Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141106113847/@comment-24391371-20141106213926

Meh. The pairings don't really surprise me. Disappointed, but not surprised. Unless Naruto decided that he was going to kill Sasuke (which he made very clear he WASN'T going to do), Sasuke was going to have to be paired with someone; and since Karin was only a minor character, that would leave Sakura. And, if Sakura was going to be paired with Sasuke, then that would leave Hinata as the only other viable person to pair with Naruto.

Definitely saw Shikamaru/Temari coming; she was even in Shikamaru's dream when he was still trapped in the Mugen Tsukuyomi. The only canon pairing that makes any sense.

Kakashi/Shizune was kinda obvious; besides Kurenai, who couldn't be paired with him for obvious reasons, she's the only other major female character around his age.

A BBW Anko? *gags*. I know it has nothing to do with "Canon Pairings", but I had to get it out of my system.

The other pairings came ENTIRELY out of left field. I mean, Kiba marries that Tamaki girl, who barely made a blip in the series, but was somehow important enough to be paired with one of the main characters? YYYYeahhhhh. Sai/Ino? Sure, why not. Can't be as bad and COMPLETELY retarded as the Chouji/Karin pairing. Seriously, did I overlook something? Did she give him a wink in one of the panels when she and her team arrived in Konoha after Pein's attack? Perhaps during the war? If she did, then I don't recall.

I'd say this made me hate the series, but like I said before: I started hating the damn manga a long time ago; this was just the final nail in the coffin. Shame too, because I actually liked the series in the beginning. Oh well ...