I'm with you on everything but this. I think it would be as equally ridiculous and stupid of Sakura to do that as I do towards Hinata.
Hinata herself states that what she's doing is selfish and self serving and she's right. Its so unbelievably cruel to get yourself killed Infront of someone while confessing your love for them. She's "lucky" she didn't die because then that's a load of guilt only Naruto has to carry for the rest of his life.
I think Kishimoto "Originally" had the intention of there being some sort of romantic subtext between Tsunade/Orochimaru/Jiraiya since its a formula he seems to love but he never really committed himself to it. What I think's become abundantly clear is that the number one reason he edo-tensei'd Dan into the end of the story was largely to torpedo the Narusaku/Tsuraiya parallels.
Tsuraiya showed that a woman could have more than one love in her life& that some men will wait forever for their opportunity--can't have that if you want babies for a successful spinoff.
The Minakushi/Narusaku comparison was so clear and obvious there was nothing he could do to undo it 
I don't see Sakura acting quite the same way as Hinata in that scenario. Due to preexisting development from Sakura on this, the scene would play off of what Yamata and Sakura talked about in chapter 297. I definitely didn't mean throwing in a love confession just yet. I think the only proper way to do an NS confession is to have Naruto finally correct the mistake he made in chapter 3 and simply utter those words himself without being disguised as Sasuke. In my mind, Sakura is always going to have lingering feelings for Sasuke until realizing that it was Naruto who said those words in chapter, not Sasuke. 
I agree with you on there not actually being much of a Tsunade/Orochimaru parallel. I was mistaken.
If he's not handsome, what of him is of interest to her? Unless the thing that really turns Sakura on is fawning over people who ignore her and playing the victim of how "She barely sees her husband" Literally don't understand what SAKURA gets from Sasuke. I understand what HE gets from her, but relationships that are successful require some sort of feedback and reciprocity that these two don't have.
Exactly. If Sasuke came back after the first timeskip looking like a troll, SS would've been sunk right then and there. And that's sad. 
The way they interact makes it abundantly clear that it was never intended on actually being a serious relationship.
But what's is about to talk about NS when current fandom doesn't care about NS anymore?
Most people just moved on, come to accept the final pairings or doesn't give a kitten about pairings.
Sure some of you can talk forever and agreed with themselves about how good NS was before Kage Summit Arc, how Kishimoto ruinned them, imagine NS as the perfect pairing, hates everything and refuse to see any good in series or Sakura future.
See, this is how I know with 100% certainty that you are not an NS fan and have likely never been one. We talk about all kinds of stuff here despite NS canon having died nine years ago. We talk about what this series could have been, we talk about fanfiction, we talk about fanart, we talk about ongoing canon and how it would be better with NS. Seriously, your logic is the equivalent to saying that the Godfather came out 40 years, so it's no longer worth talking about the Godfather. That's crazy.
And why in blue blazes should the so-called "current fandom" not caring about NS affect our ability to discuss it? Because other people don't want to talk about it, we shouldn't talk about it? You need to open your mind and stop being so fixated on what other people think. Do you realize that in the entire time you've been on this for, you haven't had a single thing to say about NS without mentioning SS in the same post? I don't even think you've even once commented on why you allegedly like NS or what you think is good about it. It's as if your goal here is just to do the same concern troll routine others have tried (and failed at) in the past. The hilarious thing is that you could be a diehard SS fan but still actually want to talk about NS here and no one here would have a problem with you. I can't believe you would let your mask slip enough to say this forum needs to be shutdown. What in the world is wrong with you? It's obvious you don't like the people here; you have nothing but CONTEMPT for us and what we believe to spout nonsense like that 
I'll let you in on a little secret: Do you see the pairing in my signature? They're from an anime called Akame ga Kill. Contrary to what is implied in my signature, this ship is NOT CANON. The author destroyed any chance of that pairing occurring with bad and lazy writing. Do you know what I did in response? I went and wrote a 300,000 word fanfic about these characters, fixed a bunch of issues with the way the story played out and ended up being pretty well received with hundreds of reviews. With even less effort, I once did the same with the Naruto ending and fixed a bunch of issues with the series all within confines of rewriting chapters 693 - 700. A bunch of fans loved the story.
Just because someone is canon does not mean that you can't talk about anything but the canon. A lot of times, it turns out that a lot of likeminded people are hungering for something beyond the canon. That is why this forum still stands, my friend. It is also why your calls to have this place shutdown fall on deaf ears.
Above all else, I reject supporting the current Naruto canon on principle. You yourself agree the current Naruto is trash. The problem, however ,is that when you support trash, you get more trash. If Kishimoto wants my readership and monetary support to his product back, he's going to have to earn it. Until then, I'm fine sitting on the sidelines and contributing to a fandom that is not supported by canon. As far as I'm concerned, the fanon far exceeds canon at this point. 
I think its a bit silly to assume that because Hinata ended up as Naruto's housewife, Sakura would suffer the same fate in an NS ending just because Ikemoto is a POS. The difference is Hinata never had anything going for her besides Naruto, there was never really a second option for her since her only interests were him and knitting. Her own father said she lacked the will to fight and he didn't care if she died way back in part one TO KURENAI'S FACE much less. Presumably the only reason she became a ninja for even as short time was because she was forced but saw Naruto trying his best and it inspired her to do the same.
Once again I love how Hiashi being an absolute kitten bag of a father was just wiped away in this travesty of a series like so many other things.
I think SP has more control than you think considering they literally made up filler to redeem Hiashi of all this and show that princess Hinata was a hidden gem her family glossed over all along. 
Sakura is a radically different character than Hinata. If she were Naruto's wife and were written in character, the entire premise of the Boruto movie is DOA. Naruto's paper work lust will be nonexistent and he won't be out of shape either.
And yeah, Hinata's entire backstory was whitewashed, clearly proving that she was never intended to be anything more than a glorified filler character.
Pierrot have nothing to do with SS/NH. This was a solo decision between Kishimoto and his editors based in internal polls and public preferences at the time or maybe Kishimoto never lied and planned SS/NH since the beginning...
Who knows.
But Pierrot and their fillers has no power to influence Kishimoto and his editors.
Not a chance that Kishimoto planned SS/NH since the beginning. Unless people seriously believe the complete nonsense that the blatant parellels were red herrings. Not to mention Kishi's wife being the real Sakura and Kishimoto thinking of himself as Naruto. It's obvious what his original intentions were. 
And Pierrot has plenty of influence over Kishimoto and his editors. Your own posts spells it out as far as what happened with Sakura and Hinata's popularity. NH was a poorly thought-out (though hindsight is 20/20) business decision and nothing more. Now that that business decision has clearly failed, they've packed both Naruto and Hinata onto a bus. It's embarrassing AND hilarious really.
Edited by ThroughWithLove, 07 May 2023 - 04:23 PM.
) he's got it. WTF does Sakura get FROM HIM? He's not around, he's not emotionally supportive because that's just not in his character, they don't share any common interests, their attitudes are complete opposite...
