Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4271790-20141106113847/@comment-25632268-20141110192027

Gemnist wrote: I'm with SeaTerror on this one. I guess there was (barely) enough SS development in those last two chapters to make it work. Problem is, who the hell is able to fall in love with a girl just because the guy who truly loves her kicks your butt?

You say Naruto truly loved Sakura but I don't recall him actually saying even once why he fell for her. For the most part of pre shippuuden it was more like comedy gag when he was trying to ask her out and got beaten (and still this was mostly in the anime). He felt something for her, but I would never call this true love. He admitted during his last talk with Minato that he doesn't know much about girls and he was sixteen then, how the hell could he know anything about females four years earlier? It was more like "she likes Sasuke and he is my rival so I would chase her as part of our rivalry"

For me Sakura should lost all her chances with Naruto during Kage summit arc when she was trying to use his feelings to manipulate him. Sorry, it is a big no.