new chapter of HUAB tomorrow (if all goes well)

Impatiently waiting for beta services at the moment. In the meantime, have a teaser of both my fic and some rad art by @port-wind-waves​:

Tsunade-shishou’s reaction to her forehead is not what she expected. “My God, Sakura… sage mode? But doesn’t it…” She lowers her voice to a horrified whisper. “Doesn’t it make you hideous?”

“Well… I don’t know… there’s not exactly a lot of mirrors in Shikkotsu Forest, shishou.”

Tsunade looks nonplussed. “You don’t carry a mirror?”

“No…?”

Tsunade pours herself another drink. “Youth is wasted on the young.”

Frankly speaking, giving one of three main characters a name and central motif heavily associated with trees and then NOT giving her the super rare ability to grow plants out of her hands when her teammates start developing weird, random powers is a disservice to both the narrative and the potential for puns

more Mokuton!Sakura 2k17

Sakura being Hashirama's reincarnation is actually EXTREMELY funny because this goofball of a man who kept up a kind unassuming demeanor despite being the god of shinobi and one of the deadliest people alive wakes up in the next life as a tiny girl with pink hair and goes "You know what? I'm tired of being nice. Time to go apeshit."

Narrative reasons for giving Sakura the mokuton, ranked

Experimented on: LAME. Overused even in canon. 1/10

descended from the Senju: this still baffles me because there's absolutely no indication whatsoever in canon that it's a Senju clan ability. I'll allow it if it only because it means team 7 finishes up the village founder trifecta. 3/10

Idk just go with it: I can respect this. 5/10

Strong innate connection with nature: I love that this just boils down to "she's named after a tree??? Why not." 8/10

She's just that good babie: chakra control through the ROOF. What, like it's hard? If the god of shinobi can do it so can this bitch. 10/10

Ate a god: METAL AS FUCK 15/10

What she says: I'm fine.

What she means: Not giving Sakura the wood release was such a wasted opportunity, both narratively and thematically. All of Sakura's primary motifs are based off of plants, her main teacher is Hashirama's only living descendant, and her teammates already emulate the two other people involved in the Battle of the End (Mito and Naruto are both Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, and Sasuke and Madara both possess the Mangekyou Sharingan). Her inclusion in the second Battle of the End would strengthen the plot by introducing rule of three to create a more complex narrative than just two souls pitting against each other, and carry the theme of generational parallels further than Team 7's apprenticeships with the Sannin.

Hi i Love when people talk about sakura with sage mode + mokuton

hi sakura should’ve had wood style + sage mode like hashirama heres why

she’s never seen using them yet her canon nature types are earth and water (the two elements needed for wood style) 

yamato, the only other living wood style user, was literally her captain and could’ve trained her like naruto - and as a wood style user she could’ve trained with naruto by controlling kurama instead of sitting around with sai and watching

she’s the student and successor of tsunade (hashirama’s granddaughter) and surpassed even tsunade’s byakugou - as in, the closest jutsu to hashirama’s regeneration

from the beginning her character and narrative have heavily involved nature and growth (even down to her name - literally “spring field of cherry blossoms” - and color design - green + floral pinks)

she has a much higher focus / concentration and learning speed than naruto, who reached sage mode! she should be able to just as well!

sage mode is already taught by both the toads and snakes, so narratively the slugs should be able to teach it too - and sakura already has an established summoning ability and connection with katsuyu

just a little thing, but sakura’s clasped hands shown repeatedly in openings and endings could’ve grown from a passive gesture to one of strength - the snake hand sign iconic to wood style

not to be cheesy but let sakura go from a bud to a flower to a fucking Tree

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I need to read the manga I’m CRYING

“… my ideal girl is also Kashima.”

GSNK 87.

“My ideal man’s face has always been Kashima but… I just realized now but could it be… that my ideal girl is also Kashima…”

every time mikorin does something bold like this he gets embarrassed but chiyo thinks it’s cute so it’s okay 💕

i lov them

This is still one of the greatest things ever made.

you KNOW he’d go to UA….

kofi request!!! (currently not taking any right now) 

I love your art and the idea behing the blog! ShikaSaku with a pink-haired son, teaching him not to be ashamed of his colouring maybe? I hope you'll find motivation again, you're awesome ♥

i’m done for the day.

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