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"don't mass reblog/like :/" coward. fool. somebody just went through and liked and reblogged 64 things from my blog in the span of half an hour at most. and i've never felt more alive in my life

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first time he sees izuna's mangekyo or smth?

#izuna #izuna uchiha #uchiha izuna #tobirama #tobirama senju #senju tobirama #omg they both look handsome! #IZUNA LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE HIS FATHER OR AM I SEEING THINGS????

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i raise you another one: that one (1) panel of teen Madara vs Hashirama that i can't find anywhere but i swear with my life that it does exist

list of important characters in naruto

madara

kid madara

old madara

edo madara

rikudou madara

#naruto #naruto shippuden #uchiha madara #also we must add prehistoric madara swimming in tajima's left ball #and also decomposing rotting madara after the 4gnw #lol

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thinking about this today

#free palestine #free gaza #palestinian writers #palestinian art #christianity

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Uchiha dudes

#another piece with Uchiha fellas #naruto #madara uchiha #sasuke uchiha #Obito #shisui #izuna uchiha #itachi #< prev tags #I LOOOOVE THE ART STYLE #they all look so fine

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I'm sorry for being so sappy, but I wanted to show you guys something.

When I first donated to PCRF in December 2023, it was barely 10% close to its goal. Now in March 2024, they're also 100%. Everyone of you has helped support a better future for Gaza.

They're so close to their goal. Please donate or share this post so that they can get to their goal🇵🇸

#palestine #free palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza

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No Zionist on my page. I WILL BAN YOU INSTANTLY.

Free Palestine🇵🇸🇵🇸

От реки до моря Палестина будет свободной

#anti zionisim #river to the sea #free palestine 🇵🇸 #Zionist are not welcomed here #zionazis

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Thanks for tagging me!

Last song I listened to: Teenagers by My Chemical Romance.

Favourite colour: kinda obvious but I love purple in all shades! Also black, navy blue, royal blue and crimson red are good colours to me.

Currently rewatching: nothing! Just re-reading the PJO series.

Spicy, savoury or sweet: spicy all the way, unless I'm on my period and I become chocolate's n°1 consumer. I prefer warm, sweet drinks.

Relationship status: married to Madara Uchiha, haters will say it's false.

Current obsession: *points at blog* the Madara is living in my brain. Also physics.

Tagging! @petra-kopanja @fangxin-guoshi my OG mutuals (also because a lot of people I have as mutuals are already up there lol)

Nine people I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @andohmyloveiliedtoyou (thank you for tagging me darling)

Last Song I Listened To: one I composed myself (I'm working on it this very moment, even though I should be studying for the chem analytics exam tomorrow)

Favourite Colour: marigold yellow, burgundy red, petrol, light salmon, light mint, various shades of pink

Currently (Re)Watching: Naruto, MLB, Liebes Kind, Dark, Knives Out

Spicy, Savoury, or Sweet: Anything goes, although I usually lean more towards the savory side.

Relationship Status: taken, but obsessing over fictional characters since 13

Current Obsession: c o l l e g e , my student council work, anything naruto, sending applications for the mandatory internship we have to do

Tagging: @narutobrainrotstuff , @the-real-sasuke-uchiha , @thechildbesuffering , @vulpisnocturna , @mikoto-uchiha-anon , @hanaverse-blog , @comikadraws , @snuggleboots , @w975x

#thanks lycen! #mutuals

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IMPORTANT!!!

#smol #smolsuke minichiha #aww cutie #fuck you itachi for ruining this baby #mutuals

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Request - Hashirama & Madara

솔직히..하시라마 색은..창작 수준.

#madara #madara uchiha #uchiha madara #hashirama #hashirama senju #senju hashirama #naruto founders #madara fanart #cutie pies 🥺

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madara uchiha once famously said:

Most controversial death opinion?

it should never happen to me bc im special

#madaracore #his ass dissed death 2 times he's so funny #my daily contribution to the madara shitposting #madara uchiha #uchiha madara #madara

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I absolutely agree with you on the point about Konoha disrespecting the Uchiha clan to the point of disregarding them even in death. While it is most likely certain that the Uchiha as well as other clans weren't super religious given that the Narutoverse has a lot of parallels to IRL Japan, the fact that their practices was so ignored by the village is an insulting act.

On the point about the village completely ignoring the clan's traditions, "Boruto" shows that the Naka shrine was destroyed and only the stone tablet was left, therefore we could say that Konoha went as far as to reach cultural erasure. I could speak a lot more about the way Konoha actively secluded and then erased the Uchiha clan's identity and culture, but that's not the topic at hand.

Finally, I must add that I'm almost sure Danzo took Fugaku's eyes. He's evil and hateful enough to do it, which makes me 10x more pro-Sasuke. Konoha as a whole is founded on contempt and disrespect of the Uchiha.

It kinda kills me that we don't know what happened to the bodies after the Uchiha massacre. Like what did the village do with them? Danzo got his hands on some of the Uchiha to steal their eyes but like,, the clan was pretty big. They ran the entire police force themselves which would be at least like 100-150 personnel just in active duty; this plus their spouses, the Genin/Chunin still in training, civilians that ran the shops in the district, retired workers/Shinobi, the elderly, and the children,,, there would've been hundreds of corpses to deal with. If they all died the same night and Sasuke was their only next of kin but also a 7 year old child who was hospitalised while the compound was cleared out,, who got to decide what happened to the bodies? Did the council just get to do whatever they wanted with the clans remains? You know, the council that planned the massacre?

The Uchiha had their own religion and they would have had funeral rights for their dead so,,, did they get those rights? We never see Sasuke at any sort of memorial or grave for his family, and for someone who clearly loves their clan a lot, Sasuke would take care of their resting place if they had one. It's just so upsetting that after slaughtering the Uchiha so the village wouldn't have to take accountability for you know,,, treating them like absolute shit, no one in Konoha even cares enough to give them the bare minimum respect in death. They what? Just let Danzo take the ones he wanted so he could harvest their eyes and just dumped the rest of the Uchiha in an unmarked mass grave somewhere? The whole village had a state-wide memorial when the Kyuubi attack happened and the same later on when Orochimaru invaded but they couldn't even bother with some sort of funeral service after the genocide of one of their own clans? The genocide that they ordered themselves?? Like it's just so fucking insulting.

#anti konoha #anti danzo shimura #uchiha clan #fuck konoha all my homies hate konoha #hey random person this was a lovely chat #pro sasuke uchiha #pro sasuke

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#free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

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Madara's Hair Masterpost

Part 1 ● Part 2 ● Part 3 ● Part 4 ● Part 5 ● Part 6 ● Part 7 ● Part 8 ● Part 9 ● Part 10 ● Part 11 ● Part 12 ● Part 13 ● Part 14 ● Part 15 ● Part 16 ● Part 17 ● Part 18 ● Part 19

#madara #madara's hair #extremely important post

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"And there they were, two young men and their souls"

Madara’s older than Hashirama.

Indra reincarnates first and Asura follows.

Indra’s first born. Sasuke was born first too. Would make sense to assume Madara’s older.

#madara #hashirama #indra #ashura #naruto #sasuke #< prev tags #that was a beautiful conclusion

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The history in fiction: Parallels between historical Japan and the Narutoverse

Part 1: The era of the Six Paths

Naruto may not be a historical fiction and most people will think that the utmost historical reference in the series is the fact that ninja were a thing in feudal Japan. But what if I told you that there is an insane amount of historical parallels in the series? That we could actually place the events of the main timeline within real periods of Japanese history? In this two-part series, I’ll be explaining the many parallels, references and design inspirations of the main events and generations that shaped the course of the series that we all know and love. I’ll start with the era of the Six Paths (starting from Kaguya and ending with Indra and Ashura), and part 2 will be about the Warring States (dynamic between the Senju and Uchiha). At the end of each part, I’ll add useful links so that you can deepen your investigation and see my sources. Without further ado, let’s start overanalyzing.

Historical references and parallels in character design and dynamics

I’d place this particular era of the Narutoverse in the Heian period of Japan (or at least the most important people, the brothers Indra and Ashura). Considering that we’re spanning 3 generations here, I’ll separate the individuals involved in the following way:

Kaguya: End of Nara period (710 AD - 784 AD)

Hagoromo and Hamura: Early Heian period (794 AD - 1185 AD)

Indra and Ashura: Heian period (794 AD - 1185 AD)

Kaguya

On a side note, I’d like to add that I’m not really considering Tenji in the list above because he’s an anime only character. However, his case caught my eye so I’ll discuss him as well. Let’s start by evaluating Kaguya and Tenji then. Kaguya’s character design is a very classical archetype of Heian beauty standards and clothing. Long, straight hair with flowy kimono and a delicate face. Her unusual eyebrows are no coincidence as well, as in the Heian period the practice of hikimayu was commonplace in noblewomen. 

"Hiki means "pull" and mayu means "eyebrows". Aristocratic women used to pluck or shave their eyebrows and paint new ones using a powdered ink called haizumi, which was made of soot from sesame or rapeseed oils." (source)

Left: Filler anime episode // Right: Manga panel

Above: Hikimayu through the ages of Japan

Another interesting fact that I’d like to point out is that Kaguya is a character with striking similarity to a Japanese folk tale, in this case the Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no monogatari), whose origin we can trace back to Heian Japan. The Tale of Princess Kaguya tells the story of a little baby girl who “fell from the skies” and was found by a couple of old farmers inside of a bamboo. She grew up to be extremely beautiful and was courted by lots of noblemen, but she rejected them all insisting that somebody would come for her, as she looked at the moon. Of course, Naruto provides us with a different ending to the story but this similarity can’t be overlooked.

Above: "The Receding Princess" from The Japanese Fairy Book, 1908

Moving on to Tenji, it gets a bit more complicated to place him in an exact historical moment as he has elements of many different periods. His hairstyle resembles the styling of the Jomon period, whereas the entire setting in the filler episodes are more similar to the Nara period with the many small kingdoms fighting for dominance within a vast land, just like pre-unification Japan. Therefore, I place Kaguya and Tenji at the end of the Nara period, because we see how Kaguya takes over Tenji’s rulership and is regarded as a noblewoman after she casts the first Infinite Tsukuyomi. I have to rely on some filler in this case because otherwise I can’t find a logical explanation as to why Hagoromo was so well settled and had a large group of people following his teachings if it wasn’t for Kaguya ruling some land that originally belonged to Tenji. 

Hagoromo and Hamura

Let’s start with the second generation. Following the events of the end of the Nara period I quoted in the previous section, Hagoromo and Hamura would go in the beginning of the Heian period. Their character designs feature long, flowy tunics without a visible belt. Here you have an image of men’s clothes through Japanese history, the third one being a feudal lord of the Heian period. Compare and contrast with these anime and manga images.

Above: “Men’s Japanese clothes” by Glimja

Left: Filler anime episode with both // Right: Hagoromo manga panel

Again, since we get very few manga panels related to Hagoromo and his sons, I’ll refer once again to the filler episodes where he is shown as the ruler of a village. The spot within the Heian period in which I’m placing Hagoromo would be around 100 years after the Taika reforms which established one of the first codes of law in Japan and (Taihō code) and divided the country in provinces ruled by feudal lords. Curiously, around the time where the Taika reforms happened, there was an emperor called Tenji. 

Indra and Ashura

The third generation of the alien-human hybrids is here, and I place them in the Heian period as well. My main reason to consider Indra and Ashura in the Heian period is the fact that this is the exact time period where the samurai originate. A common misconception is that a samurai is a Japanese warrior highly trained in the martial arts and weapons. While this statement holds some truth, the samurai were the military social class of feudal Japan, which means that there were people who were of the samurai class but had never touched a weapon in their lives. Therefore, samurai clans were not entirely composed by warriors but also had a number of people who lived a more “civilian” lifestyle. And you may be wondering, “what do the historical samurai have to do with the ninja that we see in Naruto?”. The answer is: more than you think. Historically speaking, the ninja is a samurai specialised in stealth and sneaking, the only difference with the Naruto universe is that the ninja we know and love from the show possess chakra and perform techniques with that. 

The story of Indra and Ashura is strongly tied to the origin of ninja clans in Naruto, just as the Heian period is the origin of the samurai clans. From this time period I’d like to highlight the myth of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, more commonly known as Minamoto no Raiko. His story says that he slayed demons (yes, really) and saved many maidens from being abused by drunk oni with his great sword, Dojigiri Yasutsuna. The difference between myth and legend is that myths hold some kind of historical fact whereas legends are purely fictional. Minamoto no Raiko has been heavily mythified and his story sounds unbelievable or too much like a fantasy story until you realise that he did exist and that his sword is kept in a museum. Doesn’t this resemble how the origins of ninja in Naruto are almost like fantasy stories up until Hagoromo shows up in the 4th war and explains that everything was real all along? 

Above: Ukiyo-e of Minamoto no Raiko and others fighting the demon Shuten Doji.

Just as Minamoto no Raiko is considered the first samurai, Indra could be considered the first shinobi. He was the first to channel and shape chakra to create jutsu, and he was considered as part of the legends surrounding Hagoromo. Please compare these two panel sequences, one is from earlier in the story and the second one is Hagoromo’s version. 

The brothers’ character design can also be correlated with the Heian period. Indra’s eyebrows seem to be real but resemble the hikimayu design of Kaguya’s eyebrows, however he does add eye makeup. The people who wore makeup in the Heian period were nobles (mostly noblewomen), once again reinforcing my point that this family started out as feudal lords and eventually fused with the warrior class, becoming ninja clans. Although the character design for Indra and Ashura isn’t 100% equal to Heian Japan’s male clothing, the inspiration is subtle yet visible. I’d say that the inspiration is mostly for the plot rather than the appearance of the character. If you’d like to see more real Heian period clothing, this link has recreations of the outfits of the characters in the Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu.

Sources

These are some useful links that I’ve referred to while writing this post. I’d like to invite you to read them if you’d like to do further research on the beautiful history of Japan.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tenji

https://www.britannica.com/event/Taika-era-reforms

https://www.japanhousela.com/articles/princess-kaguya-a-tale-for-the-ages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikimayu#:~:text=Hiki means "pull" and mayu,from sesame or rapeseed oils.

https://www.thoughtco.com/beauty-in-heian-japan-195557

https://history.hanover.edu/hhr/22/HHR2022miller.pdf

https://www.tumblr.com/heian-collection/30869762024/beauty-ideal-in-heian-japan?source=share

https://thegate12.com/article/264

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for part 2, the Warring States era. Special thanks to @al-hekima-madara-blog for actually motivating me to write all of this down 💜

#shameless self reblog saturday #purple rambles #purple's historical analysis #naruto #naruto shippuden #six paths #kaguya otsutsuki #hagoromo otsutsuki #hamura otsutsuki #indra otsutsuki #otsutsuki indra #ashura otsutsuki #reblogging because it's my fav post ever and it was so fun to make #pls share if you like it! and share your thoughts too!

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Bizarre to see counterculture to Palestinian advocacy take on the duplicitous form of “this is just online activism” “you guys are being too harsh and painting those who aren’t following your bonafide rules as evil” what bonafide rules. The basic idea that maybe the Oscars should not be held this year at the very LEAST in respect to the genocide the US is funding?? That maybe people should care we’re living through a literal genocide?? And frankly if you do turn your back on genocide then yes I’m very much comfortable demonizing you for it

#palestine #free palestine #free gaza