Posted 01 August 2013 - 07:37 PM
Whenever more arguements pop up against ns, it's always going to be treated in the west like it was nothing like its again part of the joke but for nh or SS to seriously happen, all those claims just again makes me wonder if these arguements were thought out.
All those popular arguements against ns:
It's a red herring
It's just comedy
Sakura is not how we think she is
Naruto is over sakura
Ns is not as popular
It's a brother sister relationship
Sakura will never stop loving Sasuke
Just no, just no, what's a bigger mystery for these is just how did nh become so supported the way it did? Is the misconception of Japanese culture or understanding literary styles for middle schoolers that hard to identify? I'm pretty sure the target audience does not ship all that often or maybe even be aware of what it is. But for all these arguements, that try to put out stuff against ns, they only add more holes into even believing they are good arguements. The red herring one, yeah why would Kishi focus so much on narusaku only to make it not happen, why not build nh more in all those opportunities? It's seriously only comedy? How about the fact that some of the most emotional scenes from naruto and sakura happened because of naruto loving sakura? We don't know sakura because the other fandoms who degrade or make fun of her obviously do, yeah this one makes sense because everything about sakura is bad. When did naruto get over sakura? When? 631 makes him seem that he still likes sakura. It's not as popular, yeah like fanbase size matters, look at avatar zutara was the biggest but that ship sank and sank hard. A brother sister relationship? I find it funny how sakura puts more effort and compassion towards naruto than Sasuke. Sakura never stop loving Sasuke? Kinda funny how 635 popped up with a trust issue between them.
Aside from SS being full of holes ever since the land of iron, nh is going to come up short on arguements soon I feel as well, I mean come on, Kushina was what made the ns and nh fandoms agree that there would be a pairing in the end, but all the Kushina stuff then leaned towards sakura, minato only furthered it then it drove the fandoms into overdrive saying that ns still was not going to happen or that is no longer matters. After that recent flashback of obito and how minato told him not to give up on rin, how many more scenes must we get that show something similar. In fact what is the pure justification of SS actually happening? What is it? For all the people who claim for sakura and Sasuke to come up after all this happens, what is the justification? Why nh too? Simply because hinata tried a lot? What about naruto himself? The hero? Why should all his merits be forsaken? Why should Sakura's love only come true because she hoped? What about her character development? Sakura can find reason in turning towards naruto because she knows how he feels about her, but even something else beyond what 457 put out. She knows narutos sacrifices for her, it's not like she isn't happy for it, heck she's making it clear in her resolve why she wants to help naruto, especially asserting herself to fight with her team. If she didn't care she would not have done that. Even then sakura being the only girl compared to Kushina so far should be enough of a sign for them to even consider it.
At this point though, it's just a matter if how much more do we honestly need? Minato seeing sakura like Kushina, the similar flashbacks of a goofball loving a girl who loved someone else, sakura and kushina similar backgrounds, the previous development, naruto showing he still practically loves sakura, sakura not trusting sasuke, what would happen if all this time until edo tensei breaks, if minato never speaks a single word to hinata, let alone what reason do they have to speak to each other? Kushina is just a side bonus but I find the real humor how nh was once united under kushinas words and 631 divided their opinions greatly into either it does not count or it's a joke. Lacking faith in something you once believed strongly in is a sign of weakness. It's like do fans still believe that during the naruto vs Sasuke fight that sakura would honestly support Sasuke? Do they honestly believe that? Doesn't it make sense for sakura to support narutos dream, something she defended as early as the Chunin exams? I just hope that when the next big ns moment comes, before the naruto vs Sasuke fight, I wonder how many more hits it will take until ns has enough to call it. 631 is the closest evidence yet, Kushina made a foreshadow, there will be a pairing half naruto and that other half is the girl like Kushina aka sakura at present. No comparisons of hinata? Didn't think so. All previous ns development? Has to end somewhere between them. Nh development? Has a bit but it's missing some many things people have claimed, I mean if naruto has still focus on sakura after 615, then nh has a major problem, especially when it's ally SS may be about to crumble. If sakura turns away from Sasuke and naruto still loves her, this is an omen for them.
As far as things go, ns has had a lot of answers given so far, sakura and Kushina and naruto still loving sakura. But it's not enough for many people. So as more chapters come, I only wonder how it will be when more positive stuff between naruto and sakura is shown. Her development has to go somewhere, not trusting Sasuke is another part of it. Sakura has begun a shift most likely due to 635, 631 built on a foreshadow. These 2 will lead somewhere, most likely to narusaku. Otherwise what would be the point of kushinas foreshadow, minatos input, and sakuras development? These are things which are never considered simply because the cool thing to do is hate or bash sakura or narusaku.
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