She was acting stubborn, when Naruto said that she was lying to herself and she defended herself and all that. I don't think he meant stubborn in a bad way.Actually whether or not she loved Sasuke was left ambigious
the words used were "Sakura love(s/d) Sasuke but Naruto is close"
He says she was being an honest girl when someone said "she was using his feelings for her and told her she loved him" His response "on the contrary" alone pretty much confirms that Sakura is in love with Naruto and at this point in the story she is aware of her feelings for him.
Not sure what the stubborn part is referring to, she wasn't acting stubborn at all.
That doesn't make sense... If Kushina meant "find a girl who truly loves you," she would have said that. There's a reason Kishi made Kushina so similar to Sakura, drawing all these parallels and having Minato make the connection between Sakura and Kushina in their personalities (otherwise there could have been a scene where Sakura shows how strongly she feels about Naruto and he'd say "this girl is similar to Kushina," in that she loves Naruto). Of course Kushina wouldn't mind if he ended up with a girl who wasn't like her as long as she was a good girl who loved him, but I think she would have liked to see him with a girl like her -- which is why she said "find a girl like [similar to] your mother." If Kushina's words were meant to be taken like you say, then Hinata would work too, because she loves Naruto. But it's Sakura who is like Kushina. And that's why it's such a big hint for the outcome of the pairing subplot (and why NS and NH fans were trying to find similarities between Sakura and Hinata, respectively). It was straightforward and meant to be taken the way it's widely interpreted -- referring to personality, which is why she also said not to fall for a "weird one" (NS fans aren't the only ones who take it this way -- literally everyone else does, except for NH fans in denial that try to twist any NS hints in the manga to suit their favour, or at least work against NS, and even then they grasp at straws trying to make Hinata similar to Kushina, even after 631).I think we take the "Find a girl like me" line too literally. NH fans are right about that at least. There's no questioning the numerous parallels between MinaKushi and NaruSaku and how Sakura is a LOT like Kushina, but her words weren't saying find a girl who had the same personality as her. She was saying she wanted Naruto to fall for a good person who loved him. I don't think Kushina would mind Naruto fell for a girl that wasn't like her as long as she appreciated him.
That doesn't debunk 631 tho. Kishimoto still deliberately compared Sakura to Kushina, though the personality quirk was a red herring. It's what the fans will twist as not being accurate because Kushina wasn't referring to personality. The real meaning that comparison has is that Sakura will end up with Naruto because she was a good person who loves him, just like Kushina wanted.
Edited by Hiraishin, 15 September 2014 - 05:36 AM.
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