#team taka is the best

[avenger-hawk]

Hypothetically what if karin would become the jinchuuriki (or the one of the 10 tailes, if we just act like the ending was a genjutsu) would that change the dynamics of the story? Her relationship to her team etc?

It's such an impossible outcome since kishi gave less and less importance to Team Taka members that it was challenging to imagine it.

If Karin became a jinchuuriki before or while Sasuke joined the battlefield she would have been one more asset against Madara, Obito, the Zetsus, Kabuto and all the Edo Tensei revived shinobi, and since she's loyal to Sasuke she would have protected him while he was fighting, kind of like Juugo did, so once reunited with Sasuke he would have kept her close, to fight together.

She could have been also useful while Sasuke fought Naruto in the final fight, kind of like she had been observing his fight with Danzo, and even more, having jinchuuriki powers.

So her power could have changed the balance of everything Sasuke did, adding to his own powers hers, making him much more powerful and dangerous, in Konoha's pespective.

Her relationship with her team would be more or less the same cause she has a bossy (in a good sense) personality anyway and because in Team Taka everyone had equal rights to speak out and do things, and everyone respected each other regardless of their strengths and weaknesses anyway.

[shyflowerhologram]

I love Suigetsu, one moment he's like "Sasuke is the worst, I hate everyone" and then "Oh look at this, Sasuke would love it, let's go!"

[bestnarutoduo]

Propaganda

Team Taka

Submitter says they’re the best

Submitter loves found family and the color purple

Team Eight

each so cool individually and add up to be super cool

Weird kid repersentation

They straight up killed those people during the chunin exams and I think about that a lot

 All three of them have a creature(s) that they love and are a part of their personality (Akamaru, Shino's bugs, Naruto)

Submitter just love them so much. As a group and as individuals.

[idcsomethingsasuke]

ok but are your mutuals cool enough to send you Polaroids of Juugo?

[justsasuke]

Team Taka Matsuri 2024 day 1: Karin.

I've been wanting to do this for so long and I figured today was the perfect day for it. So I present to you: Team Taka, Modern AU (but set in-universe) instagram profiles. Karin version.

Little Easter eggs I added: - The time in the first photo is her birthday - "Too Sweet for you" is a reference to "Too Sweet" by Hozier which is a song I feel like fits her vibe. - One of her favorite foods is okonomiyaki (often called "savory pancakes" in America for some unknown reason) - I headcanon her favorite Sanrio character to be Kuromi.

[t-u-i-t-c]

Shinobi 30: Targeted Ninja School!

[naturenaruto]

😭sstop bb saske bein w heem fam then teen sas bein all alone then adult sask foundfam at pride etcetc😭

yeah yeah opening a fic and "he would not fucking say that" but what about you open the fic and "he would fucking say that". what about that pure feeling of euphoria when it's exactly right the way you like it

[oh-no-its-bird]

Fic where, in practicing to get edo tensei right, Orochimaru uses Izuna as a test subject and tries to substitute DNA to make it work, using Suigetsu's bc like it's extra flexible or whatever bc shape change

Edo tensei mermaid Izuna locked in a tube somewhere in Oro's lab,,

He's SO mad about it and has literally no information ab what's going on at all bc hes locked in a fucking tube !!

Bonus points if Orochimaru doesn't even specifically know who he is

They unearthed him w the rest of the founders on a whim but bc no one really requested him specifically, the body just kinda sat there and eventually got mixed in w the rest of the Uchiha corpses, till Orochimaru requests an Uchiha corpse and they shrug and send him over

He still has Madara's eyes too (left alone either by oversight / or bc they decided not to pull them before he got mixed in w the other bodies, who had by then already gotten scooped of their eyes so they assumed he'd already been harvested)

Ok but like. No one even tells him what happened/where he is/that madara made the village. Why would anyone?? The only one Izuna sees regularly is Orochimaru, and he doesn't know those facts would matter??

Izuna doesn't even know what Konoha IS, he isn't gonna recognize the name

From Izuna's perspective, he died in his bed and then BOOM. Tank time.

Orochimaru might tell him it's been some years since his death (thinking he died in the massacre) and even if Izuna doesn't believe him bc like, enemy, enemy territory, he sure as fuck probably won't be thinking "Ah yes it's been decades since my death and my brother went against my dying wishes to make that village"

Tho he might get nervous and start picking up those cues when he sees the tech

Oro mentions offhand that the Uchiha were all killed and Izuna immediatley assumes the Senju won the war and loses it

He'd figure it out eventually obviously (probably after being set free, most likley by Sasuke w Suigetsu) But he'd also probably keep that to himself, bc like, enemy territory n stuff

Mermaid shapeshifter Izuna terrorizes the shinobi world,, Sasuke doesn't know what he just unleashed.

Ok actually but like. Suigetsu's shape-shifting but bc Izuna has a fire chalra nature, make it liquid fire shape-shifting. Fuckin, fire mermaid Izuna. He has an awful time retaining his form and actually for the first chunk of time, him being in that tube is genuinley just for the best. He keeps turning into liquid fire with no real solid body and can't put himself back together for hours.

Izuna hears his brother is still alive and running Akatsuki and is so down to clown till he realizes THATS NOT HIS FUCKING BROTHER HOW DARE YOU USE HIS NAME

Anyways oh my god Izuna on team Taka,,

He and Sasuke would be SUCH a dynamic actually, they look alike so much?? Sasuke doesn't recognize him but he's clearly a close relation, so there's some mystery there. Sasuke is like super shaken by finding a member of his clan and Izuna, by that point aware that apparently the rest of his clan is dead, is sticking to him like GLUE. Sasuke is bitchy little brother coded and Izuna understands this is probably karma bc he is also bitchy little brother coded

They probably clash a lot, especially bc both are expecting to be in charge here, but ultimately I think they'd get along better than Sasuke does most people, and there's also that bonus vulnerability of like. Izuna is an older Uchiha boy who's trying to brother him (with a noticeably different brother-ing style to Itachi too) and Sasuke has been alone for so, so long.

Sasuke accidentally calls him nii-san then promptly has several break downs about it

Suigetsu and Izuna either get along ALARMINGLY well or they hate eachother. I think I wanna go with the first bc it sounds more fun. They couldn't talk to eachother in the tanks but they could still see eachother, so maybe they kind of developed some sort of code to communicate?

They are "cause problems on purpose" friends. They're also "wdym I can't kill him???" *looks of genuine confusion* buddies. They're giving Sasuke the biggest headache actually, someone stop them. If you leave them to "take care" of a problem, there will be carnage.

Also, like, Izuna literally has Suigetsu's DNA in him. That's a thing.

Mmm maybe some complex thoughts ab how Izuna has effectively become a bloodline thief against his will (the ULTIMATE taboo for shinobi from his era) and he's like, actually fucked up about it.

Running joke where they refer to each other as cousins, could be funny. They argue over who's the bastard child (it's Izuna obviously but he won't just take that title lying down)

Izuna is like, in his 20s, and Karin is around 16 or 17 at this time I think?? She definatley has a bit of a crush on him (which helps take the edge off Sasuke) but like, he's not acknowledging that beyond patting her on the head. She'll get over it eventually. (Sasuke hides behind Izuna when Karin is trying to flirt w him and Izuna absoloutley laughs at them both)

Izuna is actually really impressed w Karin's sensing abilities specifically. I think he'd be a bit on edge around her at first, bc Uzumaki -> Senju ally. But he'd quickly assume she's a deserter (he has no idea the Uzumaki are pretty much wiped out rip) and becomes cautiously chill after a minute or two (also when he first escapes, he REALLY doesn't have the luxury to pick and choose his allies. He's instantly attached to Sasuke and cautiously fond of Suigetsu, and Karin seems to have Sasuke's trust at least, so he'll keep an eye on it but otherwise trust Sasuke's judgment)

Izuna and Karin besties arc where they paint eachothers nails is a must. I love the take that Izuna is really into fashion n stuff and he and Karin should like, trade hair tips or smthn. Karin knows modern soap brands where as Izuna bought his soaps from clan vendors who no longer fucking exist, so like, it's definatley helpful.

Karin is the only one of them to have any real hint of where tf Izuna came from (tho even she doesn't have the full details) it'd be cool if she was the one to figure out more details ab his general mystery— maybe something about her chakra sensing gives her a hint as to how old he really is?? Or she finds the paper trail that hints towards the bodies being mixed up???? Idk but she deserves to have an "aha!" moment

Also Izuna's medical knowledge/standards are NOT up to modern and Karin is so mad about it, she's giving him hella lessons on first aid n shit and he's very, very interested in all this free medical knowledge

I know the least about Jugo so bear with me on this one pls— I think Izuna would find Jugo to be pretty fascinating as a person actually. He enjoys tentatively poking him with sticks, and comes to genuinley like him as a person (when he's calm) pretty quickly

Also cats love Izuna so he gets bonus points from Jugo bc of that, they can bond while petting Izuna's contracted cats or smthn idk

Yeah I really don't know much ab Jugo so that's all I have to offer sorry

Ok let's backtrack a bit, back to Orochimaru ->

Fun scene towards the very start of the fic, where Izuna still has no fucking clue what's going on, but recognizes Orochimaru as a member of the Orochi clan. He says as much, and Orochimaru has to pause.

No one's mentioned his clan to him in years. They haven't been relevant in Konoha since Orochimaru was born— even before that, they were barley relevant. Izuna should not know who they are.

(The only reason he does know is bc they had a neutral to positive relationship w the Uchiha back in the warring era, and Izuna had visited them once before)

Immediatley, Orochimaru is squinting at this guy. He's giving Danzo a ring asking who exactly he got sent over, but Danzo doesn't actually have anything to offer him??? The paperwork is a mess and there were a LOT of Uchiha. He's not registered as a shinobi tho.

Hmmmm.... ok.

Orochimaru is suddenly aware there's some kind of mystery here now, which is dangerous for Izuna. Izuna is, again, in enemy territory, and he's able to pick up on the fact that Orochimaru doesn't actually know who he is. This ofc means that HE sure as hell won't be telling him.

Maybe he bares his teeth and sarcastically says he's the second coming of Uchiha Madara (not even that big of a lie when u think ab it)

Pivoting time ->

Izuna is listed in the data books as like, being equally as talented as Madara and I think we should talk ab that more actually

I love Tobirama but he really did get him by surprise

Izuna just got cocky and taken by surprise!!

HE DIDNT EVEN GET COCKY HE JUST LOGICALLY DIDNT EXPECT TOBIRAMA TO FUCKING INVENT TELEPORTATION

Then he went down in the history books both in canon and out of it as the weakest of the 4, that's so tragic

Izuna gets mermaid edo tenseid and (once people know who he is) everyone is like "Ok well at least he's uhh. The weakest of the 4 right?? I mean tobirama killed him when they were like only 19/20 so we'll probably be fine???"

Then he just fucking bodies them all bc hes a nightmare actually AND on whatever special test trial edo tensei steroids they gave him

Izuna is fueled on rage and spite and he's full up on both

Imagine he gets the full story of everything that happened while he was dead too, like.

Ok so Madara goes against his EXPRESS dying wishes and makes his village. (what the fuck!!) Then backs out (yay!!) but in an awful way that effectively fucks over the entire clan for years to come (nii-san what the FUCK)

Then gets literally backstabbed by Hashirama (HE FUCKING TOLD YOU!!! WHAT DID HE FUCKING SAY!!!!!)

Then the Uchiha seem to thrive and like. Ok. He's still mad about it, but at least something... kind of nice came out of it.

THEN BOTH THE VILLAGE AND MADARA'S(?????) SCHEMES KILL THEIR ENTIRE CLAN

Izuna is SO mad at literally everyone, holy shit. The only one safe from his rage is Hikaku, god rest his poor, poor soul

Actually, I think it'd be funny if Izuna was like, indescribably extra awful mad at everyone— but then is like. Normal mad amounts at Tobirama, who was a bitch but at least didn't seem to carry on a personal fucking vendetta against the Uchiha like EVERYONE ELSE INCLUDING FUCKING MADARA FOR SOME GODDAMN REASON

Izuna is going like, "FUCK you, FUCK you, OH, EXTRA FUCK YOU—" then squints at Tobirama and goes "...fuck you." Then goes back to screaming

To be clear, Tobirama absolutely contributed to the end of the Uchiha, but like. A) it'd be funny, and B) at least his seemed slightly less on purpose than literally everyone else

There's also I think a difference of like. Izuna never expected Tobirama to suddenly turn around and be pro Uchiha

Where as everyone else (again, including his brother!!) Was like. A genuine betrayal

Tobirama fucking over the clan was never a surprise

He never pretended to be on their side (like Hashirama lowkey did)

Tobirama vs Izuna but it's them getting to relive their rivalry where as Izuna vs literally anyone else is emotionally charged as hell and filled with demented screaming

Leaving it there for now, I might actually try to write this one but who tf knows

[suika-suigetsu]

I think we can all agree that Sui is lucky Mitsuki was never actually a baby. Imagine poor guy being cast into the nanny position against his best protests 😂

I ended up playing Log instead of Mitsuki, but hehe, I think Suigetsu is still a babysitter to this day.

You see, even on Team Taka, Suigetsu pretends not to care about his teammates' well-being, but he's constantly worrying about them. He must swear up and down that Mitsuki and Log are nothing to him but Orochimaru's experiments, but he must always be wondering if Mitty is okay when he's in Konoha, and I have this hc that he wets Log whenever he sees him smoking, wanting to break that bad habit of his haha. He must see himself as their dad/older brother/uncle, even if he'll kill you if you even hint at it.

[mugiwara-lucy]

Best team ever!!

I couldn’t help myself so I gave this illustration a Taka-spin, featuring a happier Sasuke 😂

[theheirofthesharingan]

What do you think Sasuke did wrong. I'm curious. I'm not a hater I'm just fascinated by fandom in a neutral way. I enjoy the meta and the story as a whole, though there does seem to be a sharp divide between S vs I stans on their respective faults, sins, and where they should be defended. I also don't want to invite any hate to your inbox by S stans so there's no pressure to reply to this.

This post encapsulates what I have to say very well.

When I talk about Sasuke doing some things wrong, it's not in an accusatory and aggressive way, but the mere admission of those being the truth, whereas most of his fans don't want to admit this. And if they do, they will blame Itachi or some other characters, despite it all being a string of trauma and pain going on from one person to another.

Sasuke is a child who didn't have anything in his control from the beginning. He always felt powerless and whenever he tried to get better, whatever goal he had, proved way too gigantic. These feelings of hopelessness and inferiority resulted in him doing things he otherwise would not have done.

He hates killing people. But he didn't mind doing so after he learned Itachi's truth. Most of his fans defend it saying "But didn't actually do it", which is true, but he had completely intended to do it, including killing people who were neither responsible for his sufferings nor knew anything about what happened to the clan and Itachi. Why should they be subjected to death and violence they didn't even know about? Sasuke stops and changes his mind after meeting Itachi. Itachi was the only one who could change his mind.

Him attacking Land of Iron is one of those things that is almost never discussed. Yes, everyone over there was a rabid violent monster equivalent of a person, but it was still a politically neutral land, and had it not been for Obito declaring war upon the Five Nations, nobody knows how Sasuke's invasion would have been seen by the others.

He promised Juugo "to be his cage", but after attacking the Kage Sunmit, he deserts him, takes only Karin away because she would be useful for him. And then he stabs Karin. Most of his fans (myself included) prefer Team Taka to Team 7. But they never talk about how Sasuke uses them and then throws them away, without so much as apologizing to them. When Sakura shows up, and Sasuke knew she was a medic ninja, he asks her to kill Karin, instead of trying to help her with her pain. His fans keep saying "he's so kind, he forgave Itachi even if Itachi didn't deserve it", but then don't want to comment how he doesn't extend this kindness to anyone else.

I don't blame him for wanting to hurt Naruto, because Naruto himself didn't know when to understand and let Sasuke go. However, Naruto was rightly concerned about his well-being because Sasuke was going to Orochimaru, the most powerful villain we'd seen so far. The second time, though, Sasuke fully intended to kill him. Naruto may or may not be stronger than him, because a lot of it is their ideological battle in which Kishimoto tries to paint Sasuke as "wrong" and Naruto as "right." However, Sasuke's solution is still more violence and hate, killing his best friend to achieve that. It's completely wrong.

Most of what Sasuke does gets no attention, apart from what his haters do, who hate him for "being rude" and "being stupid", and some people just might not like that kind of personality, because Sasuke can be rude to people even if he doesn't have to. The reason his wrong-doings aren't acknowledged as much is because there are zero consequences of those actions.

He tries to kill Naruto? Naruto is never hurt/damaged enough for it to become his entire personality.

He deserts Team Taka? Again, they unite with him and there are no more talks about it. They aren't even angry.

Tries to kill Karin? She keeps on worshiping the ground he walks, instead of being upset with him one bit.

Tries to rule the world? It doesn't matter. In the anime there is that scene he's put in the jail, but nothing of that sort happens in manga.

He suffers a lot for the things that aren't his fault. And when he is wrong, those are never acknowledged.

Now, I don't blame him for being wrong, because it's all being done under immense emotional and mental burden. And he doesn't really need to be condemned for those things. When he attacks the Kage summit, he's doing so after losing Itachi, and that pain and anger has blinded him. His mental health only keeps getting worse afterwards. So, the things he does are unquestionably wrong, but they have solid explanations. That is, 'Yes, he was wrong, but I can explain his reasoning behind those things.' But many of his fans will keep yelling "Sasuke did nothing wrong", and in the process they blame other characters.

To them, Sasuke's trauma is responsible for what he does, but Itachi doesn't get that pass. Kakashi should have 100% supported him when he said he needed to train in order to kill Itachi, and Kakashi denying to do it, because he was speaking from his own experiences, makes him bad.

They'll tell you Sasuke was shaped by his trauma, which is the truth, but then want to pretend that others aren't.

Also, yes, there is a divide between their fans. But I've never Itachi fans being aggressive towards others. Being defensive of him, yes, but hateful and aggressive, no. At least not to the degree it's become a norm.

Don't worry about the hate. I have blocked some of his fans who used to frequent my blog. I think I'll be blocking others too. I am a fan too, but I love both him and Itachi with their flaws and despite them.

[moldy-flowers]

I think the best thing about Naruto is that its world is stupidly expansive. Like there's just so much to fixate on its impossible to escape.

Bored of team 7? Hey what about team Asuma, Kurenai and Gai? Or perhaps Taka?

Bored of them? Go look at the legendary Sanin and all their antics.

Bored of the Sanin? Oh well maybe you want to fixate on those two guys from Naruto™️ (Izumo&Kotetsu) and the gang (Hayate... save me Hayate...)

Bored of the people? Maybe you want to fixate on the clans? The Uchiha and Hyuga for example.

Bored of Konoha? Well there are FOUR other nations to look at if you want!

Dont want to be confined to the actually weird and oppressive laws of the villages? Then maybe the Akatsuki is for you.

Oh is this timeline boring you? Maybe you want to go to the past and see the founders?

What oh are you still bored? Okay picky bitch then just pick one of the traumatized soldiers and look at their backstorys there's so many and their so indepth, Kakashi, Sasuke some other characters who aren't important,,, Sasuke. Or maybe you just want to see some crazy people like Orochimaru, Obito or Tobirama.

Bored again? Okay weirdo stupid idiot little dumb dumb if that wasn't enough maybe look at all the ships. There are so many. Oh my god. There's so many. Sakumo Hatake/Kaguya Otsusuki is a REAL ship and it's beautiful this fandom is like a hivemind of defects. The world of ships is so insanely expansive, Sakura and Shisui is a really popular ship which is so funny because Shisui is her wifes (Sasuke is the wife in that relationship FIGHT ME) dead cousin.

its also key to mention that because Naruto is so popular its crazy that you literally just can't run out of content.

[generouskittensong]

Team Taka were loyal to Sasuke. The only people

No Kishimoto, you can't act like loneliness is the problem when you made Konoha kill Sasuke's clan. Sasuke doesn't push people away for no reason he does it because of trauma. You have to address the root of the problem which is government sanctioned genocide, not loneliness. And Naruto and Sasuke beating each other up isn't going to help with that let alone the loneliness issue that is suddenly a problem. How is Sasuke supposed to not feel alone anyway when literally no one is validating his feelings.

[justsasuke]

Official prompt list is now live!! (Find out what this event is all about here )

Remember to tag all of your posts with #teamtakamatsuri and #teamtakaevent so I can find them and read them all (Any post about Team Taka qualifies during this event imo so yeah) Anyone who wants to participate but doesn't want to make a post on their own blog or just wants to chat about Team Taka feel free to hit me up

Super excited for this year and can't wait to see everyone's thoughts and creations, see you guys next week~

[elysium-mons]

The Naruto Shippuden episodes after Sasuke defeats Orochimaru are some of my favorites.

The way Sasuke starts recluting these 3 freaks (affectionately) to start Team Taka (Hebi at the time), and we are constantly shown that Sasuke does his best to NOT kill people. His explanation always is "There's just ONE person I have to kill", and then everyone (Orochimaru, Suigetsu, Karin) say that it's because Sasuke is too soft.

That's pretty much why I'll always be a Sasuke defender: If Sasuke wasn't traumatized, abused and pressured to his limit, his nature is that of kindness and love.

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Deck The Halls for a Birthday Party: The Third Hour.

I'm just sayin...! If we want this party to suit Mukuro, we're gonna need more warpaint!

And I'm saying if we want this to be a nice surprise, the lest violent, the better!

Bro, you just don't wanna get your face all messy!

I-I'm not denying that! But more than that, I want this to be a nice party where we can all come together as friends and family, and show appreciation for someone we love!

If we wanted to turn this into a battlefield, we might as well have gone paintballing!

So what, you really think that she'd like a more traditional Japanese thing? What has Mukuro ever said or done to make you think she liked traditional Japanese stuff?

Alright, alright, easy, you two. If you wanna get better opinions on it, just ask Sayaka when she makes her rounds.

That might be for the best. The least we can do in the meantime is finish putting up the streamers and decorations we already have.

*The decorations team set up their pre-given decorations in the gymnasium at the Future Foundation. Unfortunately, though left in charge of planning, neither Hiro, Taka, nor Mondo can truly settle on a theme for the party.

I do get your problems though. Is anyone else a little worried that we really don't know what it is we should be aiming for here?

Yeah, until Makoto and Kyoko get back, we're flyin' by the seat of our-

Woah, it's slippin'!

Huh!?

*Mondo looks up above them to see one of their paper streamers coming loose from its hook. But as it begins to fall...

*FWACK!*

Ah!?

Phew...That was a close one.

Kanon!?

*As the streamer falls, Kanon shoots it from a distance with a nail gun. She hits it dead on and catches it before it can drop.

Holy shit, that was some killer accuracy!

I've had lots of practice~

...Yeah, no kidding...Man, how the hell did Eje and his boys ever manage to wrangle you in?

Oh, well, it's not like I really struggled. They didn't wanna hurt me, I didn't wanna hurt them.

If I did...all their necks'd be broken by now.

I...don't doubt it.

Well, hey, Happy Christmas, Kanonball. What'cha doin' here?

Sayaka told me what was going on, and I wanted to lend a hand. She told me you were working over here, and...I figured you boys could use a woman's touch.

That might come in handy...We're actually struggling a little here.

Why? What's the problem?

So, Mukuro, the person who this is all for...She's kinda a reserved person, and we've never held a party for her on such a big scale before.

She's not someone who really likes talkin' about herself, so...we don't know what she really likes.

She's kinda like you actually! She's one of those "tough girl" types, so your input would really help out!

Jeez...Say what you really think of me, why don't you?

Anyway, yeah, I can chip in...But I gotta know; where is Mukuro now? It'll be hard keeping her away from this place while we brainstorm.