Shikamaru Nara

I can't really explain my infatuation over him, it's sort of odd... And I say infatuation mainly because I like him A LOT for no apparent reason.

When I first started to watch Naruto about 7 years ago (it's hard to believe it's 7 years, but it is o_o) he didn't really stick out to me. He was just sort of a background character in my mind. In fact that only real thing I remember about Shikamaru from the beginning was when he was talking to pakkun...

But then Sky's Content happened and everything changed o_o

Sky's Content was sort of a random story. I had just finished my Kakashi fan fiction and wanted to write one on a less popular Naruto character. If I remember right, I had it narrowed down between Shikamaru and Kiba. I don't know why I picked Shikamaru over Kiba, but I'm glad I did. Because as I started to think up new scenarios of Shikamaru and Yuri it quickly became my favourite thing to do. It's literally like my default thought when I have nothing to think about.

Now, Shikamaru has WAY surpassed Kakashi as my favourite character. Which makes a lot of sense considering his character. I've researched his character inside and out. I either know WAY too much about him, or know NOTHING because of all the research.

Regardless though, he's still my favourite character, and I will be forever on the quest of a good looking Shikamaru plushie because of that.