Ha, I was waiting for this thread.
Personally, I like both short and long hair on her... I have a preference for long hair in general, though. If she grew it out, I'd want it to be like the style she had before she chopped it off during the chuunin exams. If she kept it short, I'd like it either a) the way she had her hair between like... chapter 400 - 611 (Kishi draws it weird now
though it did look nice in 632... Not in the color pages with Team 7, but the rest of the chapter; also I liked it in the samurai color spread in 616), or b) the way she had it in part one, after cutting her hair and Ino fixed it. Sometimes when Kishi drew her hair, he'd have the locks of hair on either side of her face curving in slightly, much like Tsunade's. I really liked that, too.
As for whether it will grow... Before the series end? Probably not, unless there is an epilogue set in the future, but even then it seems like Kishi will keep her hair short. On one hand, two of Sakura's parallels (Tsunade and Kushina) have long hair, but the other parallel (Rin) has short hair... But at the very beginning of part one, Kishi actually drew it surprisingly short (the style made it seem longer than it actually was, I think), and it was messy and the hair stuck out a little (though sometimes the length varied; it would go down just past her chin sometimes, or reach about her shoulder other times). Later in part one he drew it progressively longer though, and in flashbacks to early part one he also drew it long, so maybe Kishi thought up the idea of Ino and Sakura's rivalry and the 'Sasuke likes long hair' thing and Sakura cutting her hair in the Forest of Death for development after the first twenty or so chapters were published.
LOL, I'm over thinking this, I know, but I've thought about this all quite a bit. And about NarutoI think he'll love it either way, but if Sakura grows it out, he may be secretly happy cause he can run his hands through it and play with it more.
Edited by Hiraishin, 11 November 2013 - 02:23 AM.