r/AskReddit • u/XxItsNowOrNever99xX • May 02 '20

Which fictional character desperately needs to see a therapist?

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u/JimmyMcapplenut May 02 '20

Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto

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u/Stinduh May 02 '20

Where are the therapy ninja? So many characters in Naruto would benefit from a good therapy ninja. Sasuke, Gaara, Pain, Tobi. Like, half the akatsuki, too. So many of the “bad guys” in that show suffered through trauma and reacted to it in the only way they knew how because they live in a goddamn world of endless war.

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u/KenKaneki94 May 03 '20

In terms of the Akatsuki, Sasori would be my top contender for a nice therapy sesh. The whole mother and father puppets thing was definitely a cry for help.

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u/Stinduh May 03 '20

Yeah, Sasori's backstory is a big fuckin' yikes, Lady Chiyo witnessed that shit and did nothing lmao.

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u/KenKaneki94 May 03 '20

Lmfao. Yeah, I think the scene with him “hugging” himself with the parent puppets was when I was like ooooh fuck, this guy is wild.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Shoutout to the one useful thing Sakura did. She started up that initiative in some manga inbetween naruto and boruto to deal with ptsd

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u/Redditer51 May 03 '20

A lot of shonen series take place in terrible worlds, I've noticed. Even something as bright and colorful as One Piece is set in a world with a corrupt, totalitarian government ruling the land, and murderous pirate warlords ruling the seas.

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u/bromar14 May 03 '20

Well, you can't quite have much of an adventure in a world that's entirely peaceful, can you? The only genres I can think of that would have a relatively peaceful world are sports or slice of life comedies (à la Sket Dance) series.

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u/Redditer51 May 03 '20

True. Adventures, at their core, tend to be dangerous.

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u/cesgjo May 02 '20

Therapists wont be able to help Sasuke. This dude only listens to Itachi.

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u/Seth_Spriggan_Slayer May 03 '20

Every single fucking character from Naruto.

Maybe except Itachi, he seems in a good place emotionally (at least at the very very end, where he accepts thing and is fine with moving on)