No, actually you claimed anyone who disliked Sakura was an incel, apparently people aren't allowed to dislike fictional characters without it being tied to their sex lives. Ah yes, I CLEARLY seem like a person who hates Sakura. Yep, that's me. I've been lying to everyone all this time! I'm secretly a Narusasu fan despite explicitly stating I don't like Yaoi. Why don't you accuse me of shipping Naruhina next too
I'd argue that the real person who hates Sakura as a character is the one who thinks she needs a man to attain popularity.
And yes, I am absolutely comparing SS's treatment to NH's and I am saying that in the grand scheme of things Naruhina is less problematic than Sasusaku and has consistent, clear development even if its only from Hinata's side. If Kishimoto is capable of writing Tsunade/Dan/Jiraiya with overt romantic overtones and forehead kisses, if he's capable of writing Naruto's own forehead scene in part one, Hinata's confession, Karin's desperation to get to Sasuke and save him, Sakura's own desperation and wish to see Naruto live and fulfill his dream he's capable of doing more for SS than "Sexy side eyes."
He was capable of it and he didn't do it because he clearly didn't want to.
Sasori and Sakura had paired Chimi-mega figures UNLIKE SS. Guess they're more popular and should be canon.
So why become so triggered after i called SasuNaru fans Incels and still try to defend this gay pairing?
Do you hate Sakura because that? So this doesn't apply for you.
Realistically Sakura fans always had zero expectation to see Sakura becoming a powerhouse and killing everyone. Most of the NaruSaku fans was more busy to theorize how Sakura could ended up to Naruto too.
Part 1 Sakura had Ino x Sakura (Who isn't a good fight)
Sakura only had the Sasori fight, byakugou power up and the Shin Uchiha fight, if you want to consider Sarada Gaiden.
Kishimoto still made Sasuke saves Sakura from Shin at the end.
Sakura's character was used to boost a love triangle and Sasuke/Naruto Rivalry. That was Yahagi intention when he sugested Sasuke/Sakura to Kishimoto.
Sakura fans are basically splited between 30% NaruSaku fans, 10% MultiShippers and 60% SasuSaku fans. Now basically 90% of her fandom are SS fans and the rest Multishiipers. You still have a spin off manga with Sasuke simping for Sakura and her in the main role running simultaneously with the poll which helped Sakura to boost even more her popularity. Everybody forgeted Boruto only to talk about Sakura and SS.
How do you explain this results?
Part 1 official Popularity scenes poll:
Part 2 Popularity scenes poll:
1 - Minato/Kushina Death
2 - Sasuke/Itachi Farewell
3 - Sasuke/Sakura Forehed Poke
4 - Itachi/Sasuke Forehead poke before his death
5 - Sasuke apologizes to Sakura
Where are Naruto/Sakura, Naruto/Hinata, Tsunade/Dan, Naruto/Kushina, Naruto/Jiraiya, Obito/Rin, Sakura/Sasori and others better scenes in the manga?
You don't have even single Sasuke- Naruto scene
Basically two Sasuke/Itachi Scenes and two Sasuke/Sakura scenes and coincidently this matchs the current popularity poll results in Japan with Itachi-Sakura in TOP5.
Minato was left out of TOP 5 japan but is 1 in others places.
Kishimoto made NH to turn Hinata more popular and boost Hinata/Naruto popularity for the sequel,save some Sakura popularity between SS fans and still produce a new Uchiha offspring.
But Kishimoto made a double edged sword.
Hinata and even Naruto disappeared into irrelevance after NH and SS/Sakura overshadowed everything.
Even Sarada completely overshadow Burrito and the other Hinata daughter that nobody remembers.
Probably with a NaruSaku ending Kishimoto/Jump wouldn't have the problem with a Family/Pairing/Character becoming so much more famous than another.
You can call SS bad written, stupid and lacks development and refuse to recognize their appeal.
But the fact is Japonese fandom and Western pairings and girls have so much preference to Sasuke/Sakura and Uchihas and ironically this helped Sakura to boost too much her popularity, smash Hinata and suparss her haters.
Edited by Therece, 05 May 2023 - 07:49 PM.