#same with naruto focused arcs

[as-the-lights-went-out]

While I enjoyed Sasuke vs Diedara the first time I watched it, I actually enjoyed it even more during this rewatch

[orcelito]

Shino raising his dead friends and friend's dog from the dead with the power of bugs as one friend's cousin watches [not clickbait]

[maoam]

sakura was chosen by a senju. i don’t care about bloodlines or soul brothers or even the fact naruto as a show was going to be focused on naruto (i already know please don’t bring that up, lemme have my breadcrumbs)

sakura haruno, a clanless shinobi child of few talents yet a cunning intellect, was chosen by princess tsunade senju, the direct descendant of hashirama, the founder of the leaf village. she was one of the last people to be taught everything by a senju. she is tsunade’s heir, her pride. tsunade taught her to be senju in everything but blood in spite of sakura’s lack of clan connections.

i just… don’t you see how marvelous that plot point was?? kishimoto created a genius arc and never explored it lol. sakura as the chosen senju heir puts her in direct conflict with sasuke uchiha, the last of the uchihas.

imagine madara using that plot to twist sasuke even further. imagine sakura going to kill sasuke out of love but him twisting it into a generational conflict neither of them are old enough to understand. imagine a battle between them: sasuke with all of his uchiha expertise and sakura with the last of senju’s teachings. imagine the opposing imagery and unlike naruto’s bond with sasuke, sakura and sasuke aren’t parallels. they aren’t two sides of the same coin. they aren’t reflections. they are fundamentally different which makes their reconciliation more poignant. it’s two people learning to create and exist in a new world of their, a bond forged by sheer stubbornness and longing

Imagine Sasuke longing for a shallow girl he had no bond with. How marvelous. Kishi truly fumbled here.

"Cunning intellect"

Like during land of waves where Naruto and Sasuke did all the work and strategy and she sat on her ass? Like during forest of death when she did nothing but failed traps? Like during her fight with Ino where she made no attempt at strategy and was outsmarted by Ino? Like during the second bell test when Naruto was the one who came up with a strategy to get the bells? Like when she was used as a puppet? When she got knocked out by Kabuto's ass and fourtails? When she got stabbed by Madara because she rushed into battle to nurture her fragile ego and then saw she had no clue of his power? Or something else?

[kuroi-kotoba]

I need to rant about the leaks of the mha epilogue so don't read if you don't want to witness a bitter katsuki fan

Dude

Why are shounen male mangakas trying to write romance? Why did i go through naruto for years only to go through mha with the exact same thing??? Look at dandadan - m/f CAN BE WRITTEN WELL. But if you focus on your 'friendships' to SUCH degree and throw aside your romantic pair, are people supposed to be happy? You give Ochako good character arc that is completely detached from Izuku, focus on her with Toga while still focusing on Izuku and Katsuki, then decide to randomly pull back to your het bland romance?

But fine, okay, it annoyed me a lot but it's NOTHING next to my annoyance when it comes to katsuki's character. Look, i never expected horikoshi to make anything gay canon. It's fine. But when you tease the 'wonder duo', side by side, 'for the rest of our lives', win by saving and save by winning, then make Izuku REFUSE to join Katsuki's agency? The guy who spent 8 years working on getting your ass back on track and keeping your dream alive? The guy you always admired and considered the closest friend? Unlocked quirks with him in mind? Like what the fuck do you MEAN that Izuku brushed him aside and went to his not even half baked romance. What the hell was that. Why did he tease it all just to throw their hero duo away? This is literally not how Izuku would behave and I'm beyond annoyed with Katsuki's ending.

8 years of naruto, then 8 years of mha with a ship i grew with and really loved because of their developing and well written relationship, just happy at the prospect of them being this hero duo in the future and being best friends because I didn't expect more from shounen jump.

Well. My bad for hoping for something just decent. I hope this genre of shounen will really die and drop the romance entirely or learn to write it if they want to do m/f. Look at dandadan or fma. It can be done.

Rant over

[theheirofthesharingan]

If you care, do you have any thoughts on Obito? Like him? Dislike him? Neutral? Any character analysis?

I don't really feel anything strongly about Obito. I like to write him in my fics, but only his Madara personality because it's so badass. The rest, I wish I cared about him enough. It's also because his whole story unravels in the war arc which happens after Itachi's second death. And at that time, I'd lost interest in the anime (and then manga altogether). I genuinely can't remember most of the things that aren't about Sasuke or Itachi. I would have cared about him more if the story focused a bit on him and Sasuke. That doesn't happen at all.

My opinions (ranging from indifference to criticism) come from the fandom's perception of him, where people en masse tend to either overlook or justify the horrible, unforgivable things he did, while also piling hate on Itachi. I've seen plenty of people here on Tumblr with the opinions "I love all Uchiha except for Itachi." or "All the Uchiha are hot, except for that Konoha bootlicker."

So this response will be a rant for all that I've seen.

I'm very much aware of his trauma which founded the base of all the things he would go on to do in the future. He was a good kid, who had a lot of kindness in his heart. But he didn't want to be the Hokage because he was good and wanted to change the world. But to prove himself to Rin. Not a bad motivation, considering he was just a kid, but nothing heroic about it too. Although, Madara took advantage of his love, innocence, and goodness to turn him into the bad guy whom we met in the story.

The problem with Obito is that he thinks he's the first person to acknowledge the world is a messed up place, and he needs to change it. In the process, he ends up making it much, much worse than it was before he pulled the things he does in canon.

This moment reeks of something more than the acquaintance both the men shared. Were they working together? Were they co-conspirators? There was something more going on with Danzo and Obito, and I have a theory that kind of works. Kushina's pregnancy was supposed to be a secret. It's likely Obito learned it from Danzo. But it is also likely Zetsu helped him.

Either way, there's more to his and Danzo's relationship than what we think.

The Akatsuki were founded to establish peace and end the conflict. But Obito, who wants to actually change the world, had Akatsuki's founding members manipulated too.

He also controlled the Mizukage, becoming the de facto leader of Kirigakure.

So, the man had the authority, the powers, the strategy, and all the resources, but he still uses his pain to make the things worst, just because he went through it.

He also knew the reason that Kakashi was not responsible for Rin's death. His anger is understandable, because the person he loved the most died at the hands of the other person he cared about the most. But he rationalises his actions and thinks he's doing the things for the betterment of the world where he and everyone can live happily.

Meanwhile the things he does are:

He's the reason Minato and Kushina died. Naruto becomes orphan and Jinchuriki because of him.

He was planning a war on Konoha, unprovoked. Conspiracy with Danzo is very much a possibility.

Itachi's entire life was destroyed because of him. Sasuke's entire life was destroyed because of him. Naruto's entire childhood was made miserable because of him.

Nine tails attack was totally unnecessary and killed a lot of people.

Fourth World War which killed thousands of people.

Akatsuki is said to have destroyed a lot of villages. All at his orders?

He also slaughtered the Uchiha clan along with Itachi.

Have I missed something? Let me know, please.

He was basically, I suffered so much. Why not make everyone else go through the same pain as I did?

I give Naruto characters a lot of benefit of doubt. A lot. But it doesn't work for Obito in my head. Madara and Pain becoming villains had a strong reason, but Obito, nope. You can't always let your childhood trauma drive you and make decisions for you, especially when you're an adult, but Obito did. He continued to justify himself until the very, very end.

Nearly all the evil things Danzo does have an unequivocal involvement of Obito too. In fact, while their goals might differ, their reasonings are the same. Danzo spent all his life manipulating and using vulnerable kids. Obito does the exact same thing. I'm going to sound like I'm high, but the evil things we see Danzo do were, in fact, a response to Obito's evil.

It's just Danzo had no reason to do the things he did and Obito was manipulated. But, like I said, you have to grow up at one point in your life, which he never does.

Many people consider him a good villain, but I find Pain better. That's just my preference to him as a character though.

I'm mostly indifferent towards him, until some Uchiha fanboy/fangirl on Tumblr (I'm active on Tumblr only) sprouts the "Obito wanted to change the system" and "Itachi was a Konoha bootlicker" bullshit. Then, I am going to come up with these opinions, because no, Obito was THE man responsible for Itachi becoming who he was.

Obito was a villain for a reason. His sob story personally does nothing to me because of the reasons I mentioned earlier, and also because it's "my crush died and it's the end of the world for me", when we also had Sasuke (who had stronger reasons to be worse than Obito) or Itachi, whose pain could have turned him into someone entirely a different person, but he not only had a self-awareness, but also lacked the tendency to prioritize his pain.

And then, this, this is the way his story concludes?

Well, imagine all of the lives he willingly took, all of the lives he deliberately destroyed, all of the pain he caused, only to have been forgiven for all the horrible things and have this kind of ending? And then also be a beloved character most of the fandom views as a "broken hero."

Not everyone is as lucky as him, you know?

Anyway. Like I said, I don't hate or like him. This is just the critique based on what Manga says. I haven't included anything from the novels, in which he's much more sinister. If one has anything to say, I'd like to hear it, but insults won't be tolerated.

[sasukeless]

the reason i can’t buy the “people hate sasuke because the narrative demonizes him so they fall for that propaganda” argument because while sasuke’s goals are certainly demonized, sasuke the character isn’t. kishimoto is very clear to show what is what drives sasuke to act the way he does and shows the main character constantly empathizing with the same way naruto does with other well liked villains. kishimoto goes far to have naruto declare himself he would’ve follow the same path as sasuke if naruto himself didn’t have a sasuke in his life.

while it’s true some people might hate sasuke because he’s from the “bad” side. the Main reason people hate sasuke is because how naruto acts about sasuke. this is why people’s complaint about the show is always naruto’s unhealthy obsession and the focus on sasuke. sasuke is very different from other rivals characters because he’s more independent and his character doesn’t depend completely on naruto nor he’s chasing after him. instead is the mc who has majority of his arc be more about chasing sasuke and trying to reach him to the point he’s more focused in sasuke than his individual goals, unlike sasuke. and this gets people annoyed, especially men that love self inserting. they don’t like the character they self insert into to be obsessed with another guy! the other guys should be obsessed with defeating them instead! like it happens with other shonen. it gets even worse than naruto’s obsession is so blatantly gay because they themselves aren’t gay and don’t want naruto to be gay, so instead they blame all naruto’s actions on sasuke. and even sasuke is allowed to be called gay in their spaces but they draw the line if you insinuate naruto isn’t completely straight that loves boobs and ass and whatever.

[cherryblossombombs]

I have an issue with the "the giga cover is likely fujobait" because I can't help but think:

if it was truly fujobait, why now?

Why try to get their attention if MHA is now in the 100M club? The series now so popular, hori/jump doesn't need queer shippers to increase its popularity.

Why try to get fujos and queer fans, if it's already popular in that group? Wasn't it apparently shown that MHA is more popular with women and LGBTQ+ fans?

Why try to get that audience when hori had the chance to do that back in 2016-2018 when Kr//bk was the popular gay ship? Wasn't there an interview where someone pretty much asked hori if he's for kr//bk, but instead of playing along, hori made it about bkdk (the ship that no one took seriously at the time) and said he saw the hand hold more about bkdk angst. Kr//bk was a popular ship, it had bones making official art of them. The smash parody manga had moments of it. Two heroes was their movie [I believe hori didn't really help in that movie. However, notice how in the second movie, (he was a part of that one), focused on bkdk (again, the ship no one took seriously)]. Hori had the ability to use that ship as bait, but he seemed to be the only one out of everyone else to not go for it. Instead he kept pushing for the ship that was thought to be too toxic to even become a platonic ship.

If horikoshi did not want bkdk to seen as romantic, why isn't he stopping jump for implying it? You really can't say that he has no ability to, the guy went to bones and told them the ending. Now, notice how bones suddenly stopped making iz//ch moments and added a bkdk moment in the recap episodes (something that they would never do 2 seasons prior). The assistant (whom hori is friends with) is a loud speaker of dkbk lol. Hori follows him on twitter, there's no way that hori hasn't seen his dkbk art once. Same for katsuki's JP VA (who is also a friend of Hori).

Why try to bait the audience when the manga is ending?

Idk, maybe there's a chance he is actually queerbaiting and make iz//ch canon, but again, after everything?

After the togachako arc? He had made ochako confess her crush on midoriya, only for seconds later to not only brush it off as unimportant (unimportant in the sense of it was more of way to relate to toga and speak with her, it wasn't really used as a "canon izu//ocha" moment), she tells toga that she could have ochako's blood for the rest of her life (and we know that's toga's love language of returning/accepting her feelings) and she told toga that she had the cutest smile in the whole world. Like, didn't hori say that toga was made for ochako's character? I feel like it wouldn't make sense for hori to do all of this, then have ochako end up with midoriya, it would feel like a middle finger to toga tbh.

After chapters 285, 322, 362, 367, 403, and 404? The apology? The "you're the closest one to midoriya izuku, therefore I need to kill you in order to make him go crazy". The heart shaped black whip after seeing bakugou's dying body? The "their feelings became one" double spread? this bullet point could be spread to about 2-3 document pages, but I'm just going to summarize for this post lol. But overall, these chapters (and a few more), show me (imo) that it the "fujobait" claim isn't really strong to use against bkdk.

Again, maybe this is queerbait, because I know that there are times where other media/anime have done simliar and still had the MC in a heterosexual relationship, and leave everyone dumbfounded lol. Once again, all I say to this is "let's see what happens."

P.S. Isn't this the same author who said that he thought that naruto was going to end at 698 (the implied SNS ending) lol? Idk if it's true, that's just something I've heard.

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EDIT 11/29/24: WELP I GUESS I'M BOOBOO THE FOOL LOL

[leportraitducadavre]

It's this article even real? I found it hard to believe someone would read the manga or watch the show and decide that Naruto "doesn't need the overdone Sasuke Arc".

First and most importantly, Sasuke singlehandedly moves the entirety of the plot forward, he doesn't have an entire arc dedicated to himself because he's relevant for every single arc the story possesses, and he's the reason key characters behave the way they do; taking away Sasuke's journey to make him a complying tool of the state wipes out the reasoning behind every villain's actions, therefore, it destroys them as well.

It's hilarious how this article exists to take away Sasuke's relevance within the story to give it completely to Naruto, something his fandom has wanted since the very beginning of the manga and that Kishimoto never complied.

In the Naruto series, Sasuke was Naruto's rival in the Hidden Leaf. However, he was training to kill his older brother, Itachi, for wiping out their clan. In time, Sasuke would learn Itachi did what he did to protect Konoha as their Uchiha kin wanted a coup. This enraged Sasuke, who nonetheless vowed to kill Itachi and exact revenge on Konoha.

Okay so, we start awfully, and no surprises there. Sasuke killed Itachi and later on, through Obito, learned about the reasoning behind his brother's actions. It's after this that he vows to bring down those who allowed and encouraged the construction of a system that pushed the Uchiha to rise up against this power dome and forced his brother to murder his entire family.

Regardless of the circumstances, Sasuke hated the fact he had to grow up alone. This is the reason he joined the Akatsuki, formed his own terrorist cell called Taka, and tried to murder Naruto after the wars against Obito and Madara.

No. You cannot use "regardless of the circumstances" when those circumstances are detrimental to his character's actions and the functioning of the system against which he, like other characters throughout the plot, stands. He not only hated having to grow up alone (a consequence of, once again, the genocide carried out BY THE STATE ITSELF through his brother), but also the indiscriminate murder of his relatives, both those who engineered the coup and those who were profiled based on biological conditions over which they had no control.

Also, there was one single war against Obito and Madara that stretched through a couple of days for which he participated in bringing down both of them as his idea of revolution didn't partake in their idea of absolute control of people's minds.

The Naruto movie (and obviously, the sequels) would be better served by doing something unpredictable. The Evil Sasuke arc is overdone, especially since it comes up in the Boruto era. In the latter case, a redeemed Sasuke keeps using it as a lesson to teach Boruto and Kawaki why they should not let rage guide them. Fans don't like being reminded how unnecessary this was in the source material.

Overdone? Did this guy actually watch the anime at least? The entirety of the plot focuses on the system flaws that even the protagonist is "set to change", Sasuke's arc is detrimental to the story as both Naruto and Sasuke observe the same issue from different standpoints, the former wants to keep the system and make gradual changes as not to "bring chaos" and the latter wants its complete destruction as a gradual change only guarantees greater injustices being committed over time until it is "changed".

Take Sasuke off of this equation and there's no reason for Naruto to even go on or have any introspection on the matter of Konoha's political and military system --and I'm being incredibly kind about this as even when Sasuke blatantly exposes it Naruto has a hard time grasping the most basic concepts to rebel against.

Additionally, Sasuke's villain arc would be a lot to condense into live-action, even if it's done over a trilogy. It could be done the way the MCU took 10 years to build the Thanos fight in Avengers: Endgame, but by that time, the story would be stale. Everyone would know what happened. The advantage the MCU had while adapting the source material is that it subverted the lore and crafted an original story. c

Does this author actually know what "adaptation" actually means? Or what it entails? What they seem to want is a reversion of the story as they desire to modify the entirety of the character that is the main plot device within the original product, not an adaptation. Also, what's with the last phrase? How can Sasuke be a loyal rogue? That's a contradiction in itself, is he a rogue of Konoha or is he loyal to Konoha? Pick one -you can't have both.

The advantage of Sasuke being a rebel without defecting from Konoha is that Naruto would have the help needed to fight the big villains of the franchise: the Ōtsutsuki. 

Sasuke fought alongside Naruto against Kaguya, bringing the union of former Team 7, without having to compromise his original ideals... did they just... forget?

Kaguya was the first alien who came to Earth, got sealed away, and then tried to return to enslave it. Naruto and Sasuke were reincarnations of her sons (Ashura and Indra, respectively), but the manga and anime didn't spend much time detailing how they would form their clans down the line and the emotional impact Kaguya had fighting her descendants.

Haha, come on, this is clickbait isn't it? Ashura and Indra are not Kaguya's sons, they're her grandchildren that reminded her of her sons, bet your ass this is a Boruto fan that just heard about the original series and wrote whatever this was without eyeing the og manga.

but the manga and anime didn't spend much time detailing how they would form their clans down the line and the emotional impact Kaguya had fighting her descendants.

That's because one of Kaguya's sons went to live on the moon and the other one, Hagoromo, had two sons on Earth (Indra and Ashura) who -as the manga establishes, founded their own clans (Uchiha and Senju respectively) that were at war until Konoha's foundation.

It focused heavily on Sasuke plotting in the shadows, and Naruto forming an army, realizing much later in the story of their link to Kaguya.

What? They learned about their connection to Kaguya through Hagoromo before fighting her, Sasuke also never plotted in the shadows, he blatantly tells them he wants a Revolution and later on decides to kill Naruto as he's his last connection to his past! That's the whole reason they fight!

By switching this up and making lineage a primary and not secondary arc, the movie can dial more into the emotional core: Sasuke and Naruto exploring their family tree and the overall theme of dynasty. Sasuke could learn more about how Indra developed a dark side, which passed down to the Uchiha, while Ashura's light gave way to the Senju and Uzumaki (Naruto's family) clans.

That's incredibly explored throughout the manga. The Senju are the only clan linked canonically to Ashura himself, the Uzumaki obtained Ashura's attention after the Senju disappeared as they were distant relatives.

Also, love the distinction of "Indra developed a dark side which passed down to the Uchiha" and "Ashura's light gave way to the Senju". Hagoromo favored this distinction by granting the totality of his power to one of his sons and expecting the other to be functional to his brother's decisions. If Hagoromo considered that Ashura's position was better than Indra's, why did he not teach his eldest son to make similar decisions? How is it that Indra decided to form a clan and a collective group of people if his idea was to move and gain power alone? How is it that Ashura, the being full of light, decided to fight his brother for power instead of seeking a peaceful solution to work together if what he wanted was power through union? Why did he not question the idea of a single person having the totality of command?

This would allow the movie to not hinge on Naruto and his fate with his Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Kurama).

This just proves my initial point.

Instead, Sasuke would become a key player by garnering clues as to who Kaguya is. This would also unearth her plan to place everyone in a dream state (via the Infinite Tsukuyomi genjutsu technique) and drain their chakra. In other words, he would be the egotistical brains of the operation, while Naruto functions as the go-lucky muscle.

What's the point of doing all that if this exact thing ends up happening anyway without having to destroy any character's core? Are they serious?

This would not be different from what's been seen with Iron Man and Captain America, and Batman and Superman.

Brain minimized by the same comic story over and over again, what's the point of seeing a dynamic story repeated hundreds of times in different products? Is the main idea of this theme to make audiences like this guy believe that he possesses some kind of intellect because he can predict a plot he has seen thousands of times before?

Such an approach speaks to the legacy of both warriors, which makes them the yin and yang they were meant to be. 

Don't believe this fool. Sasuke and Naruto as characters explore the Yin and Yang implications very well as they are, he doesn't seem to understand what this metaphor actually entails.

Such a change fits Sasuke's destiny organically because this is the kind of sleuth he would become in the Boruto era, where he atoned and roamed the lands as a Ranger. This same development felt rushed and left-field in the manga, as he never did that kind of work before.

Making Sasuke a heroic anchor in the Naruto movie also works for the evolution of Team 7. To start with, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura were all trained by Kakashi, but their story felt disjointed. Naruto was preoccupied with bringing Sasuke home, Sasuke was off seeking Itachi and an army, while Sakura tried to quell the anger in both of them. This took away time from her personal development and detracted from the bigger threat of the aliens. By making the plot so convoluted, fans found it odd the Boruto era would marry Sakura and Sasuke, despite them never being developed as an official romantic couple.

By not splintering the team, Naruto's director, Daniel Destin Cretton, can focus on what made Team 7 work in the first place. Sakura was known to stop arguments and function as the team's mature, responsible leader. Naruto also liked her while she liked Sasuke. Sakura eventually realized she needed to change the views of Konoha and have the village recognize female shinobi more. This worked in the love triangle that allowed Sasuke to develop feelings for Sakura that would pay off down the line. This would also allow Naruto to understand he was meant to lead the Hidden Leaf.

What is removing Sasuke's entire characterization gonna do for the rest of the characters? The author is not saying Sakura realized this canonically, by the way the paragraph goes, what he implies is that she could realize this in the movie. So he’s telling us that Sakura didn’t notice she needed to change Konoha’s views about females because Sasuke wasn’t there to help her or what? It's Sasuke staying that detrimental to her development?

He wants to change everything about the original Team 7 in order to make them fit their Boruto’s characterizations. Hell, I bet he’s a Boruto fan who barely watched the original series, I’ll go as far as to state he used AI to write this garbage.

That also was Tsunade’s ordeal as well. Shikamaru questioned her involvement and was proven wrong when she “consoled” him after Sasuke’s Retrieval Arc and proved herself to be a good Kage. He’s asking something of Sakura that Tsunade already did.

Does he know what character development is? Why should they change everything about the original series to fit better the spin-off? Is the spin-off that it's badly written as it couldn't follow the original's characterizations, not the other way around.

According to his page, Renaldo Matadeen, "author" of this abysmal take, focuses on: As a filmmaker and scriptwriter, Renaldo loves to dissect the nuances of stories, especially narratives involving people of colour, minorities, and the socially-displaced. He believes art is a medium to reflect and provoke, and loves engaging in content that evokes this energy. 

So you mean to tell me that Sasuke, a metaphor for the socially displaced people, a survivor of a state-sanctioned genocide, and a revolutionary is somehow better by being stripped of any value inside a story that focused on his struggles, to begin with? That somehow the story would be better if he, a minority, was more complacent with the State that represses him?

[twomiddlefingersforthehaters]

My body would move on its own...

1. Land of waves

間に合え is the conjugation of verb 間に合う meaning "to make it in time".

Naruto jumped in to save Sasuke, and put both of their life at risk but.... if Naruto put himself in danger, Sasuke's body would move on its own.

2. Forest of death (fighting against Orochimaru)

Last time, Naruto jumped in to save Sasuke in the Land of the Waves arc and Sasuke's body moved on its own to save him. To avoid facing the same problem again, Sasuke is willing to give the scroll away... and abandoning his goal of obtaining the scroll in order to protect Naruto. (He never once planned on giving up his scroll when he was with Sakura and seeing how frightened she was at that moment. But when Naruto came in the scene he willingly give the scroll to Orochimaru).

" I DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG THIS GUY IS BUT... WHAT GUARANTEE IS THERE THAT HE'LL LET US GO IF WE GIVE HIM THE SCROLL?"

Why is Sasuke acting like a fool and thinking that if he gives the scroll the giant snake guy will let them go?? Don't Sasuke already know that is a trap?? Don't we know he's not the type to act like a fool at critical moments?? So why he come up with this stupid decision?? what is the reason behind his panic??

It wasn't because he felt that Naruto would make his situation worse....but because he didn't want to see Naruto put himself in danger. Check out Sasuke's reaction in the panel above when Naruto asks him a critical question. His brain completely shut down the moment Naruto arrived, his only concern at the time was protecting him from any danger. That's why he made a fool of himself and made a foolish decision.

How many times does he tell him to 逃げろ- Nigero - escape; run away. This was not the Sasuke that Naruto knew. It was Sasuke who taught him not to run away like a coward in fearful moments. Now he screams at him to run away from the enemy. That disappointed Naruto.

3. Forest of death (with Kabuto)

"USING SHARINGAN MAKES THE MARK ON MY NECK HURT..."

Again when Naruto's life was in danger... He forced his body to use the last bit of chakra to help him. Because of this he experienced immense pain in the neck. Even after all this he didn't let Naruto know the mark on his neck because he didn't want to worry him. (sfx used here was ズキッ - sharp pain; throbbing pain; pounding. Adding ッ to show 'the pain is stronger').

He didn't care about his body, he didn't care to die for him, he didn't care about the pain he was getting by using his chakra... All that mattered to him was protecting Naruto and saving him.

The result of forest of death:

What Orochimaru witnessed + Kabuto's analysis of Sasuke = Since Naruto possesses so much influence over Sasuke-kun... I must separate them immediately

Do you think he won't notice? It was obvious that he would notice the changes in Sasuke whenever Naruto was involved.

Sasuke saw through Naruto disguise .... two times.

When he was with his other teammate (Sakura) he didn't give up the scroll even though he ran away in fear. But when that Naruto kid shows up he willingly gives up the scroll.

Listening to that boy's words, he began to fight without fear of death even though he knew he could not defeat him.

These circumstances reduce his chances of success to obtaining Sasuke's body by manipulating him for his desire for power. That's why he wants to separate them immediately....if Sasuke was running away from his goal of becoming strong and risking his life for 'Naruto'.... that would be a hindrance to his plan.

4. Throwing himself as a pillow

When the fight between Naruto & Gaara.... Sasuke keeps his eye focused on Naruto. Sasuke was watching this carefully....When Naruto gets repeatedly knocked into trees by a transformed Gaara. He even said to himself, "this is not how Naruto usually fight." (Well, because he saw Gaara in backstage killing the others and walking through their river of blood with a murderous aura). Sasuke couldn't stand Naruto getting hurt over and over again with every attack. What happens after that is:

"AND... EVEN IN HIS CURRENT CONDITION, SASUKE MANAGED TO CATCH NARUTO!"

Pakkun emphasizes Sasuke's attempt to protect Naruto despite in his bad condition.

Does he really need to be caught though? Naruto wouldn't be hurt that badly if he hit the tree. Why would he risk his life to catch him when he himself is in no better shape? Why was he throwing himself at Naruto as a pillow?

whenever Naruto was in danger his body really moving on its own.

5. Naruto vs gaara

When Naruto was stuck in the sand, Sasuke tried to get up to help him, even though his whole body was in pain. Sfx used in Sasuke's panel- ズキ (zuki) onomatopoeia word for 'sharp pain'.

6. Sasuke looking for Naruto

Before this scene, we saw that Sasuke was jealous of Naruto getting stronger than him. No matter how hard he trained, he couldn't get any stronger. He went to see Kakashi for training advice. But when he hears that his brother is following Naruto, does his jealousy stop him from looking for Naruto? NO.

No matter what happens his body unconsciously rushes to Naruto when something happens to him.

7. I need to kill him, but first I want to protect him

• He placed his hand in front of Naruto, shielding him with his Susanoo.

• He protecting Naruto from the infinite tsukuyomi with Susanoo.

• He ignores Sakura and Kakashi and only saves Naruto as everyone is about to fall into the lava pit.

Sasuke could never kill Naruto…he tried so many times…he had so many chances to finish him off…but he couldn't. When Naruto was in danger.....Sasuke's body move on it's own. Because he loved Naruto more than himself.

[linkspooky]

what are your thoughts on yuji and where do you think he ends up as a character in/after the current arc? i really wish we get more focus on him and his rs with kenjaku after this fight is over cause yuji has felt very underwhelming ever since mahito left him

I think your frustration at the lack of focus on Yuji is understandable anon, but I think Yuji being out of focus is sort of the point. I've always seen Yuji as a "Decoy Protagonist", because he's what the audience would expect the protagonist to be due to all of his typical shonen protagonist traits. Whereas, the real protagonist of the story is Megumi. In the story itself Kenjaku says something along the same lines, that Yuji eating Sukuna's finger was the initiating event of the story, but he's no longer the center of Kenjakiu's schemes. He's more of a trigger than a driver of the plot.

To me this is part of the appeal of Yuji himself. He's a well-intentioned kid who may be a heart of the friend group he's a part of, but he's never given any special treatment by the story. He doesn't have protagonist privilegeTM so-to-speak.

Usually the main character of the story because they're the central focus are given a lot of leeway to make mistakes. It's their story, the story is focused around their growth and development so it makes sense the world and character sin the story are going to center around them to an extent. They have plot armor because of course they do, there's no story without the main character. If they're losing a fight they'll get a convenient power up in time. If they're cornered one of their allies will show up to save them.

By doing away with a lot of the convenience that happens to a lot of main characters in Shonen manga, Yuji becomes a very atypical main character.

The story does not treat Yuji any different from the rest of its characters. Especially during and after Shibuya where Jujutsu Kaisen shifts to more of an ensemble piece than just following Yuji's story and development into a sorcerer.

Mahito lampshades this very fact in Shibuya. That Yuji up until this point viewed himself as the protagonist of a typical shonen jump exorcism manga. He assumes that things will work out because he's the good guy, here fighting evil curses and good always triumphs over evil or whatever the line is. However, Mahito points out that they're just members of opposite factions fighting in the streets of Shibuya. Mahito wants to usher in an age of curses and Yuji wants to kill curses for the sake of humans. Considering curses don't really follow human morality and rules it's not a good vs. evil conflict, it's ust both of them fighting for which side is going to dominate.

"You came to Shibuya with half-assed determination, didn't ya!? How naive, you stupid brat! This is war! Not a battle to fix what's wrong! But a clash of truths you and your fragile justice! You are me, Yuji Itdaori! I kill without a second thought... just like how you save people without a second thought! The instincts of a curse... against the so called dignity obtained by human reason! It's a battle to determine who will be left standing in 100 years!"

One of the biggest mistakes Yuji makes in Shibuya, letting Sukuna take control of his body leading to the massacre of thousands of people is I think a great example of the way the story treats Yuji differently. There are a lot of protaognists who have demon sides that occasionally go berserk. Often giving them a mid-fight power up when their own skill isn't enough to beat the enemy.

Naruto has the nine-tailed fox. Ichigo has Zangetsu his inner hollow / zanpakuto who occasionally tries to usurp control of his body and fight for him. In both cases however, there usually isn't any real consequences for the protagonist losing control. The worst time Naruto rampaged with the nine tails against Pain the village was already destroyed. When Ichigo loses control in the fight against Ulquiorra, he stabs Uryu but the wound heals and no one holds it against him.

Compare this to Itadori who has the deaths of thousands of people on his conscience because of his inability to control Sukuna and is then made an enemy of Jujutsu Society.

Yuji never benefits from plot conveience, in fact assuming things are going to go his way because the world will follow storybook logic is exactly what leads Yuji to making some major mistakes. There's always hard hitting conesequences to Yuji's actions because he's not special, he's just one character among many who are all fighting to survive in this world.

The one thing that gave him a claim to be the main character, being Sukuna's vessel even gets taken away from him. The whole premise of the story is that Yuji is supposed to consume all twenty of sukuna's fingers and then be executed in order to permanently seal him away.

Only for us to learn that the one thing we thought made Yuji special wasn't unique to Yuji. Megumi also had the potential to be a vessel to Sukuna. Sukuna never planned on staying in Yuji's body from almost the start of the manga he was hatching a long scheme to leave Yuji's body and take Megumi's instead.

The quest given to him by Gojo and Megumi. The thing that only he was capable of doing is gone and Yuji is left with nothing.

So what is Yuji's role in the story then, if he's not a main character? A friend of mine pointed this out recently and it helped me understand a lot about Yuji's character: he's sort of a mirror. The story describes Mahito who's set up as Yuji's foil this way as well.

Yuji is for the most part a normal kid (except for the part where he's a science fair project made by Kenjaku) who doesn't have any strong idea motivating him. Which is why it's very easy for him to adopt the motivations of the people surrounding him instead. He starts out repeating his grandfather's words of helping people. The more he interacts with people, the more his motivations become like theirs as well.

He starts out with the vague goal of helping people. When he is given the role of eating Sukuna's fingers he jumps at the chance because it gives him something that he can only do. Even if he dies at the end of his quest he'll die satisfied and on his own terms because he went out helping people. He realizes how poorly thought out his motivation is when confronting Megumi and starts admiring Megumi instead.

When he fails to stop Junpei's death, which is really failing at his goal to save people from "unnatural deaths" as Junpei is twisted into a horrid form by Mahito, Yuji becomes obsessed with killing Mahito instead. In a way he's reflecting Mahito here because violent mahito with no regards for life at all brings out the killer in Yuji. He almost shifts again away from just helping save people from unnatural deaths to becoming someone strong enough to exterminate Mahito.

Towards the end of shibuya, Yuji finally seems to reflect on the emptiness of his own goal. As someone devoid of a purpose he instead just takes whatever purpose someone else around him offers him. Once again playing his role as a mirror, Yuji himself as a character offers nothing but he is someone who reflects and contrasts the people around him.

Yuji doesn't need a purpose for himself, but by being a cog he's still a part of the grander scheme of things. Yuji himself says that he's insignificant but honestly I think it's the same symptom of before Yuji wanting to have a place in the world and a task given to him, but not wanting to contemplate what his own motivations are or what he wants. He wants these things to be given to him instead because he's a mirror, he reflects other people he doesn't not reflect upon himself.

Even thinking of himself as a cog fails because the one role he was given to play, to eat the rest of the fingers and die as Sukuna is now given to someone else because he no longer contains Sukuna in his body. I think Yuji's arc will continue however when he chooses to act selfishly for the first time.

By that I mean he can adopt Megumi's philosophy of "choosing to save people selfishly." Yuji is right now the only person interested in actually saving Megumi from Sukuna's possession and finding some way to do so, while everyone else sees him as a target to be defeated. Which is understandable because by utilitarian logic "the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few, or the needs of the one."

The choice to deliberately try to save Megumi and prioritize his life over the lives of thousands of people that might be killed if they don't put down Sukuna permanently and pioritize that is a selfish one.

However, there's already foreshadowing for Yuji making that choice. There's also a circular storytelling sort of logic to it. The story begins by Megumi making the selfish choice to spare Yuji's life even though he's dangerous to others because of Sukuna inside of him. Therefore Yuji making the same choice to save Megumi even though the less risky thing to do is just kill both Megumi and Sukuna together is Megumi's choice from the beginning of the series coming full circle.

It's also an answer to the question Megumi posed to him in their first contronation. "What if the person you save goes on to kill someone else?" Yuji acknowledging that possibility and going on to save Megumi anyway has a lot of weight to it.

The covers of the key animation books released so far also seem to foreshadow the ending fights of the series. We're already in the middle of a Gojo and Megumi confrontation which is the cover of Key Animation Vol. 2.

Considering both Yuji's own nature as a mirror and the way the story itself started with Yuji eating Sukuna's finger I think it makes far more sense for Yuji's last battle to be against Sukuna. Especially since Sukuna now considers Yuji as someone far beneath him even abandoning him as a vessel. The best battle for a character to function as a mirror is to fight their mirror image, and he already did the same with Mahito which was Yuji's most significant fight so far.

As for Kenjaku, we may get some revelations about Yuji's creation but honestly I don't think there's going to be any confrontation between the two of them. There's far more setup for a final confrontation between Kenjaku and Yuta. Number one, Kenjaku is in Yuta's body and that's always been Yuta's rival.

When Kenaku appears and seals Gojo he states he's not worried about Yuta because he doesn't have the potential to surpass Gojo.

Yuta also states his direct goal is to kill Kenjaku by himself so Gojo won't have to kill his best friend a second time.

That's pretty direct foreshadowing in favor of Yuta, and also I think fits with the theme of Yuji not really being the main character of the piece. Kenjaku is pretty much the main villain and the orchestrator behind the plot so him being taken out by another character pushes Yuji away from the center of things. Kenjaku himself even says that he's washed his hands of Yuji, Yuji's no longer the center of his schemes he's moved onto other things.

[i-am-grell]

What Anime Should I Watch?: Oops, all new (to me) long series

I'm planning to finish up Bungo Stray Dogs tomorrow, so it's time to get another poll started. And since TikTok commenters have started lightheartedly bullying for what I haven't watched yet, we're doing a very specific themed poll. If you're new here, it's what it says on the tin: Tumblr votes for my anime watch schedule.

As always, propaganda* (*and section I will watch) below the poll. You can reblog to make your followers vote for your choice or preach in the tags because I'm sure people have strong opinions about these options and the fact that I've not watched a single episode of any of them (don't bully me; be better than the TikTokers). You do not have to know me, follow me, like me, or like anime to vote.

Propaganda:

Pre-Propaganda Note: I've restricted this poll to new series for a few reasons. 1) people on TikTok keep bullying me because I haven't started One Piece or Naruto. 2) If I start a new series, that's another recurring "continue" option for future polls (if you hadn't noticed, I'm recycling the same, like, 7 things I have to finish; I want more variety). 3) This is the Fairy Tail webbed site; if it was all of my long series options then I don't even have to run a fucking poll because I know you gremlins (I do love Fairy Tail tho; maybe next poll?).

Naruto - I know the basics about Naruto, but I have never seen an episode of Naruto. This option will count for season 1 of Naruto.

One Piece - The things I know about One Piece are: pirates, like a handful of the characters, 1100+ episodes long. This option will count for the East Blue arc (season 1) of One Piece (which is somehow 61 f*cking episodes).

Sailor Moon - Probably the most shocking: I have not seen a single Sailor Moon episode. My excuse is being born in 1998 and thus not even a concept while it aired. This option will count for season 1 of Sailor Moon.

Bleach - The above isn't a lie, I deadass didn't know the premise of this show until a little while ago and it seems similar to 90% of all other grim reaper-focused anime so we'll see if it's worth 366 episodes. This option will count for seasons 1 and 2 of Bleach to make the length somewhat more comparable to the other options above.

[delawaredetroit]

fights in shounen manga are vehicles for communication, confrontations of opposing forces or ideas

This little interaction says a lot about how BNHA will approach ideological conflict going forward. This chapter was setting the tone: this is not Naruto and this is not a talk no jutsu story.

Pulled these two quotes from your metas and ask convos (the latter is from when kirishima fought the Trigger-using punk during the Shie Hassaikai early arc, the former is from some ask about i think bakugou).

The thing is, I know you've talked about both of these concepts, but how does that work within MHA? (Does it work at all?) It feels kind of confusing that both of these could be true, because even if this isn't Naruto, the concepts of "your fights should mix the clash of ideas into the literal clash, with winning the fight representing winning the argument" and "fighters are under no obligation to engage with philosophical discussion with their opponents" feel like they can't both be in the same fight...

"your fights should mix the clash of ideas into the literal clash, with winning the fight representing winning the argument"

Yes, fights in shounen are vehicles for communication, but I would disagree that the side the physically wins necessarily wins the ideological argument. Izuku won the ideological battle against Shouto in the Sports Festival but lost the physical fight. Izuku did not win the ideological fight against Gentle despite defeating him. This wasn't even true in shounen prior to BNHA (For example, consider Naruto, Gaara versus Rock Lee or Neji versus Hinata during the chuunin exams).

The concept is more that flashy fight scenes are a metaphor for fundamental ideological disagreements. I remember the ask about Bakugou where this issue came up. Bakugou's fights are dull not only because he physically isn't allowed to lose but because the narrative doesn't allow him to entirely be in the wrong ideologically after the Battle Trials ended.

2. "fighters are under no obligation to engage with philosophical discussion with their opponents"

This wasn't what I was trying to get across by BNHA not being Naruto/a talk no jutsu story. The issue is that in earlier shounen of the Naruto variety, the protagonist often saves others by explaining his own life story and projecting that story onto the other person in order to commiserate with them. BNHA is wrapped up in the concept of "individuality", and that is a more accurate translation of "quirk" in this manga. Beyond abilities, BNHA posits that every person's pain is unique. Therefore, the first step to save an opponent is to listen to the person in pain rather than focusing on projecting the hero's own suffering onto the other person. It's less that fighters are under no obligation to engage in philosophical conversations as much as no one wants to listen to one-sided preaching, especially from someone they believe views them as a lesser person.

And to answer your question, this concept ends up muddled in BNHA because Horikoshi did such a good job setting up parallels and foils among his characters. The fact that so many of them went unacknowledged in story - Izuku and Shigaraki being the worst offenders here - weakens the theme of reaching out to others. The tension between "everyone is an individual with a unique experience" was taken to such an extreme that it interfered with a central premise of "everyone deserves to be saved".

[soulhaunted]

a sasuke analysis

many people talk about sasuke’s character with ignorance, many say he is edgy for the sake of being edgy. their view on him is strictly dictated by the lack of media literacy. what those people fail to recognize is the amount of psychological trauma he has gone through at a young age. he grew up completely shadowed by his brother, not knowing the true meaning of fatherly love due to that arrogance. having lost his entire clan at the age of seven, he had suffered from that heavily. knowing his brother was the perpetrator added onto the horror of the situation. sasuke was also forced to enter a genjutsu (illusion) via tsukuyomi, reliving the entire massacre of his clan for what seemed like 72 hours. in a carefully calculated estimate, he watched it happen over half a million times (500,000+) which would qualify as psychological torture. his brother’s parting words to him were "if you want to kill me, despise me, hate me, and live a loathsome life.", driving him to go down a path of hatred and cruelty.

after those events, sasuke’s character drastically changes. from a sweet(ish) kid to a genuinely traumatized one. he was forced to believe that hatred is the only way to gain strength, otherwise, he’d be weak. you can notice throughout the series that sasuke loathes being vulnerable in front of people, especially his close friend/rival, naruto. itachi told sasuke that in order to receive the mangekyō sharingan he ‘needs’ to face him, he must kill his closest friend. sasuke never wanted to go down that route until the next appearance of itachi. he is talked down to, spurring a fire that cannot be extinguished deep in his heart. due to that, he drives down a path of darkness.

prior to the event, he’s marked by orochimaru. such mark makes him prone to follow hatred, urging him to follow power. and so, he leaves the hidden leaf with a heavy heart and attempts to sever bonds with naruto. yet, he hesitated to kill him, a tinge of his true feelings now uncovering.

as he grew into the path of loathing, we can see how hostile he’s truly become, now that he stopped relying on friends, most of all, love. the trauma he undergoes only gets worse once he kills itachi with the knowledge he thought he held. obito, one of the last remaining uchiha, explained to him the truth. this caused him to change his viewpoint on everything, his hatred now turned to the ones who forced his clan into submission. he was driven down a darker path.

it was only until the close friend he had to kill opened his eyes, hesitation running clear in him. before attempting to deliver the final blow, he tells him his goodbye, “farewell, my one and only….friend..”.

so why does this matter? once their battle ends, it’s as if all of the hatred sasuke felt washed away. only replaced by pure love and appreciation. as the final arc comes to an end (blank period), his demeanor changed from being hateful to finally seeking peace. his growth is measured as he learns to heal and forgive himself. now that he carved a family, he strived to not let the events of the past happen ever again.

people complain about his character not being the same in boruto, thinking that he was wasted for not being a lunatic. yet this can be refuted. throughout the series we see him grow from a traumatized child misled by the burden of hatred, to a person that accepts what happened and focuses on healing.

lmk if there’s any misinfo um! i was half asleep when i wrote this i fink

[etaindelaserna]

Hello, hello...What do you think are KakaSaku and DraMione’s each greatest personality strengths and weaknesses? Why? What do you love about their dynamic each?

(Hope you don't mind, that I copy the same questions from that same ask of that anon about SukuIta).

P.s Also can I ask your top 5 fav fics of those 2 ships? Please and thank you.....

Greetings!✨ Minding? Are you kidding me? I get to talk about my favourite characters and ships soooo let’s get down to it, shall we?

Kakashi is a genius in all ways that matter to become the perfect shinobi: he’s intelligent, capable of cold logic, perceptive, talented and has the will to perfect his skills. To me his greatest quality is to think fast and outside of the box. Not only does he analyse situations quickly but he also knows how to adapt his plans according to the changing variables.

Greatest weakness? Hmm…younger Kakashi certainly had more than one but older Kakashi? Probably still his tendency to judge people too quickly. I think, since Naruto and Sasuke were the troublemakers with the greatest potential he focused — naturally — too much on them and neglected Sakura’s training. He knew she had the best chakra control among them and still abandoned her. Maybe he thought she would be fine without too much guidance but I think he underestimated her potential because she acted like a typical teenage girl.

Sakura is intelligent. She might not be a tactical genius like Kakashi but she definitely matches his analytical talent. It takes her till Shippuden to not only be good at analysing situations but to also come up with good plans. That and her chakra control make her formidable.

Her greatest weakness? I have to go with simping for Sasuke. On the one hand focusing on getting Sasuke back and not wanting to stand in his or Naruto’s shadow helped with her training, on the other hand it limited her options of what she wanted to do/achieve in life. We never find out. She had the obligation to do something with her talent apart from “stopping” and “loving” Sasuke and it was waaaaaasted.

KakaSaku

To me it made sense that in another universe or time or under different circumstances those two characters could have been close friends or more. They are both intelligent and nerds in their respective fields, which are traits Sakura — even when she was a Sasuke fangirl — appreciated. They are both kind, empathic but also prejudiced characters with similiar values. I always had the impression that Sakura definitely would go for a partner, who matches her intellect and competence. Canon-wise Kakashi never invalidated Sakura’s feelings or made her feel bad about herself for not being or acting like the perfect shinobi. He looked out for her, saved her or comforted her. I think the moment Shippuden rolled around he also respected her as a fully fledged shinobi. He acknowledged her skills but never stopped looking out for her in dangerous situations. Kakashi showed her the level of care and kindness her love interest should have given her. But since Sasuke couldn’t allow himself to have such bonds, the contrast between his behaviour towards Sakura and Kakashi’s was even more apparent. Not even Naruto was so soft with her:

The softness of that gesture... During the Kaguya fight we get more than one scene where they are both so soft with each other. Not to mention every time Sasuke acts like a dickhead we get a reaction shot like this from Kakashi:

Kakashi was always good a reading her. It looked like as if they had some sort of understanding of one another that didn't require a lot of words, probably because they are both very perceptive. Apart from that I think the difference in their temperament is the best combination for a power couple. They remind me of Minato and Kushina in that regard. He, the quiet, logical and kind one. She, the explosive emotional and intelligent one with too much doofus energy. Take that and their shared history and you have so many interessting arcs and story building elements you can explore.

Favourite Fanfictions:

I Found You Missing by Wolfy Tales

Unbroken by princezsupastar

Duty Before Honor by SilverShine

Will of Fire by Cynchick

Christmas Confessions by Cynchick

Draco always had a lot of potential. His intelligence and creativity as well as his love and commitment to his family are his greatest strength. I think during his attempt to kill Dumbledore all of these attributes are combined and show what Draco is able to accomplish if he sets his mind to it. He is a problem solver and is able to make connections that aren't obvious to other people.

His insecurity and need for recognition is what is holding him back. It's also what fosters his cowardness. For some reason he is the Malfoy heir and still feels the need to compensate for not living up to his father’s (?) expectations. He is also more tilted towards the easy way instead of working hard or taking responsibility.

Hermione is brilliant and very persistent. A deadly combination. When she has a clear goal in mind she is working rentlessly towards it. Sometimes even with no regard towards others. Her ambition, studies and her talent to think logical saved Harry and Ron more than once.

Greatest weakness has to be her disregard of other opinions. She can be close-minded and has a hard time accepting other views about the world, especially about topics she has already thought through. Everything she doesn't understand or isn't able to dissect with logic, is dismissed or questioned by her.

Dramione is an intriguing idea because on the one hand they are opposites of each other: the Malfoy heir and the girl next door, the pureblood and the muggle born, Slytherin and Gryffindor, Death Eater and Golden Girl. And yet they also mirror each other in various aspects: Draco makes fun of her blood status showing he his set in his view of the world but so is Hermione. Accepting other views is hard for her. Draco can be analytical and hellbent on achieving his goal. Similar to Hermione. He can be cruel but so is she. He knows exactly what to say to trigger people but so does she. They are both impulsive. He is insecure ablout himself as is she. He wants to be recognized as does she. You can ask so many story building questions with these setups alone — even when you don't count in both the canon and headcanon moments and the shared history of those two. The clashes of their personalities and ideals makes for pure entertainment and drama, but their similiarities and the conflict of them being on different sides of the war is what great love stories are made of. They play well off each other in every situation you throw them in. I always thought that Hermione needed someone who is as smart and ambitious as her, but who is also able to question her world views and who isn't afraid to push her limits. Also he would charm her with his ingenuity. As for Draco (and that's purly speculation on my part), I think he would've reacted well towards somebody, who values something other than the Malfoy name in him.

Favourite Fanfictions:

Inverse by Elesrea

Osculum Annuum by MyDelphi

The Green Girl by Colubrina

The Right Thing To Do by LovesBitca8

Dragon’s Heartstrings by pinkinku

[badninken]

You are so dedicated, I'm in awe... I gave up on one pieces anime bc it was soooooo slowwww and switched to manga... fast forward or not you deserve kudos for sticking it out!!!

There are supposed to be "episodes of" adaptations of arcs that repackage op arcs to be shorter and more manageable, or focusing on one character/their backstory. Cutting fishman island down into 4 eps for example. I've never seen them, but is very funny that apparently toei agreed the anime is way too unwieldy...

I did the same thing with Naruto but I hadn't started blogging about it at that time, because I felt like I couldn't enter the fandom before I had seen it all. It's kind of like that now, although I know I can, if I want to. I just want the full story before I start telling my own with art and analysis and I'm reeeeally looking forward to stop watching and start creating. Also I want to read fanfic without spoling everything and I'm impatient.

Also I'm not working right now and avoiding many scary feelings so it's very easy to stay in pirate fantasy world full time.

It really is fucking slow tho :P

[sasukeless]

2 If you’re still doing the controversial ask game

hi

2) was sasuke right?

ahh this billion dollar question isn’t it. i feel like this is the top 1 most discussed thing on this app for years, i have read every side of it.

to give #my opinion, im gonna go with yes. but its far more complicated, like most things are with naruto lol. i believe sasuke is right because he sees there’s a flaw in the existing system around him and to finally do something about it the only way to do that it’s to get ride of the system from the root.

now, as much as i agree with sasuke there i don’t agree with the way he tries to do that revolution. i dont mean this in a “oh violence wont be fixed with more violence” bs. i mean this because where sasuke’s goals are born for and how they affect his plans.

when sasuke finishes listening to the kages and it’s coming up with his thoughts, he immediately is bombarded by memories of itachi (itachi only, not his clan) and itachi’s words to him. when he states he will not let the village be destroyed he does it by adding “itachi’s will”. when sasuke is dying in the war arc his only thoughts again are that he doesn’t want to waste what itachi wanted to die. this shows us very clearly that sasuke’s revolution is very influenced by itachi’ wants. a little different, sure but still the same. which makes sense why his goal at vote2 is destroy the last person he loves and bear the hatred of everyone so the villages can have peace between them as long as they focus all on him. and this is quite what itachi did, just on a bigger scale. naruto = uchiha clan. the villages = konoha. sasuke = itachi.

^this is where many people complain that kishimoto had to turn sasuke ooc to make him evil and i can see what they mean but personally i dont view it as such when i look at what sasuke’s arc has always been. i have seen also that they dislike that post reveal sasuke’s character seems to be focus on itachi more than in his clan like in part 1 which i also disagree. itachi has been sasuke’s main influence in his character since day one. even in part 1, sasuke’s hate towards itachi isn’t just because he killed his clan, kishimoto focuses alot in showing itachi and sasuke having a loving relationship. kishimoto is very specific that sasuke’s biggest grief at the end of the day is not the massacre alone but the fact it was itachi who committed it. this is essentially what sets sasuke aside of other characters that lost their family/clans/parents etc. its not only what he lost but by who’s hands he lost it. so his focus has always been in itachi. so i dont think it was only part 2 that sasuke became more driven by itachi than anything else… anyways going back to the topic because im going off the rails (sorry).

sasuke has always had itachi first imo. and sasuke has always been defined by love too so ofc he’s gonna forgive the person he loves even if he doesn’t deserve it, ofc he’s gonna try to achieve that peace his brother “sacrificed” his life for (even if thru different means that he wanted you to). but while i understand and love sasuke’s character, i still think these are all very personal reasons for his revolution plans and thus why it fails.

his revolution plans are also self destructive but he doesn’t care because he still views it as his ultimate duty (again why he was so distraught when he was about to die without doing anything). he wants to become the bearer of all evil, and pain and hatred and wants to be all alone, even tho that is something that has caused alot of his pain in the past, he even talks about possible immortality and its just, well sad. you can tell hes about to sell his own doom because he thinks thats what he has to do to fix everything. he is ready to become a martyr. and forgive me but i view as that as a very tragic

so while i will always view him as being in the right, because when you put him in comparasion to most characters that doesnt realize whats wrong w the shinobi world, he will always come as one of the few that actually isn’t blind (even if its framed as bad for pointing that the system needs to be destroyed), i still dont think his plans are the right ones