Ya know...when I rewatched the show/ re read the manga... I honestly felt like Hachi was the one using Takumi, even more so than he was using her. I think he fell long before she did , where as while he is her soulmate and she does love him, I don't think she ever fell for him. That is to say, I don't think she went gaga for him (for lack of a better word). Meanwhile he clearly fell for her. This is why he tried /tries so hard to dominate her at times and cheats and plays hot and cold. It's almost like his way of trying to keep the upper hand, which he has had in all of his relationships , even over Hachi at one point....but clearly, as things stand now....that didn't last
Despite everything, I still can’t imagine Hachi with anyone but Takumi. He’s scummy, I know, and she deserves someone who doesn’t cheat, I know; but I can’t shake the fact that he’s really fiercely in love with her— even if it’s in more of a possessive, obsessive manner. And that frightens me for my future relationships— what if it’s no good, and everyone can see if except for me?
I need a nice boy totake care of me, he who looks likea baby reindeer.
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I am by no means presenting this as solid or legitimate proof but this scene is what really makes me believe that Naruto , off panel , has already answered Hinata’s Confession. I know there is NOTHING tell tale here but I remember studying implicit exposition and character interaction in play writing , and from Hiashi’s lecture, to Naruto’s annoyed response , there is definitely a sense of familiarity between the two… Not proof, just my two cents…
I can not be the only person who was reminded of this…
i hope naruto 666 is just every frame of never gonna give you up cut and pasted into different panels
✔️ to take it further, my skills are subpar at best but my Japanese teacher taught me that demo... Or ano...Or sono.... Or chotto... etc , in response to a Japanese request or invitation means, "I decline," or "I can't," because to flat out say, 'no' or, 'I can not do that' is rude...especially to your elders...or in this case, especially to a request from your mother who died for you.
ただ母ちゃんは母ちゃんみたいな女を見つけろって言ってたけど それは・・・ えっと・・・
Mom said to find someone like her, but…
It’s…
Well…
Further Naruto changes the subject. If I had been taught correctly in school, “but” at the end of first part of the sentence usually means that next part of the sentence will be against/opposite of the previous one. So Naruto wanted to say, that the girl he have found in his life is not like his mom. But that doesn’t mean that it is a bad thing as soon as this girl makes Naruto as happy as mother would do. NaruHina all the way in the next few chapters, I’m telling you.
Raw 691.
CK: You the real MVP.
Oh sorry the link was off by a few pages. http://www.manga2u.me/Rock_Lee/34/22/ there ya go.