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[ALESSE]

Don't feel sorry for me, Don! Like you said, God nudged me in the right direction and now I can be happy.   Plus, the experience helped me grow into the person that I am today. Without all of that drama and heartache, I wouldn't have known what kind of person I wanted to be with. I'd still be really naiive and I probably wouldn't have been as interested in Naruto, (I started reading the series seriously to take my mind off of things.) Everything happens for a reason.
 
Bolded: I think she has been thinking seriously about her relationship with Sasuke since the Summit arc. I mean, we have chapter 540 which shows that she's at least recognized that Sasuke is a different person now than what she thought he was. But, as you said, I'm sure her thoughts are being withheld from us purposely.
 
Yeah, I can't completely relate to Sakura because our situations have some differences, but I think the point still stands. Sometimes it can take a long time to get over your feelings for someone else, no matter how badly they mistreat you. It depends on how strong your love for the other party is and how far you're willing to go for them.
 
I'm sure there are many people that have been through similar experiences, whether they actually dated the other person, or had a long-lasting crush that they couldn't get over. I have a friend that had a crush on someone for six years straight. He had no real interest in her, but he liked to lead her on a lot. (At one point, he asked her to date him because one of his friends dared him to...  ) But regardless of all of that, she stood by him loyally the whole time.

Alright I'm becoming a consistent poster Lolz.

Anywayz. Great post slex. YOu hit the nail right on the head with the last few. I can totally relate with you I was in a similar situation like urs only not that long. But it was a girl. I'm a guy. I was awesome going out with this hot girl and def was elating. But didn't last cause she did me wrong. It made me a better person. I understand my self alot better. And think I'm alot stronger due to it. Take better care of myself and treat others better aswell.

With the naruto thing. It does make sense that kishi is purposely avoiding addressing those feeling just yet. I mean I had a hunch that's that's why kishi also avoided a narusaku interaction for so long. I mean look at it. Once Sakura was back in the picture. It's been narusaku interaction hint moment comedy parallel one after another. And it's only gonna continue. We've been on the ship for nearly 15 years.
So what's another 2-3. It's been looking more and more in hour favor. I think the tough parts are almost done. We just gotta be patient.

Again, I always enjoyed your work slex. U, j cass, chatte, and striderC are my faves. I lurked here alot for the past 2 years just never got to posting.

[StriderC]

Sheesh! I missed a lot of awesome discussion today!   

 

Anywayyyyy, super excited about the next chapter though I have a feeling Kishi's gonna do the old switcharoo... How very badly do I want to be wrong about this. LOL 

[KnS]

You crack me up.

 

If he stalls on this any longer, I will be very unhappy.

 

But... in #632 Naruto is "lady lips scared" of Sakura.  (Last time he looked like that was with his mother, wasn't it?)  How is he ever going to get his act together and put the moves on her? 

 

 

Seriously, though, I think these panels say a lot.  Naruto's reaction is all about acknowledging Sakura's mad skillz.  It's also about his relationship with her -- how even in his own goofy way he's looking toward the future with the expectation that she'll be in it with him. 

 

Meanwhile, Sasuke's reaction is acknowledgement, I guess -- at least it is for him -- but there's also something condescending about it.  It's certainly not personal like Naruto's reaction.

 

I really don't like Sasuke, have I mentioned that? 

[Beastbomb]

Does anybody think that a spin off or something may happen after the manga is done or do most mangakas just drop the story where it is. It would be nice to know more about Naruto's ( and Sakura's ;) ) life as hokage and future events

Last to chapters have gotten me thinking about it. I really don't want to see an end to the manga

Edited by Beastbomb, 04 June 2013 - 03:55 AM.

[TouKen4Life3g]

 

But... in #632 Naruto is "lady lips scared" of Sakura.  (Last time he looked like that was with his mother, wasn't it?)  How is he ever going to get his act together and put the moves on her? 

 

 

Seriously, though, I think these panels say a lot.  Naruto's reaction is all about acknowledging Sakura's mad skillz.  It's also about his relationship with her -- how even in his own goofy way he's looking toward the future with the expectation that she'll be in it with him. 

 

Meanwhile, Sasuke's reaction is acknowledgement, I guess -- at least it is for him -- but there's also something condescending about it.  It's certainly not personal like Naruto's reaction.

 

I really don't like Sasuke, have I mentioned that? 

Well I do like that moment because it's true to their character. Yes, that is Sasuke's way of "Oh..." Kakashi's way is pretty much like "Well done". Naruto's way is always been about their relationship, even the first time with, "Alright! That's my girl who I love!" So yeah, I like those scenes because of consistency. Not to mention, it's funny to see Naruto reacting like that.

 

Does anybody think that a spin off or something may happen after the manga is done or do most mangakas just drop the story where it is. It would be nice to know more about Naruto's ( and Sakura's ;) ) life as hokage and future events

Last to chapters have gotten me thinking about it. I really don't want to see an end to the manga

I can only hope. Death Note did one and I thought it was nice. Other manga/anime done one as well, so here's hoping for Naruto to do one. I mean I would like Kishi tackle on the idea of "Now that Naruto is the Hokage, how's he going to keep it up with the ninja system as well as keeping up with his family."

[megi]

Didn't Kishi say that if he were to go on, it would be with the Konohamaru group? Or something said like that ^^

[Beastbomb]

God, I hope he does. I just got done rereading 631 and watching RTN. I'm going on another NS craze and I can't get enough

[ALESSE]

On another note does any body feel that with naruto a current state and how his clothes are his gonna get a wardrobe upgrade between this ark and the next. I mean madara did say that we need time to prepare for the moons eye plan. So I see some type of break within the fighting. Maybe most likely after obito turns and sasuke changes his mind again

[Gaara's hair]

Didn't Kishi say that if he were to go on, it would be with the Konohamaru group? Or something said like that ^^

It should be Konomaru's group and NaruSaku kids.

[TouKen4Life3g]

God, I hope he does. I just got done rereading 631 and watching RTN. I'm going on another NS craze and I can't get enough

Lol. I still didn't see the movie yet and I can say it will get me going crazy too. I will one day.

 

On another note does any body feel that with naruto a current state and how his clothes are his gonna get a wardrobe upgrade between this ark and the next. I mean madara did say that we need time to prepare for the moons eye plan. So I see some type of break within the fighting. Maybe most likely after obito turns and sasuke changes his mind again

What do you mean? When they said that? I do want Naruto to go Hokage mode look when he comes back as well as Sakura going back with either same if not a new clothes to end the series with a bang.

[merryGOflava]

soo....Sakura seems to have gotten what she wanted: Acknowledgement from Sasuke~

 

 

 

good for you Sakura~   I didn't think it was possible for Sasuke to smile in an approving way.

 

thats a feat all on it's own 

 

 

so do you think she's gonna finally close her feelings for Sasuke soon?

[TouKen4Life3g]

soo....Sakura seems to have gotten what she wanted: Acknowledgement from Sasuke~

 

 

 

good for you Sakura~   I didn't think it was possible for Sasuke to smile in an approving way.

 

thats a feat all on it's own 

 

 

so do you think she's gonna finally close her feelings for Sasuke soon?

If you're talking about in this volume, eh, maybe? I can't really say. People do want to happen before Sasuke turns on them, so maybe we could only hope before a lot of uproar happens.

[Shadow1275]

 

But... in #632 Naruto is "lady lips scared" of Sakura.  (Last time he looked like that was with his mother, wasn't it?)  How is he ever going to get his act together and put the moves on her? 

 

 

Seriously, though, I think these panels say a lot.  Naruto's reaction is all about acknowledging Sakura's mad skillz.  It's also about his relationship with her -- how even in his own goofy way he's looking toward the future with the expectation that she'll be in it with him. 

 

Meanwhile, Sasuke's reaction is acknowledgement, I guess -- at least it is for him -- but there's also something condescending about it.  It's certainly not personal like Naruto's reaction.

 

I really don't like Sasuke, have I mentioned that? 

Lol, I liked Sasuke's character as a villain a lot better than his new one. At least when he was going on a murderous rampage he made sense. Honestly, Sasuke's acknowledgement in my opinion is two things. One, the point of the chapter was to show why it seemed like Sakura wasn't as strong as Naruto and Sasuke[storing chakra for three years] and to show that she has caught up to them.

 

Two, from what I hear SS is still the most popular pairing in Japan which means we should expect some SS moments in the future cause Kishi is going to milk this for all its worth.

 

The funny thing is, Kishi admitted that he sucks at writing strong heroines and yet every guy in Naruto is scared to death of the women.

[TouKen4Life3g]

Lol, I liked Sasuke's character as a villain a lot better than his new one. At least when he was going on a murderous rampage he made sense. Honestly, Sasuke's acknowledgement in my opinion is two things. One, the point of the chapter was to show why it seemed like Sakura wasn't as strong as Naruto and Sasuke[storing chakra for three years] and to show that she has caught up to them.

 

Two, from what I hear SS is still the most popular pairing in Japan which means we should expect some SS moments in the future cause Kishi is going to milk this for all its worth.

 

The funny thing is, Kishi admitted that he sucks at writing strong heroines and yet every guy in Naruto is scared to death of the women.

Well, I don't know how he will be if he does go for backstab route. Maybe it can be the way you want it. Personally, I can see him not all that crazy like that time, but I can seem more like Lelouch from Code Geass: power. If you ever watched it and remember the last episode of season 1, well I can see it happening in Naruto. Not exact words, but I can see him telling them why he did it in the first place. Well, just see that moment and you can imagine it. Hell, even I could imagine Naruto being the one being pissed off, though not too crazy like how that guy said his friend's existence is a mistake. That's low blow.

 

Well, I don't know that's the case. Really, I think it's because it's the nostalgic factor playing here since we are near end and really, when was the last time we see them co-op. Not to mention, if he's going to end, he might as well as get some shares. Which also reminds me, when was the last time SS moment (two not one person) happened? They got the worst of them all, let alone the movie was a backstab on its own. So yeah, I don't know how far Kishi will take it, but I believe we can handle it one more time.

 

I think Kishi is a fan of scary woman yet being very tender with a man she loves. Kushina is easily matched there, so it's no surprise that Kishi dig this stuff.

[Gaara's hair]

I thought Iruka and kakashi was the most popular pairing.

[Shadow1275]

I thought Iruka and kakashi was the most popular pairing.

While, among the big 2 and small one.

 

As for Sasuke, I can kinda see why he took the I'll protect the village for my brother route, and to a lesser extent the Hokage wish thing.

 

However, there are some things that simply don't click. For example, Itachi. Started out as a clan killer, very strong character. Then turned to a hero who killed his clan for his country, a little hard to swing but it makes more sense as to why he killed his clan and it's an effective plot device for Sasuke's fall to darkness.

 

But then all of a sudden we find out that he only killed his parents[still sort of okay, even though it weakens his character] but the biggest thing is that they said they were proud of him. If they were really proud and understood why he did what he did, then why lead a Coup De Tat in the first place?

[Lady_duckish]

I really don't think a pairings popularity often influences writing. Look at Zuko/Katara from avatar. I swear that pairing was shipped by a good 70% of the fandom, but they still ended up with other people. Though, I know some people felt like the writers went and tossed two or three bones to the fandom during the final handful of episodes.

 

Who knows.

Maybe that's what Kishi is doing. Tossing bones. 

[Gaara's hair]

I think, because they were like well son your going to kill us. But remeber that we're proud of you no matter what you do.

[TouKen4Life3g]

While, among the big 2 and small one.

 

As for Sasuke, I can kinda see why he took the I'll protect the village for my brother route, and to a lesser extent the Hokage wish thing.

 

However, there are some things that simply don't click. For example, Itachi. Started out as a clan killer, very strong character. Then turned to a hero who killed his clan for his country, a little hard to swing but it makes more sense as to why he killed his clan and it's an effective plot device for Sasuke's fall to darkness.

 

But then all of a sudden we find out that he only killed his parents[still sort of okay, even though it weakens his character] but the biggest thing is that they said they were proud of him. If they were really proud and understood why he did what he did, then why lead a Coup De Tat in the first place?

Well, they are being shoved by Konoha for the longest, ever since Tobirama put a strict law on them, with the highest security. That's like living in Utopia, the media's way of portraying. You know it may seem peaceful, but really, you're really being tolerated by higher ups that just don't want you to anything they never say you can do. Itachi was one, if not the only one that was approved by Konoha because he was a genius, but the problem is that the clan was already on their way to do Coup De Tat, which is why that conversation with him and his parents happened that reaching Jounin (I think) means issues inbound for him. Basically, he is no longer just a prodigy of Uchiha Clan, but Konoha as well. So it's like he got the best of both world, but that's bad because his family was going to rebel. So he has two choice: let Uchiha go with the plan and hurt themselves, which involves two of his world, or just kill one family. He chose the second because honestly, what choice do you have.

 

They were proud of him because at least he kept his pride as a ninja and didn't disobey or anything. In the end, he did the ninja way, regardless how collateral damage it was. Itachi pretty much played Boss from MGS. So yeah, can't do anything but resist one by ending one. That's why Sasuke was lost because if Itachi technically did the right thing, then what is the true problem. He got the answer: the ninja system. It makes sense, though if only Sasuke does backstab because if he just do it normally, then it will be odd of him to go that route since the world knows he has done horrible things as well as people won't understand Itachi's motive and such. Plus, he has gone too deep. To make matter worse, he doesn't care what the people thinks, so pretty much he's doing it for Itachi. I can picture him taking over Juubi and say something like, "Itachi, I did it. I'm going to change this sh*tty world into the world no one will sacrifice." Good in mind, bad in execution. So honestly, if he does backstab, I can tolerate this. If not, er, what a missed opportunity. Well, at least in my opinion.

Edited by NaruSaku4Life3g, 04 June 2013 - 05:54 AM.

[ALESSE]

Lol. I still didn't see the movie yet and I can say it will get me going crazy too. I will one day.
 

What do you mean? When they said that? I do want Naruto to go Hokage mode look when he comes back as well as Sakura going back with either same if not a new clothes to end the series with a bang.

I'm saying it cause. Since part two started this is the first time, we can see alot of physical damage on his clothes. I mean they re complete ripped and hanging and lowing around the wind. So that's why I say that he might be getting a wardrobe upgrade