Actually, Naruto knew she loved Sasuke and she showed it in front of him a few hours before leaving the village there's no way she would simply drop that and be genuine towards him.The bitter cherry on top is when Sai tells Naruto that Sakura is prepared for Naruto to hate her forever because of her decision. Here again, the implication is that Naruto's well being is important, but not necessarily his feelings.
About the last statement "romantically feelings" were never respected on this story because that leaves the implication, if Naruto respects Sakura's feelings then he should do the same with Hinata and Lee and other characters would do the same, like example Sakura respecting Ino's feelings despite she because she her best friend and etc...
In fact Naruto witnessed Sakura's smile and how she was happy around Naruto, it inst about respecting feelings but common sense, he loves her and wants her to be happy and unfortunately for him he always saw Sakura being happy around Sasuke.
According to mangareader's version he said it was a guess so i didnt took it in consideration.Sai makes it clear that Sakura could have let Shikamaru and the others take care of Sasuke, but Sakura chose instead to risk Naruto's love for her turning into hate because she wanted to take the burden of her love for Sasuke off Naruto and back onto herself. It was a choice -- an atonement -- for Naruto's well being and to repay his devotion to her, but also because she loves Sasuke.
In summary, Sai basically says:
+ Sakura never intended to confess her love to Naruto.
+ Sakura was thinking of Naruto's well being, but she loves Sasuke.
+ Sakura was willing to let Naruto hate her forever.
* Those three things are in contrast to Sakura's own words to Naruto about her feelings. That's why I say that it is Sai's explanation that made Sakura's confession seem false.
I think it made it heroic, because she sacrificed everything she could including her feelings, her love all this for Naruto's wellbeing but the one thing you missed Sakura's feelings of guilty and the burden she forced into Naruto despite being innocent of that because she was just 12.Considering it's likely that more fans interpret Sakura's confession as false than true -- and I'm not talking about just the haters; we have NS fans on this site who believe it was false -- it's also likely that in terms of swaying public opinion, Sai's comments made Sakura look worse not better.
She idnt do a confession for the sake of love but rather the goals she intended to achieve, she cares too much about Naruto and it's "love" but it's not the sme type of love she has for Sasuke or Naruto has for her, not the romantically love.
Sakura can love Naruto on that way however she has to resolve her own stuff and Naruto has to acknowledge her otherwise it wont work.
The problem is that the statement brings a strong contradiction, she cant love Naruto on the same way she loves Sasuke without resolving her feelings for Sasuke and further without falling in love with Naruto.Now....
As I have said many, many, MANY times out here, I personally do not believe Sakura was false in the confession of her feelings for Naruto. I think she does love Naruto more in every way than she does Sasuke, and she chose to move forward with Naruto. She made the choice between the two without hesitation, and made it clear she had been getting things wrong and didn't want to screw up anymore.
Also she was unable to kill Sasuke despite knowing it was for Naruto and Kishimoto on the interview distinguished by saying that Naruto is close and she cares about him aswell but as expected she loves Sasuke.
She was being logical and not doing it out of love, she only concluded that Naruto was the better choice but she was doing it for Naruto not her.
Naruto does love Sakura and that's why he could not accept it, he knew that she had feelings for Sasuke but he knows that the truth, the harsh truth is that she loves that guy and there's nothing he can do about it.
He cant accept her plan to pretend that she's in love with Naruto when he's not.
It's sorry for my the phrase, it's ridiculous for a character to have moved on like that off-panel to suddenly pulls out "i finally realized that i love you and etc.." it doenst make sense.
Anyway i respect your opinion but i dont agree with it.
Shikamaru convinced her Sasuke needed to be stopped, even if it meant killing him, and sought Team 7's permission -- a right of first refusal kind of thing. What we were shown was Sakura accepting the responsibility for killing Sasuke because she knew Naruto would never allow it, and she could atone for what she had put him through by taking care of it herself -- for Naruto's sake. Sakura's decision had nothing to do with Sasuke, or loving Sasuke, at least as far as readers were shown.
But that's not what Sai reported. Instead Sai said she chose Naruto's well being above all else, and chose to be the one to kill Sasuke herself because of her love for him and the trouble it has caused Naruto -- even if Naruto would hate her forever.
He says " i had no idea but if i had to guess" that nullifies any statement made by Sai further this page.
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So in a way it's not to be taken in consideration at least according to mangareader's version.
Later
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"if the only way to do it is to kill him with her own hands, i believe she's prepared to do it"
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"I think it's the only way..."
Sai uses "vague" words to explain what Sakura's is going to do, in fact he's giving his opinion and guessing what Sakura is doing but it's not the truth only Sakura's actions explains that which happens on the summit that's the impression mangareader's version gives.
Edited by Dαrkrєrsŧ, 14 March 2014 - 10:32 PM.
) Sasuke. And I think it was also shown in the manga though I don't know which chapter. Anyways, I think this is one of the points Kishi would put up if at all the manga is turning to NS. On the other hand, she is at her best when she is with Naruto. Heck! She even goes beyond best. She dosen't need to bottle up her emotions, be something she dosen't want to and the best part she can be her true self(inner self) when she's with Naruto because she knows whatever happens Naruto won't leave her and will always accept her however she is irrespective of what other people say about her. She in the 'true sense' is happy with Naruto. I don't know why she is still clinging on to Sasuke but IMO she has almost given up on him. Now, I maybe wrong on this part but that's what that 'fake smile' and 'The image of Sasuke burning' part said. And, one more point I would like to make here is people say that Sakura hasen't found out about Sasuke's condition so she cannot go to him. Well, even if she had found out about Sasuke, she would still go to Naruto because whether from 'romantic' perspective or not Naruto means a lot to her, probably even something more than Sasuke and that is one thing we can surely deduce from the confession part. The next turn up of events would be very very interesting to watch and the answers to all our questions will be given and that's for sure!
