I don't disagree but it's a stretch for me to say that BoruSara is a NaruSaku alternative. Sarada has some of Sakura's tendencies but at this point in time she has so much more depth than Sakura had at around the same time and age. Even when Sasuke wasn't around part 1, he was ALWAYS on her mind and the topic of conversation for her and that was literally ALL that was associated with her and the only thing anyone ever mentioned when it came to her. Sarada is crushing on Boruto but the focus on it isn't nearly as bad as it was with Sakura. I can't even call her Sakura 2.0, I don't see the similarities if we're not talking about their crushes and the degree of their infatuation. She reminds me more of Sasuke than Sakura.
I don't know. There's a lot of ship tease with BoruSara but we all thought the same thing about NaruSaku and we see how that turned out. Then there's that BoruSumi thing looming nearby. On second thought, maybe BoruSara is another NaruSaku.
Hahaha. Granted. But their is another difference between NS and BS is that manner as well. NS was -until the ending- the canon pairing while people had mixed feeling about the characters that was largely accepted among the fanbase; except for some factions of SS and nH. which is why it was consider shocking to most of the world when it didn't happened and feels like a major reason for why the Naruto franchise has collapse around the world. Also while nH had some moments was never considered -outside of some factions- as likely to happen which is why it happening was such a surprise as well.
As for BS/BS. While it is true that Bolt Salad is the clear intended pairing just for how the story is going. The fact that nH happened in Naruto, SP are huge fans of Hinata even pushed for nH, and the illustrator is also a fan of Hinata. Make Bolt and the Clone more likely to happen. Making this while lopsided depending how you look at it competition. Also instead of it just being a small vocal minority obsessed with this stuff; now it is the entire fanbase because that all that's left. The SS want Salad as the love interest because SS has no relevance otherwise. While nH want the Clone because they want the romantic story to go along with their fantasies they never got from Naruto.
Sakura wasn't always obsessed with Sasuke in part 1, thought it did sometime feel like that was the case. Sakura when she was interacting with Naruto in part one tended to be bossy or concerned, while in part two age and a growing friendship soften her also long as she didn't get mad. Bolt and Salad don't have a strong enough friend for Salad to behave entirely like Sakura in part two. Also while I haven't watched the anime in a while, I have read all the manga chapters, in the manga her character revolves around acting sexy, her feeling toward Bolt, some interactions with Cups -mainly about her feeling towards bolt-, a fight to show she isn't dead weight like her mother was at that age, and being sexually attracted to bolt. As for Sasuke, he was to much of an introvert in the group, while Salad inherited his bluntness (though again Sakura could sometime behave like that as well) and some of his coldness, she behaves more like Sakura 2.0 with some traits from Sasuke & Karin. Then a female Sasuke that has Sakura as her mother.
Also one more thing this new team is based of less the old team 7 but part two team 7. Bolt is a spoiled bratty Naruto, Salad is a blunter Sakura, and Cups is more of a kiss ass then even Sai every was.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 09 January 2018 - 07:27 AM.