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My pieces for the @founders-tarot-zine :

Mito Uzumaki (The Empress), Senju Family (10 of cups) and Tobirama (Death, for the digital zine)

Super fun project and awesome mods, thanks again for the invite! 💖💖

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i realized this was also lost in the fall of the CH website so

since it’s That Time of Year again, i’m just gonna bring back my Every Christmas TV Rom-Com comic

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Holy shit.

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Love this! ❤️

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Smartass brat Kakashi gets punched by adult - maybe it shouldn't be as funny as it is but, it is. It's very funny. Here are the stills:

Unclear if that is drool seeping through the mask or just wild tears. I choose to believe the former.

The best frame of all imo is this angry crying pout. So offended.

-Aaand back to being the most elite shinobi tween genius who would never cry, nobody saw that it didn't happen shut up

I spent the entirety of The Lost Tower frustrated that I didn't get the kid Kakashi screen time I hoped for but at least there's plenty of potential for imagining these two on their own adventure consisting of Kakashi being an arrogant little shit and Yamato trying not to strangle him because A: he's just a kid and B: his own timeline would end up completely unraveled and C: he loves that arrogant little shit and he is secretly having fun. If someone wrote a fic send it to me!

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the man who owns and runs the thai restaurant in my town knows me by name. he is one of the kindest and most thoughtful men i know. i started ordering from his place back in january, which was when i got my fibromyalgia diagnosis. back then i was using a walker, had limited mobility in my entire body but especially my hands, and was very visibly in pain. i always ordered the same thing: yellow curry with no meat, potatoes and carrots only (i have texture and other dietary issues). he always made it a point to make sure i could get out the door and carry the food safely. he had his workers package the food so that it was easier for me to open. as i kept coming back and i told him a little bit about my health status, he would always encourage me to keep going. he told me about how the spices he used were good for inflammation and began to edit the recipe just for me so that spices that were even better for fighting inflammation were used. he’d give me extra portions and despite the fact that i would tip every time, i realized later that he never charged my card for them. as time went on and my condition began to get better, especially with the help of a physical therapist, he would make encouraging remarks and tell me how happy he was for me. the day i came in without my walker, he practically jumped for joy, and despite my insistence, he gave me my meal for free that day. i continue to make progress with my conditions and i continue to go to the thai place. this man who does not know me personally and who i hardly know anything about is one of my favorite people. it’s interactions with humans like these that make loving life easier. and his curry really does help my chronic condition. it’s comfort food taken to the next level.

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Just a reminder that Kakashi once procrastinated on important Shinobi paperwork because he stayed up all night reading smut twice.

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New Sakura Haruno illustration by Boruto animator.

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Genuinely didn't know this was Kakashi hiding in the credits WITHOUT HIS MASK!!!

Always thought it was kid Kakashi and Sakumo

So I needed to rescue him from under the credits

Did I redraw the whole picture because it was easier 🤔 guess we will never know 😆

@skykashi

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New Kakashi Hatake and Sakumo Hatake illustration for Kakashi’s birthday.

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Konohagakure Military Forces Organization

It took a while but it’s finally done.

HOKAGE

The highest authority of Konohagakure, the face of the Fire Country’s military forces and has the duty to lead, administer and protect Konoha and to ensure the maximum prosperity of the village.

KONOHA COUNCIL

The Konoha Council, made up of the village’s top officials and people the Hokage trusts. Their duty is to assist the Hokage in governing Konoha and to offer their opinion on decisions that must be made with the greatest benefit to Konoha in mind.

In addition, in case the Hokage is unable to choose his successor, the council is responsible for finding eligible candidates for the position.

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I feel like we don't give enough credit to the fact that Sakura did not have to cheat on the written portion of the chunin exam. They had to sneak in ranked, fully adult members and Sakura is just like "oop better get started this exam is a little long."

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Okay, okay, bear with me but… I think Kishimoto might’ve actually shipped Kakashi/Sakura. *hides*

Sounds crazy, right? I mean it’s definitely not something that could ever get published without editors all over the world having aneurisms but… Kakashi literally has more lovey dovey moments with Sakura – KAKASHI! (you know emotionally-stunted, used to be her teacher? That guy?) – than Sasuke ever did. What the hell, Kishi? And if you don’t believe me… well. The evidence is just–

I think these pictures are kind of self explanatory. However, someone COULD say that it’s just in the anime right? Wrong.

There’s plenty of examples of this in the manga, you know the actual source material, as well. Like…

that pose with her hand on his chest… ummm hello? i dont think thats routine behaviour between students/teachers ? Especially someone as non-physically affectionate as Kakashi? or am i the only one here who thinks this is… something?

them just kinda ALWAYS somehow finding themselves standing next to each other. all the time. Every second panel. (I could add more pictures but tumblr only lets me up to 10 per post)

again there’s the exact same pose but in a different panel. kishi drew it TWICE! he mustve really liked it huh

him holding onto her despite her added weight whilst literally dangling off a piece of paper over a volcano

ummm... in the actual anime he was literally stroking her face with his thumb. i mean if that aint a love soap opera move i dont know what is

More lovey dovey manga scenes. Seriously, am I the only one noticing how relaxed – dare I say, almost at home – they seem with each other? Like they draw energy just out of being next to each other, like they share in their exhaustion, taking comfort in the other, etc? Given, it could just be a very close friendship but it feels like more after seeing those other panels, y’know?

Kakashi literally standing straight to attention at the sight of sakura having a moment w Naruto. Or am I just imagining how tense he seems in this one? I mean normally he’s drawn slouching? And that bead of sweat running down his cheek? That downturn to his brow? Why add it, kishi?

Finally I present to you: Sasuke being a cold ass– er, cool avenger… and (surprise!) rejecting Sakura to… wander aimlessly around – surely this must be the pinnacle of unconditional love – but who’s the one standing next to her like: “yo? Still here? As in, actually here”?? Literally what did you mean by this kishi??? Was it a sign??? A message??

I’m beginning to think he made the lack of love between Sasuke and Sakura obvious on purpose. I mean nobody can be this oblivious, right? It’s almost like Kishi didn’t want Sakura to end up with Sasuke but someone was forcing his hand so he went with it, but kicking and screaming…

Seriously. You could even say that Sakura had moments with Sai. Sai. Like literally her helping him get over his Root conditioning (which is a big deal) and putting up with his attitude to see what lay beneath. Sai literally quit Root because of her and Naruto (though Naruto was a lot more antagonistic, if I’m remembering right, so sakura definitely played a big role there) and clearly cares a lot about Sakura (and there’s a panel where he asks Naruto whether he’s in love with her, so he obviously cares about that too). Their bond could be seen as sister-brother I suppose, I think kishi settled on that as sai faded into the background after being introduced, but still. Initially, sai calling her “ugly” is I think canon for him meaning the opposite. So yeah. Kishi definitely at least considered having sai be a love rival to Sasuke of some sort. I feel like kishi’s the type who likes to keep a lot of possibilities open to him (ie. for example flirting with Itachi being good or evil since the very beginning, probably unsure of which one he was going to pick, etc) but anyway. I’m getting sidetracked!

The point is sakura was supposed to end up with Naruto initially, I think. They had so many moments together and honestly, from a literary standpoint it’s what makes sense. The hero winning the affections of the princess who initially didn’t spare him a second glance, the heroine moving on from the toxic love she was embroiled in, etc. Like literally kishi based Sakura off on his wife and naruto on himself. But alright. The fans wanted Hinata to be with Naruto, so Kishi might’ve caved under the pressure… but he definitely couldn’t have wanted sakura to end up with Sasuke. I mean just look at what he did to them:

Every Sasuke/Sakura moment basically boil down to:

“Hn.”

*tries to kill her*

*tries to kill her again*

*abandons her with a baby*

Ummm… HELLO?! I’m seriously starting to believe Kishimoto (or at the very least a lot of someones at the animation studio) would rather ahip Sakura with Kakashi than Sasuke. And Kishimoto too, damn it! And then his evil editor decided that Sasusaku had to be the final pairing because popularity polls made Hinata into the better candidate for Naruto and because “otherwise she’d seem disloyal if she changed her mind after so long”. It’s called character development, doofus!

Seriously, to anyone who has watched Bakuman (meta manga by the creators of death note about writing manga), you know what the mangaka industry is like. I’m 100% certain that Naruto’s crappy ending had a lot more to do with shitty editors and popularity polls with a demographic of 14 yr. old teenage boys as the only participants rather than Kishimoto actually deciding a damn thing. In fact, it’s known that he wanted to end the manga at the pain arc and yet he was forced to continue it, so that proves that he wasn’t given a lot of choices in regard to what to do with his work.

And that’s why, as he drowned in his feelings of powerlessness, he pulled one last act of rebellion against his editors and snuck Kakashi/Sakura Easter eggs into the manga and conspired with the animators to help him. Maybe he even secretly writes fanfics and nobody knows. (I watch too many dramas I know)

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He actually always had a fair amount of chakra, but the sharingan ate up the majority of it, and he still managed to win the fights that he did. After the war arc, when he's, what, 30? He loses the sharingan and gets a normal eye restored in place of it, and he gets all of that chakra back that he previously spent every waking moment having a foreign object eat out of him, for something like 20 years.

So, just imagine, that he was canonically handicapped on chakra for the majority of his life and still managed to pull off all of the feats he pulls off during the series. It would have been amazing if someone like one of the sannin had been there to train him on top of that, but for all its worth, O think he's one of the few who are more than OK teaching themselves.

After the war arc, I believe he trained for ten years to make up for not having the sharingan anymore, where he invented new jutsu, like the quartz wall, waterstyle: fire mist, and purple lightning that can summon lightning directly from the sky. During Kakashi Retsuden, he actually does learn medical ninjutsu!

So, I agree that maybe he could have learned even more with a teacher, and that could have been great! But I also think that part of the beauty of his character is, that he's just this crazy smart inventor of techniques who goes all out once he's able. Doesn't matter that he's pushing forty, he's still that inwardly energetic kid that just wants to know *all of the things*.

Sannin-trained Kakashi

I just can't help but to wonder how strong Kakashi would have gotten if one of the Sannins got to train him. Sakumo's (Kakashi's dad) strength is stated to have rivaled the sannins, but after Minato died and the probable Anbu training, Kakashi didn't have anyone who specifically trained HIM.

Kakashi is a stated genius, and honestly his only real weakness is his lack of chakra reserves. Imagine how strong Kakashi could have gotten (quicker?) if Jiraiya spent 1-2 years training Kakashi, just like Jiraiya spent training Naruto? Kakashi already has canon sealing knowledge too, he's just not an expert/master.

Or, picture Kakashi training with Tsunade and learning how to store chakra like Tsunade (and later Sakura) does? Just give Kakashi more chakra, and he'd basically be unstoppable.

Idk. I can't help but to wonder how strong he could have gotten without +10 years of having to self-teach himself stuff.