[FFML] [C&C] [Fanfic][Naruto] Suiren, Chapter 14: Blood...

[Eimii]

> > Sorry, i'm one of those mildly paranoid people that can't resist
> > assigning a generic, nebulous 'bad actor' whenever something gets
> > screwed up.
>
> "Screwed up" HOW, pray tell? The Uzu no Kuni thing isn't THAT far-fetched...

Well, perhaps not screwed up so much as...

Hmm, i dunno. I guess i just get a little annoyed when genre
conventions become so ingrained that it's almost like something _must_
happen in a particular fashion because that's how it happened in many
other examples of the genre. I probably shouldn't read shounen manga
at all...

And, as a character, it kind of... cheapens Naruto to have _both_ of
his parents be historically significant figures; i dunno...

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masashi_Kishimoto

Bah, spare me your 'biographical evidence.' They're out there, i tell
you! O_o;...
[hides in a cave]

> Granted, the Hyuuga branch family seal is rather more invasive even than
> THAT, but I seriously doubt it's unremovable.

I doubt it is as well, in canon.

>
> > But why would they need to remove the seal, really? From the evidence
> > we have, i kinda doubt it would prevent him from getting Hanabi
> > pregnant...
>
> Clan politics. If Neji were to marry Hanabi, Hanabi would not be the clan
> head--*he* would. In order to install him as the head of the main family, he
> would HAVE to have the seal removed so he would be able to display his bare
> forehead.

Do we have a canon example, perhaps Hiashi's wife? Of course, if the
marriage was arranged before she was sealed, then i suppose she might
not have ever had one...

And would the elders really sit well with having a clan head that is
so openly hostile to clan tradition? Hiashi can't make this decision
in a vaccum...

>
> > Again, i don't seen why it would really be necessary. Japan has a
> > tradition where a groom of a lesser house can marry into his bride's
> > house, rather than the other way around. Just have Neji marry Hanabi
> > as he is. Hanabi remains the heir and Neji becomes her protector.
>
> Under most circumstances, I would agree with this. However, there are
> numerous reasons to do it the other way in this case. Neji would go along
> with either path, of course. I think, though, that if nobody else, Hiashi
> would insist on Neji being unsealed and made the official clan head, for two
> reasons:
>
> 1. To repay his debt to Hizashi in full.
> 2. Because Neji IS the current living pinnacle of the Hyuuga. Having him
> remain sealed even while married to a main family member would...probably
> not do much for the clan's image in the eyes of their peers.
>
> No, I'm pretty sure if Neji got forced into a marriage with Hanabi, his seal
> would come OFF, and Hinata would be branded in his stead.

Assuming the Hyuuga main house has a secret method of doing such a
thing; if he feels such a deep debt toward Hizashi, why didn't Hiashi
adopt Neji and have him unsealed in the past, before Neji's resentment
had years to fester?

Also, if the custom was for members of the branch families to marry
members of the main family, to keep the bloodline pure, then there
would probably be past precedent for one member of such unions to be
sealed (unless there is, in fact, a known method of removing the
seals- a possiblity which seems to put to lie by Neji's absolute
certainty of his 'fate').


> > If Hinata were sealed as a branch member, the stigma of being a weak heir
> > and the pressure of being a liability to the clan and to her team all
> > goes away...
>
> Allowing her to live her life the way she wants, for the most part, free of
> the burdens of shame and failure and clan politics. Like I said, it'd be the
> kindest thing the clan could do to her at this point.
>

Wasn't disagreeing with you; there are just a lot of people who seem
to see only portents of doom and despair in what has happened to
Hinata here...