I just read this in case no one has poated it yet
from TakL on NF
I think this finally answers that yes The Haruno are a ninja clan though not one of note
Which is exactly what I always thought. Sakura has a ninja family crest, which her mother wears the adult form of on her long tunic. (like the Nara clan there is a juvenile clan symbol and an adult clan symbol, the fact Sakura still wears the juvenile form on her clothes is a subtle visual reinforcement that Mebuki and Kazashi don't want to let go of seeing Sakura as their little girl, not a young adult like the other kids of higher ranked ninja clans- being higher ranked the expectations of the kids to step up and become Jonin too are high. Sakura's parents, likely both just Chunin have no such expectations. Sakura made Chunin, the same as them, as they see Jonin ninja's lives as extremely dangerous and their fears about that would make them want to keep their precious little girl from. They don't realize Sakura has already been fighting on Jonin level missions, she qualifies as a Jonin, something her parents never did. They don't realize their little girl is a now a powerhouse Jonin level ninja (the fight with Sasori, and her easy one punch takedown of the giant centipede- that even Jonin level ninja were fleeing from and the astonished reactions of said ninja when she did kill it so easily, proves she is an elite level ninja). Even adult ninja treat her as if she was a Jonin already- ie when she orders the evacuation of all remaining ninja in Konoha during the Kyuubified Naruto's fight with Pain, and when she takes charge of the medic ninja during the battle with the Zetsu, her orders are followed immediately even by adult ninja amongst who there would have been Jonin. Shizune is Jonin and is the leader of the medic ninja but she treats Sakura as her equal and if both are there tends to let Sakura take the leadership role.
So yeah you can see why Sakura would feel angry that her parents refused to give their permission in the movie to becoming a Jonin. But as a 40 something (even though I don't have kids myself) I can understand a parent not wanting to let go of the idea that they are protecting their child from danger. But they have to let go of that role now, just like real world parents of soldiers have to.
It's not just living Naruto's life of the emotional devastation having no loving parents to come home to it's seeing the danger that a high ranked ninja faces that her parents fear for her, while Naruto gets a small taste of the not so happy side of having parents when you are on the cusp of adulthood as well as the good- Kushina's very hot tempered disciplining of him like he still was a child and then Minato's very bad response to Naruto when Sakura is in danger (perhaps this is reflective of Kazashi's mindset- why he never qualified to be a Jonin) Naruto acts worse to his parents when he gets them than Sakura is to hers, even though Minato and Kushina are much nicer parents than Sakura's. (at least Kushina is much nicer a mom than Mebuki, Minato and Kizashi seem kind of a draw, but Minato is much cooler than Sakura's pretty dorky dad.
If you look at it from Kizashi and Mebuki's mindset they probably think the elite Jonin clan parents are being terrible parents by actually pushing their children to become Jonin like themselves. They probably wonder how much those Jonin parents actually love their children. They probably wonder if those parents just see their children as their replacements.
I don't think so, ciardha. At best, it's kind of iffy. For all we know, their symbol could be a random symbol, proof??
Here:
See that milk carton?? you get what I mean?? TakL only said that Kizashi didn't make it to Jounin, they didn't say they were from a clan.
The person talks about how they loved the humor in the movie. The movie is about Naruto and Sakura. Naruto wish about his parents and Sakura's thoughts about her parents get come to life in an extreme way. Naruto and Sakura's feelings are explored and how they get to experience the sort of life each other has and deal with those painful feelings. (so yeah, it's not just Sakura that gets a true understanding for how Naruto feels without parents but Naruto learns some understanding of Sakura's relationship with her parents) Sakura's battle scenes were cool. The reviewer says they liked the last battle scene, even the parts Sakura wasn't in. Sakura is heroic, which the reviewer says is how they think is how she always is. The reviewer thought the scene where Hinata called Sakura "tiny breasted" was hilarious. The reviewer says it is better the to have that scene near the beginning of the movie with a hint of tension between Naruto and Sakura that it's important to the story. (meaning it's important that they both have to start out not understanding the other, and Naruto is just as guilty of not understanding Sakura as Sakura is Naruto.) "Kishimoto is indeed a sensei!" The only thing this reviewer didn't like was the animation was poor in spots, some was beautiful but the bad was worse than TV anime.
So yeah, it's not just Sakura that gets a true understanding for how Naruto feels without parents, but Naruto learns some understanding of Sakura's somewhat troubled relationship with her parents.
*Sigh* and I was hoping they'd have the same quality of animation as Shippuden 3, considering how bad the animation in the anime is right now.
Ah, I begin to see even more why that Japanese reviewer really liked the last battle. Heroic Sakura indeed.
Now, if only we can see that replicated in the manga so that those bashers shut up for good
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Also, on another topic, interesting that in order to become Jounin, you have to have parental consent (if you're underage, it seems). It also speaks volumes about Neji too. Neji becoming a Jounin must have been extremely symbolic for him, because it just shows how much trust Hiashi has in him. In fact, it looks Hiashi is grooming him to be the next clan head.
And I think Shikamaru has already been promoted to Jounin just shortly before the war. If you consider Shikaku's nature, it's likely he waited until Shikamaru matured enough. After Asuma's death we've seen him finally mature, so I think that finally convinced Shikaku to give his consent and recommendation to Tsunade. Not only that, they were already planning to have him become one of the commanders, so they figured the time was now. If Naruto was going to be promoted to Jounin, I think that legally, Tsunade would be the one to give her consent, not only because she's the Hokage, but also because she's the only living relative he has left.
Edited by Codus N, 30 July 2012 - 06:30 AM.
