Destined to be together since the days of the Rikudou: Naruto and Sasuke (Naruto)

[senior_witch]

Title: Naruto and Sasuke - destined to be together since the dawn of time (or at least the days of the Rikudou)
Author:senior_witch
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke
Spoilers: The entire series up to chapter 480. (I wrote this before chapter 481 was released and decided not to rewrite it.)
Author's Note: This is the second manifesto for

Comments

[kylara]

This is quite a lovely manifesto. Thank you for writing it, I'm glad you decided to take on the task of writing an updated version for their relationship. Your conclusion is uplifting and refreshing, and my hope needs renewing more often these days since the series has become rather dark.

[senior_witch]

Thanks! Looking at it now I think that I should not have gone on a picture cropping spree. And, yes, when chapter 481 was released, I too needed some consolation, and looking at the picture I cropped from chapter 470, where Naruto insists that Sasuke's motivation is ultimately not hatred but love, I felt comforted. And the new chapter is quite uplifting too.

[shinigami002]

Excellent manifesto! I like how you stuck to the facts as it is and made it a point not to emphasize this as a romantic relationship.

When the story ends, Sasuke's and Naruto's bond will be love and not “just friendship”.

I completely agree with that point. My take on it is that they are soulmates- they can only be whole when are they are together (not in the physical sense). Even though they will most probably end up being with someone else, they will most likely be each other's most important person.

Once again, great job!

[senior_witch]

Thanks for the compliments! I just hope that you will be right and that they will end up as each other's most important person. (I don't envy the girls who will probably end up as their wifes at the end of the story.)

[sirona_gs]

Chapter 481 was a very dark moment, definitely. Though chapter 482 finally promises at least the start of a resolution!

Your manifesto is a wonderful essay! I love that you included Plato, that has been something I've been connecting to Naruto; it's also why I really ship the pair, even though we get plenty of material in favour (as evidenced by your picture material)! You've made me want to go and reread the manga from the start now, which I think I will.

I absolutely agree with the point you make about the two blood lines decending from one person, and that the two would have to reunite for the ninja world to have a chance. You've obviously put a lot of work into this essay and it has really paid off. Fantastic work!

[senior_witch]

Thanks a lot! The manga is still dark... Writing the essay gave me hope at a moment when I was almost despairing about the story.

[sirona_gs]

Oh hey, if you're still looking for recs, here's one of my favourite SasuNaru stories. It is AU, but absolutely everything that writer has written about them has been amazing. Therapy by NavyBlueWings.

[zombieflu]

I just finished reading, late by a couple months but better late than never, and i gotta say, i adore you for doing this ;;♥ I was starting to wonder when a update manifesto for these two would appear. Anyway, I really don't have much to say other than you did an awesome job and a thank you for doing this♥

[senior_witch]

Thanks for the compliments, and with our speculations that the Yin half of the kyuubi might be sealed within Sasuke I feel that I was not far off the point...

[senior_witch]

Erm. It's been quite a time since I wrote this essay, and I actually wrote it just before the event that made me distance myself from the Narutoverse and become very pessimistic over its overall message: Danzou's redemption. So I am no longer very familiar with my own essay, and I don't remember where I mention Snape. Using the search function of my browser did not help either, so I am now rather confused about what you want to say with yoru remark.