One thing I don't see get mentioned enough in the "Kishimoto can't write women" side of the Naruto fandom is that there is literally 0 women haunting his narrative
There's tons of dudes haunting the story. Hell, Kakashi's entire purpose is to be haunted. His dad, one of the most legendary shinobi in history left him with an eternal stigma for "starting" the 3rd war(Hey dipshits, if one fuckup on a mission could spark a war, it was always going to happen). His sensei gave him both a goal to strive towards as well as his son as an eternal reminder. Obito gave him both his nindo, and his fucking EYE! that's literally the first thing people think when they see him, Kakashi of the sharingan, especially when there were previously like 100 people all with sharingan. Rin? Oh, maybe that jutsu he used to kill her becomes a big trigger for him, so maybe he has to come to terms with his trauma to use his strongest jutsu once more. No, he uses it pretty frequently, even teaches it to the one kid most likely to also stab his teammates. Maybe he has something against the sanbi or kiri? No, I don't think he even mentions any beef with either.
And it's like that with every important woman in the story
Mito, literally the first actual jinchuriki(that isn't cheating using alien gods powers) and one of the greatest seal mistresses in history. Nothing
Tsunade, the woman who literally pioneered all medical jutsu and practices. Nope, she's just "one of the sannin"
Mei Terumi, who ended one of the bloodiest genocides in shinobi history and forcibly dragged her country into a golden age. She's really sexy and obsessed with getting married and she beats up her own guard over perceived jokes about her age as a gag
Kushina doesn't even get a cool nickname, all the guys get cool shit like "Sasori of the Red Sand," "The White Fang," "The Yellow Flash," meanwhile she's the hot blooded habenero. You know, because she got angry a lot, like a woman. And also, what the fuck? Habeneros exist in Naruto, and Spanish too apparently?
Even Kaguya, the literal fucking origin of chakra and the tailed beasts on earth? I don't even think she gets brought up too often even in Boruto. She's not a goddess anymore, just another ootstusuki we had to deal with
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