Part of me is a bit worried about the speculations of Sakura "dying" but she won't be killed off for good, Im guessing all these speculations came up as a means of Obitos Rinne Tensi, just because he has it and its lying around waiting to be used.
I for the most part would rather see Obito fully revive Madara for an ultimate battle, basically coming down to the wire and countdown to doom. However there can always be Obito's redemption. Its just with sakura dying even temporarily, well we would need to be prepped to take some harrassment for it, but even then right after her "death" maybe Obito would resolve to use it to redeem himself and truely show that Madara it alone in his own hate, by reviving Sakura. If he sees himself in Naruto and Rin in Sakura, he would give Naruto the chance he never had with Rin. Maybe Naruto can get the rinne tensei too if the rinnegan does awaken within him.
This would make the sakura and anti-ns haters go from "yay she is dead" to "WTF Kishi? You revived her and not Neji?" That would be the ultimate annoyance to them.
But in my opinion, I would rather not see Sakura die, even this late in. I mean she is still ordinary, this is a universe where best genes give you the best powers, I would at least like it if her being part of the normal group, is able to live and have endured beyond most others to have survived simply due to her skills and intellengce.
Also Sakura cannot die for good, rather anyone for team 7. Its near the end of the series, when main characters are killed off, someone is usually around to pick up the "mantle" and continue what they did. Well there is no one following Sakura now is there? Hinata cannot asend to heroine in the end of the story, in fact this is not only the final battle for her but most of the other characters in the series too. Sakura has a support role in Naruto vs Sasuke at least. So if Hinata became the heroine, what heroine duties are there for her to accomplish since the ten tails threat has been stopped? Thats the point, there is too much involved with Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke for any of them to die for good.
If Sakura "dies" haters would leap all over it and laugh, but only frown and become angry after a revival via rinne tensi. Guess anyone can relay this to tumblr too: Sakura is a main character, she is the heroine, she is highly involved in the story, she won't be killed for good just so that NH could happen. Part of the story of team 7 is surpassing their older generations, accomplishing what their predisessors failed in, kinda like succeed where hashirama, Madara, team Sannin, team Minato, Itachi, Nagato, etc all the places that others failed in, team 7 should succeed in. The Naruto vs Sasuke fight is not complete unless Sakura is present, you cannot have team 7 without Sakura. Its very late in the story, the ten tails fight will start this week, if Sakura dies who is suddenly going to replace her? Hinata, don't make me laugh, does she have a reason for a sudden powerup? I give kishi a little slack with the Sakura powerup even if its just "trained by Sannin BS," but its BS that makes sense. Ino and tenten sure arn't going to get any spotling soon, they don't have the power to match the current fight. She is important no matter how you cut it. In fact if Sakura did die for good, NS and SS are not the only ones hurt, NH would be hurt too, just as Sasuke is the goal of hokage and Sakura for Naruto, how do you think Naruto would feel if he could not save Sakura or yet complete the promise to her? It was the only thing she ever asked him, the promise of a lifetime. So how could he even stand to go for Hinata or even any girl if the one girl he promised somthing to, loving her or not, actually died and he could never fulfill her wish? Thats the point. If Sakura dies for good, all pairings die. Yet haters think Naruto is totally focused on Hinata, he is not. It remains simple, just as Sasuke is his goal for hokage and Sakura, Sakura is his goal for the promise and love. If she died, would you think Naruto would ever think himself worthy of hokage or any other girl for that matter? Remember what he constantly said to Sasuke and a few others a few times in the series, "how can I be hokage if I can't even save one friend?" This would if anything apply to Sakura too. Yes Neji died and it was shocking to him, he was aware of the choice and sacrifice Neji made, but Neji did that on his own free will, Naruto didn't have any lingering promises or vows on anyone else besides himself and Sakura now did he? He has a personal vow for Sakura and to himself by the promise. Naruto accepted Neji's sacrifice, but he would never accept his own failure. Besides, this is Naruto we are talking about, he saved Sakura 2 times already, (maybe 3 if she is included with the rest of the village during pain). At this point, Im willing to bet Naruto would defy death itself to save Sakura, remember what Sakura said, "When people told him it was impossible, he always proved them wrong again and again." Should there be a Sakura "death" I'm prepared but hey theres a rinne tensei laying around and as much as others would want Neji back, sorry, Its team 7's story, not team 7 plus Hinata or neji. Because the whole aspect of these things, Sakura is not going to get axed no matter how much some haters want it. I'm ready to endure the ridcule of her "death" but hey theres a reason Obito, Rin, and Kakashi parallel Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke respectively. Talk no jutsu has worked wonders in the past, it will again. Simply put, Naruto is going to save Sakura even from freaking death itself. :omg:
Edited by Inferno180, 26 May 2013 - 03:16 PM.
That is the most positive moment of his response to her, I think.
