The worst thing about the Oro Affair is poor Yamato (you know, a VICTIM of his past crimes) having to spend his entire existence watching over him and following him around. And his sacrifice is useless since Orochimaru is still doing what he wants anyway and even created Mistuki. Naruto, can’t you just let poor Yamato go home and rest??

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Yamato has the saddest story in all of Naruto. From early childhood to adulthood, in canon, he is never TRULY accepted and included, and he is CONSTANTLY exploited, by everyone, including the heroes, and never appreciated. I love Kakashi, but one of the reasons why I don’t personally ship Kaka//Yama (even though I’m fine with translating etc for it) is that Kakashi’s behavior to Yamato actually really bothers me considering that there is no pay off. Yamato is constantly doing so so so much trying to get approval and he never gets it. He just gets dicked around over and over. One at a time, how Kakashi teases and manipulates Yamato is funny, but as a pattern it’s not funny at all. I just can’t stand the idea of Kakashi letting Yamato sit alone on guard duty like that for years, retiring, and Naruto being basically oblivious, to the point that Naruto, the fucking Hokage, seems almost surprised to see Yamato there in Scarlet Spring.

Yamato just wants to BELONG, he wants BONDS, which once upon a time was the goddamn theme of Naruto. All the other sad orphan boys get to have this (Gaara, Sasuke, Kakashi, Naruto himself). Yamato? LMAO Yamato we’ll call you if we need wood release or a bill paid. Otherwise nobody cares about you, nobody notices the pain you’re in, and nobody wants to spend time with you.

Orochimaru, the guy who had a finger in probably 50% of the atrocities in the series, gets all his dreams come true (eternal youth and the ability to study anything and anyone he wants without any pesky morality stopping him), Yamato gets worse than nothing, and that’s fucked up for a supposed happy ending.