Sometimes honest and stubborn inst the opposite of being dishonest and manipulative, that would be deceitfull, dishonest implies that she used it for her own benefit but that would not make sense with the current situation since Sakura had nothing to gain being with Naruto at that time with her unresolved feelings for Naruto and her love for Sasuke.
Manipulative : People can be manipulative with an stubborn expression so sometimes it's the same thing.
About the interview, i'm not sure if it was altered or not, i just dont think he mean that she was honest and said the truth i stick with the fact he depicted an honest and stubborn girl on the confession in her action but not her words.
She acted stubbornish because she knew Naruto knows that she loves Sasuke and the extent of her feeligns but she acted like he didnt knew it and it was some childhood crush, just like the "honest" expression on where she said "i love you", "stop chasing Sasuke" and "I dont care about Sasuke anymore" .
That's incorrect, for NS to be canon still needs more development from Sakura's side, on the moment Sakura showed her feelings for Sasuke during the summit, it already nullified the confession.
You cant pick 632 and says that the confession was true, is like "in an hipothetical scenario" NS becomes canon in the end and then claim that on Sakura's confession for Sasuke on part 1 that she's lying.
At the confession moment she wasnt in love with Naruto and still had her feelings for Sasuke, and you cant pick further chapters to prove otherwise because the summit kills any interpretations that she said the truth there.
I don't agree with the bolded part at all.
It doesn't nullify the confession because Naruto himself sort of accepted it. The fact that he said to his father that Sakura is "more or less" his girlfriend is linked to her confession. He said so because she said that she loves him but they are not technically together yet.
Edited by Otaru, 29 April 2014 - 12:24 AM.