Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20141114234521/@comment-1514283-20141115191834

Blackchaos27 wrote: What NaruSaku fans don't seem to realize is that Naruto went after Sakura knowing absolutely nothing about love. Which, can you blame him? He grew up without any parents and spent much of his childhood hated and ostracized by almost the entire village. What did Naruto know about love anyways? How could he know what it feels like to love someone or to be loved? If anything he probably only went for Sakura because if he could get her to like him, he could get everyone else to like him. Also why Sakura? Evidently just because of her looks, cleary not her personality(which back in academy would make anyone else groan at). His childish crush on her has always been just that, a childish crush. At no point has it ever truly developed. If you ask me, the combination of Hinata's confession, Sakura's FALSE confession, and meeting his parents all served as a wake up call for him to what love really is and what it feels like. Also Kushina did tell him NOT to go after the first girl he sees, which Naruto initially failed to listen(though he was a newborn so that's understandable). So, the ending with him marrying Hinata shows that he truly understands love now. And that's why I think it was fitting.

What a load of horse shit. I actually cringed reading this nonsense.

Regardless of how inconsequential his feelings ultimately to Kishimoto due to shit tier writing, Naruto genuinely loved Sakura, and it was a significant facet of his character. He put her happiness before his own, hence the promise, and hence why Sai had to play intermediary and confront Sakura on what loving her was doing to him.

If you want to talk about childish crushes, then stick to what Hinata felt for Naruto. She idolised him from afar and had a crush on him. She barely made any appearances in the manga and so little development that her throwing herself in front of Pain was a laughable attempt at drama, a transparent plot device to up the drama and conveniently give Naruto a much needed power up. Hinata barely knew Naruto, and the fact that pairing needs a movie to explain how Naruto fell out of love with Sakura after all that development and in love with the girl he was never even hinted at being attracted to in the manga or the data books.

As disgusting as SasuSaku is, at least Sakura's feelings developed much more organically, though she should've been allowed to move on with her dignity, but I digress, that is not the point I am trying to make. Initially Sakura was drawn to Sasuke because of his looks and because she thought he was cool. She then got to know him and fell in love with him.