Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26567684-20150821055736/@comment-26917631-20150822192602

Lilyxflower wrote: It is a hard choice because, naturally, they both love their kids and are willing to do anything for them. But there are some pros and cons between them.

Naruto:

Pros: He is willing to risk his life for his kids, trains Boruto whenever he has time off, keeps a photo of his family at his office, sat with his wife and daughter at the Chunin exam to watch his son rather than sit with the other Kage, and tells Boruto that he believes in the boy's abilities despite Boruto's earlier cheating scheme.

Cons: He often sends shadow clones to tend to his family rather take time off from work to be with them, he has trouble communicating with his son, and even admitted that he feels he is a bad father because he is there enough for his family.

Sasuke:

Pros: He is willing to risk his life for his daughter, Sarada is one of the few people he will listen to, he embraces her to show her how much he loves her, he also pokes her on the forehead and she is one of two people he has poked in the forehead, and he adamantly refused to let her take part in his mission of rescuing Naruto.

Cons: He was absent during much of Sarada's life on a mission, he never contacted her or his wife during his time away, he acted indifferent to her when they first met and never apologized for almost striking her with his sword in a misunderstanding.

In Sasuke's defense, that could've been because if someone knew he was watching them and following their every move... He could prevent both Sarada and Sakura from being harmed, or worse, because the enemy would know that Sasuke had those familial ties. Even though Sakura had been trained by Tsunade and unlocked the Strength of a Hundred seal, she has/had proven herself throughout history to be mostly useless. It would be easy for an enemy of Sasuke's, or the village to go in the village (because we've seen countless times how easy it is to infiltrate the Leaf), and kidnap Sakura and Sarada, leaving Sasuke to have to save them. Why shoulder that burden if he doesn't have to...you know? Maybe I'm wrong.