Soft Years

I'll be gone even before the sun rises and you'll realize your mistake. I'm a stranger who managed to steal your heart even If It's just for a second. You'll look back at this moment and realize that these were the golden years of your mistakes and now it's the beginning of your soft years And I was your greatest mistake. Even after this time you still wait for me even though you know I won't come back.

[pumiih]

Lets forget that I never said I disliked Hinata.

As a female, I want to punch you in the face, if you determine how likeable the character is only by their breast size.

But sure, let’s talk size Anon.

Studio Perriot and Mikio Ikemoto.

Masashi Kishimoto

Now who is flat again?

But forget this.

Honestly, I can’t understand how you like Naruto considering he has small D, Anon.

[softyearsworld]

Sakura haters realize that they were falling for propaganda is the moment I've been dreaming of.

[narusakufanfiction]

I think Naruto & Sakura would be very physically affectionate as a couple

They’d kiss each others’ foreheads all the time

Naruto would kiss her cheeks, lips and nose

They’d hold hands when out walking together

One of them always hugs the other from behind when they get home from work - Sakura likes that the height difference means she can rest her face against his back, while for Naruto it means he has to bend down to rest his chin on her shoulder (it gives him a neck ache but he does it anyway)

Sakura often sits on the couch or bed and reads for hours. When Naruto sits next to her she likes to rest her head on his arm/shoulder and she’ll often fall asleep that way

Sakura likes resting her head on his torso when they go to sleep (she feels calmed by the sound of heartbeat)

When they fall asleep spooning, later in the night one of them ends up kicking the other onto the opposite side of the bed

Sakura puts her feet on Naruto’s lap when they both sit on the couch and watch TV

Naruto rests his head in her lap and almost always dozes off there, Sakura will kind of comb her fingers through his hair (he drools when he sleeps and his face looks so goofy, seeing it overwhelms Sakura with affection)

When Sakura is pregnant, Naruto is always stroking/touching the bump because he already loves the baby so much

[tsignpro]

Slug Sage Sakura Animation

Inspired by @viridian-house

[tsignpro]

Slug Sage Sakura Animation

Inspired by @viridian-house

[wildcreatorprodigy-deactivated2]

Antis: hurr durr Sakura is mean to Naruto and treats him like dirt, Hinata was always here for Naruto and she was his guardian angel. Meanwhile here is what happened in the manga.

On one hand, Sakura:

was willing to quit during "question phrase" of Chunin exam, thus costing herself and Sasuke an opportunity to become a Chunin, because she wanted to spare Naruto the pain of being disqualified permanently and losing his chance of becoming a Hokage.

2. after Naruto turned into evil demon while fightning Orochimaru, she immediately rushed towards him and tried to help him calm down.

3. saved Naruto's life after Madara stole his body by pumping his heart up with her bare hand and giving him CPR

Meanwhile, Hinata:

Did not do anything to comfort Naruto when he was being bullied and ostracized as a child. She was too busy watching him from behind the tree and whispering "Naruto-kun". In fact, the first time we see Naruto and Hinata interact with each other in the manga, he dismisses her as weird. Even Sasuke, whose relationship with Naruto during Part 1 was complicated at best, did more to help Naruto than Hinata (Defending him when Sakura insulted him, giving him food against Kakashi's wishes, saving his life during Haku's attack even through he knew it would result in him not being able to avenge his clan and, even through he was doing it for selfish and evil reasons, outright acknowledging Naruto as his best friend before leaving Konoha).

2. decided to commit suicide by proxy (by going after Pain without any backup) after telling Naruto she loves him, even through Naruto did not want anyone to intervene. As a result, Naruto went berserk and would have been killed by Kurama breaking free had Minato's failsafe not intervened.

3. tripped over a single rock while trying to run towards Naruto.

But hey, surely Hinata was better friend to Naruto, right?

[murphmurphthejerk]

And when I say Sanji gets treated like a female character in a battle shonen by the studios & audience I mean that!! I'm getting Sakura Haruno flashbacks here & I'm not happy.

[murphmurphthejerk]

WDYM by sanji getting treated as a female character? i never read naruto and i'm a manga-only so i don't really get the post

So animanga fandom, especially those for battle shonen have a history of being extremely misogynistic & holding female characters to ridiculous standards when the same does not apply to the male characters. There's also a tendency for the anime adaption to lean heavily into sexist stereotypes for filler/non canon moments so the result is the hate female characters get is typically way more than what would be considered appropriate because sexism.

One of the most infamous examples in modern shonen is Sakura Haruno from Naruto. The worst of it seems to be here in the west, but even in Japan the character struggled with likeability & not because she's supposed to be this despicable villain, but simply because her mangaka doesn't fucking know how to write women. It got so bad that at some point it seemed the author had even given up on trying with her.

However, I cannot emphasize enough how all of the hate towards this character is not only completely blown out of proportion, but is a glaring double standard as some of the most "annoying" traits about this character also applies to the male MC of the series. I am not exaggerating when I say people treat this character like she personally killed their family. People are even making whole ass YouTube videos on the topic 💀. Not to mention the memes.

So when I say Sanji gets treated like a Female character in a battle shonen I'm specifically talking about the unwarranted amount of vitriol & subtle unfair treatment by the anime team for simply not being the most appealing character in the roster.

Now, I'm not trying to say there is absolutely nothing about Sanji that wouldn't have me understanding why people don't like him, but it has always seemed really weird that characters in other animanga who are similar don't attract this amount of vitriol.

The perv trope is becoming less & less tolerable (at least in the west) to people, but not only is Sanji one of the least offensive executions of this gag, there are way worse characters out there who aren't condemned for it & receive a hell of a lot more love. Characters like Jiraya from Naruto & Master Roshi from DBZ come to mind. DBZ in particular does some really unsavory "fanservice-y" things with the most famous involving Master Roshi yet he is a globally beloved character.

Then there's the weird thing about Zoro fans & Sanji fans thinking they have to be mortal enemies which bleeds into the anime unfortunately. It's very clear Zoro is a franchise favorite. For example, when One Piece gets mentioned in other animanga Zoro is usually highlighted!

Even the current animation director is supposedly a HUGE Zoro fan! However, it does seem that this favoritism is also starting to result in Sanji's character sort of being portrayed badly or at the least lazily & without care?? Even Japanese fans are pointing this out now:

While I think it's bordering crazy conspiracy theorist to act like there is a concerted effort on the entirety of Toei to slander Sanji into the ground I do think the lack of personal favoritism amongst majority of staff has consequently resulted in the character being an unintended casualty in the campaign to "glaze" Mr. Cool Guy Zoro into infinity & beyond 😭💔

[sakura-gyarugal]

Wait cuz yes! As a sakura fan and a sanji fan from the west, I def understand. Anime does them no justice and ruins any character development that was in the manga. Stupid only anime watchers, see this and create a hate mob on these characters and make them the villains instead of reading the material. Those who do try to debunk, they’re called delusional fans. 🙄 toei and studio Pierrot count your days. This goes for my girl orihimie too 😒

I love Zoro but he’s def the Itachi of the op fandom.

[murphmurphthejerk]

Don't even talk to me about poor Orihime!😭

I never hated her, but as someone who was only ever a casual anime watcher I too fell into the Ichiruki trap. I distinctly remember thinking Orihime's crush on Ichigo made her really pitiful & I wanted her to get over it as it seemed so one sided & caused her so much distress, but little did I know she was getting the Sakura treatment 😕

[endybearw]

[softyearsworld]

Not my work all credit goes to the artist.

All I have to say is that I was shocked when I saw this. I have never been a big Naruto fan but for years I knew Sp wasn't a great studio and knew they were doxing Sakura's character. But I thought it just ended at them making her seem flat chested (especially in filler that I did watch was super annoying) and ruining her clothes by making them more ill-fitting compared to others to lessen her appeal and keeping her a tsundere box.

But for years they've also ruined her face by elongating it and lessening her facial features. With sp's art she looks like a little kid vs the artist who makes her look like an actual teenager. It's like seeing night and day.

[captain-purumpum]

[chattegeorgiana]

Okay ladies and gents, that’s it! If you ever needed a proof of SP’s favoritism towards Hinata and their hate for Neji, that’s it. Japanese fans keep sending this to us, fans from the West, in an attempt to make us understand why the things go the way they go. Not that we hadn’t seen it by now. But oh well….From SP’s blog of their own.

Poor Neji, he can’t even get a grip after his death!

Forever wondering how would this series go if this blatant favoritism by the Studio wouldn’t have interfered!

[antonxtella]

when you are proud of your development

but kishi and studio pierrot throw it away INSPIRED BY THE ALMIGHTY QUEEN @dattebae

[nearina]

“Raised like siblings”… when did this ever happen in canon? From what fanfiction are you coming from? Also stop trying to give Hinata a backbone she never had. And Boruto isn’t surprised to hear about the branch family so he knows that either he or Himawari were supposed to become slaves if they were Hyuuga and not Uzumaki?

[stopthebig3]

Lmfaooooo

[pansexualmadara]

Wow, they still writing this bump-ass fan fiction huh

*sigh*

You know what, if people are dumb enough to believe this bullshit? Then it’s what they deserve, cause only dumb pro worshipping shippers will believe fanfiction over canon

[tekka-dan]

The wording of this with the smile on Neji’s face is really fucking disturbing.

“I am apart of a slave family with a hierarchy. Your mother is my Slave Master.”

“Your silly mother, My Slave Master, won’t listen though.”

“I was raised like a sibling to your mother, my Slave Master, by being treated like I was less than human because my father was born two second after his twin brother. You’ve met him. My father is dead now because of your mothers, my Slave Owner, father.”

Like if this doesn’t make you uncomfortable I can’t even…

[nearina]

I know Kishi did an horrible job in explaining the branch system, I still have the chills thinking back at how it was treated like something mundane: “the Hyuuga have this tradition of CURSING and ENSLAVING a part of their own family because they are sloppy seconds. And here I thought I was unlucky because I inherited less money than my older brother”

And then it was completely forgotten in shippuden. But at no point we get the impression that Neji could speak about the system that killed his father with a smile or that he accepted it. Or that he suddenly started to worship the ground where Hinata walks.

But this is SP we are talking about, of course everyone needs to worship the “byakugan princess” in their eyes.

[tsukihoshino]

Pro Enders be like : I don’t see why people have a problem with Boruto, they’re just mad ‘cause they lost the shipping wars. Meanwhile, the Anti’s are sitting around looking at all the retcons, inconsistencies, dropped plot points and the atomic nuking of characters they loved for 10+ years and wonder what the fuck went so wrong.  Now even the characters who were blessed enough to die before the shit fest set in are being dragged into it via time travel, Thanks SP–we hate it. 

[chattegeorgiana]

WTF, where is this crap from? Is this from Boruto?

OMG they’re doing Neji so so bad.

How can someone even like this crap? HOW CAN SOMEONE BE OKAY WITH THIS SHIT??? HOW?

[chattegeorgiana]

I hate that SP made Sakura so mean to Naruto in the anime and an obsessive fangirl to the extreme of Sasuke.

That’s the thing, they overexaggerated some traits of hers and ended-up portraying a different character than that in Kishimoto’s story.

Sakura was into Sasuke, yes, but she was never so crazy and lost her mind over it. On the contrary.

It’s no wonder so many people ended-up hating her. Because Studio Pierrot ended-up portraying a totally different character.

[chattegeorgiana]

Can I just say how freaking articulated you are?!

I’ve been reading your thoughts/theories regarding NaruSaku and SS and I love how you keep your cool and analyze the facts and I’ve been having a blast reading your posts.

Also, when I first started watching the anime, I think I was 13/14 years old and, just like you, I used to ship SS but as I got older I was like OMGWHY, and at first I was really shocked with how much I started to enjoy the idea of NaruSaku since up until that point I only saw them as friends.

Adult me doesn’t like SS at all, I’ll protect Sakura with all that I have until the end of times and I can’t stand how some people see their relationship as “healthy”.

Seeing that I just finished reading some NaruSaku stories, I’m feeling warm and fuzzy and filled with love, and I opened my tumblr and saw some hatred being throw your way, I’d come here and share with you that you’re awesome and I thoroughly enjoy reading/seeing/fargirling over your work. Happy Sunday and NaruSaku for life. ❤️

Hey dear!!

First of all thank you so so much for your nice words!

Lol, it’s like we have the same story, heheh. I was also a SS/NH as I started the anime. I think it’s no wonder that many of us used to be, since that’s what the anime version of the story pushed forward.

They literally stole interactions from canon from NaruSaku and gave it to the others. 

For example how Naruto in the chakra training says to Sakura how great she is and whatnot? Studio Pierrot takes it and applies it to Naruto telling that to Hinata in fillers.

Sakura genuinely being concerned for Naruto and wanting to give up both her chance AND Sasuke’s in the chuunin exams selection? 

Sakura is shown downright malicious there, like she is glad Naruto is going through this turmoil, when it’s viceversa.

Also, in the canon manga Naruto never thinks about copying from Hinata, while in the anime he does so.

So no wonder people disregarded NaruSaku that much. By doing everything in their power to show Sakura as being this malicious little girl, this only had a ripple effect on both the fandom, NaruSaku and their reception.

That’s why when I turned to the manga, I found a totally different story than the anime. 

Which is sad, because the manga tells a rather much more touchy story than the anime, to be honest.

And this is also the reason I won’t be able to support SS. Because no matter what, the source material shows us SS as not being the right choice for Sakura. Through the plot, through character dynamics, through symbolism. You name it. 

People can try defend it as much as they want. It’s out of the necessity to fill a void. I know I used to do the same with Sakura, hoping that Kishi will finally make something of her. He didn’t, sadly. And that’s something I accepted.

I still love her, I still considers she has one of the best developments within the story (looking at source material, not the adaptation), but I won’t hide under the pretenses that she’s perfect.

Hell no. Her love for Sasuke makes her miserable. Her potential is unused. She was sidelined compared to the main cast, like it or not.

There are a lot of problematic aspects with her as well, as a character. But I ADMIT that. Unlike SS-ers that make it look like this perfect love story that breaks the curse of hatred. Nah. That’s NaruSasu’s story first of all, and second of all, like I said, God forbid these kids enter such a relationship. And I very much mean it.

However, I do defend Sakura on other counts. On those which I can, on those that put her on this hateful pedestal that she’s the meanest, when it’s not true. When she is one of the characters that has a change in behavior IN THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER SHE MAKES AN APPEARANCE!

I wonder how many people can brag about that in real life. People have NO IDEA how difficult CHANGE IS.

Look at this fandom. They weren’t able to change even now, years later, in their regards to Sakura. She is still one of the most hated characters in the history of characters (which is so interesting to look at from a sociological point of view).

But they talk all high and mighty about a character who is showing change ever since chapter 3, like I said.

It’s funny because when it’s about admitting faults, like SS is problematic? Noo, it’s whatever. But when it’s about admitting that Sakura showed real change in her relationship with Naruto and even FLIRTED with the damn guy and ACCEPTED A DATE with him, people are like NAH, SHE’S A BITCH, NEVER TREATED HIM RIGHT YADDA YADDA YADDA.

Or like... when it’s about her and the comedic relief punching thing, OMG SHE’S ABUSIVE!

But when they copied the same traits to Hinata and had Himawari punch the shit out of Naruto OUT OF THE BLUE FOR NO REASON, it’s OMG SO KAWAII.

Like, these people are shown a mirror of their very moral standards and they still won’t admit their double standards.

It’s fun to watch though. But aah, anyway, I don’t care about those kind of people. It’s funny to observe them, but NOT MY tribe.

Thank you very much for your kind message dear! You really made my day with it, gotta admit.

Sending back positive vibes towards you tenfold!!

SPREAD THAT NS LOVE, because that’s what NaruSaku always has been. ABOUT LOVE, about SHARING the love for one another, in more ways than one. Cheers!

[chattegeorgiana]

I know you are a hardcore NaruSaku shipper but do you ever feel like a good chunk of the hatred for SasuSaku is because people just hate Sakura? People recognize it as problematic and will describe how Sasuke treats Sakura as abusive but then they will just use it to bash Sakura because she "didn't pick the right guy". Sakura gets most of the hatred in their dynamic.

This leaves me with the impression that a lot of Sakura haters who swear they hate her for being poorly written, would STILL hate her regardless of who she was paired with. And I feel like it all boils down to her first impression. Hinata is introduced as this shy girl who roots for the main character (who was an underdog). Sakura is introduced as an Uchiha fangirl who made fun of the MC. People don't care that Sakura regrets being mean to him in like the same chapter and that she arguably becomes his closest friend.

Basically, I guess I'm trying to say that I feel like if NaruSaku was canonized or Sakura moved on, Naruto fans would continue to hate her over something she said as a 12 year old.

Oh, they'd definitely hate her for that, but the reasons are because people would hate Sakura for anything.

As I said in a previous ask, even if there wouldn't be a reason to hate, they'd invent one so they can have the excuse to hate on her, cuz God forbid they'd be accountable for the fact that they are hate filled people and Sakura is just the medium they use as an excuse for their actions.

However, let's be real, the fact that she is still with Sasuke after the way he treated her is a major factor as well. You know why?

Because it speaks in terms of self respect. I always said it. She could've just stay single. Didn't have to "choose Naruto over Sasuke". She doesn't owe Naruto anything for the love he had for her. That's the whole point of pure selfless love. This kind of love just gives without waiting for anything in return. It's just people that wanna have a go at NS fans that use that silly argument.

But the fact that she chose to CHASE after a guy who treated her poorly throughout their teen years tells to the audience that she had no respect for her own self.

Ask any self-respecting woman, any self-respecting adult if the characterization of Sakura in the SS dynamics is okay and let them tell you the truth.

But I'm talking about someone who's not in the entertainment industry, who is put there to entertain your ideas as long as the money comes in.

Nah.

I'm talking about normal human beings. Parents. Go to a dad or a mom and ask them if they'd advise their daughter to chase after someone who treated their daughter the way Sasuke treated Sakura.

Or ask them if they think the way Sakura's behavior is around Sasuke (cuz boy she has her own share of fault here, too) is a healthy one and a behavior that needs to be encouraged?

Or a psychologist.

Or a relationship expert.

So you see, the thing is things generally with Sakura are way more complicated and complex.

I love her character to death and I consider that she is unfairly hated for many stupid reasons.

However, I also agree with the fact that some of the hate is founded on problematic aspects that do exist within her character.

Let's not hide the dirt under the rug.

But at the end of the day the reality is that this hate is a mix of all these aspects, but mainly hating her is a popular trend so everybody that wants to "get famous" on the internet, just jumps in the wagon of Sakura hate.

The Sakura hate is more of a social phenomena.