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Thinking once again about how Hyouka was a great show because instead of leaning into the over-exaggerated dramatic teen stereotypes, it chose to depict the mundane struggles of the teenage years. And it captured so many different aspects of that experience, and so well.
Being shown that you have potential, feeling proud of your abilities, but being scared that you won't be able to live up to that potential. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, feeling like a complete fraud, feeling like you have everyone fooled into thinking you're this amazing person when you're just empty inside. Feeling afraid that people will find out that everything about you is surface level. Realising that the people you have idealised all your life are not all that great. That your heroes are only human. Playing the role of the perfect child, the perfect student, and being good at it, but feeling suffocated by it nonetheless. Choosing to keep playing that role because you want to make the people you love proud. Feeling like a failure for not being ambitious or driven when people have such great expectations of you. Feeling selfish for not wanting what others want for you.
And of course there's the questioning your sexuality, being afraid of commitment, feeling lonely but at the same time wanting nothing more than to be left alone.
Yes of course the whole thing is romanticised because that is the genre. Everything is romanticised in anime. But the mundane reality, the boredom of the continuous struggle still shines through. That's why it's stuck with me I think. It's a show that is so unapologetically BORING. It doesn't even try particularly hard to be funny. It would have been only natural for a show like Hyouka to take the easy route, it's a mystery show. Teenage drama and angst is almost a given. There's no doubt that the show would have been more entertaining if that had been the case. I'm very glad it didn't though. I'm grateful that I found a show that made me feel seen, with teenage characters whose experience I could actually relate to.
Katara has many regrets in life but giving her boy the Jinshi Haircut is not one of them.
Katara has many regrets in life but giving her boy the Jinshi Haircut is not one of them.
The truth is that I don't usually do redesigns, normally if I don't like it I let it go but, seriously, all the designs that this character has had have been so sexualized and not at all functional for a ninja that her specialty is combat, and I understand that a female character She can be sexy and a fighter but, in this case, the type of wardrobe does not match the situation or the personality of Sarada's character
That's why I decided to make my version, (they appeased not to say that it's better, but that it would be something more functional and also more attached to the style of clothing from the Naruto universe)
Best SasuSaku Moments in the NOVELS:
Best moments in Manga
Best moments in Anime(Boruto)
So, She has become a shinobi that people can count on, huh. Sasuke thought. Then, I can’t stop either.
Source: Sasuke Shinden.
Sasuke always felt low-key pride in Sakura’s achievements.
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Source: Akatsuki Hiden
Her love is a “Spring Sunshine” to his dark life.
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“Sasuke looked over the two of them, and gave a gentle smile that he never showed anyone but Sakura.”
Source: Boruto: The Novel
Sasuke doesn’t mind Sakura seeing a vulnerable gentle side of himself, that he had shown to no one but her.
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Crossing her hands behind her waist,
«Welcome home, darling.» she — Sakura — said.
The wind that was blowing inside the house swayed her cherry blossom-coloured hair.
«Yeah. I’m home.» Saying these words to her again, after a long time, Sasuke had finally felt like he is home.
Source: Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day.
Sasuke was back in the village for hours, but only after seeing Sakura, and saying “I am home” to her, he finally felt like he is home. This further focused on in Retsuden - Where he calls Sakura, his home.
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Source: Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day.
The Haircut Scene. “I don’t need to be told about these things. Because, We are married.”
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“A hand stretched from behind and covered his eyes activated with the sharingan and rinnegan, was a soft hand, so Sasuke gave a little panic, fingers covering his eyelids…then recognized those hands.
"No, don’t be an idiot, she’s not here” , that’s not possible he tried to turn his head to look back, but his body was no longer strong, he was about to fall back, suddenly his body was trapped, trapped by a body that knew perfectly, to which he was already used to it.
- Silence, Sasuke- Kun, you’ll be fine - It was Sakura’s voice, his wife.”
Source: Sasuke Retsuden
I loved how Sasuke had Sakura’s body memorized, and how it’s explicitly mentioned that he knew her body perfectly, enough to know her touch, even when he is so far away from home. They are truely connected.
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When it comes to hard work, Sakura works harder, that’s how she is. After a brief glance at her, Sasuke surrendered and sighed.
- I know, I get it. Just don’t work too hard, okay?
- Of course! - said Sakura, as he smiled and looked toward his desk.
Source: Sasuke Retsuden
It’s cute when Sasuke acts like a gentle caring husband who gets worried about his wife overworking herself.
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Source: Sasuke Retsuden
“This Doctor is MY WIFE.”
No more Words needed. XD.
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Jiji looked at Sasuke’s face as his serious expression morphed into concern.
- If the couple gets too far away, they’ll lose their bond.
Sasuke didn’t understand what Jiji was trying to say. Sakura was his family, no matter where he was, that fact would never change, he had never heard of a family member who ceases to be of your family. Even when he had such strong and negative emotions towards Itachi, he was always his brother, no matter what had happened in the shinobi world, he would always be ready to call him his brother. For Sasuke, Sakura was his family, his partner, whom He always returned to when he arrived at the village, they did not need a blood connection; their feelings don’t change even though they can’t be around each other often.
Source: Sasuke Retsuden
Sasuke says that no matter how far they are, or how for long they haven’t seen eachother, Sasuke’s feelings for Sakura will never change.
This has been said by Sasuke’s Japanese voice actor also, that Sasuke’s feelings had always been “consistent”, even before the novel was officially released.
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Source: Sasuke Retsuden
Sasuke makes Sakura a ring out of his chakra to stop prisoners from approaching her thinking that she is single XD. Seeing Sasuke do these things for someone is adorable.
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Source: Sasuke Retsuden
The Lake scene is Retsuden is really heart touching. Sasuke being open and vulnerable about his feelings is just T - T.
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Source: Sasuke Retsuden
Sasuke being panicked at the thought of Sakura being Seriously injured, Sasuke hugging Sakura, wiping off her tears. Ahh, That’s too much for my KOKORO.
(If Gigi was here at this moment, who know what he might have done to him *Ahem* Zaku’s dislocated Arm, Shin’s crushed body *Ahem*).
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Were there some secret plans? Sasuke’s facial expression was the same as usual.
“Sasuke-kun.”
Suddenly, Sakura released both of her hands from the grip of the bike and stood up. The upper half of her body turned around and faced right behind. She seized the collar of Sasuke’s clothes and pulled him towards herself.
And then She presses her tied lips on Sasuke’s lips.
“Eh..“, Naruto opened his mouth when they suddenly exchanged a kiss on top of his head.
“Because I believe in You“, said Sakura.
Source: Naruto Retsuden
LOL. Makes me wonder if they kiss in front of Naruto more often XD.
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Source: Sasuke Shinden: Star Pupil
Sasuke and Sasuke like to have late night pillow talks. *And maybe more than just that XD*
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LOL…Sarada teases Sasuke for kissing Sakura. First Naruto, then Sarada. Aww Sasuke’s private life is not private anymore. XD.
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Best SasuSaku Moments in the Manga
Best SasuSaku Moments in the Anime(Boruto)
[Naruto Analysis] Certainty in Sasuke’s 「また今度な」“Mata kondo na” in Comparison to Itachi’s 「また今度だ」”Mata kondo da”
I happened to find a tumblr blog that pinpoints difference between Sasuke’s and Itachi’s 「また今度」mata kondo dialogues. There, the blogger thinks Sasuke’s dialogue shows more emotion, emphasis, and remarking meaning of sentence. It implies strong desire, even if it is something hard for the speaker to do. I feel like have to exaggerate things because brief explanation is just not enough to fulfill a crazy fan girl’s need.
For the sake of proper writting, let me give reference in advance regarding what dialogues I will talk about:
「また今度だ」”Mata kondo da” refers to some dialogues spoken by Itachi to Sasuke in various occations in their past before the Uchiha Clan Downfall. It is often translated as, “Maybe next time.”
「また今度な」”Mata kondo na” refers to a dialogue spoken by Sasuke to Sakura by the time he departed from Konoha (Naruto, 699:15). It is often translated as, “I’ll see you soon.”
Both of dialogues have similarity in「また今度」 mata kondo part, in which literally 「また」mata means ‘again’ and 「今度」kondo means ‘this time’ or depends on the context it can also be ‘next time’. Mata kondo in general is used to politely decline an offer.
The only difference between two dialogues is that Itachi used 「だ」da, whereas Sasuke used「な」na in the end of sentence. This slight difference, however, makes all the big gap regarding the volume of certainty the speakers indicate in their speeches.
ITACHI’S「また今度だ」MATA KONDO DA
To be honest, I am not quite sure which group da is belong to, as some people say it a copula and some others consider it as a particle. The first group states that da is equivalent to English to-be and working as if it were verbs when it is combined with noun (used to predicate sentences). But it is not fully correct since for sentences in which a copula is required in English, the corresponding sentences in Japanese do not require a copula [Dalrymple, in Kusutani]. Japanese verbs are also not conjungated for person or number although they do change in forms to reflect honorific considerations that have to do with respect, humility, and politeness [Cipris, in Kusutani].
I don’t want to give you headache, so I will just skip all these debates and focus on practical usage of da.
Da plainly completes a sentence. If you add da after a noun, it makes a full sentence. For example, sakana means fish, but sakana da means “(It’s a) fish
Da expresses existence of something or shows certain thing is. When you say, “sakana da,” it may refer something that is indeed a fish, or refer to the availablity of the fish
Da is sometimes used to replace other parts of a sentence when all person involved in conversation are clear with the context. For example: a customer in restaurant say to the waiter, “Watashi wa unagi da.” (lit. I am an eel). Of course, the person does not claim himself as an eel. The more proper meaning will be “I want to order eel.” However, it is not necessary to explain it in full sentence, since both parties have understood the context.
Da always declarative, never interrogative (although, there are some examples that make me unsure about this point)
Da expresses assertion. According to online dictionary, assertion is positive statement or declaration that often without support or reason.
Regarding its differences with desu:
Desu is more formal and polite than da. Thus, many sentences are almost identical in meaning and differ in the speaker’s politeness to the addressee and in nuance of how assured the person of their statement
Both desu and da express assertion, but desu is less assertive than da
Unlike da, desu can be used in interrogative sentence
Da is somewhat manlier than desu
From literature approach that has been explained above, in my opinion, da in Itachi’s dialogue “Mata kondo da” has following usages:
(1) To plainly complete a sentence
(2) To express assertion
(3) To note casualty in the relationship and manly way of speaking
The direct translation of the said dialogue is “(It’s) next time again” and contextually translated as “Maybe next time.”
“Mata kondo” it is a polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. However, in the promise, there is tone of assertion. You can say that the speaker is basically uncertain about the promise. It is made without much willing from the speaker, and in certain level, can be considered as an empty promise.
Character Wise
Itachi Uchiha was only four years old when Third Shinobi World War broke out. Traumatized a lot by all the dreadful happenings, the young Itachi loved peace so much that he wanted to keep it no matter what it might cost. He began to learn history and his exceptional intelligence had made his horizon greatly widen; he saw the far future and became very concerned about it. He was even stated to have wisdom that was on par with a Hokage’s at such a young age.
Natural prodigy that passed Chuunin Exams at age 11 and was promoted to Anbu captain by age 13, Itachi was used to take very big decisions that none ever could dream of. Something that even a Hokage was feeling very remorse to know the burden on the young boy’s shoulder.
Before the night of Uchiha Clan Massacre, Itachi was really close to his brother, Sasuke. He loved him so much and paid attention to him in way his father did not. He watched his brother progress whenever he had time to. But, how could he have time if he was already occupied as double agent?
Despite his love for his brother, Itachi was rarely home and not able to keep eyes on Sasuke’s training. In the end, he could only reject his brother plead by saying “Yuruze Sasuke … Mata kondo da” (lit. Forgive me, Sasuke … Maybe next time) while poking Sasuke in forehead.
I’m quite sure the lack of certainty his promise due to the difficult position he was in. Double agent job obviously didn’t let him to have spare time. He was aware that he might not be able to fulfil the promise, yet he couldn’t bring himself to directly refuse Sasuke.
PART 2: SASUKE’S「また今度な」MATA KONDO NA
I have explained about Japanese sentence-final particles (shuujoshi) in my another post, so you can skip this part if you still remember the whole explanation. But in case you forget, the following paragraphs are what sentence-final particles is.
Sentence-final particles (shuujoshi) are group of Japanese particles located in the end of sentence. The basic function of sentence-final particles is to express the speaker’s feeling or to seek confirmation from the addressee. Sentence-final particles are essential in spoken Japanese. These determine or greatly alter the function of the sentence. The speaker also must intertwine his/her emotion into the speech to make it seem relevant. By dropping the sentence-final particles, your speech will get less impression. Adachi [2002:261] stated that not using final particle at all gives the impression that the speaker isn’t really interested in what is said.
Basically sentence-final particles give volume to the speech, or in certain point, are the heart of the speech as it carries the speaker’s tone as well as impression. In addition, sentece-final particles also indicate territory of information, which means it determines to whom the information (aka the speech) belongs. Territory of information is divided into four: (1) the speaker’s but not the addressee’s; (2) not the speaker’s but the addressee’s; (3) both the speaker’s and the addressee’s; (4) or belonging to neither the speaker nor the addressee.
Japanese is very subtle as they often drop the subject and sometimes the object of the sentence. Understanding of sentence-final particles may let you know about how the speaker truly feels when he/she delivers the speech, whether the speech is direct or indirect, and whether or not the speaker needs a feedback from the addressee.
Sentence final-particle na (from now on is particle na) is basically used to give confirmation or agreement in the sentence, to express the speaker’s feeling, emphasizes expressiveness, and stating hope or desire.
Particle na according to Moriyama [1998:174, in source] has contexts as following: (1) to express impression and awe; (2) to state desire; (3) to indicate decision and politely asking; (4) to ask agreement, get answer; (5) when it is following a command, it will make the command more polite.
Tomita [1991:171, in source] states that particle na has following functions: (1) to prevent; (2) to give command; (3) to express the speaker’s emotion or feeling; (4) to emphasize the topic or statement to the addressee; (5) to make the addressee agree or have same opinion with the speaker; (6) to emphasize personal opinion; (7) to make sure to the speaker him/herself about what is he/she thinking or doing.
Particle na has special property to convey a tone of ‘camaraderie’ [Naomi Ogi, 2014].
From the explanation above, particle na in Sasuke’s dialogue “Mata kondo na” has following usages:
(1) To express the speaker’s emotion or feeling
(2) To state strong desire
(3) To emphasize the statement
(4) To make the addressee agree or have same opinion with the speaker;
(5) To make sure to the speaker him/herself about what is he/she thinking or doing.
Like Itachi’s dialogue, Sasuke’s dialogue is also a polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. However, there is big difference regarding the speaker’s will of what is being said.
This dialogue has indeed implied that the speaker does really mean what he says. He puts his emotion and feeling into the speech and indicates a strong desire to fulfill the promise. There is big amount of certainty in what is being said.
Particle na in this is dialogue is meant to both the speaker and the addressee. So, it’s important to him to make the addresse agree with his opinion, while he basically makes the promise to himself.
Character Wise
Sasuke was seventeen years old when he stated that he would do a revolution. In order to accomplish his goal, he needed to cut his bound to everyone from the past, especially from someone who had filled his lonely existence. Someone who was precious to him in golden old days and whom he had tried to kill more than once. He was prepared to take all the hate with him and walk in the darkness alone.
But Sasuke got his senses knocked back to him and realized that he was wrong. He then brought himself to ask forgiveness from someone whom he needed to apologize the most: Sakura. He apologized and she forgave him. She was kind and loving as ever. In parting days, Sakura even went as far as asking to join his journey. He refused her. She was not part of his sins, so she could not join him.
She didn’t seem to understand as she looked so depressed. It might be because of it, Sasuke wanted to make everything clear with her by saying, “Mata kondo na … Arigatou.” (lit. I’ll see you soon … Thank you.)
Sasuke was never a man with words. However, regarding Sakura, he always conveyed his heart directly. This time, Sasuke made the promise and the way he said it indicated that really meant it. He puts his emotion and feeling into the speech and indicates a strong desire to fulfill the promise. It’s important to him to make Sakura agree with his opinion by emphasizing it, while he basically makes the promise to himself.
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And with that, this long rambling has come into conclusion. I am too lazy to sum it up with neat sentences, so forgive me for this improper ending after all the ruckus I have already started.
Basically “Mata kondo” is polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. Both of Itachi’s and Sasuke’s dialogue carry the same promise. However, there is different amount of certainty indicated in those dialogues.
In Itachi’s dialogue, there is tone of assertion. Itachi was basically uncertain whether he was able to fulfil the promise, or aware that he might not be able to fulfill the promise, yet he couldn’t bring himself to directly refuse Sasuke’s plead.
In Sasuke’s dialogue, there is strong desire from him to fulfill the promise. The dialogue is meant to both Sakura and Sasuke. So, Sasuke has promised not only to Sakura, but also to himself. And it is important for him to emphasizes this to Sakura, as well as make her agree with his opinion.
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I’m neither native in Japanese nor majoring Japanese linguistic, so there might be inaccuracy in my rambling and I am really, really sorry for that. My literatures come from online journals and articles and I want to add them if I have time. I hope this post is not as bad as I suspect it to be. If you find any mistake within the explanation, please kindly tell me so I can edit it out.
[Naruto Analysis] Certainty in Sasuke’s 「また今度な」“Mata kondo na” in Comparison to Itachi’s 「また今度だ」”Mata kondo da”
I happened to find a tumblr blog that pinpoints difference between Sasuke’s and Itachi’s 「また今度」mata kondo dialogues. There, the blogger thinks Sasuke’s dialogue shows more emotion, emphasis, and remarking meaning of sentence. It implies strong desire, even if it is something hard for the speaker to do. I feel like have to exaggerate things because brief explanation is just not enough to fulfill a crazy fan girl’s need.
For the sake of proper writting, let me give reference in advance regarding what dialogues I will talk about:
「また今度だ」”Mata kondo da” refers to some dialogues spoken by Itachi to Sasuke in various occations in their past before the Uchiha Clan Downfall. It is often translated as, “Maybe next time.”
「また今度な」”Mata kondo na” refers to a dialogue spoken by Sasuke to Sakura by the time he departed from Konoha (Naruto, 699:15). It is often translated as, “I’ll see you soon.”
Both of dialogues have similarity in「また今度」 mata kondo part, in which literally 「また」mata means ‘again’ and 「今度」kondo means ‘this time’ or depends on the context it can also be ‘next time’. Mata kondo in general is used to politely decline an offer.
The only difference between two dialogues is that Itachi used 「だ」da, whereas Sasuke used「な」na in the end of sentence. This slight difference, however, makes all the big gap regarding the volume of certainty the speakers indicate in their speeches.
ITACHI’S「また今度だ」MATA KONDO DA
To be honest, I am not quite sure which group da is belong to, as some people say it a copula and some others consider it as a particle. The first group states that da is equivalent to English to-be and working as if it were verbs when it is combined with noun (used to predicate sentences). But it is not fully correct since for sentences in which a copula is required in English, the corresponding sentences in Japanese do not require a copula [Dalrymple, in Kusutani]. Japanese verbs are also not conjungated for person or number although they do change in forms to reflect honorific considerations that have to do with respect, humility, and politeness [Cipris, in Kusutani].
I don’t want to give you headache, so I will just skip all these debates and focus on practical usage of da.
Da plainly completes a sentence. If you add da after a noun, it makes a full sentence. For example, sakana means fish, but sakana da means “(It’s a) fish
Da expresses existence of something or shows certain thing is. When you say, “sakana da,” it may refer something that is indeed a fish, or refer to the availablity of the fish
Da is sometimes used to replace other parts of a sentence when all person involved in conversation are clear with the context. For example: a customer in restaurant say to the waiter, “Watashi wa unagi da.” (lit. I am an eel). Of course, the person does not claim himself as an eel. The more proper meaning will be “I want to order eel.” However, it is not necessary to explain it in full sentence, since both parties have understood the context.
Da always declarative, never interrogative (although, there are some examples that make me unsure about this point)
Da expresses assertion. According to online dictionary, assertion is positive statement or declaration that often without support or reason.
Regarding its differences with desu:
Desu is more formal and polite than da. Thus, many sentences are almost identical in meaning and differ in the speaker’s politeness to the addressee and in nuance of how assured the person of their statement
Both desu and da express assertion, but desu is less assertive than da
Unlike da, desu can be used in interrogative sentence
Da is somewhat manlier than desu
From literature approach that has been explained above, in my opinion, da in Itachi’s dialogue “Mata kondo da” has following usages:
(1) To plainly complete a sentence
(2) To express assertion
(3) To note casualty in the relationship and manly way of speaking
The direct translation of the said dialogue is “(It’s) next time again” and contextually translated as “Maybe next time.”
“Mata kondo” it is a polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. However, in the promise, there is tone of assertion. You can say that the speaker is basically uncertain about the promise. It is made without much willing from the speaker, and in certain level, can be considered as an empty promise.
Character Wise
Itachi Uchiha was only four years old when Third Shinobi World War broke out. Traumatized a lot by all the dreadful happenings, the young Itachi loved peace so much that he wanted to keep it no matter what it might cost. He began to learn history and his exceptional intelligence had made his horizon greatly widen; he saw the far future and became very concerned about it. He was even stated to have wisdom that was on par with a Hokage’s at such a young age.
Natural prodigy that passed Chuunin Exams at age 11 and was promoted to Anbu captain by age 13, Itachi was used to take very big decisions that none ever could dream of. Something that even a Hokage was feeling very remorse to know the burden on the young boy’s shoulder.
Before the night of Uchiha Clan Massacre, Itachi was really close to his brother, Sasuke. He loved him so much and paid attention to him in way his father did not. He watched his brother progress whenever he had time to. But, how could he have time if he was already occupied as double agent?
Despite his love for his brother, Itachi was rarely home and not able to keep eyes on Sasuke’s training. In the end, he could only reject his brother plead by saying “Yuruze Sasuke … Mata kondo da” (lit. Forgive me, Sasuke … Maybe next time) while poking Sasuke in forehead.
I’m quite sure the lack of certainty his promise due to the difficult position he was in. Double agent job obviously didn’t let him to have spare time. He was aware that he might not be able to fulfil the promise, yet he couldn’t bring himself to directly refuse Sasuke.
PART 2: SASUKE’S「また今度な」MATA KONDO NA
I have explained about Japanese sentence-final particles (shuujoshi) in my another post, so you can skip this part if you still remember the whole explanation. But in case you forget, the following paragraphs are what sentence-final particles is.
Sentence-final particles (shuujoshi) are group of Japanese particles located in the end of sentence. The basic function of sentence-final particles is to express the speaker’s feeling or to seek confirmation from the addressee. Sentence-final particles are essential in spoken Japanese. These determine or greatly alter the function of the sentence. The speaker also must intertwine his/her emotion into the speech to make it seem relevant. By dropping the sentence-final particles, your speech will get less impression. Adachi [2002:261] stated that not using final particle at all gives the impression that the speaker isn’t really interested in what is said.
Basically sentence-final particles give volume to the speech, or in certain point, are the heart of the speech as it carries the speaker’s tone as well as impression. In addition, sentece-final particles also indicate territory of information, which means it determines to whom the information (aka the speech) belongs. Territory of information is divided into four: (1) the speaker’s but not the addressee’s; (2) not the speaker’s but the addressee’s; (3) both the speaker’s and the addressee’s; (4) or belonging to neither the speaker nor the addressee.
Japanese is very subtle as they often drop the subject and sometimes the object of the sentence. Understanding of sentence-final particles may let you know about how the speaker truly feels when he/she delivers the speech, whether the speech is direct or indirect, and whether or not the speaker needs a feedback from the addressee.
Sentence final-particle na (from now on is particle na) is basically used to give confirmation or agreement in the sentence, to express the speaker’s feeling, emphasizes expressiveness, and stating hope or desire.
Particle na according to Moriyama [1998:174, in source] has contexts as following: (1) to express impression and awe; (2) to state desire; (3) to indicate decision and politely asking; (4) to ask agreement, get answer; (5) when it is following a command, it will make the command more polite.
Tomita [1991:171, in source] states that particle na has following functions: (1) to prevent; (2) to give command; (3) to express the speaker’s emotion or feeling; (4) to emphasize the topic or statement to the addressee; (5) to make the addressee agree or have same opinion with the speaker; (6) to emphasize personal opinion; (7) to make sure to the speaker him/herself about what is he/she thinking or doing.
Particle na has special property to convey a tone of ‘camaraderie’ [Naomi Ogi, 2014].
From the explanation above, particle na in Sasuke’s dialogue “Mata kondo na” has following usages:
(1) To express the speaker’s emotion or feeling
(2) To state strong desire
(3) To emphasize the statement
(4) To make the addressee agree or have same opinion with the speaker;
(5) To make sure to the speaker him/herself about what is he/she thinking or doing.
Like Itachi’s dialogue, Sasuke’s dialogue is also a polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. However, there is big difference regarding the speaker’s will of what is being said.
This dialogue has indeed implied that the speaker does really mean what he says. He puts his emotion and feeling into the speech and indicates a strong desire to fulfill the promise. There is big amount of certainty in what is being said.
Particle na in this is dialogue is meant to both the speaker and the addressee. So, it’s important to him to make the addresse agree with his opinion, while he basically makes the promise to himself.
Character Wise
Sasuke was seventeen years old when he stated that he would do a revolution. In order to accomplish his goal, he needed to cut his bound to everyone from the past, especially from someone who had filled his lonely existence. Someone who was precious to him in golden old days and whom he had tried to kill more than once. He was prepared to take all the hate with him and walk in the darkness alone.
But Sasuke got his senses knocked back to him and realized that he was wrong. He then brought himself to ask forgiveness from someone whom he needed to apologize the most: Sakura. He apologized and she forgave him. She was kind and loving as ever. In parting days, Sakura even went as far as asking to join his journey. He refused her. She was not part of his sins, so she could not join him.
She didn’t seem to understand as she looked so depressed. It might be because of it, Sasuke wanted to make everything clear with her by saying, “Mata kondo na … Arigatou.” (lit. I’ll see you soon … Thank you.)
Sasuke was never a man with words. However, regarding Sakura, he always conveyed his heart directly. This time, Sasuke made the promise and the way he said it indicated that really meant it. He puts his emotion and feeling into the speech and indicates a strong desire to fulfill the promise. It’s important to him to make Sakura agree with his opinion by emphasizing it, while he basically makes the promise to himself.
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And with that, this long rambling has come into conclusion. I am too lazy to sum it up with neat sentences, so forgive me for this improper ending after all the ruckus I have already started.
Basically “Mata kondo” is polite statement of rejection by making promise for future chance. Both of Itachi’s and Sasuke’s dialogue carry the same promise. However, there is different amount of certainty indicated in those dialogues.
In Itachi’s dialogue, there is tone of assertion. Itachi was basically uncertain whether he was able to fulfil the promise, or aware that he might not be able to fulfill the promise, yet he couldn’t bring himself to directly refuse Sasuke’s plead.
In Sasuke’s dialogue, there is strong desire from him to fulfill the promise. The dialogue is meant to both Sakura and Sasuke. So, Sasuke has promised not only to Sakura, but also to himself. And it is important for him to emphasizes this to Sakura, as well as make her agree with his opinion.
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I’m neither native in Japanese nor majoring Japanese linguistic, so there might be inaccuracy in my rambling and I am really, really sorry for that. My literatures come from online journals and articles and I want to add them if I have time. I hope this post is not as bad as I suspect it to be. If you find any mistake within the explanation, please kindly tell me so I can edit it out.
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Sasuke’s Feelings About Sakura Throughout the Series- Part 3
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Now we’re at part 2 when Team 7 reunites- and the interesting part is that the first person of Team 7 to see Sasuke again after 2 years was Sakura.
We see how Kishi dedicates a whole page to Sakura’s eyes seeing Sasuke again- emphasizing the importance of eye contact in Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship. We see this come up again when Sasuke looks at Sakura charging at him. But first, I want to look at the cover of this chapter first to have a feel for Sasuke’s character after 2 years.
What’s interesting about this cover is that although Sasuke’s so close to Naruto and Sakura physically, he has changed into a man driven by his goal. He has compartmentalized his love for Team 7 and his desire for power and revenge. But we still see a bit of his love for Team 7.
In this picture, Sai was talking about important bonds and camaraderie.
To me, Sasuke seems like he’s contemplating all over again about his bonds with Naruto and Sakura- notice Sai’s words “Something I can’t help but feel was very important to me.” Sasuke can’t help but think of Team 7 as important- he doesn’t want to but he still does- Sasuke’s mentality on his goal might have sharpened but he still cares about Team 7. It also immediately reminded me of these panels:
Sasuke has always wanted to give into to the “weakness” of creating bonds and learning to love again. But he always deviated his attention to gaining power for revenge. And I feel like this is another brief instance where Sasuke was tempted to give in again because look at his eyes. They are downcast and it looks like the exact same face as baby Sasuke has when he thinks “However…I also thought of it as a weakness.”
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Sasuke’s Feelings About Sakura Throughout the Series- Part 3
Part 1 Part 2
Dedicated to anon and caramelpocky
k-punch and ereri-yaoi-lover As promised here’s part 3 :)
Now we’re at part 2 when Team 7 reunites- and the interesting part is that the first person of Team 7 to see Sasuke again after 2 years was Sakura.
We see how Kishi dedicates a whole page to Sakura’s eyes seeing Sasuke again- emphasizing the importance of eye contact in Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship. We see this come up again when Sasuke looks at Sakura charging at him. But first, I want to look at the cover of this chapter first to have a feel for Sasuke’s character after 2 years.
What’s interesting about this cover is that although Sasuke’s so close to Naruto and Sakura physically, he has changed into a man driven by his goal. He has compartmentalized his love for Team 7 and his desire for power and revenge. But we still see a bit of his love for Team 7.
In this picture, Sai was talking about important bonds and camaraderie.
To me, Sasuke seems like he’s contemplating all over again about his bonds with Naruto and Sakura- notice Sai’s words “Something I can’t help but feel was very important to me.” Sasuke can’t help but think of Team 7 as important- he doesn’t want to but he still does- Sasuke’s mentality on his goal might have sharpened but he still cares about Team 7. It also immediately reminded me of these panels:
Sasuke has always wanted to give into to the “weakness” of creating bonds and learning to love again. But he always deviated his attention to gaining power for revenge. And I feel like this is another brief instance where Sasuke was tempted to give in again because look at his eyes. They are downcast and it looks like the exact same face as baby Sasuke has when he thinks “However…I also thought of it as a weakness.”
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Sasuke’s Feelings About Sakura Throughout the Series- Part 2
Part 1
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Now it’s the big SS FoD forest scene. But before that I want to look at Sasuke’s thought process before even waking up.
What’s so interesting here is that Sasuke thought he failed his loved ones- that he lacked the strength to save his family. He felt helpless and thought he just watched them die. He was already in a downward spiral about his strength when he was sleeping and he woke up to Sakura’s beaten face, the whole helplessness to saving his loved ones was glaring his face again- he failed to protect his family AND he failed to protect Sakura. But now, he can avenge Sakura because of his “granted” power.
He’s so hellbent on avenging Sakura that he even asks her to point out the perpetrator repeatedly.
And the look in his eyes is piercing and determined in these various panels- he’s not going to stop until he finds out who hurt her and make them pay. ASSes who say there were no development of Sasuke’s feelings for Sakura in the beginning need to pay attention closely to this part. If Sasuke truly did not care for Sakura as much as his family, why did he have such a strong reaction to Sakura’s black and blue face especially after thinking of his loved ones? There’s always this connection between Sakura and the Uchiha family in Sasuke’s eyes and thoughts (first in the Bell test, earlier in the FoD chapters, in this FoD moment, and plenty more in future chapters). It’s subtle but readers can definitely pick up on it.
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Sasuke's Feelings About Sakura Throughout the Series- Part 1
Dedicated to anon and caramelpocky- thanks for requesting this :) I figured it’s because of all the salty ASSes that you wanted this rant ;P I’m going to split this rant into Part 1 and Part 2 since it will be very long.
Well, I want to look at the first interaction we get between SS. It was the bench scene:
Sasuke was annoyed at Sakura- who was she to judge Naruto and say he was lucky? She had parents- she never knew loneliness and the pain. To Sasuke, Sakura was just some mindless fangirl who was running her mouth to try to impress him- which is why he calls her out on her biased viewpoint.
He tries to explain to Sakura what loneliness is but he saw that all she wanted was his approval and wasn’t listening at all to his explanation. So what does he do? He tells her right to her face how annoying she is with a sneer because he’s saying that she’s just some fangirl who knows nothing. Needless to say, Sasuke was not impressed at all by Sakura. She was just another clueless girl who chased after him for his looks.
But I like the effect Sasuke’s words had on Sakura. It developed her character a little more because now she understands just a smidgen on how Naruto feels when he’s called annoying.
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