When I think about the bigger picture of chapter 700. It was a mess, a disaster. And it was, as many people have put it, a trainwreck you just can't look away from.

My thoughts and feelings have been everywhere lately for the past three to four days. So I am just going to reread 699-700 to get myself together on one thing before going on to the next thing.

(I'm just using this plurk to get some stuff out of my system.)

Can I just mention how much I really liked the fallen stone symbolism of fingers holding right on the first page.

As strangely as to how that happened, but I guess it's just as mysterious and clouds.

mfw "Souls Overlapping" tho
Shaman King Tamashii Kasanete

It never ends. pfffffft OTL.

(Y'know what, I'll just make myself happy by listening to Tamashii Kasanete as I reread this.)

If I don't have chapter 700 in mind on how it ends anyway. Sasuke and Sakura stuff wouldn't seem so forced to "make up" for the entire series, never mind the last time we heard Sasuke's blunt opinion and

feelings about Sakura just chapters ago.

There's literally the entire series, more than enough "interactions" between the two, to prove that SasuSaku is not a healthy relationship - why this ship is so detestable in the first place.

Our understanding of this, is literally, that Sasuke leaves for his trip right after 699 (when SasuSaku wasn't 'canon' yet then), comes back just to give her a goddamn kid, and then leaves AGAIN.

There's so many things wrong with that. I am sure Sakura didn't want this kind of life with Sasuke, when he is hardly ever home.

Even their child has daddy issues at a young age, although a bit different from Boruto's, but still. That's messed up.

And, for the love of god, who names their kid salad. I feel bad for Sarada for being the child of an awful pairing.

I feel bad for Sasuke that he ended up with a woman he did not love, and had stated outright that she was an annoyance more than three times.

I feel bad for Sasuke that he was forced into this kind of "love life" with a woman who has been obsessed about loving him ever since she was a young child and a teen, and didn't give up even right at the end

like she was desperate for something. That kind of crappy writing hurts. I love Sasuke and Sakura a lot, but they're only Team 7/family for me. They act like one, especially from Sasuke's side.

It's so inconsistent about how Sasuke's and Sakura's "love story" is written. They were not compatible, and would be in a very unhealthy 'relationship'.

I feel like Kishimoto just wrote whatever he could around his editors butting in and trying to give direction to his storytelling/ideas.

Sasuke doesn't deserve this. Sakura doesn't deserve this kind of life, nor the "writing" she was forced under (as well as Sasuke). Poor Sarada doesn't deserve this. Kishimoto doesn't deserve this either!

I wholeheartedly agree like any anti-SasuSaku person. Sasuke, without a doubt, was very out of character about this whole thing.

For Sakura, it's hard to separate her own character from the forced "Sakura" in the story for some. She had every willpower to think back on herself and give Sasuke his space and let him go.

She also had every willpower to grow out of her childhood crush and see that it was just a silly "oh he's so cool!" kiddie crush, when I am sure she didn't know his actual personality back then.

fjkdsfdsds I say all of this as I'm still on page 5 of 699. Okay moving on for now... Sasuke apologized to Sakura, great. I didn't mind this too much. He would have done this anyway to a teammate.

I swear every other screentime Kakashi gets, I get hit with heaps of nostalgia and Team 7 feels and I just fhdkfjs b-bAKAKASHI, STAWPIT.

Team 7 being together again and actually being happy. ;;A;;

I really wished they'd have more time together post-war like on missions together again would be beautiful. Their time in Part 1 wasn't enough, but well.. There's always room for /some/ headcanons, right?

Sasuke on his free time during his trip, Naruto and Sakura reunite with him and bring him along for their mission in secret.

At first, I thought Kakashi only lowered the left side of his headband over his eyes for old times sake or out of habit.

But then I realized, what if he's tearing up??????

Oww, my haato. I cannot deal with this. -lays down on my side and cries a tear-

I LOVE SASUKE'S MONOLOGUE. THEY'RE SO HEARTWRENCHING BUT THEY'RE SO MEANINGFUL AND..... so.. so wonderful.

Sasuke feels to the extreme. Welcome to my top ten favorites, bby. Top five Uchiha faves, too, tho I think you've already been there?

Sasuke feeling the brother feeling that Naruto feels about him. ;a;

(Hinata, no don't wake up. xD (Really though, I also feel these simple panels were forced too just for 700.))

SasuNaru/NaruSasu ~seal~ -puts shades on, hell yeah-

Yamato looks freaked out here, poor guy... Getting tossed in the middle of a freaking war with crazy shit happening must've been so confusing and frightening.

(Also, stop reminding me that Hyuuga Neji is dead. Kishi, gdi. Bhdksjffds.)

((I gotta laugh tho. Even Kakashi had the darn mask on on the Hokage Monument. x'D I would legit be shocked if it was unmasked, tbh. He doesn't like being photographed without one on so like.))

I don't have much opinion about Sasuke being let off easily. In actuality, I'm glad for him to even have that chance at all, knowing how frickin' stingy the Konoha heads are with criminals.

Kakashi being the official Hokage now. That still feel like a dream to me, but wow, it seriously did /happen/.

Back when I first got into Naruto (say the firstttt five years of it?), I always felt that the Hokage position didn't fit Kakashi too well. He's very laidback, and he's famous for being super late for

meetings, meet-ups with friends, and all that. Save for that one (important) meet-up he had with Sasuke back in Part 1 for his training.

Even with Danzo dead and the position being passed on to Kakashi (as said by Gaara), it still felt weird to me then.

But, you know what. I'm glad Kakashi is Hokage. I don't really know of anyone from his generation who'd take up on the position professionally.

I realized that Kakashi would have no choice but to be on time for any of his important stuff. He did it once with Sasuke, so of course he can do that again. Just more often.

(He can save his mourning for later. I'm sure the village got used to Hiruzen visiting the Memorial, so it should be no different with Kakashi.)

In The Last images of Hokage Kakashi, his normal outfit looked rather bland but it looks just amazingly fine on him! The writing on the back was super neat!

But, the robes. The robes. -laughs half-heartedly- Just... I can imagine Kakashi's exact feelings about having to WEAR those sometimes. lolnope.

I'm a little saddened that they skipped over Kakashi's reign without much word on how he managed things. Hopefully that'll be covered in The Last / databooks / info / etc.

It hurts me when I see people say that Kakashi would continue the oppressive system. When, actually, I feel like he wouldn't. He really would not!

He has explicitly stated to Obito that he did not like the system, and how terrible it was. Sending young children to missions whenever they're "fit" as ninja, no matter what age... Child killing... and

basically drafting shinobi to war whether they want to or not. Just... most of the shinobi code and system was bullshit to him. He wouldn't continue it if he got the chance to change things.

I seriously headcanon that Kakashi at least carried out some of his and Obito's ideals to life in some shape or form during his reign.

(And that Obito was AT LEAST remembered post-war in 699 and got a proper grave even without his physical body. I'm pretty sure they carved Neji's name on the Memorial, too...)

I kinda felt that Sasuke going on a trip to make up for his sins was a horrible 'end' for him. However, he got to find the brighter side of that, to look at the world with a different view this time.

I'm so glad for him ;A;

I mean, we see how Sasuke's life turned out after the Uchiha massacre. He wanted revenge for reasonable things, even tho he did commit some crimes there and here and was completely enveloped in darkness and got

cruel with his actions and everything. Even when he was told the truth, and learned the history of Konoha, it was still too late to take back what he did.

He was just a good guy deep inside all along. Even now he has reverted back to his old self (and changed) - just to hear that they threatened him with "imprisonment for life" hurts. ;A;

And instead of that, he's... pretty much half-exiled himself from Konoha to go on a trip and see the world for maybe the rest of his life?

Only to come back to help Konoha in need, give Sakura a kid and maybe visit to 'raise' her sometimes.

To be frank, if it weren't for the ending - Sasuke was better off single and with no children (unless he goes and gives sperm donors to couples, then that's cool, but... again.. kid possibily having the

Sharingan (and the whole Uchiha pain-love curse which /hopefully/ can be avoided in these cases...) might come up as a problem. Sasuke might not be all too willing to train them, when Kakashi isn't available.))

I'm all up for Sasuke adopting war and non-war orphans tho. He can have a little team with them, with the help of Taka to take care of 'em when he needs 'em.

Alternative!: Sasuke comes back after his trip after he is undoubtedly done and becomes ANBU (proposing that the heads can watch him closely that way which will do nothing because Sasuke's mostly okay now and

won't do any further wrongdoings much. ThatwayNaruSasucanbetogetherandgettohangout--).

I just want a happy Team 7 end with them being content and all together, including Sasuke. YOU TOO, SAI. AND YOU TOO, YAMATO AT LEAST ONCE IN A WHILE, WHEREVER YOU AREEEE.

I've seen some people interpret that even after all Sasuke had done to Sakura, that his sins has nothing to do with her at that point. However, they're forgetting one thing is

that Sasuke apologized to her already, and Sakura settled on that, so it got resolved then and there. Also, Sakura was acting sulky when Sasuke said "it had nothing to do with you", like Sakura felt she got

rejected to go on the journey with him. That, or she felt uninvolved about his sins...? Whichever? -pats Sakura- It's okay, honey.

OKAY. THIS SCENE. THE FOREHEAD TAP. I'm.... so torn about it?

Good things:
-Sasuke seem more mellowed out here and friendly to Sakura again.
-FANS ARE SAYING SASUSAKU WENT CANON BECAUSE OF THIS? ITASASU DID MANY TIMES TOO THEN. (/bricked)

Bad things:
-That was Ita and Sasu's thing. No. Why.
-Sakura doesn't even know what that means personally to Sasuke and probably misinterpreted it into her own way of 'he likes my forehead' or some other.

-Still was Itachi's and Sasuke's thing. It was very personal thing to him. (I'll kindly rage over this, okay. -sighs-)
-That was just fanservice to set up SasSaku for 700, sure... -shakes head and moves on-

(I hope the anime won't make this scene very cringey. Just keep it platonic feeling as you can, guys? No shoujo bubbly backgrounds for added effect? Leave that up to the shippers to do it on their own.)

Uzumaki Naruto, my man. Ilu.

Who doesn't at least love Naruto at this point for some NaruSasu bromance tension??

The whole headband thing, tho. All I have to say to that is this
Untitled, You know what this means? Naruto has kept Sasuke’s...

-Chapter 700-