#forehead poke

[uchiwaflame]

— "sakura, thank you"

[tamelee]

“I always lied to you, telling you to forgive me. I always kept you far away, with my own hands.. I didn’t want.. to involve you..” 

[strawbellyx3]

Don't wanna interact with the people of this post so screenshots it is!

It's funny how they think this makes Sasuke's poke to Sakura less meaningful and how it would be misinterpreted (something that the OP said in the tags) when truthfully, they're the ones misinterpreting it and completely disregarding the meaning of the poke to Sasuke.

Sure, Itachi used it as a way to put distance between himself and Sasuke but the fact of the matter is..

Sasuke liked it when Itachi poked his forehead, because he knew this was Itachi's way of showing he cares.

Sasuke also had the same intention with his poke to Sakura

He wasn't ready for a potential relationship but he still reassured Sakura he will see her again after he underwent his journey of atonement and feels worthy enough. With the very same gesture Sasuke always held dear to his heart.

[burningtalelight]

Some people argue that forehead tap is actually a sign of distancing and not love as that's how itachi used it. So, sasuke's forehead tap with sakura is not actually a sign of love instead he is distancing him from sakura. I want to say that sasuke is not itachi, he is sasuke. How he perceives things is different from itachi. The only moment where itachi says that forehead tap was to distance them was after the reanimation was stopped by him and he now puts their heads together but what about all the other times. Even in his real death, he does that forehead poke to sasuke, which itself shows that it was a precious thing they shared. Specially to sasuke, it was a sign of affection, it was like, itachi saying, I don't have time for you now but I love you. He loved that forehead tap that's shown by him blushing. Not just that he never forget that. Even in his revenge days from itachi, he always remembered itachi's forehead poke. When he meets the reanimated itachi, he asks the same to him, "you kept poking my head always". A guy like sasuke who doesn't care much about things, remembers this gesture, doesn't that already tell that it is a special gesture. Not only that even after the fight with naruto, when they are unconscious, he imagines itachi poking his head and smiling. That's one more proof saying that the forehead poke is something special and positive for sasuke. It's a sign of affection. Sasuke poking sakura's head is basically him saying, "wait for me". That's definitely the sign of ultimate love as stated.

I would also like to add one more thing here. I believe that the forehead tap is also like a memory to sasuke. I mean after all that shit happened to sasuke during his childhood and teenage, this one gesture remains as the only memory with sasuke that is a reminder of those times which were filled with love and happiness in his life. As now sakura is the one who is filling her life that warmth and love again, he shares this gesture with her and now also sarada. This is also a reason why he doesn't share this gesture with naruto. Since, he did bring him out of darkness and is equally important to naruto as sakura is but the dynamic is not that of filling love to each other's life, it's like we stand by together as the pain we felt, which was similar.

One more thing, sasuke dynamic with itachi is more similar to his dynamic with naruto. Sure, he sees naruto as his brother and sees itachi in him, but way he behaves with him is different, it's actually similar to with sakura. Just how sasuke used to admire itachi and wanted to be by his side but itachi used to ignore and it looked to sasuke that he doesn't care, similarly, sakura has always been chasing sasuke, she admired him, wanted to be by his side, but sasuke ignored her and it looked to sakura that he doesn't care. At this moment, just how itachi's forehead poke affirmed sasuke that his brother indeed loves him, sasuke used the same poke to tell sakura he also does wants to give this relationship a try and he loves her too.

So I believe, the forehead poke really fits perfect with sasusaku and it shows the "bond even deeper than the love" the boruto manga was talking about.

[captnjacksparrow]

1.) Answer to first question.. Here....Here and Here

2.) I wonder... Is it an insurmountable task for an Author to make A boy say I Love You to A Girl in the very end of the story who are going to become canon in the next Chapter????? Like What is the need of making Sasuke to say Thank You instead of I Love you??? Oh, Is it because they expected the Author to develop SS during the Blank Period??? But how did that turn out in the End?? He abandoned her forever and only met her because Sarada created a situation. So, Sasuke said Thank You as an Indirect way of saying I Love You but ended up abandoning her and her kid for 12 years.. Does this make any sense??? Because to me, it's not.

3.) Thank the Heavens... Sasuke never Forehead Poked Naruto... Because he consider Naruto to be his Friend, his Equal and a person he wants to keeps close forever. He didn't take Naruto as a Child or a person he wants to distance himself from.

In Chapter 402, After knowing the truth... Sasuke got a flashback of his younger days where it was shown all the instances of Itachi poking Sasuke's Forehead.

This is a 10 chapter Gaiden dedicated to show the development of SS. But we never got any other instances of Sasuke poking Sakura's head... She could've recollected though.... But then, She don't remember him well enough to say whether he wore glasses or not. So, it's very evident that she hadn't seen him for a long time and Chapter 699 is the last poke.

[ap-kinda-lit]

Sasuke 🤝 Tenten

loving their

baes’ foreheads

[looniedeux]

Poking the younger sibling’s forehead

That’s how they show their affection.

[xkaileoedits]

No edit collection is complete without the iconic forehead poke.