Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-8284722-20141222195100/@comment-8284722-20150103224151

@Seelentau Yeah... the general gist is pretty much the same. You said it yourself, he depicted them all in a similar way. Since you gave specific examples, I'll go ahead and address them:

Sakura: she matures, but does she mature to the point where she finds nearly having her throat slit even the teensiest bit unsettling? Nooooo. Seriously; she HAS to grow up.

Ino: She was pretty much all over Sasuke in the exact same way Sakura is over him since, well, Ino pretty much shaped Sakura's character. However, she was able to actually move on with Sai, and I gotta give her credit for that.

Karin: Yep. Creepy. Although, as I've mentioned in another thread, Sasuke is pretty much the only thing in her life, which is probably the reason for the obsession. Unlike Sakura, Karin actually had a point where she needed Sasuke to actually continue her life. Plus - she actually TRIED to give up on Sasuke. So I sympathize with her feelings, as you see in the script. However, I am going to heavily tone down her love by getting rid of all the references to licking, biting (minus the Heal Bite), and the like.

Tsunade: Yeah, it was normal, and definitely better than Sakura's thing for Sasuke. I'm also going to give her credit for actually starting to take a slight liking to Jiraiya - just before he died, that is.

Hinata: THANK YOU!

Konan: Pretty much. Although I kinda responded to that with Hisana.

Mei: Sure, no love interest, but she's constantly pining to find someone to marry, if her IT proved anything. Too bad she got too old...

Rin: This one you got completely wrong. Rin's crush was far more like Sakura's, in that it revolved around physical characteristics and how she was ready to bluntly spit it out right after Kakashi revealed Obito's feelings for Rin. Speaking of which, Obito's feelings for Rin have several parallels to Naruto's feelings for Sakura. For this third film, you might want to take note of that.

All-in-all, my thing goes Karin > Hinata > Sakura > Ino > Tsunade > Rin > Konan. And they were all pretty obsessive; you don't have to act like Amy Rose to be under obsessive love.

@Hisana Forgot to mention about Sakura. Her development was going great. Really. And then it just went splat in Ch. 693. I think it was due to Kishi trying to improve Sakura's role as more of a heroine while simultaneously trying to match with his predetermined ending, which is understandably hard.