the whole story of naruto is absolutely insane when it comes to sns but the bridge scene in shippuden really takes the cake. look at how they stare each other - sasuke was too busy holding narutoās gaze and forgot about kakashi coming up behind him:
kakashi and sakura both wanted to try and kill sasuke because they thought he was too far gone, didnāt even bother trying to understand him, yetĀ naruto doesnāt even care if obito was lying or not. naruto didnāt even need confirmation.
and sasukeās annoyed by this - how could naruto say that? even kakashi and sakura couldnāt believe it.Ā
so sasuke says whatās on his mind. he tells them he killed danzo and his plans for the future.
kakashi thinks sasukeās too far gone - which is so hypocritical of him considering his wholeĀ āpeople who abandon their comrades are worse than scumā spiel - and wants to kill him. kakashi also drags sakura chosen method of killing sasukeĀ āwow sakura you think a poison kunai would do the job?ā - so much for sakura being intelligent.
even karin, who was absolutely obsessed with sasuke seemed to āgive upā on him.
not naruto though. naruto didnāt care one bit about sasuke killing danzo. didnāt even react to it.Ā literally almost everyone was against sasuke except naruto. and look at narutoās expression:
naruto tells sasuke that their roles couldāve been reversed and they they go to another plane of existence where only they can talk and read each otherās hearts. man you canāt make this stuff up.
then naruto starts spouting poetry about how he wanted to get to be friends with sasuke when they were little, yet because sasuke was so good at everything naruto was jealous so he made him his rival instead.Ā āYou were my goal.ā Wow okay this is totally normal⦠imagine someone saything to you. they liked you so much and thought you were so cool that you become their goal.Ā
āIām happy happy I knew you!āĀ yeah okay this is totally normal. naruto, who was alone and shunned and treated so cruelly, was happy he met sasuke because he made his days less bleak. he made him happy. and the best part of this is that sasuke felt exactly the same (vote2 monologue).
and then look at the cover of the next chapter - N.S. Okay Kishimoto okayā¦
then naruto says itās all clear. kakashi has no clue whatās going on. neither does sakura. again, the only member of team 7 that tried to understand sasuke was naruto. Kishimoto always kept the others at armās length. sakura was likeĀ āthe truth about itachi?ā yet we never see that go anywhere. kakashi knew the truth and still didnāt care.Ā
sns are in their own world. and look at these beautiful panels (thanks Kishimoto).
example number 2 of sns being in their own world - everyoneās likeĀ āman common letās go homeā and then narutoās like: wait no sasuke i need to tell u smthā¦. sasuke: ofc naruto go onā¦.
and then naruto closes his eyes, points to his heart, and asks sasuke if he can read whatās inside his heart. sir? sir!? likeĀ ācan you see whatās in my soul? can you read my innermost thoughts?ā
then naruto proposes the romantic suicide pact with sasuke.
again, sasuke grinds his teeth like he did at the beginning. why is naruto so fixated on him? why would naruto go so far for him? why does naruto keep messing up his plans, over and over and over again, when literally everyone elseĀ āgave upā on him?
sasuke looks so vulnerable here⦠sasuke told naruto that no matter what naruto says he wouldnāt change his mind - yetĀ after everything that sasukeās been through naruto still finds a way to touch his heart regardless.Ā also naruto why are you so happy at the prospect of being together with sasuke in the afterlife? hmm⦠forget being hokage, his lifelong dream, which pales in comparison next to his desire to be with sasuke.
karin and kakashi are likeĀ āwhat did we just witness rn?ā and then sasuke smirks.
and then naruto says heāll wait for sasuke as opposed to chase him - their relationshipās dynamic changed once again.
anw the bridge scene was just⦠very sns-y.