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alybur635 · 5 months

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*Pulls up a chair* So, you wish for me to go on eh? I've had thoughts myself regarding the options

I want to start off with the fact that I don’t think Hizashi’s death was entirely necessary considering the situation at hand. The only reason that came about was to supposedly avoid a war from possibly igniting over the death of the land of lightning’s ambassador and violation of a newly signed treaty. But realistically, I find the idea that Hizashi Hyuga even had to choose doing this ridiculous. I mean you’re gonna sit here and tell me that the Hokage was really okay with putting all the pressure of avoiding a war with another village upon a single clan because a failed kidnapping of a child resulted in someone dying? You’re gonna tell me the Hokage seriously couldn’t find any other ways? I find that ridiculous! I seriously have a hard time seeing how such a situation escalated the way that it did unless the Hokage purposely didn’t push for further compromise or just didn’t get himself too involved with the whole ordeal. The whole ordeal was a political mess that I feel that the hokage didn’t engage in enough, ultimately adding to the cost of Hizashi’s life that day. IDK I find that whole situation infuriating because surely if more involvement and further investigation was done, they would’ve been able to prove the Land of Lightning was at fault and had violated the treaty first while also proving what Hiashi did was justifiable.

I think his death also played tremendously on his twin and Neji. With Neji it’s a little more obvious to us the viewers/readers: he becomes a traumatized, angry, bitter child who clings to this idea of fate and destiny to cope with his father’s death and the position he has in his life. He openly despises the main household for who they are and what the clan represents: masters who chain down the “servants” like birds to cages. I remember seeing this really cool in-depth look into Neji’s character by the @everyneji blog and I *seriously* recommend checking it out, I think it better explains how he’s been shaped due to his father’s demise.

Now in Hiashi’s case I feel it’s a bit different to see, but I think Hizashi’s death has played a huge part into the man we see him as, especially in OG Naruto. We see the guilt he has for the indirect part he played that led to his brother’s death, but I don’t think it’s just the guilt that came. I think he became as jaded and harsh as he is because of his demise. We get to see that around episode 480ish (pls don’t quote me because I don’t remember the exact episode) but we see that Hiashi here isn’t as…shitty as what he is now. Yeah he’s the head of the clan and YES he still does use the curse mark against his brother, personality wise he isn’t as stoic or demeaning as he is. So in my own opinion I feel he was at least a lot more tolerable when his brother was alive, and him dying resulted in Hiashi being this jaded hardass we the viewers first see in OG Naruto. Now don’t get me wrong this is *not* to defend him and his shitty attitude + actions, this bitch needs to fr be pushed down a flight of stairs. And no I don’t think he was correct to wait as long as he did before telling Hizashi’s LITERAL SON the truth about his dad, that was so stupid. He needs a boot to the head.

Now back to Hizashi and him not being dead:

I don’t necessarily believe him still being alive in the story would’ve changed too many aspects of what we’ve seen in the show. I mean Neji and Hiashi certainly would’ve had adjustments to how they are. But, I still think Neji would still have been angry and resentful for different reasons. Hizashi was easily a good father; he could see Neji for the potential he had and had ultimately blamed his own birth for Neji’s position in life. I mean mans literally wanted what he felt Neji was deserving of. But he also seems like the man that would’ve taken on his kid’s punishment if it meant Neji never had to feel the pain that comes with the curse mark. And even if he couldn’t do that, I think Neji would’ve still resented the main family as much as he did for the abuse he and/or his father would have to endure as branch members. I mean kid Neji adored his father, I have no doubt seeing his father punished by his uncle and the main household would be enough reason to spite them AND still somewhat cling to the idea of fate, just maybe not as tightly.

So while I think several aspects of the story could’ve remained if Hizashi could’ve lived, I still think it would be better to bring him back because it would mean Neji would have him in his life. I mean, Neji was a 4 year old child who had to lay his eyes upon his father’s corpse, that shit’s messed up! I’m sure before team guy entered his life he was a lonely kid; he didn’t have anyone in the clan that was nearly as close to him as he was with his father. I mean at least if Hizashi was alive Neji wouldn’t have been suffering with his pain completely alone for several years. He would’ve been at least a happier character with his dad, he deserves that man in his life. And Hinata + Hanabi deserved someone they could go to if their father was being too much for them, he would’ve been a cool ass uncle who isn’t as bitchy as his twin lmao.

IDK Hizashi was a good man and a good father, Neji deserved to have him in his life entirely. Neji would’ve had someone beside Hinata in the clan who he could turn to for anything. I feel his death was one of those that could’ve been real avoided but wasn’t because of outside forces (also Kishimoto didn’t want a good dad existing in Naruto). Also, if I chose to kill Hiashi that would mean Hizashi would have to see him in the afterlife and imo Hizashi does NOT need to deal with that man in his death, he needs his peace LMAO

#ty chaosnojutsu for asking me to continue on with my incoherent thoughts!#alybur thoughts #hizashi hyuga #hizashi was actually a neat character and him dying fucked up his kid n twin #but i mean the option of killing off hiashi isn't wrong I can see why other's might want to do that instead #hiashi is a bitch fr

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mahoushojoe · 2 years

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every day the everyneji tumblr re-radicalizes me

#nejiposting #neji hyuga #naruto #grrrrr just GRRRRRRR

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everykabuto · 2 years

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everyneji here i just want to say it's extremely funny how much these characters go GRRRR like calm down egg

God the sound effects in naruto are so funny and that includes Whatever noises the characters make constantly

#the sound effects are always A Choice #not everykabuto #ask

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everyneji · 30 days

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NARUTO CHARACTER POPULARITY POLL #6 (2006)

#naruto #chapter 292 #mangacap #not everyneji #neji hyuga #sasuke uchiha #kakashi hatake #deidara #naruto uzumaki #iruka umino #sasori #gaara no sabaku #minato namikaze #shikamaru nara #itachi uchiha #sakura haruno #.sasuke time skip look not being revealed yet so he's just peak baby next to everyone else is really funny #.and neji really serving 🧍‍♂️

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everyneji · 2 months

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#naruto #mangacap #not everyneji #chapter 286 #team gai #team kakashi #sand siblings #itakura yuichi

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everyneji · 11 months

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The blades Neji is wielding are called deer horn knives and are a traditional Chinese weapon which are associated with Baguazhang, the martial arts style which influenced the Hyūga technique.

#narutop99 #not everyneji #neji hyuga #.got rly excited when i saw this hehe #.he looks so good with them!!#.writing this into a fic immediately hang on

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everyneji · 4 months

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NARUTO CHARACTER POPULARITY POLL #5 (2005)

#not everyneji #naruto #mangacap #chapter 245 #neji hyuga #sasuke uchiha #naruto uzumaki #kakashi hatake #iruka umino #shikamaru nara #itachi uchiha #sakura haruno #hinata hyuga #gaara no sabaku #temari nara

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everyneji · 10 months

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NARUTO CHARACTER POPULARITY POLL #4 (2004)

#.also a jutsu poll #naruto #not everyneji #character popularity poll #naruto uzumaki #kakashi hatake #sasuke uchiha #shikamaru nara #iruka umino #neji hyuga #rock lee #gaara no sabaku #itachi uchiha #sakura haruno #jiraiya #hinata hyuga

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everyneji · 11 months

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Do you ship Neji with anyone?

Hehe. I answered this once but I'll definitely talk more on it. I love Shikamaru/Neji, and considering I published fic for them as recently as of 2021 those feelings are still going strong. Generally I prefer my ships to have a little more, er, content, but they captured my imagination so what can I say ...

If my followers will forgive me for getting indulgent for a spell, there's something very charming about how, in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, Neji is keeping up with Shikamaru.

When they're trapped by Jirobo, Neji seems a little surprised by Shikamaru's false surrender, but keeps quiet. Now he's not a loudmouth like Kiba and Naruto, but he's also not shy about speaking his mind. However, between his own observational skills, a likely respect for the command structure, and Choji's words, he doesn't interfere. He's then right in step with Shikamaru and Choji when the plan starts.

Neji then explains that he observed everything Shikamaru did (that the prison recovered from Kiba's attacks at different rates) and why Shikamaru spoke to the enemy and so on. We expect Choji to work well with Shikamaru 'cause they're besties, but Neji was essentially a stranger to them and he's right there with them because he can get why Shikamaru does what Shikamaru does.

When they break free, Neji briefly assumes command to stop Kiba and Naruto from attacking while Shikamaru is busy thinking of another solution. Shikamaru names Neji his second-in-command -- and I know it didn't come up earlier because it wasn't relevant to the story, but in a more Watsonian perspective, it seems like Shikamaru should have done this at mission start. Neji is the shinobi with the most experience there. So did Shikamaru just assume they wouldn't have to split up or he wouldn't die (optimistic) or would he prefer to evaluate someone's leadership potential before trusting the lives of his buddies to them? I'm more inclined to believe the latter.

From all this we gather that they're both intelligent, observant people who quickly gain a mutual respect of each other when asked to work together. I happen to be a big fan of relationships between people who are both strong-willed and opinionated leader types. Yes, they can clash, but so long as they're respectful of each other there's so much potential for an interesting dynamic to explore.

They're also both lowkey people with compatible lowkey hobbies (cloud gazing & bird watching, napping & meditating) who I think could just relax together, though Neji's got a more active personality to keep some of that spark and spice. Neji needs some relaxation in his life ... Shikamaru can be very tender and emotionally intelligent if he feels like it, and Neji could use that too. What does Shikamaru need? Someone who is unafraid to challenge him, haha.

In fact, figuring out what Shikamaru wants (answer: a hardass with a nice smile) is easy because we see it in canon, but what about Neji? That, my friends, is a separate post I will make because I get very sidetracked from just gushing about my little rarepair.

Thank you for the question! ♥ In the end, I stand by my opinion that so long as Neji is getting some love all's fair! I've read or at least seen art of every Neji ship that exists I'm pretty sure … I just want good things for him. ✌️ Also, if you want to talk more specific shippy stuff, feel free to hit me up on my Naruto sideblog @hallwaydodge!

#not everyneji #ask #long post #neji hyuga #shikaneji #.i had to rewrite this whole damn thing bc u backspace once tumblr deletes ur whole damn post #.ok so wanna talk abt what i'm writing its a rly long post series neji lives shikaneji au #.its playing on the conceit of this naruto sd episode but played straight (neji fake dating naruto to test his worthiness for hinata)#.but that's just the inciting incident for the first part of the story #.it's really about young adulthood and grief and trauma and martyrdom #.and thinking you're too smart for feelings to surprise you #.its where i dump all my neji feelings when i get overwhelmed #.if i reference writing a fic on here it's most certainly that one

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everyneji · 3 months

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Welcome Back!!!

Been meaning to ask you, do you think Neji has to go through clothes a lot considering he's wearing mostly white? Like thats a LOT of blood, dirt, grass stains, sweat, etc he'd have to constantly remove. Does Konohana have some of the worlds best laundry soaps or what???

This gave me a laugh hah, thank you so much for this ask! 🤭 Because I have spent a somewhat unreasonable amount of time thinking about the practicalities of the Naruto universe, I do have thoughts on this!

As I've said before, I love the white because of how much it says "You won't lay a single finger on me." Obviously we've seen Neji dirty and roughed up plenty of times, but it's the powerplay of it all that matters most. However, once all that blood, dirt, grass stains, sweat etc., do accumulate, what's a shinobi to do?

Before we get to that I want to say I believe most if not all clothes in the ninja world are made of sturdy cottons and canvases and other materials designed to take a lot of abuse. If you read up on, say, the gi worn during karate or judo, you learn they are made of similar materials with reinforced stitching for increased durability and better absorbing of sweat. Some will be lighter than others in order to facilitate better mobility. (I will mention that Bruce Lee's famous jumpsuit which inspired Gai and Lee's look was apparently made of polyester, which isn't ideal for dealing with sweat; in the anime it often looks more like spandex from how tight it is which is at least better for that.) I think Kishimoto generally draws clothing with a nice thickness and weight that helps reinforce this idea.

I also think they probably own a few different uniforms which is actually a semi-decent in-universe explanation for Cartoon Characters Who Only Ever Wear One Thing. (Especially since Naruto characters are seen in more casual clothes in their off hours.) I imagine Ninja Tailors are used to essentially doing bulk orders. And because ill-fitting clothing can be a distraction, keeping your measurements up to date would be important. So basically, as warriors, they would feel an obligation to treat their uniforms like a piece of equipment just like their kunai, and as they may regularly maintain their weapons and get new ones they would maintain their combat wardrobe.

To the actual washing question ... in some ways, white is better to wear for stains because you can use bleach fearlessly! An 'ideal laundry scenario' for example: Neji either does not use a deodorant or anti-antiperspirant, or uses a natural one which does not contain chemicals like aluminum. (The reaction of sweat with these chemicals is the primary cause for pit stains. Stains caused by this do not respond well to bleaching, sidenote.) If things were to stain, the stain is not given time to set and is instead immediately treated with cold water. (Hot water is good only for certain stains -- generally it's better to go with cold.) If needed properly diluted bleach is added to the wash and I guess everything in the colourful world of Naruto is pretty colourfast so they don't need to worry so much about bleach stains.

Of course, how much this ideal laundry routine is followed through on ... on the battlefield they don't have time for it and at home is every shinobi some kind of laundry wizard? Ehh. I think either them or people in their lives are probably more used to dealing with nasty stains because it's part of their culture, so it's not unlikely, but I can also see a lot slipping through the cracks. Clothes would slowly gain permanent stains and tears that need to be patched and would eventually be replaced, and though I think this is likely what's going on in-universe, it's not something we would ever see happening even if Kishimoto thought of it because if clothing is marked up outside of a combat scene you're going to be going "Damn, who hit him?" Not to say wear and tear is something that's impossible for an artist to convey, but damaged clothing tends to either indicate living in some kind of impoverished/difficult situation or active combat.

(Nagato before and after being sheltered and cared for by Jiraiya.)

I do like to imagine shinobi and their families swapping laundry and sewing tips, recommending tailors, enthusing about oxygen bleach versus traditional chlorine bleach and so on. Gotta keep yourself looking good when you're headed off to active combat!

TL;DR: I think less amazing laundry soaps (though I wouldn't say no to that) but more a good understanding of which fabrics work best as activewear in combat, and how to then treat these fabrics when they have been damaged is the winning combination!

#not everyneji #ask #naruto meta #naruto #long post #.can you tell i'm the kind of person who sorts her laundry and rushes to spot treat stains the moment they happen lmao

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everyneji · 1 year

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What's your opinion on the Hyuga clan slavery aspect?

Well, I can't say I'm a fan, but I assume you're not so much asking if I think it's horrible but about the place it has in the narrative.

In text, the Hyūga system is only called a matter of 'main' and 'branch' families. This reflects many real life noble clans -- but in real life, cadet branches were not so rigidly restricted. If a bunch of people dropped dead, for example, a random cousin could end up inheriting a great deal of wealth and power, which we know is a no-go here:

What makes the Hyūga clan unique is that it's really more of a caste system. It's hereditary discrimination that sees them as inherently lesser because of the situation of their birth. Then we get into the slavery by the fact they are branded and are forced to assume a subservient role under threat of death or torture.

Why do they do this? That gets into more speculative territory. We have the generalized answer (people enjoy power and having a stratified social system allows them to better exploit that power in a way they feel creates 'order') and the in-text explanation from Hizashi:

Neji further explains to Naruto that the branch family are to "shield the main branch ... and never disobey them."

This comes down the real issue which is: the branch families may have always existed for reasons of clear inheritance, but the sealing practise (and the dominance of the main family it represents) can't be accepted at face value of 'protecting the family's techniques' -- and so we get into a chicken/egg thing about the function of oppression and the seal in the clan's hierarchy. In other words, what came first: the oppression, or the seal?

The sealing practise is illogical as we see it applied. After all, main family members become shinobi and go on missions without a protective detail of branch family members or a seal to protect their eyes. I discuss it more at length in this post here, but to sum my view up: I believe the branch family's duty is to take on the most dangerous or difficult work the village demands of their citizens so the clan can retain its honour, without risking people of the main family as often or as thoroughly.

So, in this more speculative territory that combines our real life explanation and the in-text explanation, the answer to "Why do they do this?" seems to be "Because the main family wants to feel powerful and important without doing any of the actual work, using the branch family as a prop and a resource."

Now, I wouldn't say their fears about their kekkei genkai being stolen aren't valid -- between them and the Uchiha, we see how desirable dōjutsu in particular are. This is where the second question of 'what came first' crops up again. Perhaps the seal started life as a genuine desire to protect their clan, but the whole 'brain melting' aspect make this suspicious. Neji's phrasing here is interesting:

You have to ask yourself, Does the the way the seal interact with their brain/eyes just naturally result in death and pain, but sealing the eyes on death was the only original purpose? Was it intended only as a killswitch (which could have a pragmatic purpose in wartime, if a battle was lost and an enemy nin was about to go for the eyes) and the torture was later discovered as a bonus perk? Was it developed for punishment and control and then they realized "Oh, the horrific brain frying can also kill if we push it far enough! Neat!" Were all of these applications discovered and/or developed together?

We don't know, but while in the first scenario you can see the seal existing outside a rigid oppressive structure, it only gets more telling from there. It's also telling that another person could ever even have the ability to activate or manipulate someone's seal.

My headcanon is that in the long warring eras before the villages were founded, the cadet branches were the vanguards of the Hyūga, and did the fighting while the main family hung back and handled things of a more political or financial nature -- like, Kishimoto doesn't really get into it, but there's a daimyō and a capital where he presumably lives and more going on in this world than just shinobi politics. We know that the warring countries hired shinobi clans to fight their wars for them, and that the Land of Fire was established as a political power well before the village:

Where were the Hyūga before the forming of Konoha? Who did they fight for? Who were their major enemies? How old is the sealing practise? We don't know any of this, but whatever the case, life was dangerous, and like most clans, they were likely either a militia or PMC. A lot of my theorized structure -- the idea of having 'forward forces' who are more expendable, accept orders without question, and who can conveniently have their most valuable secrets destroyed on death -- tracks with them being a militarized outfit.

Consider also that the kaiten is stated to be only taught to the heir of the clan. The idea that only the most important person in the clan would learn this incredibly useful defensive jutsu -- it suggests both that others are disposable, and that the clan head and heir need a panic button if an enemy ever did get too close. If it was purely about being a field ready combat technique, why keep it so secret? It's not like it's an incredible offensive power like the trigrams. The cadet branch and the kaiten are both shields, and that says a lot about how the primary concern of the Hyūga was not their clan head being some kind of ninja war god, but someone who stays protected.

This creates a divide between 'protecting the clan head' (i.e. the main family) and 'protecting the clan itself', despite some Hyūga main family members trying to link them:

Like, okay gramps, if protecting the Byakugan is so important, why don't all of you go get sealed right now?

It's interesting to consider that maybe once upon a time, everyone in the Hyūga family did have such a seal -- but regardless, the eventual evolution of its use to brand only part of the family tells us that it's about control. It's depressingly realistic to have a powerful social caste invent excuses to oppress another caste, and then when those of that lower caste become angry at this treatment, suddenly their resentment and potential for lashing out is also reason to need to control or suppress them.

Bringing this together, I would say my instinct is that the divide in 'main branch' and 'cadet branch' happened naturally to maintain the line of inheritance, but the oppressive caste system was a result of needing soldiers as vanguards while retaining a strong, protected core of the family. The seal was a wartime strategy to protect family secrets, but deliberately not given to every member of the family in order to reinforce the caste system and keep their soldiers in line -- that the Hyūga deliberately left themselves vulnerable as a whole just because that hierarchy of main family supremacy matters so much to them.

Neji, of course, challenges the main family's assumption of superiority: even Hiashi, who tells Hanabi "The Hyūga blood flows thicker in [Neji's] veins than anyone else's" is shocked by the great heights Neji has reached. Neji proves them wrong; Neji proves that the Hyūga family is weaker for the rigid hierarchy they have implemented.

It would have been nice to get some resolution for this clan beyond just "Don't worry, dead brother, Neji and Hinata are besties now 😊" -- in an ideal world there are reparations for the cadet members, but more realistically, I guess that Hiashi in his soft old age finally outlawed this practise and told everyone to deal with it and they were all riding high on Naruto TnJ peace juice post war so they were like "k."

I'll end this by saying that though we mostly all call it the 'Caged Bird seal', this isn't the name in the manga, only being using in any official respect in the anime. Saying it represents a 'caged bird' is Neji's view of it, and it's just so heartbreaking how he couches it in this poetic imagery. What can the caged bird do? It can't fly -- it can't break its bars -- but it can sing, sharing its pain with the world. This is, unsurprisingly, imagery you see a lot in writing by marginalized peoples. The bird sings until it can't anymore, or until it escapes (if escape from such oppressive social forces is even possible.)

Neji sees his treatment by the clan as an inevitability of fate, and fate is a cage, but I think once he came to feel more in control of his own destiny, he was likely able to more directly confront the real source of his pain. Or, at least, I think it makes for an interesting topic to write on ... the combination of 'the home as source of terror' and 'how do you reconcile your desire to be strong in the way of your family with your family's abusive treatment of you' and 'it's hard and demanding, to love the ones above you.' It's all interesting! I only wish the story of the Hyūga's internal oppression had a more concrete resolution.

Thank you for the question! ♥ I hope I answered the particular aspect you had in mind somewhere in this.

#not everyneji #neji hyuga #naruto meta #.i think the whole warring clan era w clans sacrificing members as pawns #.is also reinforced by the 'throwing children onto the battlefield' thing we see with senju and uchiha #.like this concept of vulnerable or exploited infantry

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