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Great observation! Both the girls support each other and are the only few people who can do anything against omnipotence because of their awareness of the issue. I hate neither of the girls and I know that their interactions moves the plot forward. I'm just excited to see how it's going to move ahead.

Examining Foils: Sumire Kakei & Sarada Uchiha

Part 1:

First chapter of TBV with Eida and daemon challenging Sarada, sumire saved them both. Sarada is always so close to blowing their cover (and I loooove her and Sakura, but they are both volatile lol) and they even show sumire thinking of the mission Shikamaru gave them. This shows how intentional she actually is. It also contrasts to how Sarada never does, despite being the more outwardly ninja of the two.

I think sumire is a great pairing & foil for Sarada, she brings the calculated behavior & cunning personality of a ninja & Sarada brings the passionate heart & strength. Combined, they’re a force to be reckoned with. The manga seems to be setting them up to play off each others strengths. The fact that the confrontation with Eida/Daemon happened directly after shikamaru criticized Sarada’s impulsive brashness, & Sarada noted her own harshness, is significant imo.

Shikamarus strength lies largely in his stealth as a ninja. With later context of him willing to speak to boruto & admitting he will keep his cover as hokage and publicly oppose him while secretly sharing a truce. I think ppl misinterpret shikamarus critique, I believe his main critique of Sarada is how she is going about things, she’s relying on force and not enough on stealth to resolve omnipotence. A true ninja must utilize the shadows and that’s quite literally shikamaru’s ninja way.

When talking to her, he never states his PERSONAL feelings or opinions on the matter, just the diplomatic facts. That’s purposeful.

He actually stops Konohamaru from criticizing Sarada’s passion, remember- shikamaru is VERY big on the will of fire, more hints that it’s not Sarada’s passion that’s the problem, it’s what she’s lacking (patience, stealth & discipline) that’s hindering her growth as a ninja

It seems even Sarada deep down realizes where her problem actually lies

She keeps trying to attack the issue head on instead of thinking like a ninja and gathering intel, planning, and maintaining cover to keep her access to more information for her mission (mission being justice & resolution for boruto)

Another direct parallel with Sarada is that Sumire is the catalyst for Shikamaru to have a change of heart.

By gathering intel that can be used to prove Boruto’s innocence, Sumire led to the biggest amount of progress in Konoha for Borutos case since it started.

Sumire is shown directly making the connection by thinking back to a convo where boruto should be significant to Amado in an effort to make a case for Boruto to be helped. She’s not mindlessly asking him questions, she’s connecting the dots and trying to influence others to help Boruto.

The story has established she thinks back to the mission at hand a lot. I would even bet that she was betting on her convo being listened to by Ino & thus shikamaru by extension. When she thinks of shikamaru in chapter 1, it’s when he was dropping in on their convo via Ino.

& Again, first thing TBV starts with is Sarada failing to get through to shikamaru, and her relaying her failure and frustration to sumire. This marks it’s importance. Sarada noted where she failed with Shikamaru to Sumire, “I was really harsh again” and a few chapters later we have Sumire trying a different approach after listening to Sarada’s failure.

This page ^ of Sai asking Shikamaru what he thinks of Sumire and Amado’s convo goes right into Sumire relaying what she learned to Sarada. The composition hints at connecting the scenes. As well as their first convo of TBV ending with Sarada leaving a question that defines their predicament & sumire taking an active role in the next scenes after.

This, to me, seems like the writers are hinting that Sumire is taking Sarada’s question on in her own ninja way. What Sarada is not seeing, Sumire is. While Sarada will likely be coming in to provide the force needed until she learns to incorporate stealth into her arsenal better.

Having Sumire there when Hidari first attacks Sarada seems to me that Sarada will start taking on her role as Sumires foil in TBV too. Because Sarada balances out Sumires weak areas as well. Their dynamic with boruto being one of the main areas that shows Sumires flaws. She is overly cautious and hesitant where Sarada is more direct with him, leading to Sumire seeming disappointed.

Despite the work she’s doing for boruto to receive justice as well, Sarada gets the big moment & acknowledgment while she seems to feel conflicted & left out. I definitely think this moment will impact her going forward to be more direct.

As the story builds more context I will definitely do more analysis of their foil dynamic and how it progresses! I think these first chapters of the series is to establish the dynamics and we’ll start to see more growth later on.

*& pls no hatred of either girl! I like both characters and see potential in both

**this was written with Chapter 10 of TBV being the most recent release

Sarada Uchiha’s Possible Power Source Theory

Reasons I think Sarada will get an animal summon:

-both her parents & her sensei, Konohamaru have one

-if Sarada gets at least a summon, her, boruto (who has been using toads in TBV) & Mitsuki can fulfill the next generations 3 way deadlock.

-her encounter with sasukes snake in the anime. She was the only one not scared of him and was the most open minded about the snake. It’s important the animals actually like and choose you as well and Sarada has that going for herself!

Sage mode potential?

-as of chapter 11 it’s looking like Sarada may have to leave the village due to Hidari, sasukes 10 tails clone, hunting her down. If she goes back with Boruto she may have a chance to train with a sage animal due to Kashin Koji. This would give Sarada a place to hide from the shinju as well as train to get stronger to go back and face them. Also keeping Konoha safe with her absence

-she constantly reaffirms how Naruto is her role model, & due to his uzumaki genes & jinchuriki status, most of Naruto’s sources of power aren’t attainable for her. But sage mode can be. The databook gives her a high chakra reserve & Sakura training her in chakra control would make her a good candidate for a sage mode.

- the parallel with boruto taking on some of sasukes skills (like kenjutsu) would make it perfect for Sarada to take on something like Sage Mode in the spirit of Naruto

**since mitsuki has snakes covered, & Boruto is using the toads, I think it’d be more interesting for Sarada to get slug Sage mode so I drew her with Katsuyu. Which would be both unique to her (outside of hashirama) and a nod to her mother!

okay, unlike the previous drawing, let's have something soft.

actually, i was going to post another work, but it was easier for me to draw a new one in 15 minutes.