How to Mature a Character: Naruto and the Pain Arc

Maybe it just me but while I enjoyed the 5 Kage Arc it’s the arc where I just hard disliked the main trio of Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke the most. Over time I gotten more forgiving of Sasuke (it’s at least entertaining to watch double and triple down on being an absolute piece of shit) but for Naruto and Sakura I just found myself groaning almost entire time they appeared. Like bruh get that imaginary Uchiha dick out your mouths, Sasuke is literally a terrorist.

Naruto you barely hanged out with Sasuke and my guy literally impaled your ass with a chidori (expecting it to have killed you), beat your ass, left with fucking Ninja Pedo Snake man and when you met him again he was able to KILL you again! But fuck it I get it he was your “Best” friend or whatever and you something something shitty childhood. Sasuke literally because a terrorist and literally everyone saying that guy needs to go, Naruto start having a emotional reaction damn near on the level when he found out his master died over hearing Sasuke became a bigger dick than the last time he met him with a side of evil now. I can’t. At least by the end Naruto was like “bruh whatever. I’ll kill you if needed I guess but Ima die with you because……I love you…like a brother.”

Sakura legit told Sasuke she loved him and got left on read and Blocked her. Then when she met him again Sasuke was about to give the hardest rejection by killing her She’s honestly worse than Naruto this arc because of instead of just being emotional rocked by the guy she barely knew being a terrorist now she decided to be an active hinderance in the arc. Sakura out here saying some the most fucked up shit to Naruto with the simple words “I love you”. Idk what told her that plan was a good idea but got damn was the stupidest thing anyone ever did…well second to the next dumbest thing Sakura does. Literally everyone in that scene was like “bruh this girl must be joking.” And when Naruto told her to say Sike she got all defensive and shit. Like no Sakura what you just tried to do is all types of fucked and conceited asf. This girl literally thought her Ken doll shaped ass would make Naruto give up on Sasuke and did this KNOWING Hinata loves Naruto and literally almost died for him.

Then to add on to Sakura’s bullshit she proceeds to try to kill Sasuke with her squad which is dumb….but what’s even more dumb is her knocking out said Squad to go kill Sasuke herself. You are not her please stop being dumb.

After that she tries to trick Sasuke like she’s actually gonna join him to stab him in the back but Sasuke isn’t a fucking idiot and was about to kill her. She gets saved. Ok whatever Sakura just sit down now and think about how dumb you are. Oh wait she’s coming in to kill Sasuke while he’s defenseless against Kakashi…then just stops and can’t go through with it……bruh I can’t even with this girl. She did all this dumb ass shit but when the moment actually came she froze and couldn’t do it! At least Naruto was like “yeah I’ll kill you if I gotta” by the end of it. Sakura literally caused nothing but problems with her toxic ass.

The 5 kage arc isn’t a bad arc but I sure as hell feels myself getting pissed whenever I see Naruto and Sakura in it. Maybe just me but if my “best” friend became a terrorist murder out to kill me and everyone I love well that person isn’t my friend anymore. I just can’t relate or even mentally place myself in Naruto or Sakura’s position and it’s even worse when literally everyone else around them seem to dealing with the whole situation better than these two bumble fucks.

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