You know when your two leads have to point out the fact that "they're rivals" to people you come off as more forced in comparison. The only people pinning Deku and Bakugou as "rivals" is Ochako with her commentary but I feel the fact that they're competing for the same goal speaks more than them just flat out stating it.
what is a kino's journey?
I don't consider Deku and Bakugo as rivals. Their whole relationship is just plain and boring to me, just like their characters for the most part. Atleast Asta and Yuno are bros, even if they're shallow themselves.
Naruto and Sasuke's relation ship always came across as forced to me because I wouldn't necessarily call them friends heck I wouldn't even call them acquaintances before the battle at the valley of the end. In my opinion they just tolerated each others presence in the team because it was just a means to an end had either been given the choice, before the first incredibly forced Naruto vs. Sasuke fight, they wouldn't be anywhere near each other.
I get you. Can't remember if it was anime original or canon to the manga but they interacted with each other prior to being on Team 7.
WHEN IS THE NEXT ARTBOOK??!!!??!!?!?!?!?!
The only part I remember was them smiling at each other while Naruto was sitting at the lake.
We'll agree to disagree then.
Really? I never did. They tolerated each other but were far from friends so by the time the Sasuke Retrieval Arc came about and he's talking about how they're "best friends" I rolled my eyes hard. I think it was there that Kishimoto's writing really started falling apart since then he pretty much kept backtracking trying to push that Sasuke and Naruto had been friends in flashbacks to their childhoods despite hating each other since they were first introduce. I guess I can give BC some benefit of the doubt that Yuno and Asta's friendship has been set in stone since the beginning as shallow and forced as it is.
The anime doesn't do much with it but the manga does do a lot of flashbacks to their academy days when Naruto to the flunk and Sasuke was the star and how they were always competing with one another like a friendly rivalry que chapter 3 of the manga and they act like complete strangers with a one sided rivalry on Naruto's side.
I guess I'm being a little generous. But yeah I saw them as friends. Just not particulately close friends. Sorta like those friends you have in school that you only talk to because you have a few classes together. But outside of school you don't talk to them.
The end did say they'll only be together "for a little longer". So I feel like he won't be in the series super long. Either he'll die or they'll split up. And if he dies, I suppose keeping him around for a few chapters could benefit the impact of his death
I also thought it was ok but probably not captivating enough to survive. The thing I wanna see most is the world and how it operates. Anyways, It's never about the goal but the journey anyways. If it survives I think there's some sort of time skip where he teaches Noah how to write the art
I still wouldn't go so far as to call them "friends" but Sasuke acknowledging Naruto's strength was a big first step in their relationships and then there's the battle with Haku where he told Naruto not to give up on his dream when he thought he was going to die. Its complicated since Kishi's writing was so shakey before it became downright shit in Part 2 so you'll have character doing shit that didn't make sense in order to move the plot and then retcon things that are hilarious in hindsight (Itachi before he became a good guy) so yeah maybe they were friends and not besties that Kishi kept pushing since the Retrieval arc.
Nah he hates him too, maybe not as much as Bakugou hates him but he doesn't go out of his way to try to be friends with him. Like if Bakugou actually turned to the dark side he would be more disappointed in him than crying and forgiving him like Naruto did.