the past
Looking sideways when I say I’m okay with the past,
But I’m afraid of what I might say if you ask.
— The Grey, Bad Omens
Naruto feels weird in the village.
For a while he tried to convince himself that he holds no grudges against the villagers:
the villagers who shunned the kid who wanted to feel seen, visible;
the villagers who didn't even try to understand what it's like to be him, to live alone in that shit-hole of an apartment, to never have anyone to help him cook, clean, live, even.
The villagers who changed so quickly, so hypocritically when they needed him.
Now, when he steps into the street, he's a hero who saved them. He deserves the recognition, the smiles, the cheers and the status of a human being.
Inside though, he still feels like a monster. An abomination who doesn’t deserve a single kind word, hell, even a sideways glance.
***
A lady, old as the world smiles at him. She has a small flower shop right across the street from the worn-down building he lives in. The building dedicated for orphans, outcasts like him. He still hadn’t moved from there, by the way. That’s his place, after all.
The day is bright, yet Naruto doesn’t see any colors. The flowers glistening in the sun - the lady just watered them - all blend in together. Naruto chances a look at her face and it starts morphing into a disgusted grimace: the one he saw every day, coming home humiliated and beaten down.
He smiles back.
***
He is finally training to become Hokage, did you know? He is doing a great job too. Everybody thought he would be too dumb to wrap his head around politics, and diplomacy, and international relations - but that’s, surprisingly, not the hardest thing about this whole spiel. The thing is, he doesn’t see the point.
Living with the need to prove himself his whole life, wanting to become a Hokage to show them, Naruto wants none of it anymore.
One step short of his lifelong dream coming true, and he wakes up with a clear thought that you know what?
Fuck them all.
He packs his bag and leaves. To a place where he will be a human, and nothing more than that.
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Lookism cast as anime characters
James Lee as a My Hero Academia character:
• the Sparkles TM
• unexpected reveal award
Gun: unholy mix of
and
• acknowledged strongest
• heir of famed Japanese clan
• teacher
• who left him near children
• fighting pervert
• sunglasses to cover the eyes of dominance
• too-hot-to-hate controversy
• everybody's out to get him
• definitely can, has or will destroy your favorite character
Manager Kim as a Jujutsu Kaisen character:
• Too tired for this bullshit
Jay Hong as a Fairy Tail Character:
Sally Park as a One Piece character:
Samuel Seo:
• Evil version be like: I want to be the n°1's son
Also Samuel:
• His dream was to be a Sasuke
• why didn't you notice me sensei
• rags-to-riches but illegal story
• team leader in an evil organization
Vasco as a Naruto Character:
• too much energy
• 0% talent, 100% work out
• kicks the geniuses' ass
• sold last brain cell for muscles mass
• care for his friends
• awkward at dating
• wear a one-piece overall
• dress like his master
Johan Seong as a Bungo Stray Dogs character:
• badass
• foul mouth
• everybody gangsta till he walks in
• disrespected but acknowledged
• ultimate one-man army
• switch between ally/enemy
• like dogs
Ryuhei Kuroda as a Seven Deadly Sins character:
• simp
• blond
• pervert goofball up until he gets serious
• badassery was not expected from him
Jake Kim as a Naruto character:
• charismatic leader
• stoopid
• outgoing personality
• legendary dead dad
• bullied when he was young by people who later became his subordinates
• growth type
• fight to protect his home
• Sasuke come home pls
Yenna Jang as a Demon Slayer character:
• smoll
• must protect
• reason to live
• hands exist to forfeit all mortal possessions to her
Daniel Park as a Bungo Stray Dogs character:
• poor
• who dragged such a pure boi into this mess
• traumatized
• black out berserker mode in a different body
• does investigations
• get kidnapped
• protect the boy- oh he kicked their ass
• when did my son get so strong I'm proud
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