Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Well, it's Valentine's Day, the day of love and I'm currently playing Ninja Storm 4 which tells the ending of Naruto's story and while Naruto's final arc had many MANY things wrong with it. (Final villain was such a joke)
At the end of Naruto, there is some of the most random pairings I've ever seen..... but there's one in particular that just pisses me off... makes me so mad... makes my blood BOIL with how bad it is.
Sasuke/Sakura is a goddamn travesty of a love story.
Now... you may ask? It's a silly manga intended for children? How could it be that bad? Oh no, you'll find that Sasuke/Sakura's "love story" might very well be worse than Twilight's. (Yes, we have accomplished that)
Basically, in the early chapters, we're introduced to a basic love triangle: Naruto likes Sakura who likes Sasuke who doesn't care. Obviously, you would think the set-up here is that the main heroine will learn to like the main hero? Well.... more on that later.
Sasuke... treats Sakura very poorly. He ranges from outright apathy to trying to murder her without hesitation. In fact, he cares nothing for her. Sakura continutes to love him inspite of it and I cannot imagine why. In fact, at the end of the story Sakura begs him not to continue his path because she loves him and Sasuke knocks her out with a horrible genjutsu. At the end, Sakura acts like a whimpering little puppy and asks Sasuke to take her with him completely annihilating what character development she had left. (Way to revert her back to being 12 years old Kishimoto)
Meanwhile on the other hand, Kishimoto also continued developing Naruto/Sakura parallels most notably with the characters Jiraya/Tsunade and Minato/Kushina (Naruto's parents) thus indicating that they were supposed to be the endgame couple. Once the series was over, he infamously claimed that this was a deliberate mislead (or did he or did it not plan this, well, Kishimoto's infamous in contradicting himself as to when or if he planned the endgame pairings so believe what you want) But Good God, you may argue that Naruto/Sakura would've been cliche, poorly written, whatever, but y'know what? It would've MADE SENSE, which is something I can never say for Sasuke/Sakura. If Naruto/Sakura had happened, that would've meant that Sasuke ends up alone which is really the only end I could've seen for his character.
The thing is I'm not the only one who hates this pairing, this forum, other forums and even NarutoForums were aghast that this pairing happened. On Kishimoto's thank you page that turned into a complete mess of angry fans attacking him (some of it deserved, some not) I distinctly remember a father writing to Kishimoto and telling him that he had given his two daughters a bad message and that they were done with his work. Yeah. That serious.
What about Naruto Gaiden? The spinoff manga that came out a few months later? Oh well, what about it? You mean the manga that confirmed that Sasuke is a complete deadbeat dad who hasn't seen his daughter her whole life? I almost suspect that at some point between the final chapter and first chapter of Gaiden, Kishimoto looked at Sasuke/Sakura and went "Oh my God.... WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" I almost suspect he hates this pairing as much as I do considering he goes out of his way to make it look bad, here's what he had to say about it in one interview.
At the end of Naruto, there is some of the most random pairings I've ever seen..... but there's one in particular that just pisses me off... makes me so mad... makes my blood BOIL with how bad it is.
Sasuke/Sakura is a goddamn travesty of a love story.
Now... you may ask? It's a silly manga intended for children? How could it be that bad? Oh no, you'll find that Sasuke/Sakura's "love story" might very well be worse than Twilight's. (Yes, we have accomplished that)
Basically, in the early chapters, we're introduced to a basic love triangle: Naruto likes Sakura who likes Sasuke who doesn't care. Obviously, you would think the set-up here is that the main heroine will learn to like the main hero? Well.... more on that later.
Sasuke... treats Sakura very poorly. He ranges from outright apathy to trying to murder her without hesitation. In fact, he cares nothing for her. Sakura continutes to love him inspite of it and I cannot imagine why. In fact, at the end of the story Sakura begs him not to continue his path because she loves him and Sasuke knocks her out with a horrible genjutsu. At the end, Sakura acts like a whimpering little puppy and asks Sasuke to take her with him completely annihilating what character development she had left. (Way to revert her back to being 12 years old Kishimoto)
Meanwhile on the other hand, Kishimoto also continued developing Naruto/Sakura parallels most notably with the characters Jiraya/Tsunade and Minato/Kushina (Naruto's parents) thus indicating that they were supposed to be the endgame couple. Once the series was over, he infamously claimed that this was a deliberate mislead (or did he or did it not plan this, well, Kishimoto's infamous in contradicting himself as to when or if he planned the endgame pairings so believe what you want) But Good God, you may argue that Naruto/Sakura would've been cliche, poorly written, whatever, but y'know what? It would've MADE SENSE, which is something I can never say for Sasuke/Sakura. If Naruto/Sakura had happened, that would've meant that Sasuke ends up alone which is really the only end I could've seen for his character.
The thing is I'm not the only one who hates this pairing, this forum, other forums and even NarutoForums were aghast that this pairing happened. On Kishimoto's thank you page that turned into a complete mess of angry fans attacking him (some of it deserved, some not) I distinctly remember a father writing to Kishimoto and telling him that he had given his two daughters a bad message and that they were done with his work. Yeah. That serious.
What about Naruto Gaiden? The spinoff manga that came out a few months later? Oh well, what about it? You mean the manga that confirmed that Sasuke is a complete deadbeat dad who hasn't seen his daughter her whole life? I almost suspect that at some point between the final chapter and first chapter of Gaiden, Kishimoto looked at Sasuke/Sakura and went "Oh my God.... WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" I almost suspect he hates this pairing as much as I do considering he goes out of his way to make it look bad, here's what he had to say about it in one interview.
