Okay. I took PhenixElite's "awkward moments" list and sort of countered them. Tell me what you all think, if you want.
The whole buildup of their realtionship would be awkeard. All kishi has done with them, like poal
PoaL could be considered as the moment Naruto gave up the hope of being with Sakura having now realized that she loves Sasuke that much. PoaL could very easily work in SS's (love that word) favour.
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showing naruto love sakira from chapter 3
Why would this be awkward? Naruto loved Sakura but it wasn't to be and he moved on. Then he found love with someone else.
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showing sakura developing romantic frelings for naruto,
There is no development of that kind. There are only possible moments that could be interpreted in romantic way. Such as the feeding scene and the hug. But these could just be Sakura being a friend to Naruto. Friends support their friends, hug them and help them out if they are hurt.
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naruto asking sakura about 100 dates and is shown to love her in a selfless way
This wouldn't be awkward either. Naruto was in love with Sakura but then he just moved on.
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all the parralells
If NS never happens, it still parallels ObiRin and JiraTsu. NS even has similarities to MinaKushi even if NS never happens. MinaKushi will remain a sort of example of what NS could have been if it happened.
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abd naruto doibg whatever he can to win sakuras affection. But in the end it was all just useless because naruto endes up with hinata who had like nearly no development with him.
It wasn't useless: Sakura became his good and trusted friend.
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If it was naruto only showing a onesided crush it would e sonething different, but why should kishi then start in part 2 wirth showing sakura developing romantic feelings for naruto and sharing a lot of time together instead of showing hin spending some time with hinata, if he then just ends it with NH out of the blue toltally undeveloped through the manga?
Well, like I said, there is no development of that kind: we don't still know if Sakura has romantic feelings for Naruto. There are only possible moments that could be interpreted in romantic way. Kishi has kept Sakura's feelings for Naruto very vague. Kishi showed Sakura and Naruto spending time together because their bond is important and a part of the manga, even if the bond is just platonic.
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Im not expecting you to agree with me, since i know youve got a completly different view on the manga.
Yeah. And I don't expect you to answer me, if you don't want to. I just thought to give my POV to your examples.
There are so many hints in the manga, I need no direct confirmation to believe that she is confused about her feelings for Naruto.
Well, I do.
Edited by Poison_In_Your_Coffee, 11 January 2013 - 12:31 AM.