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I think the reason why Naruto fans get so passionate and upset about the series is because of how real it can be. Naruto isn鈥檛 about paragon heroes outdoing dastardly villains. It鈥檚 about human beings fighting tooth and nail to survive in a world surrounded by death. It鈥檚 about broken systems made and perpetuated by broken people.
The Hyuga clan isn鈥檛 just antagonistic or pretentious, they practice slavery.
The Uchiha clan weren鈥檛 just killed by some raging psychopath, they were systematically massacred.
Itachi isn鈥檛 just cruel to Sasuke because he鈥檚 a bad brother, he鈥檚 cruel because he鈥檇 been told time and time again that you can only survive by being cruel and he wants nothing more than for Sasuke to survive.
Nagato isn鈥檛 trying to take over the world just for the sake of power, he鈥檚 trying to take over the world because it beat him down to the point of believing that the only chance at peace there is is the world being forced into compliance through fear.
Iruka isn鈥檛 hard on Naruto just because he鈥檚 a strict teacher, he鈥檚 hard on Naruto because he knows from experience how unforgiving the world is towards orphans.
Kakashi isn鈥檛 just some silly and slightly lazy teacher, he鈥檚 a contract killer still grieving his loved ones and struggling to do better without knowing how he鈥檚 supposed to.
Sakura isn鈥檛 just a fangirl, she鈥檚 a normal girl in a very dangerous and abnormal world constantly being made to choose between what she鈥檚 supposed to do and what she feels.
Sasuke isn鈥檛 just some edgelord, he鈥檚 a survivor who lost everything then gets repeatedly told that he has to choose between keeping what he鈥檚 gained and doing better than his brother.
Naruto isn鈥檛 just trying to be the best Hokage there ever was, he鈥檚 trying to prove his worth to a society that abandoned him just for existing and, in a way, confirm his worth to himself.
The Naruto story is about humans trying to force themselves into the role of weapons because that鈥檚 what they were told they had to be. It鈥檚 a story where everyone is a perpetrator but no one is trying to do wrong. It鈥檚 a story where everyone is a victim but no one is a perfect victim.
The world and the characters aren鈥檛 simple and trying to simplify them only takes away from them. So of course we get passionate about showing off all the reasons why they shouldn鈥檛 be simplified and all of the ways they鈥檙e complicated. Of course we get upset when we see others simplifying them or selling certain aspects of their characters short. Of course we get upset when the series itself simplifies them. Of course we get upset when the series chooses to abandon them. Because it not only feels like the characters are giving up, it feels like the series is betraying anyone who chose to get invested in its complexities.
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