We are all NaruSaku fans here, let try not to question dovahkiin he saw the movie and we need his opinion, I think his reply will be 100% more accurate than all the spoilers we got since he is an 100% NS fan.
NSML, I wasn't questioning the details he reported from the movie, I was just asking where Mebuki showed any warmhearted feelings toward Sakura, he didn't say, and none of the movie summaries we've seen said anyything about that. One of the movie summarizers on NF said that Mebuki mocked Sakura publically about her lack of household skills (that makes me feel slightly better if that person on NF was lying).
But the point does still stand with manga evidence and also evidenced in Mebuki's lack of warmth toward Sakura in the Road to Sakura special, that Mebuki was a tsuntsun mother not a tsundere mother. It's distinctly not normal for a child to be that tearful and frightened of everyone with a crushing lack of self-esteem. (One only has to look at Hinata to see another, but less extreme example of this playing out because of an uber critical parent who doesn't believe in their child. Remember what Minato says to Naruto in the manga about parents supporting and believing in their children. We also have Sakura's hint that her inner self's persona was created to survive - from who? I think the answer points back to Mebuki, who was far too harsh and critical to Sakura, probably because, despite the fact she loves her husband, Sakura was too much like Kizashi, which unfortunately created a vicious circle, (until Ino helps Sakura develop the foundation of her strength) Mebuki even says in Road to Sakura- Sakura is "like her father"... I think, and it sounds like dovahkiin touches on, Kizashi is a passive parent who didn't stand up for Sakura when Mebuki was tearing into Sakura, but as kind of hinted at in Road to Sakura, Kizashi has a compassionate nature and would try to make his upset daughter feel better by telling really corny jokes, and buying her things afterwards.
Mebuki shows her lack of belief and support of Sakura by refusing to give the permission for Sakura to become Jonin. Kazashi doesn't stand up for Sakura, so it makes her feel neither parent believes in her or supports her. This is why Sakura developed a mother/daughter like bond with Tsunade. Tsunade believes in and supports Sakura. Tsunade took the role Mebuki is unable to. Tsunade doesn't mollycoddle Sakura, she trained her hard, but she believed Sakura had the capabilities, and Sakura showed she did. (Sakura's bond with Tsunade is meant to parallel Naruto's with Jiraiya's- except Tsunade was a more dedicated teacher. Tsunade got Sakura to be confident in her abilities, and built on her self-esteem at the same time.) The master-student bond, if the student is a child, if healthy, does replicate a good parent/child bond...
So perhaps Mebuki has a strong will with lack of compassion while Kizashi has strong compassion but a weak will. Sakura gradually became strong willed but also has her father's strong compassion, the blend of those two things created the "will of fire" in Sakura her parents lack.
Edited by ciardha, 14 August 2012 - 12:47 AM.
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