#reading Naruto

[lovelynarusasu]

reading Naruto volume 4 and reflecting on how usually the MC of shonen-type stories becomes strong bc the girl he loves gets hurt or killed in front of him (this trope belongs in jail) but Naruto becomes strong, first unleashing Kurama's power, bc Sasuke gets badly hurt in front of him. he goes so insanely feral bc Sasuke's hurt.

like Sakura's right there. but of course it's Sasuke. and yeah you could say ''oh he would've reacted the same for Sakura'' and yeah maybe he would have. but that's not what Kishimoto wrote.

Sasuke's truly the only heroine from the start. and it's so incredibly emphasized how he is Naruto's 大切な人 "precious person" (along with Iruka), really if I read this for the first time as an adult my gaydar would react violently

[cvsette]

Clicked on an article from the anthropology subreddit about loneliness and was immediately blasted into oblivion by this opening paragraph

[arunneronthird]

did u know 9 year old damian was canonly exactly like this

[rhupi]

Packing their bags to go on a war mission at Kannabi Bridge ❌

Paking their bags to have a sleep-over at their sensei and wife's house ✅

[summerhighlandfalls]

an artist

[girlboss-sasuke]

Went to the library and the next volumes I need to continue Naruto are not currently available 😭 To the motherfucker reading Naruto in the year of our lord 2023, you better make yourself known to me 😡 so I can kiss you on the mouth🤭

[konoharfts]

*wakes up from self-induced art coma*

Anyways here’s some 1 panel comics I made featuring some of my favourite Naruto fanfic tropes that make me giggle a little bit :)

We’ve got-

Naruto’s Uzumaki genes locking in when it comes to sealing

Gai’s “Power of Youth” ocean at a sunset rainbows and sparkles visuals just being a genjutsu he does

And then we’ve got the in-universe lore specific cursing

If I had more foresight I’d tag fics that include these but uhhhh forgor…

These are fun, I kinda wanna do more. So if y’all like this I just might teehee >:)

Okay thank you bye~

[eternalfrowning]

some narutos o(-( !

recycled those doodles i did just before of rin, i had insomnia aha poor rin ended up in color with the most miserable pose gjjgjghjk

[surprisebitch]

megan thee stallion head president of the sasunaru committee

[irrevocably-delicious]

Another one.

I hope you guys enjoy this! I had so much fun coming up with all the jokes for this one and drawing all the ridiculous outfits. I hope you guys enjoy and continue to support my mid-life naruto phase.

Other naruto comics

The first one

The second one

Fourth one

[anj-does-stuff]

Kakashi of the Cloud for Quiet Revolutions!

Masked Version

[lovelynarusasu]

so i'm still on volume 4 of Naruto and it's going strong

Haku to Naruto: 「君は…夢をつかみ取って下さい…」 which in a very literal translation would mean smth like "you... please go and get your dream..."

Naruto: no words, looks at Sasuke lying on the floor.

that's right. "subtext" they say

later Sasuke wakes up and tells Sakura something along the lines of "hey you're heavy and it hurts" (so pls retreat) before saying: 「…それより…ナルトは…」 or literally, "more importantly... how's Naruto..."

that's right. it's nice that you're fine Sakura but (1) get out of my face and (2) more importantly how is Naruto doing.

[waffliesinyoface]

a fun thing in the naruto universe is how names work

because like, in japan, the polite thing to do is call people by their LAST names, with given names being like. a friends/family thing?

except, in the naruto universe, they had the clan wars, which went on for GENERATIONS before the hidden villages were formed. And clan tensions were so tight that if you introduced yourself by your last name, someone might just try to kill you because your clan is allied with a clan thats allied with another clan who is an enemy of the person you're talking to.

obviously, this was a hassle.

so, there was like, an unspoken rule of only giving your first name, as seen with Hashirama and Madara. Because if you didn't know for a fact that someone was a senju or an uchiha, you could just treat them as another ninja and mutually decide not to kill each other. Things like the sharingan or any notable techniques would be a dead giveaway, but as long as you're not fighting, everyone can just. Politely not ask questions.

but also, because clans are important, they still want to have something which ties the clan together, if last names are omitted from conversation with outsiders.

This is less important in the modern era, but it's still present - everyone in naruto's academy class, even students who aren't friends, exclusively use their classmates first names. Even the teacher isn't immune, he's called Iruka-sensei, not Umino-sensei.

Which is why most clans have first names with common, repeated elements, especially where the main line comes in.

Ino/Shika/Chou is the obvious one, but you also have things like the Hyuuga having a history of the first-born having their name start with Hi (Hizashi, Hiashi, Hinata, Himawari, etc.) or the senju having -rama (Hashirama, Tobirama, Kawarama), the Inuzuka being named after animal body parts (Tsume - claw, Kiba - fang, Hana - nose), all sorts of stuff like that.

It works both in universe (clan loyalties and traditions) and out of universe (group similar characters together)!! its really neat!!!

kishimoto did a lot of dumb things with the Lore and consistently forgot details he'd written about earlier on, but when he DOES have a consistent worldbuilding thing it's super cool to think about.

[sharklng]

he JUST met these kids and already hates them

[oh-no-its-bird]

I feel like @sloaners fic, Akatsuki Babysitter's Club is such a classic naruto fic, definitely up there in "the fics most ever" but I can recognize Im possibly biased and projecting my own experience w the fic onto the fandom

Either way, it's a classic in my heart <3

Anyways I re-read it yesterday, and it was just as much of a riot as the first time I read it. Then I laid down to sleep and stared at the ceiling then shot up and immediatley went to my tablet and the next thing I knew it was 8 am and I hadn't slept at all, but I did make this cute comic for the fic, so !!!

[meduontheshore]

when you are pretty, sexy, handsome and deadly at the same time.. 🤗