i HAVE to talk about the last five minutes of the episode ‘the end of tears’ post vote1
after naruto and sasuke’s battle, kakashi comes and picks up naruto. pakkun and him decide that taking care of naruto is a priority right now.
at the same time sasuke is worn out, his chakra is so depleted that he’s trudging through the forests, taking small steps. clearly in pain, clutching his left shoulder. it is pouring. very very heavily. c already made a post talking about how sasuke’s pain is often depicted in the series using the rain. and it’s so important in this scene particularly.
as sasuke is walking alone away from the battle scene, he keeps getting haunting memories of his parents, and of itachi. there’s a moment between all this when naruto’s eyes open for the first time. at the same exact second, sasuke turns his head back towards the direction where naruto is, almost as though he sensed him waking up. because they’re so deeply connected. insane.
he turns back around, closes his eyes and genuinely looks so in pain from everything that happened today, everything he did to naruto, everything he felt he had to do to him. i can’t explain the state i am in, the state of my heart, he was my best friend
the rain continues to pour. and he gets this flashback specific flashback at this point
the insane thing is. the rain stops right in the next second. it’s so sudden- we don’t know what brought about this state of calmness. especially after he’s revisiting one of his most haunting memories.
the scene progression is very quick and we see sasuke say this, addressing itachi
this is the moment he feels like some of his agony and pain is lifted, the moment when a sense of calm returns to his world, at least briefly. it’s when he decides he’s not going to kill his best friend.
the memories of his parents were literally just playing in his head, the pain is always so fresh for him. he knows what’s at stake but after going through his battle with naruto, seeing his best friend unconscious because of him…almost die because of him…he decides he will find another way.
it’s insane to me that people believe sasuke is apathetic towards naruto, and that he genuinely wanted him dead. the narrative could not have been more obvious. the pain of losing naruto that too by his own hands is too great for sasuke. when he walked away from naruto’s body, he made a decision. he didn’t do this on a whim. he made a promise, and he kept it.
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