Board Thread:Naruto: The Last Discussion/@comment-24098614-20150126075513/@comment-8284722-20150127062842

@Yetti Sakura was mean towards the beginning, but proved to be nice (albeit occasionally irritated) from the Chunin Exams onward. I also think it was more them spending time with each other that made Naruto want Sakura more, though that's just me.

@Bambusek Hinata was all over Naruto back when they were seven or eight, after he "saved" her from those bullies in The Last's scarf flashback (which, ironically enough, retconned the flashback in Shippuden 166).

@Hisana Regarding Sakura's role, I'm actually rather dumbfounded by it. They literally based her whole pro-NH thing in the movie on a single manga panel in Ch. 442. And this is because Sai is pro-NS while Shikamaru couldn't care less. It would have been better had people who had more influence on NH have a bigger role in the film, such as Kurenai, Kiba, or even Neji's ghost (okay maybe not). But the sad thing is, none of those people had any major influence on Naruto's life - like, changing his whole perspective on life and what not (though Neji comes close). That's another sad thing about The Last: it mostly went off its own content and barely recognized NH hints FROM the manga outside of Naruto's creepy scarf genjutsu.