Oh gosh, I don’t know. Kakashi is pretty interesting from an outside perspective because he can be really silly but also complicated. Kankurou and Kiba are both fun because they bounce of Shikako really well being snarky. And Sasuke is the opposite – being very deadpan when things happen.
A/N1: Because Chapter 105 reminded me about just how wonderfully ruthless and cunning Shikako really is, and I’m always a sucker for the categorization of things. As for the title–I’m not promising that I will do the other teams/characters, but I’m also not saying that I won’t.
On the TVTropes page, the members of Team Seven have already been labelled into their respective roles within the Freudian Trio / Four-Temperament Ensemble / Five-Man Band (don’t worry about the numbers, it will all make sense later). Which, for the most part, I agree with (my problem has more to do with how the website defines the roles than the allocation of them, but with TVTropes you really do have to read everything with a grain of salt).
However, I wanted to add some of my own analysis and labeling because, well, my brain thinks it’s fun. And maybe some of my fellow DoS fans will get some enjoyment out of reading this.
Here are the members of Team Seven and their respective allocations. The normal font is from the TVTropes site while the bolded and italicized are my own additions/adjustments.
Naruto
the Id (the Superego) Sanguine The Hero E(N/s)FP – Idealist Gryffindor Chaotic Good
Sasuke
the Superego (the Id) Choleric (Melancholic) The Lancer IS(T/f)J – Guardian Hufflepuff True Neutral
Shikako
the Ego Melancholic (Choleric) The Smart Chick (I/e=A)NTP – Rational Slytherin Chaotic Neutral
Kakashi
the Mentor Phlegmatic The Big Guy IST(P/j) – Artisan Ravenclaw Neutral Good
Kakashi never gets an easy time of it. Poor thing. He tries his hardest, but by this point in his life I think he’s very used to failure (at least in particular ways) and his team really don’t make things easy on him.
[that doesn’t involve death or pointy objects] is a lot to ask of ninja really, isn’t it?
Now that’s a complicated one. Both the question and Kakashi’s thoughts…
I think he did want to take on Team 7. Maybe wasn’t so convinced it was a good idea or that he knew how to teach them, but he has connections to Naruto and Sasuke.
I don’t think he expected to really care for them as much as he grew to. Really care, as people, not just as comrades he won’t let die. And of course, I don’t think he expected how much trouble they would get into and how often he would worry about them. Kakashi is a person who has lost a lot of people – not being there, being too late, making mistakes… – and I think he’s pretty desperate to not lose any more.
Minato occupies the slot called “Parent” or “Older Brother Figure” or “Mentor.” Or rather, all three.
The reason Kei is Kakashi’s “Anchor” is because the term can be used two ways. Both as a point of stability–what with Obito having vanished after Kannabi and Rin not actually being on their team–and as an occasional dead weight that might be considered holding him back. Such is love.
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