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#23381 James S Cassidy

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:57 AM

The fact that she's in love with someone like him makes me want to hit my head, there's absolutely no reason for it. The whole Team 7 dynamic wants to make me hit my head, I hate it and Sasuke should not be redeemed after all that he's done. The whole thing just makes my blood boil, they all just need to let go.

Now you see why I hate Sasuke so much. lol

Kishi is just....I don't know. When it comes to Sasuke he screws up so much and forces so much with him. Everything else he writes perfectly fine and makes sense. With Sasuke though he forces so much onto the reader that I feel is breaking that suspension of belief. Even this love triangle is kind of forced in a few ways and really shouldn't even exist. I have seen better written love triangles that have better reasons for the conflict and at least has a clear resolution that flows nicely.

This however is like drama simply for drama's sake. I don't blame Naruto or Sakura for this because I feel their emotions are part of their character. I blame Kishi for putting so much forced emphasis on Sasuke that the real true conflict with him is just pointless. Noone cares about the Naruto vs Sasuke because he is putting too much emphasis on how badly Sasuke treat his friends.

I still feel like Sasuke never should have been apart of this war.


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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:01 AM

And again this is why we get angry and want to drop the manga the moment Sakura does something that doesn't makes sense.
The moment Sakura show us that she no longer loves Sasuke that will be the moment SS will be dead, there is no blinder fans than the ones who believes Sasuke loves Sakura with out it been shown and guess what the same thing apply to those NS fans who believes Sakura completely move on from Sasuke without any comfirmation.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:05 AM

The fact that she's in love with someone like him makes me want to hit my head, there's absolutely no reason for it. The whole Team 7 dynamic wants to make me hit my head, I hate it and Sasuke should not be redeemed after all that he's done. The whole thing just makes my blood boil, they all just need to let go.

The whole Team 7 dynamics does not suck. It sucks when Sasuke comes into picture. We have evidences of Naruto's and Sakura's awesome team work and how well they compliment each other. Naruto and Sasuke as it is share a good team work, right from the start of the series. Team 7 without Sasuke share a good raport with Kakashi. It gets ruined when Sasuke comes into picture. Its weird as to how Team 7 has two most powerful ninjas in the whole world and the world's best medic at their disposal and yet.....the gears and levers just do not co-operate well with each other. Its....surprising, really!

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:09 AM

Yeah. I'm not much a critic at all and try to give the benefit of a doubt even in this kind of case, but even I can't deny that Sasuke's portrayal hasn't been done convincingly.


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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:15 AM

Naruto vs sasuke is the last battle of this manga.
Will it different if the battle happen before this war arc? Yes.

The romance drama will end when naruto make a move(naruto confession).

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:37 AM

Naruto vs sasuke is the last battle of this manga.
Will it different if the battle happen before this war arc? Yes.

The romance drama will end when naruto make a move(naruto confession).

It is preferable to portray Sakura making the first move and not Naruto. We already know Naruto loves Sakura and also how much he loves. Now what remains to see is, does Sakura love Naruto. I mean we know she does, but how does she realise it and how does she put it into words is what remains to be seen. The cherry on the cake will be, if it takes place in front of Minato(and Kushina, if she is resurrected)

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 06:51 AM

It is preferable to portray Sakura making the first move and not Naruto. We already know Naruto loves Sakura and also how much he loves. Now what remains to see is, does Sakura love Naruto. I mean we know she does, but how does she realise it and how does she put it into words is what remains to be seen. The cherry on the cake will be, if it takes place in front of Minato(and Kushina, if she is resurrected)

Does sakura love naruto too? It can only answer when naruto confess to sakura.
And I think naruto confession will happen in the next arc.
Before or after the fight.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:03 AM

Funny enough, the drama is actually not that bad of an idea. My biggest issue is its execution and I think this is where Kishi dropped the ball on it. The idea of Sakura feeling hurtful over Sasuke is just I feel should have happened earlier in the manga. That should have all took place during the Kage Summit Arc where it was the opportune time to display that.
 


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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:11 AM

Funny enough, the drama is actually not that bad of an idea. My biggest issue is its execution and I think this is where Kishi dropped the ball on it. The idea of Sakura feeling hurtful over Sasuke is just I feel should have happened earlier in the manga. That should have all took place during the Kage Summit Arc where it was the opportune time to display that.
 

I think by making sakura go to sasuke place kishi try to conclude sakura to sasuke issue. Thus why he highlight the sakura love issue in this arc.
I don't think when sakura talk with sasuke it will make her more in love with him. Naruto romance is simple, it only get long.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:39 AM

Does sakura love naruto too? It can only answer when naruto confess to sakura.
And I think naruto confession will happen in the next arc.
Before or after the fight.

May I know as to why you think Naruto will confess to Sakura and not Sakura to Naruto?

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:50 AM

May I know as to why you think Naruto will confess to Sakura and not Sakura to Naruto?

Because naruto love sakura that make him the one who should do the confession and Foreshadowing.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:54 AM

Well, Naruto won't confess to her as long as he thinks she's still in love with Sasuke, that's what mainly holds him back.


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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:00 AM

Well, Naruto won't confess to her as long as he thinks she's still in love with Sasuke, that's what mainly holds him back.

I think that because of poal.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:28 AM

May I know as to why you think Naruto will confess to Sakura and not Sakura to Naruto?

I think Naruto will confess too. It was foreshadowed by Sai’s words “Did you tell her how you feel?” Ending the manga without having seen Naruto confessing his feelings to Sakura would be odd. It can happen, but it would be weird looking back at this particular moment. 

 

Well, Naruto won't confess to her as long as he thinks she's still in love with Sasuke, that's what mainly holds him back.

And about why he didn’t do it yet, I think it’s partially because of his POAL. Sakura loving Sasuke doesn’t seem to have been a problem for Naruto, it makes him suffer because he’s not the one she loves, but that’s not the reason why he’s not confessing. The only reason that has been given to us is “I can’t. I’m a man that is not even able to keep a promise.” So it’s implied that he’s feeling like he doesn’t deserve to confess to her, he feels not deserving her. At least he feels that way at the moment Sai is questioning him. Rather he still feels that way or not is unknown.

 

Anyway, rather NS will happen or not, this relationship is still not finished, there are too many plot holes in their relationship. There will be a conversation that will solve everything between them. 


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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:32 AM

Funny enough, the drama is actually not that bad of an idea. My biggest issue is its execution and I think this is where Kishi dropped the ball on it. The idea of Sakura feeling hurtful over Sasuke is just I feel should have happened earlier in the manga. That should have all took place during the Kage Summit Arc where it was the opportune time to display that.

Is like after he tried to kill you two time you're just noticing that he doesn't care about you. I don't care but it fills force as hell.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:41 AM

Okay, Pepsi. Let me explain myself in detail why Sakura moving on before 540 makes no sense IMO. Prepare yourself for incoming LAP.

 

I do agree with you on the LOI. Sakura was trying to let go of her feelings for Sasuke, maybe even convinced herself she was over him, but obviously Sai's speech, Sakura's confession, Naruto's instincts, and Sakura's own behavior later all heavily indicate she wasn't. The whole arc definitely did affect her perception of Sasuke and her feelings for him, making her see him more negatively than she ever did before.

 

Sakura moving on from Sasuke was gradual process, starting from the very moment he left. There was never a specific moment. Sakura's feelings become much more Team 7-based and then the Kage Summit Arc was the arc that made the veil of "loyal, caring comrade Sasuke-kun" slowly get pulled out of her eyes, damaging her romantic feelings for him further because her love was already starting to lessen. And then we have Sakura allowing Sasuke to die to protect Naruto. Sure, it was extremely painful for her, but she was still willing to do it for Naruto's safety. That loses further credibility to her still being deeply in love with him.

 

However, you might be over-simplifying this. Remember, this is the Narutoverse. Sakura still possibly holding on to romantic feelings for Sasuke on some level even after murder attempts is really not that hard to believe. They're damaged by the murder attempts, to the point whatever she feels for Sasuke on romance level is getting closer and closer to disappearing true, but that doesn't mean she still doesn't have them.

 

Sakura didn't just get over Sasuke in a day. Exactly right. It wouldn't make sense to be like a switch, but it doesn't make any sense for Sakura to just get over Sasuke a few weeks after either. Sakura was so attached to her image of Sasuke. Only recently did she see how much she changed. She can't just wake up even after the Summit Arc and say "Nope, don't love Sasuke anymore". It's illogical, but Naruto has unrealistic focus on bonds of anyway so what do you expect? If Sakura didn't at least think she still loves Sasuke, then 540 wouldn't have happened and 676/678 would not be set up the way it was. Kakashi's speech in 675 was from his perspective. That's how he sees Sakura's feelings, but Sakura has not ever indicated she's aware of it. In fact, she's indicated the opposite. We go back to 540 & 676 again.

 

To explain this ... Let's say you're a little girl who had a favorite mirror. You loved that mirror so much as kid and took care of it, loving how it looks and how it made you feel. Then you lose that mirror. You're upset and became desperate to find it so you keep searching for it. Through the years that mirror, still missing wherever it is, is slowly getting small cracks in it the longer it's gone as you get older and start caring more about less superficial things. But you still remember how that mirror made you feel, nostalgia, all it's memories so you cling to it.

 

Eventually, you find that mirror again. You see small cracks in it but ignore it and take it back. But then, you accidentally drop that mirror and the glass suddenly starts shattering in heavy bits, but there's still some glass left. You're upset, but you tell yourself it's still just as pretty and useful as you remember it so ignore that little voice and bring it home anyway. 

 

When you go home, you notice more it's not not making you feel the same and eventually, after more pieces of glass fall from the mirror, you stop telling yourself it's still perfect; it's broken and useless. You're sad because it's something you cared about so much and lS your childhood so you can't entirely accept it, but a part of you realizes you need to outgrow it. And finally, just as the last few pieces start to fall out of the mirror, you don't care as much as you thought you would. You realize that you've spend all this time looking for that mirror, but in truth you no longer needed it and that it's time to let go of your past shallowness. Then you take the broken mirror and throw it in the trash, turning your attention to more mature things.

 

This is Sakura with her love for Sasuke throughout the series. She's the little girl and Sasuke is that mirror. The Kage Summit Arc didn't make her move on from Sasuke, It only gave her a powerful wake-up call. It's all childhood hopes and nostalgia. It's a very powerful emotion that is easy to cling to, even when by now you've outgrown it. Sakura doesn't love Sasuke that way anymore, but childhood nostalgia still blinds her.

 

Sakura hasn't thrown out that "mirror" yet. She's going through desperation of losing it (PoaL, Early Part 2), getting small cracks in that mirror without acknowledging it (Sai Arc, Kakuzu Arc, Pain Arc), heavy shattering of that mirror but still telling yourself it's still okay (Early Summit Arc), and then sad acknowledgment it's not the same and part of you wants to forget it but another part of you still can't accept it (Late Kage Summit Arc, War Arc). She's in that phase. Sakura's faces at Sasuke's behavior (540, 635, 676, 678) ooze resigned but painful disappointment, something she shouldn't feel if she thought she didn't love him. The part of Sakura making peace and realizing she doesn't love Sasuke is coming up soon with the recent chapters, but saying she already has is wishful thinking IMO. We need consistent proof. A resolution like that should on-panel and not forced like the confession.

 

I would love to believe Sakura knows she doesn't love Sasuke, but logically I just don't. It doesn't really matter to me whether Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke, unconsciously moved on, or just moved on consciously. As a Sakura fan I would prefer the last one, but as a NS fan it doesn't matter. Whatever she has for Naruto is still much stronger than what she feels for Sasuke so I'm not going to be sensitive or picky even if she does love both of them romantically and 675 is just misinterpreted. I'd be okay with either of the three options for most part but if I don't see it, I don't see it.

 

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 09:43 AM

Of course there really is no reason why Sakura should be in love with Sasuke in the first place. I have been asking myself this for a while now, but why did Sakura fall in love with Sasuke anyway? How did it turn into love? He never really did anything for her, there is no connection between them, and it all seems rather forced to me. I get it, he had the appearence of the cool guy, but really there is no reason why the crush ever developed into love in the first place. How could it?

Kind of funny how she can easily and quickly "fall in love" with Sasuke apparently without any real strong connection, but easily falling out of love is hard to believe.

At this point I am not even sure if it is poorly written or I am basing my views on the fact that I hate this sort of "development." Maybe I am looking at this the wrong way, but I just don't see how and where Sakura's "crush" for Sasuke turned into "love." I have seen relationships of all kinds in manga, but this one....It makes me appreciate Tohru and Kyo a little bit more. At least Kyo has some redeeming qualities and wasn't always a jerk and he generally cared for Tohru even if his bashness and anger got the better of him.

Even then, Kyo's anger was not because he hated her or thought little of her like Sasuke does to Sakura, but he was just horrible as socializing and got angry when it got too hard. With Sasuke there really is nothing redeemable about him. I can't think of anything good to say about Sasuke as a person and whatever "good" he did do it was either by accident or he had no choice and did it anyway. At least, not when it comes to Sakura.

lol It truly is funny. People are trying to figure out when Sakura is going to fall out of love with Sasuke, meanwhile I am trying to figure out when she actually fell in.



 

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 10:40 AM

Okay, Pepsi. Let me explain myself in detail why Sakura moving on before 540 makes no sense IMO. Prepare yourself for incoming LAP.
 
I do agree with you on the LOI. Sakura was trying to let go of her feelings for Sasuke, maybe even convinced herself she was over him, but obviously Sai's speech, Sakura's confession, Naruto's instincts, and Sakura's own behavior later all heavily indicate she wasn't. The whole arc definitely did affect her perception of Sasuke and her feelings for him, making her see him more negatively than she ever did before.
 
Sakura moving on from Sasuke was gradual process, starting from the very moment he left. There was never a specific moment. Sakura's feelings become much more Team 7-based and then the Kage Summit Arc was the arc that made the veil of "loyal, caring comrade Sasuke-kun" slowly get pulled out of her eyes, damaging her romantic feelings for him further because her love was already starting to lessen. And then we have Sakura allowing Sasuke to die to protect Naruto. Sure, it was extremely painful for her, but she was still willing to do it for Naruto's safety. That loses further credibility to her still being deeply in love with him.
 
However, you might be over-simplifying this. Remember, this is the Narutoverse. Sakura still possibly holding on to romantic feelings for Sasuke on some level even after murder attempts is really not that hard to believe. They're damaged by the murder attempts, to the point whatever she feels for Sasuke on romance level is getting closer and closer to disappearing true, but that doesn't mean she still doesn't have them.
 
Sakura didn't just get over Sasuke in a day. Exactly right. It wouldn't make sense to be like a switch, but it doesn't make any sense for Sakura to just get over Sasuke a few weeks after either. Sakura was so attached to her image of Sasuke. Only recently did she see how much she changed. She can't just wake up even after the Summit Arc and say "Nope, don't love Sasuke anymore". It's illogical, but Naruto has unrealistic focus on bonds of anyway so what do you expect? If Sakura didn't at least think she still loves Sasuke, then 540 wouldn't have happened and 676/678 would not be set up the way it was. Kakashi's speech in 675 was from his perspective. That's how he sees Sakura's feelings, but Sakura has not ever indicated she's aware of it. In fact, she's indicated the opposite. We go back to 540 & 676 again.
 
To explain this ... Let's say you're a little girl who had a favorite mirror. You loved that mirror so much as kid and took care of it, loving how it looks and how it made you feel. Then you lose that mirror. You're upset and became desperate to find it so you keep searching for it. Through the years that mirror, still missing wherever it is, is slowly getting small cracks in it the longer it's gone as you get older and start caring more about less superficial things. But you still remember how that mirror made you feel, nostalgia, all it's memories so you cling to it.
 
Eventually, you find that mirror again. You see small cracks in it but ignore it and take it back. But then, you accidentally drop that mirror and the glass suddenly starts shattering in heavy bits, but there's still some glass left. You're upset, but you tell yourself it's still just as pretty and useful as you remember it so ignore that little voice and bring it home anyway. 
 
When you go home, you notice more it's not not making you feel the same and eventually, after more pieces of glass fall from the mirror, you stop telling yourself it's still perfect; it's broken and useless. You're sad because it's something you cared about so much and lS your childhood so you can't entirely accept it, but a part of you realizes you need to outgrow it. And finally, just as the last few pieces start to fall out of the mirror, you don't care as much as you thought you would. You realize that you've spend all this time looking for that mirror, but in truth you no longer needed it and that it's time to let go of your past shallowness. Then you take the broken mirror and throw it in the trash, turning your attention to more mature things.
 
This is Sakura with her love for Sasuke throughout the series. She's the little girl and Sasuke is that mirror. The Kage Summit Arc didn't make her move on from Sasuke, It only gave her a powerful wake-up call. It's all childhood hopes and nostalgia. It's a very powerful emotion that is easy to cling to, even when by now you've outgrown it. Sakura doesn't love Sasuke that way anymore, but childhood nostalgia still blinds her.
 
Sakura hasn't thrown out that "mirror" yet. She's going through desperation of losing it (PoaL, Early Part 2), getting small cracks in that mirror without acknowledging it (Sai Arc, Kakuzu Arc, Pain Arc), heavy shattering of that mirror but still telling yourself it's still okay (Early Summit Arc), and then sad acknowledgment it's not the same and part of you wants to forget it but another part of you still can't accept it (Late Kage Summit Arc, War Arc). She's in that phase. Sakura's faces at Sasuke's behavior (540, 635, 676, 678) ooze resigned but painful disappointment, something she shouldn't feel if she thought she didn't love him. The part of Sakura making peace and realizing she doesn't love Sasuke is coming up soon with the recent chapters, but saying she already has is wishful thinking IMO. We need consistent proof. A resolution like that should on-panel and not forced like the confession.
 
I would love to believe Sakura knows she doesn't love Sasuke, but logically I just don't. It doesn't really matter to me whether Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke, unconsciously moved on, or just moved on consciously. As a Sakura fan I would prefer the last one, but as a NS fan it doesn't matter. Whatever she has for Naruto is still much stronger than what she feels for Sasuke so I'm not going to be sensitive or picky even if she does love both of them romantically and 675 is just misinterpreted. I'd be okay with either of the three options for most part but if I don't see it, I don't see it.
 
I apologize for this embarrassingly long LAP and my lame mirror metaphor, but ... as long as it got my point across. :sweatdrop:

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did anything worth falling in love, for Sakura. In SS its all Sakura and never Sasuke. It was all her doing everything for Sasuke and never the other way round. He was still a jerk to her back then but less as compared to now. Her falling for Naruto....I can understand.....but Sasuke...I just don't get it. Atleast...I don't recall any moment which should have made Sakura fall in love with Sasuke.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 10:42 AM

Is like after he tried to kill you two time you're just noticing that he doesn't care about you. I don't care but it fills force as hell.

Agreed. Really this is all happening for drama sake at this point. I am going to be glad when it is over.

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BTW, the only scene that really puts Sasuke in good light is the bench scene, but we all know that was really Naruto, not Sasuke.  I know Naruto was only a kid, but it kind of screwed him a little to do that. So Sakura was somewhat stuck on that bench scene idea for a while I guess, but I still wonder why it has never come into question yet....

strike that, is it ever going to come back up at all?


Edited by James S Cassidy, 08 July 2014 - 10:46 AM.

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 10:49 AM

Okay, Pepsi. Let me explain myself in detail why Sakura moving on before 540 makes no sense IMO. Prepare yourself for incoming LAP.

 

I do agree with you on the LOI. Sakura was trying to let go of her feelings for Sasuke, maybe even convinced herself she was over him, but obviously Sai's speech, Sakura's confession, Naruto's instincts, and Sakura's own behavior later all heavily indicate she wasn't. The whole arc definitely did affect her perception of Sasuke and her feelings for him, making her see him more negatively than she ever did before.

 

Sakura moving on from Sasuke was gradual process, starting from the very moment he left. There was never a specific moment. Sakura's feelings become much more Team 7-based and then the Kage Summit Arc was the arc that made the veil of "loyal, caring comrade Sasuke-kun" slowly get pulled out of her eyes, damaging her romantic feelings for him further because her love was already starting to lessen. And then we have Sakura allowing Sasuke to die to protect Naruto. Sure, it was extremely painful for her, but she was still willing to do it for Naruto's safety. That loses further credibility to her still being deeply in love with him.

 

However, you might be over-simplifying this. Remember, this is the Narutoverse. Sakura still possibly holding on to romantic feelings for Sasuke on some level even after murder attempts is really not that hard to believe. They're damaged by the murder attempts, to the point whatever she feels for Sasuke on romance level is getting closer and closer to disappearing true, but that doesn't mean she still doesn't have them.

 

Sakura didn't just get over Sasuke in a day. Exactly right. It wouldn't make sense to be like a switch, but it doesn't make any sense for Sakura to just get over Sasuke a few weeks after either. Sakura was so attached to her image of Sasuke. Only recently did she see how much she changed. She can't just wake up even after the Summit Arc and say "Nope, don't love Sasuke anymore". It's illogical, but Naruto has unrealistic focus on bonds of anyway so what do you expect? If Sakura didn't at least think she still loves Sasuke, then 540 wouldn't have happened and 676/678 would not be set up the way it was. Kakashi's speech in 675 was from his perspective. That's how he sees Sakura's feelings, but Sakura has not ever indicated she's aware of it. In fact, she's indicated the opposite. We go back to 540 & 676 again.

 

To explain this ... Let's say you're a little girl who had a favorite mirror. You loved that mirror so much as kid and took care of it, loving how it looks and how it made you feel. Then you lose that mirror. You're upset and became desperate to find it so you keep searching for it. Through the years that mirror, still missing wherever it is, is slowly getting small cracks in it the longer it's gone as you get older and start caring more about less superficial things. But you still remember how that mirror made you feel, nostalgia, all it's memories so you cling to it.

 

Eventually, you find that mirror again. You see small cracks in it but ignore it and take it back. But then, you accidentally drop that mirror and the glass suddenly starts shattering in heavy bits, but there's still some glass left. You're upset, but you tell yourself it's still just as pretty and useful as you remember it so ignore that little voice and bring it home anyway. 

 

When you go home, you notice more it's not not making you feel the same and eventually, after more pieces of glass fall from the mirror, you stop telling yourself it's still perfect; it's broken and useless. You're sad because it's something you cared about so much and lS your childhood so you can't entirely accept it, but a part of you realizes you need to outgrow it. And finally, just as the last few pieces start to fall out of the mirror, you don't care as much as you thought you would. You realize that you've spend all this time looking for that mirror, but in truth you no longer needed it and that it's time to let go of your past shallowness. Then you take the broken mirror and throw it in the trash, turning your attention to more mature things.

 

This is Sakura with her love for Sasuke throughout the series. She's the little girl and Sasuke is that mirror. The Kage Summit Arc didn't make her move on from Sasuke, It only gave her a powerful wake-up call. It's all childhood hopes and nostalgia. It's a very powerful emotion that is easy to cling to, even when by now you've outgrown it. Sakura doesn't love Sasuke that way anymore, but childhood nostalgia still blinds her.

 

Sakura hasn't thrown out that "mirror" yet. She's going through desperation of losing it (PoaL, Early Part 2), getting small cracks in that mirror without acknowledging it (Sai Arc, Kakuzu Arc, Pain Arc), heavy shattering of that mirror but still telling yourself it's still okay (Early Summit Arc), and then sad acknowledgment it's not the same and part of you wants to forget it but another part of you still can't accept it (Late Kage Summit Arc, War Arc). She's in that phase. Sakura's faces at Sasuke's behavior (540, 635, 676, 678) ooze resigned but painful disappointment, something she shouldn't feel if she thought she didn't love him. The part of Sakura making peace and realizing she doesn't love Sasuke is coming up soon with the recent chapters, but saying she already has is wishful thinking IMO. We need consistent proof. A resolution like that should on-panel and not forced like the confession.

 

I would love to believe Sakura knows she doesn't love Sasuke, but logically I just don't. It doesn't really matter to me whether Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke, unconsciously moved on, or just moved on consciously. As a Sakura fan I would prefer the last one, but as a NS fan it doesn't matter. Whatever she has for Naruto is still much stronger than what she feels for Sasuke so I'm not going to be sensitive or picky even if she does love both of them romantically and 675 is just misinterpreted. I'd be okay with either of the three options for most part but if I don't see it, I don't see it.

 

I apologize for this embarrassingly long LAP and my lame mirror metaphor, but ... as long as it got my point across. :sweatdrop:

I very much disagree with the notion that 676/678 was her being disappointed bc she still has or think she has romantic feelings for him why does it have to be connected to romance when it was all about T7 & Teamwork this has been the deal since 675 ? Not everything with Sakura is about romance she feels that way bc of T7 , I for one believe that she was disappointed bc Sasuke is not with them as Team Member he doesn't care and Sasuke blowing her self esteem is just that she's very sensitive when it comes to her wanting to be useful  again nothing to do with romance you can connect it of course as it confirms that Sasuke thinks very little of her and doesn't give a kitten about her has no feelings for her , his influence on her does her harm and that they have no dynamic it sucks . Either way to claim it as a fact that she felt that way bc she still has romantic feelings for him is just wrong imo . Also her recent behavior around him doesn't scream that she still have romantic feelings for him .

 

Another thing is the underlined how is this any good for NS ? Are you really OK with her still having feelings for the both of them ? How is even if her feelings for Sasuke matured by 675 any good for NS ? If that was the case then this completely destroys NS  bc by that Kakashi would be saying that she loves him even more now which doesn't even make any sense with all we have seen/got from the manga and it certainly doesn't make what she has for Naruto any more stronger . I know you say this as hypothetical but still I can't see this as any good for NS even after all of that has happened after the LOI till now her love is somehow stronger for Sasuke then I seriously wouldn't want NS to happen .   

 

And since when did we start taking 675 as maybe its misinterpretation (speaking in general in here) I thought this was a done deal which even our translators confirmed it especially @megi and @ramen who's native language is Japanese plus the other two translators we have  @咲耶姫 & @六道仙人 who are also very good at translating . The context was clear so why is this constant need in here to continue with this I really don't get it .    


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