I think you misunderstood what I meant. What Sasuke thinks or does is irrelevant. Sasuke never was boyfriend material, nor did he ever care if he was.
True.
What I was saying is that Naruto has known from Day 1 that Sakura thought Sasuke was "cool" because he was strong, intelligent, and accomplished as a ninja. We know for a fact that Naruto compared himself to Sasuke constantly back in Part I, and that Sakura's starry-eyed fangirling of Sasuke also spurred him into competing with Sasuke.
Agree but this was way back in part 1. Do you really think Naruto needs Sasuke's acknowledgement to realize the fact that he has become a strong and accomplished ninja..? The whole Shinobi World acknowledges this.
Even if it is important, Sasuke has acknowledged Naruto a lot of times. The only person that Sasuke considers as equal to him is Naruto.
We were even given a more recent example. When Team 7 were fighting back to back and Sakura commented about Sasuke helping her fight, Naruto jealously reminded her, "I'm here too, Sakura-chan."
Yes, Sasuke managed to get to Sakura first and she acknowledged that. Naruto was jealous, most likely. But what I don't understand is how exactly an acknowledgement from Sasuke would help Naruto?
Are you saying it'll be like this- Naruto will save and redeem Sasuke. So Naruto keeps his promise hence he can tell Sakura his feelings and let her decide whom to choose..?
It's just my opinion, but I think you're on crack if you don't realize Naruto has on some level competed with Sasuke in terms of what Sakura finds impressive.
So I am 'on crack' if I don't agree with your opinion. Not sure what to respond to that.
Edited by ns.Believe.It, 27 October 2014 - 07:37 PM.