@Money_D_Mike many seinen fans think dark subject matter = good writing and it’s tiring. that, and some series just having surface level themes and pseudo intellectual moments tricks these people into thinking they’re actually deep.
@Itachedd@ghostofkurta Annoying part is that the reform thematically wasn’t even the bad part of his ideology, it was the fact that it was such a harmful path for sasuke himself. the point of the fight was to prevent sasuke’s continuous self harm, so they could’ve reformed without hindering his arc.
@cylesb1an itachi might be only character who explores the implications of child soldiers, his war-trauma causing him to be hateful of them, to the extent he’d commit the massacre to avoid it. however itachi was 4 so it’s a crazy place to draw the line, if it even is exploring the theme
@cylesb1an imo this links to the issue that the series treats child soldiers as just soldiers. If skilled enough, the series treats them as adults and the psychological impacts are are treated the same between adults and children. 1/2
@dnsehxhc1@Bubunanalabyb@roze_scarlet@somerandomgai@normalgrlsolene abnormal ≠ non existent. their fighting and bantering is the way they bond, it reminds sasuke of his family and it’s what naruto imagines having a brother is like. additionally, their bond is about understanding each other’s pain, which they do or deeply.
@dnsehxhc1@Bubunanalabyb@roze_scarlet@somerandomgai@normalgrlsolene sasuke trying to kill naruto was precisely because he was friends with him. their different philosophies are the core of the series, whether isolation or bonds make you stronger. obviously, on the surface killing your friend doesn’t make sense, but there’s more than the surface.