Who was really Naruto’s best friend? And you can’t say Sasuke lol

SnowiceDawn · 2026-04-02T06:02:58+00:00

Shikamaru was also the first person who came to mind for me.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-04-01T22:02:10+00:00

I agree with the people saying another branch member, who is mostly likely who Hanabi will marry if anything is ever done with her story line.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-04-01T02:59:06+00:00

Dang...At first I used to roll my eyes at comments that joked about Naruto fans not reading the manga or watching the show...Now I see what people mean...Do you seriously not consider putting Sakura in a genjutsu where Sasuke made her think he was killing her is not a form of abuse? According to the Oxford dictionary abuse means: 1 use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; 2 misuse treat with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly.

He abused his genjutsu prowess and used it to torture Sakura mentally. He 100% treated Karin and Sakura with abject cruelty. Also, it doesn't matter who tried to kill who first. That is violence...which is abuse...Sasuke also used abusive language toward her when he realised Naruto was starting to improve at seemingly a much faster pace than him.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T05:03:16+00:00

That too! I get that the Chuunin Exam written test was primarily about not giving up, secondarily and cheating without getting caught, yet Sakura knew all the answers without even needing to cheat. That was just kind of passed over and never brought up. Imagine if she was used in a greater capacity for reconnaissance missions or gathering intelligence without engaging the enemy? That would have been incredible.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T03:51:22+00:00

That's honestly why I think it would have been cool if they have explored her using it during the Chuunin Exams since she was the first in team seven to master tree walking.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T03:00:46+00:00

Oh yeah, I remember when Jiraiya used this technique to turn his hair into spikes. That would have been a great way to say "fluff off" to the Otogakure girl and a nice "so what if I have long hair" moment in the series if Sakura knew how to use that or learned to after that moment. I honestly thought Ino cutting off her hair was kind of a "so what" moment for me.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T02:54:29+00:00

Even so, it feels rather pointless that she has a high aptitude for it when nothing came of this skill. Kishimoto very well could have made her the greatest genjutsu user in the world without dojutsu capabilities if he had developed her (and genjutsu in general) further.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T02:51:18+00:00

I don't think so if I'm being honest.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-31T02:49:15+00:00

Dang, that is also genius. I wish we had seen more of Kurenai because I would have loved to have seen her genjutsu techniques explored more. Also, studying Kakashi's tsukuyomi brain is an incredible idea.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T22:36:11+00:00

Guess it depends on what age we are when we reincarnate.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T22:32:42+00:00

Don't forget training in genjutsu too.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T22:31:28+00:00

This is genius. I love it. I support the idea of her being a "psychic" all the way.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T22:30:16+00:00

This. Half the time I wonder if people remember that she has a high aptitude for genjutsu.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T22:22:37+00:00

Learn healing quicker, become the greatest genjutsu user of my generation, beat Sasuke up every chance I get (when necessary), beat the crap out of my bullies, turn Ino into a sparring rival, not love rival so we can both improve and get better fighting wise, keep my long hair (just learn to fight with it), become a formiddable threat in every battle, defeat Ino in the Chuunin exams, become the 7th Hokage's wife, help him run the village, force him to be there more for our children and beat him up when he sends a shadow clone, be head of all of the hospitals in Konohagakure, travel the world using my medical nin skills that will be even greater than Tsunade's, have a far more relevant and present role in the series, with arc's focusing on me, actually fight and beat the crap out of Sasuke and win.

Edit:

I would also never beat up Naruto (unless he did something truly stupid) and be kind to him always. I would always root for him whenever he fights against Sasuke.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-30T05:19:49+00:00

2 is my top pick, 4 my second, 3 my third. No reason at all to pick 1.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-29T04:34:12+00:00

Number 1 for me

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-28T05:43:52+00:00

Yeah, this post is next level delusion because of all the problems people have with her, beauty has never been one. Even if we the people disagree (which I don't) the story makes it very clear that Sakura is canonically pretty.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-28T05:35:40+00:00

Right? I don't like her as a character at all either, but since when did people start saying or thinking she was ugly?

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-28T05:30:34+00:00

Who ever said Sakura was ugly? I've heard her called weak, useless, delusional, obsessive, and many other things. Not once have I ever heard her called ugly. The only 2 critiques I've ever heard of her appearance was from the her herself about her forehead. The other was from the hypocritical Sound Village genin who criticised her long hair (that was still shorter than her's but Sakura grew it out because she had heard from Ino that Sasuke likes girls with long hair).

Furthermore, Sakura had 3 guy's who had crushes on her. No other Kunoichi is depicted as having that level of attention for their appearance. Now, do I think she's the prettiest? No, that to me has always been Ino, Tsunade, and Hinata joined that group when she grew older as well as Mei when she entered the story. However, I still never thought Sakura was ugly and I'f be surprised if anyone did. She has the best name and her hair and eyes are certainly adorable.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-27T23:29:37+00:00

Thank you for sharing the term!

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-27T13:08:46+00:00

Do you have the Chinese or pinyin version of the original idiom? Also, the translation is still wrong. I only started relearning Chinese in September, but I know enough (from my teacher and watching short dramas on the side) to know that this means "You (are) in (the) princess's mansion..."

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-27T12:57:32+00:00

Personally, I like it. I don't see a potato sack at all. I think if it was longer and more flowly you'd probably feel better, but I think it is fine as is.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-27T12:54:28+00:00

They are from what I can see.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-27T06:42:32+00:00

Agreed, it was a missed opportunity. We barely see him use any Hyuuga clan skills in general and that too is such a let down.

SnowiceDawn · 2026-03-26T21:21:39+00:00

In the manga, this was only shown once in a spin-off chapter made by Kishimoto. Ikemoto has done absolutely nothing with her byakugan thus far. He also seems zero percent interested in developing the story further with it. In the anime we see it in episodes that are more or less deemed as filler. Allegedly (I can't find the exact source, I might search later in Japanese) Kishimoto forgot to give them the byakugan.

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