Paptala your post is full of win you're awesome!
Thanks so much! ^__^
paptala, awesome post....
You're so right about Hinata being inspired by Naruto and basing her love him off that as wrong (or NH shippers using that as proof). Lots and lots of people were inspired by Naruto: Neji, Lee, Shika, Tsunade.... And even in Sakura's confession she says that so many people see him as their hero, and she's just one of them. But it's not why she loves him. However for Hinata that's one of the biggest reasons. Which, as you said, is not love at all.
Exactly – NH fans that I’ve spoken with seem to believe that the way Naruto changed Hinata’s life and inspired her is something unique to only her relationship with Naruto when that is his basis with every relationship that he has in the series – hell, he’s even inspired Kabuto in a weird and twisted way.
It’s just the kind of person that Naruto is (as Temari said, “You[Naruto] have the power to change people,”)
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And you're right about the really subtle use of jealousy as a motivator. Sakura does realize Hinata made some kind of big sacrifice for Naruto. It's debatable whether she knew about the confession (the translations are a bit weird, I mean), but she certainly understood the intent. And yeah, I tend to agree that it didn't sit well with her. We don't know what Sakura was thinking about when she healed Hinata, but it is clear that by the time Naruto returns she had been thinking about him, his role and how others (at least Hinata, but probably more people) saw him. Hinata's strong feelings may have brought to the surface some strong feelings of her own. Not through jealousy, in the traditional sense, but through comparison. Sometime the feelings of others have a way of shedding light on our own hidden feelings.
Exactly, especially in regards to the last line you wrote – though I’m not so sure that its necessarily much of a motivator for the characters involved, so much as another subtle way Kishimoto is showing the relationship dynamics in the series.
I find it telling that you can find little hints that all tie in together over the course of the series like that, things that subtly support the idea that Naruto and Sakura are the ones that are going to get together at the end of the series.
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And I think the same about Sasuke with Naruto and Sasuke, however it is more jealousy in the traditional sense. Sasuke was keenly aware when Sakura noticed Naruto besting him at something. There were a few times, but the biggest was on the rooftop I think, when Sasuke said Naruto saved her from Gaara and she turns her gaze to Naruto. Sasuke is clearly pissed. He's jealous of Naruto, and I think he's jealous of the drop in attention. Not that he wants Sakura's love, but that he expects it. And for Sakura to love Naruto would mean that Naruto was better than him. So I think jealousy was another motivator in those relationships.
It’s easy to see that Sasuke was jealous over Naruto’s quick growth and progress – though how much of that specifically has to do with Sakura’s attention to him is debatable. It’s odd that he would be jealous over Naruto getting the attention from Sakura that he normally gets when he was the one to insist that Naruto saved her and how she hasn’t seen the real him. Moreover, Sakura was giving him her undivided attention at the moment his jealousy and frustration reached the boiling point; in which he lashed out at Sakura, and then Naruto.
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But it's so important to note that Naruto was never jealous of Sakura's love for Sasuke. He was hurt, and motivated to win her affection, but never jealous. He never condemned her for loving him or acted like he was less of a person for her choosing Sasuke. Which is unconditional love, right from the start, even though he'd never had any.
And this carries through to the confession too, as you've said. That Naruto thinks she's hiding something. He doesn't condemn her love, just questions her motives.
The only time I can recall Naruto being jealous over Sakura with another guy(though maybe it was more a general disgruntlement) is the time in the FoD where Lee promised that the next time they met he would be a stronger man and Sakura smiled back at him.
Other than that, Naruto was more jealous of Sasuke upstaging him in general.
And I do agree that Naruto’s love is very unconditional and pure – he has seen Sakura at her best and at her worst over the years and still loves her. The same goes for Sakura to Naruto – I feel that the love she has shown Naruto is incredibly selfless as opposed to her love for Sasuke, which Kishi deemed “genuine” but “selfish”.
paptala and tricksie, wonderful thoughts, I love reading your posts!
Thanks so much! ^__^
Oh, I have a question: about this nindo stuff, so... didn't Hinata just copied Naruto's?? She heard him saying it out loud and: bang! this is my nindo too now... : mellow :
Yeah, pretty much. Sharing the same nindo is not nearly as impressive or grand a thing once you realize that she didn’t have that nindo until she saw that Naruto had it. That’s emulating someone, not sharing a deep commonality.
2) Paptela Thank you for first reading my entire post and secondly critiquing in an amazing fashion
No problem! I love debating and discussing NaruSaku and Naruto pairings in general : - )
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3) The Narusaku moments you put up aren't loading, but as long as there are moments I'm happy. But are they good and meaningful, like him protecting her,talking to her, hangin out, or something like the Yammato moment?
Some are pretty meaningful, some are pretty minor – but I’ll post them again, this time from a different source and they should work : - )
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4) Paptela u said you could see sakura with someone else, could u elaborate, because that is not good news.
It’s not so much that I think Sakura is going to end up with someone else, as much as I can see it as a minor possibility. A very minor possibility.
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5) Just out of curiosity is Naruto coming to an end?
The manga will likely continue for another year or two, as far as I can tell.
I just realize that there is a misconception with the word "The Big 3", it's suppose to be NaruSaku, NaruSasu & SasuSaku because is all about Team 7 and NH is only a secondary pairing not relative to the story (it can almost be seen as fanmade).
I completely agree – the romantic subplot is focused around the Team 7 love triangle. Hinata’s feelings are a minor addition that I feel plays very little part in the actual team 7 relationships.
Was she mentioned or brought up during any NaruSaku or SasuSaku or SasuNaru moments? No – because she has nothing to do with either of those relationships. The ONLY one that Hinata was a small part of was her smile during the hug, which I feel was Hinata’s answer to her confession for the readers benefit – she knew how Naruto felt for Sakura, and is simply happy that he will be happy.
Edited by Paptala, 27 April 2011 - 12:52 AM.