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Okay, this is a little random... but I was just skimming through the Die For Our Ship page on TV Tropes, and where they talk about Naruto, somebody put this:
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Naru/Saku shippers seem to prefer to attack Sakura's mother! She's had about two lines in the anime and has made no appearance in the manga, but Naru/Saku shippers unleash the fury of Hell upon her.
...Anyone else as confused as I am?
I had seen that line and I also got puzzled. I guess it steems from fanfiction. Some of them turn her into a kind of evil demon. But I yet have to see one NaruSaku shipper unleashing the fury of Hell upon her...
Now, I think Sakura's parents regarded Naruto like the rest of the village: he was a demon and he was to be shunned and treated like an outcast. And it's downright possible they told their child he was a bad guy and she was to stay away him. But I doubt they ordered her hating him!
However fanfiction often exaggerates the characters' good and/or bad traits and twists their personalities around in order to fulfill a personal agenda, increasing drama -in a cheap fashion- or lead the plot towards a pre-set outcome.
That's what happens with Sakura's parents. Yet I haven't seen NaruSaku fans picking on them during serious arguments or debates.
Whoever said that about NS fans was biased or misinformed.
By the way... Do you remember what we were arguing about fanarts? Yesterday I saw this pic in Devianart:
NaruSaku by AlgebrawizHow you can see, the second comment is already an anti-NaruSaku barb. The SECOND comment.
One of our members -Ciardha- very kindly and nicely put that basher in his/her place. I'm copying/pasting their argument in here because I think it's interesting -and useful to whoever stumbles upon the "Abuser Sakura" nosense-:
Basher:
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I'll admit this art owns and very good details, but them together won't work. She abuses Naruto and that will someday cause him some serious brain damage or disablilities so meh. Still, love it
Ciardha:
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Oh good grief, Naruto must be your first manga/anime! Look up the term tsundere. (And Sakura has been much more sweet and supportive all along to Naruto than your typical tsundere. Go back and read the manga instead of fanfiction) Tsunade to Jiraiya is much more typical tsundere. It's meant to be taken humorously, to show the female character is not a doormat, but is feisty. It's meant to show this is a relationship of equals. Kishimoto has had several male characters say that is the ideal woman a man strives for. And note, the only living couple that are parents of one of the Konoha 11 Kishimoto has shown is just such a pairing Shikamaru's parents- Shikaku and Yoshino.
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x_x ughm...ok? I was just saying my point of view. As detailed and good argument u said, it doesn't relate to how Sakura is with Naruto. U'r just telling me that men have taste in women and some are good matches and stuff. But those tastes can be decived and thus Naruto doesn't know any better between a gentle loving girl like Hinata and an abusive hardcore girl like Sakura. Forget Tsunade shes to old, and everyone else is just fill ins lol
Ciardha:
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Oh good grief- read more manga. It's meant to funny, it's purely symbolic showing she's fiesty, not abusive.
It's a trope just like the passive fangirl like Hinata. And hate to break it to you but Hinata's got plenty of negatives- she has no concern about the welfare of her sensei, who stood up to her father for her sake, and Hinata was her favorite student who she cared deeply for. Yet she never expresses any concern for Kurenai, didn't even visit her when Asuma died, didn't have a second of concern for Kurenai when Konoha was attacked, and Kurenai is in her late months of pregnancy. She has no concern for her sister Hanabi either, but Hanabi does for her.
Compare that to Sakura, she's very worried about Tsunade, and showed her concern during the attack on Konoha too. She also saved a little girl- Tami from the giant centipede attacking Konoha during Pain's attack, and spoke gently to the frightened hurt child while she healed her.
Hinata has never shown any concern or emotional bonds to any females, and that's meant to be seen as negative telling point.
This is Kishimoto's subtle take on the negative of the type Hinata portrays. Just as Sakura is a much more gentle, kindhearted character than the usual of her type.
Hinata also has never done anything for Naruto's emotional support, standing around and watching being sad for Naruto does absolutely nothing for him. Sakura who you call "an abusive hardcore girl" has been there for Naruto from even the start of part 1: chapter 5- frightened that Kakashi was going to kill Naruto she breaks cover (as far as she knows putting her own life in grave danger) and cries out for Naruto to flee. Chunin exams written test, she has come to value Naruto's goal of becoming Hokage as highly as he does, because it means so much to him, no thoughts of her own goals much less how Sasuke might react, she begins to raise her hand to knock them out of the exams so Naruto can take the exams again and someday fulfill his dream of becoming Hokage, that's just two of several examples during part 1 of the manga. In part 2 she's constantly been there for him. She also has trust in him, she worries but she trusts him- that's a core part of real love. Hinata has no trust in Naruto, she worries about him, but she has no trust in him.
Kishimoto is trying to show readers like you that real love is complex and grows over time like Naruto and Sakura's relationship. It's not simplistic worshipping/adoration like Sakura and Ino's feelings for Sasuke in part 1, Hinata's for Naruto's in part 1 and 2, and Lee's for Sakura in part 1 (subtly in part 2)
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..........Idk why I read it all...but 2x the holy crap...
Can u note me pls? I've never met such a strong willed girl to advise such solid proof, I have no fun in arguing but learning from what u said was amazing impressive 5/5 lol!
Ciardha:
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I just get annoyed with Sakura bashing, and point out what's actually in the manga.
How all of us do, friend.
(Ciardha, if you're reading this and you don't like I copied/pasted your discussion, warn me and I'll edit my post).
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