THE EARTH IS LIKE A CHILD THAT KNOWS POEMS BY HEART ▬ ▬ #IRYONIN: SELECTIVE, HIGHLY PRIVATE [ S̲A̲K̲U̲R̲A̲ H̲A̲R̲U̲N̲O̲ ] FROM MASASHI KISHIMOTO'S NARUTO SERIES. HEAVILY HEADCANONED. UNDER21 DNI. STANDARD RULES APPLY. BIOGRAPHY AND VERSE INFO UNDER READ - MORE.
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BASICS.
NAME: sakura haruno. in japanese, her full name can be interpreted as " spring field of cherry blossoms " (春野桜, haruno sakura) or " cherry blossoms in spring " (春の桜, haru no sakura). AGE: verse dependent, 12 - 36. (part II is the baseline, so upwards or backwards from there! i’m not caught up to boruto and i don’t really care about it, either, but the naruto timeline spans around 20 years, give or take. by default, i write sakura in her late 20 / early 30s.) BIRTHDATE: march 28. (an aries through and through!) SEXUALITY: bisexual. FAMILY: maternal grandparents. AFFILIATION: konohagakure. allied shinobi forces. shikkotsu forest. CLASSIFICATION: medical - nin. RANK: jonin.
* speaking of the basics, here's some essential reading!
APPEARANCE.
HEIGHT: 5'11. HAIR: pink; she keeps it relatively short (shoulder - length) for combat - convenience. EYES: seafoam green; her eyes used to be her biggest tell when she was younger. still are, if you know her. OTHER DETAILS:
her hands are pretty heavily scarred; mainly the skin around her knuckles (from punching) but also the soft parts of her palm (from palm strikes); lots of healed - over blisters, as well, but the multitude of tiny scars on her knuckles are pretty immediately noticeable. it was worse before she started wearing gloves (her healing couldn’t keep up with it, even with chakra coating)
her legs are the strongest part of her body; stocky, packed with hard, dense muscle. a lot of her taijutsu involves immobilization techniques so having strong legs to use in various locks comes in handy.
her nails stay trimmed short and neat, but she likes to paint them; her toenails too. loves experimenting with colors.
she has a very faint scent... sort of leafy! medicinal, but organic— herb - like, like a home remedy. earthy, but fresh. her hair probably catches the nose the most and smells the most like something definite; she deep treats and dry - conditions her hair so it's always distinctly sweet :)
her ears are pierced; she has double sets of lobe piercings because she likes the one long / dangly + one stud earring combo, but no other piercings, and no artificial tattoos/body markings.
has freckles but they're so faint you don't notice them unless you’re super duper close to her face; it’s like a little surprise :)
PREFERENCES.
LIKES: sweet over savory desserts, scoping out new restaurants to eat at, feeding her friends and loved ones, hair care, memorizing difficult books on theory application she has no previous knowledge of, visiting the market to pick out fresh produce, following current trends, meditation, organizing dinner dates and little daily excursions in general, feeling needed 👍 DISLIKES: weather that’s either too hot or too cold, a messy work station, protein bars, rations in general, being cooped up inside, being on her own for too long, foods that are too spicy, being sedentary, having her work habits criticized, eating alone, early - morning showers as opposed to late - evening ones, feeling excluded👍 LOVE LANGUAGE: physical touch and acts of service.
PORTRAYAL NOTES.
almost totally immune to poisons and alcohol; basically any inebriating substances have little - to - no effect on her.
has photographic memory! her hobby in the series is literally memorizing books on medical theory— this is also why she’s canonically super proficient at hand - signs.
sakura’s shallow chakra pool is a result of years of dietary restrictions and disordered eating: her poor self - image and her shaky relationship with food resulted in heaps of health problems; she’s still working on it today and needs to stay mindful, but her chakra pool does start growing once she starts focusing on her body’s needs.
combat medic 👍
mokuton user 👍 because i read kishimoto's mind and he intended to give sakura wood release fr. * in the process of establishing a tether between sakura's mokuton and shikkotsu forest. please hold.
canonically a sensor! this is so epic for her actually i’m so glad this was mentioned in the series.
* sakura’s old home ie. the haruno estate where she used to live with her parents, gets completely destroyed in the konoha crush; she moves in with her maternal grandparents after the third hokage’s funeral but eventually gets a place of her own some time during the blank period of the first timeskip.
she meditates every day; it’s one of the ways in which she works on her chakra pool and her seal simultaneously. her knowledge about chakra, about the body, about the connection between those two and her ability to mold it makes this a lot easier than it’d generally be for other ninja.
her stamina’s her weakest point, so she focuses a lot of attention on endurance exercises; the seal helps, of course, but she doesn’t want to be put into a situation where she has to rely on it.
embodies medicine as an ideal; something that's in place to serve your well - being, and her approach to her patients exemplifies that.
VERSES.
* under construction. the verses listed below are not the exhaustive list, but i have other shit to do. ask me about the others :)
NARUTO: what it says on the tin; compliant with story canon. no boruto shit. MODERN: med school student. back alley doctor. other stuff going on. HAIKYUU: aoba johsai third year; nurse's aid. no volleyball for her! DRAGON AGE: spirit healer + warrior berserker double - class. resistant to mind - control / possession. JUJUTSU KAISEN: grade 1 sorcerer— on file. part of the teaching staff generation, but isn't actually associated with the school in any professional capacity. * EXTENDED INFO. MARVEL / DC: modern - day shinobi. think naruto canon, but adapted to work in most present - day hero settings. she doesn't have a moniker, though— only her name and an identification number. VAMPIRE: monster hunter; sorceress; coincidentally, also a dhampir. THREE HOUSES: konoha's envoy. exchange student at garreg mach officer's academy. FANTASY: keeping this simple: naruto - verse sakura transmigrated into another realm. a catch - all for most fitting fantasyesque crossover interactions without a dedicated verse. * doubles as a d&d / baldur's gate verse.
