The forehead poke spam made the gesture lose its meaning

[the entire forum]

sasuke and sakura did it like once

 

[Xāvî1]

Sakura using that forhead poke insults itachi.

 

[lndra]

It's lost significance simply because Sasuke, Sarada, and Sakura use/think of it in the wrong ways. Even while being Itachi's brother- Sasuke doesn't really have a right to use it. Doesn't even seem like he understands it even after Itachi explained the meaning to him- otherwise he wouldn't use it.

Itachi explained that he loved Sasuke and as a result wanted to keep him out of the Uchiha/Konoha conflict. He wanted him to be ignorant in bliss and innocent, trying to enjoy life after he got his initial vengeance. The forehead poke isn't meant to be inherently positive.

This trademark was dropped with Edo Itachi- when the Uchiha bros received closure and the elder brother finally came clean. He told him a very very brief summary of the truth, apologised and said there was no need for Sasuke to forgive him, and brought their foreheads together/practically hugged him to show that he no longer viewed Sasuke as an object to protect but an equal capable of making his own decisions, a brother he will love no matter what his decision.

^Every reader, pairing fan or not, could relate to this as long as they had the most basic reading comprehension and it warmed their heart, even if just a little.

Meanwhile, with Sasuke and Sakura- the latter does not know the meaning. It's confirmed given her reactions that she knows nothing about Itachi. This "trademark" of Itachi's is only a way for SS to say "look, Sasuke is being romantic". And it really shouldn't be. It was initially for tragic familial love. Kishimoto should have kept it the same. It's not meant to be paralleled to a kiss. lol, by this logic I guess that Sasuke had romantic feelings for his elder bro and it was a mutual thing. Yeah... not romantic.

And as for Sakura using it on Sarada- the initial meaning is still not known. And to any reader, it's pretty evident that Kishimoto just paralleled Sakura to Itachi this chapter in order to get people to hate her less in this Gaiden. Low ponytail (when did she grow out her hair and why did she cut it lol? Every other panel has her with short hair and this showed Sarada at one point as an 8 yr old Academy student... Sakura had long hair in this chapter but back in 700 she did not?), "maybe next time", the way she smiled with her eyes closed is similar to Itachi's death scene, and of course the poke itself. /Too bad this failed given quite a few on other sites that are not hardcore Sasuke/Sakura/SS fans are raging and saying Itachi was disrespected with this chapter.

However, with all this being said- this was still my favourite chapter of Gaiden since it was still sweet to see how Sakura loves Sarada. Though, the writing would be better if the SSS family had their own trademark and Kishimoto had the characters being original imo.

That solo post Chie.

 

[Dannie]

When Itachi did it, it was cool.

When Sasuke did it, it was bland.

When Sakura did it, it was stupid.

 

[DJKS]

sasuke and sakura did it like once

Nothing more entertaining than a SS desperately clinging to false hope....

 

[Young Vongola]

"Spammed like hell"

Only 3 people have done it

2 of them only once........

OP is spam.

 

[WalksInShadows]

i was never big on the forehead poke, but i think it would've been better if Sakura poked Salad's nose instead.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

Tbh, I thought it was cute. Now we may get a forehead poke from Papasuke to Sarada and she will know the love between their parents. That's SS romance.

How disgusting is this post? That word "cute" lost its meaning when fangirls started using it on SasuSaku.

 

[DeeaRose]

Sakura uses it once =spam lmao,flop thread

 

[The Work]

I can't believe she insulted Lord Itachi

 

[MrLukyso]

Itachi must be rolling around in his grave seeing Sakura do the legendary forehead poke.

This is the best Name of that Poke I've seen. =D

Itachi never stops to amaze me, even in Death. U_U GG

 

[King Of Pop]

do you even know what spam is?

 

[senjusana]

How disgusting is this post? That word "cute" lost its meaning when fangirls started using it on SasuSaku.

It was cute as it showcased the relationship between a mother and daughter, which we haven't seen in the manga.
And I'm not a SS shipper.

 

[Natsu Shazneel]

It was cute as it showcased the relationship between a mother and daughter, which we haven't seen in the manga.
And I'm not a SS shipper.

I called you a "fangirl" not a SasuSaku shipper.


True, mother and daughter moments would have made this manga more "cute".