S O U L M A T E S (SasuNaruSasu Magazine) SOULMATES MAGAZINE N1 | Page 16

chapters 4 to 8 in the manga, we are pre-
sented with Kakashi’s test to determine
whether Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were
qualified to be ninjas or not. Just as Kakashi
clarified at the beginning, all of them shall
work as a team. But because they didn't, he
failed them. He gave them a second chance
In which, once again, they will have to try
and take the bells from him. But they
should not feed Naruto. Something Sasuke
failed on doing after seeing how Naruto
was starving.
The striking thing about those episodes is
how Sasuke took the risk of being disquali-
fied, leaving aside his selfishness. Let's re-
member that minutes ago, when Sakura sug-
gested to take it easy and to try it another
moment, he refused. Since his aim was to be
stronger to take revenge, he couldn't let a
test delay him in his goal.
However, after seeing Naruto's hunger, He
dismissed the risk of being disqualified and
offered Naruto his lunch. Even though Sa-
kura reminded him that they will fail if
their sensei caught them, he doesn't stop and
continues with his plan, alleging that he did
not feel Kakashi’s presence nearby and that
Naruto needed to recover all his strength in
order to fight.
Because Sasuke didn't back down, Sakura
also joined him and offered her food to Na-
ruto. Here, we can see how Naruto blushes
slightly because of his teammates’ action.
That was the first time that someone, besi-
des Iruka, cared about him. This is a signifi-
cant moment, because in the recounting of
important moments of Naruto and Sasuke
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from chapter 478 “The Unison Sign” that trai-
ning field appeared in their memories. Even if
it happened unconsciously or wasn't shown as
something transcendental Sasuke's act implied
to leave to leave aside his revenge in order to
prioritize Naruto over It. That was the first
step to build their bond.
Something very important that people tend to
forget is the fact that it was Sasuke who esta-
blished the SNS bond first.
He was the one who made the first move-
ment, which became into the base for the en-
tire anime.
He gave his bentō to Naruto risking to fail
Kakashi’s bell test for breaking the rules.
When he found out that Naruto was training
alone in the forest during their mission in The
Land of Waves, Sasuke went out to look for
him, using the words ‘ I'm going out for a
walk’ as an excuse to do so.