Fave kakagai things you wish you got to talk about more or that you just love in general
Kakashi and Gai didn’t start off as perfec friends. Kakashi was an arrogent kid before his fathers death, and then he was so focused on being a good shinobi that other things took a back seat.
on the other hand, Gai was very pushy and in your face. It worked out for them in the end, but i certainly wouldn’t have liked having bath time interupted by a dude wanting a challenge 😂😂😂
But what i love about their friendship is that it grew. We see them go from these two kids, one of which wants to be rivals and the other which just wants to be left alone, to the best of friends. Two men who have each others backs under any and all conditions. Who are always there for each other.
We see Kakashi relax with Gai, even as kids. We see him do what he can to support Gai such as telling Gai that his dad (Dai) is the coolest shinobi he knows at a moment where Gai is heavily doubting his father amd needs reassurance from someone that Dai is mot just a failure of a shinobi. We see Gai willing to fight the world to save his friend from darkness, and Kakashi willing to cut lightning to save his friend from death.
Their friendship blooms in such a beautiful, amazing way. They really can’t imagin losing each other.
Most rivals challenge each other in terms of strength and ability only. That’s the point of rivalry after all, and it’s certainly something that Kakashi and Gai do.
But their challenges are also just... fun. From Kakashi trolling Gai into almost playing Janken with him
To the two of them just having completly pointless fun challenges such as a sushi eating competition
To them having more seriouse skill based competitions but also allowing themselves to have fun with it.
Kakashi and Gai view their competitions as a part of their rivalry and their friendship and they show that clearly in how they approach those competitions.
Kakashi during the race we all love so much is dealing with a lot. He has just died and come back to life, helped Naruto get to the Raikage to ask for a pardon for Sasuke, and been informed he will be the new Hokage.
and what does he do during his race with Gai?
Throw objects at his friend midair to mess with him.
Kakashi loves his competitions with Gai and they bring out a very goofy, fun side of him we rarely see otherwise. Even when they’re older and playing ping pong on vacation, Kakashi is clearly having fun.
3) Their Bonds with Each Others teams
A lot of what we see with Kakashi and Team Gai is unfortunatly from the Rock Lee show, which i know a lot of people probably don’t consider cannon
but i recuse to give it up.
Kakashi comforting Lee when he’s wondering why his Sensei is being exceptionally hard on him.
Tenten and Kakashi both being sick and tired of Gai and Lee’s random shit, but still loving and respecting them.
Kakashi and Neji just being way too similar in so many ways, but also very diffrent. Also clearly Team Gai knows these two and their friendship deeply even in the main manga/show. Neji see’s Kakashi and Gai racing and while everyone else js confussed/annoyed, he smiles because he knows after everythingthat has happened this is what these two need.
we see Gai with Kakashi’s team a lot less unfortunatly, but the moments we do get are preciouse.
Gai entertaining and goofing with Naruto. Slipping him a whole magazine about the fourth hokage (aka his dad)
Gai noticing that Sai is a new member of Kakashi’s team and treating him as such. Even offering Sai one of his green spandex uniforms to help him be ‘more yourhful’ (i’m still upset Sakura shot that down. It was a cute look lol). Just trying to be open and friendly we Sai because he see’s a kid who clearly beeds friends and connections, and he’s a part of Kakashi’s team so by extention he is someone Gai should watch over too.
Their competitions are amazing, but their rivalry?
While other pairs are using rivalry to mean ‘I will surpass you’ (which their rivalry did start out as) Kakashi and Gai have their rivalry for two reasons.
1) To challenge them both to be better than they already are
When the two of them just want to enjoy themselves, they fall back on their rivalry and their challenges. No matter what they’re doing or what their relationship is, the have their rivalry. It never stops being an important part of their relationship.
There are few times we see Kakashi talk about his feelings and needs. He’s a very closed off, private person and we’ve come to accept that.
So to see him straight up tell Gai how important he is to him and how he needs him by his side?
To see Kakashi years after the war admit he would do anything he could to give Gai back the use of his leg, only to have Gai tell him ‘i get to have you by my side. That’s all i need)
That’s the good feels stuff. We can’t say no to loving that, weither you ship them or not they are important to each other and always will be.
A) The fact that they just have so much history together. These two have been friends since they were kids and they have done amazing and ridiculous things together and we love them for it.
B) Their confidence. They know what they’re good at and what they can beat the other at. Gai knows he’s the best at Taijutsu between them, while Kakashi knows if it comes to tactical stuff he excels over Gai. And this information is not used to insult each other, but it’s just something they’re confident about when they know they can win.
C) Just the fact that when they were finally both retired and could do whatever they wanted, they choice to go on vacation together and visit happy memories they have with each other.
The one thing these two wanted now that they were free to do whatever, was to spend their time together. To just be silly and fun together, side by side, while exploring the world around them.
They really just love being side by side. They can’t imagine their lives without each other.
