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[koays]

I was pulled into the manga when the english anime stopped airing on t.v. and when i started reading and realized just how much early filler was focused on Hinata when she hadnt had much page time i felt like the animators new something I didnt. That or maybe chapter 540 but i was never sure hw to interpret that one.

[catsi563]

None. honestly from a straight storytelling standpoint there have been no ""Setbacks"" for NaruSaku. there have only been moments of development all of it positive with a few stumbling blocks thrown in that also serve to advance the over all development of the pairing.

Pretty much in line with storytelling for most stories honestly.

[James S Cassidy]

Setbacks? The only one that has come close was the Hinata confession scene, but then this was ignored as usual by Naruto.

Although, we did have plenty of these moments.

Edited by James S Cassidy, 28 September 2012 - 04:09 PM.

[candycane-chan]

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my thoughts exactly,I thought something might come out of it but all hinata got was a thank you after waaaay many chapters

[catsi563]

Honestly not even Hinatas confession was a setback, since as a scene it was a Hinata centric scene that just happened to include Naruto in it. that scene was a development scene for Hinata alone.

[James S Cassidy]

Honestly not even Hinatas confession was a setback, since as a scene it was a Hinata centric scene that just happened to include Naruto in it. that scene was a development scene for Hinata alone.

As I said, "Close" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

[Darth Krypt]

There were setbacks? I must've missed something.

[koays]

Ok, a bit of rephrasing then. Maybe "cringe worthy moments" would be the correct way to put it. That tended to be my reaction whenever I saw things like Sakura being out of focus for lengthy amounts of time only for Hinata to show up and get her little "lets talk after" moment. Not things that made you say "I give up" but those "Aww man" moments.

[James S Cassidy]

Ok, a bit of rephrasing then. Maybe "cringe worthy moments" would be the correct way to put it. That tended to be my reaction whenever I saw things like Sakura being out of focus for lengthy amounts of time only for Hinata to show up and get her little "lets talk after" moment. Not things that made you say "I give up" but those "Aww man" moments.

There really isn't any. The "Oh Come on" moments are the only things that really happen. Moment where something should have happened and nothing soes happen because it was deflected or distracted.

At first glance, the Hinata confession and the scene with Sakura with the Lover-nin come close to what you are looking for. At least in my opinion, but they just didn't push far enough cause Naruto either ignored it or it was scene in a negative not positive light. So they ended up being more of red herrings.

[xxRomanceGirlxx]

I never really truly doubted NaruSaku. It's the most logical pairing in the Naruto series, after all. I've consistently thought this forever, despite the times I was depressed over NaruSaku.

But to name a few times:

Hinata's Confession: That was a dark time for me, mostly because I wasn't thinking much past " OH MY GOD!!!! HINATA CONFESSED?! NARUTO MIGHT GIVE HER A CHANCE NOW THAT HE KNOWS HER FEELS!!!" The incredible leap of joy the NaruHina fanbase was doing and all the " NaruHina is canon" comments were not helping . But again, this is me. I can overreact to situations at first, like this for example but than later I composed myself and realized it wasn't set in stone. Naruto's continued ignoring of her confession and the NaruSaku hug restored my faith afterwards.

Sakura's Confession: Another dark time, except worse. When I first read the chapter (This was the first time I ever read Naruto manga. I didn't read any of the chapters before 469 so I had no idea what the hell was leading up to this. Just ran across it on Youtube), I was so damn excited about this it wasn't even funny. I had a major shippers moment XD until I finally paid attention to the context passed " I love you " . Naruto was pretty much calling her a liar and I was so upset, confused, and pissed off at him. Again, I briefly thought NaruSaku was damaged a lot and it actually was one-sided. But I read some good pro-arguments on Youtube about Saku's confession (Curtisy of our very own Slextrem ), saw the logic in it, and felt much better. The annoying " Sakura lied! She played with Naruto's feelings, b****h. " still made me doubt a bit but not anymore.

540: I was definitely depressed by this one. Again, how can you not be? But going to this forum and reading the extremely sensical rants here, my doubts went away immediately. Like I said, I can easily overreact to things like this and then think more deeply about it later XD.

This forum always makes my faith in NaruSaku come back right away . NaruSaku fans always have the most convincing arguments out of the pairing fanbases most of the time . After all NSness that happened in the 6th move and now the ObiRin parallel, I have no more doubts at all.

EDIT: Sort of off-topic but shouldn't this thread be moved to the NaruSaku section?

Edited by xxRomanceGirlxx, 29 September 2012 - 12:56 AM.

[Nate River]

Ok, a bit of rephrasing then. Maybe "cringe worthy moments" would be the correct way to put it. That tended to be my reaction whenever I saw things like Sakura being out of focus for lengthy amounts of time only for Hinata to show up and get her little "lets talk after" moment. Not things that made you say "I give up" but those "Aww man" moments.

There are certainly some cringe worth moments in the manga, but none of them relate to NaruSaku. I don't know if I ever doubted, but I can't tell if its supreme confidence or pure apathy. It's probably a bit of both. When I first started with I cared a lot about pairing, but over the years that's faded a quite a bit.

Hinata marks too much time for me to care. For all the development people mention, she never goes anywhere. Until she does and until Naruto shows genuine reciprocation I wouldn't spend anytime worry about it. If anything, its frustrating to her make noise about becoming more confident only to see crap like 573.

As to SasuSaku, it's kind like, wake me when Sasuke does something, ANYTHING, that suggests that he's going to do anything related than that. Then, I might worry about it. All the change in that relationship has been with Sakura and it's not exactly been strong movements toward Sasuke. I think people read too much into 540.

[Branden]

Everything about part 1 Sakura.