applesandtea

Hi, Chatte! Thanks for the welcome...I've actually been around for 8 years, but I haven't been super active. Yeah, I saw that and I can't wait to read through all of it. The only reason why I'm not sending it to my friend is because I knowwwww he's going to go all "Omg this is so long...I don't want to read it" haha. I also saw your collection of NaruSaku moments from the very beginning to the confession which was SO awesome to look at because it's so great to see how far they've come and how strong their relationship is. Their relationship, regardless of whether it's romantic or platonic, and that innate trust and affection for each other is one of the biggest reasons why I love this pairing so much and why I prefer it over other pairings that don't have as strong of a foundation...even though some of those can be fun to ship haha.

I'm going a bit off-topic here, but one of the things I liked the best out of your compilation of NaruSaku moments is that I always knew that Sakura stopped seeing Naruto as the obnoxious idiot very early on, but I didn't realize how early this happened! I kept on thinking it happened during the Wave country arc, but she pretty much started seeing Naruto in a different light and started caring for him VERY early on...as early as the third chapter when Sasuke rebukes her for her dismissive attitude towards Naruto and she realizes the way she feels must be the way that Naruto felt whenever she acted harshly towards him...which makes me not understand the people who say "OMG SHE HATES NARUTO AND IS SO MEAN TO HIM!!!!!" because seriously, she changes her mind about him in the THIRD chapter and from then on, while she found him annoying sometimes (a belief that wasn't entirely unfounded as he did act like a mischievous brat sometimes ;P), her view on him changed and she started caring for him VERY quickly/immediately after this encounter with Sasuke...because she worries for him while they try to pass the bell test!

Oh and I have no idea why my friend thinks calling her a Tsunade wannabe is a valid argument because while they're similar, they're also very distinctly different individuals...and in any case, if you want to say that they're similar, the same can be said for Naruto and Jiraiya and Sasuke and Orochimaru (although this latter comparison isn't as strong as the other two) because the similarities are supposed to be intentional. ALL three of them are supposed to resemble the Sannin in some way and ALL three of them are supposed to surpass them (although Kishi hasn't been showing this side of Sakura which bothers me like crazy).

Oh wait, I remember reading this before! I think this was one of the essays that I came across and really enjoyed reading because it not only focused on NaruSaku, but on Sakura's character as well. Thank you so much!