Did anyone ship NS the first time we seen Sakura? I didn't get into Naruto until 2010 and even before then I thought NS would be endgame.
I didn't right away. I got into Naruto around 2011 and didn't ship it until 2013 when I was getting into Shippuden and did all the way until the end.
Then all we got in the end was Naruto seeing her as "muh trophy girlfriend" to win over Sasuke, which kind of destroyed them as a couple or as even friends in my opinion.
I still cannot look at them the same way as I used to.