Ohh, I have no idea, other than the scene with Naruto transformed into Sasuke, I got nothing. Anything that borderline not horrible about SS happened in part 1, and even those things were pretty terrible. When it came to Sasuke in part 1, Sakura was selfish, materialistic, single minded, and tried extremely hard to change herself. When it came to Sakura in part 1, Sasuke was rude, cruel, (at least borderline) emotionally abusive. SS was never all that, if Sasuke had shown to returned her feelings at the end of part 1 or at some time during part 2, it would be understandable. Honestly, I think what's keeping SS alive isn't even Sakura's remaining feelings for her ideal vision of Sasuke, but Naruto's reluctance to confess/seriously try to woo Sakura. Naruto is already Sakura's priority at this point, that's been evident since the events of the Tenchi bridge, but she doesn't know it, Naruto doesn't know it, and Naruto hasn't yet acted in such a way to get Sakura to think about her feelings for him (he's been holding back).
Hm.. yeah , you do bring a nice point . He is keeping his feelings bottled up, so that explains more or less the situation that is at hand. Though i believe that he hides his feelings due respect for hers for Sasuke ,he still thinks that she can love only him , but then again he called her his GF something he hasn't done in late part 1 , so maybe she has lift the ''burden'' off his shoulders?Dunno , but i am positively sure something has changed, i mean he was holding back till 631..
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed.
You grasped the concept perfectly. The best way to put this is that the two were made for each other. I mean, literally. The moment they realize how each other feels, I can't see NS not happening.
Naruto's death or "apparent" death will very likely have a huge impact, which was even foreshadowed in one of the OVAs, I do not remember exactly which. All I can say is it is possible. But if he does die, man I'll feel bad for Sakura.
OVA 2011 was it , i think ^-^.
Edited by Psychox, 22 September 2013 - 08:56 AM.