Wow. After seeing the first half of the chapter, I was definitely not expecting that truck-load of feels that crashed into me by the end - at Naruto and Minato's farewell. Eyes got so teary before I could even stop them...and I was at work too...smh
That tease though... Kishi still can't put this to rest, eh? I was so excited that I thought Naruto might've turned and looked towards Sakura as he said that in the next page when I first read through. But well, it felt like with the way he was saying it, (imo) he was like this close to mentioning Sakura anyway.
As for the confession, I think next one should be Naruto's turn. Since Sakura was the one to say it last time, it would be much harder for her to muster up to a "possible" second rejection. (Not saying that Naruto will, but that's what people are usually afraid of in these situations.) So the next time, will probably be Naruto's turn (finally) to confess to her...probably after he goes and confesses to Sasuke has his final battle with Sasuke.
Gonna be excited/so sad to see this chapter get animated though.
Just hoping Sakura can give Naruto another hug to comfort him in the next chapter though.