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.@yiko_6968 happy birthday to one of my cherished friends. 生日快乐!🎂 💕💕✨✨ hope you had a good day!
still wish we had a gai/mdr fight that was as detailed in animation like this opening or the kks/obt duel but eh I'll take this too
the ptsd of losing both of his genin teammates starts to affect kakashi's personal life further. he becomes obsessed with death. more isolated, spaced out, and prone to hallucinations, affecting his collected persona to the point of others noticing to try to "help"... (42/?)
i don't want to get into an argument whether or not what she did was selfish but what i can say is what she did was traumatic. unbeknownst to kakashi, rin commits suicide by jumping in front of kakashi's chidori without any warning, giving him no choice. (40/?)
kakashi admits gai's plan is good. the dude who never gives anyone kudos. aight, we see you kakashi. we see you. he resolves to protect gai, just as gai risked his life to protect kakashi and rin. even though he's exhausted, the drive to protect gai gives kakashi strength. (34/?)
kakashi, after refusing gai's challenges since he doesn't want to associate with anyone that sakumo liked, finally praises gai and acknowledges his skills. change from the kid before who said gai couldn't even defend his dad from bullies. he beats gai in the chunin exams. (19/?)
dai was gai's pillar, like sakumo was to kakashi. but instead of a father who was idolized by the village and living with that expectation, gai had to live with being the son of the "eternal genin" who everyone ostracized. but dai always believed in gai's greatness. (8/?)
kid gai was opposite of kakashi. kishi parallels of cool genius/hot-blooded loser, added with self-awareness of how people perceived him. he also believed at that time he and kakashi weren't equals, that's why he found excuses not to challenge him/motivated to get stronger. (7/?)
remember, this is kakashi as a brat 5/yo who expects greatness if his GOAT says they are. it's one of the reasons why he couldn't stand gai not being able to fight off (the adult) bullies (they bullied a 5 y/o goddamn lmao get your shit together) he wanted gai to be great. (6/?)