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SAKURA’S CONFESSION

Honest to god, I hate that the Sakura confession scene has been so hated. I never thought it would be so controversial.

But one take I haven’t seen and maybe I’m alone on this was that, when I first watched the scene, I honest to god that it was a test run from the authour’s side to see how fans would ACTUALLY react if Sakura did develop feelings towards Naruto.

I truly do believe even though the writer had his planned final pairings, that he still did test around with toying with the idea of different pairings like Naruto x Sakura.

Remember when Yamato during the bridge arc made a comment towards Sakura about her care towards Naruto? I think the bridge arc was when someone said in one of the databooks, Sakura was noted to be confused about her thoughts on Naruto. It was implied that she was maybe developing feelings towards him post timeskip.

As a NaruSaku shipper, I see the confession scene was the ultimate acknowledgement of the slow romantic tension that had built around the two. I know this is super subjective but still.

Anyway, during her confession, I remember she was blushing and shit, honestly I took that initially as her admitting to herself that “yeah I guess I’m saying something I kinda been feeling lately out loud and it kinda feels good”. I don’t know why so many people took her confessions as super evil and manipulative. Again, I know I’m being bias but my girl isn’t a good liar come on. When she lies, she does that closed smile thing with a voice crack.

Also, remember when Naruto rejected her confession and they started arguing about the validity of her confession and she was like “why are you telling me I’m wrong” moment. To me, that means it was more genuine and if anything she was shocked that Naruto thought she was lying.

Now, I’m not saying she didn’t have ulterior motives or anything. She of course did but I think that she honest to god was okay with “settling” with Naruto. Like at some point in early Shippuden, she started to like both of her comrades.

I know people like to sanitize the romances between the characters because it’s cleaner that way. It is messy if characters marry their partners but the story also acknowledges that they crushed on other people before then. I’ve seen people purposely not acknowledge his long term crush on Sakura because well, he’s married to Hinata but like cmon guys - let’s not do that because that is a narrative change and something you can really downplay because there are 200+ episodes of the guy liking another girl who isn’t his future wife.

Just entered my Malcolm in the middle phase

Actual poetry

reese malcolminthemiddle. he’s a bully. he’s a master chef. he canonically possesses no sense of empathy. he writes poetry. he ran away and joined the army. he immediately deserted the army. he’s been straight married. he’s been gay married. he’s godless. he’s christian. he had frosted tips.

Every Naruto Shippuden opening is just:

Establishing shot of a distant scenery of some sort

Naruto in the scenery or staring at it

Sasuke is placed in a mirrored/parallel pose to Naruto

Sakura clutching a kunai looking really really sad about something

Groups doing cool poses. Kakashi is there I guess.

The villains doing cool poses and fight snippets

Naruto running and stopping briefly to stare at something in the distance

The something is Sasuke, and the animation budget has quadrupled to make him look as beautifully tortured as humanly possible

Sakura crying/looking sad again

Naruto and Sasuke moving towards each other or clearly thinking about each other

End it with a group establishing shot. If not that, Naruto & Sasuke staring at each other.

This is like the weirdest non-anime post I’ll make but I recently cut ties with a long time friend because she prioritized her partner over her friendships.

For the longest time I would be so confused why someone who said they were scared to lose me, would fly me out to visit them and stay up at night talking to me would also leave me on delivered for 6-8 weeks at a time. And she was so strict about that being a non-negotiable about her. She was unemployed, didn’t go to school, and didn’t have a car. She would tell me that there would be nothing going on in her life because she can’t do much but play video games at home.

I would beg her to get back to me sooner because I didn’t want her to miss out on big celebrations in my life but she almost would. However, for some reason she was there for me for emergencies.

I confronted her about it because I no longer wanted to tell her anything because the being left on delivered hurt me.

We concluded that it was an incompatibility issue but she made a statement what brought so much closure. She genuinely believed and strictly followed the principle, that if you have a partner/dating someone, you don’t need to maintain friends the traditional way. You shouldn’t share anything more about yourself or make time for others because you’re not dating them. The majority of emotional intimacy would be with the partner. Like purposefully not put effort into a friendship anymore. That’s why she was so strict and even proud of leaving majority of her friends on delivered for weeks to months on end. She told me that she compromised with me by getting back to me within 6 weeks rather than 8 weeks like what she does with her friend group. Her comments made me feel like I was being too needy for being left on delivered for 6-8 weeks at a time. Doesn’t that just fuck you up? She believed it was abnormal to check up with friends once or twice a month. It was abnormal to know how they were on a day or week to week basis because she’s not dating them.

She got a little defensive when I responded back with that it sounds like you center your partner above all else.

People sure are interesting. She said it works for her other friends, despite her not knowing them very well. Also, all of her friends are dudes who she plays video games with. I wanted to tell her maybe the reason why they don’t say anything about it is because they know you refuse to change.

In all fairness, I guess I should have noticed I was her only female friend. Also she made a comment before about how her perfect friend is someone she sees for dinner twice a year. That’s not a friend, that’s a co worker.

I feel like the Naruto fandom refuses to acknowledge that during the first time Kakashi preformed 1000 years of death on Naruto, our kid main character blushes. Like the punchline of the joke was that Kakashi fingered a boy and said boy liked it. What the fuck was the authour thinking?

Also like in the sports OVA, Sasuke “accidentally” shoves a baton up Naruto’s ass when he was racing and was fighting the urge to shit his pants. Naruto literally had to pull the baton out of his ass and continue the race. Again, what the hell.

I know people aren’t going to like the truth but Naruto canonically liked having Kakashi’s fingers up his ass and there have been too many instances of something up our main character’s butt.

Honestly when I found out that Sakura x Sasuke became canon by the last chapter and read up on the lore, the entire time I thought may this love never find me 🫡

I wonder how much hate I’d get if I said that despite, all of the sns content I post or repost, I don’t actually ship them.

I noticed the change in Naruto’s behaviour towards Sasuke during Shippuden and rather than more earnestly be upset about it, I coped and made jokes on here about how Naruto’s feelings towards Sasuke derailed the character the potential Shippuden had.

MY BIGGEST ROMAN EMPIRE/QI DYNASTY THOUGH has to be Naruto x Sakura or NaruSaku. ALSO JUST SAKURA’s marriage.

I’ve never made a single post about it but I genuinely really warmed up to the ship early Shippuden because I thought Sakura developed a crush on Naruto and they had a better dynamic there.

I also really grown to adore Sakura so I love her as a character. I CANNOT stand how much Sasuke disrespects her in Shippuden thou. Holy shit I was so mad when he fake-killed her at the end of the war arc OMG. She’s already disrespected by the authour and fans, I just want her to have good things happen to her fully, not some half assed manner like her ending. I understand that the authour genuinely believes that his writing of female characters is acceptable, which is why he continues to write them that way and call it a happy ending but still.

She’s done so dirty everywhere, I just want her to have one genuine win with no strings attached.

I know she married the love of her life but she didn’t get what she wanted. She’s still seen by most people and in-universe characters as a lonely wife and “single” mother raising her child all by herself while her husband doesn’t contact her. She’s in a marriage where I don’t think she expected Sasuke to have some dumb ass plot barrier stopping him from coming back to the leaf when they initially got together. Of course, she loves him enough to deal with his absence but canon wise, she’s not happy about it but has to keep a brave face when questioned about it by Sasuke. Cuz that’s her character, she’s not going to complain about it, it’s out of his control (ugh). There are times where she’s clearly settled with her circumstances but LIKE AS A GENUINE FAN OF HER CHARACTER, I dont want that for her. It’s not a happy ending if she’s still lonely and never gets to see her man. For Christ sake, it was clear in the anime that she’s not even used to his touch because she hadn’t felt his touch in a decade by then. It’s so sad and I wanted better but the authour refuses because he believes it’s in character and makes sense for their relationship to still have barriers.

Like she will always accommodate for him but he just “can’t put in the same effort” and she might as well just deal with it with a smile on her face.

Like she’s so successful but she chose to marry a bum. Sure it might be true love but double standards much?

I understand that Sasuke is written a little bit like Jiraiya where he’s never at one place for too long and Sakura likes more serious personalities in her men (and I guess men who go against the grain?) but she prefers that kind of guy but also someone who is there for her. They’re just not compatible and it’s like upsetting to watch. Sakura can only enjoy half of her marriage because she only got half of what she wanted.

How does this connect back to Naruto x Sakura thou? Again I thought the feelings were mutual during Shippuden and was sad when they weren’t but for Naruto, he seems to at least like his wife.

Please be mindful that if her marriage isn’t written the way it is, I would not be complaining like this.

Update: it’s not an ESL thing it’s literally the whole “I like pancakes - so you hate waffles” mindset that mainly comes from American users. As someone living in Canada, I’ve never experienced anyone who has that sort of mindset before and I used to work in mental health services. I’m so Canadian that I thought it was a language barrier because the black and white thinking is really bizarre to me.

The issue I have with Sakura stans as another Sakura fan is that some have a tendency to think black or white. I’m unsure if it’s because of how much hate a character who really didn’t deserve it got during the Naruto heyday.

Regardless, if you have an opinion that isn’t 💯 positive all around, a subsection of fans will attack you. Like you can literally say nothing negative about the character and people will act like you do.

Maybe it’s a ESL thing. I find that if I’m having a discussion with someone and it’s clear to me that we are talking about two different things, the miscommunication is from a language barrier, people can’t read well or it’s anger issues that makes people skip words.

For example, I had a discussion about Sakura and Naruto’s dynamic with Sasuke. I said that Sakura is the more reasonable one as Naruto’s constant defending for Sasuke even though he’s technically wrong is absurd. But that’s just Naruto. He sees the good in everyone, even people who genuinely don’t deserve it at times.

Somehow someone took that and responded with I’m calling Sakura a whore, bitch and dumb and that I’m sexist. If Sakura did it she’s that but when Naruto does it it’s endearing LMAO.

Me dunking on Naruto and saying Sakura is more reasonable is apparently swapped in that person’s mind.

Honestly there is a reason why people don’t like Sakura fans because some of them took the hate that her character got and took it in the wrong direction.

lol going through my notes I took while watching Shippuden

Im prob the only person who thought this

(Scene right after Sasuke puts Sakura in a genjutsu by punching a hole in her)

Fuck Sasuke

I hope Naruto kills him

Rips his head off for what he did to Sakura how could he

I really fucking hate him

“Why are you so obsessed with getting in my way?!”

-“Because…you’re my friend.”

*at the cost of sacrificing the plot, world building and pacing*

I wanna watch challenges because the only two things I know about it is that tennis is somehow involved in the plot and there is supposedly a really graphic scene of Zendaya’s breaking her ankle(?) which was entirely done by a real-sized replica of Zendaya’s lower half and torso.

The director is from bones and all, a movie no one but me has seen so I’m expecting the movie to be secretly a horror movie. Also the writer was like some meme back in early YouTube before 2010?

It sounds promising to me at least.

Yeah I noticed some of the worst kinds of people I actively avoided on TikTok like thrist trap people, trump supporters who love to brag about their trucks and very ignorant about prejudiced people all showed up on my feed.

I’ve said this before but this is literally the equivalent of middle aged white men invading my Pinterest page. Xiaohongshu used to be so girly and chill but now it’s just reposted TikTok brianrot and high schoolers who still don’t know their geography live streaming.

They also brought their audacity with them too. No one likes fighting on apps but Americans really can’t take feedback when people call them out on their behaviour. Like buddy on this app, you gotta conform to the policies and expected behaviours.

They literally brought not only their audacity, low literacy rates but also lack of fact checking and ignorance. How can one country somehow train their people to be so rude to other cultures and act like they’re doing us a favour when they’re the ones who barged into out girly Chinese safe space?

A lot of these TikTok brats who went rushing to Xiaohongshu and are shocked that they can’t just post whatever they want is hilarious and pathetic. I mean, if you travel internationally; you follow that country’s laws or face being arrested and probably fined as well. If the country in question says no alcohol outside or no smoking in a certain area; you don’t do it.

So it’s very weird that these bratty TikTok users are quickly discovering that China is not America and a lot of shit that is cool here; isn’t cool there. So to hop on their Chinese app because of a TikTok ban is just dummy and bratty behavior. These are the types who are always playing loud music on trains because the world personally revolves around them.

But what do I expect from colonizers? They’re always disrespecting Asian countries and the Pacific Islands’ customs in real life so why should online apps be any different ?

There are wayyy too many middle aged white men on my xiaohongshu feed.

I’ve tried to block people and mark videos as uninterested but my feed will not go back to cute makeup tutorials 😭

I need to find a way to block TikTok refugee tag it’s super annoying.

I used xiaohongshu like Pinterest and now it’s just not that anymore.

Omg I thought they were best friends THE ENTIRE TIME. Didn’t even know they were dating and now I’m hearing from this app that they’re engaged.

"The big news this week is a good example of just such an opportunity for me - are they/aren’t they engaged?

Zendaya wearing a ring and Tom nowhere to be seen adding to the intrigue.

The engagement has now been confirmed and why I am writing about it here but without adding anything new and juicy like a date, venue, guest list…

Down the years, I have been showered with parenthood praise even though much of it has been fluke and happenstance more than any finely honed plan. And this I can demonstrate now by contrasting the different approaches of father and son to proposing marriage.

Tom, as you know by now was very incredibly well prepared.

He had purchased a ring.

He had spoken with her father and gained permission to propose to his daughter.

Tom had everything planned out…

When, where, how, what to say, what to wear…

I on the other hand was woefully ill-prepared, almost as though I wasn’t taking it seriously.

(...) For most blokes, the stress of purchasing an engagement ring is being able to afford it. I suspect that this was the least of Tom’s worries, more concerned with the stone, it's size and clarity, its housing, which jeweller

(...) which brings me to the newly engaged couple.

I do fret that their combined stardom will amplify their spotlight and the commensurate demands on them and yet they continually confound me by handling everything with aplomb.

And even though show-business is a messy place for relationships and particularly so for famous couples as they crash and burn in public and are too numerous to mention, with us an example, with Nikki helming this family and my ‘wisdom’ on tap and a study in getting things mostly wrong and yet somehow right at the same time, I am completely confident they will make a successful union."

Dom's blog about Tomdaya's engagement. 🥺

Tom Holland does Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on Lip Sync Battle

Is this ninja storm 3 or 4?

Sexual tension.~

And there was only one bed!!!!

Sequel to this one

“Why are you so obsessed with getting in my way?!”

-“Because…you’re my friend.”

But Sasuke is too damaged to be a good partner. Have you seen Boruto? In canon, he’s not great. He’s not the angry child he was as a teenager but it seems his character development leaned into being less angry than being a better friend or partner. He still does the bare minimum and gets rewarded for it. The canon explanation for his actions are work-related but the writers can’t write him to be more involved because it doesn’t align with his character. Yes there are my opinions but I take them from the canon and assess it on my own. If you keep up with Boruto, you know that I literally reference the plot points without actually citing and referencing them. At the end of the day, it seems you only have an issue with the one sentence that I wrote “damaged and can never recover”. I don’t know what to say, you gotta read the next sentence and more. I said it’s complicated and I never directly said he’s a bad partner, he’s just not a good one because people want more from him that he can’t give due to writing issues. Naruto and Sakura (from my understanding) want much more in a partner than what Sasuke can provide. He’s not doing it purposely to hurt them, he just wants to be alone but as a father and husband he can’t. That’s not a bad thing because it’s better for him in the end.

Regarding trauma, I don’t know what to say - I know enough not to engage too much on that topic here. I’m talking about a fictional character who has deep trauma. He’s not a real person so what you stated previously doesn’t really matter to me or apply. Me making that comment doesn’t mean it’s a reflection on how I view people with real pain. He has a fictional past and issues. The writers can absolutely retcon his entire backstory by tomorrow. What I said about his character doesn’t exactly apply to real people. He is a fictional character in a story with a beginning and end. Within that space, he’s not a great partner or friend. The canon reasonings for enough positive development on that area seems to be from his backstory. It just goes against his character I guess. It sounds like you relate a lot to Sasuke’s trauma and feel personally attacked by my comment. That’s my only comment on your personal being.

I don’t think I said anything particularly awful, if anything I reiterated the canon material with my own spin on the wording. I also didn’t say I felt attacked, I just said you were aggressive accusing me of being a bad person. We will agree to disagree there and the world keeps moving. I still do think you need to chill. You’re not gonna survive the real world if you are losing it after a comment like that about Naruto x Sasuke.

I think Boruto era Naruto x Sasuke shippers need to understand that Sasuke won’t be a better partner if he’s with Naruto. It doesnt matter if he secretly elopes with Naruto, he won’t be staying. He has commitment issues and literally can’t stay in one place for too long. I know he loves his brother still but his brother is the sole reason why he’s an incredibly damaged individual who literally will never recover from his trauma. I get that it’s super complicated but it’s one of those things that are indescribable. His brother fucked him over when he didn’t need to (the 518400 times thing) that he fundamentally changed his brain chemistry.

Additionally, I feel like he can’t handle the responsibility of his personal life. He’s the kinda guy who will leave people on read or delivered for months you know? It’s the emotional baggage and genuinely wanting solitude even though he knows it’s not the best path for him. It’s almost like a bad habit, constantly wanting to be alone even though what gets you through the day is knowing you have loved ones waiting for you at home.

Romance does not factor into his character, he’s barely involved with his family because his trauma and baggage goes beyond that.

In canon, it’s because of his job and his past actions that make him feel unwelcome in the village sure. But why should he care about people he doesn’t know? The people he knows want him back more often. He just doesn’t want to for his atonement. He does prioritize Naruto over his family but he still sees the guy like every few years for half an hour before he teleports away again. He doesn’t even hang out with him when he’s back.

What I’m trying to say is that he would 100% treat Naruto the same way he treats Sakura as a romantic partner. Which is find excuses to not hang out and immediately leave after work is done.

People write fanfics about them owning an apartment or whatever, divorcing their partners to be with eachother, etc. yes it’s fanfic lol people can do whatever they want but I would love to read a fic that explores what I’m talking about here.

Dude chill. I just gave my opinion on the ship after reading a dozen fics. At the end of the day they are my opinion. I think instead of aggressively accusing me of something, maybe you should relax and not take everything as an attack or micro aggression. It’s easy to call people out on black or white thinking but it also applies to you too. The reason why no one called me out is because a few dozen people agree with me. It’s that simple. You can disagree with my opinion on Sasuke’s character and we can agree to disagree.

I think Boruto era Naruto x Sasuke shippers need to understand that Sasuke won’t be a better partner if he’s with Naruto. It doesnt matter if he secretly elopes with Naruto, he won’t be staying. He has commitment issues and literally can’t stay in one place for too long. I know he loves his brother still but his brother is the sole reason why he’s an incredibly damaged individual who literally will never recover from his trauma. I get that it’s super complicated but it’s one of those things that are indescribable. His brother fucked him over when he didn’t need to (the 518400 times thing) that he fundamentally changed his brain chemistry.

Additionally, I feel like he can’t handle the responsibility of his personal life. He’s the kinda guy who will leave people on read or delivered for months you know? It’s the emotional baggage and genuinely wanting solitude even though he knows it’s not the best path for him. It’s almost like a bad habit, constantly wanting to be alone even though what gets you through the day is knowing you have loved ones waiting for you at home.

Romance does not factor into his character, he’s barely involved with his family because his trauma and baggage goes beyond that.

In canon, it’s because of his job and his past actions that make him feel unwelcome in the village sure. But why should he care about people he doesn’t know? The people he knows want him back more often. He just doesn’t want to for his atonement. He does prioritize Naruto over his family but he still sees the guy like every few years for half an hour before he teleports away again. He doesn’t even hang out with him when he’s back.

What I’m trying to say is that he would 100% treat Naruto the same way he treats Sakura as a romantic partner. Which is find excuses to not hang out and immediately leave after work is done.

People write fanfics about them owning an apartment or whatever, divorcing their partners to be with eachother, etc. yes it’s fanfic lol people can do whatever they want but I would love to read a fic that explores what I’m talking about here.

I love listening to divorced dad music because the first thought that comes to my head is always: this is so Naruto and Sasuke.

Yes pretty much. I get it’s a reactionary response but as I mentioned, let’s try to avoid thinking black or white on a fictional character that has lots of screen time and made various decisions throughout the show/story. I agree with you that her heart was in the right place despite it completely backfiring on her. As the episode showed later on, she def needed a second opinion on more than just that (you know the who I’m gonna kill Sasuke by myself thing?).

Side note!

Sai positioned himself as a third party with a more grounded/earnest opinion on the situation but he admitted that he shouldn’t had told Sakura his opinion on their relationship because it caused Sakura to make ultimately an oopsie decision that upset Naruto. It’s messy but hey, there is a reason why Shippuden was 500 episodes lol

The issue I have with Sakura stans as another Sakura fan is that some have a tendency to think black or white. I’m unsure if it’s because of how much hate a character who really didn’t deserve it got during the Naruto heyday.

Regardless, if you have an opinion that isn’t 💯 positive all around, a subsection of fans will attack you. Like you can literally say nothing negative about the character and people will act like you do.

Maybe it’s a ESL thing. I find that if I’m having a discussion with someone and it’s clear to me that we are talking about two different things, the miscommunication is from a language barrier, people can’t read well or it’s anger issues that makes people skip words.

For example, I had a discussion about Sakura and Naruto’s dynamic with Sasuke. I said that Sakura is the more reasonable one as Naruto’s constant defending for Sasuke even though he’s technically wrong is absurd. But that’s just Naruto. He sees the good in everyone, even people who genuinely don’t deserve it at times.

Somehow someone took that and responded with I’m calling Sakura a whore, bitch and dumb and that I’m sexist. If Sakura did it she’s that but when Naruto does it it’s endearing LMAO.

Me dunking on Naruto and saying Sakura is more reasonable is apparently swapped in that person’s mind.

Honestly there is a reason why people don’t like Sakura fans because some of them took the hate that her character got and took it in the wrong direction.

FF7 REMAKE GIRLIES PLEASE

Don’t say you played the game if you only watched the cutscenes!

I’ll be talking about wind materia and the girlie I’m having a discussion with doesn’t know what I’m talking about 😭😭😭

Or they call every sword Cloud has the buster sword even though it’s not 😭😭😭

There are already stereotypes that girls don’t play games. Yes each game now is 100 CAD but at least watch the gameplay element.

Female gamers like myself sometimes want to have discussions with other female gamers about both gameplay and story. Video game discussion is already dominated by dudes and sometimes you just wanna say you struggled with a mini game because your nails were too long 😭😭😭

I think Boruto era Naruto x Sasuke shippers need to understand that Sasuke won’t be a better partner if he’s with Naruto. It doesnt matter if he secretly elopes with Naruto, he won’t be staying. He has commitment issues and literally can’t stay in one place for too long. I know he loves his brother still but his brother is the sole reason why he’s an incredibly damaged individual who literally will never recover from his trauma. I get that it’s super complicated but it’s one of those things that are indescribable. His brother fucked him over when he didn’t need to (the 518400 times thing) that he fundamentally changed his brain chemistry.

Additionally, I feel like he can’t handle the responsibility of his personal life. He’s the kinda guy who will leave people on read or delivered for months you know? It’s the emotional baggage and genuinely wanting solitude even though he knows it’s not the best path for him. It’s almost like a bad habit, constantly wanting to be alone even though what gets you through the day is knowing you have loved ones waiting for you at home.

Romance does not factor into his character, he’s barely involved with his family because his trauma and baggage goes beyond that.

In canon, it’s because of his job and his past actions that make him feel unwelcome in the village sure. But why should he care about people he doesn’t know? The people he knows want him back more often. He just doesn’t want to for his atonement. He does prioritize Naruto over his family but he still sees the guy like every few years for half an hour before he teleports away again. He doesn’t even hang out with him when he’s back.

What I’m trying to say is that he would 100% treat Naruto the same way he treats Sakura as a romantic partner. Which is find excuses to not hang out and immediately leave after work is done.

People write fanfics about them owning an apartment or whatever, divorcing their partners to be with eachother, etc. yes it’s fanfic lol people can do whatever they want but I would love to read a fic that explores what I’m talking about here.

Something from my notes while I was watching Shippuden

It’s weird that Naruto married a woman who is quiet, introverted and has special eye powers. During my time watching this god forsaken show, I noted down that Naruto seems to attract introverted shy downer boys like Gaara and Sasuke. I guess there is something about that type of personality he likes in dudes. I am still very doubtful that he would like that personality in a woman because he criticized his future wife who had the same personality but in the end, he seemingly married her. It’s like he married a female-ish Sasuke. Like someone who superficially sounds like him on paper.

For Sasuke, he doesn’t seem to like a lot of people outside of his family. He tolerated Naruto’s extroverted, loud and confident behaviour. He was annoyed by his obsession with chasing after him though. I don’t blame him he gets it from both sides and it’s not like he has a mentor to ask for advice on how to deal with it. Anyway, I’ve seen him ignore Sakura who has a similar personality to Naruto at times. She’s tomboyish and has the former traits. He low-key criticized her for being obsessed with him. He also doesn’t seem to visually like pushy women, but it might be because every woman so far has been pushy in their advances and flirty towards him. There is no shame for whoever has a crush on him. But he doesn’t seem to mind it as much when Naruto does it. I mean he does mind it but he didn’t say it’s disgusting or anything. It’s again weird that he married Sakura because I always felt like he didn’t like that kind of woman but he’s okay with it when it’s a guy to a more tolerable extent.

Those two really did marry the female version of their “type”. But again, the impression I got so far was that they didn’t like that personality if it was the opposite sex for whatever reason.

I know I just finished the show but I feel like LITERALLY everyone married the wrong person. Everyone should swapped partners. More people should be single, some people shouldn’t be dead while others I’m shocked they survived (looking at you KIBA AND MIGHT GUY) and others who aren’t married yet for some reason.

Sakura and Naruto, I love you both dearly but you both married the wrong people in my eyes. But this also applies to everyone else so don’t come for me (this wasn’t in my notes but I have to put this in here - I’m just copying pasting my immediate thoughts I wrote in my notes lol)

It’s just weird. I followed a strict anime filler guide and it makes me feel like I missed something.

Food for thought

Oh also Sasuke totally gives off I have commitment issues, bachelor vibes and just lone wolf identity. Kinda like Jiraya but not a pervert or a writer. More like he just wants to be alone even if it meant being away from society. To me, he will always prioritize himself above everyone else because he has way too much baggage. He just comes across as someone who wants to be in solitude. It’s unfortunate because he had such a bright future when he was a kid but in canon, he seems to be married while living his bachelor lifestyle from the ending.

The issue I have with Sakura stans as another Sakura fan is that some have a tendency to think black or white. I’m unsure if it’s because of how much hate a character who really didn’t deserve it got during the Naruto heyday.

Regardless, if you have an opinion that isn’t 💯 positive all around, a subsection of fans will attack you. Like you can literally say nothing negative about the character and people will act like you do.

Maybe it’s a ESL thing. I find that if I’m having a discussion with someone and it’s clear to me that we are talking about two different things, the miscommunication is from a language barrier, people can’t read well or it’s anger issues that makes people skip words.

For example, I had a discussion about Sakura and Naruto’s dynamic with Sasuke. I said that Sakura is the more reasonable one as Naruto’s constant defending for Sasuke even though he’s technically wrong is absurd. But that’s just Naruto. He sees the good in everyone, even people who genuinely don’t deserve it at times.

Somehow someone took that and responded with I’m calling Sakura a whore, bitch and dumb and that I’m sexist. If Sakura did it she’s that but when Naruto does it it’s endearing LMAO.

Me dunking on Naruto and saying Sakura is more reasonable is apparently swapped in that person’s mind.

Honestly there is a reason why people don’t like Sakura fans because some of them took the hate that her character got and took it in the wrong direction.

I finished all of Naruto + Shippuden in two weeks. Yes I’m crazy and I binged all of the canon episodes.

Anyway - I took notes on my thoughts before, during and after every single arc.

In terms of Sasunaru, I had some inklings about the pairing during Shippuden, none pre-time skip but what really made me fully believe at one point Naruto was maybe in love with Sasuke, was early Kage Summit arc.

I just didn’t think Naruto would handle Sasuke’s absence so poorly when I started Shippuden. I completely misjudged his character. I didn’t think he would be so clingy. It was like baby’s first breakup with him. It was genuinely like watching someone experience a breakup, get depressed but instead of getting over it in half a year, it was 500 episodes or 10 years of anime. He literally was not the same character anymore. Yes he got older but he was just such a downer compared to pre-time skip because he was depressed about his man.

I fully believed he was in love with him until the whole reincarnation brother stuff. 

So many ups and downs with Naruto but I love him. I can’t believe I’m saying this in the year 2024, almost 2025 but Naruto is one of my favourite anime characters ever. Maybe I just don’t watch enough shounen but I’ve really come to like Naruto. He’s so endearing and him recovering over his breakup was one of the most cathartic things ever. Literally more cathartic than 99% of the anime fights. My biggest takeaway from watching the show and how I remember it, was Naruto’s coming of age story from his career to his interpersonal deeply complex relationships he has with people, especially Sasuke Uchiha. Take that as you wish.