I must say that from start of part 2 until the godawful kage arc, Sakura's obession with Sasuke has dramatically decreased (less annoying too) and her affection for Naruto kept growing.
The fact that she is all of a sudden infatuated with Sasuke again during the kage is contrived and forced writing at its best.
Yes. I truly love pre-ending Naruto. It had its problems, but I believed a solution would be brought up by the end of it. Ex; The ninja system! You should not endure oppression! Many people died so that Naruto could change the world. It was a big deal and shouldn't have happened off-panel, and even some hidens are suggesting he is a lazy ass.
Without this retcon there'd be a happy ending. I take comfort in that, that even though our ending isn't "canon", it's still meant to be. I'm still sad that our story got cut off tho, our characters never got to grow up. x(
Edited by sushi., 25 April 2015 - 08:15 PM.