#anyway this has been Naruto Opinions with JJ

[4ragon]

Oh please please tell me your thoughts about sasuke

Okay listen, quick disclaimer, Naruto was my entire childhood and I stand by it being an amazing show-and-manga despite its flaws. It has a wonderful cast of interesting and multifaceted characters, it's fun and heartfelt and it's just such a formative piece of who I am as a person.

But I fucking hate Sasuke Uchiha with every fiber of my being I want to break all the bones in his body with a box full of increasingly comically sized hammers.

And like! There are worse things about Naruto I could complain about. I have a lot of Naruto opinions in fact! Hell, if one of you just went into my inbox and typed the words Sakura Haruno I'd probably black out and wake up to 20 years worth of pent up rage at Masashi Kishimoto's inability to write women that I'd up written in some sort of fugue state.

But the fact of the matter is that Sasuke Uchiha fills me with a sort of deep and all-consuming fury that makes me go completely feral because I just hate that little asshole so much and I want to kick his ass with my bare hands.

And like. Listen. If you like Sasuke, that's fine! If you're some sort of Sasuke Apologist (/j), I understand and I respect you. And I've at least come to appreciate some of the nuances of Sasuke's character arc, of how it mirrors Naruto's arc in a way that showcases a flawed worldview fueled by pain and betrayal and heartbreak.

And to be fair, I haven't really rewatched the show since I finished it the first time, and maybe I will learn to appreciate him if I just give him another chance.

But man. I just. I fucking hate him, guys.

He's just so boring. He's boring! This man is so boring and the story tries to make up for it by pretending he's like the most amazing guy in the world but he's not! His only two character traits are that he's angry and also just So Cool, but "cool" in a way where most of the time he's never actually phased about anything and everyone in the story bends over backwards to be obsessed with how amazing he is. And there's nothing else! There's nothing else there! It's like the universe believes Sasuke's own hype and it expects us to just join its little fantasy world!

Honestly, I think part of my rage comes from how much wasted potential a character like Sasuke has. His backstory is really interesting, and his dynamic with Naruto had so much going for it. I enjoy negative character arcs when done right. And I especially love the character archetype of 'Shitty, standoffish asshole with a heart of gold' but Sasuke doesn't have a heart of gold he's just obnoxiously angry and selfish! He's angsty in a way that just takes any sympathy I have for him and sets it on fire repeatedly. He's a mean spirited asshole who will do the wrong thing Every Single Time even though every character is so hell bent on bringing him home.

There is the makings of a good character in there! There are pieces of Sasuke I enjoy! But I just do not enjoy him as either a villain or an antihero, because when he's a 'villain' he's this flat uninteresting blob with no emotions and a superiority complex, but when he's an antihero there has to be enough there to make him somewhat interesting and sympathetic and Shippuden Sasuke does everything in his power to spit on every single part of Sasuke that I enjoyed.

Anyway I'm going to try to wrap this up now because I try not to be too deeply negative about characters because there's always someone out there who loves them. I know Sasuke is someone's blorbo. But Sasuke is my mortal enemy and someday I will defeat him once and for all. Everyone thinks Naruto is Sasuke's rival, but it's me, JJsADragon.

#i also have not seen boruto #maybe he's better in boruto #i do remember enjoying his wonderful daughter Salad #j #anyway this has been Naruto Opinions with JJ