Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31492005-20180306150245/@comment-31099706-20180307134920

Thekillman wrote: IMO it would've been a big character development if she'd moved beyond him. It would've been better for her character to overcome her childhood crush and admit that he wasn't the person she thought he was. Then, she can be happy with someone who's like her, who understands her. Same for Sasuke. Sakura doesn't just love Sasuke, Sasuke's also one of her best friend, and teammate. Ino would be the example of loving Sasuke. But even then, he's also her village member.

From the begining of part 1 to the end, Sakura had an innocent crush on Sasuke, who was both skillful and attractive to most girls. Becoming a part of a team with him, made her closer to him. Though she keeps on complimenting and cheering for Sasuke, she does it even for Naruto(though it's more for the former, obviously). She did berrate on Sasuke when he was frozen in fear by Oro. Basically by the chunnin exams, Sakura's obsession/love/crush became more than just her childhood dream, she started deeply caring for him.

By the end of the series, when Sasuke was leaving the village, she was the only one next to him, thus making her feel guilty of being too weak to stop Sasuke, her crush, her team mate, her friend, from leaving. This kind of made her more obsessed with Sasuke, just like Naruto was, both her and Naruto expressed their feelings of not being strong enough to save Sasuke from what would be, the worst fate, a person could have.

So basically, by the time of the war, when Sasuke returned, it wasn't the return of her childhood crush, but the return of her long lost friend.

But by the end of the war, just before Sasuke and Naruto fought, she expressed her already obvious feelings for him. Wanting the old Sasuke back, not the new one with the Rinnegen in his eye.

And it wouldn't take her much time to realize that Sasuke has changed back into his old self(or even better than his old self), and to not instantly like him, would in my opinion, be stupid.

If you ask me, Sakura and Sasuke's love story(if we can call it that) is similar to the beauty and the beast. As, Sasuke really was effected by a curse, which made him no less than a monster, it was heart breaking for both Naruto and Sakura and the rest of Sasuke's loved ones. And then, after the end of the series, he took a new leaf, and became a better person. And whatever action he did before, cannot be taken accountable due to him being driven under a curse. Thekillman wrote: I find it hard to imagine the conversations they'll have around the table at dinner time, considering how incredibly different they are in almost every way. Opposite attracts. Sakura always tries to talk with Sasuke. She wasn't as blushed enough as Hinata to having any problem with talking to her crush. But to be honest, I can't exactly imagine any kind of conversation any asian shinobi family in this anime would have in a daily basis. Sasuke's presently always out, and the time he was in the village, would probably go by complimenting the food, talking about Sarada, avoiding anything about family(Lol), and probably the adventures Sasuke had an such, and I guess the rest would probably be how every family in the real world talks their daily conversation. This is just my own honest opinion, though.