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[BlackBird19]

I personally can't see Sasuke with anybody. I know there are a lot of Sasuke fans out there, but I'm not one of them. The character that Kishi portrayed for most of the manga didn't come off as interesting, likable or redeemable to me at all. No offense to the Sasuke fans, I just really don't see what was so special about that character.

[Pix]

SasuIno: Don't like it. He doesn't do to her what he does to Sakura, but he is a colossal jackass to someone Ino sees as a very close friend. I'm not fond of Sasuke pairings where the other party has a history of fangirling the guy. I always thought Sasuke would have a hard time respecting someone who spent a lot of time doing that.

SasuSasu: Hate it. He's an ass to her. She sees the immediate aftermath of Karin's murder attempt. She's on the wrong end of at least one herself. Did I forget he treats her like crap? She always does the ol'Hinata routine around him. She just chucks all that personal development right down the crapper at the end after all that she saw. Sakura has self-respect unless she is around Sasuke.

SasuKarin: My opinion of this pairing is well known. The worst pairing of this series. There is not a close second. I don't recall hating an anime pairing quite like I hate this one. The only thing I enjoy about this one is watching the mental gymnastics that people pro-NS/pro-SK have to go through when they try to distinguish it from SS.

To be honest, I don't try to distinguish it. I guess I should say...I like fanon Sasukarin because of their dynamic. And the only reason why I'd like Sasukarin in canon is because their offsprings would be the strongest. That's really it.   But also, I personally feel that Sasuke showed more compassion for Karin than he ever did with Sakura in Part II. Until he tried to kill her.

[AHK]

SasuIno is the best option for the sole reason that Sasuke never tried to kill Ino YET. Being a thin air could be considered a positive compared to being brutally murdered.
Karin standing up to Sasuke? When

I think it happened a couple times, but I know that right after they met back up in Konoha she started yelling at him for his kitten. It didn't help though hat rigt after he said sorry she damn near had an orgasm or something.

[Nate River]

To be honest, I don't try to distinguish it. I guess I should say...I like fanon Sasukarin because of their dynamic. And the only reason why I'd like Sasukarin in canon is because their offsprings would be the strongest. That's really it.   But also, I personally feel that Sasuke showed more compassion for Karin than he ever did with Sakura in Part II. Until he tried to kill her.

I won't quibble about simply liking a pairing. That's not really what I mean. I've seen people argue with a straight face that SS can't happen because Sasuke tried to kill her, but the argue for SK.

I've never cared for Karin's character (or any of Team Not Seven for that matter), but without the murder attempt SK would just be a "meh" pairing and I wouldn't care about it. The murder attempt and the vomit inducing follow up later down the line are what make it just plain unbearable for me.