Does SP know Sasuke is the most popular character?

[ToshiZO]

But none of us know what the hypothetical Naruto series would be without Sasuke. That's manga panel time that could've been given to the likes of the Hyuuga, Uzumaki, establishing other villages better, Naruto's maturity, making sense of the Ootsutsuki and god knows what else. It was an editor who suggested Sasuke as a rival figure right?

I would've liked to have seen other characters given the 'Shikamaru treatment' when he was given his own arc and constant development in line with the protagonists. We'll never know what could've been because Kishi was so insistent on proud sociopathic Uchiha villains.

The story we have? Yeah, Sasuke is integral and a good chunk of the series but I never understand when people say he's the single most important character and without him there's no Naruto manga. It'd just find another focus than brotherhood- god knows it could get onto the messiah theme a couple hundred arcs earlier.

Well you're not completely wrong about the other minor characters, but my point was focused on comparisons to Naruto. Naruto got panel time and his fights and moments put me to bed. From Team 7 only Sasuke and Kakashi brought it, when it came to battles in part 2 (both sharingan users).

If Sasuke didn't get all that time, I'm afraid Naruto would get a bigger chunk of it, and that would hurt this series more than do good if you're talking fights.

 

[King Of Pop]

Sasuke is the OG(uchihas are generally). imagine if he wasnt created, horrid characters like naruto would have bored the shit out of me.

 

[Greedie]

horrid characters like naruto .

Yet out of 8 official character polls, Sasuke only came ahead of naruto twice:Sparks:

 

[shelke]

I swear it, this base has no clue as to how a plot works. It's ... hilarious to read some posts here.

 

[Megax Rocker7]

Indeed, Sasuke makes the haters lose their shit despite being a ****ing work of fiction, so he draws both fans haters naturally.

 

[The Demon Hawk]

Of course. And not just SP, everyone knows Sasuke is the most popular character. His name is the biggest seller and he's the biggest cash and views source for them. This series would be lackluster and dead without Sasuke and worth absolute sh*t without the Uchihas. And no wonder why, since he's the most amazing character in the series that he catches everyone's attention. He's the most powerful, most badass and the coolest person with the most fantastic set of powers and a phenomenal fighting style with quality and finesse. No one even comes close to him.