I feel that you are taking that one incident way too seriously. Again, all your arguments are based entirely on logic.
Its my opinion that all words/incidents SHOULD NOT be analysed logically. That's what I said in my previous post and its what I say again.
Yes, because that's what this incident in the manga is about. It concerns the logic behind Guy's decision to commit suicide for the sake of his personalised, self-obsessed connection with Lee. I know this might come across as ludicrous to some, but the level of heedless fanaticism that his quote reflected during that conversation reminded me somewhat of Naruto's resolution to die with Sasuke if he couldn't be saved in time during their battle. That statement just flew in the face of every relationship that he's ever had with anyone, including his love for Sakura, and the hopes that were resting on his shoulders(excluding Itachi's). Again, their deaths would not impact just them, many people would be suffering as a result.
Looking at this situation from a strictly emotional point of view, I would still argue that Guy's decision is bringing about more harm than good for other people. I'm sure the rest of his squad has at least developed a grudging respect for him throughout the many adventures they've doubtlessly had with each other. And what about Kakashi's fondness for Guy - the deep-rooted understanding that they've had for each other since Guy first branded Kakashi as his rival when they were children? Is Lee really worth leaving all of these other connections and the grief that will be inevitably felt behind?
Its not even as if Gai died. To analyse this so much?! I'm sure there have been a number of times many other characters have said words based on emotion and not logic.
I just referenced a moment above that fits your criteria. My disapproval remains the same. In fact, it might even be worst given the nature of the various relationships that Naruto has with other people besides Sasuke.
Guy's death would be a waste (except to Lee), Naruto's is a tragedy that has no intrinsic value to anyone besides a man who doesn't appreciate the sacrifice being made for him.
Why is Gai being judged so harshly for that one incident which, you know, actually ended up helping Lee? There were no negative consequences.
I think his favouritism holds qualities that are negatively impactful, simple as that.
Because of the plot. Sakura was supposed to be weak and she was supposed to feel as though she was completely useless to the team.
Because of this very reason she approaches Tsunade at the end of part 1.
You're describing the underlying motive for Kishi to withhold training and screen time from Sakura. From an in-universe perspective, this negligence still reflects poorly on Kakashi's teaching abilites because of his unwillingness to do anything to help better one of the core members of his squad. How do you think this would have impacted the cohesion of the team if she can't even recognise the blurs that her teammates have become?
Ahhh! What does it matter? They're already so far above everyone else that Naruto's clones could probably offer better support than Sakura or Kakashi.
He did not focus on Sakura because at that moment, in that limited time period, he had to focus on Sasuke and teach him the Chidori.
Sakura did not even make it past preliminaries. There was no immediate necessity to train her. And did Sakura even have any sort of desire to become a strong ninja at that point?
I don't remember her approaching Kakashi and requesting him to train her. Naruto did so but Sakura did not.
I don't recall Kakashi needing to stand next to Naruto when he was being taught how to properly harness his element. Even when you factor in their similar styles and the Chidori being a completely different technique than anything Sasuke had ever used up until that point, much of the time spent would have been just practice. You mean to tell me that Kakashi couldn't reallocate a small bit of that time where he was just monitoring Sasuke's efforts towards giving Naruto and Sakura some instruction of their own?
Let's not forget that Kakashi wasn't even approached by Sasuke for training until a week or two after the one month hiatus had started. Kakashi should be offering to train Sakura for the simple reason that he's her teacher, it's expected that he'll play a part in her growth. It's a much better use of his free time than lounging about reading Jiraiya's books.
Kakashi did not focus on Naruto because Jiraiya told him that he would train Naruto.
During the Chuunin exams.
When Itachi and Kisame come to capture Naruto and they confront Kakashi, there's a flashback where this is shown.
Remember Jiraiya teaching Naruto the summoning jutsu before his fight against Neji? And also teaching Naruto to use Kurama's chakra?
I'm looking over the flashback in question, and there's no specific date for when the conversation took place. Naruto continued receiving training from Jiraiya after the Chunin Exams and there's a window of time between the Sound/Sand Invasion and Search for Tsunade arcs that's unaccounted for.