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sockendrache · 8 months

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Headcanon: Obito gets violently sick whenever he has a crush bc he's an Uchiha and feels everything way more intense

So. Uchiha feel emotions way more intense than non-Uchiha, yes?

Imagine Obito, who doesn't really have any friends but is desperate to be included, hearing the other kids talk about their little puppy-crushes. About feeling butterflies in your stomach and getting dizzy and nervous, all that jazz.

Then, enter Rin. Who's the first person to go out of her way to hang out with Obito and befriends him and gets to know him. And him, being so deprived of social interactions with kids his age, immediately latches onto her and they become besties-

And then he notices that his heart starts pounding and he gets butterflies whenever he's around Rin, and he just thinks to himself "Is this??? A Crush????" Since, y'know. He's got absolutely no reference to go off of and know the difference between friends and crushes.

What I'm saying is: Obito has no idea what having a friend feels like and is operating purely on what he heard other kids describe crushes to be like.

Years later he's slowly making friends with the other kids at the academy and has more experience on what having friends feels like, and he's cONFUSED as hell, because why the fuck does he get butterflies when he's hanging out with Asuma and Kurenai or sparring with Guy??!!

So he asks his Grandma what that's all about, and she just goes

"Well, you're an Uchiha, and we Uchiha are known to experience emotions about 10x more intense than others. What feels like a 'crush' to other kids is just what 'friendship' feels like to an Uchiha. I assure you, you'll know the difference when you truly develop feelings :)"

And Obito just thinks she's trying to comfort him because "No way that's true, how can my feelings get any stronger than this?!"

...flash forward to him, Rin and Kakashi being placed on Team Minato, and Obito realizing that Grandma was right when the sound of Kakashi's voice is enough to make him violently throw up

Turns out that those feelings could get stronger. A LOT stronger.

His friendship with Rin gives him comforting butterflies and a warm fuzzy feel up his spine that makes him smile for days.

Meanwhile, his rivalry (ITS NOT LOVE, IT'S NOT LOVE!!) with Kakashi makes him physically ill. Obito doesn't just feel warm and fuzzy when chatting (arguing) with Kakashi, he actually gets a fucking fever. Obito doesn't get comforting butterflies when he's around Kakashi, he gets violently sick to the point where he throws up whenever Kakashi so much as breathes in his direction.

And the worst part is: everyone knows what's wrong ("wrong") with Obito, literally everyone.

Everyone, EXCEPT FOR KAKASHI

One moment Obito is chatting with Asuma and Genma, he's completely fine and feels great! ....then Kakashi comes up to them (making sure he gets to the training grounds on time, lol). He doesn't even get a single word in before Obito goes pale, then,

"Obito-"

Hearing Kakashi say his name is enough to make him throw up into the nearest trashcan

Genma volunteers to help Obito get cleaned up, if only to escape the scene

Kakashi, watching them trott off: Tsk. Why doesn't he just go to the doctor already?

Asuma: ...

Asuma: Uhm. How long has he been... sick?

Kakashi: It's been like this for weeks. I honestly don't get why Minato Sensei has me go out of my way to fetch Obito every day when he's clearly too ill to be of any use during training.

Asuma: ...yea that's odd

Asuma, internally: kakashi how dense are you

#naruto #naruto headcanons #kakaobi #kkob #kakashi x obito #obito uchiha #rin nohara #kakashi hatake #obito headcanons #uchiha love to suffer and that extends to their love life too /jk #obito cant catch a break #other kids get butterflies when they have crushes #he gets to experience whats it like to have your appendix burst #for multiple hours #and Kakashi has the audacity to scold him like hes not at fault #team minato #obitos grandma watching him suffer: ah yes young love #tldr obito is so in love with kakashi its disgusting for everyone involved #either kakashi pretends to be oblivious or hes really just that dense

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seoheesoo · 25 days

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Modern AU! Kakashi is Naruto's guardian who meets his child's teacher for the first time and immediately falls in love with him

[Part 3]

Kakashi irritably unfastened his sword belt and threw it into the locker. The sudden task that the Third assigned in the morning dragged on until the evening. Kakashi was late for school again. And he had absolutely no time to warn Guy about his lateness.

“Shit!” - Kakashi slammed the locker door loudly.

“Hatake,” - he heard a voice and turned around.

Kakashi caught the object flying at him and unclenched his fist. The keys were in his hand.

“Take my bike, I’ll fill out all the reports myself.”

Kakashi threw his leather jacket over his shoulders and quickly walked towards the door.

“I owe you, Shiranui.”

Genma waved his hand at him lazily.

“Go already, Naruto has probably been waiting for you.”

Kakashi nodded thankfully and ran to the parking lot. Hatake immediately found Genma's bike. The black Yamaha YZF-R1 attracted the eye. Kakashi ran his hand over the cold metal. He had never been much of a fan of motorcycles, unlike Genma, but had ridden them often in the past. But after Naruto appeared, Kakashi got rid of all his motorcycles, giving them to Shiranui. However, this motorcycle was Genma's personal one, his favorite bike. Kakashi mentally promised him that he would treat the motorcycle with extreme caution.

Kakashi drove quickly through the deserted streets. Dusk began to fall on the city. Hatake was already a full two hours late. He couldn't even imagine Naruto's reaction. This child always had problems with trust in people and Kakashi tried to avoid situations in which Naruto's trust in him could be shaken. And there was also Guy. Kakashi again felt guilty for not being able to warn about his lateness and again forcing Guy to stay at work. The problem was that while on a mission, Kakashi could not call Rin or Obito and ask them to pick up Naruto. The Third once again decided to ruin his life. Kakashi pursed his lips in irritation and sped up.

Quickly pulling off his helmet as he ran, Kakashi ran into the school. The guard nodded at him and Hatake ran down the corridors straight to Naruto's class. With every step, he heard voices coming from the class more and more clearly.

“How do you like this color?” - he heard Guy's voice.

“Orange! It's my favorite color!” - Naruto's voice came next.

Kakashi slowed down and tried to even out his breathing. Everything was fine with Naruto, he didn't expect anything else. The child was safe and sound in Guy's company. Kakashi awkwardly knocked on the door and opened it. Entering the class, he first met Guy’s brown eyes, in which one could read anxiety and fatigue. Kakashi exhaled with relief, not seeing irritation and anger on Guy's face.

“Nii-chan!” - Naruto ran towards him.

“Naruto, stop,” - Naruto slowed down when he heard Guy’s voice.

Kakashi crossed the distance and dropped to one knee in front of the child and squeezed him tightly in his arms. Hatake felt Naruto's arms wrap around his neck and closed his eyes.

“Now you're covered in paint,” - Guy's soft voice rang out over Kakashi.

Hatake opened his eyes and caught the man's gentle smile.

“It doesn’t matter,” - Kakashi ran his hand over the child’s back. - “Guy…”

“Later,” - the man shook his head. - “Will you help us?”

“Yes, of course,” - Kakashi gently broke the hug. - “With what?”

“Guy sensei and I are preparing for the festival!” - Naruto announced.

Now Kakashi could get a good look at the child. All his clothes were stained with paint, Guy's clothes looked no better. Kakashi could see that his leather jacket was now also covered in different colors. But he never really bothered about clothes, if Naruto was happy to paint, then he could paint the whole apartment and Kakashi wouldn’t say a word to him.

“We got a little carried away,” - Guy pursed his lips guiltily.

“It’s okay,” - Kakashi came closer and picked up the brush. - “How can I be useful?”

Guy began to explain the details of the upcoming festival, while Naruto added his comments. Kakashi tried to listen carefully, but after a few seconds he became distracted by the man's face. Guy looked stunning, as he always did. It's been three weeks since they started texting. Every day their conversations became longer and longer, but none of them decided to take the next step. While Kakashi looked at the sparkle in Guy's eyes as he talked about the upcoming sports festival, he realized that he was the one who had to decide to take this step.

“I don’t know if I would have made it by tomorrow morning without Naruto’s help,” - Guy patted the boy’s hair.

Naruto smiled brightly at the praise. His big blue eyes shone with delight and adoration as he looked at the teacher. Kakashi wondered if he himself looked like that from the outside when he looked at Guy?

They quickly finished painting a large banner with a picture of a huge green turtle. After that, they inflated about twenty balloons and arranged desks. Naruto was already rubbing his eyes tiredly and yawning when they finished all the preparations. Kakashi glanced at his watch.

“Sorry for keeping you,” - he heard Guy’s voice.

“Sorry I'm late,” - Kakashi walked up to him, leaving Naruto to pack his things. - “An unexpected situation arose at work and I did not have the opportunity to write to you. I'm really sorry.”

“It’s okay,” - Guy smiled at him reassuringly. - “I just… I was worried about you.”

Kakashi blinked in surprise. Guy looked away embarrassedly.

“I understood that you were late at work, I just also know that you don’t have an ordinary job. And that’s why I was worried about you.”

Hatake suppressed a smile. It was very pleasant to hear these words.

“Are you free this Saturday?” - the question escaped his lips before he could stop himself.

Guy's eyes widened in surprise. He nodded silently.

“Would you like to go on a date with me?” - Kakashi asked breathlessly.

“I want to,” - Guy answered in a hoarse voice, looking at Hatake with fascination.

Kakashi smiled widely.

“Then let’s get in touch about the time and place?”

Guy nodded, still remaining silent. A light blush colored his cheekbones. Kakashi walked up to Naruto to check him.

“Thank you for looking after him. See you.”

Guy waved at Naruto and met Kakashi's gaze. Guy's tense shoulders dropped, he smiled softly at Kakashi, and caught the man's return smile.

***

“Hello,” - Guy answered the call without even looking at the name of the caller.

“Let's meet today? I have a day off,” - he heard his friend’s voice.

“Sorry, I can’t,” - Guy sighed. - “I already have plans.”

“Plans?” - the man asked and then chuckled. - “A date or something?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Wait, what?” - the man stopped grinning. - “Are you serious?”

“Yes,” - Guy rolled his eyes. - “Is this so hard to believe?”

“No, of course not,” - he immediately heard his friend’s voice. - “It’s just that you haven’t met anyone for a long time and this is a little unexpected.”

Guy sighed loudly.

“I know, this is also a little unusual for me,” - the man fell on the bed and covered his face with his palm.

“And who is this lucky guy?”

“The most handsome man I have ever seen in my life,” - Guy smiled dreamily.

“Whoa,” - the man laughed. - “I thought I took this place of honor.”

“Not in this reality, Genma,” - Guy snorted.

“How did you meet?“

“He is the guardian of one of my children.”

“That’s it,” - the man drawled. - “I need more information.”

“Don't tell me you're going to run a database check on him or something.”

“Okay, I won’t say that.”

“Genma,” - Guy said reproachfully and rolled his eyes.

“Okay, okay,” - the man muttered conciliatoryly. - “What he does for a living?”

“Honestly, I don’t know,” - Guy had thought about this more than once, but still couldn’t bring himself to ask Kakashi directly. - “Judging by what I saw, his job is not very easy and very secret.”

“That’s how it is,” - Genma said thoughtfully. - “Secret, you say…”

“It sounds like you were able to find out all the information about him from this one fact.”

“And if so?”

“This is impossible, Genma,” - Guy shook his head and sat up on the bed, casting a sad look at the closet, he still hadn’t decided on the choice of clothes.

“Isn’t your lucky guy’s name Hatake Kakashi?” - Shiranui suddenly asked.

Guy opened his eyes in surprise.

“How did you…”

“I thought so!” - Genma screamed loudly. - “This brat has been walking around so happy lately!”

“What-”

“He doesn’t let go of the phone for a second,” - the man continued. - “And he constantly smiles, well, not with his lips, but with his eyes. Others may not notice, but I see it perfectly well.”

“How do you—what’s going on? How do you know Kakashi?” - Guy frowned. - “Don't tell me you're working together.”

“We are working together.”

“Damn,” - Guy tiredly ran his hand over his face.

“It turned out quite funny,” - there were cheerful notes in Genma’s voice.

Guy sighed heavily. The situation became more and more confusing.

“Hey,” - he heard his friend’s voice. - “Everything will be fine.”

Guy smiled at the corner of his lips. Genma always knew exactly what emotions Guy was experiencing, even when he was so far away from his friend.

“You know, Hatake is… complicated. He is closed, distant and sometimes acts like a complete jerk. But in reality, behind all the high walls he has built around himself, he is a good guy. I've known him for many years and he has a very complicated past. I'm sure he'll tell you everything himself. All I can tell you is that after thinking about it a little, I realize that you are perfect for each other. You know how much I care about you, kid, I would never put you in any danger.”

“Thank you, Genma,” - Guy blinked away hot tears and smiled widely.

“Go and have some fun, you deserve it.”

Guy threw the phone on the bed and walked towards the closet with a decisive step. Genma's words gave him even more confidence. He intended to go to a bar and have the best evening with the most gorgeous man.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

#kakashi hatake #might guy #naruto uzumaki #genma shiranui #kakagai

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theheirofthesharingan · 9 months

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Thanks for that! I got my questions answered. But do you think treatment towards Sasuke was necessary? The part where he uses Tsukuyomi on him or the second time where he attacks him brutally and uses the same genjutsu again. It seems quite redundant, I think he didn't had to be so violent towards him. A large part of my doubts on Itachi raised through this post--

https://www.quora.com/Did-Itachi-really-love-Sasuke/answer/Indra-Nakari?ch=10&oid=178954935&share=ebfcccb7&srid=hjHWv1&target_type=answer

The writer's critisms on Itachi seemed fairly accurate. I want to know your thoughts on the post.

You're welcome. :)

When it comes to the fictional characters, I try to think outside of my personal feelings. Because a character's thoughts/feelings/motivations are determined by what they go through and their personal experiences. And theirs and my experiences are vastly different. If we haven't been into this character's shoes we can't accurately measure their actions which are the direct result of their emotions.

It's obvious people will judge characters based on their own feelings and experiences, but imo, there needs to be a fine line where you stop seeing yourself in fictional characters and judge them for who they are rather than how you want them to be. To me, it seems like the irl circumstances when you're telling someone your story and how you messed up, and someone who hasn't lived your life, suddenly pops up with the countless scenarios of could haves and should haves. Hindsight and not living through one's hell aren't very different, but are repeatedly applied.

It's the same with Itachi. No. I don't think torturing Sasuke was necessary or even the massacre was the answer to solve the political conflict in the village or joining a criminals' gang was necessary. However, it boils down to why did he think it was necessary. And that's more important than why any of us feel.

Here, we are talking about the child-soldiers and their psyche that gets damaged from a very young age. All kids — be it Itachi, Obito, Sasuke, or Nagato (mentioning the ones who went 'rogue') — have lost their loved ones and were changed by it.

I wrote a piece here talking about how Itachi's psychology influenced his actions throughout the story.

For the second time, while he was in the village, he was there to make sure Sasuke was safe/alive. He did not go out looking for Sasuke, but Sasuke, upon finding out Itachi was back, came to look for him. Now, Itachi expected to see hatred for him in Sasuke's eyes. He expected Sasuke to be more critical of him. But the way Sasuke reacted to his presence (jealousy because Itachi paid more attention to Naruto instead of him) told him Sauske didn't hate him enough. He was also there as a spy, working for both the Akatsuki and the Village. He needed to make sure neither of the sides suspected his loyalty was with the village and not the bad guys. If he'd let either of the sides know, imo, it could result in a major disaster. Konoha was home to the nine tailed beast and if the Akatsuki got their hands on it, it couldn't be anything good. The whole reason the Akatsuki refrained from attacking the village was because of him.

Objectively, yes, his treatment towards Sasuke was horrible, but from his perspective it was necessary. Because he ended up achieving certain goals.

With Sasuke's state as it was, Danzo wouldn't suspect Itachi had told him anything.

Sasuke 'hated' him more.

He'd also warned the village about the Akatsuki's plans, which with them wanting to kidnap Naruto, clearly did not bode well. It was after this Jiraiya took Naruto's training more seriously.

The most important thing for him was to keep up his cover or Sasuke's life would be in danger.

So, while to us what Itachi did was cruel, from his perspective it was necessary to do so for Sasuke's survival. Also, it's my own theory that what hurt Sauske the most wasn't the Tsukuyomi or witnessing the deaths of his parents on loop, but the fact that Itachi had done it. That he could be so cruel.

Coming to the second part of your question from the Quora link, I've read this response before when I was still struggling with my feelings about Itachi about certain things. And something seemed to be missing from this write up. What the person here has spoken are raw facts, but they significantly skip the emotional context behind Itachi's actions.

For example, if you're familiar with LotR, a large part of the fandom is overtly critical of Frodo's actions and hates him. According to them, 'He complained all the time. He only succeeded because he had Sam by his side. He couldn't have done anything without Sam. He failed in his mission. All he did was whine and complain while others did hard jobs.'

The people who say this are speaking complete facts but without any context attached to these words. They're the ones who project their personal feelings on fictional characters and fictional situations, which are harder than the ones we live in. I see a similar pattern in Itachi's criticism as well. And the answer you shared is the perfect example of that.

The writer uses a proper context to explain why Sauske was going to destroy the village, why Naruto understood Sauske, but that context somehow goes amiss when talking about Itachi.

Itachi was a kid who saw death when he wasn't prepared for it. Kids being brought to the war happened around the times Hashirama and Madara were kids. But Itachi was brought to see the reality of the Shinobi world when he was too little to comprehend the gravity of what he was witnessing. This is what changed him forever. Despite having his parents by his side, he raised himself. He was left alone in his formative years, entrusted with with responsibility that grown ups should have been handling, not a kid. And then, both his clan as well as the government placed the heavy burden of the world on his shoulders. The Uchiha did so unwittingly and the village knew what it was doing.

People expect him to be normal about it and make sound decisions that synchronize with their morals and feelings? It's not possible. It doesn't make his wrong decisions right, but it explains why he made those wrong decisions. Itachi lived in a terribly hopeless world and saw all the ugliness in its fullest glory. He knew wars and deaths. He was an Anbu. He knew even an entire clan couldn't fight against a system. Taking lives traumatized him too. Killing his own parents was more painful for him than most people give him a credit for.

So, expecting Itachi to function like a normal teen and then as a 21-year-old, while he never lived a single moment of his life he wasn't traumatized is wrong. He lived fearing death of the person he loved the most and wanted to stop it. His methods were terrible and he ended up hurting Sauske the most, but it wasn't done out of malice. If he believed there was better future for Sasuke and some hope for him, he might have acted much more differently. He might have trusted Naruto way before.

The criticism of the Edo Itachi is along the same lines but quite baseless this time. Itachi can talk to/about Naruto freely because he has no emotional connection towards him. He can't do that with Sasuke because he loves Sasuke too much.

People expect Itachi to burst into tears and seek Sasuke's forgiveness (a scene I would have loved to see myself), but they forget how damaged Itachi is to be able to express himself. He was a Shinobi who did things that required him to kill his own feelings. He isn't used to expressing himself. He stopped himself from expressing his feelings when he fought his final battle against Sasuke and gave in only in the end.

He wasn't running away from Sasuke because he didn't understand Sasuke's feelings, but because he understood them too much. It was his last ditch effort to make his brother continue to hate him, not knowing Sasuke had already believed the truth. From Itachi's POV, what did Tobi and Danzo's words mean if he doesn't confess them himself? He knew he was dead. He knew he couldn't stay back anymore, so talking to Sasuke and leaving him again, making him go through the pain of losing Itachi again... He didn't want that. If he really was more interested in Sasuke not chasing him, he would have done something stronger than summoning his crows to keep Sauske behind. Itachi didn't want Sasuke to kill people on his name or seek justice for him or tell anyone his truth. He wanted Sasuke to be known as the hero and respected for killing him (an S-rank criminal). He wanted Sauske to believe he could go back to his home and to his friends.

The reason he wouldn't spend more time with Sasuke and repeatedly said he was entrusting him with Naruto, was because Itachi didn't feel entitled to Sasuke's love, forgiveness, affection, and time. I can't stress on this enough. He didn't think he deserved any of this because he'd hurt him too much. Him hurting Sasuke previously was done out of sheer necessity (in his mind it was necessary) and he didn't want Sasuke to ever forgive him. He didn't expect this when he died for the first time and definitely not the second time. To him, Naruto was a better brother to Sasuke than Itachi was.

It's how he lived and this is how he wanted to die. But he confessed his feelings in the end, because he knew Sasuke deserved the truth. He also knew what he'd done to his litte brother, did not deserve forgiveness. He was okay with being hated by Sauske even now. He wanted Sauske to direct this love towards people who loved him and wouldn't hurt him (Naruto, here).

Also, the last word he uses to express his love is aishiteru, a Japanese word that means I love you, but is rarely used in the Japanese culture. It's to express the purest, kindest, highest, and most profound form of love.

Sasuke isn't being blind towards Itachi's flaws. If Itachi was alive, Sasuke would have been more critical of him. But when his brother is dead, he can't do it. He loved Itachi the most and unlike a lot of his fans, Sasuke, who was also a Shinobi, understood Itachi's perspective.

So, to conclude this, I agree Itachi hurt Sasuke a lot and there's no justification for that, but from his side, it was essential because he hadn't ever been able to hope for something better. He'd seen an entire clan being wiped out for wanting to change the system, and he himself had caused their destruction.

Both Itachi and Sasuke's feelings are totally justified. Itachi's love and guilt drove him to do all he did, and he is allowed to feel guilty. He is allowed to feel hopeless when literally no one ever supported him. Sasuke understood it. He was the only person in the world who saw Itachi as a human with feelings.

I can understand both of their point of views without having to hate or blame them when they both were the worst victims of the system. Itachi never even realized he was a victim and Sasuke has to live with its knowledge.

It became quite long. But here it is. This is my interpretation of Itachi and his actions. I don't see them as justified/unjustified because morals aren't that simple in their world. Seeing Naruto world from our world's perspective is quite tricky and everyone will become an unforgivable monster if we did.

#itachi #pro itachi #itachi uchiha #sasuke #uchiha brothers #ask #anon #mine

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sneezemonster15 · 1 year

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"Sakura is so unhinged, she doesn't have a backstory yet she manages to keep up with the crazy as the rest of team seven".

That's the jist of it, the person was basically saying shes an interesting character. When she punchs naruto for no reason it doesn't make you laugh, she's never cool because she always gets her ass handed to her in fights and has to be saved, she's not interesting because her goal is a guy's d and the only backstoryshown is her ditching ino who was there for her when she got bullied. How is her being a pathetic ungrateful bullying asshole that acts like an animal in heat when her crush is around interesting? I mean it's fine if a character has negative traits or is a villan, like orochimaru, when he appears you're never disappointed cuz he's interesting and entertaining. Another example is madara.

Sakura on the other hand, has nothing in her that makes her interesting or even entertaining in the least. It's annoying when people acknowledge her Canon traits but then acts likes it's something great and entertaining and interesting or funny.

Sakura could have been an interesting character even after retaining all her toxicities if she simply owned it. Like you said, one can be a villain or an antagonist and still be interesting. Problem with her character is that she doesn't really contribute anything significant to the story, she doesn't really make a difference but acts like she is important and significant and a badass guuuurrrl power candidate when she is not any of that. She is a delusional hypocrite. Which is why she is basically just annoying.

Sensible audiences can see and feel when the character is reliable, this can be done with various narrative devices. Like for eg, when a character has made a promise to themselves to accomplish something, they are able to do it. She wasn't. She thought she had become an awesome kunoichi just after becoming a genin, lol, but she didn't and this was shown clearly in the first arc itself where she proved herself to be utterly useless and pointless in battles. Also no contribution to the narrative, just standing there fainting or cowering in her pants. She decides she would get out of Ino's shadow but still doesn't manage to win the chuunin battle against her and it only ends up in a tie. She hardly even shows any real motivation to become a better or more skillful shinobi unless it has to do with impressing Sasuke, something even Sasuke reprimands her about. In the forest of death arc, when Sauske and Naruto are unconscious, she decides she would protect them but isn't even able to set a trap right and the sound village shinobis aren't fooled by her for one second. Lol. And of course, she needs Lee and Ino and Sasuke to rescue her or fight for her. She dramatically cuts her own hair and immediately mocks Ino for her vanity when she is obviously the more vain of the two. So clearly. She asks Naruto to wait for her and that she would get strong enough to get Sasuke back but doesn't manage to do it either, in fact, does the opposite, pushes Sasuke farther away with her idiotic proclamations and stupid, ill thought confessions. She decides she would kill Sasuke in kage arc but messes up like a total loser and isn't able to do shit and again needs to be rescued by Naruto and Kakashi. She decides she would stop Naruto from going to look for Sasuke in kage arc and without putting any thought into it, fake confesses to Naruto and obviously gets rejected properly like the nincompoop she is. She gets all huffy when cloud ninjas insult Sasuke and tries to take them on but ends up on the ground face first and needs to be again rescued by Naruto. Her stans are funny when they sing about her strength, she couldn't even fight average cloud ninjas. Lol. She prepares to stab Obito's eye in the war arc but obviously almost gets skewered by Madara when Obito transports her out. She tries to attack Madara and charges at him, again without any thought or planning, just like Hinata in pein arc, and gets stabbed. She then tries to follow Naruto and Sasuke into the fray but is stopped by Kakashi who tells her to not go unless she has a plan. Which she obviously doesn't. Lol.

Like nothing she does bears any fruit. Except for her battle with Sasori where she is propped up by Chiyo who is the real fighter here, or in the war arc where she is propped up by Kakashi, she isn't able to do shit.

The audience would still give her some credit for trying if she admitted her mistakes and shortcomings and worked on them till she did something right on her own. But she just doesn't. And what she does accomplish is very very insignificant compared to the amount of visibility she gets in the manga. Plus, she is always putting herself up on a pedestal in terms of ideal shinobihood (a shinobi doesn't cry or a crying won't bring Sasuke back or revenge wouldn't do Sasuke any good, right after which, she throws all her statements away to trail behind him) or gives herself a moral high ground when it is shown again and again that she doesn't have any reason to. So the impression that it makes in the minds of the readers is that she is not only useless and pointless, but delusional, a hypocrite and just a plot device for Sasuke and Naruto's relationship to grow. She simply serves to annoy her audience, who invests in her arc or role but gets nothing out of it except for constant disappointment and irritation. No reward. No narrative payback, no satisfactory climax. And she continues to make an ass out of herself what with harassing Sasuke, confessing to him in such an embarrassing and ill-thought of manner. And she also continues to be a jerk to Naruto, the sweet, empathetic, kind and characteristically reliable MC of this story for no other reason than her own superiority complex which has no real foundation except for her own vanity and resentment towards him given he gets the attention from Sasuke she thinks she deserves.

She would have been an interesting character if Kishi had given her arc an upward movement. She realizes her mistakes and promises herself to be better but she doesn't do shit about it. That's a good way to antagonize your reader. Lol. She mocks Naruto for his orphanhood in front of another orphan right in her introduction, which is when Sasuke mocks her back and sets her straight. So she realizes that she did the wrong thing. This should ideally and narratively have culminated in her not being a jerk towards Naruto. What's the point of a realization if you continue being the same way? Same goes for when she realizes that Naruto is a jinchuuriki in Gaara retrieval arc and has been through many struggles she can't even freaking imagine, but her attitude towards Naruto still doesn't change. She keeps being a violent jerk and condescending bully to him till the end. Even though he shows much more intelligence and presence of mind than she does. He is the one who finds out the way to defeat Kakashi in the second bell test. He is the one who is the unpredictable and clever ass ninja who ends up saving the day while she just stands there and watches the show. Or gets beaten up while he has to rescue her. He is the one who wins both the fights in chuunin exams while she only draws in her first one. He is the one who fights Oro along with Sasuke while she faints (even mentioned by Shizune in Gaiden who says it's Sakura's regular habit lol). Sasuke and Naruto are the ones who fight and defeat Gaara while she is held prisoner by Gaara, unable to do shit. She is a jerk to Lee and Ino, even though both of them try to help her. She corrects her behaviour with Lee but not with Ino or Naruto because she sees them as a threat because of their interest in Sasuke. She insults Kakashi about his skills even though Kakshi himself ends up rescuing her multiple times. She insults Tsunade even though she never surpassed her or came up with her own jutsu or changed the shinobi world with her inventions like Tsunade did.

Kishi very mindfully wrote her to be reviled, otherwise he would have given her a significant arc development in terms of skills and personality. But he deliberately kept her character the same throughout by repeating the same narrative motifs throughout, till the fucking end. Her jealousy, resentment and bullying treatment of Naruto. Her bad treatment of Ino, even repeating it in Gaiden. Her annoying harassment and pestering of Sasuke. Her insensitivity towards Sasuke's predicament and beliefs. Her shallowness towards him and Naruto. Her showing other women down to feel good about herself. Her lack of skills and strategies and propensity to enter a battle without thinking only to be beaten up in return and getting rescued by the same people she mocks. This stops the audience from feeling any sympathy towards her. Her feeling so good about herself when there's nothing to show that she really deserves to. These are the recurring patterns and motifs that Kishi relentlessly repeats to show the audience that her character never improved, never evolved, never changed, never learnt better, never worked on herself in the ways that truly mattered, and never became more emotionally intelligent or sensitive. Never matured. A manga that is about coming of age for so many characters, her and Hinata surely lag miles behind, no?

Kishi had his heart set on showing these two women down, with all his narrative tricks and tools. It's not even indirect, if a little subtle in some places. But mostly and more often, it's blatant af. Her character could have been interesting with some changes here and there. One can be weak, or less than skillful, or not be the brightest, or most courageous, but can still inspire, it depends on how they are written. Inari was weak and helpless, but his arc ended up on an inspiring note. Naruto wasn't skillful to begin with but he works his ASS OFF to learn even though he had all sorts of disadvantages. Chouji wasn't the brightest or most courageous but his arc also ends up on an inspiring note, where he comes of age positively and makes a difference to the story. Everyone in this story has their own weaknesses or drawbacks but they are written to triumph over them with much effort and willpower after realizing their mistakes and doing everything to correct them. Not Sakura or Hinata. They have realizations but keep acting the same, without changing or evolving. This is what sets a very negative impression of them in the minds of the audience. Storytelling works subliminally. And Kishi does everything to affect the reader to facilitate the negative impression of these two women in the manga and the film scripts he wrote or was involved in. Consistently. With the recurring motifs and patterns.

Her stans, who insist her character is so good and amazing and positive and favoured by Kishi are full of shit. Lol. And that's just a fact. No ifs or buts. It's not a coincidence that she is hated with such passion by such a huge part of the fandom. It was all planned. By Kish Kish.

#ask #anti sakura #anti ss #naruto #sasuke #sns

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