So, simply very curious, but what is everyone's opinion on the "Sai's flashback of Naruto's 'confession' happened before Hinata's confession" argument? It seems a lot of people are clinging to this as if it actually means anything, and I'm just dying to be a prat about it because of simply how ridiculous it even sounds to suggest something like that.
It's not just that the argument sounds ridiculous to me (how can Sai's assessment of Sakura "loving Sasuke so much she must save him from himself" be valid when a flashback where Naruto admits his own feelings not be?), but how it implies that Naruto doesn't seem to know what or who he wants that really makes me want to rub my skin raw. Now, I realize that this has been more or less the implication behind a lot of Anti-NaruSaku arguments (especially in regards to pro-NaruHina arguments), but how can anyone honestly deceive themselves into thinking this way? If this were the case, if Naruto honestly didn't know how he felt about Sakura anymore or if his feelings for Sakura really did disperse so easily after Hinata's confession, then why would Kishimoto have brought it to light in the first place? There were a lot of roads that Kishimoto could have taken to drive the plot to where it was after 469 and still have it end the same way - he didn't have to elaborate on it and could have given it a startling disappearing act for good - and yet he chose to make mention of Naruto's romantic interest in Sakura. Why are people brushing it off as if it really doesn't mean anything, and why on earth would they think Sakura lying to Naruto's face would have any detrimental effect on Naruto and how he feels for Sakura?
OK, this post didn't turn out how I wanted it to.
The, er...."best" reasoning I've heard for why the sequence of events may lead to Naruto's feelings for Sakura dwindling is something like this:
--Kishi purposely addressed Naruto's personal reasons for not telling Sakura his feelings as a way to show us that the romantic aspect of their relationship wasn't going anywhere because of Naruto. This is beneficial to NH because it opens the possibility of Naruto giving Hinata some focus instead.
--He followed this up with Sai confronting Sakura about the failed promise as a means to segue into Sakura actively bringing up the topic of romance with Naruto. Beneficial to NH because now the other party (Sakura) is on her way to showing that an NS romance won't be happening.
--Sakura's confession, as well as Naruto's reaction of denial and disbelief, was to be taken as Kishi's way of saying, "See, neither of them is really into this and they're both reacting negatively and out-of-sync with each other." Beneficial to NH because obviously it's meant to be viewed as the death of NS, and leaves an opening for Hinata's confession to come back into play later on.
It's faulty, has plenty of holes to poke at, and seems to only takes things based on the surface of each event; I will give it tiny props, though, for at least trying to look at the plot as a whole rather than taking favorable chunks to focus on.
As for why people may take Sai's assessment of Sakura still loving Sasuke as hands-down fo' sho' while doubting the flashback to Naruto's feelings, it may have to do with people assuming that
because it was a flashback, it shows Naruto's feelings as being in the past and staying there, whereas Sai's statement is in the present and should be taken as confirmation of the way things currently are.
*shrug* I don't agree with any of it, but from what I've seen around other forums, this seems to be a general view of how recent pairing-related events have gone down and what they're meant to tell us.
Edit--Well kitten, Soupy! Way to be faster
and have better things to say! XD
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