I am so happy you are back. Here is my heart for you ๐คฒโค๏ธโจโจ
I wanted to ask you on what you think about those who support SasuNaru yet they hate the other character (like anti Naruto or Sasuke)? Esp the hate on Naruto (I am surprised - saying stuff like Naruto is selfish and didn't care to understand Sasuke at all/ Sasuke shouldve been the MC yet Kishi decided to all focus on Nart I'm like??? And how Naruto is wrong on thinking of chasing and saving Sasuke, even implying that Naruto is pushing his ideals onto Sasuke as Nart is for Konoha -My head spinning).
I don't know how we get to this point yet we read the same material... I am just ๐ฅฒ and currently re-reading Naruto right now. This might open a can of worms so feel free to not answer directly.
Thank you very much for reading ๐ I am just curious on your thoughts and again I am so happy you are back โจโจโจ
I don't really get it, why ship a pair together when you hate one half of it? Weird...
Heavy emphasis was put on 'understanding each other' throughout the entire manga and this was not just limited to sns. So many characters talk about it from Nagato to Madara to Hagoromo because understanding one another is an important concept within the story. For sns specifically, one aspect of them trying to understand each other was Naruto trying to understand Sasuke's POV and actions while Sasuke tried to understand why Naruto would go so far for him. As Naruto progressed throughout the story and tried to understand Sasuke, in turn Sasuke came to understand what Naruto felt for him. Though the basis of their relationship stems from an understanding and feeling a sense of kinship through their shared experience of loneliness, they didn't understand each other fully - but that's the story... them finally reaching an understanding and reconciling.
There are some things Naruto definitely could've gone about better, but I don't think he was overall selfish since ultimately what Naruto cared about was Sasuke's well-being. This was often even at the expense of his own. Both at Vote1 and the Reunion Naruto's reasoning for bringing Sasuke back to Konoha was because Orochimaru was going to kill him. Naruto trained to get stronger because he wanted to assist Sasuke's fire with his wind, not tear it down. When Sasuke killed Itachi and then found out the truth and joined the Akatsuki, everyone was against Sasuke, yet Naruto was the only one who even tried to understand him and advocated for him without outright deciding to kill him in comparison to his peers and the rest of the world. He even had his own revenge/forgiveness arc with Jiraiya which Kishimoto cited as the reason for not bringing back Jiraiya via Edo-Tensei, since it was done to help Naruto understand Sasuke better. There were many panels of Naruto laying around and thinking about Sasuke, wondering if he was okay, trying to understand his actions, etc. At Kage Summit Sasuke himself agrees with Naruto's proposal and decides to honour his promise, that's where Naruto stops chasing him and waits for Sasuke to come to him, and they do eventually have their fated fight at Vote2. Again, Vote2 wasn't Naruto beating Sasuke into submission, he just didn't want Sasuke to be alone and in pain.ย
I guess Naruto stans are mad Naruto didn't wipe the floor with Sasuke and Sasuke stans are mad that Sasuke didn't set himself up as a humanity-void vessel to dispense judgement for all eternity even though that would obviously cause Sasuke pain. They both could've done things better but they are the product of the times they live in. And also, Shonen manga. Ultimately they reached a mutual understanding and agreed to co-operate together.
Also Kishimoto didn't decide to focus all on Naruto lol. He even said people told him his manga should've been called Sasuke. He wrote Naruto and Sasuke as Yin and Yang, progressing together, giving the MC's rival his own storyline and individual focus with his own divulging goals not centered around the MC is pretty much unheard of to me as far as traditional Shonen go.