Gai: You have earned one Maito buck!

Neji: I don’t want it.

Gai: … You’ve been deducted 50 Maito bucks.

Neji: Make it 100.

Gai: You don’t want to earn Maito bucks?

Neji: No. In fact, I’ll give you a billion Neji nickles if you never talk to me again.

Lee: What’s the ratio of Neji nickles to Maito bucks?

Tenten: The same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.

commission for @pulpfiction of kakashi and gai on a little spring date ✨ absolutely ADORE them

it’s my (late) @kakairu-discord-server vday/white day gift for @ihave-nocontrol she asked for the item cardigan/sweater, the colour lavender, and/or the line “ohh the things i do for love” and i wanted to challenge myself by doing all three! this is probably the longest comic ive made so far haha i hope you like it and that you’re doing well! im really happy we got to be same boat buddies for this exchange ⛴️

Maito Gai (Naruto)

How They React To Their Civilian S/O Getting Hurt

Requested by:anonymous

• He will have heard you got hurt while giving report with his team at the Hokage Tower.
• You think he’s normally fast running across town? Imagine that x10.
• He busts into your newly purchased house. Add the broken door the list of repairs.
• He will be at your side in the literal blink of an eye. I hope you don’t startle easily. He is just worried.
• Gai will have asked you ten questions before you can even say a word. The best way to quiet him is to open your arms and motion for him to hug you. He will be awkward, trying not to hurt you more than you clearly already are.
• “Welcome home.”
• “What happened?” When he pulls back from the hug he has calmed down considerably but you think he might still burst into tears. You can never know for sure.
• “I tried to fix the roof and…kinda fell off.”
• “I was supposed to fix that when I got back!” He will not be happy that you went climbing onto the roof to fix it by yourself but he will admire how hard you are working to turn the little fixer-upper you two had purchased together into a home.
• He will be fussing over you like crazy. Just let the man put ointment on the scratches on your face, he won’t rest easy until he does and it’s something that makes him feel better.
• You think you’re going to lift a finger? Not until the doctors clear you and even then he is worried that you might re-injure yourself. He will open doors for you, carry any and all bags for you, and even if you’re walking really far he will want to carry you. He just does everything x10, it’s part of what you love about him.

nourtarts:

team bonding time ✨

Redraw of this!

Not only am I back on my bullshit, but I am developing newer better bullshit

Some Kakashi doodles (+Gai)

Quiet,, I’m shifting into naruto mode

gai is just as self-destructive as kakashi

Gai is so self-destructive it makes me mad. Then I get more pissed thinking about how he’s always seen as a symbol of positivity and youth when he’s also in a rush to die.

Let’s talk about this scene.

For the very early part in his life, he questions this spirit of youth that Dai often talks about. Then when he finally understands, he interprets it as a cause worth sacrificing for. Note how he equates self-sacrificing with honoring something he believes it, which is one of the earliest signs that show Gai seeing martyrdom as an act of love.

And then Dai opened the Eighth Gate, which only solidifies his belief.

Fast forward to the Chuunin exam in Konoha Crush. When Lee’s faced with a dilemma (either risking death or giving up his ninja dream), Gai’s solution is to promise that he will die with Lee if the surgery fails.

Okay…? Gai, I love you more than words can explain, but who the hell is this supposed to help? Sure, it can be a temporary solution to help your student feel less alone, but it’s clearly not a healthy response. Gai talks about death lightly and clearly views him dying with Lee his devotion to the kid, but ultimately it doesn’t help anyone but pain others around him. What about Neji, Tenten, Kakashi, and so many other people who cares about him (Gai)? Dying for someone is not a healthy love language, and especially not for someone whose jutsu literally tears him apart whenever he uses it.

Speaking of the gates, which Gai inherits from his father and treasures as a family heirloom, Gai has a very unhealthy attachment to them. He passes them on to Lee believing that they will help the boy achieve his dreams. And sure, that sounds like the most viable option for someone who’s unable to use genjutsu and taijutsu. But what about Gai?

Gai is only shown to be unskilled with ninjutsu and genjutsu, but he’s able to use them. He’s able to summon Ningame and does so with ease.

But he continues to use the Gates almost exclusively, even if their repercussions leave him in so much pain he cannot even withstand as much as a poke.

And Gai is a hard worker. It’s not like he can’t train his ninjutsu and genjutsu to be better so he can use them in battle - he can if he must. But he insists on using the Gates as a stubborn proof to the world that his father was capable, even at the cost of Gai’s own discomfort and almost his life.

Then Gai himself decides to open the Eighth gate.

Who does he think of?

His father.

Gai must have seen it as a full-circle moment, happily going out the way his dad did. But this shouldn’t be the case. He shouldn’t have been living waiting for the day he can die “honorably”. He shouldn’t have been waiting to die at all. And yet, he hones his body for this exact moment when he quite literally lights himself on fire inside out in the name of martyrdom.

He clearly hasn’t been coping very well with his father’s death at all. Kakashi understands this, and for years he resents his friend for using such a destructive jutsu - their very brief yet no less serious argument during the Chuunin exam shows it all. And then Gai survives against all odds, but it doesn’t take away the fact that he is a hypocrite for thinking Kakashi is unyouthful for years while jumping at a chance to die any minute he can.

Anyways I love Gai a lot.