This is a rant about N*ruto (or B*ruto in particular,) this contains my personal thoughts about the franchise overall. Please be mature and approriate if you want to reply to this.
And warning to S*susaku shippers because it contains kind of negative impressions about them.
So... I don't know if it's just me but... has anyone else realize that the franchise is promoting s*susaku more? It has been a while, like giving fillers that contain uch* ha family, that sasuke's or sakura's importance feels like nothing except for shipping materials. I've watched probably dozens or even hundred episodes of b*ruto, i remember S*kura being extremely busy that she didn't even have any time to teach S*rada, but once s*suke is there, she seemed to have much time that she stalked them training until night. And Sasuke's character has been inconsitent. Like one time he's still as cold as ever, but whenever he's with his new family, he's as soft as cotton. I just think it's weird... Naruto is still his friend that he cares about, but when Naruto grief for the possibility that in the future he would have to kill boruto if he can't control himself, sasuke's reaction is anything but ignorant. He just tell Naruto to man up, to pull himself together. Not being comforting at all... but whenever he's with the uchiha family, he always smile a lot (too much even,) and becoming a comforting mom type of character. I don't know but I hate this kind of writing... it's as if Naruto and Sasuke are grown up men that they can't be vulnurable? Especially Sasuke is a good friend, although maybe not so direct. Do you remember when Obito was impaled and Naruto wasn't ready to let him go? Sasuke told Naruto to go with him fighting kaguya, but he saw Naruto grief, so he let him be for sometime until he's ready to battle again. Or when Naruto cried parting way with his father but Sasuke gave him sometime before he declared his revolution. Or when Naruto grief for the fallen shinobis in the war, he was down until Sasuke tease him with, "are you done Naruto? I'm not." Which made him get up again. So in short Sasuke isn't that type of character who tell his friend to "man up," he's that kind of friend who'd give his friend sometime to mourn because he understand well how it feel losing someone. I'd say they romanticize s*susaku that they even changed Sasuke's to be "softer." They have to, otherwise it won't be appealing to the shippers. Because they want to promote s*susaku more.
I'm getting more tired because lately the new official contents have to be s*susaku related, that even the new spin off is about them (the Sasuke retsuden series.) I mean... it was for their 20th anime anniversary, but NONE about the spin offs are promoting Naruto as the main character or about what naruto is in general. It's about shipping. And it's getting even more and more obvious that they have to make s*susaku illustration for christmas. Everything is about them nowadays. Probably because Boruto don't sell well they have to depend on the old characters, or even worse, the s*susaku fanbase.
It's just so sad that they treat Naruto/Boruto fans as if they're nothing except when they're S*susaku fans. The franchise just feed them more and I'm genuinely scared due to the amount of the fanbase they have, because they're known for one of the most toxic fanbase I ever know. That I can't even vent this on Twitter, I don't want to be given death threats over fiction. So I hope Tumblr would be more mature. I just really feel the need to vent this out because my friends aren't in the naruto fandom that i don't have anyone to talk about this and I'm really frustrated. I LOVE naruto. So much. That it's really depressing this franchise is now just a money milker. RIP my childhood.
I probably should treat Naruto just like how Harry Potter fans treat HP; 'Death of The Author.'
I mean who else would make Naruto and Sasuke kiss? Masashi Kishimoto? Pfft--
No, of course I'm the one who'd make them kiss.
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