#fuck kishimoto

[xiv-drake]

Just realized Sakura’s story arc is basically “What if at the end of Legally Blonde Elle Woods married Warner?” and ended up bumming myself out

[famousinmyfandom]

When the fuck is mirai sarutobi born?

Asuma died on October 18. She should have been born in July, but the lore says she was born in the “depths of autumn”. She would’ve been three months overdue. Idk much about babies but I don’t think that works? I mean yeah, there was a woman who was pregnant for over a year but I can’t imagine that’s healthy. And they have medical ninjutsu, so…

Ugh the gap between Tenzou’s abduction and the war officially starting straight up shouldn’t exist. Like it’s almost like Kishi got his dates mixed up and just… started the war late?

Maybe I should be like kishi and just not give a fuck about my timelines 🙄

[evilkitten3]

sick of konan being written as the only sane one in the akatsuki. the lady thinks her bestie is an actual deity and she somehow found the time and energy to make six hundred billion bombs for the purpose of killing a single guy who helped kickstart her terrorist organization bc she thinks he's a bit sus

the only sane one is kisame

[cynicallyneutral]

so yesterdat i was tryna get back to drawing by drawing sns being gay (confesssion) but in the middle i was struck by dejavu, then i realized iw as basically redrawing the ‘because ur my friend’ scene

[obito-in-disguise]

Itachi's love for Sasuke- A collage

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[thequeenofsarcaasm]

Male shonen characters getting in heterosexual relationships out of nowhere after lusting over the same man for 15 seasons

[r--kt]

I can't take these two frames seriously, look at the dumb ones. the first dude came just to gossip and flirt, and the second one makes it even worse with his sudden jojo face (and probably voice). also the dialogue is SO AWKWARD WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS. repeating the villain's name three times in two frames in a row is definitely not suspicious, especially for that idiot in a mask. "oh, which one?" yeah that's the point.

[every-kuzu]

[martialartslover7]

Hot take: Yamato stole Anko's role

No disrespect towards you Yamato fam, but, in hindsight, what kind of purpose did Yamato serve, beyond being later reduced to a comic relief, who is horrendously incompetent at his job with keeping Naruto's Kyuubi chakra in-check? ...Like, seriously, what is the point of this character? If we needed insight on how corrupt Danzo was, we already got Sai for that, and even he is not that interesting to me. But for who he was, he served a grander purpose. But Yamato, why is he even thing? He feels so... weirdly shoehorned into Kakashi's backstory, as if, "he was always there", that kind of vibe.

Kinda like Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6...

Meanwhile, someone like Anko, could have easily taken his place, especially during the Tenchi Bridge story arc, and provide us with her impeccable insight on Orochimaru, as she knew this vile man, inside out. She could have shown to Naruto, Sakura and Sai, what training must have looked like for Sasuke, while training under her former teacher's guidance, and how vindictive this snake man really is. As, let's not kid ourselves, he did play a significant part in Sasuke ending up the way he did, personality-wise. Plus, it would have been a nice way to show, how much faith Kakashi is willing to put in Anko, considering that, in Part 1, filler or not, they seemed to have some tiny ounce and hint of familiarity between the two. And she doesn't exactly seem like the type of person to be "incompetent" (Seriously, FUCK. OFF. BORUTO. Anko did NOT deserve to be reduced to THIS.), she could have shown off her jutsu prowess in many ways than one, even Sealing jutsu, considering she was trained by Orochimaru himself, who had access to such an ability, which he had shown off in Part 1 against Naruto.

So, no, I say, Anko's spot in the story, truly was unintentionally stolen by Yamato, who, in my opinion, is just flat, boring and doesn't have that much depth to himself, you could have easily given this Wood release jutsu specialty to Anko, too, in all honesty.

Plus, I would have loved to see Anko having some mild form of satisfaction in seeing Naruto tearing Orochimaru to pieces with his fox chakra, before then needing to restrain him. I dunno, man, in hindsight, this feels like an Any % Speedrun on how easily you can waste a character, that deserved to have way more screentime than what she was given, she is not even playable in the videogames, outside of the PS2 titles.

You did muh gurl dirty, Kishimoto. Shame on you.

[moldy-flowers]

Redraw of old Hinata art :33

She was my first love I'll never forget her I would scream whenever she showed up

Old version (April 2023) under the cut

[sapphic-agent]

I'm not caught up with the newest chapters or the leaks, but I'd just like to look at this for a minute:

And people will try to tell me that Horikoshi doesn't favor Bakugou? Yeah, okay.

[hibiscusseaart]

Im currently watching Naruto (for the first time lol) and Madara just liked his own blood on the battlefield and he's so happy about it

jesus he's such a freak i love him

[pearl-dragon-cavern]

Tenten is so...

💕~Babygirl~💕

[sanjiafterhours]

One thing I've learned about life is that u gotta ignore peoples' expectations like how u ignore the naruto canon

[kelin-is-writing]

… I hate all this with the strength of a thousand suns. You deserved better, you really deserved way better than whatever this is…

[stickyricewithmangosauce]

idk if i sound pessimistic when i say this but there are also lots of charcters in naruto that have no purpose right 😭 the many female charcters of kishimoto who had a lot of potential but who cares right it's your typical shounen shitshow. i get mad whenever i think of kurenai or anko like yeah we get it kishi you don't want women unless its for fanservice

I don't think it's pessimistic at all, just realistic. I mean, Ibiki? In theory he should have such an important role in Konoha, but he's unimportant after the Chunin exam. Or the entire ninja population in war? Why raise an army and create big scenes with it when Jesus Naruto saves everyone's ass?

And the women in Naruto… If you want to piss me off in less than five words, all you have to do is remind me of the treatment of female characters in Naruto and Shounen in general. I hate the excuse But Shounen is for boys, they don't need female characters! Even if Shounen was only for boys, that doesn't mean you should throw out all female characters except, as you said, for fan service. God forbid, if boys learn early on that women can be just as complex as men. A nightmare!

Kurenai's genjutsu should basically be on par with Itachi's(as was stated before in Naruto OG)! And instead of a cool fight, she gets that one scene with Itachi and then becomes a mother. She's just as much a Jonin as Asuma or Kakashi or Gai and each of them had fantastic moments, but Kurenai. She's the mother of Asuma's child, that's her biggest role. Especially in the middle/end of Shippuden it would have been so cool to see Genjutsu, which comes up right away with the Sharingan. Just to make the Uchiha not completly almitghy, because why even bother if your fate is decided by birth(oh hi neji...)?

Or Anko, who was cast out as Orochimaru's student, but just keeps doing her shit. Who brings grown men to tears as an afternoon hobby. And now imagine an Ino, who specializes in mind technique, is trained by someone as ruthless like Anko.

Or a Hinata who isn't particularly good at fighting, but understands politics and all the more important politicians because of her background. A Hinata who is always underestimated, but perfekt as a diplomat of Konoha and always gets the best deal. Who, together with Neji, overthrows the Hyuuga system before the main branch even notices it.

A Tsunade who is supposed to be just as strong as Jiraiya and Orochimaru, as has been mentioned several times, but crouches on the ground in despair when Pain attacks the village? How about a Tsunade who fought in the second Shinobi war, who turned the entire war against Suna in her favor just through her intellect. Who is seen as having experience in battle and in her decisions as Hokage.

Or Sakura, who is supposed to be the best Konoichi of her year and the second smartest person of the Konoha 12. Right after Shikamaru. No joke, according to canon she is smarter than Sasuke, Neji, Shino, Ino. She is said to have an IQ of 174. So, in our world, she has a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking and is estimated to be on a similar level to Albert Einstein. She could have been an inventor like Tobirama Senju, but instead her entire character is designed to look after the boys and men in the series. Like almost all other female characters in Naruto, Sakura's entire world revolves around the male characters in her life and how she can somehow be like them.

I love Naruto, but as a woman I find it's getting harder and harder to ignore. Naruto in general has the problem of caring too much about Naruto and Sasuke and ignoring everything else, it's just that it's most evident in the female characters.

As much as I like Naruto, as woman it tends to get frustrating to watch when you have all that potential in front of you, but it is just not getting used.