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This is something I've realized is never properly discussed or straight up glossed over within the Naruto fandom - why giving the Uchiha Clan sole responsibility for a police force was an insult and act of oppression.
The world of Naruto and the economy of Konoha is ninja mission oriented. These missions grant both income and acclaim, often seeing the best of the best being wealthy in both aspects and gaining major footholds politically by virtue of being highly regarded.
A police force is the opposite of that model, there is no income stream beyond whatever budget is allocated to them and no way to gain any social or political or financial acclaim in a world where shinobi are at the top of society (even politically despite there being a position seperate from hokage for that power).
Yes, there are some Uchiha that were active ninja taking missions - but the majority definitely had to become officers by virtue of how LARGE Konoha is.
So to be given that responsibility, one that realistically should have been split among every major clan in Konoha, was not some show of faith nor granting an honor. It was a strategic move that ensured the Uchiha Clan could not gain any POSITIVE presence within the village nor any higher political or military position (how can one justify denying Fugaku even a jonin commander rank when he is OVERQUALIFIED).
Because take how we feel about police IRL and apply it to the Uchiha - regardless of how benevolently any of them behave, it will be (and frankly is/was) spun into them abusing power, being corrupt, so on and so forth when that was not the case from ANY of what we were shown in the manga and anime.
And it makes forming alliances with other clans difficult as hell because the Uchiha were already on the fringes despite being founders. They have not had one hokage from their clan, but instead have been made civil servants, something not a single Senju has ever been treated nor regarded as - because they're essentially nobility and the Uchiha should be too and yet are not.
Even the concept of hokage and it essentially being a hereditary monarchy title plays heavily into how the Uchiha are oppressed. Because literally every hokage, even Shikamaru, can be linked to the Senju Clan either by direct blood or as loyal disciples.
And it was only worsened by the Uchiha being moved into an isolated compound at the edge of the village. Now they're not only the face of oppression in the eyes of civilians, they're now outcasts in the very village they helped found and build, the same village that relies on their existence politically because yes, having even a single Uchiha is a major political and military flex of power that keeps enemies in check.
And yet compared to the other clans, the Uchihas were wasting away. Look at the Hyuga Clan. Sprawling territory with servants, acclaim, and political power in a village they did not found with leeway to keep their own family enslaved and sacrifice said enslaved family as they please.
Then look at the Uchiha who, even in the manga flashbacks, are humble in direct contrast with their supposedly inherent arrogance. They have no political power and are afforded nothing but disdain and distrust over supposedly horrid practices related to their Sharingan (which is nothing but rumors).
Tangent time, but that's part of why I hate Kakashi's moniker as "Kakashi of the Sharingan." One, that eye is not his, it was gifted to him by an Uchiha. Two, he benefits heavily from having it and Konoha does as well. Three, the moniker itself feels like a means to minimize the Uchiha and their Sharingan.
So yes, their plans for a coup were extremely justified and understandable as their genuine last option. They've been put in a position where they can't realistically leave nor defect from Konoha because no Uchiha would be afforded the nepotism Tsunade had (IE not being dubbed a missing/rogue nin and hunted down as such). Even if another major village took them in, it's been shown how easily Konoha demonizes them (because the "curse of hatred" is not a thing, it's propaganda spread by Tobirama taken as fact despite him not knowing shit about how the Uchiha operate).
Isn't it interesting that Sarada awoke her Mangekyo "out of love" (even though that's true for all Uchiha that awakened it)? She broke the curse of hatred, guys! Isn't that great? She just happened to be completely isolated from the culture of her people, and assimilated in the "normal" majority of the village! Her dad doesn't even carry any Uchiha traditions or ideals anymore! His only purpose, at this point, seems to be to serve the village! Isn't it so interesting that she's an "good" shinobi, that she is loyal to Konoha, that she has acceptable aspirations like wanting to be Hokage (leader of the village that enforced the discrimination and genocide of her forefathers)? Isn't it so cool that she knows nothing about the history of her clan or the truth of how they were killed in the middle of the night, in the safety of their homes, by one of their own?
Isn't it so interesting that an Uchiha that "breaks the curse of hatred" is one that is stripped of their culture and loyal to the village?
Nevermind the fact that the whole "curse of hatred" was such bullshit in the first place. It took multiple retcons, whitewashes, and propoganda mouth pieces for Kishimoto to fail at establishing the "curse of hatred" aspect of the Uchiha when the reality is that so many aspects of the Sharingan and their culture is a cycle of love and grieving/celebrating that love (because no one is gonna tell me that WILLINGLY giving your eyes to someone is not the ultimate act of LOVE for an Uchiha nor are they gonna make me believe the Uchiha were killing one another for power).
To then have Sarada achieve Mangekyo "out of love" as if the same thing did not happen with Madara is such bullshit. Because at the end of the day, you cannot grieve without love, you cannot self-sacrifice without love, you cannot be an Uchiha without love, that is legit the foundation of their Sharingan and it makes me so mad.
Take all the problems I have with Aizawa as a teacher and apply them to Kakashi Hatake.
Dude is such a shit teacher that it took the sanin for his team to actually learn and grow. They were legit learning from anyone BUT him or teaching themselves. It makes me hate him to be honest.
What solidified my lowkey hatred of him is the fucking Chunin Exams Arc.
Team 7, post Zabuza and Haku, have been slogging through D Rank missions. Said missions go poorly despite being low rank.
Why?
Because their teamwork is nonexistent. Naruto is focused on outdoing Sasuke and is inconsistent and incompetent to a fault, Sakura is too busy trying to be cute/impress Sasuke to the point of negligence, and Sasuke is in a team where he legit cannot rely on them and so he's doing everything solo. These issues carry into the exam by the way (and cumulate into that damn "coward" scene where I genuinely wished Naruto and Sakura died from their idiocy because fuck you, Sasuke was right to say run, you do not get to call him a coward when he's the only one with SENSE).
Kakashi notes these issues and their deteriorating team synergy.
Kakashi then recommends them for the Chunin Exams right after noticing their worsening dynamics. An exam where they are not only likely to fail horrible, but DIE HORRIBLY. An exam where team synergy needs to be peak for you to have a MINIMAL chance of survival.
He recommended them without ever training them properly. Outside of the (lowkey useless) training in the Land of Waves, there's legit no other training of note nor any team building excercises.
Then in contrast, we have Might Guy who knew his team were not ready and had them be genin for a full year before letting them take the chunin exams. Not because Guy thought less of them, but because they genuinely were not ready physically and emotionally.
And mind you, Team 7 is likely identical to Team Guy in their first year save for one thing - Team 7 had a dumpster fire teacher.
Like, Kakashi being a prodigy probably played a major role in his failure (HIS, not Team 7 because no, the literal children are not really at fault). Dude does not know how to explain or teach. He gravitates towards Sasuke and prioritizes him heavily, but I genuinely think that's just because Sauke is the "easy" one (not because he recognizes with Sasuke because no, Kakashi doesn't and I've argued with my sister enough about that).
To those that will scream "he believed im them post bell test, he knows they'd get it together" or "he was giving them a reality check" - THE CHUNIN EXAMS HAS AN HONEST TO GOD DEATH RATE! Not simply environmental or accidental but these genin are actively killing eachother and are ALLOWED TO DO SO. These children passing that useless ass bell test means fuck all when they have REGRESSED as a team!
The other day, I was remembering Sasuke and Itachi's battle, and how Itachi lied yet again to paint the Uchiha as villains.
He told Sasuke a false story about Marada and Izuna, which proves his undying hatred and resentment towards his people.
In Itachi's illusion, Izuna looks completely different from what Hashirama and Tobirama remember. Izuna is actually a copy of Sasuke (or, more accurately, Sasuke is a copy of Izuna). Both Hokage point out this. But Itachi didn't know this, which is why Izuna doesn't look as he should.
2. The lie that both brothers killed their friends to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan and take over as clan head. Madara and Izuna were the sons of the Uchiha clan head and have always held power. The brothers didn't kill their friends. The Uchiha wouldn't tolerate kinslayers leading the clan. It's a desecration of the bloodline and also a risk of betrayal. "Today he kills another. And tomorrow the entire clan" (really, Itachi? Are you judging by yourself?). I'm sure both brothers awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan after the death of their father, Tajima Uchiha. That's why Madara took over as clan head. I also considered the death of their mother, perhaps a mutual friend or close relative (a cousin, for example). But more likely, their father's death influenced the brothers and their awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
3. The lie that Madara forcibly took Izuna's eyes and the lie of Izuna's death. Itachi should have known how Madara's younger brother died. He was the clan heir, and he should have known the history. We know that after Shisui's death, Itachi was stripped of his right to inherit power, and Sasuke was to become the next clan head. But Sasuke was little and hadn't yet been told about Madara. Itachi deliberately glosses over the fact that Tobirama killed Izuna. He shifts this sin onto Madara's soul. Izuna willingly gave up his eyes before his death. He loved his clan and his brother and wanted to protect them.
4. The Uchiha didn't engage in fratricide. Only in the anime were we shown that the Uchiha killed each other for power, and it was exaggerated, like something out of a propaganda textbook and the Overton Window theory. Perhaps there were such criminals, but they exist in any nation. But this was only the exception. As Hashirama and Tobirama said, the Uchiha value family and loveâthey weren't kin-killers. If this were true, the Uchiha wouldn't have been so organized and wouldn't have survived as a clan.
5. Itachi said that all the Uchiha took their brothers' eyes to awaken the eternal MSH. But this is a lie. In that case, the Uchiha would have had the same slave-like segregation within the family as the Hyuga. Younger brothers would have been born and used as "spare parts." But that's not the case. This means no one forcibly stole eyes. The Uchiha loved each other and didn't wish suffering on their siblings or other relatives.
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Hi! I found your blog because of your posts about the Uchiha clan. It's so nice to find others with the same mindset as me regarding them. I see a lot of fans who try to justify the Uchiha genocide, and they don't realize that they're using the same talking points real people use to justify real life genocides and ethnic cleansings. I just don't get how any person with any empathy can look at what Konoha did to the Uchiha Clan and think it was the right action to take.
Exactly why I used to get into it with people over Naruto in general. There are so many questionable and heavy topics within the series that get covered up and justified both in and out of universe with no deeper understanding beyond "it was necessary." When legitimately nothing can justify genocide.
Made worse within Naruto because honestly, it had no purpose beyond giving Sasuke trauma. Because it gets swept under the rug, by the protag no less, and nothing is implemented to ensure history doesn't repeat itself (because the history and motives behind the tragedy are NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED).
And like, just the history of the Uchiha clan makes me angry about what happened to them and the lack of justice. Seriously, Kishimoto has the village turn against the Uchihas for doing their jobs as police and prioritizing saving civilians while the others dealt with the nine tail? They didn't even bring up Madara being an Uchiha until they needed to justify denying Mikoto custody of Naruto, meaning that wasn't a factor in the hatred the clan was facing.
HYBE x Geffen upsets me because they are taking kpop production strategies (IE building a stan culture pre-debut via survival shows) and trying to apply it to a western market. All it's doing is setting up a girl for an insane hate train. Especially because what Asia calls "star power" is not equal to what the West calls "star power."
Sakura is cutesy and awkward, off balance. She's the quintessential lacking Japanese/non-Korean member added for oversees marketing.
In short, I just feel really bad for Sakura in Saint Satine. Sakura T is suitable for a Japanese market where connecting with the audience takes precedence over skill, talent, and capabilities. They didn't even do what they did with Manon and fly out private trainers to her in prep for the survival show and for her debut (because it was clear from the jump that she was going to debut).
It's upsetting that Sakura T is NOT naive to what production wanted, but was to how the audience and viewers would react to her.
And it isn't her fault no matter how you slice it either. It's HxG that are the problem for choosing "potential" over raw talent. What I worry about with Sakura T is that the moment she stops being useful or backlash lessens, HxG will do to her what they are doing with Manon and Katseye.
Made worse because unlike with Dream Academy, there was no scapegoat for the show to use as a means to soften dislike for Sakura T's severe lack of skill. Ayana was fan favorite not just by western audiences (that could only watch via VPN and guides or through clips) but also in Japan (which was insane to me at first because more often than not, Japanese audiences choose visuals and cute/parasocial appeal above skill and talent).
And why would you choose a minor for a group that is very clearly not suitable for a MINOR any damn way? Because beyond not fitting visually or talent wise, her age is also a big problem in a group that is very clearly not built for a minor member. She is a child and made worse because she has no socialization considering she dropped out at 8!
So another group I'm just gonna ignore tbh. Because I do not want to support and condone this with my streams or money. And frankly, I hope others do the same (but sadly I know that won't happen).
And also, to anyone that's gonna say "kpop always debuts minors" - that is the same thing as saying "children have always been groomed" to try and justify it. Just because something is commonly done, how about you acknowledge the issue and not support it so the industry learns that it isn't acceptable via it hurting their pockets.
My sister is trying so hard to make me like Katseye and I literally only liked Touch. Their music ranges from meh to insufferable ragebait imo. And when she was like "they worked hard to join the group," I told her I was sad for them and happy af Adela was cut unfairly because Katseye itself is just a waste of talent.
Because yes, I watched Dream Academy and I did see the talent of every girl and genuinely hate that they've been reduced to a meme group with no real direction beyond Pussycatdolls nextgen (and controversial take, but DA at the time just made me really not like the group and its fans bc no, Adela was not a problem in voicing her issues with the Manon situation and the other girls were just as entitled to feeling that way - not saying Manon is the only problem, it's the producers and label that allowed her to behave that way and rewarded her on top of that).
But I'm not gonna support the group at all simply because I don't like the music they've been given. I don't care how talented they are or how much they worked to debut - the songs are not for me and I'm not gonna stan something I genuinely do not like.
Bruh I'll never get over the fact that Mikoto Uchiha (Sasuke's mother) wanted to take baby Naruto in after the Nine Tails Attack and was denied because racist Konoha blamed the Uchihas for the attack and didn't want them to have access to what is essentially a nuke.
Then years later after the death of her clan, that same baby grew up and espoused the same "Will of Fire" rhetoric that led to her family's massacre and covered up the Uchiha genocide in Boruto for a village who's anti Uchiha racism indirectly led to Naruto's miserable childhood of being alone and isolated because they didn't want the Uchiha clan raising him.
Talk about a slap in the face.
And then people swear Konoha was not the problem and Kishimoto didn't seriously fuck his whole story by ignoring what he wrote. Because just the fact that Mikoto Uchiha genuinely cared about her friend's child and was denied caring for him despite literally no one else stepping up is just disgusting.
Then to have basically the entire village support this rhetoric that the Uchihas were dangerous and the baby that essentially saved them is a weapon they want seriously pissed me off. Because then that begs the question - if the Uchihas were truly that dangerous, why had they not wiped out the village at their peak? And similarly, if Naruto was so dangerous, why did they leave him in such horrible conditions despite him being someone to fear?
Like, Kishimoto having Naruto adopt all the values that led to his own suffering pissed me off so much and that was a major factor in why I refuse to support Boruto or any other spinoff within the franchise. Because the fact that Naruto legit sees variations of what he could've become in various characters over the entire series and then be written to NOT go against what made that possible is just so not fitting for his character.
Seriously, Naruto was talknojutsuing everyone around him and empathizing in ways no other character in the series was capable of - and suddenly that empathy and drive to better things for himself and people like him got distorted into maintaining status quo?
But again, that's just poorly developed shounen bullshit. It always made me wish Naruto as a series had Kishimoto's most hated editor as a lead writer with more say if only to maintain Naruto's goal of fixing shit (which is so petty but Kishimoto really should've listened to his editor more).
Because yes, he started off with the sole goal of gaining validation by becoming hokage - but then he spends multiple seasons, movies, and chapters realizing that was not enough and that he really wanted to change things for the better.
And tangent time, there should've been a what-if series where Naruto was raised as an Uchiha. Instead of giving us crappy ass Boruto, it should've just been a series of what-ifs because Boruto just confirmed that Kishimoto did not give two fucks about the corruption in the world he crafted.
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I always feel a bit bad when I find a webcomic that is well-written but the art just... Doesn't hit. Because it makes it so hard to get into or continue reading the story itself.
Trying to read a manhwa rec from someone and the art just sucks. First panel is a jumpscare by an uncanny face. The ML has a baby's face on a buff man's body. The art just does not work for me and it is so damn distracting and three chapters in and it does not get better.
Omg I just remembered how when I was younger and Sasuke and Neji hate was common, someone told me that the only reason I liked them was because I'm black đ
Like, yeah???? I wonder why a black person would feel sympathy for a genocide survivor that's constantly adultified and villainized, a clan that was wiped out for daring to stand up to their oppressors, a boy who was branded as a slave just because his father was, a boy that's constantly told that his anger against the fascist regime that ruined his life was irrational, a clan that's constantly blamed for inciting violence to the point where it culminates into their genocide, and a disenfranchised clan that was believed to be predisposed to evil and separated from the rest of the village... đŤ
The Uchiha and Branch Hyuugas share very uncomfortable similarities to the struggles that black people and I was able to pick up on them when I was 12.
Honestly, I'm shocked that the Uchiha don't have any slurs towards them because the Uchiha hate was crazy. If Naruto was set during the modern day, "The Angry Uchiha" would most certainly be a popular stereotype.
Listen, listen, the whole "you like them because you're Black" thing used to get me so heated, even more so when former friends who are JEWISH and KOREAN said that and didn't start thinking critically about their stories until I drew some very heavy-handed (and honestly cruel) comparisons to their own cultural history in front of their grandparents.
Just the fact that the Uchihas were massacred for their eyes and that the Hyugas have a slave line was bad enough. But then the stories of the main victims doesn't get the respect they were due nor is it really acknowledged how FUCKED their stories are.
Like, Sasuke is annoying at first, he is not written to be a likable character at first by virtue of being Naruto's rival. However, from the jump we are shown that he is just as much a victim as Naruto. Then we continue learning more and more about his clan and what lead to their massacre and you mean to tell me people watched/read this shit and DIDN'T see the true driving issues behind it?
Not simply some power hungry ass wanting their eyes and experimenting on them/desecrating their bodies (as has been done to Blacks, Natives, Jews, Koreans, and on and on), but straight up hatred towards a group of people for traits they were BORN WITH while simultaneously coveting those same features? Villainizing them for practices within their clan while simultaneously having equally questionable or WORSE pratices in their own clan?
Legit isolated an entire clan and then did the same to the last survivor while benefiting from his existence within their village (like NARUTO who viewers easily empathized with because he's the protag and his coping/defense mechanisms make him come off more personable yet hated Sasuke despite his story being very similar).
Or looking at Neji's story and hating him solely for him having very justified disdain for Hinata and the main Hyuuga branch as a whole. Is he immediately likable? No, because he is a jaded SLAVE who lost his father to the horrible practices of their clan and because he is of that SLAVE BRANCH. Neji can never achieve anything even compared to Hinata who at the time WAS EVERYTHING NEJI GREW UP BEING TOLD THE SECOND BRANCH MEMBERS ARE!
Because I'm sorry, a major part of why I grew up not liking Hinata at first was because Neji was RIGHT. Why did his father have to die for arguably a useless child that proved time and time again that she wasn't "viable" as heir, a ninja, and so on in a society that says she should be dead for those reasons? Why is Neji the lesser by compare when even with his "fake" Byakugan he was arguably the "main branch" worthy of the pair? Why is he being raised to become a sacrifical lamb to save Hinata's life when from his perspective, his father's life was already wasted on her?
Legitimately could not comprehend how anyone could look at Neji's story and NOT get why he behaved the way he did and had such disdain for Hinata. They can't stand the idea of a slave being resentful? Seriously!?
I genuinely cannot stand the hatred these two characters dealt with back in the day (I sound old af). Because seriously, the fact that people used to say "you like them because you're Black" translates to "I'm incapable of empathy and will discredit these characters because I see the connections to Black history." But I swear the moment you make blatant comparisons to non-Black people, suddenly everyone loves Sasuke and Neji - and then love the latter even more because he essentially died to save Hinata, the one fate/destiny his story was about him defying!
Legit nothing about the world of Naruto is handled properly, that's why the ending of the series and the endings of individual characters feels disappointing as hell. Shounen anime pisses me off so much
Reminder that Pema is a homewrecker that gave homewrecker advice like the bird she is. And Tenzin is a cheater who aiding in wrecking his home.
So no, I get we're supposed to like these characters to an extent based on how they're presented narratively - but they're not good people.
And before anyone comes with the clarifications made by the LoK team - Tenzin claiming he and Lin were growing apart due to varied goals doesn't change the fact that he clearly did cheat on her with a much younger woman (major ick, by the way, Pema was barely 18 given the timeline? Why was that necessary?).
Someone showed me Mixtape (avoiding the fuck out of that "game" simply because the reviews alone were enough of a red flag) and the insufferable blonde's headphones are on backwards. Like, I swear they are on backwards.
And also not 90s headphones either.
And that is NOT how you rewind a cassette.
Which is all the more reason to not take Mixtape seriously and lowkey people should just ignore it.
[Hot Take] Bakugou's Redemption Falls Flat Because It Never Addresses His Bigotry.
I've seen a lot of people sharing their thoughts on why Bakugou's redemption is so luke warm and lacking in depth.
Bakugou Katsuki is a bigot. I know that this is quite the accusation but hear me out.
A bigot is defined as "a narrow-minded person who obstinately adheres to their own opinions and prejudices". This describes Bakugou's personality to a T.
Bakugouâs redemption feels flat because the story refuses to address the actual root of his behavior: he' s a quirkest in MHA's quirkest society, and his worldview is shaped by a hierarchy that places flashy, powerful quirks at the top and quirkless or heteromorph people at the bottom. The narrative frames his cruelty toward Izuku as insecurity, but insecurity alone doesnât explain the specific way he targets Izuku. Bakugou doesnât just bully himâhe dehumanizes him, calls him âDekuâ (a slur meaning useless), and treats him as inherently lesser because he was quirkless. That is not generic schoolyard bullying, its discrimination rooted in a belief that people without strong quirks are inferior. Yet the story never names this for what it is, and that omission weakens any attempt at meaningful growth.
This becomes even clearer when you look at how Bakugou treats heteromorph classmates. He casually uses quirkist nicknames (âPony,â âRaccoon Eyes,â âTape Armsâ) and the narrative plays it off as comedic banter rather than a pattern of discriminatory behavior. In a world where quirk-based prejudice is a real, systemic issue, these moments should matter. They should be part of his arc. But they arenât. The story never forces him to confront the fact that he participates in the same oppressive attitudes that create villains like Spinner or marginalize people like Shoji. Instead, his behavior is treated as harmless personality quirks rather than evidence of internalized bigotry.
Because the narrative refuses to acknowledge Bakugouâs prejudice, and instead sanitizes it down to just being a generic asshole, his redemption becomes narrowly focused on one personâIzukuârather than the broader worldview that shaped his actions. His apology is framed as a personal reconciliation, not a reckoning with the ideology that made him believe Izuku was beneath him in the first place. He learns to respect Izuku, but not quirkless people as a group. He never interrogates why he thought quirkless people were worthless, why he told Izuku to kill himself, or why he believed power determined human value. A true redemption arc would require him to confront the societal biases he internalized and perpetuated. Instead, the story shrinks the conflict down to a childhood rivalry.
This narrow focus makes his growth feel soft, incomplete, and unearned. Bakugouâs arc should have been about dismantling quirk supremacy within himselfârecognizing that worth is not determined by power, flashiness, or combat potential. It should have involved him apologizing not just to Izuku, but to the classmates he demeaned, the people he dismissed, and the system he upheld. Instead, the narrative treats his cruelty as a personal flaw rather than a symptom of a discriminatory society. By refusing to engage with the political and social implications of his behavior, the story lets him off the hook.
The result is a redemption that feels artificially sanitized. Bakugou is never held accountable by his peers, who treat his aggression as normal or even admirable. Teachers ignore his discriminatory language, which is extremely egregious in Aizawa's case because he too was discriminated against because of his quirk (you'd think he'd feel more sympathy for Izuku đ). The narrative frames him as a prodigy with a temper, not someone whose beliefs actively harm marginalized groups. This lack of external pressure means his growth happens in a vacuum, he changes because the plot needs him to, not because he is forced to confront the consequences of his worldview. Without that confrontation, his redemption feels shallow.
A final issue that I think undermines Bakugouâs redemption is the uncomfortable implication that he only begins to treat Izuku as a person once Izuku gains power. If Izuku had remained quirkless, nothing in Bakugouâs behavior, or the narrativeâs framing, suggests he would have ever reconsidered his beliefs. Bakugouâs respect is conditional, granted only when Izuku becomes strong enough to threaten his worldview and challenge his superiority. That means Bakugouâs âgrowthâ is about acknowledging someone who has climbed into a tier of power he already respects. This reinforces the very ideology that made him abusive in the first place, the belief that strength determines value. Instead of dismantling that mindset, the story rewards it by giving Izuku a powerful quirk and allowing Bakugou to âgrowâ without ever having to confront how he would treat someone who stayed powerless. His redemption, therefore, feels contingent and hollow, because it is built on Izuku changing, not Bakugou changing.
Also, if you really think about it, quirklessness can be seen as an allegory for ableism in the way that Izuku is unable to live as most people due because of an ability he lacks. From what little we can gage from Izuku's backstory, quirkless people face systemic discrimination, limited career options, social stigma, and are treated as inherently lesser or incapable. In that context, Bakugouâs treatment of Izuku isnât just bullying or insecurity; it's textbook ableism. This is not a good look đŹ.
In conclusion, Bakugouâs redemption falls flat because it refuses to address the truth: he was a bigot, shaped by a society that values strength and marginalizes the powerless. His arc should have been about unlearning that ideology, not simply apologizing to the one person he hurt the most. By reducing his growth to a single relationship, the story avoids the harder, more meaningful work of challenging quirk supremacy. And because Hori is so damn afraid of his pet looking bad, he accidently created a bigoted character and doesn't see anything wrong with that.
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Naruto hot take, NaruSaku would've been a better pairing with more thematic potential compared to NaruHina. Specifically because the parallels and contrasts with my favorite doomed ship, Jiraiya/Tsunade.
Like, please remember that Naruto's vow to bring Sasuke back was not because of Sasuke, but because of his love for Sakura. A lot of Naruto's motivations beyond wanting acceptance were based in his love for Sakura and it developed beyond that, yes, but it was there!
And it would've been amazing to see both Naruto and Sakura grow out of their obsessions. Naruto's with Sakura and Sakura's with Sasuke. Then we get the "fake confession" scene that is never revisted and whenever I think about it, I get so annoyed. Even if wr just get a followup convo where they remain friends would have been nice, but you cannot give me the potential to see new gen JiraiTsuna together AND make them comparable to Minato and Kushina, another ship that was so good within the series.
And side tanget time about Hinata that will get me flack - we as a fandom only started liking her because of the fillers and because she was being pushed so heavily outside of the main story. Because revisiting Naruto has made me realize Naruto and Hinata have no proper romance story together. And Hinata, while an interesting character, never became a proper love interest until Kishimoto got backlash for the confession scene by his asshole fans.
Again, NaruSaku legit mirrors and contrasts two of the best ships within the story and would've added major narrative impact and character drama. Why would you give us Jiraiya/Tsunade and Minato/Kushina, but then not give us Naruto/Sakura without any narrative reasoning to do so?
Got asked by a friend what's the worst canonized ship of all time imo.
Made worse by the series having good romances in it (Shikamaru and Temari having TWO SCENES in the manga and more chemistry that SasuSaku is an insult) (also Tsunade and Jiraiya, god I wish they had more scenes) and lowkey having to ruin what little growth Sakura got to make this relationship work in the first place. Sakura and Sasuke weren't even FRIENDS, barely even acquaintances with Sasuke never actually acknowledging her existence positively.
Seriously, the depth of Sakura's obsession with Sasuke was legit "he's so cool." Nothing feels genuine on either of their ends and so having them together in Boruto just feels like a massive insult to Sakura and Sasuke (but especially to Sakura).
And this is only mildly fueled by me thinking that making Sasuke and Naruto a couple would've been more tolerable (I like Naruto and Hinata together, but if Sasuke is gonna be with someone, it should've been Naruto or some random woman he chose solely to restore his clan - hell, give him a harem considering he's one of few characters that has some legitimate reasons to have one).
Side tangent, Naruto as a franchise sometimes feels like a yaoi Kishimoto didn't have the balls to follow through with.
To then have SasuSaku together and have Sasuke be NONEXISTENT in his daughter's and wife's lives is just a kick in the teeth that wasn't needed. Sakura deserved to be with someone that actually cares about her and Sasuke needs to continue growing as a person (and both he and Naruto deserved to be good and present fathers, why the hell did Kishimoto make them fifty shades of neglectful, that was so unnecessary!)
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