Naruto 108-109

[cerusee]

Well, that was absolutely in no way a surprise.

And it probably still wouldn't have been a surprise if I hadn't been spoiled out the wazoo for it. Sasuke, you pissy little drama whore, you.


Sakura: Naruto, let's go for a walk--in fact, let's make it a date. A date in which I constantly ignore you and only want to talk about the guy I'm in love with. Who is not you, in case you weren't sure.
Audience: Gee, I've had that date.

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[windandwater.livejournal.com]

*STABS SAKURA*
*feels better*

... at least the fight on top of the hospital makes up for it. Sorta. Kinda. In that tragic kind of way.

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. She makes up for it a teeny bit in the next episode, when she actually recognizes that Naruto has feelings too, and it's as painful for him when she ignores him as it is when Sasuke blows her off. And that Naruto does understand her. It's a passive sort of thing, but it's a step in the right direction. I found the scene when she came to them and begged Naruto to bring Sasuke home pretty poignant on all counts.

But oh my god, Naruto is love. He is just love.

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

I just really wanna smack Sakura around. I really hated that moment between her and Sasuke, right before he whacks her. I mean, I feel sorry for her, but not really. I mean, she said ALL OF THE WRONG THINGS. Sasuke would never be swayed by any of the things she said to try to get him to stay, and the whole scene made me feel like Sakura was being very childish and selfish. I know that she's twelve/thirteen, so I'll cut her a little slack, but seriously... Sasuke never gave her any reason to believe that he thought anything of her. He wasn't going to stay in Konoha with her so they could "have fun."

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

I was kind of ambivalent about the whole thing. She did say all the wrong things. Sasuke isn't in love with her, and Sakura can't be so oblivious that she really believes that Sasuke would stay just to spare her feelings. There were so many other things she might have said, and she didn't even try--she just said, "stay, because I'll be lonely without you."

On the other hand, I kinda feel that she couldn't have sincerely taken any other tack when she really wanted him to stay because she loves him and she'll be unhappy if he goes to Orochimaru. At least she was being honest about it.

I guess what it boils down to is that Sakura simply couldn't have stopped him, because her reasons for wanting him to stay weren't good enough. I doubt he would have listened if she'd said something like properly altruistic, like "Konoha needs you," because he would have known perfectly well that it wasn't her real reason for trying to stop him.

Is there any hope at all that Sakura will dedicate braincells to anything or anybody besides Sasuke in this arc?

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

No, Sasuke wouldn't have believed nor stayed for any "Konoha needs you" altruistic type reason. Right now he's so firmly thinking of revenge that he can't pull his head out of his ass. And Sakura doesn't know any of the deeper things that are going on with Sasuke (like Itachi) because, well, no one ever told her.

What tears me is that I think that if the Sound Four hadn't attacked when they did, Sasuke wouldn't have left. I mean, Kakashi gave Sasuke a pretty clear verbal thrashing that made him THINK. If the Sound Four hadn't immediately beaten Sasuke up -- easily -- and made him rethink all those fears of being weak, I really do believe Sasuke would have just stayed in Konoha.

Is there any hope at all that Sakura will dedicate braincells to anything or anybody besides Sasuke in this arc?

... well, I'm certainly not going to make you hold your breath for it. Though, at the end of everything, she does sorta make a statement that sorta shows she's giving up on Sasuke, but not really. And once again, Naruto proves that he is love. :3

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

What tears me is that I think that if the Sound Four hadn't attacked when they did, Sasuke wouldn't have left. I mean, Kakashi gave Sasuke a pretty clear verbal thrashing that made him THINK. If the Sound Four hadn't immediately beaten Sasuke up -- easily -- and made him rethink all those fears of being weak, I really do believe Sasuke would have just stayed in Konoha.

Agreed. In fact, his reaction to Kakashi's lecture is the only thing that give this sequence any dramatic tension at all, because otherwise, it's patently obvious that Sasuke wants revenge more than anything else--more than happiness, more than friends, more than Konoha's safety--and that eventually, he's going to take Orochimaru up on his offer of power. It was obvious when he couldn't beat Gaara that Sasuke would eventually do something stupid. Everything that happened after that was just establishing the exact means by which it would happen (Itachi's attack being the most important catalyst). Kakashi telling him that yes, Kakashi did understand, and that he found that revenge wasn't worth it was probably the only thing to come close to derailing Sasuke's revenge trip since he "died" protecting Naruto from Haku way back in the bridge arc.

Poor, stupid Sasuke.