You said the hug took place two seconds -after- not recognizing her, not at the end, or so that's how I took it. Re-reading it I see what you mean.
What is with this "lose again" stuff? Normally i'm the snarky one, but I've kept to the respectful angle.
And you can't compare soap operas to Star Wars from the perspective of those who don't like Soap Operas, to a scene in Star Wars. That's a little silly, because Soap Operas are an entirely different genre, (And such scenes work for them as well for those who do enjoy them).
It's established why he doesn't recognize her, and what he did. It's also established from Sasuke's point of view the importance of Sarada. These are his own words. -He- says they are important. You are arguing that he is lying, but context shows it is genuine. Your argument doesn't work. It's also shown in context that he does care about Sakura with such words.
I.E., for your argument to work, you have to call Sasuke a liar. Do you see that you can't get far with that?
No I was specifically referring to the scene where after hugging Sarada, Sasuke didn't even give Sakura the time of day at the end. Granted I said 2 seconds before so I'll give you a pass on that bc it would be reasonable to assume that I was reffering to their first meeting. That was more an exxageration on the fact that he only met his daughter ten chapters ago. And it proves that Sasuke is still intimate, unlike how you claimed he wasn't "developed that way."
The comparison is simple. Han and Leia we can safely assume in TESB, care about each other which makes this moment dramatic
Sasuke and Sakura have none of this, making the claim that they "Love" each other laughable, like a soap opera. Star Wars and Soap Operas are fiction, and they are both dramatic. So no you're wrong again.
Established how? And once again where does he show that he cares. Yes he cares for Sarada bc she is his daughter, that is established with his hug. But, Sakura gets diddly squat in return. There is zero intimacy there.
And no I never said Sasuke was lying, or even that he didn't care about Sarada. My point and I'll bold this because you seem to be struggling with it : SasuSaku has no foundation regardless of its canonicity
And so,
You have failed all of my tests, you have failed to produce one shred of evidence of intimacy between Sasuke and Sakura, screwed up my argument multiple times (For example, Oblivious vs. Obvious.), and even made wrong claims such as Sasuke not being intimate when he literally hugged his daughter and gave Sakura nothing.
and that's why it is ranked as one of the worst fictional couples in history. It makes no sense. It's canon, but it makes no sense:
https://www.thetopte...-canon-couples/
You have made no valid points and have proved nothing. And I'm done here.