The symbolism of Sasuke sinking into a whirlpool—the literal translation of Naruto’s surname—during the Diver OP as Naruto once again dives in to save him, resolved, is a direct commentary on how Naruto can not give Sasuke up as he is tied to his very essence. Without Sasuke, Naruto cannot be Naruto. It could also be a nod to the fact that in their relationship, they are both switches as Sasuke can “enter” Naruto as well. In this essay I will attempt t
Jokes aside, If we take into consideration the final lyric of Diver that plays as Naruto literally dives down to save Sasuke, it’s easy to see this OP as the love story it truly is;
Fusing this with the imagery of the OP, the implication here is that deep down in Naruto’s center, Sasuke is his source of happiness. Some might argue that the whirlpool is representative of Tobi’s mask and thus his influence over Sasuke dragging him back down and further away from Naruto and that theres no romance to be seen here at all, but to those who support this takeaway I caution you all to shut the fuck up. Bitch.
Anyways, the return of the hit band Nico Touches the Walls to the Naruto soundtrack is noteworthy as well. We all fondly rememer their first of arguably the greatest Naruto Shippuden ED, Broken Youth, where the imppecably timed english lyric of ‘please kiss me please kiss me all night’ plays as Naruto and Sasuke, reimagined as wandering outlaw samurai straight out of somebody’s enemies to lovers ao3 fic, make eye contact for the first time and size each other up with their hands on the hilts of their swords (gay) while traveling down opposite ends of a fall forest trail. In Broken Youth, Nico Touches the Walls are masters of gay subtext, and in Diver, they do not fail to deliver again. The image of Sasuke, Naruto’s happiness, sinking into a whirlpool (lit. Uzumaki) with Naruto hot on his heels and desperate to save his best friend and feel a sliver of joy again is the greatest depiction of devotion and unconditional if often foolhardy love.
In conclusion, Diver is a love story about pain, loss, and the desire to reclaim what was lost. Furthermore, Kishimoto is a bum ass fool and was wrong to make these two straight and thusly, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a sin against all things pure and true and I will personally fight anyone who disagrees with this. If you disagree, please DM me so I can fight you, personally.
It’s really hard for me to choose favourites of anything (like impossible) so I went with the ship I’ve spent the most money on for merchandise so far lmao
you know what i just realized about the infamous naruto sasuke kiss? sasuke didn’t know the kiss was an accident. like we the audience saw the guy behind naruto accidentally push naruto into sasuke which then resulted in the kiss. HOWEVER, sasuke thought he had kissed him on purpose. cause literally the entire time, sasuke and naruto were looking into each other’s eyes and they didn’t break eye contact once as seen here
so, in actuality, even though we the audience saw what happened, sasuke is the only one who thought naruto had kissed him on purpose.
This is very true.
Your assumption is confirmed in a databook where Sasuke asks what he did to Naruto for him to kiss him. So yeah, Sasuke believes Naruto kissed him purposely to tease him, and he isn’t sure why he’d want to tease him.
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