KawaSara + Flower symbolism
Lets start from the beginning, in Boruto ending 16 we see Sarada carrying flowers and bringing them to Boruto’s house and eventually putting them in Himawari’s vase.
Upon closer inspection you can see that the flowers strongly resembles Carnations.
Since we know Sarada didnt bring these flowers for her mom, then for Sarada to bring a flower symbolic of love for a vase thats symbolic of Kawaki was a very interesting choice for those who put together the ending.
And Yes, for those who try to argue otherwise, the vase is symbolic of Kawaki, not just dryness.
In the Yokai series merch, Kawaki is an Oni, and on his Kimono top he’s wearing is a giant red Camelia
Again, another red flower with the meaning of ‘love’ attached to it.
There are also 3 smaller flowers above the camellia that resembles Plum blossoms
Both Camellia’s and Plum blossom represent the coming of spring, Sarada in Gaiden is referred to as the Scarlet Spring.
Note: Sarada was born not long after spring started, Spring starts on March 20th and Sarada was born March 31st.
Note: Sasuke multiple times in the past has been depicted with Cherry Blossoms long before his feelings for Sakura was ever confirmed, so its not totally far fetched to look into the flowers Kawaki is depicted with in the merch. The flower being red, a color strongly associated with Sarada and Sarada only in the new gen, just as Sasuke was depicted with Cherry Blossoms, a flower strongly associated with Sakura, it is not a stretch to look into that as a potential sign.
The flowers Sarada bought for Kawaki are extremely hard to make out WHAT exactly they are but based on what I’ve researched and looking very closely at them I’ve concluded that these could possibly be either pink Veronica’s, also known as Speedwells, or Lavender flowers.
A common theme between both these flowers is the meaning of Faithfulness and loyalty. An interesting choice of flower for her to give someone she hasnt known that long.
Out of all the flowers associated with KawaSara, there is 1 common meaning within all of them, and thats love.
No this is not me implying theres romantic love between them already, at this point in time their just friends we all know that, but these are interesting choices in flowers, all with the meaning of love, to have be associated with them.
Not only that, but they are the only ship with this much flower symbolism between them that you wont find in other ships like BoruSara, MitsuSara, KawaSumi, MitsuCho etc, but something really unique only to them.
Kawaki is the broken vase that needs repairing, he slowly starts putting it back together once he learns how he can truly heal himself, through the bonds, new family, and love he’s gained since being in Konoha. Naruto told him that with friends his whole world would change, which later we see Sarada is one of those friends who changed his world as he pieces himself back together.
A vase isnt filled with water like some people try to claim, nobody buys a vase just to add water in it, but to put FLOWERS in them, and why do people add water? to SUPPORT the flowers and keep them alive. The vase is not completed once the cracks are repaired or the water is added, but once the flowers are.
Note: This is why its really sad that Sarada’s flowers didnt reach him in the anime, leaving the vase incomplete. I know new flowers are added in the manga by his family, but the vase is still incomplete because he never found the missing piece to fill the hole and instead used glue.
The title of the chapter Kawaki and Sarada have their first 1 on 1 interaction and become friends is called Flowers, while the title of the episode is called A Vase. Both of which are symbolic of them, flowers for Sarada and the vase for Kawaki.
Lastly, Sarada is associated with the color red, which is the color of the Carnations she brought in the ending, and the red Camelia on Kawaki’s clothes in the Yokai series. Several times on the manga covers & anime Kawaki is depicted with the color red, the Karma he has is also red. This could just be to contrast him from Boruto but its still interesting to note since the flower color associated with them most is red, the color associated with Sarada.
Note: In case anyone brings up that time he wore purple on a cover, compare that ONE time to the plethora of times he’s depicted in red. Using the flashforward scarf thing isnt valid at this point in time because Ikemoto already plans for Boruto and Kawaki to look much different than what was shown because their timeskip designs were something he came up with in a rush to meet the deadline, so until then that should be disregarded for now until we get the actual set in stone design when we get there.
I’ll leave this here before it gets too long, thank you for reading this lil fun flower analysis I did, if you actually managed to get this far that is lol.
I may make a separate post talking about what the symbolism and meanings of these flowers mean for their relationship since theres so much to delve into but for now this is where I’ll leave it. Thanks for reading.
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