly think this is one of the worst, most immature fandoms out there. I feel like so many of the people in the fandom are perpetual twelve year olds. And it kind of bothers me that Sasuke and Sakura, my absolute favourites since day one, are still disrespected as fuck. Now, mind you, I’m not talking about the ship, I’m talking about them as individual characters although I do ship them. I’ve multishipped for a long, long time but not anymore.
They are the first ones I shipped because I had a feeling stuff was bound to happen between them but then I discovered the wonders of the web and instantly moved to ship Naruto and Sasuke. I never once hated Sakura and Hinata though and even in the later years when “feminist” rhetoric moved into fandoms, I took the “these women are strong and powerful and I love them, they don’t need no man” thing to be good. But after the ending, and now seeing how many of the people who ship Naruto and Sasuke are downright anti-Sakura and insult and disrespect her in so many ways I realized “Wow! I had been an idiot all along. These people never gave a shit about Sakura, they were saying all of that stuff to get her out of the way.” I don’t see people talking about how Naruto and Sasuke’s bond diminishes their battle abilities, I see none of the shippers implying that their development would be flushed down the drain if they ended up in a relationship. Yet, that is apparently true for the women. Right.
Sasuke is a character with a lot of potential. But he was never able to evolve. And do you know why? Because of Naruto. Sasuke was created in order to be the opposite of Naruto and, for the most part, that is all remains to be. I’ve been staning Sasuke forever but this is the truth. He exists in order to be Naruto’s rival and in order to be pissed that he, a guy coming from a clan of prodigies, keeps falling behind the class clown and loser (who is anything but that when you think of it, Minato was anything but a weak guy and Kushina, while we don’t get a good look at her abilities, has loads of stamina and healing powers and her abilities were considered exceptional even among the Uzumaki, not to mention how easily Naruto masters everything new he tries). In the end, he is subdued by Naruto and the Will of Fire.
Even after all of this, he is still not allowed to be around his family. Why? Simply because he needs to be the opposite of Naruto. He needed to point a sword at his own daughter and it was Naruto who had to comfort and reassure her. Sasuke will never be an overly affectionate person, I don’t think he will ever realistically go back to his pre-massacre personality (he wasn’t exactly super bubbly as a child either, he was reserved around other people but very happy around his family) and frankly, he doesn’t need to. He wouldn’t ever be a husband who does grand romantic gestures or a super cuddly father but he’s loyal and devoted and these things shouldn’t be brushed away for some mission or for creating angst just to prove that Naruto is a better, more understanding person that he’ll ever be, even when it comes to Sarada. Like, for fuck’s sake, does everything Sasuke does need to happen right before Naruto waltzes in and puts him in his place by being a better person? Can Sasuke not be a person in his own right without the constant comparisons to Naruto?
What I also find interesting is how often I see Sasuke becoming completely OOC when paired with Naruto. Of course everybody says Sasuke is OOC when paired with Sakura but frankly I’ve rarely seen Sasuke presented as lovey dovey around Sakura, people usually want him to be proud of her but he stays his usual tepid self. Because that’s Sasuke’s personality, he’s not a conventionally affectionate person and there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s why it bothers me when I see Sasuke made to be a soft, sensitive, pastel boy aesthetic. He’s not that and he wouldn’t be that even if he were gay. I mean, I understand headcanons but don’t root them in the “seme and uke” dynamics, please.
Moving on, I have a particular kind of contempt for people suggesting Sasuke cheated on Sakura with Karin. It makes absolutely no sense character-wise and it just shits all over Sasuke by assuming he’s a disgusting fucker who would cheat. Are you telling me that the dude who didn’t even consider taking advantage of even a single one of the girls who were fawning over him would have a face-heel turn and cheat? Yeah, right. I don’t understand how you can call yourself a Sasuke fan and genuinely support cheating. Why would Sasuke wait to be with Sakura in order to have sex with Karin when he and Karin had so many opportunities to bang prior to this while they were travelling together as a team? Why would he have a child with Karin and just dump the child on Sakura’s head? I don’t even want to hear superiority arguments that go along the lines of “Karin is an Uzumaki so she has superior genes compared to Sakura who doesn’t come from a clan” because…arguments like these are disgusting. I don’t think it was ever even slightly implied that Sasuke (or the Uchiha for that matter) held beliefs like this. If anything, these guys didn’t like being othered and set apart from the rest of the village. I don’t think Sasuke ever implied that he believes some vaginas are not genetically pure enough for him to get into so please don’t put these shitty beliefs on him. Sasuke was described as “pure”. It’s simply the way he is. I really don’t care that you think he’s not a “True Hetero Guy” unless he cheats and/or has sex with loads of women.
I always see people saying fans who ship Sasuke and Sakura are “disgusted” by the thought of Sasuke having sex with someone else. But do you know how many people I’ve seen saying how grossed out Sasuke must be by being around pussy (specifically Sakura’s) and how he probably cries and is traumatized by the experience? I’ve yet to see people talking about how Sasuke must be super disgusted by dick.
Moving on to Sakura, pretty much 100% of the vitriol I’ve seen thrown at her comes from misogyny. People always like to say it’s not misogyny and yet it always is. It comes from Kishimoto himself and his ideas of women. He constantly described Sakura as “not cute” and “a hard woman”. And it’s true, Sakura’s not demure or submissive and doesn’t appear to be very suited for domesticity.  I don’t believe that just because she is loud and outspoken she would make a dreadful wife and mother. She was very shy as a child (mostly because she was insecure) but she grew into herself. About her not being cute, I’d say that’s debatable. Kishimoto said she’s not cute in the beginning and I see a lot of haters talking about “that ugly bitch Sakura” but let me tell you this, Naruto and Rock Lee had pretty intense crushes on her and Jiraiya compared her appearance to Tsunade’s (although the man’s trash when it comes to women but you get my point). What do people base their opinions on when they say she’s ugly? On her exaggerated anger expressions? Because Sakura is not drawn as prettier or uglier than any of the other female characters. Is it based on the fact that people love to bring up time and time again, that she doesn’t have big breasts? Yeah, she doesn’t have breasts as big as Tsunade’s or Hinata’s or even Ino’s but what does that have to do with anything? Nope, this is rooted in misogyny because, just like in real life, when you don’t like a woman you insult her based on her body and appearance because you believe that’s where all the worth of a woman is. Besides, don’t you think there something wrong with focusing so much on the body type of a girl aged 12 to 17? Because I think there is.
I always feel like laughing at people who call her stupid because Sakura is a nerd. This is why she was paired with the more battle prone Naruto and Sasuke because she was too much brains and not enough brawn. I know that it was Ino, Shino and Sasuke that graduated top of the class but, according to the Databooks, none of them beat Sakura in intelligence, she is equal to Shino and higher than Ino and Sasuke. People love to say that her being able to do the written part of the Chunin Exam all by herself doesn’t prove that she’s actually smart, buddy, it does. The fact that she’s smart doesn’t make the rest of the students who cheated idiots. That was the point of the test, the questions were too difficult for 12 year old genin to answer. The fact that Sakura could, however, isn’t bullshit. You wouldn’t call an exceptionally gifted kid who can answer really advanced academic questions “not that smart really, it doesn’t prove anything”. Freaking Sasuke commented on her analytical abilities, she’s an extremely skilled med-nin, she is able to put pieces of information she’s previously learnt together in order to form a present opinion, her hobbies are trivia games and memorizing medical ninjutsu material for God’s sake.
I definitely don’t think comparing her to Hinata achieves anything. Hinata does represent the ideas Kishimoto seems to have about women. She is soft-spoken, she is never confrontational, she never wants to offend anybody. Sure, Hinata also has her insecurities and doesn’t place much value on herself (we have her father to thank for that) but even after getting out of that shell and discovering she has some iron at her core, she is still mostly soft. That’s not a bad thing at all, it’s simply who she is as a person and it doesn’t make her better or worse than Sakura. I know that Sakura fans have always been bullied online, from forums to YouTube to tumblr to any other comment section of blogs and stuff, people have always thrown shit at Sakura, saying she’s useless, a whore, an idiot. The amount of times I’ve seen people wish violent, horrible deaths on Sakura (for the sole reason that she didn’t spread her legs for Naruto being the catalyst in pretty much 100% of the cases) is immense. The amount of times I’ve seen people wishing Hinata would kill Sakura “for what she did to Naruto” is huge. So based on this, I understand why Sakura fans feel the need to get defensive. I don’t agree with putting Hinata down but I understand why some people might do it. I’ll never put down someone’s fav (especially when the fav is as unproblematic as Hinata who honestly did nothing wrong) but I definitely understand why some people will do it.
Naruto is a shonen, battle manga. We will never get 100% healthy relationships in this because the manga is not focused on romance. It is why the relationships between Sasuke and Sakura and Naruto and Hinata were not greatly developed and why there was an overemphasis on Naruto and Sasuke’s bond which is basically “we’re forever competing to see who’s better”. Kishimoto based it on his relationship with his brother but I’m pretty sure he took it up to eleven in the manga. Because Naruto is a manga for whom the target audience is boys, female characters will never be 100% appreciated. Most of the boys watching identify with the downtrodden outcast, guys such as Lee or Naruto. It’s a thing, associated with the stereotype of the Western man who watches anime, a stereotype that is proved to be correct in most cases, sadly. How many of these guys think they’re gems, that they’re precious souls to have around and girls just don’t see them for what they are? Both Naruto and Lee are very loved among male fans and they are both rejected by Sakura. (I could also say something about the stereotypes Western anime watching men place on Japanese women, namely “the pliant, submissive wife, who would do house chores all day, would never say no to sex and worship them as the much better versions of Japanese men that they are” but I’m not going there.) Never cruelly though, she remains friendly with both of them. Her bond with Naruto is very strong and they’re actually a pretty rare example of a good male and female friendship (the violence that is played for laughs doesn’t really mean much to me).
However, for the male fans that is never enough. How many times did I see stuff like “She chose Sasuke although Naruto never left the village” or “Naruto did so many things for her yet she still chose Sasuke”. Dude, there was never a competition. Sakura loves Sasuke, plain and simple. You can disagree with that if you want, you can disagree with how she expresses her love for him but there was never competition. Sakura has always loved Sasuke, what she feels for him is true love. Many people don’t believe it exists but it is what it is. I find it funny (and by funny I mean idiotic to the heavens) that people always say her development was crushed because she didn’t give up on Sasuke but Naruto’s was improved by not giving up on Sasuke. This is bias and misogyny at its finest. Sasuke is not just a crush to Sakura. People always want to say Sakura was a fangirl to Sasuke and nothing more and that she simply needed to get over her obsessive crush. She wouldn’t have said all she wanted was for him to acknowledge her if he were just a crush, she wouldn’t have suffered so badly over him. Many of the village girls had a thing for Sasuke and I doubt all of them cried over Sasuke at night after he left. Only Sakura anticipated when he was going to leave. People always say that Sakura maturing would have meant her understanding that her and Sasuke are just not meant to be a thing. The thing is, she wasn’t holding on to the idea that her and Sasuke would be “a thing”. Kakashi made it pretty clear (to Sasuke and to all fans who just can’t get it in their heads) that Sakura only wanted to help him, not to get into his pants.
People are also super quick to judge the relationship between Sasuke and Sakura as abusive. Why though? All the times they were violent towards each other (and there weren’t even that many times) they weren’t dating, they were combatants on opposite sides of battle. There is nobody in this series that Sasuke is more violent towards than Naruto and yet I never see this relationship classified as abusive, instead it is considered romantic and heartfelt that he wanted to sever his bonds with Naruto in order to make a martyr out of himself and be consumed by darkness. Like, yeah, that’s super healthy. I see the same thing being said with Karin, that Sasuke impaled her simply because he wanted to cut all of his bonds, not because he actually wanted to kill her. Which is…stupid to say the least. Like, cool story, still murder. He knew that impaling her would result in killing her but damn, was he willing to make that sacrifice. The reasons why Sasuke wanted to murder the people in his life are not important. In truth, all the murder he wanted to commit was because people were getting in the way of killing Itachi and, after killing Itachi, people were getting in the way of his goal to be completely alone in order to destroy/reform Konoha. Sasuke is not a psychopath who murders for fun but that doesn’t mean he was in a good place.
I shipped Sasuke with Karin but I never saw their bond as overly emotional or true love. I’m not saying Karin doesn’t care about him but I do think her feelings for him are more in the realm of sexual than the romantic. She does care for his well-being, she wants him to be happy, she is impressed by him and wants to be around him but it’s not romantic. Does she suffer when she thinks he’s dead? Naturally. Because she cares about him and she does love him but, again, not romantically. Karin’s sexual feelings for Sasuke are not bad, they don’t make her a whore or whatever. But it’s quite silly in my opinion to mistake them for some sort of pure, true love. They’re not that and it’s fine that they’re not. We see Sakura wanting to be alone with Sasuke but she never thinks of how she’s so excited she can barely stand it and how she wants to “ravage Sasuke like crazy”. We don’t see Sakura’s reaction, upon seeing Sasuke arrive on the battlefield to be “I want to lick Sasuke all over right now”.
People always like to remind everyone that Sakura ended her friendship with Ino over Sasuke. However, we never see Sakura and Ino be hostile to each other. Compare their rivalry to the one between Sasuke and Naruto to understand what I’m saying. They had a mild dislike going on but we see them quickly overcome it in the Chunin Exams. Sakura and Ino never really gave up on their friendship, their rivalry was mostly played for laughs, I never took it seriously because I don’t think it was presented in a way that was saying “you need to take this seriously, this is the real deal”. Mostly because it dealt with who has prettier hair and who can get the seat next to Sasuke first. Nope, not serious.
Back to Hinata, this is the reason why so many of the fanboys prefer her. Look at the opinions Shikamaru, another character the fanboys adore, has about women. He is downright misogynistic but that gets overlooked in fandom time after time because of his 200 IQ. Instead, I see people saying it is Sasuke who hates women when there is no indication of that, except, you know, people who think he’s gay and because he’s gay he MUST hate all women and consider them absolutely gross (except for the, sometimes OC, self-insert in fanfiction). Just like his father, Shikamaru has this thing that women should be sweet, soft and tender not headstrong, demanding and even harsh (women like his mother, Yoshino, Ino, Temari, Tayuya). He hates receiving help from women, he is frustrated when he has to fight women. He sums up his views of women himself by saying “C'mon. You know what they’re like. You can never figure them out. You never know where you could stand with them. The smallest things could put you in their bad side. Always playing little mind games with you. Trying to make you do what they want. They’re just a big pain basically.”
For the most part, many fans linked Sakura to Kushina because of her fiery personality. Minato kinda sealed this comparison when saying Sakura reminded him of Kushina. So a lot of people, while calling Sakura an ugly bitch and a whore who needs to be raped and die, still wanted her for Naruto and believed she will ultimately change her mind and go for Naruto. Personally, I don’t care about that because so many characters in Naruto are carbon copies of people who came before them, enough similarities are enough. This idea that a guy should marry a woman just like his mother is weird for many reasons to me. It’s only men that have unhealthy relationships with their mothers that want a woman exactly like their mothers. Then the ending came so Hinata, being the embodiment of what a woman “should be” became more appropriate for Naruto in the eyes of so many fans. The fact that she fits these patterns doesn’t take away or add to Hinata’s character in any way. It just is. However, fanboys will use it in a sexist way. I definitely don’t agree with the criticism for Hinata that it’s wrong her motivation for becoming strong is Naruto. The motivation of pretty much all characters in becoming stronger is in order to protect others and there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve yourself because you feel that would put you on more equal grounds with the one you love. This manga places great value on the power of unity and community and people who seek power for power’s sake, for revenge or for evil don’t do well. They are either defeated or they change their minds. Great emphasis is placed on the “you only become strong when you have someone you need to protect” mentality. And women are allowed to make connections in this life, they don’t have to live “lone wolf” lives in order to be “truly strong”. Loneliness is an enemy in and of itself in Naruto.
Kishimoto’s views on women are not necessarily progressive but they’re not exactly bad in my opinion. It all has to do with how fanboys twist his ideas and make them bad. Because I don’t think he ever blamed Sakura for not hooking up with Naruto. I know there are people who believe that he’s holding onto the belief that people (and women especially) must forever be with their first love. I think it just so happens that Naruto and Sasuke were Hinata’s and Sakura’s first loves but, more important, they are their true loves. Ino moved on and I see people saying she shouldn’t have. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t I guess. To sum up, I’ve yet to see dislike for Sakura that’s not misogynistic. I’m not even talking about people who think she’s weak. She is the only one who’s not from a clan and yet she managed to surpass Tsunade, a Sannin. She was impaled by Madara and shook it off immediately, she saved Naruto’s, Kankuro’s, Hinata’s and Karin’s lives, she saved Sasuke from an infinte desert, she saved Obito from a sea of acid, she punched an alien all-powerful goddess in the face.
People saying shipping Sakura and Hinata with the guys they’re canonically in love with proves their fans are selfish because they just want them to look cute next to Sasuke and Naruto amuse me. That if you really cared about them you’d ship them with guys who “actually” care about them like Lee or Kiba or whatever. Dude, people love who they love. And a woman has no obligation to be with a man who was friendly and nice to her, not even a man who has a crush on her if she’s not attracted to him or doesn’t love him.
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ryodan · 7 years
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@bubblegalaxylove
Since you actually believe you can argue using the manga let’s go back to
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Your words: uHh i doNt seE why anyone would shiP IT
me: invalid argument, it’s one of the most popular ships in history
you: TyPICAL SS, now LET ME HAVE A DICK MEASURING COMPETITION
i dont care who’s more popular dear you’ll notice I called sns an otp, what I keep telling you is to hold both characters to an EQUAL standard..which you clearly fucking don’t like,, what joke.
Anyways, last sns bash of the day, mutuals scroll past
A respectable woman is a woman who knows what she is fighting for, sakura is a respectable woman, a narrative pushed multiple times by the story but AGAIN selective reading. It was made by kishimoto? I am no fucking weeb i am a person fluent in Japanese and I don’t need no subtitles but if you’re so hellbent on it then go listen to it yourself in the anime, episode 109, 19:01. ‘koko ni ite’ Koko= here ni= a japanese particle indicating place or direction, itte= stay, be koko ni itte= be here, stay here. Kissanime has the most accurate translations of part 1, I can say that as a person who owns the triple viz volumes 19 20 21 and most the viz volumes and the panel you’re using is page 395...part of their earlier days where they made translating mistakes like the Ino vs Sakura chapters and the bad job they did to my favourite series Ranma 1/2 as back in the day Viz was smaller and still not held to the standard of accuracy they are held to today. She says IKANAIDE , Ikemasu = go, naide= don’t. Ikanaide = don’t go. But sure, you know better than me a person who’s studied Japanese since age 7 and in fact has Japanese friends and relatives living there. 
馬鹿は馬鹿だ.  仕方が無い
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You really want to go objectively?
Who’s the character praised for selfless love by canon standards?
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But you STILL don’t acknowledge both her and Naruto were doing the EXACT SAME THING. You calling her stupid but canon is here like knock knock 
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I can list 3 other instances but i’m on data so oops
AGAIN with your selective reading and bullshit logic. Yes he protected Naruto for OBVIOUS fucking reasons they were one of the strongest people FIGHTING A WORLD WAR, he protected Kakashi and Sakura too MULTIPLE TIMES I don’t care what kind of point you are trying to prove about sasuke but lmao ok ur such a fan. He was going to kill Naruto right afterwards do you realize what backwards logic you are using right now???? 
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 Had Sakura and kakashi fallen into the genjustu trap it would not have been a huge issue since the 2 people with the sage of six paths power and yin and yang release were what is needed to seal Kaguya. But even SO he saved them, and Naruto pointed out THAT HIS BODY MOVES ON IT’S OWN FOR THE PEOPLE HE CARES ABOUT. Sasuke was trying to come off heartless as he was immersing himself in darkness, this is nothing new to his character but you don’t know it do you
YOU ARE USING A FALSE TRANSLATION HONEY THAT IS NOT WHAT HE SAID
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But okay, sasuke protecting them multiple times, warning them, looking out for them STILL doesn’t matter for your bullshit preception 
I don’t fucking know what point you are trying to argue since you can’t type
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But it does not change the fact that sasuke had in fact made sure they were safe before saving Naruto so idk what point you getting at, you reaching for shit that is so far idk if you are getting it from your anus or uranus. The reasons for battle were stated THROUGH the manga in my post not some badly made sappy edit.
Sasuke attacked to attack he had shit to do with wanting to understand naruto, it was naruto who wanted to understand sasuke what the fuck are you ON
USE THEIR BATTLES 
i did use their battles fucker? I also used CONTEXT something you can’t for the life of you understand. 1st battle THEY WERE ABOUT TO KILL EACH OTHER OVER PETTINESS AND GOADING. 2nd he almost BURNED his ass to a crisp for interfering, then fought for the mangekyo..feelings were involved because they are BEST FRIENDS ofc they would be but the reason he stopped was because as he said TWICE to HIMSELF and to naruto was that killing his helpless best friend to obtain power was too much of an Itachi like thing to do, stop reaching it’s PATHETIC admit the faults of your ship before attacking peoples views.
You really REALLY want to have this dick measuring competition of who sasuke cares about? He was willing to give up his revenge for BOTH because sasuke loves BOTH he is not a one dimensional shallow shit like you want him to be
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AND AGAIN
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All sakura got was a soRRY!!! she NEVER realized he was WRONG 
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she HERSELF realizes the DEPTH of the situation and even tho heartbroken decides to kill him? but she could not because despite all she had hope for him?
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Sasuke and Sakura have BOTH attacked each other, she went on to fight him when he STABBED HER TEAM CAPTAIN because she realizes he is wrong..him fighting back is abusive? okay lmao sorry i forgot naruto is a shoujo about fairy princesses, ninjas don’t fight here. If anything I respect that when they met as fighters they MET as FIGHTERS. And these were not her last moments, they were flashbacks that caused her resolve to falter because she had hope for sasuke
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and sasukes last words would have been about him wanting to kill his brother, but he let it go because he would never let a comrade die in front of him, not after sharing memories together lmao reach further
cry me a river over the genjutsu scene that she woke up from the same way she wakes up from sleep, but remember this: while sasukes IMAGINARY hand went through her boob naruto got MUCH worse luck
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But it’s okay because he did not kill him when he was on the floor : ) despite having FULL intentions of doing so
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I take it back. Let the boy speak WITH CONTEXT.
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Nobody is trying to deny sasuke’s lonely ass seeing another lonely kid  reaching out made him feel relieved and happy, that is a GOOD aspect about sns, but there is a bitch ass trying to deny his feelings for all of team 7. ‘thats why’ ‘dakara’ in Japanese, you can’t move that stone.
I own the sasuke shinden novel that ended with him going back once sakura triggered a flashback, and where in the anime the scene he is thinking about naruto is actually him thinking about his ‘friends’ but you know what fucker? That novel, and sakuras shitty novel are NOT canon, they are not written by kishimoto. If you want to start considering this crap canon then you better consider this piece of garbage novel canon too. if you don’t, don’t try and argue with a filler novel. Canon sakura gave sasuke his space in 699 when he asked for it to come to terms with himself.
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You mean sakura blushing? The thing a sane fucker would consider she is embarressed to tell her kid about her intimate relations with her dad? If i asked my mom such a thing her arab ass would slap me, get familiar with it: some cultures are conservative. Kishimoto said seeing naruh*ina kiss made him embarrassed so what you getting at. Sakura: never seen ur dad wear glasses lmao but he aint around so im not sure. Naruto: lol yea he never wore em. 
You: OH MY GOD HE KNOWS HIM SO WELL OH MY GOD 
You: out of context panel saying they are connected by fate
Do you REALLY want to play that card? This card makes your house of cards blow 50 shades of destroyed.
You mean how they were chosen by fate as brothers to end the cycle of hatred started by Indra, Ashura and Kaguyas ninshuu ignoring ass?
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CONTEXT motherfucker ever heard of it
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when kiba asked why he did not take him down and it was revealed why through slight dispositions, best thing about eidetic memories is that you dont forget this shit
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Sasuke felt the need to apologize to her and regain her as part of his life and you are discrediting the scene like it does not have 2 pages in the manga yet hold on to a blurry ass panel of him protecting naruto to save the world
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Anyways lets finish this bullshittery with showing ON PANEL who sasuke cares about
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What? Thought it’d be only Naruto? Lol no I love canon sasuke enough to acknowledge all of his bonds. I am a sinner, guilty as charged shit sasuke cares about more than one person how awful.
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Anways i’d LOVE to see your next reach, use better manga panels next time I like mentally stimulating things not sad scrapes of dead arguments 
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P.S your abuse jokes are STILL fucking bullshit
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never trust a str8 bitch
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eisa96 · 7 years
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So, I make this post to discuss the potential that Sasuke and Naruto are indeed in a very unhappy marriage. (It’s not a potential on Sasuke’s part. It’s already been shown to be a dysfunctional family no matter how much the SS fans want to claim otherwise) This post was inspired after I read a post from somewhere in tumblr that opened my mind to start writing about this and also my observation on the Boruto Movie (yes, I am late to the fandom since I have an inner turmoil to watch or not to watch the movie that has been said to be a sns movie to those who have watched it, but I made the decision to give a shot much to my reluctance).
Warning, this is going to be long. And once again, this is merely my observation on this movie. So, umm, you’ve been warned. See under the cut to know more about it.
It was rather interesting to say the least. Finally watching the movie, here are the observations that I’ve seen so far from it:
-          Boruto is in his rebelling age where he has a hate-love relationship with his father, Naruto. It’s very common for kids to act on their own accord when their parents are not around to give them the proper affection and care that they desire, hence causing them to have an impulsive behaviour. This can be seen throughout the movie when Boruto talks badly about Naruto and mocking him not having parents when he was younger, thus the bratty trait is born.
-          Boruto did have a warm family, having a young sister that adores you, having a mother that cares for your wellbeing and having a family that loves you the way you are but the only downfall is the absence of a father; someone that he can look up to, someone he can admire and be proud of, someone to talk with. He hasn’t have that, evidence that Naruto is too busy with his ‘work’ to even have a time for his supposed happy family.
-          The other point is this isn’t the first time it happened. Boruto beforehand warned Naruto to not miss his daughter’s birthday and got rather angry when it turned out that his dad is using a shadow clone as a replacement to place him instead. Why I said this isn’t the first time? Well, from the close-up photos of the Uzumaki-Hyuuga household (I don’t like stating that), it can be shown that Naruto also didn’t attend Boruto’s birthday, leaving the three of them celebrating the day when Boruto was born without yet the father by their side. And it gets sadder from this. Think about it, why did Boruto make his way in warning Naruto in the first place? Why isn’t Hinata, his wife that people keep saying that she is an understanding person; did anything to make this all better? Defending her husband when she knows that he was in the wrong here not the son. Why didn’t she make the effort to talk about this with her supposed beloved husband? I can only think about two options; one will be that she did talked about it, only to be brush by Naruto by exclaiming he was tired, being a Hokage is a tough job, promising he will not do it again and etc or two; she didn’t since she was shown to be on Naruto’s side more than her own son. I can bet on option 2 because I can’t seem to see her having the guts to talk about the matter. THESE EVENTS HAPPENED A LOT OF TIME IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT.
-          Naruto is not been shown to be a shitty dad. He was shown to be this miserable and guilt-induced person. He was not the same cheerful, optimistic person like he is in the manga before the corruption that is chapter 699-700. He looks tired, his shoulders are sagging, his posture is bad and the way he talks isn’t as bright as he used to be. This is the same person who dreams to become Hokage, the same person who wanted to be acknowledge by the villagers, the same person who  has made speeches about love, and the same person who understood people’s feelings more than he can consumed. And yet, he looks like as if the whole world is on his shoulders. This present Naruto Uzumaki isn’t the same as he was from the past. He is avoiding his family. I repeat. He is avoiding them. Every time, he was involved with them, he looks guilty, knowing quite well that he fucked up. He’s aware of that and yet he did it again and again without any explanation. It was shown that he is also taking energy drinks or vitamins. (I don’t know what those brown bottles are but I bet it’s for boosting your stamina) He is in doubt, very tired with everything. He must have been in his office a lot of times, the fact that Shikamaru went and softly told his friend to go home to his family. Normally, when a person have a good life with his family, he would take that as a yes and went back home without second thoughts. But this Naruto contemplate about it and still was shown in his office even at night, muttering that yes, he fucked up again.
-          And this is where the SNS fandom starts to say that the movie is SNS even though the movie focuses on Boruto thus the title. Sasuke second appearance in this movie is when he went to Naruto’s house to speak to him or just to meet him, only to be met with a sudden punch by Boruto himself and as always, manage to counter it with his hand, resulting Boruto in having that awed expression in his face. After finding out that Naruto isn’t at his home, he immediately starts to walk away and went to the Hokage’s mansion direction. This where all the moments took place.
           -          Sasuke picking up Naruto’s old genin jacket and bring it along with him to give it to the owner after seeing it on the ground battered and covered with dirt.
           -          Naruto catching the scroll with his hand like he was expecting that. In sync may I add.
           -          Sasuke and Naruto casually starting talking to each other and falling into a comfortable rhythm.
           -          Sasuke using his petname that he reserved only for Naruto; ‘Usuratonkachi’ in a soft and affectionate way.
           -          Naruto for the very first time been shown smiling, looking genuinely happy and refreshed.
           -          Naruto yet again, choosing to decipher the scroll that Sasuke gave to him rather than going home. ( a lot like when he would leave everything just to go together with Sasuke  in a ‘long mission’)
           -          Naruto started to smile more when he is around Sasuke and acting like the Naruto that we love and knew.
           -          Also Naruto and Sasuke comparing who Boruto mostly look/act like, surprising me for a couple of seconds to even hear them talking about Naruto’s son as if he is their own. (okay, I stop there for a while before I get to them soon)
-          Back to Boruto, he declared himself to Sasuke to be his disciple, in which Sasuke refused to do it if Boruto can master the rasengan. I can see him as a modern kid that cannot live without technology around him and a kid that follows new fashion trends. And oh goodie, look where we have here; Sarada stalking Boruto everytime he trains with Konohamaru in mastering the rasengan -_-. (Why is the colour of Konohamaru’s eyes are blue?? I thought it was between brown and black??)
-          More bratty Boruto trying to bring Naruto down and prodding Sasuke to give him his dad’s secrets, in which case, his weakness. It’s weird how Boruto approaches Sasuke about this matter and not his mother. I mean, shouldn’t Hinata knows about Naruto’s everything, from his strength to his weakness?? Boruto must have approach her first or he didn’t thought about it since his mom defends his father more than she could bargain with. It was sort of looking at a role reversal here. In this movie, Sasuke was been implied to be protective of Naruto, telling Boruto that instead of wanting to know his father’s weaknesses, he should be focusing on the present Naruto, showing once again that Naruto is very dear to him and he is indeed in fact knows more about Naruto than anyone else in the entire world. It’s the same as in Gaiden where Naruto is the one who talks and reassures Sarada about her father (papa?). Talking so highly of him and knowing him better when he told her that Sasuke didn’t wear glasses when he was younger and that she looks a lot like him. I figure that much because this is Kishimoto’s writing and we all know how he feels about these two.
-          Hinata is been shown irrelevant in this movie, even though she was supposedly Boruto’s mom. It was shown yet again, that she needed to be protected even though she is the princess of the Hyuuga clan and is also a skilled ninja. (I hated that term) Fainted and got injured when she tried to save Naruto (how would you suppose to do that?). Even Sakura is been treated much better than her, showing how she can protect herself, saving people’s lives and healing them along the way. Even she was written better except that part where she got blushy when Sarada tease her about the coming back of her absent husband (Sakura no). I don’t know about you but Kishimoto is being very intentional writing Hinata like this. She is also been shown to be selfish, only caring about Naruto when her own flesh and blood son can get killed in this retrieving the Hokage back mission. Did she forget about her son cheating on the Chuunin exam? He could get killed from this. She could just stop him but no, she didn’t. Instead she stayed behind, praying that Naruto will be safe and sound and also her son too but mainly Naruto. Boruto is a genin. He is in much higher risk than Naruto. The chances of him getting back are low if it wasn’t for the other Kages and Sasuke at his side.
-          Sasuke and Naruto are soulmates. That much can be seen in the movie. When everyone is looking rather defeated, Sasuke seems to be very calm about it. Only to be revealed that he can sense Naruto’s chakra even from miles away, confirming that Naruto is very much alive. Sasuke catching Naruto and placing his hand on his back. Naruto noticing Sasuke first then Boruto. The boys fighting side by side and very in sync with each other. Naruto knowing how to use Sasuke’s sword without fail. (He must have been with Sasuke  or have a spar with him for him to know to use to sword so flawlessly and without any difficulty) Naruto once again smiling when he’s with Sasuke and that goes to the other as well. Both them having a calm conversation even after battling the villain (can’t remember the name) while watching Boruto making the final blow. Let’s not forget that Naruto goes in rage when he caught an injured Sasuke in his arms and started attacking the enemy without giving a second thought, only to be calmed and looking relieved when Sasuke places his hand on Naruto’s arm, silently communicating that he is okay. Everything about the whole fight scene suggested that yes; Sasuke and Naruto are like themselves when they are around each other. I’ve never seen Sasuke been this happy before. He was all smiles during this scene. He playfully banters with Naruto and to get the same receiving end from the other. They were happy and so comfortable with each other that it left me in tears. They were themselves. The Sasuke and Naruto show was back again.
-          Boruto got the good treatment from people around him since he helped finish the villain (I’m having the déjà vu vibe) and also got himself to live broadcast. I’m sitting here like ‘Wow that was fast..’  Didn’t he cheat on the Chuunin exam? Didn’t he get disqualified from being a Chuunin? Didn’t Naruto just straight up said to his face that he isn’t worthy in becoming a ninja? He is been treated like a hero here even though he didn’t have that much of a recognition. Sounds familiar? But then again, this is Konoha we’re talking about so it’s fine. (sarcasm)
-          Naruto is back home with his family and HInata (sigh) once again been shown sewing something that turns out to be Boruto’s torn jacket. Naruto fist bump him when he is running to the Hokage’s mansion and Boruto going on a mission. The end credit rolls.
To be honest, this whole movie is from my point of view is a big family drama between Naruto and Boruto. When one pulls, the other one pushes. One is keeping everything together while the other is falling deeper and deeper into his own self. The one who pull the two together, yes you guess it; Sasuke Uchiha. He’s the one who brings the two of them closer without even realizing it. He acted more like a parent to Boruto than his own father. He approaches, he teaches, he disciplines him when no one will and could. Not HInata. Not Naruto, who is guilty with all the things happening to him. Sasuke’s the one who give Boruto the spirit to save his dad back. It’s very interesting and telling if you watch it without the shipping goggles and also without the judgement.
This is where my conclusion lies which I wanted to discuss with all of you.
Naruto is not happy with his family. Same goes for Sasuke.
The reason I’m telling you all this is because this is bothering me ever since I watched that movie.
Especially on Naruto’s part. Why is it he feel guilty in the first place? Why is it he’s been showed to be unhappy with his family? Why is it that even though he becomes the Hokage, he isn’t very happy about it anymore?
All the movie ever shows us is that Naruto isn’t very happy with his life.
The signals are there in the observation that I’ve made above:
-          Naruto is seen in his office most of his time.
-          Boruto warning Naruto to not forget about Himawari’s birthday in which he fucked up, not only to not go and celebrate her birthday but instead send a shadow clone to be his replacement.
-          He was seen feeling guilty about it, slumping behind his desk.
-          It’s been implied that this isn’t the first time it happened. It happened a lot of times.
-          Hinata stopping Boruto from going to Naruto, showing that she have dealt with Boruto’s bad behaviour a lot of times.
-          And also possibly raise the kids mostly alone, judging from the way Boruto acts around his dad and Himawari having seen pretty upset about it.
-          Naruto contemplating to go back home or not, only to decide the latter because of a scroll.
-          Naruto is tired, that much is self-explanatory. He just looks so tired.
-          Naruto been showed to not know how to properly congratulate his own son on his success in getting into the second round.
-          He’s awkward around him.
-          He doesn’t know how to deal with Boruto. (What happened?)
-          The atmosphere of the household is just so lonely. It just screams unhappiness.
 -          Even though it was shown that Naruto did go back home, he might do the same thing again in the future.
This is from the movie but I heard there are hints in the Naruto Gaiden as well that this family aren’t the ideal family that NH fans claim it to be. Take it with a grain of salt but I also heard from the Boruto manga that it just confirms that Naruto is in fact having family problems.
I don’t have to go on Sasuke’s part since it’s rather plainly obvious in the eyes that the family isn’t healthy. The dynamics are all over the place and the three of them have little interaction even if it was shown that Sakura is there with Sasuke watching the view before the end song credit. (Or is it after?)
He acts like he usually does around Sakura, expressionless. At this rate, Sasuke could see her more like an acquaintance than a wife. He was all smiles in this movie but why is it hard for him to smile around his wife? He even smiled around Boruto during the fight scene and looking proud of the kid when explaining about his unique rasengan. (This isn’t Kuroko no Basketball. Rasengan can’t just disappear and came bite you in the ass when it approaches you from nowhere. You know what, never mind.)
Masashi wrote the movie as if Naruto and Sasuke‘s salvation is around each other. They both look extremely comfortable around each other. Both are very in sync during the battle. Both of them acted like themselves when they are around the each other. Both are very protective with the other. Again showing that they are indeed soulmates in any way possible. Is it intentional? Or is this pandering to the fans?
Both I guess since he wrote the two of them rather in character when they are around each other and as much as I hate admitting it, I enjoyed watching it.
This is where I’m gonna say that Naruto and Sasuke might be in a secret relationship. As I mentioned before, Boruto seems to be trying to keep the family not falling apart. He’s angry, he’s cold towards his father and he was also so confused on why his mother defending his dad so much. On the other hand, Naruto. Naruto isn’t trying anymore. He looks as if he wanted to leave all things behind and just go somewhere far away.
That’s the impression I’m having towards the Boruto!Naruto. Whereas Sasuke only be shown around Naruto and Boruto and less with Sarada and Sakura, his family. His own flesh and blood. Why it is that Sasuke and Sakura doesn’t look remotely like husband and wife and that Sarada is so chill about it. (She must have known something. She can’t just forgive and forget on the things that her father did to her and her mother.) I can just say that Sasuke and Sakura aren’t married. In fact, it looks more like an arrangement. And before you could deny the possibilities, I just wanted to say that yes, the SS family is also a one big family drama.
Masashi didn’t confirm who Sarada’s real mother is, even though all signs points to Karin. (That super strength ability can’t just come from nowhere. Sarada seems to have it by genetics and we know that super strength came from the senju/uzumaki clan. Sakura isn’t born with it. It took her years to finally learn the jutsu.) In fact, he wanted to leave all the imaginations to the fans. Why would he do that? Wouldn’t it be easier to just say that Sakura is the real mom? Why the confusion? Again, this is just to create drama, to pull fans back for nostalgia’s sake, which it went backfires when fans are angry or just not buying the Gaiden books and bullshit anymore. All it ever shows us that Masashi isn’t even trying anymore. He’s showing us how SS isn’t working and shows how shitty Sasuke is as a dad and a husband. He neglected them for 12 years. Didn’t keep contact with Sakura even with letters and appears to be surprise in having a child. Not to mention, Sakura taping her face on a team taka’s picture, only to be found out by Sarada herself and being questioned about it. Sarada is a smart child. She is curious and a little bit mopey. She is bound to suspect something sooner or later if they keep this facade up. The only thing keeping this family not apart is Sasuke stating that because they have Sarada, they are a family.
It’s the same as Naruto’s and Hinata’s situation. The only thing that’s keeping them together is Boruto.
And then there’s the SNS relationship. It was been revealed that Sasuke kept in contact with Naruto through all these years. Writing him letters to inform him about things. Naruto even go so far in wanting to go with Sasuke on that long mission in Gaiden, proving once again that he’s willing to leave everything behind and looking rather sad when Sasuke rejected his offer because he wanted Naruto to protect the village as a Hokage. Naruto also defended Sasuke’s incapability to charge his phone because he has things to do, saying to Shikamaru to cut him some slack.
They could also be meeting in secret since in the Boruto movie, Naruto could use Sasuke’s sword without any difficulty like he’s used to it. They also have a normal conversation. No strains, no awkwardness, no tension. Just two men having a calm conversation after not meeting each other for a long time and allowing themselves to be them. You can’t deny that Sasuke and Naruto love each other more than just a mere friend. They are more than that.
They smiled a lot when they are around the other. Both of them gave the soft, fond look whenever they are near with each other. The kind of look you give when you are with someone that you are comfortable with. The kind of look where you are with someone that you like and fond of. The kind of look where people in love will show around their significant other.
That kind of look.
Does this look like a normal bromance to you?
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People keep denying when the SNS supporters said that Boruto shat on NH/SS ship, they really meant it. It was all there for people to see. People keep saying that the SNS fandom is delusional and only care about their ship being canon and are in a romantic relationship. Some even go as far as saying that Boruto is about fixing the relationship between Boruto and Naruto, claiming once again that Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship as brotherly. (Naruto already deny Sasuke as his brother, what more do you want?)
If it was fixing the relationship between the father and son which I do agree with this one, but then again; who fix it?
Like I mentioned before:
The one who pull the two together, yes you guess it; Sasuke Uchiha. He’s the one who brings the two of them closer without even realizing it. He acted more like a parent to Boruto than his own father. He approaches, he teaches, he disciplines him when no one will and could. Not HInata. Not Naruto, who is guilty with all the things happening to him. Sasuke’s the one who give Boruto the spirit to save his dad back.
Sasuke Uchiha. That’s who.
I’m sorry if this got too long, I was about to say my thoughts about the movie only but then my mind and my body just move on its own.
Like I said from before, please feel free to discuss about this. I really wanted to hear your thoughts and opinions on this matter.
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hello! i know it's a bad idea to engage in any shipping discourse but for the sake of constructive criticism, i asked an sns shipper if she thinks there's atleast potential in ss if ever sakura had that capacity to stand up to sasuke and if she wasn't as much fixated on him during shipuuden and the war arc. i even brought up the wasted opportunity of sasuke vs sakura that was shown in the game. the sns shipper gave a very structured and well-versed answer and i do agree with some of her points. i'm not even anti-sns and i understand the support this ship gets. but this person really hates sakura. so her answer to my question if ss has potential is straight up NO. hate is an understatement. she explicitly said she DETESTS sakura and ss xD. granted, her hatred is valid since sakura's writing is very flawed and inconsistent. what i didn't like was when she said why am i trying to change sakura's personality (her standing up to sasuke whether physically or verbally) when "she's constantly on heat when he's around". gosh, i really wanted to retaliate here and say it's called freakin character development. i mean, that's what she's mainly hated for right? the fact that she's obsessed and a pushover when it comes to sasuke. having that change especially during the war arc doesn't mean she's out of character, it means development. but gah, sakura haters are really hard to argue with so i just stayed silent.
to briefly summarize, her main point of argumentation is that sakura was toxic to both naruto and sasuke. sasuke's relationship with naruto is more defined than whatever he had with sakura. she brought up ss's pt.1 moments and said that sasuke would do the same to naruto, if not even better. as for naruto's case, sakura was a mean bitch and was so unfair to him throughout the series. simply put, even if sns has questionable elements, they are more organic and healthy than sasusaku.
this got me thinking. between sasunarusasu and sasusaku, despite both having toxic elements, i think the reason why there are relatively more sns shippers is because there's balance. compared to sakura, sasuke has shown more consideration towards naruto and we all know naruto cares for sasuke just as much and he isn't afraid to stand up to this guy.
idk what i'm even trying to ask here. i guess i'm just ranting lol. i've always seen your comments in youtube vids defending sakura and ss and i know you have an extensive knowledge of the naruto manga in general. you could only imagine how shocked i am when i found out you're a male. it's really rare to find someone like you. :)
anyways, i just feel so disappointed and pressed lmao. ss shippers couldn't catch a break from haters. like yea, some of us know it has shit writing in the canon and explanations regarding their relationship in the series is very limited. i already accepted the fact that they are underdeveloped and was borderline toxic. but then, between kishimoto's pitiful inability to write female characters properly and SP's biased treatment towards sasusaku plus the manga's main narrative focusing on naruto and sasuke, i just feel like it's kinda unfair for antis to shit on ss shippers when in reality, most of us just hold onto it because of nostalgia. most sasusaku shippers came to be when they were very young. i even found comments saying they started shipping them when they were 6 or 7. in my case, i was 12 lol.
it's kinda unfair since sns has the upperhand bcoz the series is mainly about them. naruhina has retcons and SP and what does ss have? small pt.1 moments, headcanons, fanons and to top it off SP's biased ass shitting on it. the ss fandom isn't perfect and has its fair share of immature stans as well, but i'm still glad that didn't stop authors and artists from making content. ss has got some of the best fanfictions, fanarts and doujinshis. i just wished antis won't attack them as much.
anyways, i'm not even asking a specific question. i just ranted. i just needed to get this out of my system. sorry for that 😅
Hey! It's been a long while since I got asks like this lol! Once tumblr went all anti-nsfw a few years ago, we all kinda migrated to Twitter for our SS/Anime cravings tbh but I'm glad and flattered you decided to ask me on my thoughts! :)
I won't write long as again, tbh, I'm kinda retired from debating/arguing with antis on things of SS/Naruto/Etc (unless I'm simply too triggered to let it go lol. You've already probably seen my long Sakura video so I won't go too much into details of what I already covered with Sakura's character. But to answer you, I'll keep it to the point.
It's ok of course to say Kishi's writing is flawed, I mean he is human and we know Naruto has holes. Every manga/story does of course. When it comes to SS, I personally bring it to this: Sasuke and Naruto's relationship is NOT Sasuke and Sakura's relationship. And that's (imo) ok. Sasuke and Naruto obviously have a bond only they have. Both lonely and orphaned, rivals with each other, haters to brother, you know it all. But Sakura is different. She's simply a normal, head-strong and caring girl. Kishi wanted to write a normal girl, and he did a darn well good job, because just like normal girls (or people in general), they're imperfect. That's why she first appealed to me.
Anyway, to the point, SS is pretty easy to follow. Sakura likes Sasuke....what's the problem? Where's the toxicity, lol. Sure she fangirls over him as a 12 year old girl, but again, Sakura is normal. Most girls I knew that age did the same thing. Most BOYS I knew were super...*cough* ready to be with girls (*cough cough*, puberty, everyone, *cough*). Sasuke is cool and confident. Sakura lacked confidence, so naturally she was drawn to Sasuke. Sasuke at first found her annoying (as he did with Naruto too) but as the became a team, she bonded. SS' bond is NOT NSN's bond. SS's bond is built upon a simply caring basis. Sakura always cared for Sasuke, and Sasuke always was protective of Sakura. Forest of Death, Sand Invasion, etc...add in the angst of Shippuden (nobody can tell me one was better than the other during Shippuden, Sasuke was 'bout to axe everyone while in darkness lol), blank period bonding, and then Boruto. There it is in SIMPLE terms.
As far as "standing up" to Sasuke...not sure where this person is coming from....again, NSN is NOT SS....Sakura has stood up to Sasuke at times. In the FOD where she indirectly called him a coward, when she pleaded with him to not fight in the Prelims and threatened to tell the proctors of the curse mark, trying to stop him from leaving Konoha., etc. If she was a "doormat", she would have said "Ok Sauske, you do whatever you want, it's all ok my love!" That was chapter 3 Sakura. A LOT of haters can't move beyond that chapter tbh...moving on. The main thing is, she wasn't STRONG enough to stop him by FORCE. She wasn't written to. Sure I woulda liked some angsty moments of them fighting, TRUST ME, you already know. But Kishi wanted the fighting to mostly be between Naruto and Sasuke, as most battle Shonen go. It's Goku and Vegeta, Deku and Bakugou, you name it. She was written to LOVE him unconditionally. And despite Kishi's misses here and here, it's clear as day to many people that they do indeed, love each other. Sarada is a product of years of redemption, forgiveness, and understanding between SS (which is....literally some of the themes of Naruto....Zabuza...Haku...Gaara...Pein...Obito....list goes on...).
And of course Naruto and Sasuke's relationship got more spotlight. They're essentially the Shonen "duo" like I explained before with Goku and Vegeta. It's a common tope which can be a bit annoying imo since other characters get shafted, but they're gonna be seen more by the public. At the end of the day, Kishi modeled NSN after his relationship with his BROTHER....that was one of Naruto's main story plots. AGAIN, OF COURSE it's gonna be pushed and seem like it's more "balanced"...it's a battle Shonen, not a love story lol. The love stuff is sprinkled in. This isn't a Shojo. If it was, SS would be the main focus (or...I guess NSN if Kishi WANTED to go that route).
So to finish off, you're right with the SP thing. But it can't be helped. If people wanna say NSN has more "development", let them. At the end of the day, they're shown more to the viewers because they're the Goku and Vegeta of Naruto. They push the narrative, not a romance. They're Kishi's go-to boys. They're the essential main character and rival. It's nothing new. But you know what else? They're. NOT. A. COUPLE. SasuSaku is, and again, romance is SPRINKLED in. It's N O T a Shojo and not the main focus. Honestly...the arguments that NSN shipper used are a bit weak knowing full well that SNS represent Kishi's brother and himself.
I mean...tldr, I could just say "Kishi and his bro are Naruto and Sasuke. SO nah bro, NSN has no romantic development. I wasn't meant to lol."
Typed longer than I thought, but I hope this helped! At the end of the day, ship SS in peace. We have an amazing fandom for the most part with wonderful content and we ain't stopping anytime soon :)
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Kishimoto: „People say that Hinata should have been the Heroine“
In Honour of the MultiSakuMonth, I am going to rant about the statement above.
If anything ever annoyed me deeply, then that was Studio Pierrot trying to convince Kishimoto that Hinata should have been the Main Attraction since the beginnings. Right.Since the beginnings because N O W NARUTO is all about her. The Anime even ended with her Wedding (????). I will never ever get how People who supported NARUTO from the start are fine with the Wedding-Ending. If NARUTO ended with the Wedding of Naruto and Sakura, I would feel extremely embarrassed because I think a Wedding-Ending does not fit in here. It is the Ending of a Story about an Orphan Child who fought his Way from the Bottom to the Top. Ending his Story with a Marriage and making all the final Episodes solving around it like Naruto’s only Goal ever was to become married is dumb and ignorant. The Ceremony of him becoming Hokage didn’t touch me at all. Naruto was sleeping like a Baby on that day, even he wasn’t showing any excitement. So why should I feel some?
However, back to the Topic, to that Statement above.
Some may be shocked when they heard Kishimoto saying this, especially when you are a Sakura Fan, but not me, I was not surprised. Since the early beginnings of NARUTO, you could easily see Studio Pierrot’s Lovesickness for Hinata. After many Interviews you can be 100 % sure that there are some perverts working at Shonen Jump too. Kishimoto himself said that people who were working with him preferred Hinata. I am convinced that these people were the Studio Pierrot Staff and the some of the Main Editors. They were constantly screaming at Kishimoto’s head „Hinata! Hinata! Hinata is better! Make her the Heroine! “
No Lie, Kishimoto admitted it.
Obviously so often that Kishimoto had to defend himself „I SAY SHE IS NOT HINATA! “
Studio Pierrot was always trying to manipulate Kishimoto into thinking that Hinata is not just better but also something the Fans wanted. I know many people tend to hate Sakura in the USA and love Hinata….that is what at least everyone says. Maybe America wants Hinata but in Japan, it is not like that. That is proven by the amount of Sakura Merch, Events or Doujinshis of her. I would rather have the Japanese People on my side than the American NARUTO Fans. Truth spoken. If you look at Studio Pierrot’s achievements and actions, you have to admit that the staff’s commitment for that NARUTO Side-Character Hinata is somewhat disturbing. I have never heard of an Anime Studio that fights so persistently for a Side-Character. There were also rumours that the Editors gave only selected Fan-Post to Kishimoto. Same goes for the polls. Normally you can be sure that they are quite fair but handing over this task to the people who are dangerously obsessed with a Character should not be taken quite seriously. What bugs me the most is that they really created another Sakura in the Anime and got away with that. Her Appearance and Personality is not quite the Way Kishimoto writes her. I wonder why Kishimoto even has to draw and write when they do whatever they want in the end. Studio Pierrot started an Anti-Sakura-Campaign, fucked her appearance up and some of her Character Traits too, made countless Fillers about Hinata, gave her every possibly cute Outfit, added Extra Scenes and oversexualized her since she was Kid.
What I don’t get is:
Shonen Jump tells the other Mangakas to slow the Romance Part down but when it comes to NARUTO suddenly it is okay to turn this Action-loaded Shonen into a bad Shoujo Romance???? It is okay…as long as Hinata is happy. That’s their motto and proved that their behavior is really disturbing.
I do not get why there are even People who are defending the NARUTO Ending or support the End Couples. Even if you are not a Shipper, are you okay with changing the Origins of Naruto’s Story? If you are, then you just care about your OTP’s Relationship Status. I believe that the t r u e NARUTO Fans have to despise the Ending, why should they be okay with the Way their favourite Characters/Story’s Elements were handled. Just because the right ones in your Eyes are together? Is your Love for NARUTO so superficial? Obviously for quite a few it is. That is sad because those who were overlooking NARUTO‘s messages are the ones who got what they wanted in the end. They are fine with changing the original NARUTO Story for the sake of their ship. True Fans. Indeed.
Soooo I am going to comment the most popular Reasons why People think Hinata is better than Sakura.
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„Hinata is more beautiful than Sakura and she has big boobs! “
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Let us start with the superficial stuff: The Look, Appearance and Beauty.
There are people who prefer Hinata as a Heroine because they like her look. People are drawn to her appearance for whatever Reasons. Everyone’s taste is different. That is why Hinata is not my taste. Sakura is tho. In my eyes she looks stunning, has a unique Appearance (pink hair) and a nice Ninja Fashion Sense. I LOVE everything about her.Hinata is and stays just not my taste. I am not into her female Rock Lee Hair or her comfortable Ninja Clothes. I do not like her Colours, these dark blue and pale Colours are not my taste.
Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion but alone from the Appearance Sakura sticks out more and she looks much more special. I have already seen some Hinata-Lookalikes in other Manga too.
Now can you reduce a Hero/Heroine on her Beauty?
The Answer is NO.
A beautiful Appearance alone does not make you a Hero or suitable for this Position. Although many Main Characters stand out just because People want something special. Just look at Eren. I am not trying to insult him. I love shorthaired Guys. I think he is cool but WSJ said that he was boring and wanted Isayama to change him. Therefore, it is stupid when people say Hinata deserved the spotlight because she is beautiful or has big boobs. You really R E A L L Y cannot bring up the Body Type Argument here. Not in NARUTO. Studio Pierrot has been fucking up Sakura’s Body from the start and started all that flat-chested Jokes. Sakura is now a grown Woman with Curves, that is the Way Kishimoto draws her now, BUT Studio Pierrot made her all flat again and even changed her Hair? 🔥This gets me mad since I want my Character being drawn the Way she is supposed to look like. I guess she is too beautiful, that is why SP is trying to make her look ugly. Hinata gets a Makeover in every new Movie, Episode etc…it seems like they are never happy with her appearance or is there another reason why her facial features are changing so often?(Besides Kishimoto’s Sketches showed her a little bit chubby.)
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„Hinata is stronger. She comes from a strong clan. She is just more interesting. “
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Why do I have to comment this?
It has already been said in the Manga or different kind of Magazines.
Dear Sakura, I am sorry for writing this since you do not compare yourself with people who do not play in your league:
Sakura is of course stronger than Hinata. Just compare their Fights, their Battles, their Skills, the Consequences of their Attacks and their Stats. Hinata has the luck of belonging to a Strong clan and having a strong Bloodline but to be honest, she has never really progressed. Even her younger sister was shown being better in the beginning that’s why her Father gave up on her and said that she is a Loser. I was surprised when she was able to hold out a bit against Neji. I expected Neji to finish her fast but I guess Kishimoto needed time to explain the Byakugan during this Battle.
Let me summarize her situation again:
Hinata belongs to a strong Clan. She possesses a strong bloodline. The Members of the Clan are able to teach her dangerous attacks.
In the end, she ended up watching everyone’s back.
W h y?
Why wasn’t she showing more dedication when it comes to becoming a strong Ninja and represent her Family? I thought, she was watching Naruto all the time so how was she even able to fall back???? I DO NOT KNOW where her Motivation went or how Naruto used to be an Inspiration for that but she clearly failed taking that Chance. She inherited good and strong genes but still ended up losing all of her Fights. She stood up against Neji once because Naruto was screaming for her but what about before?Did she faint every time she saw Naruto? I do not see any Character Traits of Naruto in her. Even though she admired him, she was not striving to be like him. Because then she would not have ended as a total Loser (according to her father).
I think that is something People do not pay attention it. They find it cute and nice that Hinata was always behind Naruto’s back and that is maybe what made them like her but just watching someone gets you nowhere. They also say that NaruHina was good in the beginning and then it went downhill.
WHEN was there a good beginning? They had a nice Convo once in a while but the Way Hinata handled the situation and fell back is not a good Start since Naruto’s Influence is nowhere to be seen. If you just watch without learning anything from that Person, I cannot see any Cuteness in that, neither do I start to admire that Person. With that being said, she just stays a quiet admirer of Naruto to me who even doubts him in some fights. She was not standing completely convinced of his strength behind him. That is not a bad thing. If you don’t know a person so well, it’s only natural to doubt him/her. That was all in the beginning of Naruto and that truly did not caught my interest. People preach and talk all the time about getting stronger, striving to be on top etc…but if you only talk then good bye. Sakura was different. She saw Naruto and Sasuke working hard. She was aware that they are stronger and wanted to be like them. Her Strength even surprised Ino during the Chunin Exams. She started to change. Her Change lead to her becoming the strongest Kunoichi. Even though she was just an ordinary Girl. Her Parents are not Ninjas. They do not look “special” and strong at all. She did not have a strong Clan behind her back teaching her all these dangerous Techniques. She is the most ordinary and “unspecial” Person out of Konoha’s Rookies. HOWEVER, she still ended up being the Strongest Girl! That is an interesting Background for me. I like Characters who grew strong without everyone expecting them to be (Sakura’s parents are no Soldiers; she has a simple Life; no Wealth and Stuff; no special Bloodline etc…) Naruto and Sasuke had the Bloodline but no Parents. They had to rely on themselves. This is something, which seems to be more appealing than having the best Expectations of becoming a strong Ninja. So having a Character who got nothing but a split Personality and still ended up being the strongest Girl is EPIC!
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„Hinata is pure, gentle and a kind Girl. “
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AND? That makes her suitable for the Heroine’s Position or what?
Heroes and Heroines come in all Shapes. You have these typical goofy, cheerful, strong-willed Heroes and then there are Anti-Heroes. E V E R Y O N E in the Anime World can become a Hero even a stuck-up Bitch or a Megaplayboy. Nevertheless, Personality must be the key of becoming a Hero because your actions and what you make out of yourself are what defines a heroic Behaviour. They all have that determination, that strong will of never giving up in common. That is why they are always winning in the end and are equipped with Super-Human-Strength or power-ups or whatever. They sacrifice their life for others and are able to protect the ones they love. These certain character traits are considered heroic.
Does Hinata have these traits?
No. She stood up against Neji once. Plus Point for that and that was it. Naruto gave her the Will to fight when he was screaming for her (I thought Naruto’s Presence would motivate her a bit but Neji knows how to make her lose focus). If I was a Hinata-Fan, there is one thing, which would have made me dislike Kishimoto: The Tripping-over-a-Rock-Scene.
Why?
Because Hinata was always stressing out how much she likes Naruto. Therefore her reaction was truly d i s a p p o i n t i n g. Some might say “Come on! She is exhausted!” So was Sasuke and he was still trying to get up same goes for Sakura and Ino after their Fight in the first Part of Naruto.The Ninja Warriors all had their moments proving that even if they couldn’t get up they were still trying but Hinata was just laying there hoping that the Ghost of her dead Brother might save him ? ? ? ? ?
She clearly disappointed me in that scene and showed me that she does not have that never give up trait not even for the one she loves. I didn’t need much. Seeing her trying to raise her hand in order to get up or just looking into Naruto‘s direction while moving her body would have shown me that she was willing to get to him. But instead she closed her eyes and prayed that Angel Neji saved Naruto. She didn’t trust the ninjas who were around Naruto trying to revive him, she called for Neji.
Thank God, that did not happen to Sakura! I would be more annoyed than Sasuke of Sakura. When strong Heroes surround you all the time, I want them to act like them a bit. Hinata’s Fight against Pain was not heroic at all. Jumping in front of a dangerous Person who is out of your league is normally brave. However, Hinata’s interfering was not necessary because Pain needed Naruto alive. You all know that the Hero has to face certain Fights alone. He often says to his friends that they should stay back because he cannot protect them and fight intensively at the same moment. They might distract him. I think that the Fight between Naruto and Pain was a Fight like this. A Fight between only Pain and Naruto. Therefore, I do not criticize Sakura for not interfering in the battle. Hinata’s Interfering was not necessary and dumb since in the end she got herself almost killed. Moreover, she didn’t even help Naruto. If Pain really intended to kill Naruto then Hinata would have been useful. You needed a Character who would have helped him escape or dodge an attack but Hinata is not strong at all and definitely not playing in the boys’ league. She went on the field and Pain started attacking her, she was not a Help because she did not dodge an attack or helped Naruto getting him out of the Danger Zone. At least Sakura let herself hit by Gaara in order to save Sasuke. You see that is how you save someone! Kishimoto let Hinata appear, and then let her getting beat up after one second and Boom! Naruto went Kyuubi Mode. Maybe Kishimoto wanted a more dramatic atmosphere for Hinata’s Confession. The Way he handled her in this Scene really downgraded her Moment of Confession.
“Naruto! I protect You because I love you!”
Pain *attacks*
Hinata *almost dead*
When People say that they want to help and then get immediately beat up, it adds a funny tone to the Scene. The Situation is not funny at all. But for some People it is. Her Behaviour was not heroic at all, not for me. Same goes for Chapter 615. Hinata protected Naruto with her arms wide spread. She just stood there with her arms open. She was not covering Naruto’s body completely. She was not activating any Technique. She had time. (It was not a Last-Minute-Rescue-Action otherwise Neji would not have been able to throw himself in)She had Energy.She KNOWS how to fight! She belongs to one of the strongest Clans of Konoha?! AND NARUTO, HER LOVE WAS IN DANGER!!
So why was she not doing something? Attacking or pushing him away MAYBEEEEE???? This Scene stays a Mystery to me. Apparently, her Name and her Byakugan is an Accessoire.
There were some Last-Minute-Rescue-Scenes in NARUTO: Iruka protecting Naruto at the Start of the Series; Sakura protecting Sasuke from Gaara
They saw their Friend/Love in Danger and thought „OH God! I HAVE TO hurry I have to push him out of the Danger Zone! “
They had no time for activating some nice Ninja Magic especially not in the Beginning when some of them were not that strong as Kids. Hinata’s Situation was totally different. That Scene did not do anything good for her. I still do not know why the Hell Naruto would even think about going to the Dark Side. Helloooo??? That was the Final War and Naruto was in his best Shape ever??? Why did he even doubt himself at all? I think that only happened so that Hinata could slap him.
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„Hinata was always there For Naruto! She was the only one who was nice to him in the beginning! She deserves him.”
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She deserves him because she was watching him suffering and comforting him in her head. I cannot stand People who bring up this argument. They give me a headache. Hinata saw him suffering very badly but still did not find the Courage to comfort Naruto or to defend him or invite him over or do anything!She was watching people making Naruto suffer and cheering for him in her head. That is not cute nor romantic nor admirable. Hinata had the best expectations of becoming Naruto’s Childhood Friend if she actually did something. If I watch a Boy getting mistreated over years even though I like him and then one beautiful Day, I go to him and say:
“You know I like you even though everyone hates you and did all the terrible things but I never ever was a Part of them! I really like you!” If you were the Boy, would you say “Yes” to my confession? No. If the tables were turned, I would ask the Boy why he did not help me if he liked me that much. He still could have comfort me when I was alone. But he did not. Just like Hinata.She is not really better than the Bullies. She caused him Pain by not standing up for him. If Sakura had done that, then an angry crowd would be chasing her and cursing her name for being so apathetic. Naruto’s Suffering did not make Hinata stronger, she even falled back behind her Sister. Is that what you call the cute Beginning of the Love between Naruto and Hinata?
Well, you can have it. It is nothing to be proud of. Just like the recent digital Shinobi World.
I am not saying this because I hate Hinata. It is a Fact. If Sakura was always behind that tree, then I would have the urge to take her hand and push her to Naruto so that he knows that not everyone hates him. This was the perfect opportunity to bond with Naruto! If she had missed this chance, I would be mad as hell.
If you still deny the Facts, then read the Manga. If you can not read or understand what is drawn or written in there, because you have your Shipper Glasses on, then do not write about these kind of topics.
Now if I look at the people who stand behind Sakura (VA‘s, Kishimoto‘s Wife) and those who stand behind Hinata (unprofessional Animators releasing nsfw naruhina material) then I don’t need to add some extra words because this speaks for itself :) I am out.
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