The studio recently seem to be huge NaruSaku fans for some huge reason. Thinking they actually might know something we don't.
Actually, it's been like this for quite a while. I think Immortal Arc was a sign that the studio is a huge fan of NS. I have never seen such an alteration to the arc, but you know what, they're pretty good. The only arc that I thought it was better than the manga. Anyway, yeah, we should have foresee this.
Mebuki is like Sakura but has blonde hair, and Kizashi is like Naruto but has pink hair. I like how the similarities in her parents are shared from both Naruto and Sakura XD
Actually a bit of funny triva for you Lady GT, this is more NaruSaku stuff that doesn't really matter in the long run but is still true:
Just as Naruto is like both his parents and Sakura was confirmed to be like Kushina, there are also traits Sakura has with Minato:
-both are normal people not from any type of clan
-both are very smart
-both considered prodigies in their respective talents, Minato for his speed and space-time techniques and Sakura for her chakra control and medical expertise.
-both studied under a sannin.
And one more, concerning the parents of Naruto and Sakura:
-Both Naruto and Sakura have parents whose names start with an M and K
-Both Naruto and Sakura have a blond and red (color family of red) haired parent. Minato and Meubeki are blond, Kushina and Kizashi are close in red and pink
-Both these traits belong to the opposite gendered parent of both Naruto and Sakura's parents, ex Minato is male, name begins with M, has blond hair opposite Meubeki who has these traits but is female. Same conditions for Kushina and Kizashi.
Isn't it funny? Stuff like this does not matter in the long run or help the pairing but its still true!
@ Inferno 180: They don't matter, but they make the pairing more enjoyable. That's how it is for me XD
Same here. You got to admit, regardless that it's not made for pairing argument, it's really convenience that their parents have similarities with others. It's like Naruto and Sakura should be renamed "Parallel family" or something.
oh but I'm SURE Kishi just did that by accident! /rolleyes
I'm seriously with you there.
Hey, check this out:
http://yellow-and-pi...airing-in-japan
So I heard Kishimoto has stated that NaruSaku is the most popular ship in Japan, but a while ago I saw a post that proved that wrong (well, at least that’s what I thought). They typed in NaruSaku, NaruHina and SasuSaku in japanese in google search and it showed that NaruHina and SasuSaku have a lot more results.
Well, too bad that those aren’t the official shipping names in Japan.
I got that idea when I saw in the NaLu tag (Natsu and Lucy from Fairy Tail) a text post that said that NaLu isn’t the shipping name in Japan. It’s NatsuLu (if I remember it correctly) and I thought maybe that’s the same with Narusaku, NaruHina and SasuSaku…
And I was right!
When you search さすさく (SasuSaku) it has 77.200 results
ナルヒナ (NaruHina) has 55.200 results
and ナルサク (NaruSaku) has only 47.600 results.
Seems like SasuSaku and NaruHina are way more popular in Japan, just like in the western countries, right? Well, how about we don’t use the western shipping names and type in instead:
サスケとサクラ (Sasuke and Sakura) - it has 1.350.000 results. This already proves that these cannot be the official shipping names in Japan.
ナルトとヒナタ (Naruto and Hinata) has 510.000 results. A bit more than a half million. That’s already a lot more than when you type “NaruHina" in japanese.
But when you search ナルトとサクラ (Naruto and Sakura) it has 2.850.000 results. SasuSaku is not even half as popular as NaruSaku. NaruHina is not even worth talking about. The numbers speak for themselves.
So cheer up guys! I know we have a hard time on tumblr because we are the smallest fandom here but we have support from Japan, where the manga actually comes from. They understand the manga way better. They would for example never call Sakura abusive because she hits Naruto, they know it’s for comedy. Also, western countries always tend to look for romance in a story (especially girls) but Naruto is not a shoujo manga where it’s about girls getting the guys they love. And something tells me they are way more mature fandoms or have you ever seen someone from there who has been bashing others on the internet because of their OTPs? Btw, you can check all of this yourself. I put it this way because I can’t take screenshots with my PC. And next time, don’t question what Kishimoto states himself.
Wow, this world continues to surprise me. I like it.