#naruto teuchi

[every-sasuke-uchiha]

[narutwitter]

[urban-goose]

Teuchi every time Naruto gets back from a mission:

[evilkitten3]

naruto textposts 9/??? (wtnv tweet edition!)

[incorrectkakagaiquotes]

Gai: That sounds terrifying. Teuchi: Gai: Teuchi: What sounds terrifying? Kakashi: He thinks you said ghost cheese not goats cheese.

[watermelonsloth]

While I do like the fandom depiction of Kakashi and Iruka as Naruto’s two dads, I much prefer them having divorced-parents energy and passing him off at a Denny’s

[howdoistormspirit]

All of Iruka’s reusable grocery bags are this bag, sorry I don’t make the rules

[ilbenmalpensanteus]

I think that saying Naruto doesn’t understand love (like The Last appeared to suggest) is a bestial assumption that desecrates the entire plot of the original manga.

Another bullshit (but this could be simply me psychoanalysing the main character way too much) is Sakura being so shocked about Naruto comparison between Love and Ramen.

His definition is not “nosense” at all: for Naruto ramen is care, comfort, his favourite food ‘cause remembers him about Teuchi, who was one of the few people caring about his well-being during childhood. Ramen takes good memories and it’s his mother’s favourite food as well.

In Naruto’s mind, ramen is Home.

So I think is really cruel to underestimate this concept as stupid (but is not strange at all that is Sakura, the most insensitive character of the show, who tries to change his mind).

So, the fact that he has to “re-think” a new idea of love to understand his feelings for Hinata is hilarious. Despite the genjustu thing, this feeling seems totally artificial.

But ramen, obviously, is not the only reason. AT ALL.

I’ve disliked the film. And maybe the concepts that they had tried so hard to resemantize are the only things making sense in canon.

Naruto belongs with Sasuke, and this is not casualties and doesn’t need any resemantization. Never.

PS: English is not my native language AND I’m typing using a smaalll phone, so please don’t be a nazi-grammar. ✨

PPS: yes, resemantization is an actual word usually used in historical-semantic or anthropological field and semantic studies.

[huskymaine]

"Naruto Fourth Movie : The Lost Tower" Radio Drama : Kakashi's Diary

Translation below (start from 0:36) :

Sound of paper flipping

Kakashi : Now… this…

Teuchi : Welcome!

Kakashi : Helloo!

Sakura : Huh?

Kakashi : Huh?

Naruto : Kakashi-sensei!

Kakashi : Long time no see you guys. Are you guys going to eat ramen together? It’s good that you get along so well as a team. Then, sorry to interrupt, I’ll leave first

Sakura : Really, Kakashi-sensei…

Naruto : What’s this sense of distance? Seriously, Kakashi-sensei is supposed to be the captain of our Team 7, but we haven’t been on many mission together recently. Like our last mission to track down Mukade Kakashi-sensei is not there, makes me lonely-ttebayo

Kakashi : Hahaha, happy to hear that. Well, I have entrusted you guys to my excellent junior Yamato’s care , so no worries…

Kakashi : *inner voice* Although I have been given solo missions recently, but it’s so relaxing. Ah.. the misson without Naruto is the best!

Naruto : Huh? Kakashi-sensei did you say something?

Kakashi : Ah, I didn’t say anything. Just the voice of my heart

Naruto : Well okay then. Huh? That book…

Kakashi : Ah, this…

Naruto : Don’t tell me, that’s the Pervy Sage’s writing, “Icha-Icha Paradise”? Although it’s such a boring book, but now that I think about it, it maybe also contains a message from my deceased master? In this case, shouldn’t I, as disciple, be the one holding it? Kakashi-sensei, give me that book, the whole series belongs to me!

Kakashi : No way, that’s absolutely not possible! Anyway, “Icha-Icha Paradise” is just for entertaintment. If you don’t separate the image of Jiraiya from the book when you read it, you can’t enjoy it completely. In the first place I think that book was conveyed by God through the hands of Jiraiya-sama! Can I talk about this topic for longer??

Naruto : N-no, stop it-ttebayo...

Kakashi : Besides, this book is not “Icha-Icha Paradise”!

Naruto : Eh? I-is that so?

Kakashi : This is… my diary.

Sakura : Wah..

Sai : As expected, Kakashi-san is a scholar, he even read his own diary. I should imitate it

Naruto : No, no, no, you shouldn’t imitate this. Reading a diary while eating ramen is too disgusting-ttebayo

Kakashi : There’s a reason why I’m like this.

Sakura : Reason? By the way Kakashi-sensei, that diary looks quite old..

Kakashi : Ah, this is a diary I have written everyday since I entered Ninja Academy. This is the twelfth volume of “Wind and Cloud” chapter, dated on the first day I became Chuunin. I found this when I was cleaning my room yesterday. After turning page after page, yeah I was so distracted by my nostalgic days that I forgot to clean up, extensively I read it till night. Well, I found out there’s only one day content in it that, I don’t know why, looks so vague.

Sakura : Vague?

Kakashi : Mm.. I only know that on this day and this month, I was assigned an important mission for the first time with Minato-sensei’s recommendation. But the details were not written. Also my own memory is also very vague, for some reason I simply can’t remember it.

Naruto : Wait, hold it! Is that Minato-sensei the Fourth Hokage?

Kakashi : Yeah, I was in Minato-sensei’s class, Minato-sensei was my master.

Naruto : Aah, Kakashi-sensei gaahh! That was clearly the first important mission with that Fourth Hokage, how can you forget it?! Unbelievable! Do dogeza (extensive kneeling down) to the Fourth Hokage’s face statue this instant-ttebayo!

Kakashi : I-I can’t refute it.. Nnnn-Even if you say so, I can’t do anything to something that was already forgotten!

Sakura : Haaate that Kakashi-sensei is start making excuses.

Kakashi : That’s why, I just came here to recall what happened on that blank day!

Sai : On the Ichiraku store?

Kakashi : Ah, this day’s diary started with Ichiraku Ramen store.

Teuchi : On that day and month, that’s the first time I released the result of my practice, Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen.

Kakashi : Yeah, that’s right. That’s exactly what was written at the beginning of the page. [On this day and this month, I woke up early and ran into the long queue at Ichiraku Ramen store. How I look forward to this day coming. The so-called new ramen that Teuchi-san discovered through his ramen training, what kind of existence is it? I haven’t had dinner since yesterday, to completely prepare myself for this event. But when I arrived in line, there’s Gai, Asuma, and Shizune in front of me. That muscular idiot, nosy hag, and monkey’s idiot son, how can they possibly comprehend Teuchi-san’s masterpiece?]

Naruto : Geh… Can’t believe Kakashi-sensei had such a poisonous tongue..

Kakashi : [At that time, Minato-sensei came over and called me away. Eh, no way, seriously, Minato-sensei please read the room. Why do we need to perform the mission on this day? I have queuing up, you know? Ah, it’s so hard to have a nasty superior.]

Naruto : That’s cruel.. Even the Fourth Hokage was not spared..

Sakura : What’s an annoying little brat.

Kakashi : Ugh.. N-no, that’s, well it’s my diary, I think I can’t lie to maintain the reality of this diary.

Naruto : The impression is getting worse and worse-ttebayo.

Kakashi : Anyway! [On the time I was called away by Minato-sensei, he was together with Akimichi Choza-senpai and Aburame Shibi-senpai. Then we all started to go to my first important mission.]

Sakura : Choza-san is Chouji’s dad and Shibi-san is Shino’s dad, right?

Kakashi : That’s right.

Naruto : Waah… hey do you remember the mission’s content?

 Kakashi : Ah, if I remember correctly, it’s to capture a certain minister of Rouran, a city in the dessert of the Land of Sand.

Naruto : Speaking of Rouran, isn’t that where we went on our previous mission? There are nothing else but ruins.

Kakashi : At that time, Rouran had several towers built, it was a very prosperous place. My mission is to blow up an underground facility in Rouran using the paper bombs. The detonation was successful, but my memory after that is pretty vague. When I came back to my senses, I have already started my journey back to Konoha Village. That was obviously the first important mission with Minato-sensei, such an important memory, but I really can’t remember what happened! So in order to find clues, I came to the Ichiraku Ramen store that was mentioned in my diary.

Naruto : Hmm… is that so…

Sakura : But, if the Ichiraku was only mentioned before you got called away, there shouldn’t be any clues here

Kakashi : Hmm…

Sai : Is there nothing to remember in that vague memory?

Kakashi : That’s right… A smell of wood

Naruto, Sakura, Sai : Hm hm..

Kakashi : Kinda see shadowy something moving in the desert. Also, a face of a beautiful woman. And, that’s right! I don’t know why but there’s a swelling on my head, it felt very painful

Sai : I understand!

Naruto, Sakura : Heeh?

Sai : I know what that meant!

Kakashi : You know? As expected of Sai the ex-ROOT!

Sai : I read it on library.

Kakashi : What does that mean?

Sai : This is how it goes..

Sai’s Version

Sai : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. We must make achievements, so that’s why teamwork is important. This is the first time I team up with Choza-san and Shibi-san, so I immediately gave those two people nicknames. Obviously Choza-san is ‘fatty’]

Kakashi : The protagonist has become you. Well, although Choza-san is indeed fat, but not to the extent of Chouji.

Sai : [Ah! There are turtles on the direction of that desert! The turtle was hit and abused with a stick by the bad kids.]

Naruto : I see! The turtle is ‘shadow moving in the desert’

Sakura : Then ‘the smell of wood’ is a stick?

 Sai : [Obviously I, who have Konoha’s Will of Fire inside me, used my kunai to chase away the bad kids, and saved the turtle.]

Kakashi : W-wait, isn’t to dangerous to use kunai? That will cause an incident.

Sai : [Then I was invited by the rescued turtle to the Dragon Palace.]

Naruto : Ah, there he went…

Kakashi : Dragon Palace in the middle of desert…

Sai : [In that place I, with the beautiful Otohime-sama, we spent days together like Icha-Icha Paradise.]

Kakashi : Ano… I don’t want you to use Icha-Icha Paradise for this kind of thing.

Sakura : I see, Otohime-sama is the beautiful woman, right?

Sai : [Happy time is always short. I remembered the mission, and decided to leave the Dragon Palace. Before going back, I received a jade box from Otohime-sama, and with that I came back to the desert.]

Sakura : Yes yes, after you opened it, smoke came out from the box, right?

Sai : [After the smoke dissipated, my hair turned completely white.]

Naruto : I see! That’s why Kakashi-sensei’s hair is like that-

Kakashi : It has been like that since the beginning!

Sai : [When I came back to my senses, the surrounding area has turned into desert.]

Kakashi : It was a desert since the beginning

Sai : [Then I was surrounded by bad kids with sticks! What a surprise, I turn into a turtle.]

Kakashi : Eh, why did I turn into turtle?

Sai : [I was poked and beaten with sticks by those bad kids, then got kicked. Because of that, there are swollen lumps all over my head.]

Naruto : Hm! Now all the keywords are complete.

Sai : [I craned my head for help from around. Then from the other side, myself from few days ago came to rescue me. The end]

Kakashi : Why did such a bizarre incident like Urashima Taro happen to me?

Naruto : Hmm, I don’t quite understand the last part

Sakura : Isn’t that the one? After opening the jade box, time and space retrogade ocurred, you went to the past time, and you met the past self?

Naruto : The so-called ‘Time-Slip!’

Kakashi : Yes yes, ‘slip’ indeed. By the way the original punchline is that “when I came back, decades of time have passed”.

Sai : I arranged the story a little bit according to the circumstances

Kakashi : Can you please not doing any irrelevant arrangement?

Sai : So is that wrong?

Sakura : Then… could this be what happened?

Sakura’s Version

Sakura : [My name is Hatake Kakashi. Today is my first important mission. I must make achievements. Even if it’s insignificant, I’ll work hard to get closer to Minato-sensei. While encouraging myself, I went to the desert. Kyah! What a huge sandstorm!]

Kakashi : What the heck is that “kyah!”

Sakura : [But sandstorm are nothing, because I wore my mask hehehehe]

Naruto : How do I say it, Kakashi-sensei’s mask is indeed very convenient, but it’s weird to wear a mask all the time, right? Hehe, I want to see Kakashi’s real face. That’s right! Sai, you’re an ex-ANBU ROOT, do you ever see Kakashi’s real face?

Sai : The ANBUs also spent a lot of effort to investigate, but all seem to have failed

Kakashi : Lady Tsunade please don’t spend our budget on this kind of ridiculous thing

Sakura : You guys, this is my turn to talk you know?

Kakashi : Ah, my bad, I’m sorry, ok. Then?

Sakura : Ehem! [After walking in the sandstorm for a while, I saw a shadow moving on the other side of the desert. When I looked closely, that shadow seems to be a human being.]

Naruto : A human, huh

Sakura : [When I approached it, I saw a beautiful woman with red hair. She seems to be the queen of Rouran.]

Kakashi : Hmm, it’s more likely than a turtle

Sai : I see, that’s awesome. Two keywords have been eliminated.

Kakashi : You see, this is not some kind of quizz game

Sakura : [The Queen seems to have lost consciousness. I will save the Queen. She wandered in the desert with her weak body. Her body was trembling, hugged me tightly. The Queen said, “I am cold, please warm me up.”]

Naruto : Ooh then what? Then what?

 Sakura : [In that moment I fell in love.] Kyaah! Hey Kakashi-sensei, is this a love story? This is truly my taste~

Kakashi : You came up with this yourself!

Sai : That makes us doki doki

Naruto : Mmm then? Then?! Sakura-chan, what happened next?

Sakura : [I don’t know how to give her warmth. Should I hug her tight to give her my warmth? I can’t do this kind of thing.] Kyaah! Kakashi-sensei you’re so pure!

Kakashi : Ano na, can you please stop fantasizing about me and getting to enthusiastic without my permission?

Naruto : Hmmm what did you do, Kakashi-sensei! How did you warmth the Queen?

Sakura : [Can’t be helped, I started digging around the desert, in search for hotspring]

Naruto : Eh, you are so spineless-ttebayo

Sai : But that does seem more in character of him

Kakashi : How is it possible that there are hot springs in the desert?

Sakura : [I dug out a hotspring.]

Kakashi : Eeehh? I actually dug it out…

Sakura : [Then I made hotspring bathtub from cypress for the Queen]

Sai : Cypress? Yosh, I understand. That’s the keyword for “the smell of wood”.

Naruto : That bathtub, does this feel like it’s started to go beyond the pure love route?

Sakura : [Across the steam of hot water, the Queen gradually took off her clothes and submerged herself into the water. That’s like the ancient text says, Mirage in The Dessert, dreamlike scene. Of course I can’t look directly at the scene. But I want to see! But I shouldn’t look. I want to see! I can’t look! Can’t, can’t can’t!] THAT'S RIGHT, KAKASHI SENSEI YOU CAN'T LOOK! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK!

Kakashi : Ow ow ow, Sakura please don’t hit me in the head!

Sai : I see, the swelling on the head is from him hitting his own head to calm his evil desire

Kakashi : Whose evil desire?!

Sakura : [At that time. The Queen’s voice came from the other side of the steam. “The temperature is just right, would you like to come in?” My heart was beating so fast till about to burst. Ah, this is the real Icha-Icha Paradise! I entered the hot spring as if I were bewitched by a demon]

Naruto : Somehow, this doesn’t seem like the usual Sakura.

Sai : Is that so?

Naruto : She made this kind of story but when I went to peek into the women’s bath, she yelled “Shannaroo!” and beat me up with Iron Fists

Kakashi : To remind you all, this is my diary

Sakura : [“Hey, what’s wrong? Please come closer to this side.” But I was too shy to get closer, I didn’t move even a step. “Waah, you are such a shy person” saying that The Queen came toward me instead. The Queen looked at me. “No way, you’re wearing a mask into hotspring.”]

Naruto : Ah!

Sai : I see!

Sakura : [“Take out your mask and let me see your true face. Hurry, hurry!”]

Sai : Sakura, you’re doing great!

Naruto : The target is Kakashi-sensei’s true face!

Sai : This was her plan from the beginning. This is the genjutsu called “Story-telling”

Sakura : [“Hurry!” So I put my hand on the mask as she said. Then…]

Kakashi : [I took off the mask. My true face is…]

Naruto : What is it like-ttebayo, Kakashi-sensei??

Kakashi : [This is what I look like..] But obviously I didn’t take it off!

Sakura : Umrrh what a shame, I was so close…

Kakashi : Your intention is all wrong!

Naruto : Hmm, So, so, how about this?

Kakashi : Haah??

Naruto’s Version

Naruto : [My name is Hatake Kakashi-dattebayo]

Kakashi : Already wrong from the start-ttebayo

Naruto : [Today is my first important mission, I must make a great achievement, so that I can become Hokage, and make people in the village recognize my strength!]

Kakashi : That’s your goal, isn’t it?

Naruto : [I will not going back from my ninja way! I don’t care whether there’s a turtle or a queen in the desert-ttebayo!]

Kakashi : So you’re gonna ignore them

Naruto : [Of course there’s a smell of wood-ttebayo. I am Konoha’s ninja, my wind attribute will make the fuel of my Will of Fire burn strong!]

Kakashi : Uh, but my attribute is Lightning element…

Sai : You seems to be in a good spirit, Naruto

Sakura : Do your best, Naruto!

Naruto : Ooh!

Kakashi : As I said, this is my diary

Naruto : [I go straight to the mission, to punish the evil minister. Enemies are swarming wherever I go, and I beat them all with the pure strength of my fists!]

Kakashi : Ah, so the swelling is actually on other people’s heads?

Naruto : [Of course it is-ttebayo! How could I get hit by those people? To support in behalf of the Fourth Hokage, I am willing to go through fire and water without hesitation!]

Kakashi : Ooh oh, I understand! I understand that feeling!

Naruto : [Ah! I heard a shout, then the Fourth Hokage must be in danger. In that case, I have to help the Fourth Hokage no matter what-ttebayo!]

Kakashi : Naruto, you tell it so well, I feel so too

Naruto : [I started running to find the Fourth Hokage, and I entered a dark alley. Then, on there a toad sat upright on the ground and looked up to me]

Sai : Toad is not among the keywords

Naruto : [Suddenly the toad turned around and jumped further “PYOON” toward the dark alley, I was driven by some premonition and chase the toad.]

Sakura : Ah! “Kakashi in Wonderland!”

Kakashi : Then it should be rabbit

Sai : But both rabbit and toad jump forward

Kakashi : Fine, whatever

Naruto : [While chasing the toad that went “PYOKOON”, there’s a tunnel ahead. In the dark tunnel, I can only rely on the “PYOKOON” jumping sound to run forward. Then, I alone was suddenly ambushed by a shinobi. While I chase the toad, somehow I was also being chased by the other.]

Kakashi : Oh, the theme has changed!

Naruto : [Finally I was caught up, and the shinobi who chased me said “How about you just give up? I’m almost tired of playing this deduction game”]

Kakashi : Hmm? This dialogue..

Naruto : [The pursuing shinobi aimed his kunai at me, “You better know the reality and give up”. But I used my Kage Bunshin to deceive the enemy, so instead the chasing shinobi was the one that getting cornered. “I will never give up, NEVER GIVE UP!”]

Sakura : Waah, so cool!

Kakashi : That’s a parody of Jiraiya-sama’s other masterpiece which I am not really interested on, “The Tale of Gutsy Ninja”!

Naruto : [Then the chasing shinobi said, “Even if you defeat me, the next assassin will be there, aah, they will mess with Kakashi-sensei’s memories, as long as I still live in Kakashi-sensei’s vague memory realm, you will never remember this..]

Kakashi : Then has this become a problem with the realm inside my head?

Sai : How academic..

Naruto : [Then I said, “Then I will definitely unlock that memory. If there are memories with the Fourth Hokage, I will hold it tightly! I will never give up!!”]

Kakashi : Who are you?

Naruto : [“MY NAME IS UZUMAKI NARUTO!!”]

Kakashi : That’s not me anymore!

Naruto : [When I came back to my senses, I was already chasing the toad again. Yes, the place it goes has my memories with the Fourth Hokage, for some reason I so sure about it! The Fourth Hokage exists in that place! Fourth Hokage!]

Kakashi : Woah, this has become your story…

Naruto : [I ran with all my might. While I was running, a prison suddenly appeared in front of me.]

*Beastly roar*

Naruto : [That’s… The fox-demon Kyuubi!]

Sakura : This is bad!

Kakashi : Now this has became a problem in a realm inside Naruto’s head

Naruto : [The fox-demon said, “if you want to see the Fourth Hokage so much, little boy, I will lend you my power”]

*Bubbling sound*

Naruto : [I… I am..!]

Sai : This is bad, Naruto has grown tails!

Sakura : All four...!

Kakashi : Why did my diary cause all of this…

Teuchi : Please stop going rampage inside my store!

*Beastly roar with Naruto*

Sakura : Naruto!

Yamato : Wood Style!

Sakura : Captain Yamato!

Kakashi : Oh Tenzou! I mean, Yamato

Yamato : Thank goodness, that’s so dangerous, Naruto. Fortunately I have been hiding behind the curtain and listening to everyone’s talking.

Sakura : Captain Yamato, you eavesdropped?

Yamato : Well yeah...

Naruto : Gaah! Aah… that was close, I was almost being taken over by that fox-demon bastard. Although I already swore not to borrow that guy’s power again

Sai : That shows how much you want to meet the Fourth Hokage

Naruto : You’re right-ttebayo! But I really envy Kakashi-sensei, you can go to missions with the Fourth Hokage, you also can be near him and receive his teaching. After all, the Fourth Hokage is someone that I admire so much

Kakashi : Naruto… Yeah, he’s also someone I admire forever. However, although it’s only a day, I managed to forget the memories with Minato-sensei…

Naruto : That’s right-ttebayo! While I’ve never even see the Fourth Hokage…

Kakashi : I am a failure as a student…

Yamato : Seriously, Kakashi-senpai, as your kohai I feel embarrassed for you

Kakashi : Wh-what do you say?! In that case, you should also think of something that can fill my forgotten memory!

Yamato : Why me..

Kakashi : Just hurry think of something! The explanation that I can accept!

Yamato : Uhmm this is troublesome… So how about I summarize the best parts of what everyone said?

Kakashi : The best parts?

Yamato : That’s right, I mean those keywords that Kakashi-senpai said. For example, about the shadow that moved in the desert, just as Sakura said, it was indeed a human being.

Sakura : Hm!

Yamato : The smell of wood comes from that person. In other words, that’s the smell of Wood Style, meaning the one who collapsed in the desert is me, Yamato.

Naruto : But how is Captain Yamato there?

Yamato : That was the idea that I took from Sai’s story, ‘time-slip’ occurred in Rouran.

Sai : I see…

Kakashi : Oh, then?

Yamato : I fell down and was saved by the kid Kakashi-senpai. Then after I heard what happened, it was like what Naruto said, I went to Rouran in order to go to the Fourth Hokage’s side.

Naruto : Oh, my idea is also used-ttebayo!

Kakashi : Hm hm, then what? Then what?

Yamato : Then I used Wood Release Ninjutsu to defeat the swarming enemies. But the little Kakashi-senpai who has yet got his Sharingan held me back, which made me unable to reach the Fourth Hokage quickly. I rescued Kakashi-senpai from crises many times, but little Kakashi-senpai was still so arrogant. The two of us finally reached the Fourth Hokage, saved them all from trouble, resolved the incident! I accept the Queen’s kiss! But because I was too angry with the bratty Kakashi-senpai, so I hit him in the head with my fist. How about that?

Kakashi : Ah! That’s it!

Naruto : Eeh??

Sai : Hm hm

Sakura : Is that so?!

Kakashi : Obviously that’s not possible!

Yamato : Ow!

Kakashi : Stop talking nonsense!

Yamato : We can only talk nonsense about this kind of thing, right?

Kakashi : Somehow that makes me mad. Nnnn-somehow, looking at you feel like a nasty memory has awaken! You did something to the kid me, aren’t you?

Yamato : I did nothing! Senpai also now talks nonsense!

Kakashi : Because of you! Ah, the tingling feeling in my head is back. Oi Yamato! Let me smack you in the head!

Yamato : *bonking ensues* W-wait, wait, why, why did you hit my head!

Kakashi : Revenge for that timee!

Yamato : What revenge?!

Kakashi : I don’t know! Aargh!

Naruto : Ah, ah, what are you guys doing?

Sakura : Really stop it both of you

Sai : Really immature

Kakashi : Although I don’t quite understand, by hitting Yamato’s head my vague memory feels resolved. Now it doesn’t matter if I can’t remember it.

Yamato : Huhu why this happen to me?

Teuchi : Speaking of which..

All : huh?

Teuchi : About two days after the event of new menu, the Fourth Hokage walked around then came to our store alone.

Kakashi : Heh? Minato-sensei did?

Naruto : Really? Do you have a signature? Doesn't that often happen with ramen shops?

Sakura : Naruto shut up!

Teuchi : He ate the new Tonkotsu Miso Char Shiu Ramen. Then he said this softly, “That mission was successful thanks to a certain boy.”

Kakashi : A certain boy?

Sakura : Of course that refers to Kakashi-sensei, right?

Sai : That’s probably it

Yamato : Well, since it’s Kakashi-senpai, that’s really possible

Kakashi : Heh? Really? I did it? I managed to show my skill in my first important mission, and then got praised by Minato-sensei. Hooray! I feel so happy! Haah, but how can I forget this important milestone of my life? I am really a failure…

Naruto : No, you are indeed awesome, Kakashi’sensei! You can be praised by that Fourth Hokage, really makes me envy, you, you..

Kakashi : Hehe, is that so? Then I will be prideful for a while~

Naruto : Haha, then let’s we eat the rest of ramen

Teuchi : Hoo, you also ate the Naruto roll at the very end

Naruto : Yeah, of course the most delicious food should be saved for last

Teuchi : The Fourth Hokage also had that habit

Naruto : Hehehe

[every-jiraiya]

[mandoriana]

Sorry for my english

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My favorite shonen anime trope is the shopkeep who feeds the orphaned main character. We saw how business boomed for Ichiraku Ramen when Naruto became Hokage. Imagine how things will boom for Makino when Luffy becomes Pirate King.

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do you think another reason the chuunin exams were created (besides filtering out the "untalented" nin & introducing them to the life of a shinobi) was to create a trauma-bond between the teammates that survived/passed it? it's no secret that kid's lives or their innocence were never really valued in Konoha (or anywhere else for that matter), so I wouldn't be too surprised to find out this was done to strengthen the bond between teammates & better their teamwork/spirit

also, do you think the chuunin exams were especially traumatic during the sannin era, especially bc they were 6 (or a few years older but defo younger than naruto's gen) ??? and even if it wasn't the chuunin exams goal to create a traumabond, it certainly did for the sannin?

honestly, no. it's possible that i'm just the sort of person who tends to assume the best of people, especially fictional ones, but it's also true that i just tend to find fucked up shit more interesting when it was done with good intentions. i'm only into cartoonishly heinous motivations when they're applied to individuals rather than systems, i guess.

the thing you need to keep in mind concerning my view of the naruto universe is that literally every single character is deeply traumatized, whether they're aware of that or not. for starters, the vast majority of characters were raised to be child soldiers in a world where that's considered normal. our modern view of the 18-21 age group as the youngest adults doesn't apply there - legally, these people are becoming adults at ages as young as twelve (and that's the improved version - a lot of the older cast members have been shinobi since as young as five or six).

even the characters who never became ninja have all been through some pretty serious trauma. ayame and teuchi lived through the kyuubi attack, tazuna and his family had to deal with the whole gatou situation, and so on. no one in this world is remotely okay by our standards. but what that means is that being a neurotic mess is the norm. for the whole. entire. world.

a world based on structures so fucked up is going to be full of thoughts that to us seem entirely contradictory - how can konoha say it cares for its citizens when of the five most famous genin-by-six, the most functional is jiraiya (kakashi is a mess, tsunade is drinking and gambling away her problems, orochimaru is out there inventing to moral event horizons to cross, and itachi murdered his whole family and tortured his little brother about it)? but - and this is something that is understandably hard for people to wrap their heads around - we're shown things from people like the sandaime's point of view. we know - for a fact - that hiruzen cares deeply about his village and its citizens, and that most of the people he was personally involved in fucking up are the ones he - genuinely - cared for the most.

the second thing you need to be aware of is that the rankings in the naruto world are based on real life ninja ranks - jounin, chuunin, and genin are all real world terms that were modified to fit the world of naruto. whether irl ninja could move up in the ranks or not is something i don't know, but given that naruto is a shounen, it makes sense for the protagonist to have a clearcut explanation of the steps he needs to take to achieve his goal (ninja president) laid out early on, and that he and his friends be given the opportunity to move through the ranks throughout the course of the story (although, as many people have pointed out, naruto stayed a genin pretty much the whole time)

from an irl perspective, the chuunin exams are a way to introduce other characters, give the main trio a chance to level up, and also have a tournament arc for funsies. in-universe, the purpose is for genin to get a chance (or six chances kabuto) to become chuunin, and to strengthen ties with other villages via a show of trust - we're showing you our next generation. this is incentive to maybe not go to war again pretty please heart emoji poop emoji.

the thing is, life and innocence are valued in konoha, and likely the other villages as well, though we don't see it as much. but it's such a twisted, foreign concept to us real world non child soldiers that it doesn't seem like it (more accurately, it's valued by the people but not the system, and the people in charge of the system ignore that bc unfortunately for the entire naruto universe sakura didn't get around to inventing mental health until after the fourth war ended)

danzou and hiruzen exemplify this perfectly imo. hiruzen is full of ideals and beliefs and trust, and bc of that isn't able to see the system for what it is and can never fully understand why all of his good intentions keep churning out shitshows. on the other end of the spectrum, danzou is very aware of the world he lives in, possibly more than almost any other character. but bc of that he views the nature of humans as a flaw for shinobi to overcome - ninja are tools for the good of the village, and can and will be discarded just as easily. from a brutally practical viewpoint, danzou and hiruzen were probably genuinely extremely effective at keeping konoha together. it's just that how that worked out and how they did it is morally abhorrent to the majority of people (including hiruzen himself)

lastly, the concept of trauma as we view it not only doesn't but honestly can't exist in the world of naruto. say someone has a jutsu that allows them to create a brain scan similar to something we can do irl. the effects of mental illness on an adult brain wouldn't register as anything abnormal bc that's what everyone's looks like. you aren't having a "panic attack" or a "trauma response" or a "flashback", you're just going through the same shit everyone else is. that's all par for the course, it's just what life is like. that's how the world of naruto sees it, at least.

so where we see "children going through horrific events together and bonding bc they have no choice", the residents of narutolandia see "tuesday". so no, i don't think the chuunin exams were formed with the intent of gluing people to each other via trauma - they don't need to be. that's what life is for.

concerning the sannin, i'm not sure they ever took the chuunin exams. i honestly don't even know if the chuunin exams would've been a thing yet - the earliest one we know of is the one kakashi and his team were at, which was konoha-only and thus already fairly different from the one naruto went through. the sannin lived through all of the first three ninja wars, and though they probably didn't fight in the first one, they likely became genin just as it ended (otherwise i'm not sure how sarutobi would've had time to teach them...?). orochimaru's parents were already dead by the time he became a genin, so it's not hard to imagine they died in the first war. the sannin are actually relatively lucky - the second world war didn't happen until they were in their 20s, so they got a good two decades of not being at war (this is the longest space of time between the wars, followed by the time between the third and fourth wars (~15 years) and then the time between the second and third wars (less than 1 year)).

actually, thinking about it now, i think it's possible that spend early pre-ninja childhood with their village at war, then spending the rest of their youths in (relative) peace, and then finally getting tossed right back into shitshow two electric boogaloo might've been why they ended up more fucked up than most. so i guess the solution really was the moon coma after all

tldr: madara was right. not where i thought i was going with this but it does seem to be where we ended up

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Naruto, trying Teuchi's Legendary Ramen (Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm)