Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25178929-20140919183238/@comment-24810183-20141027214808

Iloveinoxxx wrote: "To forgive" is one of the main characteristics of the Naruto series. Seriously, how come that so many people are still so pissed off because of this? Just think back a bit. Zabuza and Haku were wanted criminals, hired to prevent a whole country from developing. Haku nearly killed Sasuke, Naruto rages but contains himself, ultimately seeing the real person, saying that he "liked them" in the end. Itachi slaughtered his whole clan, (apparently) became the paragon of a wanted criminal, Naruto learns about the true Itachi and highly valued him and hios decisions. Nagato killed two of Naruto's closest persons, destroys his hometown, yet Naruto realises Nagato's motives and forgives him as he could understand him perfectly. Obito was responsible of the deaths of Naruto's own parents, which resulted in his life being a miserable one until he found real friends. Yet, after learning Obito's story, Naruto saw himself reflected in him and forgave him. It's everywhere in the whole series, why shouldn't the same apply to Sasuke? Everybody who has still a little bit goodness inside him/her gets forgiven for his/her actions, no matter how serious they were. It's been always like that, there is virtually no reason for Sasuke to be treated differently by Naruto.

Is all of this doable in the real world? Hell no. But this is fiction. It's an invocation for the readers maybe, but ultimately, it's not real. So coming with "real world standards" is in no way applicable here.

eeerrr, I'm still conflicted over the application of all these lessons to real-world situations. I suppose forgiveness and understanding is the key to many things and peace, so maybe some naruto-ness can be applied to the real world. But I do agree with you fully in terms of the naruto-universe, Sasuke is a brother to Naruto--- and it's been symbolized throughout the series as how he is a mirror of Naruto himself, how he's like Naruto with a different story, what he could've become. I think... that's why they will be able to join again, as brothers always find a way to restore their bonds.

(rereads my paragraph, cough cough cough I'm being wayyyy too philosophical, cough, cough, cough.)