I can understand why you wouldn't, though, especially in a debate. I'm fine with it, there's no harm in giving other pairings the benefit of the doubt. It doesn't change what pairings are going to be canon, lol. I guess I do it because I feel it makes up for my bias, if I have any.
Ah, parallels. Ya know, that's the reason why I fell in love with NaruSaku. Before, I side-shipped NaruHina because I loved Sakura crack pairings. I remember those days, lol. I never paid any attention to the manga, so I only knew up to the Konoha 11 vs Akatsuki arc. After learning about Minato and Kushina I started getting caught up on the manga.
Even though I don't really use it in my arguments, it's fun knowing that this is a description of NaruSaku and MinaKushi in a nutshell:
Boy likes girl. Girl doesn't like boy. Girl has a bad temper. Girl was bullied. Girl stands ups for herself (well Sakura eventually does). Girl doesn't like feature that she's bullied about. Boy likes that feature. Boy admits it to girl (directly or indirectly). Girl ends up loving Boy (If/When NS is canon). Lol, I'm going on tangents.
Yep. Apparently, even AU!Hinata throws out a hint about their relationship in the movie, granted it's a movie and I don't take it as canon.
Well, some people argue that the Neji vs Hinata thing shows that Naruto may possibly grow feelings for Hinata. I won't deny that Naruto is fond of Hinata, but that's like taking any platonic interaction between Naruto any girl and using it to prove that Naruto may come to have feelings for that girl.
Also, there's the whole "I see it in your eyes, you are strong" thing. I guess that it
can be taken as romantic or it can be taken as Naruto just being Naruto. I see it as the latter, but eh, I could be wrong.
But, Yamato did say, "Sakura, I can tell by just looking at you..." Could that scene be taken as romantic between Yamato and Sakura because he could tell something by just looking at her? Or maybe it's the eyes part that makes the statement special? But could that scene be taken as YamaSaku if he said, "Sakura, I can see it in your eyes, you really love..." What if Tsunade said, "Sakura, I see it in your eyes, you are strong." Could that be seen as romantic? Maybe Yamato and Tsunade would never say that because perhaps "the eyes" comment is seen as undoubtedly romantic in Japan. Seems possible if hugs and feeding people are seen as definitely romantic. Ehh... Maybe I'm using logic where it doesn't belong.
Even when I read their opinions on how they think NaruHina will happen, I don't understand. Most of it is basically inserting Hinata in a role better fit by Sakura. Honestly, the only way I can see NaruHina happening is if Naruto decides to give Hinata a chance at the end of the manga. The reason I say this is because how can Naruto fall out of love with Sakura and in love with Hinata within the next 100 chapters?
What could possibly happen? When no evidence of Naruto being interested "in that way" has ever been presented. Aside MAYBE the "I can see it in your eyes" moment. Nor has it ever been shown that Naruto dislikes loving Sakura.
Especially based on his relationships with other characters. At least, with that scenario, it would give Naruto some time to get over Sakura and genuinely come to love Hinata.
I made a list of arguments, and my responses to those arguments. I posted it a couple of days ago, mostly because I was bored.
Since I'm bored, I'm going to list off some of my 'favorite' Naruhina arguments, and my own responses to them. I never actually responded to any other forum, but if I did these will have been my responses. An other thing, I'm going off memory here, so they won't be word by word, but I will TRY to give you the jist of the argument.
''I know Naruhina will happen, because out of everyone, Naruto's perspective on Hinata has grown the most positive...''
I actually don't remember much about what this person said, but I remember their argument. At first I thought it was a good argument, Naruto has grown to respect Hinata and has even commented her on her strength. But as I thought about, nearly EVERYONE else's perspective of Naruto has changed throughout the series, ESPECIALLY Sakura's. I'll even argue that Hinata's perspective on Naruto has change the LEAST out of all the characters, because unlike most of the other supporting characters, she already had respect for Naruto when they were little. But she still acts the same around him, she is still shy around him. She doesn't think of him differently, what change about her is that she is now more confident about herself.
"I have a friend, who's Naruhina fan too, who takes a Japanese class, and says that looking into each other's eyes is romantic in Japan.''
Well looking into each other's eyes is pretty romantic in most cultures, including the west, but thank you for having a friend to confirmed that for us. I don't know much about Japan's culture, so I don't know if this is true or not. But what I found out about Japanese culture is that any physical contact with anyone else means a lot more to them, then it does for us in the west. That includes handshakes, holding hands (yes, Hinata wants to hold Naruto's hand, I believe she wants to get together with him) and, of course, hugs. Sakura has hug Naruto not once, but twice, and while the second hug can be argued against (as it was a part of her infamous confession), the first hug still happen. It wasn't a normal friendly hug either, she place her arms over his shoulders and pulled his head closer to her own head. I've also heard the way she hugged him is similar to how wives hug their husbands when they get back from war, and I say a picture of a women hugging a soldier in a VERY similar fashion that Sakura hugged Naruto (no, I don't know where I found that picture). But the only problem with the picture I saw was that it was an AMERICAN women and soldier, so unless it's a global thing, that hug, I don't really have any real confirmation that it is true or not. But I at least looked this up, and while I'm not expert on this, I can say that one IMPLIED romantic scene between Naruto and Hinata does not equal to the amount of IMPLIED romantic scenes that happen between Naruto and Sakura.
''Looking into each other's eyes is not something that two people who barely know each other will do. Obviously this is done between two close friends, so the argument that Naruto barely knows Hinata is invalid."
I agree with this person. Even though we barely see them together, I blame mostly Kishi for not properly establishing Naruto and Hinata's friendship. Though really all this argument did was convince me that Naruto and Hinata are, indeed, close friends. And do mean CLOSE friends (not romantically). This is probably one of the best argument's I've seen that defended Naruhina' which is pretty sad, because I bet you their are some people on this forum who could still argue against that.
Now these are the arguments that just pissed me off.
''If Naruto gets with Sakura, then Kishi would be the worst writer ever and it will be a total ass pull. The main character getting with the main heroine, how boring and predictable.''
I don't know what was his reason why he thought Narusaku will be a total ass pull, because I stopped reading his comment after reading this part. To me, it doesn't matter if it's predictable or not (though personally I didn't see Naruto getting with Sakura in the beginning, but a lot of you guys did), all it matters is how it's handled. To me, showing the growing evolution between a girl and a boy, who she originally hated, is really well told, and has been done with a lot of subtlety. Even if you don't see the romantic implications, their overall bond has been developed so well, that you wouldn't believe how they originally acted to each other. The person who commented this could've meant that CURRENTLY if Narusaku happen it will be an ass pull, because, you know, there is a war, and we have only seen Naruto talk with Hinata (which provided, in my opinion, the only thing that has provided us anything CLOSE to a mutual moment between them). But my first argument still stands, and the new movie may(will) provide us much needed Naruto and Sakura interactions.
''I've heard that Kishi felt like he failed at romance in Part 1, so he wants to have more focus on romance in Part 2. You can tell in Part 2 that he's been focusing his time with Naruto and Hinata's relationship....''
...and then I punched him in the face. I didn't really, in fact that person who commented this seem pretty neutral and wasn't even being rude or mean. That comment was answering a question on yahoo.......three years ago........when Hinata confessed. Wow, I seem like an ass now, don't I? It's just I don't understand how people see that Naruto and Hinata are growing this 'romantic' bond despite what little we actually see them together. I just don't understand how people completely miss some of the OBVIOUS Narusaku implications (God, I use that word a lot), like Sakura blushing and flirting with Naruto when they first meet in Part 2, Yamato's unfinished speech, the almost feeding scene, and, HELL, what about the PROMISE OF THE FREAKING LIFETIME. Just cause Hinata confessed her feelings to Naruto, doesn't mean that they will end up together, nor that is what the author meant when he said he wanted to add more romance. In that person's defense, they posted it sometime during Hinata's confession, so it was before Sakura's confession, and, possibly, her hug to Naruto. I'm just raging.
''If Narusaku happens, then it is because Sakura fell in love with what Naruto BECAME, not who he was. Hinata always loved Naruto for who he was.''
F#ck you*, it's called character development; Naruto has grown up and learned how to inspire those around him, while Sakura has also grown up, moving away from her childish crush on Sasuke, and has learned how to support her friends and village. Nuf' said.
*I mostly typed that in because that's how I really felt when I first read that. I could remove if it makes a big deal.
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