Naruto will lose his mind over Orochimaru supposedly violating Sasuke's autonomy, refusing to acknowledge that sasuke went to Orochimaru on his own volition (as Kabuto sated). Yet, when Itachi reveals his plan to brainwash Sasuke via genjustu, using Naruto as a means to do so, he's hardly agitated nor does he express any disgust or contempt. In fact he speaks cordially with Itachi, expressing sympathy and thanking such a conniver!
Also, let's not forget that Itachi torturing and humiliating Sasuke is the reason why he sought Orochimaru. Something Naruto witnessed himself.
It's because Naruto doesn't care about Sasuke's well-being; he just wants him back in Konoha.
The only reason he lets him leave at the end is because Sasuke agreed to remain loyal to the village AND, by extension, to him.
No actually took 1 hyuga heiress in danger for jonins to ignore all rules (or the lack of them). Nobody bothered when shino blasted zaku's arms or temari nearly broke tenten in half. And neither hayate or any other jonins bothered when gaara was crushing lee, only guy went in because he cared for lee
sasukes genuinely so tragic and tortured as a character and almost no one realizes it even though its glaringly obvious. bro is literally a genocide survivor who was made to witness that awful pain on repeat by his brother who literally enacted it. and then he got groomed by a weird grown man and was shamed for ever wanting to leave the place where all his troubles began and for wanting to seek justice for his people. then after he found out that same place had actually planned the annihilation of his people he was still convinced to abandon his ideals and assimilate back into the village that was the origin of all he suffered. hes completely doomed by the narrative and its so miserable if you actually can appreciate him as a character
Kakashi really had a nerve to face sasuke as his sensei after going into a coma within seconds of meeting Itachi. What the hell was sasuke supposed to learn from him
You know how fanon always portrays Sasuke as the asshole popular bully in school making poor Naruto suffer, and Naruto as the kind, innocent sunshine boy? In the canon manga, it’s the opposite: Naruto is the aggressor while Sasuke minds his own business.
Naruto, as usual, invades Sasuke’s personal space, picks a fight, and insults him for being on the same team. Even after starting everything, he still thinks “Sasuke is a jerk” as if he weren't the one acting like one. And why? Because Sasuke is cool and popular with girls. Things Sasuke never asked for and has zero control over. But in Naruto’s eyes, that alone makes him a jerk.
Then Naruto goes further: when Sasuke is peacefully eating, he ambushes him, ties him up, tapes his mouth, and uses a transformation jutsu to pretend to be Sasuke just to mingle with Sakura, who has a crush on sasuke. They almost end up kissing before Naruto’s diarrhea ruins the moment.
And even that wasn’t enough. Afterwards, he’s planning to make Sakura hate Sasuke. Who knows what obnoxious stunt he has in mind. After all this bully behavior Naruto pulled, what does Sasuke do?
He frees himself, runs into Sakura, and has to listen to the “orphans are lucky” talk from her. Even after all that, Sasuke defends Naruto from Sakura’s insults and calls her out on her remarks. When he meets Naruto again, he treats that stunt as a silly prank. He doesn’t antagonize him, doesn’t scold him, doesn’t hold grudges. He just lets it go without beating Naruto’s ass, even though Naruto deserved the same energy back.
This is Genin Sasuke: kind, patient and mature kid even when dealing with petty, jealous, early-stage Naruto. Sasuke was always considerate toward Naruto, even when Naruto instigated fights and then took Sasuke’s reactions as some kind of personal defeat. Naruto, meanwhile, hated Sasuke for reasons as shallow as “he’s cool and popular” and would twist any situation to make himself feel justified. Sound familiar? The people who relate to Naruto hate Sasuke for the same lame reasons, the “cool popular guy who stole your middle school crush” shittick, but they paint Sasuke as some kind of evil bad guy to justify their petty feelings.
Fandom spaces conveniently ignore these moments to paint Sasuke as the bully bad boy and Naruto as a perfect, nothing-can-do-wrong baby. Fans who relate to Naruto see his behavior as understandable. After all, they always wanted to get back at the popular guy who “stole” their crush’s attention. Because in their minds, losers being losers is always someone else’s fault usually the person they’re secretly jealous of.
People can twist the story however they want, but the manga is clear: Sasuke was never the bully. He showed patience and kindness in situations where most kids would’ve snapped, and he kept giving Naruto grace even when Naruto didn’t deserve it. Sasuke has always been a good kid, it’s not his fault that fanon can’t read.
You are totally right, it is like this throughout the series. It was Naruto who first pulled the Rasengan, it is Naruto/Sakura + bunch of Konoha kids who chase and initiate all conflicts with Sasuke while Sasuke is minding his business. And then people understand this as "Sasuke is an asshole, Sasuke tried to kill his friends", or whatever bullshit.
It’s baffling to see how people call Sasuke an abuser for defending himself against his aggressors, the Sasuke who was abused physically, mentally, and emotionally since he was a kid, the Sasuke who was tortured to insanity and left in a coma, the Sasuke who was objectified and dehumanized as a person throughout his life. He's an abuse victim, not the abuser they love to paint him as. Even after seeing everything he suffered, they still have the nerve to label him as something he never was. They also take pleasure in his pain and suffering, saying he deserves all the abuse he went through. They still want him to suffer more, want to see him broken and brutally beaten by those who violated his agency just because he didn’t fulfill the emotional needs of his harassers. It’s really sickening...
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