My Naruto Thoughts (warning, a little heated)

Spoilers for most recent Naruto chapter...




Hello People! It has been awhile! A friend asked me to write a journal on my thoughts on the recent chapters of Naruto. Here they are:


First off...I have a little bit of something to get off of my chest...IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING SERIOUSLY, THEN PLEASE DON'T RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US!

Okay...calm down Amy...

I love Naruto as you guys can tell. I love the characters, storyline, and the world. It isn't a perfect manga or Kishimoto isn't the best story-teller out there, but something about this story has captured my heart. Maybe it is the wide cast of identifiable characters or the world, historical-type setting. Or maybe, it is the hopeful aspect that is found within it that I want to keep believing in myself. Yes...it is probably that.

I know there are people out there who don't take it as seriously as I do. But, when I do love something, I dive into completely and immerse myself in it. There is so much depth to this story if the people take the time to look at it.

But people don't. They see the surface level and then judge it for the rest of us who want to take it a bit more seriously. Then they call us idiots for believing in what we believe. And, when we try to have a serious discussion, they make fun of it and tell us that is bad writing and not worthy of what we want to make it out to be.

I just really get angry at people who don't take the time to understand something before casting judgment. Not just in the Naruto world setting. In life as well. I am not perfect in this as you guys probably know, but I try...

Now that is done...onto my own well-thought out judgment.

The full measure of the immensity of everything just struck me this chapter.
Sasuke is really that far gone...
He really turned his back on Itachi's wishes...
Naruto is REALLY hurting...

Most of all...

Things will not be that simple from now on.
Everyone will have to truly grow up.


Just reading the chapter (not just the spoilers) really opened my eyes to how far gone Sasuke really is. He really HAS changed. I am not sure how much of the old Sasuke is still left.

SASUKE!!!!

And to make things worse, Naruto literally had a meltdown this chapter as well. That completely breaks my heart. He is my favorite male character because of the very reasons that the world now wants him to change about himself. His pure heart is being asked to dive into the darkness that is the ninja world. I hate to see that happen.

I know major pairing trolling happened recently (aka NaruSaku) but that really wasn't the major point of Kishimoto though in what happened with that. Sakura too had to make a choice and she tried to chose a route that would save both of her teammates. Now she made another choice after Naruto's rejection of her definite fake confession to go kill the one she loved most. Will she suceed? I doubt it because she is too weak now and Kakashi is after her, but it breaks my heart as well that she had to make that choice. SasuSaku is my second favorite pairing and things should not come to this point.

As for other pairings, including my favorite NaruHina...I hope Kishimoto brings her into Naruto's life again soon. Hinata has the same type of way of looking at the world as Naruto and the same heart as well. She also has had similar experiences with sacrificing for the good of the world that happened within her own clan, and she too has responsibilities that she must uphold as well. She would be the perfect person to help him get his head on straight again. At least with Naruto being brought back to the village, there is a chance for this to happen.

Another possible pairing that I don't support was said to have gotten development recently. This is what I said in another place about that relating to this chapter:

"Naruto promised he would save his friend but he wants to save the rest of the world as well. It isn't just about saving Sasuke to him. It is about breaking that cycle of hatred and keeping his promises. To him, abandoning Sasuke is like abandoning everything that makes up who he is. He has been saving people and seeing the truth in situations long before Sasuke left.

His idea of being a ninja or just a human being is being shattered right now. I can understand his collapse. Poor Naruto tries so hard to be a pillar of strength for everyone that when everything and everyone seemly turned against him, he just couldn't take it anymore. We all know that Naruto is a strong person but he is human as well. He is a human with a lonely childhood surrounded by people who hated him for something he couldn't understand. When he just started to make real friends again, one of them betrayed him in the one of the worse ways. I am surprised he has held up until now."

So please don't listen to the arguments that Naruto did this or is collapsing solely because of his care for Sasuke because it is not true. There is a lot more to Naruto's world than Sasuke and that is where the problem is. He wants to save Sasuke, but all else that he cares for is getting in the way now.

There is probable more I could say now...but I need to go to bed now.

Okay one more thought:

Let's on keep believing in a that happy ending now! If Naruto has a hard time believing in it at this moment, let us as his fans do it for him during this time. I for one want to see how he pulls off saving both Sasuke from the pit of darkness and then saving the rest of the world from the same pit as well. I guess... I too don't want to believe in a world where we have to abandon everything we believe in for everyone else to be happy. The world should reflect our hearts, and we should not have our hearts reflect the world.

Love ya guys! Until next time!