, whoawhat? o__o I never heard this. Source?
I agree with you about the redemption through ObiRin parallel thing, but what do you mean by 'canon' in this instance? That it would be like, beyond obvious that NS is endgame or that Sakura will have confirmed her feelings at the time of the ObiRin parallel confirmation? Cause I'm definitely with you on the former, but I think it's perfectly possible to make the ObiRin parallel without making NS technically canon.
#1 Sakura is on a safe distance compared ot the tree, and she has the seal, three strong healers and Minato and chakra cloak, which obviously makes her virtually immortal, stabbing wont kill her.
#2 Obito only has obliteration jutsus and he's not going to focuses on a single person so if he relatiation will be something huge that Minato can counter with his jutsu and other kages can take care of it, he's not going to search for Sakura and kill her for no reason.
#3 Sakura dying would imply last words and even the possibility of Naruto confessing due to his will to not have regrets( and even the possibility of Sakura saying i love you to Naruto as last words and etc...)
#4 if it to happen must be obviously a hardcore death either Sakura being obliterated or head being cut which i strongly believe it wont happen.( to avoid NaruSaku interaction)
#5 Madara is obviously going to go in the middle of the fight, and tries to steal the juubi giving the chance to setting the juubi free once again and then Kishi's spoiler come true, the bijuus being released from the Juubi then they together defeat the Juubi.
For me Obi/Rin obviously is the only plausible way to redeem Obito(because you cant compare Neji's death to a death of a love interest it's ridiculous) but i dont see it coming due to "NS canon" and Sakura's "immortality" and the insane ammount of defensive jutsus and the kages have.
On my opinion Naruto is the one who will die, either by being betrayed by Sasuke or sacrificing himself, Obito might want to see Naruto surpassing or due to his will(because it also parallels to Obito when he died and the whole "world of losers"), might use Edo Rinne Tensei to ressurrect Naruto.
What's the general opinion on how Kishi has handled Sakura's feelings for Sasuke?
I know Kishi will make Sakura get over Sasuke before the end, otherwise her character arc would end in failure, but I sometimes worry about how well he'll make the execution.
Bad executed or doing it on purpose.
He wrote himself into a corner or he's very smart because it reached a point where Sakura may have let her feelings go but there's problem into SS.
It reached a status quo because she knows Naruto loves her, and she really took those feelings in consideration to a point that she's even willing to return Naruto's feelings to not hurt him.
So all the bad things that SS happened leads to 540 where the "great guy"(where is more about personality than actions and stuff) thing played it's role but the fact is that SS is so ridiculous that he literally forced himself to hide Sakura's feelings purposely because he acknowledges that it ruins her character, it's not about pairing suspense it's just that it's unbelievable she has feelings for Sasuke.
So it's kinda obvious that if he reveals that she still loves him, i predict disappointment and more bashing.
) in my ship. That's all. 
