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9	%%I have now finished my reread of the story! I'm keeping my notes on here; if you can fill out the trope better, do so. (If you're Russell can't-remember-the-name-you-go-by-online-and-I-just-checked-my-Skype-to-see-what-your-name-actually-is, hi there! Thanks for working on it!)
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11	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3371184/1/Blind Blind]]'' is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/563067/ObsidianSickle ObsidianSickle]].
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13	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 he decided to be merciful.
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15	Set up in an alternate continuity; Sasuke decides to take matters into his own hands before Orochimaru takes his body completely. Left to dead close to the Country of Fire he's returned to Konoha and the people he tried to cut out of his life in his search for power. During this time he has to learn once more how to manage himself in the world, and also the importance of bonds.
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17	!!List of tropes appearing in Blind:
18	* AdaptationalVillainy: Pain is kind of a dick in this story.
19	%%* AfterActionPatchUp: Everytime Sasuke and Sakura train.
20	* AllThereInTheManual: The "extras" chapter includes in-depth explanations for the symbolism.
21	* AlmightyJanitor: Sasuke: last of the Uchiha, former S-ranked criminal; still technically a genin [[spoiler:until the Chuunin Exam]].
22	* 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]].
23	%%* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: ((chapter 53, Sasuke's mom))
24	* AttackReflector: The Chakra Oscillation Project reverses someone's chakra, so their own attacks are used against them.
25	%%* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Itachi's use of Amaterasu turns his confrontation with Sasuke into this.%%Into what?
26	* BearerOfBadNews: Kakashi tells Sakura that [[spoiler:her father is MIA]].
27	* 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.
28	%%* BetaCouple: Naruto and Hinata.
29	%%* BigBrotherInstinct: Kanaye, Sakura's older brother.
30	%% TheBigDamnKiss ((67, just when he's about to leave)) ((71, rejoin))
31	%%* BlindfoldedVision: Sasuke can pull this off with [[spoiler:his chakra senses]].
32	* {{Bookends}}:
33	** Itachi's first and last on-screen appearances are both [[spoiler:in Nariko's hometown]].
34	** A character being blinded with a kunai both begins and ends the plot.
35	%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy ((something Itachi))
36	%%* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sasuke and Sakura, at first.
37	* CareerEndingInjury: Denied by Sasuke, who works to function as a ninja despite losing his sight.
38	%%** Invoked for [[spoiler:Itachi]].
39	* CatsAreMagic: The two-tailed cat Nekomata has power over the dead, which even for the setting is rather supernatural.
40	* 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.
41	%%* CharacterDevelopment: Oh so, so very much for Sasuke; Sakura too, to a lesser extent.
42	%%* ChekhovsGun: Partial genjutsu; Sasuke's father's kunai.
43	* ChekhovsGunman:
44	** The abnormally-large chakra signature. [[spoiler:She's Sasuke's teammate for the Chuunin Exam.]]
45	** The drunk Itachi killed when he went to retrieve the six-tails jinchuuriki. [[spoiler:He's Nariko's biological father.]]
46	* ChekhovsSkill: Sasuke training to break out of genjutsu; of course, that was the whole point of it.
47	%% ChildrenAreInnocent Nariko
48	* TheCoatsAreOff: Before their fight, Sasuke takes off his raincoat and Itachi takes off his Akatsuki cloak.
49	* ColdBloodedTorture: Orochimaru was ''not'' happy with Sasuke damaging his intended vessel
50	* CooldownHug: Sakura does this when Sasuke snaps at her for [[spoiler:not letting him fight Itachi]]
51	* CruelMercy: The aptly-given title of chapter [[spoiler:sixty-nine]].
52	%%* CryIntoChest
53	* DeadPersonConversation: Sasuke with [[spoiler:his mother]], courtesy of [[spoiler:Nekomata]].
54	%% ? DealWithTheDevil Raijuu
55	%%* DeathSeeker: Itachi, subconsciously.
56	* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Nariko keeps getting into "accidents", to keep her body weak, after finding out what will happen to her once she's stronger.
57	* DisabilitySuperpower: Downplayed and justified with [[spoiler:Sasuke's chakra sense]].
58	* DisabilityImmunity: Being blinded will protect you from:
59	** Orochimaru wanting to steal your body; invoked by Sasuke in the first chapter.
60	** The effects of most genjutsu, including the [[HypnoticEyes Mangekyo Sharingan]].
61	** [[spoiler: It also removes the control of Madara's Sharingan.]]
62	* {{Doorstopper}}: At over 500,000 words and 72 chapters (plus extras).
63	* 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.
64	%% * ExactWords: "I will have you gone from me before the end of the year." -> "I'm letting you go, but I didn't say where."
65	* EyeColorChange: [[spoiler:After being blinded, Itachi's turn pale brown, the colour of Nariko's eyes.]]
66	%%* EyeScream: Only two instances, but they are both plot-vital and ''seriously'' cringe-inducing.
67	%%* FinalBossPreview: The mid-story encounter with Itachi could be seen as this.%%So is it an example or not?
68	%%* {{Fingore}}: can't form seals if you don't have any fingers on one hand, after all.
69	%%* FirstSnow: Almost kills Nariko.
70	%%* FlashbackNightmare: Sasuke suffers regularly from these.
71	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: averted; Sakura loved Sasuke before he entered into her care
72	* {{Foil}}: [[OriginalCharacter Kanaye]] is a ''good'' big brother. [[GenocideFromTheInside Itachi]] is a ''bad'' big brother. The author even accidentally made them the same age.
73	* ForWantOfANail: [[WordOfGod explicitly given]] as the reason behind Deidara and Jiraiya being SparedByTheAdaptation
74	* {{Forgiveness}}: a major theme of the story
75	* FriendOrIdolDecision: Invoked in [[spoiler:the [[LotusEaterMachine "interview"]] for the Chuunin Exam]].
76	* FriendsWithBenefits: Konan and Deidara; she and Itachi are just "benefits".
77	%%* GetItOverWith
78	* GirlsLoveChocolate: Ino brings chocolate bars to cheer Sakura up.
79	* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Why is [[spoiler:Itachi]] lacking a chakra signature?
80	%%* GoodAllAlong
81	%%* GratuitousJapanese: It gets better after a few chapters though.
82	%%* GroinAttack: Sakura to a Sound ninja.
83	%%-->"You forgot that girls fight dirty."
84	* GroupHug: Sakura's family ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Naruto]]) when [[spoiler:her father returns]].
85	%%* HandicappedBadass: Sasuke. [[spoiler:Itachi]] in the sequel.
86	%% HeadbuttOfLove
87	* HealingFactor: The jinchuuriki, as in canon; this gets invoked to save a character's life.
88	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Nariko]] saves [[spoiler:Itachi]] by [[spoiler: giving him her bijuu, knowing that it will kill her]].
89	* HidingTheHandicap: Very rarely done by Sasuke, when he [[spoiler: encounters a bartender who knew him when he was still with Orochimaru]].
90	* HopeIsScary: Why Sasuke doesn't want to think about his sight coming back, and Sakura doesn't want to imagine that he might love her.
91	* HowManyFingers: Kanaye does this after Sasuke explains [[spoiler:how his chakra sense works]]; of course, the last corrrect answer is "[[FlippingTheBird one]]".
92	%%* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:Sorry Itachi, Sasuke isn't actually blind any more]].
93	%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Sasuke and Sakura both experience this, even if not in so many words.
94	%%* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Sasuke gets this from both Naruto and Kanaye.
95	* ImprobableAge: Downplayed; at 17, Sakura is the youngest medic to graduate since the program started.
96	* InternalReveal: Sakura finding out Sasuke blinded himself; Nariko finding out Itachi killed his clan and the extraction would kill her
97	%%* IronicEcho: "Then go ahead and hate me, go ahead and despise me."
98	%%* {{Irony}}: Lots of it, most explained in the "extras" chapter.
99	* JustToyingWithThem: Sasuke vs Konohamaru in [[spoiler:the chuunin exam tournament]], because he wanted to show everyone what he was capable of.
100	%% TheKlutz:
101	%%* LapPillow: The position they're in for Sasuke's healing sessions.%%Is?
102	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Sasuke's mind was wiped of any "important" details about Sound before being left for dead.
103	%%* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:%%Quotes are not context.
104	%%-->'''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.
105	* LeftForDead: A variant, as Orochimaru wasn't actually ''trying'' to kill Sasuke, he just didn't care whether he lived or died.
106	%%* LifeOrLimbDecision: If you count "eyes" as a limb and GrandTheftMe as "death".
107	* LoveEpiphany: It takes a ''long'' time for Sasuke to realize he loves Sakura, but it finally happens [[spoiler:at her birthday party]].
108	%% * LoveInformant
109	%% ? MakeItLookLikeAnAccident Nariko
110	%%* MillionToOneChance: Four percent, actually. [[spoiler:It happens.]]%%What does?
111	* MiseryPoker: Sakura does this to herself, trying to put things into "perspective", after hearing that [[spoiler:her father is mission in action]].
112	* 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.
113	%%* MoodWhiplash: On the journey back from [[spoiler:Kumogakure]], nice light team bonding; then all of a sudden Itachi.%%How is this an example?
114	%%* MoralityPet: Nariko eventually becomes this to Itachi.
115	%%* MovingTheGoalposts: When Sakura will move out of Sasuke's house.
116	* 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]].
117	%%* TheNicknamer: Konan and Kanaye.
118	* 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.
119	%%* NoNameGiven: Sakura's mother
120	%%* ObfuscatingDisability
121	%%* ObliviousToLove: Sasuke doesn't even register his ''own'' attraction to Sakura.
122	%%* OfficialCouple: Sasuke and Sakura.
123	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Sakura's chuunin exam. Apparently she single-handedly destroyed the arena.
124	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's a bad sign any time Naruto starts thinking about what he's saying.
125	%%* OriginalCharacter: Sakura's family; Nariko the six-tails jinchuuriki.
126	* 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.
127	* TheParalyzer: Lightning chakra is useful for this, and [[spoiler:immobilizes Itachi while he's being "dealt with"]].
128	* 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.
129	* PowerCopying: Subverted; when copying fighting styles, Sasuke had also copied the users' mistakes, and has to unlearn them to improve.
130	* PowerStrainBlackout: If Sakura overexerts herself from healing when she's already tired.
131	* RealMenHateSugar: Sasuke only hates sweet things because they remind him of relatives who died in the massacre.
132	* RestrainedRevenge: [[spoiler:Sasuke [[CruelMercy doesn't kill]] Itachi]].
133	%%* TheMole ((near the end))
134	%%* RingOfFire: ((fight before teahouse))
135	* RuleOfSymbolism: To say that the last chapter is wholly dedicated to explaining the symbolism used throughout the story.
136	%%* SecretTestOfCharacter: Only to be expected with [[spoiler:the Chuunin Exam]].
137	* SensingYouAreOutmatched: Sakura possesses this skill (and the wisdom to apply it) when they encounter [[spoiler:Itachi and Kisame]]; [[RevengeBeforeReason her teammates]] do not
138	%%* SensorCharacter: Sasuke develops into this.
139	* 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.
140	%%* SheIsAllGrownUp: ((ch 25, 33, 57))
141	%%* ShoutOut: The Raikage's introduction, to that of King Bradley from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.%%How?
142	%%* SingleTargetSexuality: Sakura for Sasuke.
143	%% * SnowballFight: ch 35
144	%%* SparedByTheAdaptation: Everybody who died in canon after the divergence point of the story, [[spoiler:including Itachi]].
145	%%* StepfordSmiler: Sakura when depressed.
146	%%* SurvivalMantra: "Kai" for Sasuke, while trying to escape genjutsu.
147	%%* TakeOffYourClothes: Sakura to Sasuke, when they're both soaked and cold after a battle.
148	%%* TapOnTheHead: Literally; works well if it's used to apply genjutsu directly to the brain.
149	%%* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: ch 33
150	%%* TitleDrop: Common with chapter titles.
151	%%* TokenGoodTeammate: Nariko really does not belong with the Akatsuki.
152	* TrespassingHero: Sasuke and Sakura break into a (closed) teahouse for shelter. They clean up as much as they can, and leave money and a note when they leave.
153	%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Sakura and Ino.
154	%% * WeHaveTheKeys: ((early chapter))
155	%%* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Preemptively denied by Sasuke.%%Quotes are not context.
156	-->''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.''
157	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Why would a talented medic care for someone who betrayed the village?
158	* 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.
159	* WomanChild: Nariko is 16 or 17, but acts like she's 8 because of no human interaction since then.
160	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Nariko doesn't know it yet, but she's going to die once her body is strong enough.

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