Oh it is even better than that. Sakura started out from disliking Naruto and not thinking much about him to changing into one his biggest supporters and practically his best friend (because I don't count that idiotic debacle with Sasuke). Haters can say all the $#!& they want about Sakura and how she is not supportive or good to Naruto, but she went from one of his many nay sayers to the one with the biggest faith in him and admiration towards him, which is more than Hinata can ever claim. Hinata does not admire anything about him except than being the "proud failure" or "success" SHE WISHED SHE WAS, and as already stated, she doesn't have faith in him.
Yep! That's exactly it for sure, considering too that Sakura assumed initially she thought she knew Sasuke and Naruto well, but she was wrong, and admitted she was wrong, especially too since, even compared to everyone else in his fight with Kiba (even Kakashi, since he did seem to not be impressed by Naruto doing something like the Naruto Uzumaki Barrage after just watching Sasuke do the Lion's Barrage ONCE, which is impressive), Sakura was the one who most knew he was gonna be able to win.
Indeed. The fact that she fell in love with him ONLY BECAUSE of that factor solidifies that. There is no deeper connection between them because again, Hinata never seeks Naruto out to spend time together with Him or vice versa, Not to mention there is NEVER any chapter or even anime filler episode past Naruto's fight with Neji where they open up to each other about their problems or emotionally bond.
Even when Naruto fought Neji, Hinata didn't have much faith in him, like when he took the 8 Trigrams 64 Palms and while still dealing with her wounds from fighting him before in the Chunin Exams, you can mentally see how she wanted Naruto to throw in the towel in the fight while in the anime, you see Sakura giving support when he is slowly getting up. And that's not really loving Naruto; Hinata loves the IDEA of him being a proud failure, just because it props herself up.
EDIT: 4,700 posts, baby!! 300 more and I'm at 5,000!
Edited by Bryon_Konoha_Ninja, 26 November 2019 - 06:08 PM.