Oh the Logic of of SS is easy. It is NH's logic where there will be a brick wall and you're talking to it because Naruto never treated her negatively and that is good enough for their fans since Naruto and Hinata are the "SIMP prizes" the other deserves. SS you can win easily because of everything you listed and more, and ultimately there is no excuse afterwards because Sasuke did not change into a better man to truly have any water under the bridge for how he treated Sakura, when that really is the go to character development to negate any negative relationship between two characters.
On a different but related subject, another reason these marriages are shams, as I've said over and over again, are that Hinata and Sakura are the ones pouring everything into the relationship. Naruto and Sasuke are sitting back and doing nothing. If that relationship is fine for their fans I won't argue it any further, but last time I checked a romantic passionate relationship that all of these pro enders are going on and on about are reciprocal and done by both parties. Naruto and Sasuke currently (and for the longest time going by the story post ch. 700) act like even S** is the last thing on their minds regarding their wives AND THAT is saying something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Since I'm sure that is the most basic reasoning their fans have for them get together, It is just laughably sad.
And that's the most pathetic part...they can't even see the obvious and make every excuse under the sun for Sasuke's abuse and mistreatment that explaining anything else is beyond their comprehension. It is such a double edge sword because the concept of "what is a romantic moment and what isn't" has no clear line.
If Sasuke abuses Sakura, they say it is romantic...if Sakura hits Naruto...they consider it abuse.
Yet, when Sasuke is...I would say non-combative with Sakura they consider him romantically caring for her, but if Naruto asks her out on dates, is always nice to her, and more....it is considered "friendly" or even a "platonic."
This is not just with Naruto either, they have been doing this with My Hero Academia as well. There was just one moment of Byakugo like giving Ochako credit and now all of a sudden people are like "they are madly in love." Like what the hell? Meanwhile, Ochako shows multiple signs of being in love with Deku and they think "oh that doesn't mean anything."
How? How can these people function this way? These people's logic about pairings in anime have been like TikTok levels.
"We like nice partners that treat us right and is a romantic partner"
Dates people who just treat them like garbage and then wonder why they are miserable.
This is especially true for women on tiktok who will say they want the nice guy, but then date the gangsta and wonder why they are single with a baby and why nice guys won't talk to them.
When did we as a society decided that this should be the dating standard? Rhetorical, but still.
Why do you think the SS fans were freaking out about the gaiden implying Sasuke and Sakura never kissed and rarely if at all had sex.
I am a strong believer that Sakura just went to Orochimaru and was artificially impregnated with Sasuke DNA. It makes a hell of alot more sense than Sasuke and Sakura doing it on a romantic date.
Since she knows where Orochimaru's secret base is and she can come and go as she pleases all the while being unable to find Sasuke...it makes so much more sense.
Edited by James S Cassidy, 07 November 2021 - 02:40 PM.