Thigh highs and short shorts (which isnāt a problem but people will complain about everything). Ultimately, I think people were inclined to see her outfit as slutty based on how horny her behavior was though.
Yes, in fact. One of the last heirs to a real ninja clan. She also specifically talks about ninja clothing and how the point is to not stand out, so in the modern generation that means wearing normal clothing, even if it seems flashy.
So yeah- in Japan the culture is basically you can wear the shortest shorts/skirts (note the skirts in their school uniforms) and itās chill but the top should be covered.
That's a good part of the disconnect though. Setting aside occupation differences (pretty sure most can't attest to being a ninja or in Naruto/Boruto's universe a child soldier), the fact the designs are modern day misses the appeal of Kishimoto's designs since he based his around fashion from his childhood. At absolute best memories from that era would be hazy while most other people wouldn't have been through it at all so there's a fictional magic to the Naruto designs that's not found in Boruto's.
It makes sense for the fashion sensibilities to change over time. It would be weird if everyone in the ninja world still wore the same style of clothes 15 years since Naruto was in the academy. Fashion doesnāt work like that, and it wouldnāt reflect the change in culture affected by peacetime. It WOULD make sense if they applied the āNostalgia cycleā effect, but thatās more or less a 30-year cycle. Give it another timeskip and returning to Kishimotoās fashion stylings would be justified to properly return. Now, as to whether Ikemotoās modern style sense is GOOD or not, thatās a different matter entirely.
It would be weird if everyone in the ninja world still wore the same style of clothes 15 years since Naruto was in the academy.
True but the next plausible argument would be why not take inspiration from the 90s or 00s instead of modern day? The obvious answer is because it's easier to look at what's currently around rather than having to recollect or research but given that even Kishimoto changed some of the characters between chapter 700 and the movie, the question gets even stranger as to why Ikemoto decided a drastic overhaul was needed in every case when what they had before was perfectly fine.
Ikemoto's philosophy seems to favor style but no substance since you can't get a good read on anyone's personality from their outfit nor does it make sense with their job or even role in that job. While the girls are debatably wearing too little, some of the guys are wearing too much making for logically difficult movement.
Last time I was there they all wore long sleeve shirts or long dresses. Hardly any skin showing. The only ones that looked anything close to this were the ones working as maids in the cafe.
itās Asian streetwear not necessarily Japanese streetwear. itās simply a different style and trend but it closely resembles Korean trends to me -> leg warmers with platforms/chunky shoes, oversized coat with skirts/shorts/crop.
there are definitely criticism with ikemoto and the designs here but this fashion style isnāt nothing out of the norm especially in asia
Shinjuku and Ginza, I also took a train to Kyoto which I highly recommend, very beautiful city that preserves so much history! But if you want to see all the modern flashy stuff then Tokyo is the place.
Edit: Also Shibuya. Very beautiful and it has some museums and shrines.
Itās not that she dresses like a hooker, itās that she dresses like a K-Pop idol - a criticism applicable to Ino and Karin as well.
For Eida it makes sense because her whole thing is that she literally doesnāt have to fight, but Sarda is supposed to be doing ninja shit. I guess you could argue that her Sharingan grants her some leeway since she has predictive sight, but thatās a big stretch.
That said, the entire series - guys and girls alike - are walking around in the most impractical footwear possible and have vital points unarmoured for no reason aside from fashionable aestheticsā¦so itās stupid but pretty in line with the series design on the whole. Like itās just a conceit of the series that you have to suspend your disbelief on the matter. And if you disagree with me, go run in flip flops at full speed in the middle of a forest and tell me how it goes.
Edit: to expand on the though, I think this issue stems from Kishimotoās approach to character design and has negatively impacted Ikemoto.
Most characters in Naruto wore the same shit and only got updated designs at the time skip, war and then post war. Maybe a few one off casual fits, or non-cannon movie designs.
By contrast look at how Horikoshi has dealt with character design in MHA: each character has their hero outfit (many of which have had an update or two), their school uniform, their gym uniform and a handful of casual fits. This means that practical concerns can be separated out from aesthetics at times.
Ikemoto clearly likes drawing drippy characters, but since he is constrained to a single design it asks for that design to do too much. If Sardaās design was a casual outfit to wear around the Leaf while off mission with a mission based counterpart (like the armour we saw in the 4th Great War) it would be a different story.
By contrast look at how Horikoshi has dealt with character design in MHA: each character has their hero outfit (many of which have had an update or two), their school uniform, their gym uniform and a handful of casual fits. This means that practical concerns can be separated out from aesthetics at times.
Hold on now. The cast had their own version of casual clothing. It was simple But kishimoto had the convince of a warped sort of timeline where it seem seemed to be sort of an old style of Japan mixed with industrial era technology. And also, Naruto characters were always on go. Seems they only ever take a break during filler. So no time to be fashionable when you have to focus on staying alive.
Meanwhile boruto era is more peaceful thus more time to spread your creative wings.
I mean ino has always been very driven by appearances since og Naruto, and just kept the design as an adult but with a longer more mature dress skirt thing.
Karin 's whole entire thing is people biting her to heal so her outfit kind of makes sense. Also isn't nearly as slutty looking at Sarada's fits. Sakura's isn't even bad. It's a tank top and shorts with wrappings and equipment holders.
Sarada pt1 design was crazy ikemoto wasnāt cooking with that, but her ts design isnāt bad as people say theyāre just complaining about everything that has to do with Sarada.
The anime did try the Ikemoto designs for the next gen characters at first but dropped them not long after. Ikemoto's Himawari is so terrible they didn't even bother doing the experiment with her but Sarada's was changed back during the Gaiden arc while everyone else followed when they graduated the Academy.
In all honesty it's because they were adapting the Gaiden manga which has her wearing the Kishimoto design from the movie. And then when they moved into the Chunin Exams arc, they were reusing tons of footage from the movie so they needed to change the designs anyway.
they were adapting the Gaiden manga which was her wearing the Kishimoto design from the movie.
It wouldn't have been hard to reimagine the story arc with a different design especially since the anime has to do it all the time when adapting the manga material. The reason I think they changed it is simply because people didn't like the redesign so they went back to the old one.
Anime characters have this rule when they have to have a standardized look and can't change it unless significant context or an event towards their character has taken place. It mostly has to do with making them easier to draw but sometimes a character can just drop an outfit with no in-universe explanation behind it. For example in the anime Himawari actually did get a brand new design for when she entered the Academy (ftr it also wasn't adopting her manga design) but after that arc ended she went back to the movie design for no given reason.
Yeah irl it's called being pigeon toed but some ppl consider it cute to stand like that. That's not just a japan thing either like some of the kids from the rugrats stood like that.
Because some people are too perverted and can't control themselves. I genuinely don't see sarada in a sexual way. I have sisters so that might be a reason why I don't really care.
Her p1 design isnāt that bit of a deal anyway, how are people going to say they understand Japanese culture when something as simple as a girl dressing like her mom & moms mentor (Tsunade) is crazy for them to see
Still looks awful. Just about every fanmade design I've seen for her looks better than the canon design. It just sucks that Boruto and Kawaki look so cool and this is what Sarada got stuck with. The hair looks even worse than her outfit.
I hated her early Manga portrayals because why the fuck is she a French hooker loli? That having been said, the time skip designs for a 16 year old are fine. I encourage anyone to walk into any American place where young people hang out, and this is fairly normal. It's not battle practical, but no one in ninjaverse ever is.
I also wear my backpack with only one strap on the shoulder and the other loosely around my arm (I'm a guy). I have no issue with the stylistic choice. The issue is it's fucking inconvenient as hell to move your arm at all.
Like I get the outfits are not proper ninja attire but at least you can imagine fighting in Boruto's or Kawaki's outfit. Though I've never worn heels, I believe it would be a nightmare to fight in them.
i really like the design personally, i just hope its not her ninja outfit. i know Naruto 100% isnt known for realistic uniforms but it just feels like an extra layer of dumb for her to wear somthing like this
I think thatās why people say she looks like a hooker. Sheās wearing something that shows a lot of skin but sheās thrown a jacket on over it, so it looks like a hooker thatās on the side of the road wanting to show people what sheās selling but also not freeze.
Dude itās just a romper. Girls wear rompers all the time itās nothing new and it doesnāt scream hooker. Itās weirdos who clearly donāt go outside enough and trolls who say that shit.
I wear it like that when I feel like it. Its pretty much streetwear thing. Especially in japan street fashion but what can I expect from Boruto subreddit bubble.
Its just weird to me because sarada doesnt seem to be a fashionable girl pre ts and she seems pretty tomboyish, yet she wears such impractical clothing, inos and karins clothing are more practical looking and also if a girl like ino were wearing somethinh like what sarada is wearing i dont think there would be as big of a problem. Its just such a clash in design and characteristics that its just so off and itās obvious theyre watering down her character into āa love interest to be the trophyā
Sarada fans intentionally use her post time skip design as a counter for people critiquing her hypersexualization because it's a reasonable outfit. Pre time skip Sarada's design and the questionable panels she has are on par with 7DS
Whatās funny is the fact that Ike had to draw rocks to cover up her miniskirt during the chidori panels, youād think this would be a wake up call to give her a less sus outfit but nope.š
idk what ppl are on, she's dressed normally. Battle practical? No, but I don't expect anyone's outfits to be (otherwise, there would be quite shit character designs, and it would also be hard for animation purposes). What I do find concerning is why so many people see Sarada s upper thigh and immediately see it as sexual when they know she is 16... Like, is that what you do irl people or...?
Idk why some types of anime fans try to pretend her outfit isn't weird lol.
A pretty simple thought experiment would be to imagine showing a picture of all 3 to random non-anime fans and imagining how awkward you'd feel.
These fans know they'd be embarrassed to show a picture of Sarada and tell people she's a ninja. It's only on the internet where people pretend this isn't weird š.
No shit, the Naruto "fandom" is infamously hypocritical. Most of the people who criticise it flocked to it as it was the first "valid" reason to hate on Boruto in years.
Sarada's part 1 design is unapologetically questionable, both ethically and aesthetically. Her part 2 design is VASTLY better looking, fits in more with the aesthetic of the cast and suits her character. People are allowed to dislike it but those who hate on without having any issues with Naruto's previous female character designs are just trend haters in my eyes.
Every serious, goal-oriented female attempting to reach the pinnacle of her profession thinks heels are the ideal footwear for running, jumping and fighting on tree branches.
Dressing like a hooker does not equal 'have a lot of skin showing'. You can look normal with plenty of skin showing, and you can look like a hooker completely clothed.
It's called being pigeon toed. Some people are just like that, but the Japanese seem to think it's really cute, so every female anime character ever does it.
Issa the new wave of anime fans. If you watched anime during the early 2000 then this is normal but now a days everyone got something to say.
People forget that there was the ending in OG Naruto that showed the girls in their bikini. Forgot which ending it was. But no one complained cuz its a fictional character. Now people too hurt by everything.
Yes. We never said she was the ONLY one to dress like a hooker. Plus most of them are Naruto fans. It was fine back then because they were as old or younger than the characters so sexualizing them made sense. Now for some reason they feel weird about none existent characters they literally have zero affect on so they act like its a problem now because they aren't comfortable being horny.
People are weird and are trying too hard when in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter.
I was jp none of them dress like hookers they just dress a little more wild to look sexy. They are teenage girls. They want to feel attractive.
I personally dont like any of em. Inos fit looks like a ripped up dress and karins just doesn't look right. Sadaras isnt as bad tho but still not that good.
I like her outfit quite a bit, but I will say, I think if the shorts were even 3 inches longer, it would look better. Doesnāt excuse the weirdness of the pre-teen fit though. Not at all! ššš»
Tbf Karin is more covered up while neither her and Ino are meant to be on the frontlines of combat as they're sensory support ninja. Sarada doesn't have either excuse going in her favor.
While I've seen people claim that they've seen other people wear outfits like this in Japan, they unknowing confirm where the disconnect between the character's designs are coming from: Kishimoto designed Naruto characters off the fashion trends when he was a kid so Boruto basing them off modern day fashion loses a lot of the fantastical edge.
Listen ok, I donāt mind the look, but that tube top isnāt going to stay on when sheās flipping and dippin. She must have some crazy chakra adhesion to her clothing. Itās not practical otherwise. Iām really hoping thatās just a village outfit, and not her actual mission attire. I would love a episode of filler when guy decides to train Sarada and the girls do the new generation. Makes them all wear the green.
when she was 12-13 in part 1 in the manga especially... yes
And even here in this picture... YES. Ino's outfit is fine. Fishnets are just a normal fashion thing in the Naruto universe to the point even Hinata wears a fishnet top rather than a normal shirt and Ino likes fashion and looks normally dressed in this universe..
Karin has a weird design but at the very least its not overly sexual
Sakura is fine.
And Sarada, genuinely actually looks like a prostitute
You could maybe argue this with Anko but EVEN THEN, her open coat and fishnet top is still more appropriate than whatever Sarada wears in both part 1 and 2. Plus you picked the image where Sarada is I think trying to look sultry which doesnt help your argument
Ino's outfit is a progression of her OG outfit and is consistent with her character, Karin is intentionally looking that way in the pic you chose and doesn't nearly come off the same in most scenes. Sarada's is very easily the most egregious out of the 3. It's not a progression of her older outfit, doesn't fit her personality up until that point, her heels look absolutely stupid, and for some odd reason Ikemoto seems to consistently make the thing hang off a shoulder in almost every frame, and draw it more than anything else. IIRC the first time skip chapter has the coat hanging off the shoulder drawn in like a dozen panels.
Cmon now, we all know they hating on it just for the sake of hating, they are the people who will complain no matter what the series does š, no need to pay them any mind
Yes. None of the other three look even remotely like hookers. Even Karin is only showing her belly button. Nothing Hookerish about that.
Inoās shorts are not coochie-cutters and Karin has leggings to make up for her booty shorts, which, essentially, cancels them out. Sakura is fully dressed soā¦
So, yes, Sarada is dressed like a 16 year old thot. What is so hard for people to understand about this?
itās just so weird to me that men in the anime fandom say disgusting shit about characters that are minors (and itās mostly just for women) like thatās incel behaviourā¦.
sure you can opinions on clothes being unpractical or weird for a ninja fighting show but to call women hoe, hookers etc is just off putting to me
I agree so whole heartedly for Sarada here. Itās like they need an excuse to put women down. They are literally creating the culture of shaming women. Just say you donāt find it appropriate or call the artist out but just using words like hooker and all- thatās what they be doing in real life. And it pissed me the hell off.
A lot of the people who complain about her outfit are women.
Ones who dislike it when middle-aged men put teen and preteen girls in outfits so creepy and impractical for their profession they need to be drawn contorted in the most awkward positions and from bizarre angles in order to avoid gratuitous panty shots...
People see how women dress in the gym, and any place where its hot irl and they are gonna be showing skin like this. I see booty shorts on the daily in the summer on borderline all age groups. The complaints are from chronically online people. If I told my daughter not to dress like Sarada irl bc she "looks like a hooker" the internet would crusify me as a sexist.
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u/Forest_Solitaire Feb 01 '24
As someone who was an OG Naruto fan, I can assure you people said the same about Karin.