Playbook for the well adapted kid.

Playbook for the well adapted kid.

Yesterday I thought about Naruto with Masks. Now, most characters have a rather obvious playbook.

Naruto – Bull

Sasuke – Delinquent

Sakura – Beacon

In the next Generation:

Boruto – Star

Mitsuki – Reformed

Sarada – …

I first put her as a Protegé, but of whom? Not her mother. In a way she’s more grown-up than Mama Sakura. Not her father, who is always absent. She looks up to Naruto, but he doesn’t have a strong role in her live and they certainly do not have conflicts.

For the same reason, she probably is not The Legacy. There are no strong family dynamics there.

What Sarada struggles with are her own expectations. She tries to help old ladies, tries to succeed at school, is trustworthy. She is quite sucessful at all those things too, but not as succesful as she feels she has to be.

What’s her playbook?