When Sakura confessed to Naruto. He got mad at what she said about sasuke not about the actual confession.
I see a-lot of people saying that Sakura was lying in her confession to Naruto and that's why Naruto gets pissed. And yes she was lying about Sasuke and her reason for why she made the choice to confess to Naruto at that exact point and time. However the point of this thread is that Sakura is not a total b*tch and the reason she did confess to Naruto was to protect him and she did mean a-lot of the things she said to Naruto about why she loves him in the confession.
First lets take a look at why she confessed to Naruto. Was it just so Naruto would break his promise to her so she could go take matters into her own hands and kill Sasuke? or was it because she desperately does not want to see some one she loves hurt. The Main Reason she went to confess to Naruto is because what Sai said about Naruto really loving her: And because Sasuke and her promise are making Naruto suffer:
Now people seem to think that Sakura changed her mind about Sasuke because he is a criminal now that hato be put down, but this is a lie. She wants to kill Sasuke now because he is hurting Naruto and she wanting Sasuke back is also hurting naruto. So the whole reason she confessed was so that her feelings about wanting Sasuke back would be erased from naruto's mind that way he would not think he needs to keep his promise, so she no longer hurts naruto. The reason she wants to kill Sasuke is so that Sasuke no longer hurts Naruto.
So she wants to kill Sasuke out of her love for him and Naruto
You might say isn't Sakura going to extreme lengths to want to prevent harm to naruto. Well yeah, but remember before Sai's speech she was perfectly content in having Sasuke stay a criminal and chasing after Sasuke with Naruto in order to save him. So obviously what's changed is that her feelings for not wanting to see Naruto hurt are compelling her to act this way. This isn't the first time she has acted irrationally in responce to something that hurts naruto. For example in chapter 261, Jinchuriki she lashes out at Chiyo about the pain Jinchuriki are made to go through:Another more important instance might be when she asks to learn Yamato's Bijuu controlling abilities and Yamato hints that she loves naruto: And in the better Yamato actually says this: "You know Sakura, I can tell just by looking at you.
You really l-"
Notice the "l-" that indicates Yamato is about to Sakura loves Naruto.
So in reality its pretty un-fair to say that Sakura's confessions is because she doesn't love Naruto when in reality she does love Naruto. The reason she confessed is because she doesn't want to see him hurt. She is constantly moved to tears every time to she see's him hurt and she can do nothing. She feels like this is the first time she can actually do something by releasing him from her promise and killing Sasuke even if it cost her her life that way Naruto will no longer be hurt by her or Sasuke. I would go so far as to say even if Sakura herself doesn't realize it most of her actions currently are not out of her love for Sasuke, but out of her love for naruto.
Sure she also has feelings for Sasuke and she lied about not caring for him anymore and thats why she wants to be the person who kills him and her alone, but at the same time her main drive to accomplish her current missions is not her feelings for Sasuke, but her feelings for Naruto.
I also don't believe that Sakura was lying about the reasons why she loves naruto because she is shown blushing and all of the things she says make sense:
Lets break this down Sakura Says that She feels safe when Naruto is around like she can be at peace. Well who was it she called out for during the Pain fight was it Sasuke nope it was naruto:
She says she admired him as the man who protect the village as its hero and of course this is support by this scene:
So as i have been saying though Sakura lied about sasuke she did not lie about loving Naruto. She is a b*tch in the sense that she lied about not loving Sasuke and she made the choice to confess to naruto then, but i think that her confession and her character is not really as big of a b*tch as some people make her out to be.
She did all this to prevent Naruto from being hurt so she truly does love Naruto and it has been suggested several times that she loves him romantically especially by Yamato so that part of her confession is real. The reasons she states that she loves naruto in her confession are also very real as well(In-fact more real then the reason she loves Sasuke). So i don't see Sakura as a total b*tch, in-fact i respect some of the motivation for her current actions(though not all of her motivation as i will never understand why she loves Sasuke that much). But in the end the thing about Sakura is right now she does not know who she loves more Sasuke or Naruto though i think her actions clearly suggest its Naruto yet she has not come to terms with her feelings for him yet.
Because as i said she is doing all of this for the most part for Naruto. She is killing Sasuke the other guy she loves primarly for Naruto. Though i'm sure she is also doing it because she loves sasuke so she feels its his loved ones responsibility to put him down, but the reason she made the choice that this was the correct course of action was to protect Naruto.
So Yeah i don't think Sakura is as detestable as people are making her out to be. The Timing of her confession and her lying about Sasuke was in some ways detestable, but her motivation to protect Naruto i find pretty honorable and i think that this will be exposed more as time goes on during 2010 and thats what Kishi means by he will now show Sakura as a heroin.
That is exactly why I DO HAVE A FREAKING PROBLEM WITH THE ENDING.
Up till that confession, Sakura was just getting closer and closer from Naruto. Then when she said it, she had it play in her mind(she even blush in it. If it were purely platonic, she wouldn't) When Naruto reject, she's pissed and she goes to plan B. Kill Sasuke which she still can do, she loved him too. What that chapter show is that she had mixted feeling. She loved them both
What you expected as story progress, is that she had to choose 1 of them (Naruto by showing her she doesn't have a futur with Sasuke). And the manga show that with the random guy love letter, that put her feeling for Sasuke in perspective ( what was the point if not). Then you have when Sasuke arrive, she felt like she can't trust him (no trust for a guy you love, bad start in my book). While we show Naruto appear to save her, Minato showing that she look like Kushina and basically ask her to take care of Naruto. You got the CPR scene (which seem to make her express some of her feeling without calling it love) She just said hat she want to protect his life and his dream no matter what basically. Promisme him that everything will be fine, That doesn't look like love. Kakashi said twice she doesn't havwe romantic feeling toward Sasuke. When I say I love you toward a family member, it's not romantic ( 693 ) . We talk about the good old days as team 7 and we even got Sasuke think about his own family.Plus he state that he doesn't want to play romance and never understand why she like him, befor Kakashi put him in perspective. Naruto before going after Sasuke refer to the promise he made to Sakura.
I mean if NH was the only asspull, I'll still be mad. Because toward the course of the story we just need a bench scene to make NS canon. My problem was 699 where everything was throw out of the window and it's all about Sasuke's redemption. Naruto doesn't even talk to anyone else. He never brought the promise to Sakura nor Sakura to him. Everyone regress. It's like a big reset. Forget everything you think you know, it's not gonna happen. SS happening make NH 10 times worst, because it shows that Sakura must be taken so NH could happen. It kill every character we follow, and though I made a post like this maybe 5 times, I'm still pissed. It still doesn't make any sense.
I didn't even mention the whole Sasuke's a**hole attitude and the genjutsu and the stab through her to get an attack. We even see her thinking that Sasuke doesn't care. And Kishi dare say that she's his most realistic character. I believe that until 699. WTF. I still love NAruto and Sakura as character. Kishi raped them, but they're not at fault, their the victim.
The real main villain in Naruto was Hinata (how does she fit in a ninja world seriously) and Kishi's love for Sasuke.
Sry guys if I'm still on this.
Edited by archangel, 15 November 2014 - 11:41 AM.