Considering I still have some minutes before is too late to send requests, I'll be taking advantage of them. Headcannons of Ino not being defined by her relationship with Sakura and Sasuke, nor even Shikamaru. I'm curious about the Ino that has amazing techniques, potential, determination, that loves her family and would die for her friends. What would had she become if it was her show? Thank you for all your hard work. You're awesome
This one was a long one. Iโm not really a fan of Ino but after a little analysis, I thinkย I could understand her view point a little bit more. Thank you for the request and love.ย
Headcannons of Inoโs show
If there was a show where Ino was the main character and story, we would see a different side to shinobi life and family. A show about Ino would center around girlhood and drama (no offense) as well as what it takes to be a female shinobi. Female shinobi have to learn to be a lot more cunning, agile, and crafty than their male counterparts. Iโm not saying that they canโt have a powerful jutsu up their sleeve, but in respect to physiological differences between a man and a woman, men are typically stronger and faster. That being said, a woman in the Naruto realm, probably also has a smaller capacity of chakra storage. So, she could have a powerful jutsu but if not used right, she could wipe out her chakra reserves in one go.
Also, Ino is the heiress of a prominent clan. She has pressure from both her clan and outside observers to perform at her very best. She has a name to uphold as she represents in essence the best of the clan and what the Yamanaka are capable of. As a growing child, this pressure can be daunting and can feel slightly impossible to live up to. We would see self-doubt and frustration from Ino while she was practicing her clanโs jutsu. Her grades from the academy are reviewed heavily by her parents, along with the elders. Sheโs encouraged to perform to the best of her ability.
Sometimes all that pressure and stress can make a child get performance anxiety or give up to easily. Inoโs not a quitter, but I believe it was mentioned before, that Ino is essentially a jack of all trades because I believe she was afraid of failing one thing. Thatโs why she went to study healing jutsu when she didnโt want to try her familyโs mind transmission jutsu. She has pristine chakra control like Sakura, and she has her clanโs mind transfer jutsu.
In a show about Ino, we would learn the technique and how much practice it takes to use the mind transfer jutsu. The first few attempts, Ino is able to leave her body, but is not able to sync with another body, so her experience would be floating in the void for a while. Sheโll learn how draining and mentally exhausting the jutsu can be. When she succeeds, sheโs so excited that she slipped into another personโs body, but soon felt undeniably uncomfortable. Her dad would have to help her to calm down enough to get her to release the jutsu so she could return to her own body. I believe Yamanakaโs practice on animals first before practicing on a humans when learning the mind transfer jutsu, because animals would have less mind/soul resistance than humans.
The side effects of learning the mind transfer jutsu was hard on Ino. After some attempts, she would pass out after returning to her body. Other times, she would throw up or had major headaches for the rest of the day. Itโs not the easiest jutsu to learn. Also, after Ino slips into another person's body and can see her own limp body through their eyes, I feel like she would be super self-critical of herself, being like โis that how I really look to people?โ
Another aspect on the mind transfer jutsu training, is that Ino probably had a family member (mostly likely her dad) slip into her body. This was probably done for demonstration as well as to help her build up mind barriers.
In the world of girlhood and growing up, we would see and experience Inoโs side of the story in regards to friendship. Ino is an only child but is super friendly and kind. She was popular and made friends easily. We would see her kindness in how she befriended Sakura and we would experience the heartbreak/betrayal of watching that friend turn their back on her for liking the same boy.
We would see how she had to grow a tough outer shell because she didnโt want to wear her emotions on her sleeve. Especially when she had a lot of eyes on her from her clan, her school popularity, her parents, and teachers. She couldnโt afford to be judged for having feelings and looking weak. So instead, she put on an act and made herself look confident. Although on the inside, she was always comparing her accomplishments to others.
Being assigned to Shikamaru and Choji on a team was not a surprised; even though, she hoped to be with Sasuke, her father told her about the Ino-Shika-Cho tradition. She had met Shikamaru and Choji often when they were kids and they had played together before on the playground. She was comfortable around them and saw them as her brothers. They could get on her nerves, but deep down she loved them like family.
Basically self-doubt, self-discovery, love, and friendship would be the main components of Inoโs show. She definitely had some ups and downs where she learned in the chunin exams she was not stronger than Sakura. She was rejected by Neji and Sasuke. She almost lost Choji and Shikamaru during the Sasuke retrieval mission. She learned how to perform healing jutsu and learned the mind transmission jutsu. She lost her dad in the 4th Great Ninja War. Went to save Sai and fell in love with him. Then she had kids.
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