This is another one of the “defining” chapters. Not that the entire course of the story would have changed without Kakashi, but the feeling would be very different. Kakashi is a rather special character.
This chapter cover is really cool, and it parallels the Sanin later. Kishimoto-sensei really does plan ahead.
Let’s talk about graffiti for a moment…in the US, when you like someone you normally write something like “So-&-so likes so-&-so” but in Japan you normally write two names under an arrow pointing up (symbolizing a house) like this:
Apparently Ken likes Unagi…whether the Unagi they’re talking about is Eel or a girl, I don’t know. The kanji for ken is “Inu” [dog], but assuming it’s a boy’s name, it would be read “Ken”
Introductions…just as Sakura said, you really don’t learn anything about Kakashi, do you? And then it was everyone else’s turn. I can’t help but feel that Naruto’s desire to be Hokage started off as a selfish reason (to be acknowledged by everyone) and then grew into something more outward in nature; like wanting to bring peace to the world of Shinobi and create his own Ninja way.
Let me get this strait…Sakura though Sasuke wanting to kill someone was… cool?? Kakashi said it best…”Girls her age are more interested in love than ninjutusu”.
Then there’s this panel: 
Sasuke is blushing! See? he does have a clue (though apparently he looses this “clue”/sense later)…he looks really uncomfortable there…and poor Naruto, I though Sakura said she would be nice to him, but that was a confession of hate.
In Japan (at least where I am) the spring time and early summer is really windy, I think this carries into Konoha a lot, there almost always seems to be a breeze.
It seems laughable now, but if you think about it, the fact that the three of them could have been sent right back to the academy was a serious threat…at least to Naruto and Sasuke.
There’s really nothing to be said about the last few pages of this chapter, except that up until this point, Sasuke’s facial expression has pretty much remained the same (I suppose this is why people mistake him for emo?). He was completely unimpressed by Kakashi until he stopped Naruto’s attack before he said “go” and then, we get to see this face: 
He looks so excited! Smug little brat isn’t he? but we love him
I wonder if, when Kishimoto-sensei wrote this chapter, he knew that the phrase Sasuke would speak during his introduction would later define the rest of the series. “A certain someone I want to kill” At this point the readers were either thinking “This guy has serious issues” or you were like Sakura and went “cool”. If you consider the little things in this chapter, it has fairly big developmental value…like meeting Kakashi and seeing a little bit of the troubles behind O.L.B.B (Our Local Brooding Boy).
There aren’t many people who hated Kakashi on sight…quite the opposite, actually, he was/is quite popular and it’s easy to see why; he’s a very interesting character with a lot of quirks that all play into his back story. One of the biggest ones is he’s always late…this seems like a flaw, but later, when you find out the reason for his constant tardiness you discover that he is late because he visits Obito’s grave every morning.
He has an easy-going personality and yet he is strong about what he firmly believes in (Teamwork and Protecting comrades)…
I’ll talk more about this in my next review: Chapter 5: Carelessness is your Worst enemy!!
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