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And also, it doesn't really help with the Hashimada lovechild accusations. But fr, the Hashirama genes came in strong. Just look at Obito!

Tall. Has Mokuton. Amazing social mask that fools almost everyone by disguising his inherent menace with ridiculousness and copious amounts of false whimsy. As soon as he flips the switch though, that's Madara's boy through and through. Being all angsty while aura farming, serving cunt, giving legendary doomed speeches and ripping through hordes of experienced Shinobi like it's nothing.

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NOPE

They kissed in the third episode! IN THE THIRD EPISODE! And they kept up that tension, teetering right on the edge of plausible deniability. The show itself keeps adding fuel to the fire with the way Naruto talks about Sasuke, making you look around, desperate to ask anyone, "Are you seeing what I’m seeing?"

And the fandom answers in chorus, “YES!”

Even if you couldn't care less about either of them, you still find yourself seething with a quiet rage, just wanting the show to finally admit that this goes way beyond the boundaries of heterosexuality. But Kishimoto is like, Hahaha, nope! They're going to have wives! :P

And on top of it all, you have to sit through HashiMada, who, in their short appearance, almost outgayed the main gay couple. Madara simply cannot shut up about how great Hashirama is, and Hashirama, with his "gift from the divine" and that GIANT STATUE OF MADARA!.. Oh, sure, Mr. "I want your likeness carved into the cliff," you wanted to do that as a symbol of protection, and not because you wanted to see Madara's face every single goddamn day!

By this point, you’re practically on your knees begging Kishimoto to just admit that the thing he actually wants to do is write gay drama.

Oh, and don't tell me it was all an accident, that Kishimoto didn't know what he was doing. That it's "just an intense interpretation of friendship." The man who drew this knew exactly what he was doing: