#all the iruka!!!

[dailyirukapics]

I am frothing at the mouth for this AU! Iruka having the eye make-up like Orochimaru when he summons his snake is just... so peak!!

A bit more Orochimaru's student Iruka

Related pages 1, 2 and 4 and 5

[watermelonsloth]

I think the reason why Naruto fans get so passionate and upset about the series is because of how real it can be. Naruto isn’t about paragon heroes outdoing dastardly villains. It’s about human beings fighting tooth and nail to survive in a world surrounded by death. It’s about broken systems made and perpetuated by broken people.

The Hyuga clan isn’t just antagonistic or pretentious, they practice slavery.

The Uchiha clan weren’t just killed by some raging psychopath, they were systematically massacred.

Itachi isn’t just cruel to Sasuke because he’s a bad brother, he’s cruel because he’d been told time and time again that you can only survive by being cruel and he wants nothing more than for Sasuke to survive.

Nagato isn’t trying to take over the world just for the sake of power, he’s trying to take over the world because it beat him down to the point of believing that the only chance at peace there is is the world being forced into compliance through fear.

Iruka isn’t hard on Naruto just because he’s a strict teacher, he’s hard on Naruto because he knows from experience how unforgiving the world is towards orphans.

Kakashi isn’t just some silly and slightly lazy teacher, he’s a contract killer still grieving his loved ones and struggling to do better without knowing how he’s supposed to.

Sakura isn’t just a fangirl, she’s a normal girl in a very dangerous and abnormal world constantly being made to choose between what she’s supposed to do and what she feels.

Sasuke isn’t just some edgelord, he’s a survivor who lost everything then gets repeatedly told that he has to choose between keeping what he’s gained and doing better than his brother.

Naruto isn’t just trying to be the best Hokage there ever was, he’s trying to prove his worth to a society that abandoned him just for existing and, in a way, confirm his worth to himself.

The Naruto story is about humans trying to force themselves into the role of weapons because that’s what they were told they had to be. It’s a story where everyone is a perpetrator but no one is trying to do wrong. It’s a story where everyone is a victim but no one is a perfect victim.

The world and the characters aren’t simple and trying to simplify them only takes away from them. So of course we get passionate about showing off all the reasons why they shouldn’t be simplified and all of the ways they’re complicated. Of course we get upset when we see others simplifying them or selling certain aspects of their characters short. Of course we get upset when the series itself simplifies them. Of course we get upset when the series chooses to abandon them. Because it not only feels like the characters are giving up, it feels like the series is betraying anyone who chose to get invested in its complexities.

[howdoistormspirit]

Kakashi: *pulls back curtain while Iruka is in the shower* Are we - stop screaming it’s just me - are we out of miso?

Iruka: WE DON’T LIVE TOGETHER?!

[irukaamerite]

Lots of doodles

[shzlpzz]

Playing Naruto Path of the Ninja 2 and you can send the adults to watch the Icha Icha movie, this interaction has no reason to be this funny

Also after the movies some characters increase their morale, what shocked me is that Kakashi's had to increase three times to be in highest while Iruka's went to highest just from rhis interaction lol

Also also last one sorry for the long post but there are three kinds of people

[summerhighlandfalls]

ive got things to do like nothing at all i wanna do them with you

[pinkprincessert]

if I had a nickel for every time there was official art featuring characters of a ship that I am incredibly mentally ill for drinking together however another character who is adjacent to one of them as basically an adopted son also in the scene and not catching the vibe of the other two-

I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[brighteuphony]

Do we know what your version of iruka, naruto or kiba would look like? I’m adoring your Sakura designs so much omg. Love kaka too but Sakura is just…A queen!

Outside of Sakura, everyone's got the same exact designs as in canon- as they continued on the same path as the anime/manga!

And thank you so much!

[teatitty]

Kakashi is an S-Tier flirt around Iruka, he initiates most of their PDA, kisses etc he gushes about him whenever possible, is absolute heart eyes at the mere mention of his name which of course means that he also turns into a giggling blushing mess the moment Iruka kisses his cheek before leavin for work in the mornin

[cool-thymus]

Today i finished watching Naruto! And i found this gem in the ending credits: one pure team Minato hug! 💜🧡🩶

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Once I was scrolling thru naruto fics and saw the tag "buisnessman!Kakashi" and all I could think about was Kakashi being a child businessman, owning all the konoha adults at doing business while wearing an oversized suit and tie. That idea is so fucking funny to me.

[dykes4kakashi]

this but when kakashi saved iruka from pain and told him to get away only to die later on

[that1valiantcougar]

Prompt #5 for the Kakairu Maze Challenge 2024

✅ Criminal AU

And with that, my maze is a wrap! With this AU, I took a hard left and went with found family. The premise is that Kakairu met in the streets as kids, grew up supporting each other and in turn, started taking in (adopting) abandoned/abused children. They may or may not have murdered a few people (that deserved it), may have committed kidnap (reasonably), and stolen (from corporate!), but all was well-intentioned. Anyways they have a house of kids and animals rescued from abusive homes and they put scum in their place. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[tcuptearex]

I can’t believe I forgot Kakashi and Iruka were having lowkey having ninja teacher custody battle over parenting styles in the background of the chunin exams.

[summerhighlandfalls]

iruka doodle dump from the past month or so

[every-jiraiya]