Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-2156952-20141204150215/@comment-8284722-20141206060751

@Habibi No it wasn't. Her nindo was to never give up, sure, but her goal was always to become the clan heiress and prove her worth to Hiashi. Naruto was merely an inspiration to never give up. Then somewhere down the road, probably sometime during the Chunin Exams (yeah, that early) everyone (including Kishi) came to believe that she was basically the "Mellow Naruto" version of Sakura and Ino - ruled by a love interest, constantly mastur****** to him, only being happy around him, only thinking about him, only EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM - and yet the love interest hardly even knows (cares in Sasuke's case) it when they are in the same room together.