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The Show-Off, Number One Unpredictable, Noisy, Hyperactive, Knucklehead Ninja: うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto!

naruto is good but only if you imagine the ways in which it could have been if like everything had been different

i started out trying to draw some kitsunes , and ended with this somehow :’D

Team 7 icons : Expressions

Bromance Reunion

Naruto: SASSKEEEEE

Sasuke: I'm doing this for Itachi, it's not like i love you or anything bb-baka

Madara: OMGHASHIIMMISEDYOU SOMUCH

Hashirama: METOO BRO WASSUP *hugsandkisses*

Kakashi: Obito plz, ily :(

Obito: Shut up trash

New illustration of Naruto and Sasuke for a special event entitled: "Friendship of Blue Storm."

Description:

"After fighting Zabuza and Haku, Team 7 returns to the Hidden Leaf Village. With the Chunin Exams approaching, it's time to hone their teamwork, but Naruto and Sasuke just keep fighting. Meanwhile, Kakashi gives them a special mission. What awaits the two as they take on the mission despite their differences?

The long-awaited latest installment of the "NARUTO & BORUTO Shinobi Village" special mission is finally here! Join your teammates in this special mission that unfolds an original story from the early days of Team 7, when the bond between the two characters first began to form!"

https://nijigennomori.com/en/2024/09/18/naruto-boruto-503/

we talk a lot about how sasuke and naruto are so crazy about each other but there’s never enough attention on how the rest of the naruto cast Also thinks they are two fucking lunatics. like we are not alone on this. you have jiraiya telling naruto he needs to not go and chase a mf who tried to snatch his heart out his ribcage and naruto is like no i’d rather be a fucking moron for the rest of my life honestly. you have naruto leaving a mission and saying sory i cannot stay i need to go home and wait for sasuke and the fucking platypus looks at him ???? like he even had me confused where are you goin g to wait? ? why are you saying that like sasuke is coming back the fuck did i miss??? you have the kage summit arc which is just a whole bucket of ice being dropped onto you because you come in and immediately get slapped in the face by naruto letting himself be beat up because he won’t tell them where sasuke is??? like he has any fucking idea where sasuke is. and sai tries to make him come to his senses like naruto??? naruto WHAT ARE U DOING. it’s so bad they need an intervention. right after that naruto faces the raikage and gets on his knees saying i know my almost boyfriend almost killed your brother but i promise it wasn’t on purpose he was just being silly please don’t put a bounty on his head a war will literally ensue. and like. there’s LAYERS to this. 1. even RAIKAGE is like BOY what are you doing. STAND UP. 2. at this point you can count the people who like sasuke on the fingers of one hand like WHO is gonna start a war over him… naruto out there moving a war against a whole country by himself over his bf ok you go girl i guess. after this it gets even worse like gaara has to go up to him and be like SASUKE DOWSNT CARE ABOUT YOU. HE DOES NOT WANT YOU. and naruto just slaps his hand away in front of his family like rude?????? ignoring anything it is hilariouuusssss and then sai is like sorry. sakura lied to you they are actually off to kill sasuke and naruto gets a panic attack so severe he passes out. like i am not joking it was so bad his friends tried to kill sasuke behind his back. and then naruto escapes bedriddenment (is that a word?) after passing out from his panic attack to run and make sure NOBODY kills sasuke. like he’s on a RUSH leaping those trees he’s a boy on a mission. then after he gets there he’s like kakashi DO NOT TOUCH HIM. they launch themselves at each other bla bla gay monologues did you see what was in my heart and then. and then naruto is like. wait sasuke. and sasuke waits like sorry that’s such a little thing but it’s so funny to me like sasuke was just acting a lil murderous crazy manic wtv but naruto told him to wait and he waits. ok good boyfriend. anyways moving on naruto is like do you get it sasuke. if we fight again we will BOTH DIE! (everybody gets a ?????? bubble) i am the only one who can shoulder all that hatred. i will CARRY THE BURDEN OF YOUR HATRED AND WE WILL DIE TOGETHER! and . absolutely Everybody in that room just goes ???????????? what the FUCK is he TALKING ABKHT. everybody except sasuke. sasuke smirks and he’s like sure. they just talked about dying together and meeting each other in a different life where they’ll be free of their burdens and they’re just Fine and all ok smiling at each other and everyone is so fucking confused. like the entire supporting cast is with us side eyeing sasuke and naruto and thinking what in the everloving FUCK is WRONG WITH YOU????????

Artist: @Screw_0930

Art: 3 + 2 = ?

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The sun and moon

So I’m taking a Japanese literature class at my university and my professor explained to us that unlike in most cultures where the sun is masculine and the moon is feminine, in Japanese poetry it is the opposite. 

 This is due to the fact that they believe that the sun is like a woman because she is constant. The sun rises every day, unchanging. 

 The moon, like a man, leaves and disappears. It sometimes rises but it never stays. It fades and eventually vanishes. 

The sun and moon have their set obligations within the universe and due to this they can’t always be together and they become separated for some time. 

 However, every once in a while the sun and moon reunite for a short fleeting moment, 

only to part until their paths cross again. 

 **note: Most of this information was passed onto me via oral lecture so I do apologize for any misinformation or if I may I have forgotten something. However, if you read and study Japanese poetry, it actually makes a lot of sense.

***Side note, though this is more of a joke, anything that takes place on a bridge is apparently not platonic. It also makes sense why so many shoujo confessions take place on a bridge. 

Do you think Naruto loved Sakura in shipudden? When Sai said "You already confessed to her?" Naruto replied, "How can I?”. I just do not believe that he loved Sakura in shippudden, although I CONSTANTLY thought about Sasuke and everything else that he did for him

NARUTO & SAKURA’S BOND - NARUTO’S SEXUALITY 

I should have known that Naruto is a person who never have any shallow feelings on anyone... He always feels strongly about everyone and everything. Probably I underestimated him or I was deliberately lead to underestimate him...

[[Disclaimer: Lengthyyyyyyyy and Panel-heavy Post.... Read at your best time]]

If any of you who have been following me from the beginning must have known that I've always said that "Naruto had a puppy crush on her but got over it by the END OF part 1".... Meaning, I took every interaction between them as Naruto trying to court with her because of his shallow crush.... But the truth is The Word Shallow and Naruto doesn’t go well together... Because Naruto always tried to create strong bonds with strong reason...

My interpretation was that,

Naruto got over that crush with Sakura after this scene and got serious about Sasuke... You know.... Something like Realizing the True Love only when it leaves us... But I was very sure that Part 2 NaruSaku thing was all for Fun... I mean, never once, I felt their interactions were Romantic...That's what I really thought all the time!!!!

I painfully scrolled through my old asks and found this 2 interesting Answers..... On which you can see my perspective about NaruSaku before couple of months.

This Ask is about SNS shippers supporting NaruSaku as an alternate hetero ship... And my general overview of NaruSaku in Part 2. LOL... It looks super funny now... Because I genuinely thought Kishimoto didn't pair up Sakura with Naruto because of her bad popularity... It was my 2nd Ask response

This Ask is about Naruto's dejected reaction towards Sakura hugging Sasuke in the hospital and the above panel I attached here.... Was it for Sasuke or Sakura???.... LOLOL.... I really thought both the reactions were for Sakura.... [[My Answer now.... The reaction Naruto gave was for Sasuke only... It was never for Sakura]]

So, you see... My opinion has changed a lot very recently because of the types of Asks I got which was mostly about NaruSaku these days and that made me to question a lot of things... But what's really shocking was that NaruSaku really made me question Naruto's Sexuality!!!!! As you all know, I don't talk about Sexuality in any of my posts... Because of two reasons 1.) I am not a suitable person to talk about it... 2.) I thought 'Love is Love'... Since Naruto and Sasuke loves each other, that's enough. 

But Kishimoto has employed so much details into their interaction which has every possibility to consider them as Romance if you only view them through Heteronormative Lens. But when you look at them with an Objective Lens with no bias... Then you can notice some nuances Kishi has splashed everywhere which was very intentional and structured!!! [[Which he doesn't have to do in the first place.... I mean these nuances are greater than any of our SNS moments... Even greater than VoTE1 stare or “I’ll die with you” kind of moments]]

And why all of a sudden I changed my opinion???? Because I never questioned the nature of NaruSaku’s bond before. I didn't notice the nuances like I did for SS and NH... because they became canon!!!! That's why you could notice me debunking all of the SS, NH shit theories, parallels and analysis and stuffs... For NaruSaku I never bothered to delve deep. But now that I did... I changed my previous opinion.

This doesn't necessarily cover Part 2 alone... I brought most of the Part 1 incidents as well.... Few days ago, I made this post about Part 1 NaruSaku Love.

ATTRACTION

In Shounen, It's very easy to put a boy drooling over a Girl's beauty and Vice versa. For example, Sakura, Karin, Ino going heart eyed over Sasuke... Jiraiya sizing up Tsunade's prospects and many more...

Now, The very first scene Naruto and Sakura shared was a Talk about their appearance. Sakura being a mature woman (atleast in this aspect) can admire Naruto’s body build....

Whereas when Naruto was asked "Am I a bit Womanly?"

"You look Fine!!! You haven't changed at all!!" ...... 

Uhhh.... Atleast Jiraiya gets what Sakura really meant by.... but Naruto couldn't!!!! I mean, Isn't it very easy for Kishimoto to put, "You are as beautiful as always, Sakura-Chan!!"... It's totally an heteronormative thing, isn't it???. I mean if Sasuke was asked this question and if he responded like this... It's totally fine and understandable. Naruto was someone who could make Oiroke no Jutsu with Perfect Hip, Waist, Chest measurements.... How could he not admire her looks????

Whereas,

Naruto was not even Angry when Sai called her literally Ugly. He just sat down like it was nothing. And it was not the only time, he did this!!!

I know all of these scenes were passed off as comedy... Well, once or twice is okay.... Why 4 times??? Somewhat Kishimoto always finds a way to remark about Sakura's appearance in front of Naruto and Naruto never react angry or heart-eyed.... He didn't find her growth to be "Womanly".... 

In Short... He is not attracted to her Beauty.

Well, the popular answer you can draw from NH or NS fans is that Naruto is Oblivious about such things...

If he was really Oblivious about admiring someone's appearance...

Naruto said he hated Sasuke when he was 12 because he acted like he was so cool...

How come Naruto can admire Sasuke’s looks after Maturity, here????

The word he used here is  カッコイイ – Kakko i - Cool, Handsome, Good-Looking.

Yeah, I get what you all are thinking now.... A man can admire another man’s look without being Gay. I know it. I even call my sister Pretty... I remarked my Dad’s Appearance as Handsome when I was looking at his pictures which was taken when he was in his 20′s... It doesn’t mean anything to admire someone’s beauty. 

But why Naruto is Panicking here???? A Back-tracking behaviour... As if he said something he doesn’t want to but he said it anyway and now he feels really ashamed... 

I never back-tracked when I was remarking about my Dad’s appearance, I was bold and openly admiring him and it was not awkward at all. And what’s more??? How can Naruto finds Sasuke as Cooler than Sai, but not find anything different with Sakura’s womanly appearance??? Instead he wasn’t even afraid of calling her Ugly when he got up after recovering from Injuries he got from fighting Orochimaru!!! 

And it’s funny... Naruto even compliments his looks in a surprising place...

Yes, this is when Naruto confessed Sasuke Under the Bridge.  “I wanted to be strong and cool like you”...

And Naruto said it again in a much surprising place....

“He was pretty good looking too... Just like me”

Ummm... Okay!!!

Forget everything I said related to Sasuke...

Naruto here verbally acknowledging another Boy as cute by saying “Cuter than Sakura-chan”!!!! .... And the very next scene... Sasuke Appears.... Just saying. So, Naruto could admire someone’s appearance... verbally

Canonically, Naruto verbally admired the beauty.... of only 3 people. Haku and Sasuke... Who happens to be men. Kushina - Naruto’s mom.

How can Naruto use the word ‘Beautiful’ for Kushina but not to any other Girl of his age????

Now.... How to make him Less-Gay???

Yeah!!!! Add some filler shit to the Canon Episodes!!!! Because now he admired Sakura’s beauty by visualizing her in Bathing Robe... 

Case Closed!!!!! 

NARUTO IS HORNILY ATTRACTED TO SAKURA’S BEAUTY - ACCORDING TO THE ANIME

UNDERSTANDING

Naruto’s core personality is to understand other people and that’s what Episode 1 taught him which he followed throughout the series. But there is this funny thing that caught me...

Naruto saying “I don’t even understand this interest in women”..... 

At 12, Naruto doesn’t have to understand anything about women... It’s completely Natural. 

But somehow, this Understanding Women thing was given to Naruto as a Premonition even before he was born...

Yes... It was told by Kushina that, “He won’t understand Girls’ Feelings...”...

Sorry for repeating the same panel.... Here Jiraiya also says the same thing, “You still don’t understand a woman’s mind”.....

Then how could he understand Sakura’s Love for Sasuke when he was 12??? But not Sakura’s womanly appearance at 15??? Sakura is a Woman, Right??? A boy could understand a Girl’s love but not her matured appearance???

Surprisingly.... Sakura is the only female Character in the entire series to whom Naruto said, I understand how you feel.... Usually Naruto understands male characters... like Haku, Gaara, Nagato, Obito.... And along with them

After all, Shippuden was all about Naruto desperately trying to understand Sasuke’s pain!!!! 

So, what kind of Understanding is left for Naruto to explore, yet???? 

He could admire Haku and Sasuke’s looks... [Beauty]

He could understand Sakura’s love for Sasuke... [Love]

He could understand Sasuke’s pain.... [Heart]

How is it that Sasuke is involved in all of the above points???? But not Sakura???? Not to mention Sasuke has been portrayed as a Heroine in this series!!! Meaning... He admires Sasuke’s looks, he loves Sasuke, he understands Sasuke more than anyone!!!! 

It’s not subtle at all.... Where is Sakura in any of this???

POSSESSIVENESS

An interesting trait everyone desires in a romance... Especially SS fandom wants Sasuke to be possessive on her... 

I usually see NS shippers say Naruto was totally jealous on Sakura whenever she flirts with Sasuke.... Well, I was totally on that train before... then I started to observe a funny pattern.... But still, for now, we assume Naruto was totally Jealous on Sakura...

If that’s the case,

SasuSakus usually go koo koo crazy over this panel... Because Sasuke was given a Word bubble... Meaning, they claim that Sasuke was interested in her Response towards Lee’s flirting.... 

But Surprisingly Naruto was also giving off the same Reaction... Isn’t he supposed to be Jealous here????

But somehow, in that same scene

Naruto got pissed off about Sasuke!!!! Whereas Lee didn’t stop his flirting with Sakura, yet!!! How is it that Naruto’s attention gets distracted because of Sasuke????

And another instance...

This is their first meeting before Chuunin Exam Paper Test... Lee straight up hits Sakura by saying some corny romantic lines. But Naruto was seen laughing here... Probably because Sakura rejected him and Naruto feels funny... But immediately in the next page

Naruto gets pissed off about Sasuke because Neji was asking for his Name... Shouldn’t he be giving off this reaction for Sakura because of the attention she was also receiving from another Boy???? 

Here Lee and Sakura is exchanging a warm gesture... Literally Lee is flirting in a Gentle Manner.... But Naruto was just ‘Mehhhh’..... Where is that possessiveness, Guys????

Am not saying he is possessive on Sasuke... Am just saying he acts jealous on Sakura only when she was giving heart eyes to Sasuke...  Well, I pretty much found the reason why.

That brings me to the sub-section of Possessiveness....

Possessiveness - Attention

That interesting fact about Naruto Bridge in this panel is amazing!!!!!

Anyways... Here Sakura is asking Sasuke for a date!!!! Obviously he rejects her. Immediately Naruto asks her the same and Sakura rejects him..

Again... Another scene... But very same context!!!! 

Sakura is interested in Sasuke’s opinion about her but Naruto is deflecting Sasuke and tries to replace with himself!!!!

Don’t you think this is also very similar to the above two scenes???? Sakura is trying to flirt with him...just like the previous two scenarios. Naruto, again, is trying to deflect Sasuke and wants to take his spot. 

It shows that Naruto is interested in her... Isn’t it??? Well, I fell for this trap too..... I thought he was crushing on her so badly... So, he was asking her out, wanting to tell his feelings, wanting to train with her...and bla bla....

If that is the case,

Isn’t this very similar to all the scenarios with Sakura from above????.. “Hey!! Hey!! Don’t you want to know my Name?”

In all the scenarios, the only common person is Sasuke... According to that NaruSaku Romance Logic, can we consider Naruto loves Gaara as well?????

So, yes!!!! It was not about possessiveness on Sakura or Sasuke... 

It’s all very simple....

Naruto always wanted to be like Sasuke.... He wanted to become Cool and Strong.... Which means Naruto wants everyone to pay attention to him just like the one Sasuke was receiving from everyone!!!! It’s like if Naruto and Sasuke walks together, he wants everyone to notice Naruto as well as Sasuke.... He wanted to stand by his side and be an equal. 

Which is exactly why Naruto was Jealous all those times..... All those jealousy were born out of his one-sided rivalry with Sasuke... It was never for Sakura!!!! 

But somehow, Anime made Naruto into a Simp God for Sakura!!!!! In this department!!!!!

Man!!!! These Fillers!!!! It’s still funny that Sasuke don’t give 2 shits about this flirting guy... He just remains unaffected.

Whereas Naruto is behaving like a proper boyfriend... But only in fillers... Not in the Manga!!!!

NARUTO IS EXTREMELY POSSESSIVE ON SAKURA - ACCORDING TO THE ANIME

MATTER OF CONVENIENCE

Matter of Convenience means we are not doing something with consideration or attention... We are doing it just because it’s easier to keep doing it that way...

Here, Konohamaru is asking, “Is she your....this.. (Girlfriend)??”..... To which he says... “Wow, You guys are very perceptive...”

Again very similar scene like above.... But isn’t it weird that rather than Naruto voluntarily introducing her like, “Hey Dad!!! This is my Girl Friend, Sakura!!!”... Naruto was always asked by some third person whether she is your Girlfriend....

At this point, we all know Naruto had no feelings towards Sakura... He was just going with the flow and that makes him look cool...

After this panel, Every NaruSaku shipper thought that Naruto had some feelings for her... But I’ve attached almost every panels from Part 1 which has NaruSaku parts.... Not one panel suggested that Naruto had any true feelings...  

Even that panel when Naruto asked Sakura, “Sasuke didn’t say anything.. But don’t you want to know how I feel about you??” is all some gimmicks to deflect Sasuke and take his place... A way to grab Attention.... 

If he really didn’t have any feelings for Sakura back then, what feelings will he have for her now???? In Part 2 atleast??? Because he never thought about Sakura exclusively at any point like a flashback or any shared moments like he always do with Sasuke... 

And Sai is someone with Emotional Problems.... He learns emotions by reading stuffs from Books like he himself agrees in this panel... Looking at Naruto’s Strap across his shoulders... It must be sometime after Sasuke Retrieval Arc... How is it that Sai could perceive the ‘Special’ Love of Naruto towards Sakura who is emotionally stunted??? 

And Why Naruto is reacting ‘Weird’ or ‘Disgusted’ after Sai asked that question???? I mean, is that how you react when someone asks you this question which reflects your true feelings???

This is very similar to Konohamaru and Minato asking, “Is she your GirlFriend?”... And Naruto says, “You are perceptive / More or less, Yeah!!”.... He is accepting it as a matter of convenience rather than having any real feel for her. He is not claiming from his side that “Sakura is my Girlfriend”. It’s more like, someone is asking him and he just responds “Yes” on the flow..  

Tell me, if no one asks him this Question, will Naruto ever say that “Sakura is my Girlfriend”??

Because when I back-tracked all the previous events that happened between them, there’s no solid evidence from either Naruto’s or Sakura’s side that they share some special feelings.... 

[[If someone wants to claim that Naruto had true romantic feelings about Sakura in this panel... they can point me the panels of where Naruto felt like that... I looked for it...there’s nothing]]

But it seems Anime does a lot of things for NaruSaku I guess...

Really??? If Naruto is expressing his love in such a terrible manner, then it means one thing... In the next episode, Naruto must be going Angsty over Sasuke....

PROMISE 

On my first watch, I genuinely thought it was all about the promise made to her.... Like the way he made a dejected face before leaving to save Sasuke and that puppy face in Hospital!!!! I thought it was all for her... Why??? Because of the heteronormative lens and some red herring pointers.... 

But the moment Naruto reached VoTE1.... My perspective slowly started to change.... That entire fight was all about the feelings between two boys... rather than Naruto was fighting to bring Sasuke for her!!!! And by the time I reached Part 2, I never once felt that Naruto was doing it for her.... 

First Red Herring.... He never said, I’ll bring him back to you!!!! 

This poor boy had fought an emotional battle with Sasuke... And he looks like an Egyptian Mummy here... How could people believe that he was doing it for her??? And majorly, throughout Part 2, this promise was what that bound them and separated them....

Again... This promise was brought up for the first time in Part 2.. Since Naruto always knew that Sakura loved Sasuke... He also knew he loved Sasuke in his own way.... How could this promise to bring Sasuke back will be just for her???? 

It’s funny that instead of showing Naruto’s face & emotions... like Kishi usually does, he prefers to show the back side of Naruto... Just like how he always draws Sasuke to show the back side towards Sakura.... 

And Naruto confidently rejected her proposal.... by saying the same words twice!!!!

Like I said in many posts before.... This Promise is like a Journey Naruto wanted to travel to save Sasuke... Sakura joined along with him as a fellow traveller to save him... But the moment Sakura finds Sasuke to be a person to destroy rather than save him, she decided to use the ‘so-called’ Feelings to stop Naruto from travelling further... Since Naruto was the driving fuel of that vehicle, he asked her to get the hell out of this vehicle in a polite way... “It doesn’t matter, even if there’s no promise between us anymore”.... 

If the promise was always about saving Sasuke for himself... Why was Naruto lying about bringing Sasuke for her by saying, “I’ll Keep my promise... It’s a promise of my lifetime”??? Sasuke is just a Friend, right??? 

In order to prevent you from asking these questions...

Anime again tried to add some filler shit in Canon Episodes onto our faces to lessen Gay Vibes!!!!

NARUTO’S PROMISE TO BRING BACK SASUKE WAS ALL FOR SAKURA - ACCORDING TO THE ANIME

DATE WITH SAKURA

In one of the above section, we found that Naruto asked for a Date when Sakura was asking for the same from Sasuke after completing the Land of the Waves mission... And that incident comes under the section of Naruto trying to grab the attention from people who are paying attention to Sasuke.... 

Well, not every dates Naruto asked Sakura qualifies under that section... And that’s exactly why, NaruSaku gave me a big headache to even process the pattern. Because It was never consistent... 

Anyways,

This is the first time in Part 2 Naruto asked for a Date from Sakura... It’s just funny, Naruto has just arrived the village and since he never did any missions before this, he wouldn’t have any money... Why is he asking for a Date when he has no money??? 

Either Naruto must not know the Etiquette of treating a Date from his own pocket or he just asked her for fun and he never expected that Sakura would accept it!!!!

Anyways, this scene was passed off as a comedy... And Let’s just pretend that Naruto was really interested in her at this point of time....

This is another instance where Naruto again asked her for a Date when Sakura came to inform him that Tsunade asked him to report before her. This is just before Itachi Pursuit Arc.... 

I agree, SS and NH doesn’t even have this kind of interaction and it makes perfect sense as to why NS makes sense because of the amount of interaction they have....

So, what will happen If Naruto and Sakura really ends up in a date????

REAL DATE NO.1

Okay, this time... Sakura herself calls him out for a Date... But why Naruto reacts as if he was negatively surprised... ???? Anyways.... 

As Expected!!!!!..... Sakura talks about Sasuke in their ‘First Date’.... Hey, But How Naruto was okay with this???? I mean, if I was invited to a Date and if that person endlessly talks about my friend... I would get super pissed!!!! This is the World Universal Feeling... Instead Naruto seems to be happy with this talk and was not even bothered by Sakura not paying attention to him in this Date!!!!! 

Man!!! This is not at all normal. The only couple in Naruto Manga to go for a Date openly and they ended up talking about another person passionately!!!! 

Uhhh!!! Weird and New!!!!

REAL DATE NO.2... BUT REVERSE!!!!

It’s technically not a Date... But this scene still qualifies under the Date....

So, here Naruto was seen having his lone moment with Sakura, that moment he always wanted. If I am with a person whom I have certain feelings for and if that person is taking care of me... Won't I be flying back between Heaven and Earth??

Atleast this panel suggest something like that...

"I'll be fine as long as you heal it... But this kind of makes me happy.."

And we all be like... Naruto is looking at her with a warm Gaze ....Oh!!! NaruSaku moment is gonna happen.... Now let's turn over the next page and we find...

Not Again!!!!!!! Not Sasuke!!!!! Please!!!! He is bringing up Sasuke here!!!! ROFL

"It feels like we're getting closer to Sasuke, Together"....

Unlike the other Date I attached above, this time Naruto himself  brought up the topic of Sasuke. Why is it that whenever these both share a private moments together, they always end up talking about Sasuke??? And what’s even weirder is Naruto never felt bad about it!!!!

So, all those times when Naruto asked for Date.... was to talk about Sasuke???? Well.... Theoretically it’s possible. 

CONFESSION

NaruSakus usually goes crazy over Naruto’s expression... Like he heard something he always wanted.... Well, they forget to notice Sakura’s face here... She was also blushing and looks like she was confessing with True Love by diverting her Gaze.... 

I wish NS shippers notice Sakura’s obsession and expression as well.... But anyways...

And one more thing.... In Romantic relationships.... two things are Memorable... A Date and A Proposal.... How come, Sakura always brings up Sasuke’s name when dating and proposing another boy???? Look at that panel... She is comparing her current love with her previous love.. “That Sasuke-kun means nothing to me now... That I don’t know why I ever liked him... I’m confessing how I feel about you...”

It’s like saying, “I don’t love that guy anymore... that’s why I love you”.... Pathetic!!!!

What’s even more weird is that, Naruto is not feeling insulted at all... Any person would get angry if someone proposes them by referencing their Ex-Love....

This is the only ship in Narutoverse where every proper etiquette in related to Romance was employed... I mean, Look at Sakura’s Fake confession panel... It has snowfall and white back ground... Snow represents Purity and Love...  but none of their scenes were portrayed romantic...

Why?

Because of the presence of the third Person, Sasuke.... Don’t you all feel it’s something Deliberate???? 

Again... Naruto rejected her without even hesitating.... Starting from that incident on that day Team 7 formed.... up until Orochimaru Lair scene.... Naruto observed every reaction Sakura gave towards Sasuke.... He knew what kind of feel it was... because Naruto also feels the same way like Sakura.... It’s not brotherly... It’s not Friendly.... Naruto loves Sasuke in a very similar way to Sakura.... That’s why he tries so hard to deny it... And that’s why Naruto can’t believe Sakura proposed him.

Why???

Naruto thought Sakura’s love was very strong towards Sasuke, just like him... He always expected her to never waver.. 

If Naruto always knew Sakura loved Sasuke... If that promise was not about Sakura at any point of time... Then what relationship do these share??? What exactly Naruto felt about her??? And if he really did... Where is the panel that remotely shows he has such crush on her??? What is the reason for his so-called ‘Crush’ or  ‘Love’??? He was never that shallow person who just likes someone without a reason... 

When you ask yourself these questions.... There won’t be any panel or reason. Because there is none!!!! 

He wanted to be around Sasuke because he was also a loner... He liked Sakura because she loves Sasuke and he saw himself in her in a very similar way... This is really a very bad reason to ship a couple based on Mutual feelings for another person...

How to make Naruto Less-Gay???

Add some Corny Romantic lines which were never in the Manga....

CONFESSION - 2

Ummmm!!! Why are these panels here??? You may ask....

We all know Sasuke never gave 2 shits about Team 7 in part 2... other than Naruto. And yet, Sasuke, in his only personal confession towards Naruto, made a mention about Team 7 in 2 panels... even though his focus was entirely on Naruto... We can see Sakura was also there...

That’s why these SasuSakus go crazy about these mentions!!! 

Whereas...

This is Naruto’s self-confession about Sasuke in VotE1...  [[I can’t attach all the panels... please refer chapter 227]]

This is Naruto’s 2nd Confession Under the Bridge.... 

When you look at both the confessions... Naruto never made any reference about Team 7 being his family or whatever.... He totally made it about Sasuke.... and a mention of Iruka. Even in that VoTE1 confession panel, he felt like a loser because Sasuke was getting attention... meaning he hasn’t reached the level of Sasuke which frustrated him a lot... It was not even about Sakura.... 

But anyways, my point is Even though, Sasuke acted like an aloof person who avoided people to form bonds citing weakness, he still considered Team 7 as his family because of Naruto... 

But Naruto who formed so many friends, became a Hero and received acknowledgement from the Villagers (after the Pain Arc)... And Yet Naruto never referenced Team 7 or shit in his personal confession... He totally made it about himself and Sasuke. 

Isn’t it surprising??? Like Sasuke considering the entire Team 7 as his Family but Naruto only considered Iruka and Sasuke as his people.... 

And you still claim that Naruto loved or had any crush on Sakura all those times???? If so, why didn’t he mention it here???

Am Sorry!!!! Naruto seems extremely perceptive and possessive about His people than Sasuke here!!!! 

How to make Naruto less-gay???

Yeah... Include this irritating idiot’s name everywhere where she was not needed at all...

Am sorry... Canonically, Naruto never mentioned her name in the Manga. 

NARUTO PLACES SAKURA AND SASUKE EQUALLY - ACCORDING TO THE ANIME

RANDOM MOMENTS

These moments don’t have a category... and hence I am just dumping it here...

Hmmm... Nothing specific related to Sakura.... He wanted to surprise Sasuke and Kakashi as well...

So... Naruto was very serious about this trip to retrieve Tsunade only after Sasuke got knocked out by Itachi’s Tsukuyomi. And you all know the pain he went through to learn Rasengan, fought Kabuto and successfully brought back Tsunade.

And you are telling me that Naruto did this face for Sakura?????  I’ve attached most of the Part 1 NS panels above.... Tell me, where did Naruto evoke such a strong feelings for Sakura to pull up this dejected reaction????

Like I said, Naruto always knew that he had ‘certain’ feelings on Sasuke right from that day Team 7 was formed... 

And he really wanted to initiate a conversation with him here... but Sakura just grabbed him and gave a reality Check to Naruto...

And surprisingly this is the only scene in the entire Series where a Woman character openly displays an affection for one boy in front of another boy... 

And By making Tsunade say this... we all might have fell into that trap of Naruto being considerate towards Sakura (including me).... In reality, Naruto was being considerate towards Sasuke!!!!

Since the feelings of Sakura and Naruto are similar... Naruto must be totally dejected for not able to do anything but just leave because he really feels rejected here!!!

This explains why Naruto was always coming in between Sakura’s attempt to flirt with Sasuke. 

SEXY JUTSU

I’ve explained about this in another post... but just to put everything together, I am repeating it here!!!!

“This is the latest in the Icha Icha series after 3 years!!! It’s really boring, but you’ll like it..”

I am pretty sure a boy of 15 will be ‘hornily’ interested in these Smut Novels... It’s really weird to emphasize that Naruto doesn’t find it interesting.... If it were Sasuke, it’s understandable but Naruto saying it is quite surprising!!!! 

Naruto brags about his newly developed Perverted Ninjutsu....

And just to release this chapter Kishimoto fought with his Editors and I heard that it created a big ruckus back then!!!!

A Jutsu he practiced more than Rasengan!!! 

So, this is what it’s all about!!! A Jutsu with a variety of Naked Men....

Whereas in his Harem no Jutsu, all the girls looks very similar with Naruto’s whiskers on them.. There is no creativity at all... Which means all he cared about was Hips, Waist and Chest measurements.... He never wanted to see the face of the Women he was peeking through Bathing Area...

Which explains why he was not interested in Icha Icha Novels... Because it implies that Naruto did a lot of research on Men’s Erotic Magazine and he finds it to be interesting... And he practized it more than Rasengan...

Well... If this means nothing, then Kishimoto doesn’t have to fight with his Editors... Which means Right from Chapter 245, he knew that this was the Jutsu he was going to use sometime later....

But Isn’t it very hypocritical of Naruto to hit Konohamaru for doing the same thing???

Oh, It has Sasuke in it!!! That’s why he was angry....

It’s very funny to see that in the very first chapter of Part 2 Chapter 245, Kishi pretty much set up what Naruto has become.... He couldn’t find any difference in the appearance of Sakura, He finds Icha Icha to be Boring (A hetero-smut Novel).... And much later he teased about his Newly developed Perverted Ninjutsu.... Which turns out to be a Reverse Harem No Jutsu...with Naked Men.

How could all this be accidental??? I really wonder...

QUESTION OF SEXUALITY

There are many times I’ve written in my posts that there are certain moments between SNS that could’ve been easily avoided if the author intended to portray them as Friends or Brothers... 

But those SNS moments pales in comparison to all these following useless moments which could’ve been seriously avoided.... or handled in a different way. 

BRAIN ROTTING & LYING

As you can see... Naruto is totally brainrotting about Sasuke here... This is after Sasuke retrieval arc. 

There's nothing special here. It could be totally friendly or brotherly. Naruto always does this... So, it’s not surprising at all...

But what follows is where the ambiguousness increased million fold.

Here Naruto says, "Jeez... And I was devising a plan for the two of go on a walk, almost like a date!"

First of all, Naruto never makes any plans.... He always approach anything what his heart leads him to...

Second of all, Nobody asked him what he was doing!!!! 

Third off, He is lying !!!!

God!! He was totally brainrotting about Sasuke, just a moment ago and now he is lying about devising a date with Sakura.... 

I mean we all lie at some point about what we really feel because we don’t want others to know what’s going on in our mind. I did it many times too. But I never once misdirected my feelings to replace it with another feelings.. 

This behaviour is very similar to People constantly pining over their broken First Love, then they could never move on from it... then in order to divert this feeling they try to flirt/bond with someone else on whom they never really interested in.

My point is if Naruto really considered Sasuke as a Brother or a Friend, he never needed to lie. He could openly admit it that, “Just now, I was thinking about Sasuke... About how to save him... I have this idea...”. But lying makes it even more ambiguous and more evident that he loves Sasuke... But not in a brotherly way. Somehow, in his mind, he got this feeling that “He should not like a Boy, in ‘that way’”.... That’s why he was lying... 

Or Kishimoto could’ve easily made this into another Bedroom Rant... Why specifically outdoors and spend a whole page to show that he was diverting his thoughts from Sasuke to Sakura...???

Now, you all can claim that Naruto lied because he didn’t want Sakura to worry over Sasuke’s safety... Well, if that’s the case, 

He simply could’ve let Sakura ask the question, “What are you doing Naruto?”... And he could’ve answered, “It’s nothing.... What are you guys upto?”.... But here Naruto himself is bringing up a Dating topic... It’s very similar to rather than letting someone interrogating you like, “Are you lying to me?”..... You went one step ahead and voluntarily say, “I am not Lying” without the other person asking you the question... 

If he needed to lie, he could spout something, else... Why lie about being interested in a girl when he was clearly interested in a Boy???

Well, this is not a one-time occurence....

ONSEN BATH - AWKWARDNESS

Look at Naruto’s posture of sitting.... He is so unrelaxed and sitting tight by hugging his legs.. Whereas Yamato was very relaxed by spreading his legs and Sai too... Men who go to Onsen Baths used to feel relaxed and open, Right???...  And Naruto was seen sinking most of his face whereas Sai’s arms were visible above the water...

And Kishimoto is not even holding back here.... Look at the word choice, “For Guys, Being together naked really makes us feel like companions”... Well, that’s the purpose of taking hot bath...  Why Naruto is looking Uncomfortable and nervous with over the top blush here???

Now you may claim, how is this relevant to his sexuality??? He might be feeling Shy around his new Teammates...

Well, there won’t be any question if he was just feeling shy... but what did he do next???

Yup!!! Naruto dealt with this awkward situation by planning to Peek Women’s bath...

Now what is the problem??? Naruto is interested in looking women and he is going to peek.... 

But isn’t this very similar to the above situation where Naruto was thinking about a Boy and to deflect those feelings he lies about having a Date with a Girl????

Here Naruto is having some awkward situation with Men and he deflects it by showing interest towards Women... Well, My point is.... Guys being naked around each other is normal and improves the bond, according to Yamato. Why Naruto feels nervous for a normal thing??? 

It really happened once again....

ONSEN BATH - BRAIN ROTTING

I know this is not from the Manga... But it’s an One-Shot drawn by Kishimoto. So, it’s his work... Even if you don’t consider it as Canon, it’s fine... I am just presenting here as an example...

Again, Naruto was brainrotting about Sasuke... 

Well, it’s super weird to think about a boy in a Bathing Area... 

But again, Why Naruto is trying to divert his feelings for a Boy by showing interest towards Women???? And he wasn’t even particular about looking anyone specific like Sakura or Hinata..... He just want to peek generally... 

This pattern has been repeated Multiple times in an eerily similar way... Kishimoto could’ve easily made Naruto to peek straightaway as a prank.... But it’s always like Naruto was drawn to put under some awkward things related to Men and he clearly deflects it by showing interest in Women...

Now how to make Naruto, an Heterosexual???

NARUTO DEFINITELY WANTS TO PEEK SAKURA - ACCORDING TO ANIME

ACCIDENTAL KISS

So far, I’ve shown you 3 different incidents from Part 2.... You all can claim... All these were just an accidental jokes... (Well, I don’t see it that way... 1 time occurrence may be a joke... but not if it occurs more than 1 time...)... Even if it were a Joke or something that Kishimoto didn’t plan on doing this before... Still I won’t believe it’s all accidental... because Kishimoto spent some amount of time to convey this pattern which consumes more than 3 panels... Deliberate thoughts and plans went into it... 

Simply put.... Mistakes and Accidents can happen in 1 or 2 panels... sporadically.... But not for 1000 pages consistently....

But what I never expected was that Kishimoto could employ this trope in as early as Chapter 3, that Naruto might be Gay boy who wants to deny it really hard.... 

Yes!!! Naruto was having his Accidental Kiss....

And right after that.... What Naruto did???

It’s seriously funny that Naruto could have easily used the word Cute or Beautiful to remark her appearance (Which he used Canonically for other people).... Instead Naruto compliments her “Forehead’ which he himself knew it was ugly... because Konohamaru made a comment on it for which Naruto was silent... 

Whereas he could easily say Sasuke looks ‘Cool’... Anyways...my point is

Naruto went to verify his feelings for A Girl.... “I wanted to know her feelings towards me”....

Am sorry.... This is not accidental or a joke.... If this is just a one-time thing... It’s fine and it should’ve stopped here and no one would find anything weird about it... Just like all of us and that includes me too... 

But Canonically in the Manga, this pattern occurred 3 times and surprisingly, it started from Chapter 3 onwards... That’s why I’ve written in many posts, “That this Accidental Kiss” is intentional from Kishimoto’s side.... And he always knew the nature of his Characters...

Not to mention, Naruto realized he loves Sasuke, after this panel...

Naruto wanted Acknowledgement from Sasuke.... Because he likes him a lot and because of that he liked that kiss even though he acted like he hated it.... 

Am sorry, I saw this trope in a Movie called Beach Rats where The Protagonist have sex with Men and he liked it... But he never calls himself as Gay instead he claims that he was doing it just for fun.... So in order to deny it, he tried to have sex with this Girl he knew for sometime (not to mention, that girl was already interested in him).... And when he tried to get under the bedsheets with her, he couldn’t make ‘IT’ rise up....

Kishimoto literally didn’t have to do any of this!!!!!!! 

This is a Closeted Gay Behaviour. A Boy who likes another boy finds it difficult to process or accept the feelings and hence he seeks the closest girl he knew and verify his own feelings.

I mean, all these moments I mentioned above in this section are just useless on a story-telling level.... We can’t even call any of these as an SNS moments... It’s not even relevant to the main story... And yet Kishi decided to dedicate 3 chapters to show Naruto deflecting his ‘unusual’ feelings for Sasuke...

If Naruto really thought about Sasuke as just a Friend or Brother, then he wouldn’t do such a thing... He clearly likes Sasuke in some ‘Unexplainable’ way... And that’s why he is denying it really hard...

And that’s why when I analyzed NaruSaku ship. and when I found this pattern... I can’t even believe myself.... because of the thought process Kishi spent on conveying these scenes... And all of it shows that Naruto is a Closeted Gay. And unlike with Sasuke, with whom Kishi played through subtext, For Naruto, it was all text..... It’s all direct..... Atleast with Sasuke, Kishi put him in an awkward situation with Suigetsu who is hitting him from behind intentionally....

But Sasuke never felt anything weird about it... Whereas with Naruto, Kishi deliberately made him getting uncomfortable around two Naked Men...  

I’ve always thought (atleast before last week), Kishimoto can easily play around with Sasuke’s character a lot... because he is not a titular character and he can take a lot of liberties with him by putting him in a Sexy Jutsu with Sai, Making Orochimaru crawl his tongue all over Sasuke, Suigetsu hitting on Sasuke, by making him an Anti-Hero.... But it seems Kishimoto went all out for Naruto as well... just in a different way but in a realistic and truthful way....

I’ve attached all the panels that supports NaruSaku as a Romantic ship and tried to provide the pattern.... There are many more NS panels in the Manga but most of them were just friendly where they just argue or talk to each other. 

I thought of attaching Sakura feeding Ramen to Naruto where he gave a surprised look and was seen blushing... But Naruto also blushed when Sasuke gave him his Bento and he also blushed when Gaara shook his hands gently with his Sand... So, Blushing is pretty inconsistent throughout the Manga and that cannot be taken as a proof... 

So, all in all it’s pretty evident that Naruto never liked Sakura in ‘that way’... Because think about it, if he really wanted to win her affection, he could’ve did many more things exclusively for her... Whereas, throughout Part 1, all Naruto did was to get acknowledgement from Sasuke.... And in Part 2, it was all about saving him personally. There is no place for Sakura anywhere!!!!  

And NaruSaku shippers go really crazy over that fight against Gaara... That proves that Naruto always loved her... Well, that’s not the case though.... It was only after Sasuke said, “You can do it... You must save Sakura, no matter what... I can’t see my precious comrades die before my eyes again”... Naruto got his spirit back up and released a monstrous energy... 

In this post, I’ve written about the difference between How Naruto reacts for Sakura and Sasuke... And I also debunked some of their crazy delusional parallels they make with Minato and Kushina... It clearly shows that Naruto reacts very strongly for Sasuke all the time...

As you can see, I made this predominantly as a NaruSaku Post... But somehow it ended up as an SNS post because NaruSaku as a separate entity doesn’t exist in the Manga.... Naruto and Sakura were always connected by a factor called Sasuke.... Which is in and of itself is a Bad Thing... 

And their very private moments they shared with each other, would always ended up them talking about Sasuke.... Which means both are obsessed about Sasuke in their own way... But clearly not interested in each other at all....

What’s more gratifying is that Kishimoto did made me question Naruto’s sexuality in a serious manner for the first time when I really started to pay attention to this ship.... 

I mean, this started from Chapter 3 onwards. Where Naruto had some ‘mushy mushy’ incident with a boy... But in order to verify his feelings, he creates a deliberate plan to tie up Sasuke... Not to mention Naruto is never a person who plans ahead but just do everything on the flow... but for this thing he made a plan and implemented it successfully... Then went to a girl to know about her feelings towards him.... What’s more funny is that he realized that he loves Sasuke in some way after seeing Sakura’s behaviour....

If this thing had happened once...It would be fine... But it has been repeated for 4 times deliberately... Which Kishimoto doesn’t have to invest his time in it at all, if it weren’t important... Because it doesn’t serve anything to the story.

So, to conclude this post....

Canonically, Naruto never said he ‘loved’ Sakura... He only said, ‘I like her a lot’ in Chapter 3... After that he never said something like that...

Naruto was never attracted by Sakura’s appearance or beauty... Whereas he was clearly able to admire the appearance of Sasuke, Haku and Kushina, his Mom...

Naruto never craved for Sakura’s attention exclusively throughout the series.. He just wanted attention from everyone who is paying attention to Sasuke and Sakura happened to be one of them...

Naruto never understood any women characters in the series except for Sakura... but only under the context of her Love towards Sasuke... Because he saw himself in her...

Naruto and Sakura talk only about Sasuke in their private moments... Which is a bad foundation for any Romantic Ship.

Naruto accepted with Sakura being his Girlfriend as a Matter of Convenience, rather than any actual feelings behind it....

Every time Naruto was going to go angsty about Sasuke, the Anime tries to add more fillers about Sakura... She is self inserted everywhere to reduce Naruto’s Gay Vibes...

That Life-Time Promise was never about Sakura... It was always for himself... He always wanted to save Sasuke personally...

Naruto always knew she loved Sasuke... So, he never had any true feelings on her ‘in that way’...

Naruto wanted to hide his true feelings under the guise of Sakura but he really couldn’t do it for the long run!!!

Naruto somehow realized that the nature of his feelings he has towards Sasuke is not Normal or Usual... That’s why he always does things like asking for a Date with Sakura, Peeking Baths, Trying to verify his feelings towards Sakura... Because if his feelings were either ‘Brotherly’ or ‘Friendly’, he never had to deny it in the first place...

Since Kishimoto employed this trope in as early as Chapter 3.... I’ll be very blunt and say that, “Everything in the Manga is deliberate and not Accidental ... So does the bond of SNS... The Author was always aware about what he was going to write”... And...

Naruto (the character) is definitely a Closeted Gay. 

"Shikamaru gets a free pass on his revenge while Sasuke doesn't. Konoha was unfair to Sasuke."

What are your thoughts on this claim by some Sasuke Stans?

Is that Konoha or Kakashi??

Usually they would always blame Kakashi for this because he actively discouraged Sasuke from pursuing Revenge but volunteered himself for Shikmaru's Revenge. They literally call him an hypocrite. 

Anyways, Let me explain for both.

Sasuke revealing his life-goal of Killing a certain man (Read: Itachi) during Team 7 Introduction. Kakashi was kind of expecting it rather than opposing or discouraging it.

"In that case, You can never defeat Itachi"

During his Chidori Training, Kakashi was asking Sasuke to not give into Hatred or otherwise the Cursed Seal would flare up and due to that, his growth would be stunted. He doesn't seem to be discouraging Sasuke's revenge in this instance. In fact, he is actually guiding Sasuke.

"I was trying to honor this boy's feelings"

Here, Jiraiya (Just like Kakashi) seems to respect Sasuke's revenge and his valid feelings... So, he let Sasuke to fight Itachi (which ended up in a situation where Sasuke got hurt. For which Jiraiya regrets a lot).

"That's divine punishment! The destiny of someone who accomplished such evil deeds!"

Some random Konoha shinobis are grateful about the fact the Itachi got his punishment from his own little brother.

I don't think this Argument of "Konoha was unfair to Sasuke's revenge" holds any truth. In fact, everyone (Kakashi, Jiraiya, Villagers) were validating Sasuke's actions/feelings in a positive way. Until they don't. Well, to be specific.... Kakashi.

Keeping that aside for now (will come back to that later),

Let's look at Team 10's Revenge. Not going to explain much. Just few panels.

I think this is very self-explanatory.

Shikamaru lost his sensei. He devised a plan and a smart plan at that. He let Kakashi to act as Captain, then He got his Revenge. Over.

It's very simple.

Now, How did Sasuke conducted himself when Itachi came to the Village?

Firstly,

Firstly, he didn’t let anyone in his Revenge... Not Jiraiya... Not even Naruto. He was even being very dismissive about Tsunade’s help. As well as other Konoha Boys’ help.

Whereas Shikamaru was glad that Kakashi Joined them. 

Well, you could say, “Itachi must always be dealt by Sasuke alone... No one has any business in it. Whereas Kakashi, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji were all related to Asuma in some way. Like they all have a stake in this Revenge and hence Shikamaru allowed everyone”.

If that’s the case, Why did Sasuke formed Team Hebi to achieve his Goal???? Instead, he could’ve killed Orochimaru and looked out for Itachi, Right???? 

So, Sasuke did know it inside him that he needed a 4-man cell to catch a strong opponent like Itachi. 

Secondly,

Sasuke after meeting Itachi, he straight up attacked him out of pure impulsiveness. There was no plan or tactics... On top of that, he doesn’t want help from any of them either. 

Whereas Shikamaru was explicitly mentioning to his teammates (including Kakashi) that they have to do the Simulation in their mind for atleast 3 times. So, there was already a clear and formulated plan that was laid out by Shikamaru. 

Why couldn’t Sasuke do that??? 

If Naruto acts on his impulse, it’s totally understandable... Because that was his inherent nature. But Sasuke???

During the Bell Test, Sasuke was so smart to observe Kakashi’s abilities first rather than straight up fighting head on like Naruto....

During Chunin Exams, Sasuke was so clever enough to create a lengthy password in order to draw in that Snake monster... 

Why didn’t Sasuke do the same here??? Like being clever, patient and take the help from other people... And then fight Itachi with a clear head????

Well, That’s why he formed Team Hebi 

Where is that calculative Sasuke who analyzes the enemy before plunging into the fight????

Oh, That’s why during Itachi vs Sasuke Battle, Sasuke was very calculative without letting his emotions get the better of him.

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Anyways, the comparison (Shikamaru Vs Sasuke) I made above has nothing to do with why Kakashi discouraged Sasuke from pursuing Revenge... Because Kakashi was already knocked out by Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and hence, he weren’t there in that Kidnapping scene. 

I made this comparison to simply show that in Part 2, how Sasuke became level-headed in his battle with Itachi after got easily defeated by him once in Part 1. (Point to note: Sasuke also learnt how to overcome Itachi’s Tsukuyomi in Part 2 after receiving a cruel one in Part 1)

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The Real Reason why Kakashi discouraged Sasuke from pursuing or obsessing with Revenge was 

1. Sasuke starting to Hurting Himself

Right after he pinned Sasuke to the tree, his first gaze was towards his Cursed seal.

Didn’t Kakashi advised Sasuke earlier that to not succumb into Hatred and not to depend on the power of the Cursed Seal???

Gaara taunted Sasuke with his Lack of Hatred

And he ended up succumbing into Hatred that led the cursed seal to flare up at the wrong time and rendered him immobile throughout the Battle. And the source of all this inconvenience was his Hatred and Revenge....  

This is exactly what Kakashi wanted to prevent from happening to Sasuke. To not let his student to get hurt and lose himself in Revenge. 

This is also the reason why Naruto confessed Sasuke about feeling Pain whenever Sasuke was hurting himself in Chapter 698.

Shikamaru never hurt himself for the sake of Avenging Asuma. Even Kakashi said that he was going with them to not let them do unreasonable things...

“This way, If I go with them, I can keep an eye on them... I won’t let them do anything unreasonable”

The other reason why Kakashi discouraged Sasuke was

2. Sasuke started to Hurt Others.

Naah, I am not talking about feelings getting hurt. 

This is about Sasuke physically starting to hurt other people in order to taste his Revenge. 

No matter how much you argue, Sasuke was the first one to instigate that Rivalry Battle in the Hospital Rooftop (not blaming him for doing it but that’s not the right way either) and he would’ve ended up doing something he regret for his whole life if he had his way... Out of sheer impulsiveness. 

Sasuke kidnapped Killer Bee.

Sasuke planned to Destroy Konoha.

Sasuke stabbed Karin.

Sasuke tried to kill Sakura by going behind her back while she was making up her resolve to kill him. 

Now all of these incidents are something Kakashi knew or saw from first hand. 

When his Target was just Itachi... He ended up attacking Naruto.

When his Target was just those 3 Elders... He ended up kidnapping Killer Bee, killing those Samurais, stabbed Karin and planned to destroy Konoha as a whole. 

In order to achieve his Goal, he is starting to inconvenience and hurt irrelevant people who don’t have anything to do with his Goal. 

Did Shikamaru hurt anyone for his Revenge???? 

Nope.

That’s why, Kakashi asked Sasuke to stop obsessing with Revenge. Because he is hurting himself as well as hurting other people.

Could all these have been avoided from Sasuke’s side???

Yes, Definitely.

Instead of planning to destroy the Entire Village, had Sasuke decided to confront and kill those Elders... Wouldn’t Kakashi/Konoha have helped him out??? 

I guess they would.

Here Kakashi was helping Naruto to beg forgiveness for Sasuke’s sake. Even though, Danzo, the Hokage had announced that Sasuke would be executed. He literally gave Jackshit about the fact that Sasuke killed Danzo.

This is what Tsunade feels about that 3 Advisors... Not going to explain any further. 

“The Mission Orders are still in effect, Right??”

“The Mission to Hunt down Akatsuki is still going on, Right?”

In both the scenes, Naruto and Shikamaru uses the Mission to Hunt Akatsuki as the reason to fulfill their Goal... In Naruto’s case, it was to bring Sasuke back. In Shikamaru’s case, it was to avenge Asuma. 

Don’t you think, had Sasuke stayed in the village... and if he had used the same ‘Akatsuki Hunting’ as the reasoning to pursue his Goal of killing Itachi using a bunch of Good Shinobi from the Village... Wouldn’t Tsunade have allowed it??? 

She would have. 

All the context of Kakashi, Tsunade or his Konoha 12 members helping out with Sasuke’s revenge is right there. It’s just that Sasuke was hell-bent on not taking it. Not only he started to reject/cut everyone but in the process he was starting to Hurt himself and Others... That’s why Sasuke’s revenge was discouraged whereas that’s not the case with Shikamaru.

Okay so I have talked about author's intent before. I am going to expand on that in this post.

Manga is basically a moving picture without the moving in it. It's basically a film with all its features including images, dialogues, narration, sound effects, special effects, and editing.

Just like a film, it also sets up a certain narrative and story with a commensurate pace, mood, context, action (or inaction) and characterisation which then informs its style and visual approach. It's basically a very detailed storyboard of a film. Storyboarding happens at the pre production stage of a film, for ease of the cinematographers, and directors to set up their location and sets accordingly. This is what a storyboard looks like. This is Star Wars btw.

Is Kishi inspired by films? He is a huge fan, it's his favourite hobby. There's a reason his work is considered cinematic by critics.

So for a certain scene or panel to make sense, or for it to stand out, the mangaka will set its background up. And when you look at Naruto manga, the author does everything in his power and uses everything in his skillset to tell this love story. Everything that happens in this manga regarding Naruto and Sasuke's relationship has a certain context behind it, and it's important to notice this, because the information that the author gives you prior to a significant panel or a certain dialogue, or a certain visual, it can be any little thing. But with Naruto, it's everything.

Kishi spares no effort to get his point across. Of course, audience that wants to see it will see it. Those who don't, will prefer their own reading, however lacking, single mindedly ignorant and uninspired.

Anyway.

So this scene here is an important scene. Why? Because it gives us important information about Sasuke's feelings for Naruto. Trying to protect Naruto here was a really pointless move by Sasuke, given it would have only caused a bruise at most. But Sasuke is so in love with this boy, that he can't see him get hurt, even a little bit. We do have precedents, of course, where Sasuke protects Naruto several times even at the cost of his 'life', he also protects Sakura in the forest of death arc, they are his comrades and Sasuke doesn't want them to be hurt. Naturally.

But why is this particular scene important and how does this scene differ from the others? Apart from the fact that it is extraneous and unnecessary, tbf, Sasuke is almost completely out of juice due to the curse seal. So for him to go so out of his way to protect Naruto from hardly even a bruise, emphasizes just how much Sasuke treasures Naruto and wants to protect him.

Does Kishimoto set up context for it? You bet your ass he does. Starts here.

Naruto gets knocked into a tree by a transformed Gaara and Sasuke's watching carefully. He is aware that something is not quite right with Naruto (because Naruto was apprehensive of fighting Gaara given what he had seen of him earlier, which is unlike him). But the point I am making is one has to pay attention to the visuals and context.

Again.

Sasuke's watching while Naruto gets knocked into trees and bushes.

And again.

And again.

And again.

And again. Sigh...

Sasuke's. Watching. Carefully.

So when this finally happens,

It gives the audience a solid context, and brings their attention closer to this panel, and the action that happens in it. It pulls focus to its importance through constant repetition. What does the repetition signify? Author's intent. For emphasis.

Kishi builds up to this moment across three chapters, he is making the audience somehow anticipate some action that would make sense of these repetitive visuals. He is doing everything to make sure that on a subliminal level, the audience knows why this moment is significant and special. And he doesn't stop there. He makes the dog say it out loud.

Pakkun is emphasizing Sasuke's attempt to protect Naruto despite his obvious handicap, as if a thousand visuals were not enough. Yes Kish, we get it. Sasuke loves Naruto, Naruto is his precious, we know. We have known since land of waves arc, you aren't that discreet.

It's really like Kishi doesn't want the audience to be confused as to what's happening, this is in no way being discreet. Like take my word for it, anyone who knows how visual language works, can instantly tell you author's intent here. Even if they didn't, it wouldn't matter. Because at an unconscious level, the author has already made you feel that this is an important moment. Whether you consciously realize it or not. That's how visual language works, and this is where author's talent lies.

I know that antis don't see any of it. Or even consider seeing it.

Anyone who ships Sasuke and Naruto, be assured that you caught on the author 's intent, and you were right to trust your instincts. Don't get panicked by whatever the antis say, it doesn't matter, they don't know what they are talking about, just let them be.

And those who say it's all a bait are even sillier. Because at least the others have shipping lenses on, so I get they are affected by their emotional urges. But those who think SNS is unintentional and a total bait are just lying to themselves because they think they are smarter than the whole manga industry, tch, embarrassing.

Kishimoto was pretty consistent towards drawing Sakura’s confessions to Sasuke and Sasuke’s reaction to Sakura. Sakura always whining or snotting it up. He always paid a lot of attention to drawing Sasuke, apparently his favourite character to draw. 

The thing to notice here is Sasuke’s body language towards Sakura every time she confesses to him. Always the same. 

Sasuke’s stance is always the same. His back to Sakura, telling her off in very straight terms over his shoulder. His expression towards her is always openly insulting, with either a glare or smirk. This is typically the body language for casual dismissal and feeling completely unthreatened. Shown towards someone unimportant and insignificant.

It happens again:

There:

And again: 

It also happens when Kakashi is talking to him about Sakura’s confession, but Sasuke doesn’t give a flying fig about Kakashi either. Can’t even bother to turn back and acknowledge the sentiment of these highly emotionally charged words. And so :

But when it comes to Naruto… : 

And….turn!

Again :

He would always acknowledge Naruto. No matter how overwhelmed, pissed off or angry he is, he would always listen to what Naruto has to say. He may not agree with Naruto, but he would make time. He would of course lie to himself that it doesn’t matter : 

But poor boy just can’t help himself :

And there he goes again..

He. Can’t. Help. It.

He wants to hear him out, no matter how much he might delude himself.

I keep hearing that Sasuke and Sakura’s dynamic was made to look bad in anime, but that in the manga they are pretty romantic.

Are they though? (Shakes head dejectedly..)

Anyway, Kishimoto knew what he was doing. 

You once said when Rin died on Kakashi's hand Obito's world was crushed, is it the same with Team 7 photo shattered in Naruto's mind when Sasuke has death warrant? Naruto and Obito's core are the same and both Rin and Sasuke are Naruto and Obito's loved one (hehe). If so, I think it's hypocrite for Naruto fandom to sympathize with Naruto on Kage Summit arc but deemed Obito as simp (although I also found many people mocked Naruto too for his panic attack). For them, their world was crushed the moment their lovers were gone so since I understand Naruto's desperation on Kage Summit arc I also understand Obito's desperation when Rin died.

So, Finally someone understood it!!! Thanks Anon!!!

You once said when Rin died on Kakashi's hand Obito's world was crushed, is it the same with Team 7 photo shattered in Naruto's mind when Sasuke has death warrant?

Kind of Yes and No!!! 

Yes... For the way you compared Rin for Obito and Sasuke for Naruto... 

No.... For the comparison you made as to what Team 7 meant to Naruto than what Team Minato meant to Obito. And let me tell you why.

I would say Obito was more Honest, Loving and Caring person as a Team mate than Naruto ever was or will be. Because Naruto shows clear-cut favouritism towards Sasuke ALL THE TIMES. Which Obito would never ever do. 

For Example,

“I can’t waste time here... Wait for me... Kakashi... Rin!!! I am Alive!!!”

Here, Obito was equally thinking about both of his Team mates... And his desire from the bottom of his heart to reach out Kakashi and Rin as soon as possible. Look at the way he was dragging his body so hard.

And during his time when he was forcibly stuck with Madara in that cave, 

He was pushing beyond his limit to become stronger by thinking about his Entire Team and the happy days he spent with them. He could have easily thought about just Rin you know... But the presence of his whole team motivates him and gives him power.

Whereas this certain someone... **Ahem Ahem***

Naruto was also training here to become stronger just like Obito was in the previous panel... But Naruto singles out Sasuke’s name and pines softly.

Have you ever seen Naruto fondly thinking about Sakura not under the context of Sasuke???? 

Just once??? 

When he heard his teammates were in Danger, the very first question he asked was, “What’s Minato-Sensei Doing?! You know the Yellow Flash” And was frustrated with the fact that his Heroic Sensei was not there when he was really needed. 

And he straight up remembers Kakashi’s promise to him to protect Rin. Since He died without any regret because he believed Kakashi would protect Rin. Please look at the desperation Obito shows to save Rin and Kakashi... 

Now compare that with this...

Naruto clearly heard Kakashi’s words about Sakura being in danger because she is no match with Sasuke... But he just ignored that part about Sakura and went onto brainrot about Sasuke as if Sakura’s life means nothing. Whereas Kakashi as a Sensei, wanted to chase her and protect her from her eventual death. 

Man, If this were Obito, he would’ve chased Sakura the moment he heard about this. He wouldn’t be acting so complacent or lost in thoughts, you know. 

In their childhood, When Kakashi asked Obito to ignore Rin and to continue the mission... 

Obito punched Kakashi’s face...

When Sasuke acted on his self-defense and tried to kill Sakura... Naruto asked why did he do that since she was a Team 7 member and all... 

But few moments later..

I can’t even keep a straight face while attaching this picture... No explanation needed, Right??? Obito wouldn’t laugh like this, you know...

So, Obito’s entire identity and emotions revolve around his Entire Team... Of Course, Rin is Special... In a very obvious way. But Obito would never ignore Kakashi like Naruto ignored Sakura. Otherwise Obito wouldn’t have died protecting him by offering his Sharingan. It’s for this exact reason, I’ve claimed many times that Obito was a better Shonen type Protagonist than Naruto ever will be...

And that’s why When he saw Rin’s death with his very own eyes, he couldn’t believe that reality...

A reality where his Sensei whom he admired so much had Failed him... 

A Rival/Friend whom he finally befriended/respected also Failed him... 

He couldn’t accept any of these...

Obito could’ve easily killed Kakashi here. Or he could’ve easily snatched his eyeballs so that he could use it to perform Susanoo by himself or to perform many other interesting Jutsus... (Considering he had 100′s of Sharingan stock that he collected after Uchiha Clan Massacre...)... But he, clearly didn’t want to do any of that. 

Obito’s world was crashed... And he wanted to rebuild a new world with his treasured people in it. And His decision to build a Dream World majorly stems out of Rin’s loss... Yess... But also, the collective failure of his Team Members also played a part in it. If it was just for Rin... He would’ve slaughtered Kakashi into pieces right then and there..

Compared to that...

Naruto’s crash of his Team 7 was ONLY ATTRIBUTED TO SASUKE and SASUKE alone. Because right after this... 

Naruto ignored Sakura’s immediate life in danger but hyperventilated for Sasuke’s eventual Death in the Future... 

Naruto admitted that Iruka and Sasuke were his important people and that he was in Team 7 to chase him... to build a bond with him... Not Sakura or Kakashi

Naruto didn’t react strongly when Sasuke tried to kill his Team Mate and much later he gleefully said to Sasuke that... “I am really glad I met you”...

Obito could’ve easily just thought about Rin alone or he could have ignored the pieces of Minato and Kakashi... to prevent Juubi from taking over his mind. But he mended his entire Team back from the torn pieces to get his mind back... Which shows his Identity in this world.

The Point I am trying to make here is that Naruto’s attachment to this world was credited only to Iruka and Sasuke and... Sasuke just happened to end up in the same team as him and hence he thought about that Team 7 picture a lot.. Not to mention, he had immense respect on Kakashi too.

 Whereas Obito’s attachment to this world is attributed to Entire Team Minato with Rin as the Axis. Team Minato was more personal to Obito than Team 7 was to Naruto. 

Something about this scene;

I know some people have naturally used this scene to argue Naruto is straight because of his reaction. But I think the scene is more nuanced than that. As we can see Sakura reacts with nosebleed to this jutsu, which symbolises arousal.

But Naruto doesn’t have a nosebleed towards the girl-girl jutsu, he’s just excited over Konohamaru’s new ability, as he explains this is a friendly competition between them. So he’s not excited in that way. Why not just make him react like Sakura? Because their reactions aren’t the same.

We do know Naruto finds Sasuke attractive even if he is hesitant to admit that (like he knows it might be inappropriate) and does the reverse harem jutsu later which he practiced more than rasengan. But somehow the Sai/Sasuke jutsu is too much in his opinion. In my opinion the obvious explanation is just that he doesn’t want to see Sasuke like that with someone else. I mean:

It’s not like he doesn’t dislike Suigetsu (and Taka) for no reason other than that they used to hang around Sasuke… and it’s not like he doesn’t react dramatically concerning Sasuke any other time…

I remember seeing even Japanese men who said Naruto sounded like a jealous boyfriend in that 4-tails moment. 😭

heyy i love your blog so much and you’re my fav naruto blog as well! i wanted to ask if you could explain how sakura stayed useless even in shippuden where apparently she got her so callled character development. i know, at least from my experience, that now people are starting to like sakura more and praise her for the bare minimum. my biggest issue with her is the fact she’s a main character (and her personality but that’s just my opinion. people can like her for her personality tho) but doesn’t contribute anything relevant to the plot. even if she wasn’t there nothing about the plot would have changed. she’s so irrelevant which makes me wonder why she’s even there in the first place. and then you have her fans who try to “debunk” any argument against her that says she’s useless when in reality she is, especially in crucial moments (like her having to destroy obitos rinnegan but her hesitating for whatever reason.) being a medical ninja doesn’t mean she’s useless. i guess some fans misunderstand what many anti-sakuras are saying. it’s the fact she doesn’t do anything when the stakes are at cost. all she does is cry and say she’ll get better next time and when next time arrives she whines and complains again. only time i could give her halfway credit was her fight at the BEGINNING of shippuden against sasori, but even then she was being used as a puppet by chiyo and sasori let himself be killed, cause let’s be honest if sasori wanted to he could have easily destroyed them. anyway, my point is her being a medical ninja or not as strong/powerful as sasuke or naruto isn’t the reason, at least for me, to call her useless, but the mere fact she is a) just mediocre at her job. she didn’t invent anything new, all she did was copy what tsunade had already invented. b) she literally does her JOB. nothing to be praised about. it’s legit what she’s supposed to do. c) she makes a fool out of herself when she decides to show off her skills (mainly cause sasuke is around, which again further proves her “development” doesn’t even exist). like i would be fine with people just accepting sakuras character as it is but i feel like today’s generation tries SO hard to make ANY female character into a “girl boss” even tho they freaking suck. i as a woman am insulted at seeing stuff like that tbh. like i completely get wanting to have strong, independent & powerful female characters, i do, but then look for actual strong women (doesn’t even have to be in narutoverse but if it had to be we have kushina, tsunade, konan). like why try to make an obviously bad character into a feminist icon? it’s just cringe. anyway sorry for the long ask/rant. i hope you’ll have a great day/night!

You Know Anon.... My Mood swing on reading this Ask.... Ranged from...

i wanted to ask if you could explain how sakura stayed useless....

Awwww!!!! Please.... Not Againn.... Don't ask me to repair this character.... (Since Am already struggling to write about her with 2 other big Asks pending) 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

TO

only time i could give her halfway credit was her fight at the BEGINNING of shippuden against sasori, but even then she was being used as a puppet by chiyo and sasori let himself be killed, cause let’s be honest if sasori wanted to he could have easily destroyed them.

Yaaay!!!!!! Someone reflects my mind...... 😁😁😁😁😁

TO

i completely get wanting to have strong, independent & powerful female characters, i do, but then look for actual strong women (doesn’t even have to be in narutoverse but if it had to be we have kushina, tsunade, konan). like why try to make an obviously bad character into a feminist icon?

Wooow!!!!!!! Lot's of LOVE for this person!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just Awesome!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Anyways... Back to your Question.....

i wanted to ask if you could explain how sakura stayed useless even in shippuden where apparently she got her so callled character development.

I heard a lot about Sakura's 'Character Development' in the beginning of Shippuden. But somehow I always get perplexed by this statement. Why didn’t I see any development from her??? Did I went blind when I watched it????

Just because a girl learnt a Jutsu or Two and punches few stuffs..... It can't be called a Character Development...... It's called becoming Mary Sue...... A true Character Development is when a Character learns some life lesson after some time and emotionally mature enough to take some decision... Whether it's a right one or wrong is a different thing altogether.....

Of course, this Girl cured Kankurou by developing an Antidote.... Kudos.

Of course, this Girl learnt her Chakra control very well and she can able to break anything. Cheers!!!

Of course, she worked in sync with Granny Chiyo to fight with Sasori.... (Not defeat him though)

Now....

What about her emotional development????

Let me show you her emotional development with valid receipts...

This is your so-called Developed Sakura at the beginning of Part 2....

Naruto is saying this to Sakura specifically... “Inside me..... is sealed the Kyuubi”......

And she acknowledges Naruto’s situation about the way he was treated so poorly because of the Kyuubi. And Naruto is saying why Akatsuki pursuing Gaara and Naruto. “Because we have monsters contained in our bodies.... That’s what they’re after....”....... 

Right after Naruto convey the real deal of Akatsuki..... this “so-called” developed girl is proposing some Grand plan to save her Sasuke-kun....... 

“As we get closer to Akatsuki, we get closer to information about Orochimaru.... And therefore we get closer to Sasuke-kun”

WOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!! AMAZING EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.... KUDOS........ SAKURA IS READY TO OFFER NARUTO TO AKATSUKI INORDER TO GET SASUKE-KUN’S DICK..........

Way to go, you Kween!!!!!!!!!!! Be a Girl-Boss!!!! Kyaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Hmmm.... I have another receipt of her emotional development in the very same Arc..... 

This is that “So-Called” Sakura before the fight with Sasori...

“Knowledge of traps.... Instant reaction..... I don’t have either of those”.....

Oh so this Girl knows how to be humble, eh????? I am surprised...

And Granny Chiyo reassures her that she is here to help her out!!!!.....

So far So Good!!!!!

But the Moment Sakura hears about Orochimaru..... Her behaviour and attitude completely changes!!!!!! Like she woke some Demon inside her.....

Now here comes the Badass Kween Sakura who is going to knock the ass of Sasori!!!!! Look at the fire in her Eyes!!!!

Why after Orochimaru’s name specifically????? What’s in it for her????? 

The Receipt shows that

Ah Here you go!!!!!! It’s all for her Sasuke-kun!!!!! 

Lo and behold!!!!

This is your “So-called” Developed Sakura in Shippuden!!!!!! 

I can’t even write this with the straight face!!!!!! 

Well... there is this panel she thought once about Naruto...

But why is she thinking about the Mummified Naruto when she promised that she will be with him to save Sasuke-Kun.... Why not think about the current Naruto who was suffering from the fate of being a Jinchurikki.... ????

Oh by the way... The Databook also says the same...

HeHeHe.... :-) 

I don’t know what people find in this Girl from this Arc and they boldly claim that this girl got Development..... But to me... She doesn’t look like someone who got over the itch to obtain Sasuke’s dick. Plain and Simple!!!!! 

If people call her Learning a Jutsu or two by punching the shit out of everyone as a proof of development.... Then all they expect from this character is to be a Mary Sue.....  or Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman!!!! Not some woman who is able to endure anything to save other people... Not some woman who can empathize and be kind to her friends!!!! 

They don’t really care about her Emotional Development!!!!!!

But I must agree that.... She became tolerable in this Arc.... I didn’t find any irritation or disgust like I got from her during Part 1. (Though I got some mild disgust here and there)

But being Tolerable is not Development!!!! 

i feel like today’s generation tries SO hard to make ANY female character into a “girl boss” even tho they freaking suck.

More than NH and SS harassers I have to start blocking these kind of dumb people.... Because the way they clown themselves under the name of Feminists is just indigestible for me.... Seriously!!!!

Stupid Fake Feminists!!!

look for actual strong women (doesn’t even have to be in narutoverse but if it had to be we have kushina, tsunade, konan). like why try to make an obviously bad character into a feminist icon?

Oh!!! They can’t and they won’t!!!!!

Because Sakura is the only person to share reasonable screen time with 2 Main Characters.... So, Obviously they try to self-insert with her character.... Because with NS you have this luxury of Bullying and Beating a Main Character.... With SS you get the luxury of getting pounded by Handsome Christian Grey.... Oh Sorry.... Sasuke-kun... 

With Tsunade, Konan and Kushina.... You won’t get such eye candies and hot smex .... Would You???? 

That’s why they consider her as a feminist icon. 

doesn’t contribute anything relevant to the plot. even if she wasn’t there nothing about the plot would have changed. she’s so irrelevant which makes me wonder why she’s even there in the first place.

I am writing another lengthy post on this... But I’ll explain very short here... 

She is very similar to Naruto in many aspects if you really pay attention to her character. For example..... Naruto likes to prank.... Sakura too..... Naruto has inferiority complex.... Sakura too.... Naruto loves Sasuke.... Sakura too.... And there are so many....

At the same time.... Sakura is entirely opposite to Naruto in many aspects which made her thoroughly despicable... For example.... Naruto is a person who desperately tries to understand other people.... Sakura is purely Selfish.... Naruto cares about all of his friends.... Sakura don’t. 

Her first purpose in this story is to show the readers that 

How Naruto is the best person for Sasuke than Sakura ever would be and 

How Sasuke shows his difference in behaviour towards Naruto and Sakura....  

Her second purpose in this story is to use her as a Gay Shield/ Beard for Naruto.... 

Every reaction Naruto gives for Sasuke is very similar to Sakura in many ways.... If Naruto alone chases Sasuke, it would be very obvious and gives off serious Homosexual vibes... Add Sakura along with him... It won’t be blatantly evident because people have Heteronormative Lens and Kishi just used it against them. 

Like if you really notice, every time Sakura confesses her Love.... Right after that Naruto also confesses something to Sasuke which always makes him go Wide eyed.... Be it in VoTE1 and VoTE2... 

CONFESSION 1::

This Girl is screaming “I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU THAT I CAN’T EVEN STAND IT (Loneliness)”..... 

And that’s his response!!!!

Whereas Naruto just said... “You are my first Bond..... “ For which Sasuke went really wide-eyed and went on to evolve his Sharingan....

CONFESSION 2::

Again Sakura saying the same thing... She even says that she could’ve done anything to bear his pain and that she loves him and cares about him.... 

LOL.... No explanation Needed.

Whereas Naruto just said, “It hurts whenever I see you suffer...” There is no I Love you or any grand confession... It’s very simple words...

And Sasuke goes Wide-Eyed again....

These are the differences Kishimoto wanted to show between Naruto and Sakura. And he used her in whatever the way he saw fit... Because he fucking can!!!! The fact that people are so narrow-minded to the point that they need a confession from a girl is enough to ship 2 people...  Whereas they don’t really care about how a Boy really feels. If they truly cared about N and S’ feelings people wouldn’t have shipped Hinata and Sakura with these boys... 

That’s why he intentionally wrote these two characters to be worthless and despicable and as Gay Shields. But still people went onto like these Useless Girls and made him write some shitty sequel and he is not even holding back... He is deriding these two girls with a burning passion even more. 

Only perceptive viewers can notice these nuances....

To understand the existence of a Character in any media, all we have to do is to Question ourselves.... 

Why this character is like this for 700 chapters??? 

Why didn’t this character evolve??? 

What are the other parallel characters for Sakura??? 

If Kishi can make Tsunade (her parallel from another Generation who is very similar to her personality) in to a Strong Lady what was stopping him from making Sakura like that???? 

If Kishi can make Rin (her direct parallel from one generation above who is also a Medic) in to a Tolerable, Talented enough to do eye transplant within minutes, Kind and Caring person.... What’s stopping him from making Sakura like that???

If Kishi can make Karin (her direct parallel in terms of Loving Sasuke) in to a useful person who doesn’t require the Validation of Sasuke and had many interesting Jutsu in her Arsenal... What’s stopping him from making Sakura like that????

If you ask all these questions to yourself..... You’ll get the answer. 

It’s just like Kishi said once.... It’s a Love Triangle where Sakura sees Naruto as her rival with Sasuke as the Central Figure. 

That’s why in Chapter 699... Sasuke rejects her with a Poke whereas he accepts Naruto by receiving back the symbol of his Bond, that striked out Hitai Ate, which brings the Love Triangle to an Indirect Conclusion. 

So Yeah.... In Short.... Sakura’s existence in this story is to be the (Love) Rival for Naruto and also as a Beard. They can like her for the way she is but blaming the Author is just pure Idiotic. 

VOTE 1

Talking to Sasuke wasn't going to change his decision at that moment and Naruto punches him because it was the only form of communication he knew how to do in that situation. They can understand each other only by clenching their fists and hitting hard. Sasuke never broke his eye contact with Naruto when receiving each punch and he never tried to dodge his punches. And also, Sasuke spat blood in Naruto's face, not breaking his eye contact, he's like: 'Are you done, does that make you feel better?'. Eye contact is a very emotional thing, and when you're already in an emotional situation, eye contact can amplify those feelings. That's why Naruto was also shocked & wondering: why didn't you avoid it? Why? Because It hurts him too.

Sasuke was so close underneath him that he could see Naruto's pained expression as he told Sasuke that the fight he always wanted wasn't the (hospital) fight, which was why his pain was reflected in Sasuke's eyes as well. Because Naruto doesn't want to hurt him. This wasn't the kind of fight he wanted with Sasuke. He says he doesn't want to hurt him even at that moment, but Sasuke doesn't let him finish what he was about to say. Because Sasuke knows. He knows. Naruto's pain has a great effect on him. So he started hitting him back.

VOTE 2

[That's hell of a powerful scream... Sasuke]

In the vote2, Sasuke avoids eye contact with Naruto while screaming (loudly) and punching him hard. He can't bear the thought of hurting Naruto. He doesn't want to see emotional pain (or sadness) in his eyes because he caused it. [[Oi Oii, don't say anything bad about Sasuke bcz Naruto accepted Sasuke as Sasuke, declaring that he was the only one who could carry his burden and die with him. It was his own responsibility and no one else's]]. You can see that Sasuke is in pain from his facial expressions of lowering his eyebrows, raising his cheeks, tightening his eyelids, screaming, and closing his eyes. And Naruto doesn't break eye contact from him. As if he saying 'Does that make you feel better, Sasuke?'. Because of that, in the next panel, Sasuke doesn't look directly at him, just closes his eyes and aims a punch with a scream. One reason he had closed his eyes was to escape the pain. Another thing is that Naruto knows Sasuke better than anyone, when Sasuke punches Naruto, he can clearly see Sasuke's face when he's underneath him, so he knows what emotions are reflected in his eyes. Even if he closes his eyes, he knows. He is in pain. Hurting each other doesn't make either of them feel better.

no because sasuke was able to see through the facade naruto put on for others to make it seem like he was okay. the panel where sasuke talks about understanding naruto’s hurt is also one where naruto is smiling (which is something naruto did throughout the story in the face or hurt/responsibilities, internalising things and putting on a brave face) while sasuke watches silently from afar. sasuke saw straight through naruto’s act, from before the story started, during, until the very end. as naruto said himself ‘sasuke is the one who understood me more than anyone else’. 

Mild comparative analysis between Naruto and Romeo and Juliet:

Leaving this one page summary of Romeo and Juliet in place of something more comprehensive, but at the the crux of it, in the play we're met with two teenagers who find refuge in their love for eachother in the midst of the stifling, hyper urban sociopolitical landscape in Verona and decide to fight to be with eachother even in the face of negative consequences. Then a series of unfortunate events occurs and we're left with the tragic ending.

One of the ways they combatted their oppressive landscape was via a "green world." First coined by Northrop Fyre in his "Anatomy of a Criticism," a green world was a literal natural and wild forest setting imbued with magical elements (ie. fairies) that was primarily utilized by Shakespeare in his comedies as a way for his characters to escape the normal world and enter a separate relationship where they could adress/resolve their conflicts + and achieve "metamorphosis."

In Romeo and Juliet, a green world comes in the form of an orchard beneath Juliet's balcony in the second act. Is is there where they are open with one a other about their feelings and express grief over the fact that they're seperated because of family feuding and societal expectations. And it is there where they reaffirm their love and devotion to one another before they part again.

In Naruto, I believe Narusasu's "green world" comes in the form of their shared mindscape that appears every time they clash/their jutsu meet and they subsequently open up about their feelings. Besides the physical landscape of The Valley of the End, it is the place where they share the most vulnerability together. And it is the manifestation of their repressed and/or unrealized desires to connect with and understand one another.

The construction of their "green world" is always preceded by isolated imagery of them reaching out to one but being physically separated by their weapons of choice (the rasengan and chidori). In this sense, there's a cruel irony in that their moments of emotional intimacy happen in the midst of extreme violence, but it's fitting given Kishimoto's thematic setup. Naruto and Sasuke have been brought up in a corrupt feudalistic landscape. Their shinobi world is wrought with cruelty and breeds ninjas that are taught to disconnect from their humanity to become better tools at their villages' beck and call. There is only room for unquestioning dogmatic loyalty and anything less makes you an enemy. The only way they can interact is through violence.

And this is where the interesting addition to the sociopolitical layer in narusasu's dynamic comes in. On a smaller scale, they are separated from each other by their own shortcomings like jealousy and insecurity, but like Romeo and Juliet their care for eachother is considered "transgressive" because of Sasuke's status as a missing nin. Sasuke becomes a "criminal" after rejecting the village that marginalized and extrajudicially genocided his clan. And Naruto, who was sacrificed to maintain the balance of power in Konoha (by having a chakra manifestation of hatred placed in him), is caught between his new staus as a loyal jinchuriki citizen and weapon for the village and his desire to help shoulder Sasuke's burdens and pain.

However, unlike in Romeo and Juliet, there is no beautiful natural refuge for Naruto and Sasuke to meet and and solve their problems. Violence is embedded in their way of living and thus their "green world" or shared mindscape is something they physically create in combat. It is the fruit of their hard work and achievements as ninja in a series where emotional development is also tied to their physical development. And Naruto and Sasuke utilize it accordingly.

It is where they meet and get a glimpse of what the other is feeling. It is where we see the anguish Naruto and Sasuke felt over being torn apart from eachother in VOTE 1 because of external circumstances out of their contol (ie. Oro's curse mark). It is where Naruto opens up about his insecurites and reaffirms his love for Sasuke in a monologue that mirrors Hinata's confession to him in the Pain arc, and his own sentiments from VOTE 1 ("I'm really happy I met you!"). And in VOTE 2 it's where Sasuke tells Naruto, his one and only friend, that they understand eachother's hearts and he has to cut him off to fully be lonely. Through it we got to see the level of care and devlopment put into their bond and their individual characterizations.

And the fact that their last two conversations in the manga take place in the real world is a testament to the fact that they'd outgrown the need for a seperate mental landscape to communicate. It was a sign that they could interact positively without their fists and work to change the systemic issues that led to the series of tragic events that seperated them.

“You remind me of usuratonkachi…”

He followed him !