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[Verilance]

Alright, so I got it mixed up. Sakura's mother is the delinquent. She's a Japanese Yankee, which is like a person with a wild style/personality.
Some images of Yankees:

http://matome.naver....841280410253792

I thought that might be the case especially after seeing her hairdo, on your link there were styles like it

Edited by Verilance, 23 June 2012 - 03:06 PM.

[choco2]

The gist of that article is that he (Kishi) wanted to create a story where Naruto could have the happy, perfect life he wished for once.

so Naruto must get his friendgirl (Sakura) to have perfect and happy life XD

[Anguyen92]

Though I have to be honest, they do look older than Minato, Kushina, Mikoto, and Kiba's mom. Yoshina and Fugaku maybe look around the same age; but you would seriously expect Sakura's mom to be gorgeous given her canonical pretty face. Ah well, maybe its just a bad picture and they'll look better animated. Even if not, their hinted at personalities seem pretty endearing!

I think the fact that we always see Minato and Kushina in their 30s is somewhat killing our perspective on certain things. I wonder if we see Minato and Kushina aged like another decade or so that could help make our perception on Sakura's parents better.

[TerrorKing]

My thoughts to a T! I'm so happy we FINALLY get to see Sakura's parents (though I still think its weird, and perhaps a little unfair even, that (a) it took so long to finally introduce them, and (b) in an anime movie rather than in the manga or even in the anime series when so many of the other rookies got their families introduced way back in part 1 - hell even SHINO'S dad made an appearance in the manga in part 1 - y u treat ure heroine like this kishi ).

Though I have to be honest, they do look older than Minato, Kushina, Mikoto, and Kiba's mom. Yoshina and Fugaku maybe look around the same age; but you would seriously expect Sakura's mom to be gorgeous given her canonical pretty face. Ah well, maybe its just a bad picture and they'll look better animated. Even if not, their hinted at personalities seem pretty endearing!

Here's definitely hoping for some parental approval/ribbing both ways!

I agree. On one hand, I am extremely happy that, after so many years, we finally get to see Sakura's parents. I've always felt that that was one of the biggest weak points with Sakura's character. The fact that she doesn't have any unique family powers or that she didn't go through some horrible traumatizing incident in her past never really bothered me. In fact, that was what helped endear her to me and it also made her stand out from the rest of Team 7. However, the fact that we knew next to nothing about the main heroine's background just seemed weak, so I am very glad that this issue is finally being adressed.

On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that, out of 500+ chapters, Kishi couldn't some way to introduce her parents. Hell, it didn't even have to be a long complicated family arc, just a few cameo's here and there. Then again, maybe the point of showing us Sakura's parents is solely to introduce some romantic tension, i.e. as a freudian excuse for Sakura's behaviour towards Naruto in part 1 and why she may have developed strong feelings for him throughout part 2.

I also agree about them looking signiticantly older than some of the other rookies parents. Who knows, maybe Sakura isn't an only child. Maybe she has siblings. Like an older sister or an older brother. Be still, my fantard heart!

You can still see that Mebuki and Sakura are mother and daughter though. If you look at the sketch, it's pretty clear that they both have the same body type and facial shape. I'ts just that Mebuki seems older and "harsher", if you know what I mean. But like you said, it could very well be due to bad image quality.

Alright, so I got it mixed up. Sakura's mother is the delinquent. She's a Japanese Yankee, which is like a person with a wild style/personality.
Some images of Yankees:

http://matome.naver....841280410253792

Well I still stand by prediction. Just swap the genders and you're good to go.

Edited by TerrorKing, 23 June 2012 - 03:58 PM.

[redragon88]

Alright, so I got it mixed up. Sakura's mother is the delinquent. She's a Japanese Yankee, which is like a person with a wild style/personality.
Some images of Yankees:

http://matome.naver....841280410253792

Are you conforming 100% that she's described as a yankee or are we speculating she is because of her hairdo?

We I first saw her kind of hair it did remind me of the typical japanese pompadour, but since we were dicussing how the dad might be the delinquent I didn't give it more thought. I still believe she incorporated that hairstyle to hide her forehead.

[K9ofChaos]

For Sakura's Mom's hair, I could see why Ino persuaded Sakura to display her forehead.



As for that Motion Comic that has to do with the two Kurama's fighting, I have a theory about that. Maybe that masked man isn't Tobi but either a redheaded clone of Naruto or that version of Naruto where he is shirtless and has that arm band similar to Sasuke's during the Chunin exam (probably the AU equivelent of Naruto). The jutsu might be a combination of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu (or Ningenjutsu just to be creative (I would think since there's such a thing as Nintaijutsu there'd not only be Ningenjutsu but Gentaijutsu as well (probably a system of primary Jutsu classification (Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and Taijutsu) and secondary Jutsu classification (Ningenjutsu, Gentaijutsu and Nintaijutsu)))) that affects the entire Leaf Village. That would explain why Tobi is in his old Akatsuki outfit instead of his current war gear.



As for the question of whether Sakura's parents are a byproduct of the Genjutsu in question or the real deal, I think this is how it will go. Sakura's parents probably didn't participate in the war so they stayed back at the village along with the other civilians. The movie's villain sets up the Genjutsu around the village which effects everyone (it either creates alternate versions of characters out of thin air or drastically changes their personalities forcefully (with the exception of Sasuke because I'd doubt he'd return to the village that easily if at all)), except for Sakura's parents. The reason being that either both are from the Haruno Clan and therefore immune to Genjutsu or one the mother is the actual Haruno and grants her husband Genjutsu immunity (which I hope is more likely because I like the idea that Sakura's dad had his surname changed when he married his wife better then the thought that Sakura's folks are blood related (I don't care how distantly related they could be, it's still weird and creepy to me) and if Sasuke's parents are distantly related, the less similarities with that Uchiha bastard has with Sakura the better it is for us since then Sasusaku fans have less ammo to make bullsh** theories that those two are destined together or something stupid like that. They then proceed to help out Naruto, Sakura, Minato and Kushina break the Genjutsu, free the Hidden Leaf Village and then defeat whoever is behind this dastardly evil plot.



What do you guys think about my latest theory? Feel free to respond to this post to either add to this theory, fix some stuff that doesn't go together too well or just debate the unlikelihood of this ever happening. Though if you ask me, I would consider this theory to be highly possible to a certain extent, it may not be 100% accurate to the actual plot when the movie finally comes out, but some aspects might be similar considering what information we've been shown. As for the movie's continuity itself, I do genuinely hope that this movie is considered canon like how Strong World is canon in One Piece continuity. That way if Kishi doesn't make a chapter introducing Sakura's parents, he could make up for it by actually having the movie be canon. Though I'd still think a chapter where they at the very least introduce Sakura's folks in a flashback telling her to be careful as she departs for the Allied Shinobi Forces HQ in the Land of Lightning.



That's my whole take on the issue about when and where Sakura's parents should make their first debuts.



Now let us see if Narutopedia has anything to say about Sakura's parents. >:)

Edited by K9ofChaos, 23 June 2012 - 04:20 PM.

[AzureWaters]

Are you conforming 100% that she's described as a yankee or are we speculating she is because of her hairdo?

We I first saw her kind of hair it did remind me of the typical japanese pompadour, but since we were dicussing how the dad might be the delinquent I didn't give it more thought. I still believe she incorporated that hairstyle to hide her forehead.

It says she's a Yankee in the article.

[redragon88]

So Sakura probably is a lot like her mother then, or at least still somewhat of a Tsundere. I still like the idea that she hides her huge forehead. Maybe she turned into a delinquent because she was teased like Sakura, but took a different route on life. XD

Also, there's a closer image of Sakura's mothers face in the teaser trailer. Sakura has her mothers eyes indeed.

Are you sure about the eyes? Sakura's mom's eye look a little wider than her daughter's and have a blueish color. On the other hand the eyes of Sakura's dad are green a more similar to Sakura's in my opinion. I think it's just like Naruto, he got her mom's face but his dad's eyes and hair, the same with Sakura.

In my previous post I asked if it was confirmed 100% if Sakura's mom was a yankee, but I seemed to have found the answer already since someone in anothe forum commented that in her sketch Kishi had handwritten "former yankee". So I guess now we know where Sakura gets her temper from.

It says she's a Yankee in the article.

Oh, thanks for answering me. I guess now I'm completely sure.

Edited by redragon88, 23 June 2012 - 04:28 PM.

[Codus N]

I agree. On one hand, I am extremely happy that, after so many years, we finally get to see Sakura's parents. I've always felt that that was one of the biggest weak points with Sakura's character. The fact that she doesn't have any unique family powers or that she didn't go through some horrible traumatizing incident in her past never really bothered me. In fact, that was what helped endear her to me and it also made her stand out from the rest of Team 7. However, the fact that we knew next to nothing about the main heroine's background just seemed weak, so I am very glad that this issue is finally being adressed.

On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that, out of 500+ chapters, Kishi couldn't some way to introduce her parents. Hell, it didn't even have to be a long complicated family arc, just a few cameo's here and there. Then again, maybe the point of showing us Sakura's parents is solely to introduce some romantic tension, i.e. as a freudian excuse for Sakura's behaviour towards Naruto in part 1 and why she may have developed strong feelings for him throughout part 2.

I also agree about them looking signiticantly older than some of the other rookies parents. Who knows, maybe Sakura isn't an only child. Maybe she has siblings. Like an older sister or an older brother. Be still, my fantard heart!

You can still see that Mebuki and Sakura are mother and daughter though. If you look at the sketch, it's pretty clear that they both have the same body type and facial shape. I'ts just that Mebuki seems older and "harsher", if you know what I mean. But like you said, it could very well be due to bad image quality.



Well I still stand by prediction. Just swap the genders and you're good to go.

For Sakura's Mom's hair, I could see why Ino persuaded Sakura to display her forehead.



As for that Motion Comic that has to do with the two Kurama's fighting, I have a theory about that. Maybe that masked man isn't Tobi but either a redheaded clone of Naruto or that version of Naruto where he is shirtless and has that arm band similar to Sasuke's during the Chunin exam (probably the AU equivelent of Naruto). The jutsu might be a combination of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu (or Ningenjutsu just to be creative (I would think since there's such a thing as Nintaijutsu there'd not only be Ningenjutsu but Gentaijutsu as well (probably a system of primary Jutsu classification (Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and Taijutsu) and secondary Jutsu classification (Ningenjutsu, Gentaijutsu and Nintaijutsu)))) that affects the entire Leaf Village. That would explain why Tobi is in his old Akatsuki outfit instead of his current war gear.



As for the question of whether Sakura's parents are a byproduct of the Genjutsu in question or the real deal, I think this is how it will go. Sakura's parents probably didn't participate in the war so they stayed back at the village along with the other civilians. The movie's villain sets up the Genjutsu around the village which effects everyone (it either creates alternate versions of characters out of thin air or drastically changes their personalities forcefully (with the exception of Sasuke because I'd doubt he'd return to the village that easily if at all)), except for Sakura's parents. The reason being that either both are from the Haruno Clan and therefore immune to Genjutsu or one the mother is the actual Haruno and grants her husband Genjutsu immunity (which I hope is more likely because I like the idea that Sakura's dad had his surname changed when he married his wife better then the thought that Sakura's folks are blood related (I don't care how distantly related they could be, it's still weird and creepy to me) and if Sasuke's parents are distantly related, the less similarities with that Uchiha bastard has with Sakura the better it is for us since then Sasusaku fans have less ammo to make bullsh** theories that those two are destined together or something stupid like that. They then proceed to help out Naruto, Sakura, Minato and Kushina break the Genjutsu, free the Hidden Leaf Village and then defeat whoever is behind this dastardly evil plot.



What do you guys think about my latest theory? Feel free to respond to this post to either add to this theory, fix some stuff that doesn't go together too well or just debate the unlikelihood of this ever happening. Though if you ask me, I would consider this theory to be highly possible to a certain extent, it may not be 100% accurate to the actual plot when the movie finally comes out, but some aspects might be similar considering what information we've been shown. As for the movie's continuity itself, I do genuinely hope that this movie is considered canon like how Strong World is canon in One Piece continuity. That way if Kishi doesn't make a chapter introducing Sakura's parents, he could make up for it by actually having the movie be canon. Though I'd still think a chapter where they at the very least introduce Sakura's folks in a flashback telling her to be careful as she departs for the Allied Shinobi Forces HQ in the Land of Lightning.



That's my whole take on the issue about when and where Sakura's parents should make their first debuts.

Terrorking, I would actually prefer that Sakura has a hidden power that she hasn't unlocked yet. Of all the characters introduced in Naruto, each of them has a unique ability that's one of their defining traits. And also, Naruto in itself is a battle manga, so a lot of the characters are often defined by their special fighting abilities.

As K9 says, it would be interesting if Sakura's parents had the special ability to be immune to Genjutsu. To further expand on K9's theory, I could see them somehow interfering with Tobi's genjutsu. I could see it going like this:

Tobi puts NS in the genjutsu, Sakura's parents discover them and Tobi retreats, because the Genjutsu takes up massive amounts of chakra and his chakra supply is almost zero. Thus he retreats because he doesn't have enough energy to spare to fight even a low-chuunin level ninja. But not before he smugly declares that the genjutsu is unbreakable and he can kidnap Naruto anytime once he recovers.

Kizashi and Mebuki then starts getting to work to interfere with the genjutsu by inserting themselves in the genjutsu while keeping their personalities intact. Then they both become the main supporting characters helping Sakura learn to unlock her secret ability.

[AzureWaters]

lol you guys. Enough with the parallels. xD Sakura's dad doesn't resemble Naruto in any way, and Mebuki seems to have a similar personality to Sakura.

Edited by AzureWaters, 23 June 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[Anguyen92]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so many good potential out there for this movie. I just hope it lives up to our expectations, but it should, since Kishi decided to pull the trigger on revealing and showing Sakura's parents. I mean that's big alone.

[Living Lavish]

lol you guys. Enough with the parallels. xD Sakura's dad doesn't resemble Naruto in any way, and Mebuki seems to have a similar personality to Sakura.

Dude why don't you stop telling people what to think and do. This is NS forum let us have fun talking about this movie and speculate. Sakuras dad looks very laid back and friendly by the way nobody said he looked like Naruto either. chill out.

Edited by Living Lavish, 23 June 2012 - 04:37 PM.

[AzureWaters]

Sakura's parents do not look to parallel Naruto and Sakura. I'd have no problem with speculation, but I don't think its wise to get stuck up on something that's not clear or obvious. For instance, I have no problem with the Kushina/Sakura parallel because they do share similar characteristics. This time though, not so much. It just seems desperate to try to find parallels with everything relating to the pairing just so it can look likelier. Its nice when there's an obvious connection, but when there's not, it just makes things tedious or shallow.

Your aggressive attitude is 100 % uncalled for, btw.

[Codus N]

I agree with azure. What azure did was simply poking fun at some of our members. As devout as we are there are some times when we get really carried away. Azure was simply giving a bit of a reality check to us all.

[Living Lavish]

Sakura's parents do not look to parallel Naruto and Sakura. I'd have no problem with speculation, but I don't think its wise to get stuck up on something that's not clear or obvious. For instance, I have no problem with the Kushina/Sakura parallel because they do share similar characteristics. This time though, not so much. It just seems desperate to try to find parallels with everything relating to the pairing just so it can look likelier. Its nice when there's an obvious connection, but when there's not, it just makes things tedious or shallow.

Your aggressive attitude is 100 % uncalled for, btw.

Tedious and shallow because people are speculating? thats just ridiculous lol. All anyone said was Naruto would get along with her father and Sakura is very similair to her Mother. where are these parallels you seem so upset about? let people have ideas and stop trying to put the foot down. when you know just about the same amount of information about her parents as anyone else.

I don't care if its uncalled for. stop telling people what to think.

[Codus N]

Now you're starting to sound like a bratty kid who talks back at people. Azure was simply poking a little fun. Speculating is fine and all, but let's try to be realistic. We don't really have much to go by other than a simple picture. Her Kushina/Sakura example was excellent. If we want to speculate on our pairings to find hints on it being likelier, we should at least have a good enough material to back it up.

[kirabook]

Are you sure about the eyes? Sakura's mom's eye look a little wider than her daughter's and have a blueish color. On the other hand the eyes of Sakura's dad are green a more similar to Sakura's in my opinion. I think it's just like Naruto, he got her mom's face but his dad's eyes and hair, the same with Sakura.

In my previous post I asked if it was confirmed 100% if Sakura's mom was a yankee, but I seemed to have found the answer already since someone in anothe forum commented that in her sketch Kishi had handwritten "former yankee". So I guess now we know where Sakura gets her temper from.


Oh, thanks for answering me. I guess now I'm completely sure.

Well, by the same I meant mostly the shape. In the image, the shape of her eye looks a lot like Sakura's to me.

[Living Lavish]

Now you're starting to sound like a bratty kid who talks back at people. Azure was simply poking a little fun. Speculating is fine and all, but let's try to be realistic.We don't really have much to go by other than a simple picture. Her Kushina/Sakura example was excellent. If we want to speculate on our pairings to find hints on it being likelier, we should at least have a good enough material to back it up.

are you serious??

the bolded is exactly my point. let people speculate thats all im saying. nobody so far went overboard or was unrealistic.

Edited by Living Lavish, 23 June 2012 - 05:39 PM.

[Codus N]

That's exactly the problem. We don't have any solid hints for a basis to speculate. Nothing. Nothing at all. It's like NH fans saying NH is canon because Kushina and Hinata have long hair.

[Fenris]

so Naruto must get his friendgirl (Sakura) to have perfect and happy life XD

That would be one of the things I think too besides his parents