Dont get me wrong i am a Big Narusaku fan but lately i have my doubts on how the story will end. I had hope when yamato told sakura you must really l..... part but lost it when sakura thinks of hinata loving naruto when she heals him in pain arc meaning she knows that hinata loves her... this is bad.
This isn't bad at all, in fact you should be relieved. The fact that Sakura knows this about Hinata is the one of the most imporatnt thing for NS cause Sakura needs to know that there's someone else who has feelings for Naruto too and not just her which is one of major romance side of a story for main characters.
the part with naruto and hinata that naruto knows how she feels
This only means that Naruto now knows that she has feelings for him and this panel is the beginning of the process of closure for Hinata's interest in Naruto as in the future she'll understand who Naruto truly loves or she'll move on.
hinata later thinking the hand in hand part
Taking Hinata here what she said literally, of course you'll understand it that she meant it romantically. She's expressing her feelings by means of supporting him and don't forget the process of the closure and this is one of it.
This shows you Sakura hurting, feeling bad. Yes, she still have something for Sasuke and they are leftover feelings for the one that she used to love which she's slowly moving on from them. There will be time in the future chapters when she realizes who she really loves. We just have to wait with the story continuing very slowly.
You should remember that you shouldn't read too much into things in a manga.
By Kishi giving Sakura the knowledge of the Uchiha massacre and she knows what Itachi did for Sasuke's happiness and Konoha future, I can only see two outcomes, Sakura becomes emotionally blind and wanting to give up on everything (highly unlikable) or Sakura scratching her head just like Itashi not knowing why after he learn the truth he sill doing wrong.
Now if Kishi uses Tsunades death (if she dies) for Sakura to relate to Naruto and Sasuke's lost, it will not allow her to see Sasuke for who he is it will cloud her view and she will only start feeling pity and sadness for him while ignore her psersonal pain with him something I find really, but really stupid.
She could feel that way but a pain like this can't be ignored by a person, and saying that this happens, it will only make her character development go downward which Kishi won't make that.
Edited by T XD, 12 September 2012 - 08:08 PM.