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KARIN KARIN UZUMAKI SASUKARIN UZUMAKI KARIN PIERROT WAYLT ANIME VS MANGA MISCONCEPTIONS KARIN'S CHARACTER DAT TSUNDERE FYSK: LAP FYSK: POINTERS ANIME
In the manga: Karin only acts on her feelings for Sasuke twice (348, 355), gives a passing after-thought to his looks once (363, only to call him Weakling/Pathetic right after), and blushes over him a grand total of 3 times (351, 408, 411). Taking into account 365 and 647, we have that Karin has only been shown entertaining the thought of making a move on him twice. (And both instances were a comedic moment, featuring thoughts she soon dismisses in order to focus on more pressing matters).
So as you can see, the number of instances in the canon is quite limited. Unlike in the anime, where they played it up to 100 (having Karin making random expressions, having out-of-place thoughts, so on so forth. I also included the “But… isn’t that his older brother?” comment there because it’s also filler and Karin thinks no such thing in canon), and consequently helped foment the misconception of Karin being a fangirl.
This honestly summarizes the divergence between the two better than any words could:
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That’s it in a nutshell. But here are more examples that also illustrate it quite well, compiled by the lovely awesome ♥
Oh, and this expression?
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Filler, too.
I’m probably missing a couple of scenes from the Kage Summit arc, because I have not watched it in its entirety or also, I’m only focusing on fillers affecting Karin’s characterization because Pierrot’s portrayal of her has sadly given a lot of anime-only watchers the wrong impression about her character (and it’s often the reason why many find her annoying and creepy);~;
But there are also some filler scenes that have diverged from the canon SasuKarin dynamic from Sasuke’s side, too. So if you want to see a list of all the Sasuke/Karin moments that have been animated, which also points out all the filler interactions from the canon ones, click here~!
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and then Add to home screen.