So, one of my favorite AU ideas is what if Sakura was born an Uzumaki, that her parents were also from the village hidden in the whirlpools and came to konoha as “back up” for kushina. Most events would remain the same, Sakura would however be far more talented and capable. Having the minds eye technique at her direct disposal and a lot more chakra. She’d also be a bit more kind, sympathizing with sasuke over the loss of a clan. She’d become what little family sasuke had left. Inviting him over for dinner occasionally. They trained together. Sasuke for revenge and sakura to spend time with sasuke.
The three sannin would all be capable of incomplete sage transformations, slug snake and toad. And in this edited picture, sakura is using slug sage mode!
If you’d like you can leave suggestions for this au and what slug sage mode might be capable off and how it interacts with the byakugou seal!
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Another fave from The Met's #KimonoStyle show for #FrockFriday + bonus #FroggyFriday:
Fireman's Jacket (Hikeshi-banten) w/ Shogun Taro Yoshikado
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century
Quilted cotton with tube-drawn paste-resist dyeing (tsutsugaki) with hand-painted details
John C. Weber Collection
“[The jacket] features a scene popular in Kabuki & based on a print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) in which the warrior Yoshikado asks a frog sage for magical powers to avenge the murder of his father.” This is that print:
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865)
"Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado"
1862, 12th lunar month
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzō
Dimensions: 14 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36.99 × 24.77 cm) (image, vertical ōban)
Print (ukiyo-e / yakusha-e); Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Portfolio: From Toyokuni's Drawings: A Magic Contest (Toyokuni kigō: Kijutsu kurabe 豊国揮毫 奇術競)
Minneapolis Institute of Art 2016.137.2
BTW that “frog sage” is Gama Sennin, the Toad Immortal; here is another woodblock print (actually a triptych) by the same artist of the same legend:
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865)
“Gama Sennin Instructing Yoshikado and Takiyasha," 1845
ôban triptych (38 x 77.5 cm)
“Gama Sennin is the toad immortal, and here they appear almost like an old woman, with their long hair fashioned from a toad-faced pelt and appearing in a toad-like body. Here the magician demonstrates their magic, causing the image of a young woman to materialize on their breath. Gama Sennin, the Toad Immortal, is based upon the Chinese Immortal Liu Hai, the Sage with the Toad on his back, a benign sage with great magical powers. Kuniyoshi has outdone himself with the cave of Gama Sennin, as all the rocklike outcroppings are comprised of frogs, and a giant frog spectre hovers over the magician. In the center panel, Yoshikado has been consulting a scroll of some sort, and looks up in surprise, his hands in the ‘astonished’ gesture that Kuniyoshi favored. The motivation of the two young people is of course vengeance for a murdered loved one. A scarce design.”
image & info via https://egenolfgallery.com/products/kuniyoshi-gama-sennin-and-frog-magic
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i get pissed off everytime I think about the fact that jiraiya spent two and a half years on the road with naruto because the man taught him NOTHING. I get that he couldn't teach him sage mode or the rasenshuriken because of the plot in shippuden. but there was still so much he could have!!
like fuuinjutsu! jiraiya was literally a specialist he could have taught him something. help him connect more with his parents when he does eventually find out about them.
his chakra nature! that was not something that only kakashi could have taught him.
it just feels like such a waste because on the other hand we see all the other characters doing something new and getting stronger for it while the mc just gets stronger in theory and when the plot specifically calls for it.
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Here’s a meme I made for my wife all because I couldn’t find the original one I wanted to show them. Like seriously I tried to be as specific as I could and even checked out some Naruto pages to find it all to no avail...so I made my own version.
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