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SASUKE KARIN SASUKE X KARIN SASUKARIN SASUKE KARIN UCHIHA SASUKE UZUMAKI KARIN SASUKE UCHIHA KARIN UZUMAKI MANGA SASUKE'S CHARACTER THE BOND MISCONCEPTIONS ! SK MOMENT FYSK: LAP FYSK: POINTERS TRANSLATIONS DAT TSUNDERE
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A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT SASUKE WAS ALWAYS AN ASS TO KARIN. BUT, HOW MANY TIMES WAS NORMAL SASUKE “RUDE” TO HER?
NOTE: THE QUESTION REFERS SOLELY TO PRE-DARKNESS SASUKE. AKA, IT TALKS ABOUT SASUKE AND HIS USUAL DYNAMIC WITH KARIN.
The first thing worth pointing out about this is that when Sasuke wants to be rude (or rather, when Sasuke does not give a damn) Sasuke is rude. There are no in-between; the guy is “stay out of my business”, “shut up”, etc rude. He can be, quite literally, a total ass.
But pre-Kage Summit Sasuke (aka, the usual Sasuke) never reacted in such a way to Karin; and there was a myriad of occasions in which Karin’s words and behavior could have granted her that kind of response. But in all those instances of “he could have” - Sasuke didn’t.
Before addressing them, however, I will focus on talking about the instances that people use to justify Sasuke ‘being rude to Karin all the time’. And first of all, it so happens that 2 (Chapter 348 & 380) of the aforementioned instances happen to be mistranslations. Or rather, liberal translations.
To read about them (and please do so, so that the rest of the post makes sense to you), go HERE and click on the spoiler-tag.
Now that they have been addressed, and that we’re left with a single instance of normal Sasuke being rude to Karin, I can move onto the point I wanted to make; that is, the reason why I frankly do not consider it [that single instance] worth fretting over and do not hold it against him.
It’s because taking into consideration the fact that the number of times when Sasuke just lets Karin do as she wishes and does not reply to her with any rudeness (even though in quite a few of those instances he did arguably have reasons to do so) far outnumber it.
Like:
The moment Sasuke goes to recruit her. He goes out of his way to even tell her “I need you” and Karin goes tsundere on his ass, “Huh?! Why Should I go with you?!”, “I still refuse! I’m under no obligation to follow your orders, you know!!”
And what does the guy do?
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Plus, he actually takes into account what Karin said! lol He needs her; her ability is the vital piece that would make his revenge mission all that much easier. But since “Karin felt so strongly about it”, Sasuke was willing to let her be and go and find someone else. Even though beforehand, Sasuke had clearly stated to Suigetsu that he was perfectly aware of the fact that:
“[I admit that] there are plenty of strong shinobi that I could have recruited… but Karin’s got unique abilities. I need her.”
Then we have stuff like this:
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Or this;
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Or this;
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Or this;
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lol, it’s funny because actually when it comes to rudeness: Karin is rude to Sasuke almost all the time! lol aka, way more often than Sasuke is rude to her (which rarely if ever happens) lol Heck, in that very last panel, Karin is the only one from Hebi that does not bring Sasuke any kind of info about Itachi or Akatsuki; and what does Sasuke do? nothing. He does not look down on her or lecture her or get angry about it; nothing. Not to mention that the 'you’ she uses is extremely rude; 'teme’ aka, 'bastard’ lol
And speaking about nothing; we also have stuff like these:
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Where Karin’s dislike for Suigetsu manifests itself, and Sasuke? Sasuke let’s her be. Before this panel, back in Chapter 349, there was this, for example, among others; Karin lashes out at Suigetsu and what does Sasuke do? Nothing.
Then in Chapter 350 Karin even tricks Suigetsu into going the wrong way, when Sasuke clearly wanted the three of them to go to Juugo together; and what does Sasuke do? Nothing. He plays along and lets Karin guide him to Juugo lol
The contrast is clearly drawn in Chapter 352 (which we bring up all the time, I know); Suigetsu annoys Karin and what does Sasuke do?
Why,
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He reminds Suigetsu that he had already told him to cooperate with Karin! When has Sasuke ever asked Karin to cooperate with Suigetsu? Hell one page later Karin is the one to bait Suigetsu, and Suigetsu is the one who gets the warning from Sasuke! lol And when Karin beats the shit out of Suigetsu you do not see Sasuke asking her to stop or to 'cooperate with him’, do you?
Nope. (lol poor sui. no wonder the guy enjoys cockblocking them)
I happen to believe this kind of thing - which is constant, matters more than a couple of isolated instances where (normal) Sasuke’s responses to Karin can be questioned. After all, it is the consistent and constant natures and overtones present in a dynamic those that shape it up, rather than the exceptions.
Of course, things take a turn for the worst after the Kage Summit; but Sasuke’s behavior there can hardly be accounted as the 'typical’ way he behaves around Karin or his Team. Because there was nothing typical about his character at all during that arc, starting by the way he went for the kill rather than avoiding the vitals, as he used to do. It does not excuse him, of course, it does not.
But it in no way discards the fact that before that; before Sasuke jumped headfirst into Darkness, there was no 'rudeness’ from Sasuke’s side in his usual dynamic with Karin.
Aaaaand I rest my case lol granted, we all have different views on what constitutes as a 'rude’ response and what doesn’t; but my overall point (aka, that very last paragraph right there) still stands, IMO.
Posted by Kanae @ Ice&Spice FC in April 2012 in response to a question made by NAwsomeness13
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