#i also think if you want to get harsher then kakashi and gai are also on the chopping block esp kakashi tho tbh if not for the obito reveal

[deadmegumi]

Nearing the end of shippuden rewatch sorry to all the sanninheads out there I love them also but I do think tsunade and orochimaru should have died. Like 1. the only major casualties (besides obito I guess) being inoichi and shikaku is crazy like why would I care about ino and shikamaru's dads getting spawncamped when I dont even care about ino and shikamaru. u need recognizable consequential characters to die like cmaaaan 2. the new three way deadlock is legitimately cool and then it cuts to the two STILL LIVING members of the previous incarnation and sucks all the air out of it immediately. Lame.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

I always took Kakashi's phrase "Sasuke is just like me" as one of the reasons why he taught him the chidori, they both had the sharingan and had the nature of lightning, you have to be blind not to see the similarities, but it bothers me that some use that phrase to say that Kakashi had favoritism for Sasuke since according to them he trained him just because he looked like him as a child

Ya no he’s not showing favoritism. The line isn’t even ‘sasuke is just like me’ it’s ‘sasuke is similar to me’ which shows Kakashi see’s similarities between them but also understands they’re diffrent in some regards

People who want to make it out to be like he’s showing favoritism are ignoring the story in front of them and Kakashi’s reason’s for teaching Sauske chidori.

Sasuke’s life was in danger and he needed a way to cut through Gaara’s sand in his next battle. He can’t teach Sasuke the eight gates (we only ever see him open the first gate which wouldn’t give sasuke the speed he needs to get past Gaara’s sand) so he goes with the option that fits best for sasuke

Chidori

He also has hope Sasuke will not end up using chidori to hurt others, which is why he’s so ipset when Sasuke does exactly that and uses it against naruto, and almost kills sakura in the process (Naruto using Rasangan was a jiraiya issue and people flat out ignore that and expect Kakashi to scold him when it’s Jiraiya who should be telling him not to use that move against friends since HE taught it to Naruto)

Something i think Kakashi has to face in seeing Sasuke in shippuden, is realizing that while they have similar skills and chakra natures, they are completely different people with different views on what is right/wrong. He can see how different Sasuke is from him in the way Sasuke openly attacks people who want to be his friends (Sakura before she even tries to attack him, wanting to fight Kakashi even when Kakashi stares he does not want to fight sasuke)

Sasuke was never Kakashi’s favorite student. This idea of sensei’s having a fav is weird cuz we never actually see it, Kishi just shows us who their strongest bond is (asuma and shikamaru, gai and Lee, Kurenai and Hinata) but with Kakashi, his bond is strong with all of his students

He is always looking out for Naruto and supporting him

Always on sight to protect Sakura and compliment her skills

And he’s a little harsher on Sasuke because of those similarities he see’s. Like Sasuke’s arrogance, which Kakashi also had once (and still has to a much lesser extent) and which he views as a major flaw of his that caused people to die. (Aka, if he’d worked withnhis team he thinks things would have gone differently)

[depressedkakashihatake]

ugh im feeling so soft rn and cant stop thinking about how kakashi and gai are so close gai can (this is canon) grab his leg, touch his hair, LITERALLY CARRY HIM, and lay their futons next to each other while on their honeymoon. we also know thay gai has seen kakashis face. like... gai is kakashis person. kakashi isnt this comfortable with ANYONE. i could write an entire essay if i wanted to. theyre just... hnnnnn

Kakashi let’s Gai Touch his hair, his leg, check him over for damage, and that is all after Gai says hello like this. ☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽 By wrapping an arm around Kakashi’s neck from behind, and hugging him.

We know Kakashi can be very on edge about this kid of thing, as when they’re teenagers he reacts to Gai trying to tackle hug him by putting a kunai to Gai’s throat. So clearly Kakashi has gotten to a point where he recognizes where it’s Gai doing this and knows to keep his guards down. We also know he doesn’t like being hugged by just anyone, because when Naruto hugs him in excitement once Kakashi straight up tells him ‘let go of me’. Physical touch is very personal to Kakashi, and he only grants it to certain people.

We almost never see Kakashi fight back to back with anyone else. The only other person i think he could is tenzo, but no one else. To fight back to back means to allow that person to have his trust in keeping him guarded, and Kakashi does not trust that deeply easily. Even with his speels about teamwork and doong everything you can for your teammates, he is still very closed off and only trusts certain people. The level of trust he displays with Gai isn’t seen with others. Naruto and Sakura can foght side by side with him, but only Gai fights back to back with him.

Pure unadultered goofball. Kakashi is goofy with everyone when he’s comfertable with them of course. Anyone who knows this man know’s he’s a giant dork.

but his goofy levels skyrocket with Maito Gai. There is no chance he would have a race in Konoha with anyone else right after the destruction of the village by pain. There’s no way he would interupt said race mid jump by throwing a pan/ladal at them and hitting them right in the head to distract them. Gai gets a personal look into just how ridiculous this man can get. Something no one else really gets to see.

If anyone else had tried to do this to Kakashi, i have no doubt he would have committed murder. This is not a fun position to find one self in, and he’s definitly emaressed. But he also trusts Gai and knows that this is probably one of the least embaressing things he could do.

Look at that trust. Gai has Kakashi’s back even when they were kids and Kakashi was doubting himself a lot harsher because of Obito’s death. When Kakashi was left alone with almost no one to have his back, Gai was there (thanks to writer sexism we don’t really get to see Rin support and fight by Kakashi’s side while she’s alive, which is bs). Gai has always been there for Kakashi and Kakashi knows that. There isn’t anyone else that he would trust to question him when needed but also support him and listen to him when they know that his plan is the best to go with (except Tenzo who has done countless missions with Kakashi)

Kakashi would cannonly fo anything he could to make sure Gai is safe and healthy. He understands Mirai’s wishes to see her father because he would gladly do whatever he had to in order to give Gai back the use of his leg.

Kakashi, Who has lost his eye in battle and for years either fought have blind or using an eye that drained his chakra at ridiculous rates. Who understands that war comes with loss, and people will die or lose limbs because of battles. Who has two students who lost an arm fighting against each other.

The only person he is shown to worry about, Is Gai. Because Gai is the most important person to him. The person who has always been there for him. He would give anything to give Gai use of his leg back, because for years he thinks that’s what Gai needs to be truley happy. He has seen Gai struggle with his injury and become upset because of the injury. He has seen how it has adversly affected Gai, and so he thinks healing it would make Gai happy, and Gai being happy is such a priority for him that he’d be willing to do whatever it take’s to make Gai happy.

it’s not until Gai tells him that he’s happy how he is because he has Kakashi by his side. Because while he lost use of his leg, he didn’t lose Kakashi and actually got Kakashi to be closer to him. Even going so far as for them to end up living together and going on vacation together. Kakashi’s most important person is Gai, and Gai’s most important person is Kakashi. They make this clear during the race scene and again during this scene above.

I just want to add this because it just... Gai could have used any two characters to visually represent the joining of these two beings in Tanabanta. He choice himself and Kakashi.

This short silly little scene shows how deeply Gai cares for Kakashi. I know it’s a side show and completly silly, but it’s so adorable. Gai litterally made a story where him and Kakashi get married, and it’s not played off as a joke. zthis is absolutly seriouse and it’s adorable

I can’t find a picture, but Kakashi also choice Gai as his right hand during the war when he was made Captain of the third division.

he had to choose from everyone who he knew, who he trusted the most to have his back and help him lead the third division, and he chose Gai without question. There was no one else he would have as his co-captain.

The minute Kakashi got this turtle he could have done a lot of things, but the thing he did speaks volumes to how important gai is to him. He saw an SOS and without question, he went to Gai’s side. He didn’t care what might have happened, and when he found out what it was (gai being seasick) he wasn’t angry at all. He came to Gai’s side without question to make sure he was ok, and upon finding out that Gai was fine he left. He didn’t even bother to say hello to Naruto or check up on him because he knew Naruto was in good hands. That with Gai and Tenzo watching him, he was fine.