First off, hi! Newbie here; it's great to finally find some members of the Naruto fandom who don't irrationally hate Sakura/NaruSaku.
I decided to join in after all the 630/631 excitement and I'm glad I did! Anyway...
Great chapter this week. I really enjoyed seeing Sakura kicking ass (LOVED that she got the forehead symbol) and I thought the ending was cute with the whole "Don't get in my way Naruto" and "Sakura-chan notice me! Notice meee!" things. Brought back memories of the good ol' days of Part 1. I definitely think there is more to Sasuke's return than meets the eye, as noted by the Juugo early on. Also loved that Madara turned the tables on Hashirama and ignored him this time around. Looking back, there honestly wasn't too much to this chapter other than Sakura development - and that's enough for me! 
Regarding the "SasuSaku moment" at the end, I wouldn't necessarily call it that. I took it as Sakura being surprised/happy that Sasuke came to save her. Who wouldn't be happy that their teammate rushed to their defense, particularly one that doesn't have the best track record in that department? Anyways, Kishi is going to be going back and forth on this whole paring thing to the very end: We were bound to get a SasuSaku moment and there will be more to come (from all major pairings).
And as usual, Youtube is whining about Sakura. She's recognized as possibly being more powerful than the Hokage (by a former Hokage, no less) and yet people still call her useless and want her to die.
Oh well, haters gonna hate. And once NaruSaku is officially endgame it'll be 100x worse 
Wouldn't surprise me at all if next chapter Kishi turns the focus to Kakashi and Obito. Hopefully it won't be all dialogue we've seen before.
Edited by slimsh4d3y, 29 May 2013 - 01:29 PM.