LadyofHubris

But it's not because of her love and all, it's because of distrust! She is not doing those scenes because oh how much she loves Sasuke and she is down because he doesn't reciprocate. Sakura has dealt with that a LONG TIME AGO, it's just people keep pushing that idea, however, all she EVER wanted was Team 7 together but she sees that Sasuke isn't fond of the concept so that's why she is sad. She's NOT a lovesick puppy...

The way it was drawn made it appear as though Sakura was thinking solely about Sasuke not caring about HER ( in a romantic sense ) and not the team. Perhaps I was mistaken. 

I hope Kishimoto deals with Sakura being a lovesick puppy issue pretty soon because it's getting rather old and I'm sick of seeing it every few chapters. He needs to either make some obvious changes with her emotions or keep it out of the freaking panels.

It's making Sakura look stupid and undeveloped. 

Honestly, I don't even understand why she loves Sasuke. Is it because of his looks? Because there sure as hell isn't anything redeeming about his personality. Hell, the idea that a "heroine" like her loves such an a**hole still should be an insult. It looks to me as if she is hurt because the person she used to love/still has feelings for doesn't care about her or could it be because he is a teammate that doesn't care?

It's hard to tell but from the looks of it, it's from the former. I doubt she would sulk like that if it were Naruto. 

I think I might need to take a break from this manga for a little while and come back after a couple of weeks. No progress is being made with anything. 

I must admit that Sakura's naivety when it comes to Sasuke is highly annoying. It took her all of this time to realize that Sasuke doesn't care about her even when the guy tried to take her life. Obviously he doesn't care about you if he tried to kill you, right Sakura?   Someone needs to write Kishimoto a letter in Japanese and inform him that girls are not as dense as he believes us to be. 

After I read that line over, it sort of pissed me off. 

The way I see it, there is parallelism in the concern that Naruto showed her with the lack of concern that Sasuke showed her. Just as there was a parallel between on Hinata's positive feelings towards Naruto and Sakura's negative feelings towards Sasuke during the fodder ninja love letter incident.

Naruto was the one calling her name in panic while Sasuke was willing to slice right through her to get to the enemy. Sasuke clearly doesn't value her life and Sakura is beginning to see that more and more now. On the other hand, she knows that Naruto worries for her, "Don't worry, Naruto..." and it's saddening for her because she sees that Sasuke doesn't care like Naruto does.

It's a painful reality for her and it could possibly bring up the question of: "Why did I ever love someone like him?" I think Kishimoto is going about this in a logical way. It takes time for someone to get over their first love. Trust me, I'm going through something similar. Now that Sakura is really seeing what she never saw before, it will help in making her realize that Sasuke is not the one that she should love. If she sees how Naruto is in comparison, it will help to draw her more towards him than Sasuke.

Love is a complicated thing. It makes you do crazy things as well. After-all, this ordeal that Sakura is going through is what makes her human. Kishimoto stated that she is the most realistic person in this manga and after seeing the turmoil that Sakura goes through with her love for Sasuke, I really believe it.

I'm sort of getting this feeling that the next few chapters will be like Road to Ninja. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke will be sucked into this dimensional world where they each get what they wish for in life:

Naruto becoming Hokage and walking down a path of maintaining peace, Sakura having Sasuke return to the village (with requited feelings, which I feel will be a disaster), Sasuke gaining power to accomplish his goals. 

I think the scenario will be the same as it was in the movie. Naruto will see the hardships of being Hokage, Sakura will most likely see how Sasuke is undeserving of her love / how Naruto has always been there for her, and Sasuke also becoming Hokage but leading a path of destruction. 

I think by the time they all come out of the Genjutsu, they will come out with new resolves. I can guarantee that Sakura will definitely have seen that loving Sasuke is not worth it and will begin to love and appreciate Naruto more afterwards.

I'm placing a bet on that and saying that this is what I'm thinking is going to happen. 

Well, I threw my opinion in on the NF Forums, so here is my opinion here: 

Sakura's feelings keep being thrown into our faces every time she and Sasuke are in the same vicinity. This lets us know that Sakura's love for Sasuke had a red flag behind it to begin with. In this chapter, Kishimoto is speaking to us through Kakashi and letting us know that Sakura's feelings for Sasuke have changed. They have changed to a more caring and platonic nature rather than just romantic. In all honesty, I'm getting the vibe that Sakura may be in the process of falling in love with Naruto while out of love with Sasuke. I can guarantee that this entire thing will be resolved by the time we get around to the final battle between Naruto and Sasuke. 

No doubt, Sakura cares for and likes Sasuke (platonically now), but I think Naruto will soon be entering the deeper romantic recesses of her heart if he hasn't begun to already.

I really think that this is just another build-up chapter for what's to come, but for the most part, I am completely lost at how they're going to bring Naruto back. Unless, somehow, Minato with the help of Kakashi or Sakura find some way to take the Kyuubi out of Madara and seal it back into Naruto. Just like the time Naruto's chakra grabbed hold of Kurama's chakra and he took it from him, could the same thing be possible here? Maybe Minato could use his chakra to grab a hold of the Chakra inside of Madara and extract it, thus sealing it back into Naruto.

I don't know. I'm just coming up with crazy ideas here. 

But, one way or another, something is going to pop off. I think it was more than a coincidence that Madara showed up just in the nick of time like that and I think that those "tools" have something to do with what is about to happen. 

NarSak Note: Think about it this way, the more of a build-up we get, the bigger moment we will have between NarSak. With all of this distress and hopelessness passed around, Sakura is bound to crack knowing that there is a possibility that someone she cares about so much might not make it after all. This realization may push her to the brink and make her realize how uncomfortable her life would be without him. Remember, she says that Naruto is "close to her" and that he comforts her in the confession. If this is true, which it is, then it will dawn on her that she is losing somebody that actually makes her happy and content. 

Right now, she is trying to stay focused and calm because they're in the midst of war, but if this continues, I have a feeling she's going to blow. It is very telling that during this crucial moment, it is Sakura that is by Naruto's side, not Hinata. With all of the MinaKushi parallels floating around and Sakura's deep-rooted desire to save Naruto and the cherishing of his dream, there is definitely something bound to happen. It's paralleled because at first, Kushina thought Minato's dream to become Hokage was stupid and ridiculous as well, but she quickly adopted that "stupid" dream as her own, just as Sakura did later on. 

I think that this may be one of the components to making NarSak endgame. I bet Minato will probably see that in Sakura and parallel her to Kushina, once again. Remember the line about Kushina making him Hokage? The same can be said for Sakura helping Naruto to become Hokage. You have never once seen Hinata express any desire to see Naruto become Hokage. The only thing she talks about is protecting him along with her own selfish aspirations and desires. 

He wants to protect everyone himself, not have everyone protect him.