Btw I wanna talk about Atsumu and Osamu when they fought because Osamu didn’t want to continue playing volley after graduating. Just love how on Atsumu’s part, he’s pissed off bc he thought volleyball is something they can do together forever?? And also I think he’s just mad that Osamu did not think of volleyball as something he’d stick to and brought him happiness as much as it did for Atsumu. Maybe for once, Atsumu felt threatened and uncomfortable that his twin— who had been doing the same things as he did their whole life, was gonna go down a different path and I think it also scared him because if that happened, he wouldn’t have Osamu with him anymore?? But Osamu was a man of his own. He was good at volleyball just as much as Atsumu was but he did not think of it as something that he had to do his whole life. He was a living proof that, you can be good at something but at the same time, you do not have to be defined by it. He knew selling food was something fulfilling for him to do and he chose that path. And?? If you notice,, he’s so content just to be selling onigiri while watching Atsumu play from the side it’s so precious every time he chuckles/smiles when Atsumu makes a good play/does something flashy. He’s so proud of his brother and happy to see Atsumu enjoying himself on the court,, ugh favourite brothers!!
Same as my Hiruzen post, just wanna keep this analysis using the feminist (I hope I did it right and my Literature teachers won’t roll their eyes at me lol) (but it’s just for Twitter so wtvr) approach on my Tumblr too. Was posted on July 11 2020:
Ok this has been in my (Twitter) drafts for so long but I wanted to wait till I finish all 500 episodes to post this lol. I love Naruto but God, the writing for its female characters is shit. This is written based only on Naruto and Naruto Shippūden (manga and anime). I think it got better in Boruto but I’ve yet to see it. Anyway
Women are not given the burden of carrying important roles that represent relationships built throughout the series, as if, they are not capable of creating bonds strong enough to drive a character even though it is what Naruto is all about; the importance of bonds between humans.
These relationships as we all know are the basis of the series’ plots and developments. I mean, if not for Naruto’s feelings towards Sasuke, the anime won’t exist... and if not for Sasuke’s feelings towards Itachi, he wouldn’t have abandoned Naruto... and if not for Itachi’s patriotism towards his village, he wouldn’t have killed off the Uchiha clan, which is the reason why Sasuke hated him in the first place. These three related, complementing events are I think crucial instances of what the Naruto universe is built upon. They also are the reason other relationships were able to be expanded (i.e. Itachi-Shisui share the same loyalty and love for Konoha, Naruto became Jiraiya’s apprentice to be able to compete with Sasuke).
And as u can see, no female characters are involved at all. Only time female characters are seen creating bonds and/or have a role to move the plot is when they are driven by romance (e.g. Hinata-Naruto, Tsunade-Dan, Karin-Sasuke). This paints the idea that women are only concerned of men and romance in the anime?? Even a simple friendship between female characters was almost impossible to be portrayed healthily (i.e. Sakura-Ino are supposedly good friends but they always put down each other).
The anime itself has agreed that the sole reason a female is present amongst male characters is because they are able to be motivated when a woman is around to be impressed, which will lead them to wanting to improve themselves and become better shinobi.
When Kakashi asked Hiruzen why were Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura put together in a team, the answer he got was because Sasuke needs someone with the experience of using Sharingan to be there for him when his is activated and in order to be able to control the Kyuubi inside Naruto in case it goes berserk again, Sharingan is needed, which is a sound reason why the two of them are put together.
And Sakura??? Hiruzen said (omg it still pisses me off), she’s only in Team 7 because that would drive the boys to become stronger because they would want to impress Sakura. Like?? She only exists to be a fucking trophy that could be won is it?? That’s it?? I think this was why at first I was against Sakura and Sasuke’s relationship. IT DIDN’T SEEM TRUE. Yea yea I know there are scenes that have suggested their feelings are mutual but lol let’s be real. Boruto saved it. If not for how they’re presented in Boruto,,, lol.
Anyway, Kakashi was seen to be on the same page with Hiruzen because he was reminded of how Obito worked hard to catch up to him so that he could impress Rin. The same thing happened to Hiruzen’s team; Jiraiya wanted to beat Orochimaru just to catch Tsunade’s attention. I understand that it is natural for boys (and girls) to improve themselves in order to attract the person they like but to give female characters no role other than to be a trophy?? That’s just dumb and objectifying.
Sakura got a shit ton of hate ever since Naruto (her character only improved A BIT in Shippūden), and honestly, Idt it’s her fault. Her character writing was so shit that all she ever did was scream Sasuke’s name and when Sasuke is knocked out, she’d call for Naruto. She has a great potential to become a kunoichi of the same level as her teammates but the anime never tried to put the spotlight on her. A lot of times we saw other characters say “wow Sakura has potential” but we never see that being polished on screen.
If only she was given the chance to take an active role in battles, maybe the anime would’ve appeared better in regards to its treatment towards female characters. The only battle that I remember of with Sakura taking an active part in it??? Her fight with Sasori. Not saying that her role during the war is insignificant but even with that in mind, when Sasuke is present, she could only think of him??
And SHE COULD’VE STOPPED MUGEN TSUKUYOMI BY DESTROYING OBITO’s RINNEGAN BUT BECAUSE SHE HESITATED, MADARA MANAGED TO STEAL IT!!
[ This video has all the Sakura scenes that pissed me off. ]
Why did she hesitate?? She’s a medic nin fgs?? This is what I meant by her writing is shit. The Sakura that I know wouldn’t think twice to do what she needed to. AND to think that just a few moments before, SHE SAVED NARUTO’S LIFE?? BY PUMPING HIS HEART USING HER HAND??? And he survived!! With her aid!! The fact that she managed to pull that off but not destroying Obito’s Rinnegan is just pure bullshit.
But I’m sort of glad they had the filler episodes where they showed Sakura’s (and Ino’s) growth, how they went thru their training and stuff. It’s not much but thanks for the fillers I guess?? The manga can go suck some balls.
Another mention of a female character being disregarded as an important ninja would be Konan. Throughout the Naruto vs Akatsuki arc, Konan’s skills and determination have been displayed countless of times. And I’m glad she was given the chance to prove her ability but what rubbed me off the wrong way was Jiraiya’s opinion on her. Every time he spoke of the three orphans he took in, he always mentioned Nagato’s strength and Yahiko’s desire to bring peace in a positive manner. But when it comes to Konan, his only adjective for her was “pretty”.
Konan is more than just a feminine presence with beauty as her only personality?? She’s a strong-willed person who is able to stand alongside her comrades in fighting for what they believe in. She was willing to sacrifice herself in order to defeat Obito/Madara in a heartbeat!! Jiraiya could’ve said better things about her.
From this, we can say how biased a male character’s view is on other females?? As if, only men would fight against injustices of the shinobi world but women?? uwu she pretty yes she will grow up to be a beautifoOl woman.
Kishimoto couldn’t write women very well and he admitted this himself but God, I wish he would’ve tried harder. Not able to write women well is such a shitty excuse for a writer... especially when we know his female characters are capable just as much as their male counterparts.
Also I try to take this positively but you know how during Naruto’s time, the only medic nins are his female characters? (i.e. Sakura, Ino, Tsunade) I think he meant to portray women as healers and that’s a pure intention but lol it also sort of sends the message that to him, no matter how smart and talented a woman is, they shall not be given the duty to fight!! They should just wait and be ready to receive injured comrades while the boys go fight evil and bring peace!! I wanna give credit to him for making women healers but lol does he deserve it??
Honestly, Hiruzen is an enabler. He suspected all the shit Danzo was doing behind his back but to “prevent more conflicts”, he never confronted him. If only he was stricter as a Hokage, he could’ve stopped Danzo from giving Itachi the ultimatum to massacre his own clan or die with them. Not to mention, he’s such a pacifist that he took too long to take action concerning the coup Uchiha was planning that Itachi had to take matters to his own hands and fgs, he’s still a kid to be responsible for such a burden. I’m gonna burn Konoha down.
Another thing that sickened me, after the massacre, he said thanks to Itachi??? Because Itachi managed to stop the coup. IF NOT FOR YOUR INCOMPETENCE, HE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO KILL HIS OWN FAMILY AND CLAN OMG I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF HIRUZEN HOW TF DID HE BECOME HOKAGE I understand he’s a softie and prefer peaceful solutions but at times, he should’ve shown better leadership. Remember when he couldn’t kill Orochimaru when the village found out he had been experimenting and killing kids?? HE LET OROCHIMARU RAN AWAY WO PUTTING UP A GOOD FIGHT and even when Orochimaru attacked Konoha and was gonna kill him, the only thing he did was sealed his hands off so that he couldn’t perform ninjutsu????? Like???? That snake was gonna destroy the whole fucking village and u only sealed his hands off??? How dumb can u be????
Again, HOW DID HE GET TO BE HOKAGE???
Also, I think I was drunk on Itachi’s birthday because:
(I was going through my tweets when I was binging on Naruto. Just wanna keep my thoughts on Sarutobi Hiruzen here as well)
Good morning I got killed and was the reason we lost after taking this screenshot bc the impostor heard me say “hold on I gotta take a selfie with the bodies”
I’m definitely that friend who dies bc I wanna make IG stories instead of running away from the zombies
In tonight’s episode of Among Us session with my friends,, I wasn’t the impostor but at the start of the game, I said out loud I IMPOSTOR anyway no one believed me but of course Remy (MonaFandey) did (I think he just wanted to kill me off) so he called for an emergency meeting and everyone voted me off babi betul AND FUNNY THING WAS SOMEONE POINTED OUT REMY’s BEHAVIOUR WAS SUS bc he wanted to kick me out so badly so they called for another emergency meeting and ejected him and apparently both of us are not the impostors so basically we helped the real impostor got two free kills gg here are the two of us sticking with each other after sabotaging our own selves
It’s been bugging me a lot that after the time skip Noya was not seen to interact with Tanaka, he only kept in touch with Asahi?? Boy left Japan to go FISHING and I really don’t wanna say it out loud but did he leave Japan because Tanaka married Shimizu........... a big part of me doesn’t agree bc no way they’re gonna fight over something like that but they’re supposed to be best buddies and we didn’t even see them interact post time skip so do u get where I’m coming from??? Idk what to make out of this and it’s so sad can someone say sike please and tell me otherwise
