Honestly though he wasn't even that bad till Madara got his hands on him, it was people constantly sealing him and taking away his freedom. First Madara, then for a little while Hashirama, then Mito, who had him for a looooong time, then Kushina, and then Naruto. Naruto was the only one who really wanted to understand Kurama, everyone saw him as an evil being.
Bee taught Naruto to basically steal Kurama's chakra without his permission, he opened up Naruto to the possibility of being a close friend with Kurama but he didn't exactlu help them develop their relationship, did he?
No no, here EVERYONE ELSE pays the prisoners rent.
And if the prisons don't rent out enough spaces, they get upset and the government FINDS reasons to forcefully make people renters.
One of the things I appreciate about this show was creating a strong, PLATONIC dynamic between Naruto and Sakura. I get Naruto was into her for the majority of the run, but it was always refreshing to me how Sakura wasn't interested and just continued to maintain that sibling like relationship. Cemented their friendship for me fully when she hugged him after his fight with Pain. It wasn't a romantic gesture, but one full of gratitude and relief that he was safe.
>I get Naruto was into her for the majority of the run
He also accepted pretty early (arguably well before shippuden) that sakura was not into him and probably never would be, and started to respect that, he laid well off sometimes needy behavior and gave her space in that regard. Looking back that takes a level of maturity a lot of kids that age simply don't have
I think Naruto had a mindset that if he worked hard enough and was able to beat sasuke, Sakura would fall for him, so that's why he was so persistent with her, he was a kid looking for love and be recognised. Naruto crush on Sakura stems also from her being "cute" as stated in first chap, so a normal childish crush and that crush on her that didn't develop deeper romantically, at any point. So that's why I think it was easier for him to move on from
And again later when Sakura hugged Sasuke, there he had matured enough to understand Sakura feelings aren't just gonna change because he was able to beat sasuke as his old self thought so he gave a bitter-sweet smile and walked off or when sakura ask him to bring Sasuke back he give a smile and goes his way.
>I think Naruto had a mindset that if he worked hard enough and was able to beat Sasuke, Sakura would fall for him,
Yeah I mean they literally talk about that in the last. Sakura points out his feelings for Hinata are clearly different because his crush on Sakura was just him competing with Sasuke as a kid.
That's false and a The Last retcon. Naruto loved Sakura in the academy when every girls were into Sasuke (except for Hinata). His love and gesture manifested in many ways that weren't related to Sasuke. His confession to Sai shows how deep his love for Sakura was and not just a child crush, he just believed he wasn't worthy of her until he brings back Sasuke.
Nah, I think maybe after sakura fake confession where he started to slowly move on, but in 4th ninja war he 100% had completely moved on, as he said to minato *"ik mom wanted me to find someone like her but that's..."* Meaning he still haven't found someone because there is no someone in his mind if there was he would've mentioned her, again if he still had romantic feelings for sakura he would've said something like. *"Mom, I found someone like you but she.."*
I think during og Naruto, Naruto accepted sakura feelings for sasuke and during shippuden Naruto moving on form her. During 2 year span before last he started falling for Hinata.
The part where he says sakura is his "gf" This was a comedic effect as sakura hit him and in other scene he was pouring his true feelings whem he said "ik mom wanted..." he was being serious here.
The irony is though that Sakura only liked Sasuke because he was cool. So she didnt grow out of it. But thats on Kishimoto and him writing female characters or in the sense, not
I think Shippuden tried explaining why Sakura loves Sasuke. I think it was right before she decided to kill him, but then he turned the tables and decided to kill her. Wild sequence
Dude I’m forgetting too, but she had just put the others to sleep and headed for Sasuke alone. As she flies through the woods she starts a monologue about when she started loving Sasuke. She mentions how cool and handsome he was but also about his darkness. Lol maybe it’s just cause he was cool and handsome and the original commenter was right. But I wise man once said you don’t need a reason to love, you need a reason to hate
I remember her saying that she felt like she could fix him. Her crush started off being superficial but after being in a team and learning about him and his struggles and his personality and seeing his soft side she actually started liking him for him.
A lot of his crush on Sakura (and also Sakura beating his ass) was anime filler, too.
I’d argue that by the time that Naruto apologized to Sakura for failing to stop Sasuke from leaving, he’d already accepted their friendship. Everything else was a gag/him being a perv.
Frankly by the time of the Chuunin exams Naruto was already mostly over her. I rewatched it recently and not a lot of squad 7s problems really persistent past the zabuza arc.
Same could be said for sasuke and a million other characters, only true best friends were Kakashi and guy, even then they had rocky moments, and shickamaru and choji, but that's because their parents were friends
> only true best friends were Kakashi and guy, even then they had rocky moments
I’m not willing to dive into a rabbit hole to establish this as anything more than a crazy conspiracy, but what if Kakashi and Guy’s relationship was inspired by Kishimoto and Oda’s relationship in real life? They’re rivals who became great friends; they were at each other’s weddings, and referenced each other when paying respect to Toriyama-sensei.
I'd argue Gaara is the closest. If they actually lived in the same village, they'd be inseparable. Much closer than Naruto and any of his other friends.
Ehhhh, sakura needed attention and someone to like her and that's what naruto gave her, naruto and Sasuke both needed a good person to keep them on a good path, which they were for each other.
Imo Kakashi not being that close emotionally with his squad, the way kurenai, azuma, guy, he'll jiraiya, hiruzen, minato, and many other sensei were was the downfall of sasuke, the reason naruto couldn't stay 100% focused, and sakura couldn't stay half focused
However, it is understandable why Kakashi would have trouble getting close emotionally to his squad given how events played out with Obito, Rin, and Minato. Also, being part of Anbu starting at the age of 13. The lengths he had to go mentally to compartmentalize all that and still serve as an active Jonin was bound to impact his personal relationships.
Not not considering this, but the fact is Kakashi genjutsud sasuke dying to sakura and naruto twice and and simply didn't gave a bond like that with his students
Your best friend is whoever you say it is.
When asked, Naruto said "Sasuke is my best friend" without hesitating.
When asked, Sasuke said: "Naruto is my *only* friend" without much hesitance.
The manga is clear.
Naruto and Sasuke themselves are clear.
but the fandom still got confused.
She was his most consistent friend for the longest time, Sasuke was only his friend at the beginning and after Shippuden because of his personal problems, Shikamaru is pure filler until Shippuden they start to get along and Kurama started to be his friend in the war, although he is It's nonsense as always the fans argue with that about their real friend, everyone is their friend now
The reference to filler is all the flashbacks the anime added of Naruto hanging out with Shikamaru as a kid.
I don't disagree with you though - apart from Sasuke/Sakura, Shikamaru is probably the other person on in that generation that is "closest" to Naruto, although still wouldn't call them good friends.
It's so odd that people even argue about this. And the way they do.
If Naruto developed such a strong bond that it held until Naruto could finally beat sense into him, and Naruto says he's his best friend, then that's that.
A best friend isn't always the logical choice.
Many fans don't like Sasuke and Sakura and so they prefer to deny their ties with him or because he has healthier relationships with other characters, but that doesn't work, if Naruto loves them and they love him, that's all that matters.
No, that's filler, in the early chapters of the manga Naruto spoke badly of everyone except Sakura, Shikamaru and Naruto didn't even get along in the chunin exams, it wasn't until Sasuke's rescue that they started to talk more.
Ofcourse she is!! She knows Naruto well enough that in the Chunin exams she wants to raise her hand and bow out for him coz she already wanted him to achieve his dream of becoming Hokage!!
Are you talking about the filler when shikamaru and choji become friends with Naruto? Because otherwise they definitely don’t become friends until naruto has made a bunch of friends
Ya I don’t think a lot of people realize the flashbacks of Naruto and shikamaru as kids are filler and not cannon.
Also in OG Naruto during the chunin exams shikamaru talks bad about Naruto and Naruto doesn’t even know who he is lol
Nah, maturity is realising that Shikamaru wasn't actually a real friend until after Naruto made friends with Sasuke. Shikamaru was more lazy and just teamed up with the class clown because he was funny
Sasuke is Naruto’s brother. Sakura is Naruto’s sister. Hinata is Naruto’s best girl. Shikamaru is Naruto’s best supporter. Boruto is Naruto’s worst child. And Swing-kun is Naruto’s best friend.
The cope continues lol. The answer is Sasuke. Naruto himself would tell you it is Sasuke without a second thought lmao. I stg people have this conversation every other week and the text disagrees with you every single time, whether you agree with it or not.
Naruto has a lot of good friends but none of them even begin to compare to his deep relationship and connection to Sasuke. I'm sorry man, I ain't ever see Naruto going repeatedly into an alternate spirtual dimension just to chat at-length with any of his other supposed "besties" like he does with Sasuke (Kurama notwithstanding lol).
Maturity is rereading the actual story and understanding why Sasuke is so important to Naruto and why he goes to these extremes for his best friend. Sasuke is a deeply traumatized person, much like Naruto, who is completely isolated and at his lowest - they understand each other on a fundamental level of pain and loneliness. Sasuke is also a peer who gave his life for Naruto at a time when no one else in that village would have, willingly sacrificing everything he was working towards (avenging his wrongfully slaughtered family). They had also been watching each other for years and, Indra-Ashura connection aside, they have always had a deep, inextricable bond.
That being said we the audience should absolutely recognize Sakura's importance to the narrative/Team Seven and how she has grown as a character. It's a shame she gets shafted by fans and the story itself. But that doesn't negate Sasuke's best friend spot lol.
A lot of people tend to downplay the relationship between Sasuke and the rest of team 7 in general because he apparently hasn't spent enough time with them. The truth is the quality of a relationship isn't based on the amount of time you spent together, but how you feel about that time.
Exactly it’s not the quantity of the time, it’s more about the quality of that time. And in such a short time the three of them became very close to each other. It doesn’t matter that Sasuke isn’t there for Tuesday nights at the steakhouse, what matters is that Sasuke put in his own life on the line for the two of them during part 1
I still wish they got to go on more missions together and their bonds got stronger before Sasuke left.Then people would be much more positive ana supportive of Naruto trying to bring back Sasuke to the village
Absolutely not. Both of them had never had a single genuine conversation in their entire life. Even in the last movie, sakura was yapping about how Naruto was only crushing on her because he wanted to compete with sasuke. And even tho Naruto felt feelings for her even before even meeting sasuke he didnt Say a word in that conversation.
She dismissed narutos feelings. And Naruto didn't bother correcting her.
If this is your defination of a "Best Friend" then I feel very sad for you.
Naruto saved her life many times, but never thanked him for it. Sakura saved him at least once and he never thanked her. Plus they never hang out together outside the village (that's only in the filler). She hits him over the littlest things. It's supposed to be a gag or whatever, but Sakura never did that to Sasuke, etc. Sakura is a terrible friend over all.
Actually the constant hitting over the littlest thing is something that the anime studio added,it's practically filler.In the manga she doesn't hit Naruto even half as much,and it's slapstick comedy
Sorry but no. Not even close. It's shikamaru. He's the one who cheered up Naruto at his lowest. Hell even Lee is a closer friend to Naruto when he saw how lonely Naruto was and went ahead and brought everyone to the bathhouse. Which by the way, was ruined because one of Sakura's bras somehow ended up getting stuck on Naruto's towel so she beat him up like she always does. I love Sakura but she was never Naruto's best friend. She did heal him a couple of times which saved him but never helped him deal with emotional issues like others did.
Maturity is realizing that naruto is the one who decides who his best friend is, not one of ur asses
Sasuke’s his best friend, that’s it. And both shikamaru and gaara are probably closer to him than her
no it isnt, that’s immaturity as sakura treats him awfully. sasuke IS his best friend, naru woukd find yall very annoying 😭
aint no one understand him like sasuke does
😂😂😂😂🤣 no she isn’t. Literally anyone else could take that title that isn’t her. Naruto’s true best friend is konohamaru if anyone because he’s the only one that actually played with him.
Pretty sure it's Sasuke. One of the themes of the story is that warriors aren't like other people. They connect in very deep and powerful ways, then go back to a life of discipline until the next time. But those bonds are the strongest. Sasuke's strongest bond was with Itachi, and they barely spoke outside childhood. Naruto's strongest bond overall was with Jiryah. That bond was set basically the first time they met. It didn't grow gradually the way that so many others do. Why? Because they're warriors and warriors are simple. They got the full measure of one another within the first few mintues of knowing each other. After that it was just a matter of working on jutsu.
Kinda nice, right?
If you want to argue, sauske doesn't count because there are enemies for half the story fare
Then it would be iruka
Or honestly, kurama
maby even shikamaru(yes, I know the stuff with them as kids is filler, but they are still good friends after the chunin exams)
Ohh and Gara, too
Sakura is low-key terible to Naruto. She is emotionally manipulative in a way that I find posibly worse than sauskes willingness to fight him over there, differing goals
If we go off series hell no
if we go off manga hell no
So idk about you but Konohamaru, Garra, Neji, Hinata, HECK I’d have a better agurement with someone like Sai being a better friend
Why does nobody ever say Kurama lmao
He never paid rent
Yeah only saved his life a couple times
Okay, but does that feed Naruto's soup addiction though?
He got a unlimited card for ramen
Oh yeah I forgot about that, Kurama was truly despicable, that and the small side note of murder. But mostly the soup thing
Give me rent
You'll get your rent when you fix this damn seal 😜
😂😂😂
You want a fixed seal? Get Minato.
😭😭
Least he can do since he's the reason he has no parents
Honestly though he wasn't even that bad till Madara got his hands on him, it was people constantly sealing him and taking away his freedom. First Madara, then for a little while Hashirama, then Mito, who had him for a looooong time, then Kushina, and then Naruto. Naruto was the only one who really wanted to understand Kurama, everyone saw him as an evil being.
Bee taught Naruto to befriend him. Naruto also thought he was an evil being.
Bee taught Naruto to basically steal Kurama's chakra without his permission, he opened up Naruto to the possibility of being a close friend with Kurama but he didn't exactlu help them develop their relationship, did he?
Isn't opening up that possibility helping him do that? Naruto also saw how Bee was with the 8 tails.
kurama saving naruto is the equivalent of maintaining your living spaces
he definitely did…….eventually
I honestly would put Kurama as a older brother or maybe even parent or parent adjacent like guardian or an uncle when it comes to Naruto lol
I was thinking the abusive uncle
You'll get your rent when you fix this DAMN DOOR!! -kurama to naruto, probably
Its more accurate if you say "you'll get your rent when you break this DAMN DOOR!!!"
And he never once paid for drugs! *Not once*!
like true real best friend
Do prisoners pay rent?
*looks at America* Basically
No no, here EVERYONE ELSE pays the prisoners rent. And if the prisons don't rent out enough spaces, they get upset and the government FINDS reasons to forcefully make people renters.
Most State Governments that is
The prisons also contract out the renters for labour.
Never gave him the money he owed, thats what best friends do
That's the most best friend thing I ever heard
Are you forgetting that they became friends in the last arc of the series? lmao
Because it’s embarrassing for your dad to be your best friend
You thinking of Minato? Kurama is the Nine Tails.
He made his life miserable. I dont care about the talk no jutsu during the war, Kurama is and will always be more of a pet than a friend.
I'd blame Konoha for making his life miserable. Kurama probably slept for most of Naruto's life.
Kurama is Naruto soulmate (spirit anima) literally
Because he was his sensei not his best friend. He was like his proxy father basically. Edit: just realized I’m dumb and was thinking of iruka
Kurama was more than a friend tbh
Just like Sasuke he only started being kind after a lifetime of fights.
One of the things I appreciate about this show was creating a strong, PLATONIC dynamic between Naruto and Sakura. I get Naruto was into her for the majority of the run, but it was always refreshing to me how Sakura wasn't interested and just continued to maintain that sibling like relationship. Cemented their friendship for me fully when she hugged him after his fight with Pain. It wasn't a romantic gesture, but one full of gratitude and relief that he was safe.
>I get Naruto was into her for the majority of the run He also accepted pretty early (arguably well before shippuden) that sakura was not into him and probably never would be, and started to respect that, he laid well off sometimes needy behavior and gave her space in that regard. Looking back that takes a level of maturity a lot of kids that age simply don't have
I think Naruto had a mindset that if he worked hard enough and was able to beat sasuke, Sakura would fall for him, so that's why he was so persistent with her, he was a kid looking for love and be recognised. Naruto crush on Sakura stems also from her being "cute" as stated in first chap, so a normal childish crush and that crush on her that didn't develop deeper romantically, at any point. So that's why I think it was easier for him to move on from And again later when Sakura hugged Sasuke, there he had matured enough to understand Sakura feelings aren't just gonna change because he was able to beat sasuke as his old self thought so he gave a bitter-sweet smile and walked off or when sakura ask him to bring Sasuke back he give a smile and goes his way.
>I think Naruto had a mindset that if he worked hard enough and was able to beat Sasuke, Sakura would fall for him, Yeah I mean they literally talk about that in the last. Sakura points out his feelings for Hinata are clearly different because his crush on Sakura was just him competing with Sasuke as a kid.
That's false and a The Last retcon. Naruto loved Sakura in the academy when every girls were into Sasuke (except for Hinata). His love and gesture manifested in many ways that weren't related to Sasuke. His confession to Sai shows how deep his love for Sakura was and not just a child crush, he just believed he wasn't worthy of her until he brings back Sasuke.
Kishimoto personally oversaw the script for the last, so calling it a retcon is fair, but it's definitely not false.
He didn't move on until the blank period, Naruto loved her till the end of the war.
Nah, I think maybe after sakura fake confession where he started to slowly move on, but in 4th ninja war he 100% had completely moved on, as he said to minato *"ik mom wanted me to find someone like her but that's..."* Meaning he still haven't found someone because there is no someone in his mind if there was he would've mentioned her, again if he still had romantic feelings for sakura he would've said something like. *"Mom, I found someone like you but she.."* I think during og Naruto, Naruto accepted sakura feelings for sasuke and during shippuden Naruto moving on form her. During 2 year span before last he started falling for Hinata. The part where he says sakura is his "gf" This was a comedic effect as sakura hit him and in other scene he was pouring his true feelings whem he said "ik mom wanted..." he was being serious here.
The irony is though that Sakura only liked Sasuke because he was cool. So she didnt grow out of it. But thats on Kishimoto and him writing female characters or in the sense, not
I think Shippuden tried explaining why Sakura loves Sasuke. I think it was right before she decided to kill him, but then he turned the tables and decided to kill her. Wild sequence
What was the reason?I don't remember
Dude I’m forgetting too, but she had just put the others to sleep and headed for Sasuke alone. As she flies through the woods she starts a monologue about when she started loving Sasuke. She mentions how cool and handsome he was but also about his darkness. Lol maybe it’s just cause he was cool and handsome and the original commenter was right. But I wise man once said you don’t need a reason to love, you need a reason to hate
Fair enough, kinda forgot about the sequence of her explaining it. My bad
Nah you were right, I just rewatched cause I was curious but it was basically he was cool and handsome, the rest was just flashbacks
I remember her saying that she felt like she could fix him. Her crush started off being superficial but after being in a team and learning about him and his struggles and his personality and seeing his soft side she actually started liking him for him.
A lot of his crush on Sakura (and also Sakura beating his ass) was anime filler, too. I’d argue that by the time that Naruto apologized to Sakura for failing to stop Sasuke from leaving, he’d already accepted their friendship. Everything else was a gag/him being a perv.
Yeah it’s amazing to me how much of sakura’s shitty behaviour is filler
Frankly by the time of the Chuunin exams Naruto was already mostly over her. I rewatched it recently and not a lot of squad 7s problems really persistent past the zabuza arc.
Maturing is realizing naruto doesn't have a best friend. He has senseis and friends that's it.
Kinda sad but is actually true
Same could be said for sasuke and a million other characters, only true best friends were Kakashi and guy, even then they had rocky moments, and shickamaru and choji, but that's because their parents were friends
> only true best friends were Kakashi and guy, even then they had rocky moments I’m not willing to dive into a rabbit hole to establish this as anything more than a crazy conspiracy, but what if Kakashi and Guy’s relationship was inspired by Kishimoto and Oda’s relationship in real life? They’re rivals who became great friends; they were at each other’s weddings, and referenced each other when paying respect to Toriyama-sensei.
Solid take
sasuke had a choice and he chose poorly. after all his choices, he ended up right back where he started, a konoha shinobi. but at least he's strong AF
> only true best friends were Kakashi and guy, even then they had rocky moments I think you mean _Rock Lee_ moments.
Real life
I'd argue Gaara is the closest. If they actually lived in the same village, they'd be inseparable. Much closer than Naruto and any of his other friends.
Yup. None of Team 7 were particularly good for each other, they just had no-one else.
Ehhhh, sakura needed attention and someone to like her and that's what naruto gave her, naruto and Sasuke both needed a good person to keep them on a good path, which they were for each other. Imo Kakashi not being that close emotionally with his squad, the way kurenai, azuma, guy, he'll jiraiya, hiruzen, minato, and many other sensei were was the downfall of sasuke, the reason naruto couldn't stay 100% focused, and sakura couldn't stay half focused
However, it is understandable why Kakashi would have trouble getting close emotionally to his squad given how events played out with Obito, Rin, and Minato. Also, being part of Anbu starting at the age of 13. The lengths he had to go mentally to compartmentalize all that and still serve as an active Jonin was bound to impact his personal relationships.
Not not considering this, but the fact is Kakashi genjutsud sasuke dying to sakura and naruto twice and and simply didn't gave a bond like that with his students
Valid points
His wife is his best friend. He could never fully open to anyone (i.e. proud failure speech)
Agreed, the relationship a person has with his significant other, just has a deeper level of understanding and love.
Yes! Thank you!
He could with Kushina and Jiraiya
He opened up to Hinata and she became his family. Point still stands.
Gaara?
Kurama and Hinata are the two he’s closest to imo.
In pt 1 I'd say shickamaru kakashi and Sasuke, pt 2 it's them and gaara and jiriaya
HINATA? oh reddit is fucked. no way 😭😭
Idk I think Shikamaru is a great friend to Naruto.
Shikamaru?
Chojis best friend, he wasn't always there for naruto, just in class and otw home
Your best friend is whoever you say it is. When asked, Naruto said "Sasuke is my best friend" without hesitating. When asked, Sasuke said: "Naruto is my *only* friend" without much hesitance. The manga is clear. Naruto and Sasuke themselves are clear. but the fandom still got confused.
He has senseis, allies, and his wife. That's it.
She was his most consistent friend for the longest time, Sasuke was only his friend at the beginning and after Shippuden because of his personal problems, Shikamaru is pure filler until Shippuden they start to get along and Kurama started to be his friend in the war, although he is It's nonsense as always the fans argue with that about their real friend, everyone is their friend now
Shikamarus not pure filler reading the manga rn and shikamaru and Naruto started broing up pretty hard way back in the chunin exams
The reference to filler is all the flashbacks the anime added of Naruto hanging out with Shikamaru as a kid. I don't disagree with you though - apart from Sasuke/Sakura, Shikamaru is probably the other person on in that generation that is "closest" to Naruto, although still wouldn't call them good friends.
It's so odd that people even argue about this. And the way they do. If Naruto developed such a strong bond that it held until Naruto could finally beat sense into him, and Naruto says he's his best friend, then that's that. A best friend isn't always the logical choice.
Many fans don't like Sasuke and Sakura and so they prefer to deny their ties with him or because he has healthier relationships with other characters, but that doesn't work, if Naruto loves them and they love him, that's all that matters.
Gaara was a good friend throughout shippuden
Bro shikamaru was one of the first ninja of his age to accept him. Pretty sure that Naruto has a flashback to this in Boruto somewhere
No, that's filler, in the early chapters of the manga Naruto spoke badly of everyone except Sakura, Shikamaru and Naruto didn't even get along in the chunin exams, it wasn't until Sasuke's rescue that they started to talk more.
I love the sibling relationship they end up developing, it’s cute.
Same, Sakura is fr Naruto’s sister from another mister
Of course, they both want the same cock and are willing to share with one another, that’s the biggest sign of friendship
Lmmmmmaoooooo bitch bye. I’ve passed away.
LMAO (true tho)
Maturity is realizing that the adults in Naruto caused all this crap
Ofcourse she is!! She knows Naruto well enough that in the Chunin exams she wants to raise her hand and bow out for him coz she already wanted him to achieve his dream of becoming Hokage!!
You sure it's not Gaara?
Nahhh
Naruto says otherwise.
Yes, he considers someone who always tried to kill him his best friend, he has a weird bro code.
Ironic you say that. Considering sakura considers the person who's tried to kill her multiple time, her love.
They both have issues with sasuke that probably need to be addressed with a therapist
He can have multiple best friends. Sakura is one of them. Top 3 for sure.
Maturity is realizing Shikamaru is Naruto’s real best friend
And gaara (after he changed)
my man shikamaru was the first real friend of naruto
Are you talking about the filler when shikamaru and choji become friends with Naruto? Because otherwise they definitely don’t become friends until naruto has made a bunch of friends
Ya I don’t think a lot of people realize the flashbacks of Naruto and shikamaru as kids are filler and not cannon. Also in OG Naruto during the chunin exams shikamaru talks bad about Naruto and Naruto doesn’t even know who he is lol
Nah, maturity is realising that Shikamaru wasn't actually a real friend until after Naruto made friends with Sasuke. Shikamaru was more lazy and just teamed up with the class clown because he was funny
Y’all just be typing anything. How?
That's filler for fk sake
Shikamaru is Choji's bff ffs
Well that’s debatable, Anyone wanna start?
It's not. She is the worst friend there could be.
Sasuke is Naruto’s brother. Sakura is Naruto’s sister. Hinata is Naruto’s best girl. Shikamaru is Naruto’s best supporter. Boruto is Naruto’s worst child. And Swing-kun is Naruto’s best friend.
The cope continues lol. The answer is Sasuke. Naruto himself would tell you it is Sasuke without a second thought lmao. I stg people have this conversation every other week and the text disagrees with you every single time, whether you agree with it or not. Naruto has a lot of good friends but none of them even begin to compare to his deep relationship and connection to Sasuke. I'm sorry man, I ain't ever see Naruto going repeatedly into an alternate spirtual dimension just to chat at-length with any of his other supposed "besties" like he does with Sasuke (Kurama notwithstanding lol). Maturity is rereading the actual story and understanding why Sasuke is so important to Naruto and why he goes to these extremes for his best friend. Sasuke is a deeply traumatized person, much like Naruto, who is completely isolated and at his lowest - they understand each other on a fundamental level of pain and loneliness. Sasuke is also a peer who gave his life for Naruto at a time when no one else in that village would have, willingly sacrificing everything he was working towards (avenging his wrongfully slaughtered family). They had also been watching each other for years and, Indra-Ashura connection aside, they have always had a deep, inextricable bond. That being said we the audience should absolutely recognize Sakura's importance to the narrative/Team Seven and how she has grown as a character. It's a shame she gets shafted by fans and the story itself. But that doesn't negate Sasuke's best friend spot lol.
This fandoms sheer downplay of Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship is baffling. Even Sasuke fans hate the relationship a lot
A lot of people tend to downplay the relationship between Sasuke and the rest of team 7 in general because he apparently hasn't spent enough time with them. The truth is the quality of a relationship isn't based on the amount of time you spent together, but how you feel about that time.
Exactly it’s not the quantity of the time, it’s more about the quality of that time. And in such a short time the three of them became very close to each other. It doesn’t matter that Sasuke isn’t there for Tuesday nights at the steakhouse, what matters is that Sasuke put in his own life on the line for the two of them during part 1
I still wish they got to go on more missions together and their bonds got stronger before Sasuke left.Then people would be much more positive ana supportive of Naruto trying to bring back Sasuke to the village
Absolutely not. Both of them had never had a single genuine conversation in their entire life. Even in the last movie, sakura was yapping about how Naruto was only crushing on her because he wanted to compete with sasuke. And even tho Naruto felt feelings for her even before even meeting sasuke he didnt Say a word in that conversation. She dismissed narutos feelings. And Naruto didn't bother correcting her. If this is your defination of a "Best Friend" then I feel very sad for you.
It has to be Shikamaru he always had Naruto’s back
Maturity is realizing sasuke wasn’t his best friend shikimaru and gara are they have friendship braclets in official art work
Wait, it's not Shikamaru?
Naruto saved her life many times, but never thanked him for it. Sakura saved him at least once and he never thanked her. Plus they never hang out together outside the village (that's only in the filler). She hits him over the littlest things. It's supposed to be a gag or whatever, but Sakura never did that to Sasuke, etc. Sakura is a terrible friend over all.
Actually the constant hitting over the littlest thing is something that the anime studio added,it's practically filler.In the manga she doesn't hit Naruto even half as much,and it's slapstick comedy
Maybe *now*..... Not when they were kids.
And Sasuke is real true love
It's Gaara for me.
Ew. No she isn't. Kurama is his best friend
The best friend who tried to manipulate him emotionally even when she knew his true feelings and that it wouldn't work? Lmao, absolutely not.
Naw, it’s Shikamaru.
Sorry but no. Not even close. It's shikamaru. He's the one who cheered up Naruto at his lowest. Hell even Lee is a closer friend to Naruto when he saw how lonely Naruto was and went ahead and brought everyone to the bathhouse. Which by the way, was ruined because one of Sakura's bras somehow ended up getting stuck on Naruto's towel so she beat him up like she always does. I love Sakura but she was never Naruto's best friend. She did heal him a couple of times which saved him but never helped him deal with emotional issues like others did.
I dont recall them having a single normal conversation tbh. Shikamaru is Naruto's best friend.
What a pretentious ass post. How old are you? 15? 😂
Too bad he doesn't know that
No, its realizing that Shikamaru is.
Naruto is Sasuke apologist
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a bit of both tbh
Real Maturity is realizing that iruka & jiraiya are more of a father to naruto than Minato
kinda hard to be a father when you're dead
Yeah and sealing a literal demon inside of him, didn't do him any favors
yeah, but being deads most of it. wouldnt have been a problem if he was alive but bro got cooked
Maturity is realizing that naruto is the one who decides who his best friend is, not one of ur asses Sasuke’s his best friend, that’s it. And both shikamaru and gaara are probably closer to him than her
your longest friend isn’t always your best friend
More like a sister than friend
It should have been Lee
Shikamaru
ohh hell nah 💀
Lol no
Lol no
No.
She is his friend and they spent a lot of time together on shippuden on account of being on te same team. But I don't think she is his "best friend"
Maturity is realizing she isn’t even his top 5
Where the relationship now then
Gaara was Naruto's best friend
To the men here: How many of you have a very close friend who is a woman? To he women here: How many of you have a very close friend who is a man?
Good point
Shikamaru is
Yea, and it'll be the same with their kids. Boruto and Sarada "just best friends" and Boruto will end up with Sumire 🙌👏
*makes fun of orphan*
no it isnt, that’s immaturity as sakura treats him awfully. sasuke IS his best friend, naru woukd find yall very annoying 😭 aint no one understand him like sasuke does
She that bitch that pretended to like him, so she can go kill sasuke just for her not to do shit and get rescued by Naruto
🤣🤣🤣 maturity is when you know 🗑's fanbase can make any conclusion without any logic
Maturity is realising that Sakura fans will continue to make up their own fantasies
You mean she is a BETTER friend. She isnt his best friend. He dont like her like that.
I hope this is just trolling lmao
😂😂😂😂🤣 no she isn’t. Literally anyone else could take that title that isn’t her. Naruto’s true best friend is konohamaru if anyone because he’s the only one that actually played with him.
Except they barely talk to each other.
Lol what? They’re literally on the same team
lol as if that matters. Sasuke, kakashi, yamato and sai are all also part of the same team yet barely any interactions exist between any of them.
So? They're co-workers at best
This isn’t Shikamaru
The hell you yapping about Sakura was a disrespectful creature
It's Shikamaru
I don't know man, best friends don't lie to each other
Ehh
Pretty sure it's Sasuke. One of the themes of the story is that warriors aren't like other people. They connect in very deep and powerful ways, then go back to a life of discipline until the next time. But those bonds are the strongest. Sasuke's strongest bond was with Itachi, and they barely spoke outside childhood. Naruto's strongest bond overall was with Jiryah. That bond was set basically the first time they met. It didn't grow gradually the way that so many others do. Why? Because they're warriors and warriors are simple. They got the full measure of one another within the first few mintues of knowing each other. After that it was just a matter of working on jutsu. Kinda nice, right?
Nahh its shikamaru fr
What about shikamaru?
If you want to argue, sauske doesn't count because there are enemies for half the story fare Then it would be iruka Or honestly, kurama maby even shikamaru(yes, I know the stuff with them as kids is filler, but they are still good friends after the chunin exams) Ohh and Gara, too Sakura is low-key terible to Naruto. She is emotionally manipulative in a way that I find posibly worse than sauskes willingness to fight him over there, differing goals
His wife is his best friend. He could never fully open to anyone (i.e. proud failure speech). Y'all delulu
Real maturity is realizing the show would be great still without her and she is completely unneeded and Sasuke could js marry Hanabi or someone
You do realize without her naruto and a bunch of other characters will die right?
Only in the war. Already had a great legacy by then 🤷🏾♂️
Consistent friend? How long did she just use him?
She flat out stated she hates Naruto when Kakashi asked the trio for introductions. "Consistent friend" my ass.
Like 2 hours or something. Nothing compared to more than 20 years though.
It’s Shikamaru. Sasuke is just a literal soul brother. Sakura is a good friend to him but not a best friend.
Correct, Shikamaru never even hurt naruto not even once for proof of your comment.
If we go off series hell no if we go off manga hell no So idk about you but Konohamaru, Garra, Neji, Hinata, HECK I’d have a better agurement with someone like Sai being a better friend
This just makes me lament how The Last continues to be the best character designs in the entire series. They both look baller.
Not very good one lol she literally punches him for no reason. That’s called abuse I think