But despite seeming totally ill-suited to it, he plus Sakura have a daughter, Sarada, and, in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, we get to see how well he does at being a father. While he sometimes stumbles because he doesn’t have a lot of experience being a dad, he also does his best to be the best dad he can. Here are five times he was successful plus five times he failed.
A parent’s very first job is to protect their child. Even if they’re kind of bad at all the other stuff, they should be able to look after their child plus make sure they remain safe. Sasuke at his core is really good at protecting people, plus his feelings for Sarada make him defensive of her. He’s constantly thinking about her whenever they’re in a dangerous situation and, sometimes at the expense of his own safety, protects her fiercely, doing whatever he needs to do to make sure she gets out of any situation safe plus sound.
Most people don’t completely change who they are just because they have children. Sasuke is no different in this regard. The Sasuke we knew as a teenager is still around, a distant person who has trouble connecting with people, if he even wants to connect with people. With his family, he often seems equally emotionally distant.
This must be difficult for Sakura, since it’s hard to maintain a relationship with someone who’s closed off from you, but even harder for Sarada, who can only guess at what her dad is thinking.
Sasuke understands that his daughter needs him to be present in her life. He does his best to spend time with her, such as on Family Day, when the two of them spend the day together, plus Sasuke tries to make it as fun as he can. He makes a point to try to be around her plus to get to know her, which must be incredibly difficult since he wasn’t around for her childhood as she was growing up. Still, sometimes the effort is enough, even if it turns out sort of weird.