"I don't know. If there weren't someone to take over in my stead... I don't like to think of the clan ending." Chouji loves his clan. He does place value on tradition, and he respects his father and the generations that came before him.
"I'll be the sixteenth head of my clan. The Akimichi clan has existed and worked with Shikamaru and Ino's clans since long before my village was even founded. I wear the same kanji on my armor as those before me, swear the same oaths, pierce my ears as a reminder of those oaths. Following traditions is important, but I don't mind those." Except the ear piercing years before it happened, when he was very young and complained of how he hated pain. Now, a shinobi, that pain is such a minor one, but the earrings are still a reminder. At least, when Shifts don't interfere. His ears were pierced the whole time, and he remembered nothing, not even that Ino was important to him.
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"I'll be the sixteenth head of my clan. The Akimichi clan has existed and worked with Shikamaru and Ino's clans since long before my village was even founded. I wear the same kanji on my armor as those before me, swear the same oaths, pierce my ears as a reminder of those oaths. Following traditions is important, but I don't mind those." Except the ear piercing years before it happened, when he was very young and complained of how he hated pain. Now, a shinobi, that pain is such a minor one, but the earrings are still a reminder. At least, when Shifts don't interfere. His ears were pierced the whole time, and he remembered nothing, not even that Ino was important to him.