While madara popping in targeting sakura is sudden, its just that her getting killed so quickly and swiftly would be well, an anticlimax. I mean I wouldnt go full on red alert, like the time 469 and 615 first came up and that other chapter where sakura was hit by the tree, she was simply grazed where it was shikamaru in the critical state.
This is because, when any other major character has died, they usually had something of notability for it:
-Jiraya died knowing Naruto would succeed
-Neji died in the same matter of his father, not because it was his duty, because she chose to protect naruto and Hinata.
-Nagato died because of his changed resolved from Naruto.
-Itachi died twice first that sasuke would be free of the chaos and restart the uchiha the second time that no matter what happens, he would always love sasuke and otherwise that at his last moment he realized if he had told sasuke everything from the start, the whole massacre could have been prevented.
-Guy was about ready to die, using his full power and burning out to ash only to be saved by naruto.
Now take a look at this:
-Jirayas was due to fatigue and being outmatched, makes sense
-nejis was sudden but still had its sense and merits, a full circle effect of how he once looked down on naruto and resented hinata for his "duty" to the point he freely chose to protect them, etc.
-Nagato's was about faith in others even though he lost his, others like jiraya and konan(though who was following him no matter what)
-Itachi was trying to get sasuke to"win" and free him from the forced path, while fulfilling his duty as a leaf ninja, yet he made mistakes but realized that he should have just trusted sasuke from the start.
-Guy was ready to take it all and though he was saved by naruto, (he is a special case as he would die but was saved).
Yes Tsunade came close to death too but there wasn't any whole collection or realization during her critical moment.
But whats the difference here? Sakura in danger, even by madara this is again a time a main character is threatened.
Am I speaking out because of NS? Thats one part, but another is just plain the fact she is a main character and so much has happened, while the majority of the fandom (along with haters) are going, "Please die please die" or "hit her madara, throw that rod right through her!" Obviously with a fandom thats already gone crazy and following direct dialouge or events, there are other things they haven't considered.
-Sakura is a main character, like it or not, her plot armor is higher than most others, unless there is a reason beyond simply dying like rin this is just too simple and too sudden. While rin's death was important on Obito, Sakura is a character that has actually existed in the story for 670+ chapters, shes been part of the plot, in this development it mainly involves the aspect of well, a fate for team 7, not such a happy ending if she gets a chakra rod logged into her next chapter.
-This would in no way boost NH, even if it was a huge blast to NS and SS, it wouldn't help NH, this would run into exactly as I said before about a million times by now, Hinata at this point is just there, she is just there, she is a setpiece, kishi hasn't done much with her, fans went crazy over 615 for the hand holding but its been on neji to naruto, not the hand holding like it is on hinata. I said that if SP overblows 615, thats me being done with Hinata, but kishi himself may be doing that if he really is serious about killing off sakura. It would literally be the biggest fodder pairing ever, literally, Hinata loves him because she already did, not like how Sakura actually experienced, you know, change, dynamics, development. If anything, sakura dying is again, just reveal what NH really is, an overrated set piece.
- Its just that aspect of whats been thrown on, whats happened dynamic wise, what has occurred with development. Sakura's gone through changes, to suddenly die, its well this wouldn't rectify her situation with team 7 now would it? It would leave her unanswered, it would leave her not able to address the situation of naruto vs sasuke on her end. It would leave her unable to support naruto in his dream. This is what I mean, just like 469, only a few chapters before it, we got a reason why naruto couldnt just confess to her, now with this, 663 was only 11 chapters ago, remember how it was giving us a clear picture she supports his dream and wants him to make it? The whole reason for the final fight is over who becomes hokage, most likely if Tsunade steps down as it was in part her choice to let sasuke run free so it is something I can see her doing, but in this case, if the conflict is over hokage, then well obviously which character has been shown to focus on naruto's goal more than others? I dont know of any other characters like Sakura (expect Jiraya and Tsunade) that have internally wanted him to become hokage. Isn't it funny that the terms hokage and hinata have never existed in the same space of dialouge this whole series? Sakura doesn't love naruto but yet she supports his dream immensely.
The other deal is, well, just again in situations like this, take a good look at the buildup thread, look at everything sakura has done or gone through, see her character evolution where it counts (mentally). Now ask, will this suddenly go poof into nothing? I mean wasn't the Kushina foreshadow a good indicator of whats to come? Its either a form of plot armor in a sense for Sakura if kishi is bringing NS or its pointless now and ended the moment 631 came. Yet he still hasn't made any long term hints for NH. See again, we have a conflict of interests. While many of the same fans today are again just chanting kill sakura, this is the main deal for me, how can anyone just expect this stuff to well, vanish into nothing? I'm going by just plain her progression in the story, from a girl who knew nothing of others to learning about them, to growing stronger, to experiencing many trials with the actions and impacts from both her teammates, and so on, only to be just written off by a rod thrown at her while trying to destory an eye? She is a main character, I mean I know kishi isnt the best with female characters but when these characters were to die, they got some realization, some focus on their own past, something that impacted their resolve, and so on, Sakura just dying ASAP or slowly bleeding to death alone in the dimension (provided madara or BZ just force him in some way afterwards) it really seems just too anticlimatic to have sakura die alone with realizations that wouldnt have impacts unless others were around her. I mean Jiiraya, Nagato, and Itachi died with ideals they knew would come to Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura's aspects are not on ideals, they are on social situations, if she were to die then yes it would be about talking to her teammates if anything, but that cannot happen in the kamui dimension.
Aside from this LAP, theres also the general reasons:
-Sakura is a medic, having that seal and the ability to release it to a certain point so far as we have seen, she may just take the hit and endure it. I mean Tsunade took a freaking sussano sword to the gut and came out swinging literally, this is just a rod. Shouldn't Sakura be able to just endure the hit then? I mean its not going to be as terrible as what madara did to tsunade and while tsunade survived, this could be something protecting sakura.
-Obito is right there: Obito may be the plot armor for sakura and it can come in many ways, theres the stuff with rin, the fact he can turn her intangible or send her back, Obito is drained but not dead or useless, he just saved naruto so could we reason that perhaps he will save sakura? maybe its the rin's death shock he would recall and want to avoid, maybe the same deal would make him fear that naruto would then take off on the wrong path if the girl he liked dies? I see obito playing a hero.
I mean its amazing, its really amazing how fans are just again chanting Sakura death when theres still so much that needs to be done and so much that Hinata cannot just simply fulfill. In the prior though, its just that, so much has been thrown on sakura, killing her off makes no viable impact or purpose even in the midst of a battle, naruto gets angry and faces the same situation when obito killed neji. But neji's sacrifice had symbology to it at least, killing sakura is just because she was a target of opportunity, no going out with an effort like jiraya or itachi, no realizations, and so on.
I believe sakura is safe, theres a lot protecting her, the main deal is, I just cannot imagine how so much can just turn to nothing, shes been around the whole story. I see her either enduring the hit, or obito causing a save, not just sudden death at the hands of madara. I don't see Sasuke saving her as he cannot jump to the dimension, nor do i see naruto doing it, he is further away than sasuke. I see sakura's main shield as well her development. She has been along this entire time, to just axe her, its well no happy ending for team 7 then, fate is just a cruel cruel cruel jackass in this series, its again a huge middle finger to naruto, sure let naruto resolve all issues with sasuke, even ending madaras terror and this centuries long cycle of conflict with descendents of ashura and indra and the tailed beasts yet fate being just so much of an kitten, doesn't let him succeed with the girl he likes, fate feels it needs to be a huge ass to naruto like to obito and jiraya. I dont see this happening though, elments for team 7 very much do involve sakura and her dying leaves those unfulfilled.
This is how I see it, but again, like the tree event or the other pairing events where it seemed NS died, at this point, I'm not on red alert, mainly because just what would killing sakura solve at this point? what would it solve? She is important to the series, just making her go away and throwing hinata in is an easy way to just make a pairing and disregard other stuff like the kushina foreshadow, it just makes things so disorienting, its literally the use of just not writing about the who likes who subplot. On the actual main story, its just hard to imagine that he would kill off one of the mains so effortlessly without some event that others like Jiraya, nagato, and so on had.
Its even just well, Naruto himself, why should he not succeed with sakura? Its like a huge break in expectations, why can he not succeed with the girl he loves? I mean she supports his dream to the point she didnt want him to die? So is that still a reason she must go?
It is a simple scene but I had to say this because with some people getting ready to panic and kill sakura mode on again from every nutcase out there, I'm not saddened by the fact that we got a cliffhanger of her in danger, i'm saddened by the fact this is all people care about, for pairing fans its a hope to end her, for haters, they simply dont want her around despite her importance to the series. Because killing sakura solves everything, no in fact it doesn't killing sakura leaves more questions than answers, leaves unfulfilled plot holes, and just makes things so unorthadox, its just anticlimatic. Theres no merit in her dying so soon and otherwise if she were, it would need some event like others had, epscially considering she is a main character, one of the oldest in screentime by the series, how can people only expect or hope for her to just drop dead? Even if she got that death with realizations in the end it still leaves tons of broken plot events.
I mean its just the whole aspect of team 7, if we expect team 7 in the end how can you not have sakura? we know sasuke will be back, but what about sakura? Thats not an ending. Not to mention who is caught up the most in the conflict between naruto and sasuke? She isn't part of the conflict directly but I'd be willing to say after events like the promise, the land of iron, and what should come in the final battle, her role would have to be important in the aspect of them both dying. Her being dead before this happens is just, hard to imagine them fighting without her being there concerned for the both of them.
On the pairing side, we at least got hints, we at least got notions of NS being able to come, kushinas foreshadow was a practical (insert pairing into ending) moment, if 631 is really just pointless then why bother? Hinata hasn't gone anywhere, even if she were able to take part in this conflict, kishi wrote her not joining them but falling to the ground to eat dirt and he hasn't done anything with her since.
Sakura's death just doesn't make sense at this point, yes its a lot to make over a cliffhanger, but i seriously cannot imagine how people are expecting her to die and in all events just trying to break a rinnegan? Not by say you know, battle even if hopelessly outmatched against madara?
I think its a little sad that we need to wait 2 weeks for this to continue because now people are going to be making predictions of sakura death simply because its an excuse for they want sakura to die or for NH to occur.
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