I just saw Sawyer's review and wow, I'm laughing, just wow. He just disregards Sakura like nothing.
The set up next week could not be better, just really, wow. I hope that Sakura-minato interaction comes up and just nails the parallel of NS and MK. If it does, just wait for the best of the freak outs.
Its still amazes me that so many people constantly and I mean constantly miss this stuff.
The main problem of the anything people do to hate on Sakura, their main mistake is they just disregard her and everything about her, and once something comes up, they wonder why she did this stuff? If they never look at Sakura's part of the story, only taking Hinata, this is why their arguments always fall flat.
Next chapter, obviously others will see Minato but who will see him first? I'm betting Naruto and Sakura, it really just comes down to the proximity of things, if something acts between Naruto and Sakura while in front of Minato, we may get a parallel confirmed.
Not betting anything major but the potential for a shipping torpedo may happen next chapter. And Minato is on our side for now! Seriously this set up is golden, its literally the best set up any pairing could hope for, and just the fact that we got it, obviously a reason to be excited.
Just hoping kishi does not troll us and suddenly think Hinata is the one like Kushina, but then again, the whole proximity can come in and its in our favor. Literally this is the best set up any of us could imagine. No wonder we are filled with joy. Unlike the NH camp who expected they won and that Naruto and Hinata would tackle the ten tails alone, that did not happen, but look at this situation, its similar, but what are we expecting? Only direct interaction between Naruto, Sakura, and Minato, and possibly Minato thinking of Kushina when he sees both Naruto and Sakura. These are entirely realistic.
I think the best part is, we finally have something beyond 615, now if this only carries on into 631. We have had a good streak so far, lets hope Minato only bolsters NaruSaku. If this chapter proved anything, Sakura is faithful and dedicated to Naruto, that is true, all others can deal with the problem if they have an issue.
I love what the build up ends with right now, Minato right there with our two favorite characters. Kishi had this planned out, so how will Sakura and Minato interact? Looking forward to next Wednesday.