Well i think when it comes to the murder attempts its not just the fact that he did it but way he did it . With Sakura it was totally cold blooded , no remorse no reaction to her none whatsoever , its like she didn't even exist to him lol . Now with Karin he didn't have choice he was forced but that's still not an excuse , but at least he remembered who she was he remembered the first time he saw her and the words he told her at same time when Karin was flash backing to that scene . Only that should tell you about the difference between Karin and Sakura when it comes to Sasuke it speaks volumes for itself . And even though i don't like relationships like this at least with SK i can acknowledge that there is some kind of chemistry between them . With SS you don't have even this which is pathetic , you just have Sasuke doesn't give a F for Sakura he didn't even remember her as person , as some one who was maybe at one time close to him as friend and as a team member he didn't even remember this much about her , so what does all of this tell you about their "relationship" , nothing because there wasn't anything between them even to begin with , which is pathetic even to see how this paring is still standing on its feats, it doesn't make any sense , but oh well that's fan-girls for you
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I'm going to be honest, at first I gave SK a chance because I liked that Karin was willing to stand up to Sasuke and he seemed to a least tolerate her more than other girls. I thought, "Maybe this could work, maybe Karin would be good for him," but any liking I may have developed for the pairing has taken a huge nosedive and it now it just doesn't work for me. I don't have it in my to like it, or try to like anymore, even if I can acknowledge that it has a possibility of becoming a canon pairing.
Anyways, for the bolded, I see Sasuke's attempts to kill Sakura sort of like he was just getting rid of an obstacle. She was in the way so he had to get rid of her, nothing more and nothing less. But when it comes to Sasuke stabbing Karin, I have to disagree. No one was forcing Sasuke to do it, he made a choice to kill her in order to get to Danzo. I just can't excuse or justify Sasuke trying to kill Karin but condemn the two attacks on Sakura. And please don't think I'm judging any of the SK fans here - you have your reasons for liking the pairing and I respect that.
For me, SK is not some better alternative to SS. They're not exactly the same, but while Sasuke hasn't really treated Karin as much more than a tool, I do believe that he did once care about Sakura as a teammate, if not as a friend. Cutting off his bond with Sakura was just easier for Sasuke than cutting off his bond with Naruto, but the bond was still there, however small. And yeah, Sasuke did apologize to Karin, and that's a big step for him, what bothers me though is that she just accepts it like that, like it's no big deal. She has zero self respect and it's pathetic and disgusting. Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but Karin, in my opinion, has been made the butt of a really bad joke and I can't take her or SK seriously.
Edited by BakeNeko-Chan, 26 January 2014 - 09:06 PM.