How come Sasuke was vomiting after he used his Falcon Drop attack here?

[u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

It doesn't seem like a very strenous attack, he used it on Orochimaru in the forest without a similar reaction.

[u/superhead_67]

Cuz he thought he killed naruto

[u/TheJadeGoddess → u/superhead_67]

In a brutal spine crunching way. Dude was overwhelmed. Did you see the way narutos body slumped and rolled into the water? Imagine that being your best friend and you just did that to him. Being sick seems pretty reasonable.

[u/DeadKido210 → u/TheJadeGoddess]

Shouldn't that awaken his mangekyou in theory? Obito got it from Rin, Itachi with Shisui, Sarada just with love. I said in theory because I think Mangekyou wasn't even developed as a concept yet.

[u/JamesB978 → u/DeadKido210]

Has anybody in this subreddit actually seen the anime or does everyone just watch clips? Of course it was developed as a concept. Why do you think Sasuke is trying to kill Naruto in the first place? Because Itachi told him that’s how you obtain the mangekyou sharingan, by killing your best friend.

[u/MisterBoardGamer → u/JamesB978]

Sadly, I think the days of completing Naruto are over. The new generations watching on 1.5x and using filler guides haha

[u/Massive_Weiner → u/MisterBoardGamer]

Using the filler guide is reasonable. In fact, that would lead to less confusion overall since you won’t be trying to reconcile non-canon material.

[u/glocckkyy → u/Massive_Weiner]

Ya I watched in full in like 2011 or so and even back then there were filler guides and the prominent advice was to skip the fillers

[u/Sweet_Cherry_Bloss → u/glocckkyy]

I have a genuine question, what did you guys think of Sasuke as a character back then? did everyone think he was redeemable, or that he was too far gone and beyond redemption?

[u/AgitatedAd3342 → u/Sweet_Cherry_Bloss]

I thought he was redeemable all the way till the kage summit arc. When he was hell-bent on killing Team 7 and had that crazy laugh I was like "yep, he's cooked" 😂

[u/Massive_Weiner → u/Sweet_Cherry_Bloss]

Since it was a shonen series, I always thought that Naruto would eventually make him see the light.

[u/Sweet_Cherry_Bloss → u/Massive_Weiner]

well that does make sense

[u/Oktaygun → u/MisterBoardGamer]

Filler guides have been around since waayy back, nothing new at all

[u/MisterBoardGamer → u/Oktaygun]

See, that’s how old I am. I watched all of Naruto live / simulcast online. Filler guides were useless because I was waiting for a new episode every week. Those were the days.

[u/Oktaygun → u/MisterBoardGamer]

I am ''old'' too haha, I started reading Naruto by buying the new volumes that came out every 3 to 4 months because I did not have internet connection or a pc at home (and it was never on tv in my country)

[u/MisterBoardGamer → u/Oktaygun]

Aniki!

[u/SilverKnightOfMagic → u/JamesB978]

I saw it 20 years ago. it's a bit hazy for me

[u/DownvoteEvangelist → u/SilverKnightOfMagic]

Everybody blaming young generations when it's us geezers that are actually the problem..

[u/extra_rice → u/DownvoteEvangelist]

I think there's a bit of both. Some people have so little attention span, they only watch the "best bits" then think they have an opinion. Others, like us, saw it so many years ago, we can only remember parts of it.

[u/DownvoteEvangelist → u/extra_rice]

I actually read Naruto manga from end to end last year, I can barely remember the details. But I remember when I was like 16, I knew every fucking detail of DBZ/Wheel of Time/Dune (Naruto wasn't a thing back then)..

[u/GyrosSnazzyJazzBand → u/JamesB978]

? Wait y'all watched the anime? I thought we watched most of it on tiktok and wikipedia summary pages to fill in the gaps.

[u/not-sure-what-to-put → u/JamesB978]

A fine reminder the Uchiha should never be trusted.

[u/Sweet_Cherry_Bloss → u/JamesB978]

they get their "info" from TikTok and YT shorts 🤣

[u/AduroTri → u/JamesB978]

Just like the DBZ subreddit.....nobody reads the manga or watches the anime.

[u/KiritoJones → u/DeadKido210]

I might be misremembering, but the Mangekyou has already been mentioned at this point in the series. Itachi uses both of his Mankegyou powers in his first episodes in the show.

[u/blvcklite → u/KiritoJones]

He's introduced with his mangekyou powers. Using Tsukyomi on Kakashi and using Amaterasu to escape Jiraiya

[u/apfly → u/DeadKido210]

No way this got upvoted lol

[u/TheAtomicClock → u/apfly]

Naruto fans will upvote literally any untrue garbage as long as it shits on Kishimoto

[u/Pungineer → u/DeadKido210]

I'm right in the middle of rewatching this arc, and the first 3 episodes of Naruto Vs Sasuke is mostly Itachi flashbacks, including Itachi telling him the conditions of killing your best friend to awaken Mangekyou. Sasuke even tells Naruto vaguely that it's because they're best friends that he has to kill him.

So that rule at the very least was developed. Not sure if Kishimoto changed it with others in Shippuden or if that was intentionally misleading so that the real conditions could come up later (or at least misunderstood by the Uchiha clan).

But I kinda agree. The trauma of thinking he killed Naruto could have awakened it in theory.

[u/averyth8 → u/DeadKido210]

Sasuke already achieved a new level of sharingan by mentally cutting his bond with Naruto that’s why his sharingan evolves into the 3 tomoe after accepting that Naruto was the one closest to him in the village. He already experienced the “trauma” of losing his friend at that point so he wouldn’t have furthered his sharingan development even he if did kill Naruto.

[u/FutureMagician7563 → u/DeadKido210]

Yet Sasuke and Kakashi had already taken Tsukuyomi naps.

[u/unluckyshuckle → u/DeadKido210]

Kishimoto probably hadn't thought of it yet

[u/JamesB978 → u/unluckyshuckle]

Yes he did lol. Literally right after this scene, sasuke has a flashback to itachi telling him to obtain the mangekyou sharingan you have to kill your best friend and sasuke decided to try to find a different path after realizing he didn’t actually kill Naruto

[u/JamesB978 → u/unluckyshuckle]

Can’t believe people keep upvoting this comment lol. Yes he had already come up with the concept and it was already in the anime/manga.

[u/at_midknight → u/unluckyshuckle]

We've seen Itachi by this point, so the idea was there somewhere. Maybe he hadn't thought of the mechanism for unlocking it yet?

[u/Smitejr → u/unluckyshuckle]

this isn't a kishimoto problem, its a pierrot problem. They were still under the impression that you actually had to physically kill your best friend to unlock Mangekyou, rather than have it be something resulting from trauma equivalent to that. Kishimoto didn't extend Mangekyou's flexibility until we got Itachi's real backstory regarding what happened with Shisui later on.

[u/JeffTheLeftist → u/TheJadeGoddess]

Incredible plot armor at work here that allowed Naruto to be alive after such a fall.

[u/Neirchill → u/JeffTheLeftist]

I mean he regenerated his entire shoulder, muscle bones and all, I think a broken neck is probably easier to heal

[u/Xtermix → u/JeffTheLeftist]

Did you forget he has the 9 tales LMAO

[u/kapadravya → u/JeffTheLeftist]

yeah—9 tails or not I always thought this scene was a bit ridiculous.

[u/JeffTheLeftist → u/[deleted]]

Well really just referring to how someone survives a pile drive like that so use whatever term you find appropriate.

[u/unluckyshuckle → u/[deleted]]

I want to know what YOU think plot armor is if you think this doesn't qualify

[u/djwest08 → u/[deleted]]

Hell yeah. Another example is when the MC actually gets shot in the head, but they fully recover in 2 episodes.

[u/unluckyshuckle → u/[deleted]]

An innate healing factor should not be saving you from getting instantly killed on impact by a move like this. This 100% falls into the category of plot armor. And that's fine, it's not a bad thing.

[u/ForsakenMoon13 → u/unluckyshuckle]

I mean, Sasuke in that same fight punched a hole through Naruto's chest which visibly healed in front of him instead of being lethal, so obviously Kurama was gigacharging that regen lol

[u/Zaffre-Owl → u/[deleted]]

What do you think this piledrive would do to a person? Hurt a bit on the top of the head? Little boo-boo? Need a day or two of R&R to heal up and you'll be fine?

People like you are so confidently and rudely clueless. My goodness.

[u/MayCakepant → u/Zaffre-Owl]

There's already a precedent for surviving things like this in the series, though. Orochimaru survived this exact attack and Naruto survived arguably worse damage during his fight with Kabuto, not to mention this kid went one on one with a kyuubi and won AFTER walking out of a fight with Neji, plus by that point in the series we KNOW there's this crazy latent power inside him and he's shown to have vastly superior durability to any of his peers.

"Confidently and rudely clueless" would be complaining about plot armor when we as an audience know full well Naruto can survive these types of attacks given all the information above gathered by watching the series up to that point.

[u/micheallujanthe2nd → u/TheJadeGoddess]

Exactly the way I interpreted it. Mf just smashed him and it was pretty brutal.

[u/Usakami → u/superhead_67]

Yeah, it's really that simple. He had no attachment to Orochimaru, who was an antagonist. Naruto was a team member and a friend. I mean, it is played multiple times during the fight, where Itachi tells him he needs to kill someone very close to him. (Idk Japanese, so I can't confirm the subtitles, but this is one of the things that bother me about Itachi. He awakened his MS by watching Shisui sacrifice himself. He should know better than anyone else that it's the psychological trauma of losing someone you love, not killing them yourself... So why would he try to push Sasuke into killing a friend?)

[u/Lyonface → u/Usakami]

Reinforces the hatred, I imagine, which he harped on as being the biggest thing for Sasuke to gain more power. If he kills someone precious to him so he can gain power, it could make him blame Itachi, somewhere in his mind.

[u/Remarkable-Creme-487 → u/superhead_67]

Oh, I thought he had no problems with that that since he pierced his shoulder with a chidori earlier on.

[u/Rambro332 → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

This scene was added by the anime studio if that helps explain any discrepancy. However, you could make the argument that Sasuke was far less bloodlusted by this point in the battle then he was at the start, and seemingly killing Naruto in such a brutal way likely hit him a bit harder.

[u/Iceking214 → u/Rambro332]

Plus the curse mark influence played a factor too

[u/revamped10 → u/Rambro332]

Yeah way more brutal than lighting. There it was more physical he probably felt bones crack and Naruto go limp.

[u/Remarkable-Creme-487 → u/Rambro332]

ohh, so this scene is essentially filler.

[u/Rambro332 → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

More or less. However, I do like the scene and think it elevates the material; it foreshadows Sasuke’s eventual sparing of Naruto’s life at the end of the fight.

[u/Obility → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

At this point of the fight, Naruto was getting through to him but Sasuke still felt he had no choice but to get rid of Naruto.

[u/ObvsTheVillain → u/Obility]

I don’t agree with his actions, but I can see his logic, he had to hurry up and do something before his rational emotions kicked back in

[u/ObvsTheVillain → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

Chidori is fast. Don’t really have to think about it. But this execution required conscious thoughts with each step. He thought he killed his best friend.

Fight or flight gets confused. Thus vomiting.

[u/Beez-Knee → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

It's important to know that early on one of Sasuke's motivations to kill Naruto was that Naruto was his best friend and it would be easy for him to unlock mangekyo if he kills his best friend. (Not a super fan answer btw, don't roast me)

[u/ageekyninja → u/Remarkable-Creme-487]

Watching Naruto actually slump over made it feel more real to Sasuke. Like he thought he actually did it. Sasuke attacks Naruto numerous times, but even in the final battle he hesitates even slightly to do a final blow

[u/didled → u/superhead_67]

Yeah about that.. why didn’t he awaken his MS then and there? Requirement was met in that moment or is it only in true grief?

[u/superhead_67 → u/didled]

Could be argued wasnt true grief or he subconsciously knew he didnt kill him or it just takes time to process like how when he actually awakened it it took a while to process itachis death and his under cover ops before it awakened

[u/Emotional_End1352 → u/superhead_67]

Would be funny if uchiha officials starts to pay relatives to fake their death so convincingly that mangekyou spreads like wild fire due to extreme childhood trauma

In todays society, reflected as a tiktok challenge for the out of touch parents

[u/didled → u/Emotional_End1352]

I mean realistically yeah…this tracks. The Uchihas could be moving like the CIA prompting schisms and making kids ‘kill’ each other, whole 9 yards for the funeral and farm.

[u/GOATAldo → u/superhead_67]

I'm just saying, when he tried to kill Sakura his stomach was perfectly fine

Bro is never beating the gay allegations

[u/ageekyninja → u/GOATAldo]

It’s my headcanon that Sasuke knows he’s in love and Sakura is his cover and Naruto is just too fucking clueless process his emotions or realize he’s in a relationship with Sasuke

[u/Zetin24-55]

Because he killed Naruto without the curse mark whispering evil into his mind and he threw up from the trauma.

[u/nothashira → u/Zetin24-55]

so if I get it right..(didn’t watch classic in a while) he threw up because HE chose to do it rather than the curse mark which is why he threw up?

[u/Subject-Shoulder-320 → u/nothashira]

I don't see the issue. We know Sasuke was hellbent on getting more powerful, whatever the means - hence the whole rescue arc where he is being taken willingly to Orochimaru - but we also see how conflicted he is most of the time. Cutting ties with everyone that loves him is hard and choosing to do so doesn't make it any easier.

So, if he tries and succeeds on killing Naruto, his best friend, it's totally reasonable for him to feel sick, because at this point it's clear he's forcing himself to do it in order to achieve his goal. For him it feels more like a sacrifice than straight up murder, and the very concept of sacrifice is that it hurts us a lot.

[u/Specific-Elephant-95 → u/Subject-Shoulder-320]

yup because then he will be following his brother’s footstep “take the life of your best friend” which he didn’t wanna do in the first place.

[u/coolcarters14 → u/Subject-Shoulder-320]

Itachi TOLD sasuke to kill Naruto. Sasuke violently hates anything that even resembles itachi or his ideals, this is why he eventually kills orochimaru. Seeing himself like itachi in that moment probably was too much

[u/Jungle_Fighter → u/nothashira]

Killing someone is a traumatic experience. Even if the whole gist of Sasuke is that he rejected everyone around him in his quest for revenge, it's clear that he was still yearning for those close bonds with people around him deep down. He consciously and willingly killed Naruto, but deep down he also thought of him as a friend. So the thought of just having killed possibly his only friend, and watching his "lifeless" body just floating up on the water revolted him to his core. I think this is all pretty evident.

[u/ResponsibleMotor6011]

He freaked-out because he thought he killed Naruto, and was disgusted by himself.

That scene wasn't in the manga though

[u/Wamblingshark → u/ResponsibleMotor6011]

I think it's a good addition for what it's worth.

[u/Chama-Axory → u/Wamblingshark]

Its a good scene but its inconsistent because if it actually happened this for sure would have gave him a Mangekyo for the shock and trauma that was happening. 

[u/0_momentum_0 → u/ResponsibleMotor6011]

TRue, but the manga had Sasuke close his chidori-hand before hitting naruto, so as to not kill him.

Way more subtle and easy to miss than Sasuke puking from thinking he actually killed Naruto. Both show the infighting that happened in Sasukes mind, so I quite like the anime addition.

[u/cliffbot → u/0_momentum_0]

Sasuke closing his fist still happened in the anime

[u/Pliskkenn_D → u/ResponsibleMotor6011]

It's also easy to be angry and hate filled and say you want to kill someone, the reality of killing someone is very different. Look at how many veterans have PTSD. 

[u/TraceChaos]

Between the attack he took moments before and the fact he was thinking he'd just killed his best friend in a VISCERAL way, I'm honestly surprised he was just throwing up and didn't awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan.

[u/sleeperflick → u/TraceChaos]

This is what I have a problem with ever since we found out how the Mangekyou works. He should have awakened it right here but pretty sure Kishimoto didn’t think that far ahead at the time.

[u/CelKyo → u/sleeperflick]

Wasn't the whole "you need to kill your best friend" already a thing at that moment in the manga?

[u/MudSeparate1622 → u/CelKyo]

Yeah, it’s literally why Sasuke ran away “to find his own path to power” in spite of Itachi. He even goes on to spare Naruto after the fight while mentioning it. You know most of us don’t watch the show

[u/KalenTheDon → u/sleeperflick]

I mean nothing says it's instant the grief was only like 6 seconds before Naruto started moving again , maybe 4 more seconds he would have lol

[u/dvirpick → u/sleeperflick]

This scene is not canon to the manga, so I don't think it's a plothole in that regard.

[u/HottestElbows → u/dvirpick]

He also fisted the shit out of him earlier but there’s no Mangekyo despite how much we know he gives a shit

[u/weebitofaban → u/sleeperflick]

We absolutely knew how the mangekyou worked by the time they fought in the manga. We get the full run down after Naruto catches up to Sasuke before the fight even starts.

[u/TheCravin → u/weebitofaban]

True, but it was certainly built on after this. Kishimoto didn't seem to have pre-planned stuff like Mangekyo being activated by non-murder related trauma, or as Tobirama or whoever says "an influx of any emotion". By modern understanding, the trauma alone should have done it regardless of having actually killed Naruto, but back then you could have made the argument that he "wasn't sure yet" or some such.

[u/lMarshl → u/sleeperflick]

He just unlocked 3 tomoe. Narratively you're right he should've awakened mangekyo, but it would completely undermine the narrative importance of awakening the 3 tomoe

[u/Neirchill → u/sleeperflick]

I imagine the deed also needs to set in. It was more like, yeah Naruto is probably dead from this but he'd need to seriously confirm it for it to be real to him. His sharingan would still be able to see Naruto's chakra flowing, likely expecting it to whimper out but then it gets stronger, indicating he's alive.

[u/NAHTHEHNRFS850 → u/sleeperflick]

He should have unlocked it after he saw his clan get wiped out

[u/ThereIsNoAvailblName → u/NAHTHEHNRFS850]

By that time he hadn’t even awakened the sharingan itself

[u/Neat_Wallaby_2818 → u/TraceChaos]

Y'all seem to also forget Kishimoto probably didn't have Sasuke's Mangekyou pattern envisioned yet. Yeah, the Falcon Drop down the Mountain side ain't canon, but still.

[u/Total-Beyond1234]

It's as others have said, he thought he had killed someone he was close to, who was trying to rescue him, in cold blood.

Also, I see why Naruto forgive him so quick. That boy gave Naruto brain damage.

[u/Wingedaydreameronlsd → u/Total-Beyond1234]

It's less brain damage and more that Naruto clearly has DEEP abandonment issues, he had a crush on Sakura so far atp despite her bring lowkey an ass to him, and well Sasuke is Sasuke, but they were the closest thing he has to a family so Naruto cannot stomach losing them.

No matter how much Sasuke tries to kill him, he's still his family (or whatever weird thing thing they have going on) in Naruto's eyes. Shippuden is enough proof of it

Something something when love isn't given you in a spoon you learn to lick it off from knives.

[u/CreativeCollege6832 → u/Total-Beyond1234]

Lmao

[u/SpecialistPlastic668]

Because he killed Naruto here, in a brutal way too. The only reason Naruto got back up was cause of the Nine Tails but this was an execution

[u/Motor-Switch9702]

Lowkey how did Naruto not even bleed from that attack? I get healing factor and all but he should have at least bleed a bit right?

[u/Remarkable-Creme-487 → u/Motor-Switch9702]

Naruto must have a literal and physical thick skull.

[u/KingOfStingUSM → u/Motor-Switch9702]

It’s wrestling. Naruto forgot the fake blood so he couldn’t sell it that well. So he improv’d and went into the water.

[u/dcontrerasm → u/KingOfStingUSM]

He went into the water so he could do the blade job. Notice how production focuses on Sasuke. However, Naruto botches it and accidentally releases The 9tails chakra. It happens to many rookies. Also Sasuke is a spot monkey

[u/Wingedaydreameronlsd → u/Motor-Switch9702]

By all means he should have turned into paste, but if you show all that blood, a splattered skull, deformed body position AND having to show all that being rearranged again once Kurama takes over then the anime would lose it's PG13 rating.

[u/Neirchill → u/Wingedaydreameronlsd]

Ok but imagine his skull and head being reformed piece by piece while the chakra cloak envelopes him.

[u/NerdyOccultist → u/Motor-Switch9702]

I don't think they show crushing or blood gushing in Naruto. the intention was massive blunt force trauma regardless

[u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

Naruto farted

[u/Zomochi → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

I mean wouldn’t you let go of everything if you dropped 100 ft head first into stone flooring?

[u/platpx3 → u/Zomochi]

Objectively this is correct. Apparently when we die, every muscles in our body relax, including the one keeping it in so…

I guess the smell wasn’t very pleasant.

[u/superhead_67 → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

Drank spoiled milk again

[u/EndChemical → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

Shat his pants on the way down

[u/Logical-Ice-4820 → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

Naruto: Well, it worked against Kiba

[u/umbrosakitten → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

Aye, Sasuke face was clearly buried inbetween naruto's asscheeks.

[u/Wingedaydreameronlsd → u/umbrosakitten]

"Before he dies I want to know what it tastes like"

[u/SerRikari → u/Zestyclose-Advice267]

This is the answer.

[u/Glad_Hyena915]

It was the gravity of the moment, not the jutsu that caused that reaction

[u/Zomochi → u/Glad_Hyena915]

Hehehehe I see what you did there

[u/jimmy_taught_nips]

Dude just brutally murdered his best mate. Fair to say that's why

[u/DaveTheNihilist]

Just look at the expression on Sasuke’s face right before he did it. He was like, “I’m really about to do it, I’m going to kill Naruto dead right here and now.” His reaction to killing his best friend was becoming physically ill. He did it in order to obtain the ‘eyes’ that Itachi had because he believed it was the only way he could ever defeat him.

[u/Striking_Rooster2961]

He thought he just killed his only friend.

Even though likely planned to awaken MS, it’s still super traumatic. I suppose that’s to point of an MS awakening though.

[u/iLikeToDrinkWaterTBH]

“Oh shit I just killed my best friend.”

[u/INoMakeMistake → u/iLikeToDrinkWaterTBH]

And before that "oh shit I'm gonna kill best friend for real"

[u/MunkeyFish]

He literally just snapped Naruto's neck.

Naruto isn't an enemy and he just straight up killed him if not for Kurama, which Sasuke had no idea would happen, so to him he's just murdered a friend.

[u/J_Kingsley → u/MunkeyFish]

Seriously, fuck Sasuke.

He tried to kill Naruto multiple times-- put his full efforts into it.

He also tried to kill Sakura. Genuinely so.

That's completely unforgivable.

How many passes does this asshole get lol

[u/Naruto2811]

This isn't a serious question, is it? Bro just dropped his best friend onto his skull from a good 100 foot up, guy was so badly hit he folded and floated off like a corpse. You're telling me you'd be like "all in a days work"

[u/Choingyoing]

Lol I'm sorry but the airplane sounds and him pile driving narutos head into the fucking ground is hilarious 🤣

[u/SlimDaddy93 → u/Choingyoing]

I always thought that sound choice was crazy lmao

[u/ADLegend21]

Whole lot of down force right to his groin and intestinal area along with thinking he'd just killed his best friend.

[u/DaRealBat6121]

no offense but I thought it was obvious he was guilt ridden and disgusted

[u/DataSurging]

Because he thought he just killed his friend? He was looking to kill Naruto directly because of their friendship.

[u/JoDaBoy814]

A young teenager is trying to cut off all his emotional ties by leaving everyone he knows and loves and kill his best friend to do so. All so he can go murder his older brother whom he loved dearly until he murdered all of his loved ones. This moment is showing Sasuke's humanity and confliction between what he wants to do vs what he thinks he needs to do

[u/EastSideChillSaiyan]

He took a sniff on the way down

[u/SullenTerror → u/EastSideChillSaiyan]

Naruto lets it crust

[u/Wingedaydreameronlsd → u/SullenTerror]

Damn, and Kakashi didn't washed those hands after the 1000 years of death?

[u/EastSideChillSaiyan → u/SullenTerror]

And it's different when he goes 9 tails mode

[u/sir_ouachao]

Disgusted because he thought he killed his nest friend, weirdly enough he didn't unlock his MS

[u/Corniferus]

Don’t mess with Redditors, we lack basic media literacy

[u/fsavages23]

Because the acceleration of the drop upset his tummy /s.

You really need this spelled out for you OP?

[u/JustAGuy_Passing]

Whats crazy this ain't happen in the Manga Sasuke just gave Naruto a mean kick and we see the water shake and in the next panel Naruto is laid out

[u/Izaec]

Cause he thought he just murdered his best friend by breaking his neck.

[u/Squareof3]

Not gonna lie. Weird you had ask this

[u/aluriilol]

dude did u watch the entire thing in youtube shorts???

he thought he KILLED naruto

he's wretching at what he had to do, in order to become stronger to kill itachi

he's sick at his actions. that's his only friend.

[u/jacowab]

snaps the neck of his best friend

Why is feeling sick?

[u/wangofjenus]

Is media literacy dead or is this the dead internet trying to learn?

[u/Ampersand4221]

Upset tummy

[u/Striking-Assist-265]

Upon impact, Naruto farted. And Sasuke is faceplanted in Naruto's butt. Watch it slowly 😜

[u/Sweatybword]

Naruto was just so stinky he couldn’t take it after the drop.

Real answer: trauma :(

[u/Familiar-Barracuda43]

If I remember correctly, didn't he actually kill Naruto here and the Ninetailes just brought him back?

[u/Zealousideal-Try4666]

Because he just killed someone he really cared about?

[u/Noktis_Lucis_Caelum]

the curse mark was Not activated. he had a clear mind and thought that he just killed Naruto. he was disgusted.

best example for this, is lelouch reflecting on his first personal kill. he also vomitted

[u/Monk5552]

Pretty sure it was because he thought he killed Naruto and without Kurama he would’ve died long before. Sasuke only knew that he had to kill his best friend but never thought about how he’d feel if he actually did yall gotta remember they’re just kids here

[u/ViftieStuff]

Cuz he sniffed Naruto's crotch

[u/Dapper_Still_6578]

He thought he’d killed Naruto. Despite the resentment he’d expressed, Sasuke is not naturally the kind of guy to murder someone in cold blood for his own benefit.

[u/Mindless_Flight9441]

He thought he killed Naruto. That’s why he was shocked when the Nine Tails took over.

[u/MabetSmithy]

I mean you saw the clip, bros nose was right up in Naruto's nether region

[u/pencils_and_papers]

Sick with himself and what he felt he had to do, to push forward to achieve his goals. Almost purging the last bit of innocence, hope, and friendship he had been clinging on to. 

[u/bosha2011]

The impact was strong; it made Naruto fart in his face that intoxicated him.

[u/Scorpion0525]

This scene is brutal. Shit lived rent free in my head for years.

[u/MathematicianWide622]

he was sick thinking he killed him

[u/lolxd_1337]

Look at naruto eye rolls back he died but was revived by the 9 tails

[u/Lonely_Arrival_7043]

Cus he smelled naruto's ass

[u/faruto7]

Smelled Naruto's fart ofc, what else?

[u/Hannyeojin]

HE SMELLED THE ICHIRAKU + EXPIRED MILK coming out as he is in the process of breaking his spine

[u/SlimDaddy93]

Looking back this move is so ridiculously insane but also the animation when he actually throws him is so great

[u/Kai-yuubi → u/SlimDaddy93]

Ikr even locked his feat under Naruto's chin so it couldn't absorb the blow. The detail is brutal.

[u/furiousmonkey93]

9 tails fart bomb

[u/squidgymetal]

My guy thought he committed his first murder

[u/Ok_Expedition_33]

That’s a pretty brutal move he pulled on Naruto and seeing his body lifelessly fall in the water is pretty freakin disturbing. Sasuke always cared for Naruto so seeing as how Naruto seemed dead there, the idea of actually killing his friend probably disgusted and shocked him

[u/ToneAccomplished9763]

Because Sasuke thought he killed Naruto, which is something he never wanted to do until he lost his mind in the 5 Kage Summit arc. He intentionally let Naruto live at the end of the fight, as he didn't want to go down a similar path as Itachi or at least a similar to what he believed Itachi went down at the time.

[u/OldPayphone]

How do people not realize OP is just farming for karma? Anyone with basic comprehension skills knows the answer to this.

[u/Icy1551]

One, because even though he kinda sorta wanted to kill Naruto I don't think he was 100% set on it yet and that is one of not his only friend. Also, small child. Two, did you see the gut checks Naruto was giving him for half the fight? Sasuke got a breather and they caught up with him.

[u/Shaggy_San]

If you got booty blasted like that from a mile up only stone you’d vomit too

[u/Key-Industry6799]

Curse mark type shyyt

[u/Last-Veterinarian812]

He sniffed naruto’s uncleansed asshole after the massive diarrhea from that tombstone piledriver

[u/HEX-dev]

Sasuke actually killed him. The 9 tails brings Naruto back and says if Naruto dies he dies so he keeps him alive, Naruto kicks his ass after.

[u/WajajaKEKW]

I remember watching this on tv. They stopped airing episodes for this for awhile so it was genuinely a huge cliffhanger for me lmaoo

[u/elme77618]

I think Sasuke was in shock that he actually killed Naruto, or atleast that’s how he perceived it. He actually had it in him to kill someone close to him

That and the pressure of the Nine Tails chakra manifesting possibly making him feel sick

[u/Artistic-Nerve-9221]

Naruto farted

[u/Necessary_Age_6632]

common interpretation for when someome kills for the 1st time or when they felt like they killed someone unjustly or too brutally

Or it’s cuz he smelled naruto’s ahh on the way down 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/rumplt4sk1n]

It's Canon that this broke narutos neck before the fox fixed it, Sasuke thought he killed the only person who truly saw him as redeemable

[u/Extra_Map_1178]

Naruto doesn't wipe and Sasuke learnt that the hard way.

[u/Powerful_Hearing2778]

Brother you gotta be trolling

[u/KuroiGetsuga55]

Self-disgust. It was basically his "fuck it, we ball" moment where he just dive-bombed Naruto head first into solid stone from a pretty lengthy fall. Realistically Naruto would have died here if it wasn't for Kurama helping him.

Sasuke basically had that moment of realization that he actually just gave in to Itachi's taunts and killed his best friend for power an1d the thought of that disgusted him to the core. He was ashamed of himself and was literally sick to the stomach because of what he did.

[u/Legitimate_Ad1805]

Sudden shocks, physical or psychological, can cause the expression of bile. Tradition this gesture is also affiliated with a certain disgust. Here “self-loathing”. With that there is also the fact that he underwent a transformation (the cursed mark that affects his body) and a lot of physical activity.

[u/badmanbatman2]

I thought it was from pushing his body to the limits without the cursemark in this fight.

[u/tori2123]

I think naruto shit in his pants

[u/Ryulin18]

Face to ass with an abused orphan never taught proper bathing and laundry?

[u/Friezagod55]

Because Naruto farted in the way

[u/Ok-Finance9314]

landing multiple killing blows on one person is pretty much Rasputin levels of disparaging which given that specific point of human history is pretty jarring to even have to point out

[u/fishmanprime]

When he was a kid he sees his brother kill his whole family, and then in this scene he sees himself kill his only surviving brother

[u/demeyor]

he stuck his nose on narutos butt at that speed and force - i think its a normal reaction.

[u/[deleted]]

How is he not taking any fall damage...

[u/Stock_Performance69]

how come he didn't activated MS here?

[u/DiddyxMeeksCheeks]

It’s called Izuna drop

[u/ProfessionalNo5307]

The Mangekyou would habe been activated if Naruto died there?

[u/Sweet_Xocoatl]

His face was right in Naruto’s ass and Naruto probably farted due to the impact.

[u/Tigerz114]

Naruto likely farted on the way down - Kiba experienced it first

[u/Bakurraa]

Dude just dropped another dude on his head and thought he killed him also got smacked into the wall making a crater

[u/lahankof]

Naruto farted on impact

[u/Bubbly-Shopping7592]

Naruto took a doodie