Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141106113847/@comment-1604252-20141108061550

@Nathael Thank you. Took the words out of my mouth. The dynamics of the characters when it came to romance, as well as Kishi's continued emphasis on Hinata and Sakura's feelings for Naruto and Sasuke respectively over the years made it obvious who was going to end up with who. And as you said, since this is not a romance focused manga, there was no time for major complexity of feelings between characters. Had this been a romance focused manga, I'm sure things might have ended differently.