#sakura

[delightful-mirth]

Thank You 😘 @anewtry11

Mt Fuji sunset by Natasha Pnini

[konoharfts]

Everyone gather! It’s-

Nart Art Dump Time!

Enjoy :) (image explanation under the cut)

I’m back on my BS again so I have a backlog of fandom art from the past couple of months teehee :)

Naruto was my first hyper fixation media and now 10 years later I’m back on that grind baybee~

Anyways, for those who care here’s an explanation for the pictures, since most are hyper specific lmao:

Image 1: random Sakura doodles. Includes toxic yuri SasuSaku and my interpretation of Sakura’s chuunin exam outfit in the fic Pulling My Weight on AO3 (I’m pretty sure it’s by itschoccopuff)

Image 2: fem Sasuke again because I have the disease (lesbianism)

Image 3: OCs for a Naruto themed TTRPG mainly set during Minato’s Hokagedom I play with my brothers. Our party is so dumb I love them. From left to right we got Arashi Uzumaki, his twin Ichigo Uzumaki, and Shisui’s older sister Kiri Uchiha, then on the bottom we got Kakashi (I drew him first so he looks incredibly rough woops)

Image 4: Sasuke in ANBU as Hawk (yes this is a reference to Dreaming of Sunshine by Silver Queen on FF.net)

Image 5: More DoS fanart teehee. I just wanted to draw how I imagined the lucky 7 in the later chapters

Okay now I go disappear again for 6 more months byeee~~

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Midnight Spectacular

Watercolor On Black Paper

2024, 22"x 30"

White Cherry Blossoms

[yorusakus]

💕🍥these cuties🌸💕

[fishbphotography]

Castle and sakura manhole cover

Inuyama, Aichi, Japan

[lesserafimsta]

sakura instagram update

the first crochet of the year that started at the end of last year 🧶🎀

[fayesdiary]

@nowis-scales

I just want them to be happy together…

[nestedneons]

By jilt

[elouizamariaa]

If only Kishimoto loved Sakura Haruno as much as I do...

And even after so many years, I still come back to the thought of how Masashi Kishimoto did so little for Sakura Haruno. I’ve been hyperfixated on Sakura for five years, and I just wanted to pour out some of the feelings I have.

The fact that I read so many Sakura-centric/BAMF Sakura fanfics and enjoy various ships involving her is not a reflection of me self-inserting into the story, nor does it mean I have some kind of character flaw or distorted sexual fantasies, as I’ve heard people suggest. It’s simply my way of seeing Sakura Haruno being valued as much as I wish she had been in the original material.

It’s no surprise that she deserved proper development, but Kishimoto wasted every opportunity he had with her. Everything he could have done, even if she were just a civilian-born ninja with no special abilities besides good chakra control… Even if her family were simple, ordinary people (not that Kishimoto even bothered to mention them. Canonically, we don’t even know what Sakura’s parents look like, except when used as a narrative device to highlight Naruto’s or Sasuke’s moments as orphans). Even without secret techniques, without Kekkei Genkai, without being a reincarnation, he still could have done something for Sakura.

All the hate the character receives is a direct result of Kishimoto’s choices regarding her. I understand that Sakura is not a protagonist and that the story essentially revolves around Naruto and Sasuke, but Kishimoto was so meticulous in developing characters like Kakashi, Gaara, and Shikamaru (all of whom are close to the protagonist), that I don’t think it’s unreasonable to criticize how little Sakura received. Nothing about her was developed as much as she deserved. The kind of feelings Kishimoto made Sakura have for Sasuke at various points in the story were inconsistent. It would have been amazing if he hadn’t written her primarily as a love interest. If, from the very beginning, Team 7 had been built solely on bonds of friendship, without making Sakura’s entire first arc revolve around her being a fangirl. If he had wanted to include romantic relationships later, he could have done so subtly. But Sakura was written to fulfill that role in the beginning, and it became nearly impossible to detach her from that image once she began to mature. The early part of any work is crucial for presenting characters to the audience. First impressions were distorted by numerous unnecessary decisions on the author’s part, and one mistake after another left Sakura completely sidelined.

It’s no wonder Sakura constantly reflects on the feeling of being left behind. She’s left out of Sasuke and Naruto’s bond. Their relationship is transcendent, mythical, involving the reincarnation of brothers, with a mix of emotions—friends, rivals, soulmates, attraction, admiration, envy, passion, and so on. She’s left out of Kakashi’s bond with Sasuke (it’s explicitly stated that Kakashi sees himself in Sasuke). She’s left out of Kakashi’s bond with Naruto (all the backstory Kishimoto developed between Kakashi, Minato, and Kushina). And Sakura is left with nothing. This idea that Kakashi sees Rin in Sakura is neither canon nor as explicit as everything else I mentioned.

Kishimoto ruins everything he touches. Or almost everything. Ino and Sakura’s friendship… I have no words to describe it. He almost ruined that, too. But there’s still something bittersweet about the fact that he created drama and rivalry between them over a crush. It makes me roll my eyes every time I reread it as an adult.

Anyway… There’s so much to point out, but I feel more frustrated every time I remember it all. I never wanted a perfect Sakura Haruno. I just wanted her to be respected by the author. And for that, I’m grateful to the Sakura-centric fanfic writers who soothe my heart with truly wonderful stories.

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Snow Faeries

Watercolor On Black Paper

2024, 22"x 30"

White Cherry Blossoms

[eggboildsoup]

My wall was looking pretty bare so I drew sakura to fill up some space :]

[sasukesakura7]

Sakura: You’re not jealous are you?

Sasuke:(calmly) no

Sakura:(teasing) really?

Sasuke:(grabs her wrist gently, pulling her closer) I don’t get jealous, Sakura. I just remind people what’s mine

[1nternetangel]

[obikonans]

Studio pierrot butchered and left out so many scenes taking away important character moments or taking the emotion like even minor moments who are important to understand characters like kakashi at memorial stone in the end of part 1.

And the two characters I’ve seen it most with by pierrot are Obito and Sakura TWO CHARACTERS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT