

The funny thing is that (again contrary to popular belief) Kishi DOES know what TRUE love is and what it takes to build a mutual nurturing relationship between a man and a woman. The best examples of this are Tsunade/Dan [1] and Kushina/Minato [2] In each of these pairings you can clearly see there was both a mutual connection and understanding between the man AND the woman, which eventually helped both relationships blossom into (you guessed it) TRUE love.
We all know that Naruto and Sakura have the mutual development necessary to help their relationship grow into something much more than friendship. The problem, however, is that Sakura is still holding on to a childish fantasy about what love is supposed to be like and that is preventing her from finding real love and happiness (with Naruto). Sakura has a very slow learning curve when it comes to love but like you (and others) have mentioned before, it is unfortunately a major part of her "character development". So basically, the day Sakura figures out what TRUE love really is and moves past her silly fantasy is the day her character is "complete" and that's when NaruSaku will most likely become canon.
Edited by NarutoIzDaMan, 10 June 2011 - 08:30 PM.