Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-8284722-20141222195100/@comment-8284722-20141223202604

@Kirin While the original kiss was intended to be comedic, the way it stuck around in Naruto lore meant that it had to be given some symbolism. It may come off as homosexual, but as Sasuke said in the script, it also started the friendship between what we at Narutopedia have called the Best Friendship of the Naruto franchise. That, at least, is my interpretation, so I'm showing it here. Plus, Naruto's response leaves open the ability for another rematch. Get hype!

@Eric While I have pushed NS frequently in the past, that has nothing to do with this. In fact, most of my related comments regarding it ever since Nov. 10 have been out of the sheer fact that my thing is going to have to separate from continuity at that point. Sorry about the Taka thing. I just thought it was SS because of how you brought up Sakura's love in winter quote and Sasuke's "Team 7 is my one and only family" quote which we got into a discussion about simply because I didn't remember either (and still don't...). But for the record, in my personal interpretation, I'm a big Team 7 fan, but Taka had just as big of an impact on Sasuke's life as Team 7 did. They were both tools to him at first, but thanks to Naruto, he was able to see it through. To be honest, I always pitied Taka. They were just a bunch of kids with goals and dreams of their own that were cut short by Orochimaru. And that, coupled with the ambiguity left by Kishi at the end of the series, is why I gave them a satisfying conclusion at the end of the series :). Also, I'm only asking you to be quiet about the shipping; if it's anything else, by all means go ahead and spit it out - I only don't want anyone getting banned, that's all.