Because of the way this story went and how BAD Sasuke is meant to suddenly feel after 300 or so chapters of pure determination, I don't want to sell Sasuke's affection for Sakura short because with the right amount of time and care into both characters it really could work, but Kishimoto had developed neither. At 699 a lot of people felt pity for her, and several Sakura fans in the FC bailed because all that was meant to build her up into a stronger woman was torn down in favor of 'restoring the Uchiha clan'.
Sad how one has 700 chapters to convince us that an endgame pairing he apparently 'planned a long time ago' is plausible, only to fail in every regard. If you were neutral to Sakura's character until 699 I'd get it, because you think it would get better and she'd become a better woman at the very end. We were wrong. Some people didn't believe in her, and they were unfortunately right to. Sakura ended up as nothing more than a tool for this man, and Kishimoto used her for tears and the restarting of the Uchiha Clan. That was her only purpose at the VERY END of this story. kitten surpassing Tsunade because no one sane would be convinced no matter how 'canon' Kishimoto makes it, that asspull seal she had just showed how little he actually gave a kitten.
It goes like this:
"Oh, well the seal was never implied, but at least now all her bullsh** can be atoned for. She'll do what she said she would, she'll be with her team and fight alongside them, she won't be a burden any longer. Maybe things are going to look up!"
WRONG.
She was saved quite a few times by everyone, and the only time I recall her ever saving anyone against Kaguya was Sasuke WITH OBITO'S power. She got one blow on Kaguya and it was set up by the others, nothing wrong with that, but why not show her stepping up and taking some matters into her own hands?
Remember how well she did against Sasori ?
And I could forgive this. I could forgive her lack of displayed skills and unreasonable 'clutch' powerup. I could forgive the times she said how LOW she was on chakra, then asspulled more because everyone did that in this war.
But what I can't forgive is how she took everything she learned over the years, how she had a strong female role model in Tsunade who didn't crumble before any man and stood by Jiraiya with strong platonic love, and dropped it in the face of a CHILDHOOD CRUSH who had done nothing more than attempt to kill her at least twice, was willing to let her die in the final battle (reasonably, but come on honey, he didn't even look remorseful saying that. Hint hint), and was only willing to apologize after he couldn't go through with his revolution. Sakura should have moved on, she realized how UNHEALTHY Sasuke was and wanted to become his FRIEND but right at the end....this?!.
It was not cute.
It was not reasonable.
It made women look like pathetic and disgusting creatures who will surrender all positive traits they might have had in order to be acknowledged by someone who hardly ever recognized them to begin with. Part 1 was the last time he actively gave a kitten, and Sakura should've woken up the MINUTE Naruto returned from VotE and realized that Sasuke's hatred and pain does not just go away because she cries about it. It is bad enough Kishimoto has no idea how the hell these two even got together and we know it was just a Part 3 setup, but any chance Sakura had of walking away from the war a different woman evaporated.
"Sakura ....sorry."
"Sorry? ...For what?"
You know DAMN WELL WHAT HE DID, you don't just sweep it under the rug no matter how happy you are. This relationship is pity, and all for the regression of Sakura's growth. Sasuke DESTROYS Sakura's own potential for growing the hell up, and Sasuke has no reason to love her whatsoever when she knew nothing about his trauma and never tried to. They have no strong connection, they were on the same kittening team and he listened to her sometimes, he wanted to protect her in part 1 because she was a comrade, NOT because he had some deep feelings for her.
This is a toxic pairing and it needs to be dead and forgotten, but forget that idea, let's have a minseries and try to cover our asses!
At the VERY end, Naruto and Kakashi understood Sasuke more than Sakura . I'm not even a yaoi guy, but if NaruSasu happened no one can say it wasn't worked for. NO ONE.
SS is just Kishimoto taking a piss and deciding that maybe he'll make women look pathetic one final time before he sleeps in a bed full of cash. And the sad part is? Women actually believe that it's justified by the VERY end. The VERY END.