Assuming the translation is correct, Kishi essentially said that he deliberately avoided writing a reason for Sakura to like Sasuke because he couldn't think of a legitimate one. He's basically left with:
1) She likes him because he's the most popular guy in school
2) She likes him because he's (according to every female character who ever crossed his path) "hot"
And my favorite reason:
3) She likes him because Ino likes him and she's pursuing him to spite Ino
Sakura is doing exactly what she accuses Naruto of doing in The Last, chasing after somebody in an act of competition with a rival. But thanks to retcon no jutsu, we know that Naruto is so stupid that he can't differentiate the feeling of love for a person from the love of a cup of ramen. Thus Sakura's unreasonable and inexplicable addiction (Kishi's own description) to Sasuke is now "true love" while Naruto only "liked" Sakura to spite Sasuke... who never gave a damn about her in the first place. In fact, considering he's never been able to think of a valid reason for Sakura to like Sasuke, how in the world could he hope to explain how a guy who never showed any affection for her in 698 chapters out of a 700 chapter story is supposed to suddenly fall in love with and marry her?
Ironically, with the silly flashback scene where Sasuke rescued a young Karin in the Forest of Death, Karin has a more legitimate reason for being in love with Sasuke than Sakura does.
And everybody wonders why Gaiden was such a train wreck...
Edited by Nicholas Wolfwood, 20 July 2015 - 04:20 AM.