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<div class="quote"><i> <p>Lilyxflower wrote: I honestly feel like he doesnt love sakura but loves sarada. </p> </i></div>
<p>The entire point of Naruto Gaiden was to show that he does. "Do you think your feelings are truly connected to mom?" "Yeah." "Because we have you, Sarada." His fidelity was brought under suspicion for that entire purpose, really, since the whole Karin thing turned out to be a red herring. </p><p>Also, one of those side books mention a period when Sasuke was under suspicion once more of being a criminal. He didn't care at all about it until it came to light that Sakura was in danger, with which he immediately came to her side, even though it turned out he was unnecessary. You can the synopsis of it somewhere on this wiki. </p><p>As for the actual topic, it kind of is. It serves as a prequel to the Boruto movie and essentially just resolves Sarada's issues with her family. I guess some might question why she's not more upset with Sasuke never having been at home for most of her childhood otherwise. </p>

<p>It's not a canceled out plot twist if stuff actually happens. What we perceived as a plot twist was simply a red herring used to help develop a character (ie. have Sarada's insecurities regarding family be resolved). You say cancel out, but that choice of word implies that the plot twist had no impact, which is what the person you've been butting heads with has been trying to argue. </p><p>When you say canceled out, it implies that you think the plot twist was pointless and did nothing. But we don't end where we began, because Sarada was changed by the twist, even if it turned out not to be real. </p><p>Without the brief moment of angst presented by the twist, you have Sarada who doesn't know how to feel about her family because she never gets to see her father. Her suspicions of her mother not being her mother stems from the fact that she doesn't really feel loved. You can easily see this from the fact that Sarada, while still resolute in her desire to save Sakura despite the now-false revelation of her lineage, questions her father over whether his feelings are truly connected with Sakura's or not. </p><p>I would actually argue that this was very smart of the author. Not because I believe it's brilliant writing or anything like that, but it allows him to have a more realistic Sarada. It would be strange to have her feel like nothing is wrong when her father is never home. So in order to resolve this without having to factually change that 1. Sasuke is her father and 2. Sakura is her birth mother, he introduces a mini-arc to help develop her and curb her of a reasonable insecurity. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> I must say, he doesn't. What he has done for Sakura he has also done for Karin. </i></div>
<p>In supplementary material, Sasuke acts indifferent to being labeled a traitor and figures it has nothing to do with him. The moment he hears that Sakura is being threatened, he rushes to save her. She didn't even need him, as she fended them off herself, obviously, seeing as how she was Tsunade's disciple and all. </p><p>Don't think he's ever actually done that kind of thing for Karin. Not to mention that people conveniently neglect that Sasuke pushes Orochimaru for information claiming that the Shins "tried to kill [his] daughter and harm [his] wife." </p><p>The possibility of him having impregnated Karin is certainly possibly. But a lot of what we've been shown indicates that Sasuke does care for Sakura. However, anyone can argue that this might not be romantically so, everything's up in the air, I guess. </p>

<p>It's difficult to say because supplementary material seems to indicate that Sasuke truly cares about Sakura, but this latest chapter seemingly goes back on it. </p><p>Guess we'll really have to see the explanation for it all or something. People who shipped Sasuke with Sakura are probably scrambling to find alternate explanations though, haha. </p>