Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141106113847/@comment-8284722-20141110194338

@Bambusek Well, there was the comedy, but Naruto really did love her though for the whole series (minus the epilogue). While I don't recall any such moment for Naruto's love reasons either (I think it was initially the fact she was cute, but later because he understood her as a kind person and never had such a strong bond with a female - let alone person - before), at least it was better than Sakura's given reasons for Sasuke ("those eyes... that posture... those clothes... the way he sits at the back of the class and does nothing... OH GOD I WANT HIM TO JUST SLOBBER ALL OVER MY FOREHEAD!!!!!" - dude, what the @&4*?). I also don't think Naruto just gave up on her at the summit ("Hey Dad, she's my girlfriend!" in Ch. 631); we'll never know, I guess. Come to think of it, why am I talking about a fanon pairing? We should just stop while we're at it.