“I didn't think I would like a character I fell in love with in the secondary work even more than I did in the original.”
(Auto-translated from Japanese)
My Story
Even though I had never seen Naruto, I thought "I'm interested in this character" when I saw the illustrations and discussions of Sasuke flowing through Twitter. I went into it in an opposite way to the norm, liking the character first through the interpretation of secondary works, and then watching the original work. When I actually started watching it, I was surprised. It was much more complicated and much lonelier than I had imagined in the derivative work, but all of that was depicted in the original work. I realized that the doujinshi had read Sasuke deeply. Now, I have been going back to the original work many times and then returning to the secondary works. Because I know the original work, I know the depth of the interpretation. I like the feeling that the secondary work and the original work enrich each other, and I cannot leave this genre.
Stories I'd love to see
I would like to see a full-length NARUTO story drawn from Sasuke's point of view. How the same events were seen from Sasuke's eyes. In particular, I would like to relive that final battle with Itachi from Sasuke's side of consciousness.