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[NarutoIzDaMan]

Am I the only one who seriously wants to know EXACTLY the reason WHY Sakura won't let go, especially considering her crush was superficial as all hell?! 

 

It literally makes no goddamn sense for her to long for this kitten head. 

I think Kishi deliberately made Sasuke question that very same thing cuz he knows readers all over the world have been asking this very same question for YEARS now; and now hopefully it will be addressed shortly within the next few chapters.

[manbeast101]

This chapter annoyed me a bit, I wanted to see Naruto beat Sasuke, not more dialog.

 

Also, Sakura's part annoyed me a bit, but I'm not going to explain, because others have already.

 

I am still 100% NaruSaku, but the words could have been different.

 

And I know past tense was used. I just wanted things to be said differently, but I ain't going to complain, because it won't get anywhere.

[Change]

It's from the transcript as well, not just a blog. Rikudo and a few others said it, I'm just bringing up what they said.

Can you link it to me? I'm not about to search all those pages

[Shadow1275]

Am I the only one who seriously wants to know EXACTLY the reason WHY Sakura won't let go, especially considering her crush was superficial as all hell?! 

 

It literally makes no goddamn sense for her to long for this kitten head. 

That's the question of the century. Nothing about Sakura's love for Sasuke makes sense. NOTHING

[Gojira]

Am I the only one who seriously wants to know EXACTLY the reason WHY Sakura won't let go, especially considering her crush was superficial as all hell?! 

 

It literally makes no goddamn sense for her to long for this kitten head. 

Because he's just so cool.

[potat0es]

I find it kind of disturbing that Kakashi would so actively advocate Sakura's completely one-sided and emotionally and physically damaging love for Sasuke. Like I know that he's probably doing it to try and convince him from carrying out his plan, but still.

 

Like what is Sasuke supposed to do, drop all his plans and surrender, and then start magically reciprocating the love of the girl he has no feelings for and has tried to kill several times via a hand through the heart?

 

Kakashi should know how self-destructive Sakura's love for Sasuke is, and yet I just can't....I don't understand Kishi. Everything is just a mess. Maybe I should just accept that Sasuke is god in this story, and anything he does to or against you, it is YOUR privilege that he decided to kill/stab/betray/steal-yo-girl/threaten you.

 

I've got a pretty high tolerance for things, but I've about had it with these flimsy reasons.

[Sedna]

I can just smell all the Sakura bashing Sakura will get.

[Lilac]

Can you link it to me? I'm not about to search all those pages

Took me a while to find it! But here's the translation.

 

Here is for you and anyone who is interested: 

 

Sakura: "I know that the truth is that there is nothing in me that I can do, even though I love you...! Even though I care that much about Sasuke-kun...!!"

"But... But Sauske-kun! Even a little, if there's still even a little of me in your heart, please! Please don't go any further! If we stay together forever*... Some day, we could go back in the past (we could look like we were in the past)"

*"Together forever" is not necessarily refering to her and Sasuke only, I think it's more about Team7

 

Kakashi: "That girl that could have been killed by you... Even now, she's crying tears thinking about you... That's because she suffers loving you/her love for you makes her suffer"

 

To me, it doesn't sound bad for NS or good for SS. 

[Michi]

well love is like a drug soooo, it pretty much kittens up your brain. Scientific fact unfortunately.

[HauntedCake]

Am I the only one who seriously wants to know EXACTLY the reason WHY Sakura won't let go, especially considering her crush was superficial as all hell?! 

 

It literally makes no goddamn sense for her to long for this kitten head. 

this is the killer question. I'm very interested in what she has to come up with when it comes to allowing sasuke to attempt to kil her over and over, mock and spit on her and then still says she love him

[FreakySandra1995]

Alright then how can we recover from a blow like this?

What can Kishi do to fix this so NS wins over NH? 

We already won over them. Really, we have talked just some time ago that Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke but SUDDENLY it's such a big deal for everybody. 

There are enough ways to make NS canon in a beievable way. Just Sakura being in a Genjutsu opens a lot of opportunities. I've read the Story of Jiraiya, where the stituation was hella similiar. Kishi SHOWED that he is capable of letting the girl choose the right guy. She has to make a decicion someday, and Sasuke killing her in the Genjutsu surely didin't improved what she thinks of Sasuke. 

I guess people here are a bit pissed because they don't like that we will become canon that way, but really, it's not a bad way of settling things. Some are whing because "Naruto's only second medal". I thought that reading the manga showed that Naruto is INDEED Sakuras priority. 

It really pisses me of that now some people in here seem to think we are like NH. We are NOT. We've had plenty of development Naruto and Hinata hadn't- Just LOOK at the Build up! 

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Took me a while to find it! But here's the translation.

Uh, but I actually want the source of the translation though

[dragonflyx11]

I can just smell all the Sakura bashing Sakura will get.

wouldn't it be easier to just say bashing, lol "sakura bashing sakura will get" sorry i had a good laugh at that one   

[LadyGT]

At this point I know we just have to wait. I'm still confident in Narusaku 100% but I know that it won't be resolved until the very end.

In the meantime I will finish my FT doujinshi and take a little break, I will try to come sometimes when the water is calm.

[luffyq1]

I can just smell all the Sakura bashing Sakura will get.

It's a whole different ball game on NF. They're having a field day there.

[MangaReader]

What if Naruto's caught in a Genjutsu...?

[NaruSaku fan in Kentucky]

It's a whole different ball game on NF. They're having a field day there.

Which is why I joined this site.

[Sedna]

wouldn't it be easier to just say bashing, lol "sakura bashing sakura will get" sorry i had a good laugh at that one

Gahhh, sorry!!

[potat0es]

I don't feel angry with Sakura, because this goes beyond her character. This is a flaw of every character, and every aspect of this plot that in a weird way Kishimoto is acknowledging and lampshading? "I don't understand what she sees in me," is pretty much the most accurate description of this whole thing. Except, replace "she" with team 7. Sakura's main fault here is that she's a victim of the plot like anyone else--the plot around Sasuke. She needs to have these intense emotions she can't let go of, in order to make it so that she can forgive Sasuke.

 

I don't forget that Sakura had shown wavering faith in Sasuke. I don't forget that she attempted to kill him herself because it seemed the right thing to do. I don't forget that she isn't happy and complicit about the action Sasuke has taken. I don't forget that she's so different from Karin, who sexualizes him and goes back to his side on the basis of an apology. Sakura is fighting to get Sasuke back on the right path--and she feels sad that he's turned into what he is now. She is still one of the best characters for me. I don't regret being a Sakura fan because I know who she is and who she has been from this point. 

 

It's "not Sakura's fault" because it's not as if the writing had been leading up to this point. It is the fault of the author for going against what has been established in order to fulfill some sort of goal for Sasuke. Everyone therefore is at fault--Naruto, Kakashi, Karin, Orochimaru, Itachi, the Sage, anyone who's ever contributed a word to this ridiculous notion that the unsubstantiated feelings toward Sasuke are worth anything. The reincarnation, the arguments about "love and hatred", the attempts at drawing strange parallels, it's all rather ridiculous.

 

To quote Sakura, "I'm pretty tired from it all,". The reason I had more hopes for Sakura was because she was in the dissenting party. Her 'uneasy smile' still burns in my mind. I hope this genjutsu gives her an moment to finally work past this and reason out this toxic relationship. As to not saying anything to Naruto--it's not like Sasuke gave her a chance. Also, Sasuke is the problematic one. The reason why Naruto has to fight in the first place is because of Sasuke and his stupid ideas for becoming hokage. It makes sense to address him in an attempt to stop him... though she should have known better. "If you have any feeling in your heart for me you would do this" well guess what, he didn't do it. 

 

Even if NaruSaku doesn't happen, I think all of us here know it's not because it wasn't the logical conclusion. It's not because the manga did not support it and we were blind. We'll know it's because the writing did not follow through. Because for some reason, Kishimoto favoured Sasuke above Naruto and Sakura. It's why these characters are the victims of stunted or even regressed development; because Sasuke has to be loved. 

 

I super LIKE and couldn't agree more.

 

All of Sakura's development and all of the evidence from the manga for NS are still clear as day in my mind. The only complaint is that recent events seem to be so bad because with all of the things that were leading up to this point, it just doesn't make any sense. Kishi, unfortunately, has always been letting his favoritism of Sasuke get in the way of his writing. That's why he can only drop super ambiguous hints from time to time, but can never follow through, because Sasuke always takes priority.

[TheFirstEvil100]

It's a whole different ball game on NF. They're having a field day there.

well just shows Kishi doesn't give two sh*** about Sakura really.