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* TheCoatsAreOff: before their fight, Sasuke takes off his raincoat and Itachi takes off his Akatsuki cloak



** the effects of the [[HypnoticEyes Mangekyo Sharingan]]

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** the effects of most genjutsu, including the [[HypnoticEyes Mangekyo Sharingan]]



* EyeScream: only two instances, but they are ''seriously'' cringe-inducing

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* EyeScream: only two instances, but they are both plot-vital and ''seriously'' cringe-inducing



* LoveEpiphany: it takes a ''long'' time for Sasuke to realize he loves Sakura, but it finally happens [[spoiler:at her birthday party]]



* NeverSayDie: played with: after a certain point, Sasuke resolves to "eliminate" Itachi; [[spoiler:he has a [[EyeScream different fate]] in mind for his brother, although we don't find out until later.]]



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%%* NoPeriodsPeriod * NoPeriodsPeriod: averted; aside from [[NoSocialSkills Sai]] making a comment about somebody's menstrual cycle, Sasuke knows what brand of feminine hygiene products Sakura prefers

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%%* BlindfoldedVision

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%%* BlindfoldedVision* BlindfoldedVision: Sasuke can pull this off with [[spoiler:his chakra senses]]



%% DisabilityImmunity:

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%% * DisabilityImmunity: being blinded will protect you from:
** Orochimaru wanting to steal your body; invoked by Sasuke in the first chapter
** the effects of the [[HypnoticEyes Mangekyo Sharingan]]
%%** (at end)



%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy

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%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Sasuke and Sakura both experience this, even if not in so many words



%%* {{Irony}}

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%%* {{Irony}}{{Irony}}: lots of it, most explained in the "extras" chapter
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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Nariko keeps getting into "accidents", to keep her body weak, after finding out what will happen to her once she's stronger


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* JustToyingWithThem: Sasuke vs Konohamaru in [[spoiler:the chuunin exam tournament]], because he wanted to show everyone what he was capable of


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
--> '''Sakura''': Naruto, please. If this was a novel, I can see almost everything that comes out of your mouth ending in a question mark followed by an exclamation mark.


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* MistakenForRomance: Hinata starts to freak out when she sees Naruto with a girl. Turns out she's another jinchuuriki and thus an honorary relative to him.

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* CatsAreMagic: the two-tailed cat Nekomata has power over the dead, which even for the setting is rather supernatural



* {{Forgiveness}}: a major theme of the story



* FriendsWithBenefits: Konan and Deidara; she and Itachi are just "benefits"



* InternalReveal: Sakura finding out Sasuke blinded himself; Nariko finding out Itachi killed his clan and the extraction would kill her



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%%* OfficialCouple* OfficialCouple: Sasuke and Sakura


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* PersonalEffectsReveal: a variation in that Itachi isn't dead, but still won't be coming back to his former home; nothing in any of his belongings suggests the person who killed his entire clan


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* RestrainedRevenge: [[spoiler:Sasuke [[CruelMercy doesn't kill]] Itachi]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: the abnormally-large chakra signature. [[spoiler:She's Sasuke's teammate for the Chuunin Exam.]]
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* AGlitchInTheMatrix: why is [[spoiler:Itachi]] lacking a chakra signature?


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* FriendOrIdolDecision: invoked in [[spoiler:the [[LotusEaterMachine "interview"]] for the Chuunin Exam]]


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* GroupHug: Sakura's family ([[AndZoidberg and Naruto]]) when [[spoiler:her father returns]]


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* SecretTestOfCharacter: only to be expected with [[spoiler:the Chuunin Exam]]


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* TokenGoodTeammate: Nariko really does not belong with the Akatsuki

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%%* * HowManyFingers: Kanaye does this after Sasuke explains [[spoiler:how his chakra sense works]]; of course, the last corrrect answer is "[[FlippingTheBird one]]"



* ImprobableAge: downplayed; at 17, Sakura is the youngest medic to graduate since the program started



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Sakura's chuunin exam. Apparently she single-handedly destroyed the arena.



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%%* PowerStrainBlackout
%%* RealityEnsues
* PowerStrainBlackout: if Sakura overexerts herself from healing when she's already tired



* RealityEnsues: when copying fighting styles, Sasuke had also copied the users' mistakes, and has to unlearn them to improve



* SharingABody: how the author writes Tobi; Uchiha Madara's soul was attached to that brain-damaged body but can't always control it because of the damage



* ThrowingOffTheDisability: averted. [[spoiler:Sasuke's sight recovers very gradually, and only after intense effort on Sakura's part]]

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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: averted. [[spoiler:Sasuke's sight recovers very gradually, and only after intense effort on Sakura's part]]



* WomanChild: Nariko is 16 or 17, but acts like she's 8 because of no human interaction since then

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* WomanChild: Nariko is 16 or 17, but acts like she's 8 because of no human interaction since thenthen
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Nariko doesn't know it yet, but she's going to die once her body is strong enough

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%%* ChekhovsGunman



%%* LapPillow: ((healing sessions))

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%%* * LapPillow: ((healing sessions))the position they're in for Sasuke's healing sessions



%%* MeaningfulName: Nariko



%%* ObfuscatingDisability

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%%* ObfuscatingDisability ((near end))


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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: averted. [[spoiler:Sasuke's sight recovers very gradually, and only after intense effort on Sakura's part]]

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* BearerOfBadNews: Kakashi tells Sakura that [[spoiler:her father is MIA]]



* ChekhovsGun: partial genjutsu

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* ChekhovsGun: partial genjutsugenjutsu; Sasuke's father's kunai



* DramaticDrop: Sakura is [[BlatantLies perfectly fine]], no need to worry; but when asked about what [[BearerOfBadNews Kakashi]] came over for, her teacup drops. She passes it off as just clumsiness.



* ForWantOfANail: [[WordOfGod explicitly given]] as the reason behind Deidara and Jiraiya being SparedByTheAdaptation
* GirlsLoveChocolate: Ino brings chocolate bars to cheer Sakura up



* RealMenHateSugar: Sasuke only hates sweet things because they remind him of relatives who died in the massacre



* VitriolicBestBuds: Sakura and Ino



* WildChild: Nariko; she had essentially no human interaction from the time the bijuu was put in her as a little girl, to when Itachi "rescued" her

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* WildChild: Nariko; she had essentially no human interaction from the time the bijuu was put in her as a little girl, to when Itachi "rescued" herher
* WomanChild: Nariko is 16 or 17, but acts like she's 8 because of no human interaction since then
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* IllGirl: Nariko's body is weak due to earlier neglect; ironically enough this saves her life, as the bijuu can't be safely extracted (killing her) until she's healthy


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* LeftForDead: a variant, as Orochimaru wasn't actually ''trying'' to kill Sasuke, he just didn't care whether he lived or died


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* MillionToOneChance: four percent, actually. [[spoiler:It happens.]]
* MiseryPoker: Sakura does this to herself, trying to put things into "perspective", after hearing that [[spoiler:her father is mission in action]]
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nariko


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* {{Foil}}: [[OriginalCharacter Kanaye]] is a ''good'' big brother. [[GenocideFromTheInside Itachi]] is a ''bad'' big brother. The author even accidentally made them the same age.


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* HidingTheHandicap: very rarely done by Sasuke, when he [[spoiler: encounters a bartender who knew him when he was still with Orochimaru]]
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: why would a talented medic care for someone who betrayed the village?

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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: why would a talented medic care for someone who betrayed the village?village?
* WildChild: Nariko; she had essentially no human interaction from the time the bijuu was put in her as a little girl, to when Itachi "rescued" her
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* FirstSnow: almost kills Nariko

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* CooldownHug: Sakura does this when Sasuke snaps at her for [[spoiler:not letting him fight Itachi]]



* FinalBossPreview: the mid-story encounter with Itachi could be seen as this



%%* MoodWhiplash

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%%* MoodWhiplash* MoodWhiplash: on the journey back from [[spoiler:Kumogakure]], nice light team bonding; then all of a sudden Itachi



* TheNicknamer: Konan and Kanaye

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* TheNicknamer: Konan Konan, and KanayeKanaye
* NightmareSequence: in a departure from the [[FlashbackNightmare standard fare]], in chapter 35 we get to see what happens when Sasuke's growing care for Sakura combines with his... other issues


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: it's a bad sign any time Naruto starts thinking about what he's saying


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* SensingYouAreOutmatched: Sakura possesses this skill (and the wisdom to apply it) when they encounter [[spoiler:Itachi and Kisame]]; [[RevengeBeforeReason her teammates]] do not


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* TapOnTheHead: literally; works well if it's used to apply genjutsu directly to the brain


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* TitleDrop: common with chapter titles
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%%* BetaCouple: Naruto and Hinata

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%%* * BetaCouple: Naruto and Hinata



* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, at the beginning of the story

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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, at the beginning of the storyfirst



%%* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim

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%%* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: why would a talented medic care for someone who betrayed the village?
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%%* BlindfoldedVision



* ShoutOut: the Raikage's introduction, to that of King Bradley from Manga/FullmetalAlchemist



%% * WeHaveTheKeys: ((early chapter))

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%% * WeHaveTheKeys: ((early chapter))chapter))
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: preemptively denied by Sasuke
--> It was then that he swore that even when he was the legal age to be drinking, he would never do so, because [[LaserGuidedAmnesia losing your memory]] ''against'' your will was bad enough.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, for a good chunk of the story

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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, for a good chunk at the beginning of the story


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%%* LapPillow: ((healing sessions))


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%%* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: ch 33

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%%* BetaCouple: Naruto and Hinata



%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy

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%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy ((something Itachi))



%%* EyeColorChange

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%%* EyeColorChangeEyeColorChange ((near the end))



%%* GoodAllAlong

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%%* GoodAllAlong ((near the end))



%%* HowManyFingers:
%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy



%%* IronicEcho

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%%* IronicEcho ((near the end))



%%* MoodWhiplash



%%* OfficialCouple



%%* ReverseMole

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%%* PowerStrainBlackout
%%* RealityEnsues
%%* ReverseMole ((near the end))



%%* SheIsAllGrownUp: ((ch 25, 33))



* TrespassingHero: Sasuke and Sakura break into a (closed) teahouse for shelter

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* TrespassingHero: Sasuke and Sakura break into a (closed) teahouse for sheltershelter. They clean up as much as they can, and leave money and a note when they leave.
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* AttackReflector: the Chakra Oscillation Project reverses someone's chakra, so their own attacks are used against them



* GroinAttack: Sakura to a Sound ninja
--> "You forgot that girls fight dirty."



* SensorCharacter: Sasuke develops into this



* StepfordSmiler: Sakura when depressed

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* StepfordSmiler: Sakura when depresseddepressed
* TakeOffYourClothes: Sakura to Sasuke, when they're both soaked and cold after a battle
* TrespassingHero: Sasuke and Sakura break into a (closed) teahouse for shelter
* UnfamiliarCeiling: aside from that Sasuke can't see the ceiling ([[CaptainObvious because he's blind]]), played straight with his awakening in Konoha
%% * WeHaveTheKeys: ((early chapter))

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%%* CareerEndingInjury

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%%* CareerEndingInjury * CareerEndingInjury:
** denied by Sasuke, who works to function as a ninja despite losing his sight
** invoked for [[spoiler:Itachi]]
* CelibateHero: Sasuke; despite his goal to restore his clan, he felt he couldn't while Itachi was still around to threaten any family he started



* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: averted; Sakura loved Sasuke before he entered into her care



%%* ObliviousToLove: played with for Sasuke; he knows that Sakura has said she loves him, but doesn't fully get it, and ((he doesn't know he feels something? can't phrase it))

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%%* * ObliviousToLove: played with for Sasuke; he knows that Sakura has said she loves him, but Sasuke doesn't fully get it, and ((he doesn't know he feels something? can't phrase it))even register his ''own'' attraction to Sakura


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* OutdoorBathPeeping: Sasuke accidentally walks in on Sakura bathing in a river; thankfully they're both reasonable about it, and he couldn't see her anyways

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* AmnesiaDanger: Sasuke still has the skills, but because of the mind wipe he doesn't know that [[spoiler: the village the team rested at is one of Oto's strongholds, and the townspeople recognize him from back then]]
* BadDreams: triggered by being back in the Uchiha manor



%%* CruelMercy: the aptly-titled chapter [[spoiler:(?)]]

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%%* * CruelMercy: the aptly-titled aptly-given title of chapter [[spoiler:(?)]][[spoiler:sixty-nine]]



%% DisabilityImmunity
* {{Doorstopper}}: at over 500,000 words and 72 chapters (plus extras), this counts

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%% DisabilityImmunity
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* {{Doorstopper}}: at over 500,000 words and 72 chapters (plus extras), this countsextras)



%%* LifeOrLimbDecision

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%%* LifeOrLimbDecision * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sasuke's mind was wiped of any "important" details about Sound before being left for dead
* LifeOrLimbDecision: if you count "eyes" as a limb and GrandTheftMe as "death"


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%%You'll notice lots of commented-out entries; that's because I'm just starting the page from rough notes I made a few months ago, and don't necessarily have examples. Heck, some of them might not even fully apply, I just thought they did because I was mistaken. Feel free to make the page better!
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%%You'll notice lots of commented-out entries; that's because I'm just starting the page from rough notes I made a few months ago, and don't necessarily have examples. Heck, some of them might not even fully apply, I just thought they did because I was mistaken. Feel free to make the page better!
%%Also, could I just ask anyone who visits this page to leave something behind here saying that they did?
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, for a good chunk of the story



* FlashbackNightmare: Sasuke suffers regularly from these



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nariko]] dies to save [[spoiler:Itachi's]] life by [[spoiler: giving him her bijuu]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nariko]] dies to save [[spoiler:Itachi's]] life saves [[spoiler:Itachi]] by [[spoiler: giving him her bijuu]]bijuu, knowing that it will kill her]]



* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Sasuke gets this from both Naruto and Kanaye
* InnocentCohabitation: Sakura moves in with Sasuke to help his rehabilitation



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%%* TheNicknamer

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%%* TheNicknamer
* MoralityPet: Nariko eventually becomes this to Itachi
* TheNicknamer: Konan and Kanaye


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* OverprotectiveDad: Sakura's father


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* SingleTargetSexuality: Sakura for Sasuke
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%%* AlmightyJanitor

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%%* AlmightyJanitor* AlmightyJanitor: Sasuke: last of the Uchiha, former S-ranked criminal; still technically a genin [[spoiler:until the Chuunin Exam]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Pain is kind of a dick in this story

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: justified in the case of Sasuke, as his ([[EyeScream horr]][[ColdBloodedTorture ific]]) injuries were healed so as to not leave scars
** simultaneously justified and partially averted with [[spoiler:Itachi]]; the HealingFactor makes it not scar, although it doesn't restore [[spoiler:his vision or his fingers]], and years later the person is noted to be quite attractive regardless



* ChekhovsSkill: Sasuke training to break out of genjutsu

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* ChekhovsSkill: Sasuke training to break out of genjutsugenjutsu; of course, that was the whole point of it
* ColdBloodedTorture: Orochimaru was ''not'' happy with Sasuke damaging his intended vessel



* DeadPersonConversation: Sasuke with [[spoiler:his mother]], courtesy of [[spoiler:Nekomata]]



%%* HeroicSacrifice

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%%* HeroicSacrifice * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nariko]] dies to save [[spoiler:Itachi's]] life by [[spoiler: giving him her bijuu]]
* HollywoodHealing: averted; [[HealingHands medical jutsu]] is not a simple cure-all

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%%* AllThereInTheManual* AllThereInTheManual: the "extras" chapter includes in-depth explanations for the symbolism


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* BigBrotherInstinct: Kanaye, Sakura's older brother



* ChekhovsGun: partial genjutsu



%%* HeroicSacrifice



* {{Jossed}}: given the date of writing, it was inevitable
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* {{Jossed}}: given the date of writing, it was inevitable
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* OriginalCharacter: Sakura's family; Nariko the [[{{Jossed}} six-tails jinchuuriki]]



* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Itachi]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Itachi]]
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%%You'll notice lots of commented-out entries; that's because I'm just starting the page from rough notes I made a few months ago, and don't necessarily have examples. Heck, some of them might not even fully apply, I just thought they did because I was mistaken. Feel free to make the page better!



%%* AllThereInTheManual
%%* AlmightyJanitor



%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy
%%* CareerEndingInjury
* CharacterDevelopment: oh so, so very much for Sasuke; Sakura too, to a lesser extent
%%* ChekhovsGunman



%%* CruelMercy: the aptly-titled chapter [[spoiler:(?)]]
%%DeathSeeker



%% DisabilityImmunity
%%* EyeColorChange



%%* GoodAllAlong



%%* IronicEcho
%%* {{Irony}}



* NoNameGiven: Sakura's mother

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%% the most notable (and spoiler-free) include the gender and identity of the (?)- and (?)-tails jinchuuriki
%%* LifeOrLimbDecision
%%* MeaningfulName: Nariko
%%* MoralityPet
%%* TheNicknamer
* NoNameGiven: Sakura's mother mother
%%* NoPeriodsPeriod
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3371184/1/Blind Blind]] is a [[FanficRecs/{{Naruto}} recommended]] Manga/{{Naruto}} fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/563067/ObsidianSickle ObsidianSickle]].

A sequel, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6433132/1/Fidelis Fidelis]], has been posted, last updated 2011 with only two chapters; a good authority says that the third chapter had been written but ended on a cliffhanger, and the author was unable to write the next chapter, so decided to be merciful.

!! List of tropes appearing in Blind
* BookEnds:
** Itachi's first and last on-screen appearances are both [[spoiler:in Nariko's hometown]]
** A character being blinded with a kunai both begins and ends the plot
* ChekhovsSkill: Sasuke training to break out of genjutsu
* DisabilitySuperpower: downplayed and justified with [[spoiler:Sasuke's chakra sense]]
* EyeScream: only two instances, but they are ''seriously'' cringe-inducing
* {{Fingore}}: can't form seals if you don't have any fingers on one hand, after all
* GratuitousJapanese: it gets better after a few chapters though
* HandicappedBadass: Sasuke, full stop. [[spoiler:Itachi]] in the sequel.
* HealingFactor: the jinchuuriki, as in canon; this gets invoked to save a character's life
* {{Jossed}}: given the date of writing, it was inevitable
* NoNameGiven: Sakura's mother
* RuleOfSymbolism: oh so much!
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Itachi]]
* StepfordSmiler: Sakura when depressed

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