Personally I think that Sakura's already growing up beautifully, but I suppose we can't fault him for following what's basically a staple of the Hero's Journey.
Tsunade dying brings back painful memories of Remus dying. I WANTED TO KEEP AT LEAST ONE CHARACTER FROM THAT GENERATION. TSUNADE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. T____________________T
One thing about Kishi: he's so damn effective at making you lurve the character in the arc he's gonna kill them. For me at least.
I'm not too bothered about the lack of Tsunade-and-Sakura interaction. I feel like their relationship was better defined than Naruto and Jiraiya's or Sasuke and Orochimaru's. And besides, we're quasi-certainly going to be treated to at least one or two flashbacks, so the presence of some nice Sakura-Tsunade moments wouldn't be out of place. But it will be heartbreaking. ;_;
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-11-03 08:15 am (UTC)Tsunade dying brings back painful memories of Remus dying. I WANTED TO KEEP AT LEAST ONE CHARACTER FROM THAT GENERATION. TSUNADE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. T____________________T
One thing about Kishi: he's so damn effective at making you lurve the character in the arc he's gonna kill them. For me at least.
I'm not too bothered about the lack of Tsunade-and-Sakura interaction. I feel like their relationship was better defined than Naruto and Jiraiya's or Sasuke and Orochimaru's. And besides, we're quasi-certainly going to be treated to at least one or two flashbacks, so the presence of some nice Sakura-Tsunade moments wouldn't be out of place. But it will be heartbreaking. ;_;