wafflelate:

#okay look #L O O K #this scene#is so important #because before this #this poor little boy #was harassed and bullied by a group of peers for not being good at a game #and this is all from a western perspective on my part but #little boys rejected by their peers can be nasty ragemonsters #and Chouji had no reason #none #to free that butterfly #he did because he knew it was scared and he knew he could do something #he cared 

#and moreover we know that Chouji is a very strong person physically possibly was as a child #he didn’t want to fight Asuma #he asserted he could REALLY HURT Asuma #who is an adult jounin #so imagine the skill it took this sad child #who probably could have broken the faces of all of those kids who hurt him without breaking a sweat #had to use to free something so delicate as a butterfly #I will fight EVERYONE for Chouji 

(tags from @greenekangaroo)