This arc was where I lost respect for Kakashi - tossing over Naruto, who really, desperately needed a very very good teacher, for the I Am More Special Than You Uchiha kid that had the celebrity. It's pretty much luck that Naruto ran into Jiraiya, IIRC.
I still have deep Kakashi character love while recognizing his personal flaw in pretty much screwing over his entire team by not giving enough attention to Naruto and Sakura. But even though it's really more a matter of character interpretation rather than fact, I think Kakashi had good intentions for good spoilery reasons in focusing so much on Sasuke (obligatory Uchiha angst(tm), gaiden, etc.). Still, blah blah regrets, good intentions, road to hell, all that. IIRC, Kakashi had never let a team pass before he decided to take up with Team 7; he's done team playing and leading in the past, but in some ways he's as inexperienced in it as his kids are, especially as a teacher. (Insert obligatory ninja angst(tm) here.)
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Date: 2006-04-15 06:03 am (UTC)I still have deep Kakashi character love while recognizing his personal flaw in pretty much screwing over his entire team by not giving enough attention to Naruto and Sakura. But even though it's really more a matter of character interpretation rather than fact, I think Kakashi had good intentions for good spoilery reasons in focusing so much on Sasuke (obligatory Uchiha angst(tm), gaiden, etc.). Still, blah blah regrets, good intentions, road to hell, all that. IIRC, Kakashi had never let a team pass before he decided to take up with Team 7; he's done team playing and leading in the past, but in some ways he's as inexperienced in it as his kids are, especially as a teacher. (Insert obligatory ninja angst(tm) here.)