Comments where NaruSaku won't happen because Sakura still loves Sasuke or Sakura just sees him as a freind is moot point when you consider that the same can be said for NaruHina. You can shove it off as some silly little crush or as a brother/sister bond but Naruto has felt that he has romantic feelings for Sakura and to say that NaruSaku can't happen because Sakura loves someone else and/or just sees Naruto as a friend/team mate but NaruHina can happen, despite Naruto loving someone else and seeing Hinata as just a friend really makes no sense.
No dis to Naruhina fans, all Naruhina theories if looked at are just hopeful delusions, no offense.
I would say that I agree that NaruHina fans tend to shove their hopeful delusions. That Naruto's feelings for Sakura is nothing more than a silly crush or a brother/sister bond. Or that he'll finally realise that Hinata is truly the one for him.
1. If you reread the manga, you can see it was actually sakura who was the first to encourage Naruto, and she has continually supported him throughout the entire manga.
I'm no NaruSaku fan myself, but I would still say that Sakura is the "loudest" believer of Naruto. I don't mean the "shouting" kind of loud. I mean the more obvious kind of "loud". Hinata's inner monologue of how she believes in Naruto just doesn't cut it for me. Hinata believes in Naruto, doesn't actually show it to him (instead we "hear" her thoughts) until way later in the manga and she's supposed to get points for "being the first one"? Well, OK... :shrug:
2. Naruhina is not the most popular paring in Japan, its actually a bunch of yaoi pairings, but Narusaku is still above Naruhina when just looking a hetro pairings. This is according to official poll held in Japan, not one of those fake polls you see on the internet asking for only Japanese people to reply lol.
Do people seriously use polls to prove a pairing is happening? Unless someone can provide evidence that polls do, in fact, matter they ought to stop using it as a means to prove a pairing is going to happen. If polls actually mattered we'd be seeing more of those "bunch of Yaoi pairings" you mentioned.
5. I know you guys think Hinata deserves to be with Naruto, but that shouldn't be the case, Hinata deserves a guy that loves her, not a guy who's in love with another women. Also Hinata's development is another key point, she hasn't really changed much from Part 1. Now I think Kishi is setting her up for a rejection, which we'll then see a big character change and some development after that, but I think Hinata we'll grow up and she'll thank Naruto for helping her to be more confident, and Hinata we'll go find her own man. (Gaahina, or Kibahina sounds good to me) I mean just look at this pic, is so cute....
I agree that Hinata deserves to be with a guy that loves her. It's just funny that you mentioned GaaHina and KibaHina, two boys who don't love her. At least one's her team mate. Personally I at least find GaaHina to be a wonderful crack pairing. xd KibaHina... well, I give little care for that one. I rather actually...dislike it, I'm sorry to say. :ghehe:
Sorry Naruhina fans, Naruhina is cute and all, but it just doesn't make sense, If Hinata had some more development with Naruto, then just the few pages shes in, it might work.
I would go as far to say that Naruto has no real reason to even think that Hinata is the "right one". Hinata has loved him for a long time? She's always believed in him? She confessed and, unlike Sakura's, her's was real. She's always been "there"? Naruto is expect to turn towards a girl he hardly interacts with because she not only saved him but she also told him that for a long time she has strong feelings for him. That he unintentionally saved her and since then she's been wanting to "be with him"? Because, despite Hinata truly believing Naruto when hardly anyone else would and how she really cares for him, Naruto is supposed to suddenly realise "Oh, hey. Come to think of it, Hinata has been by my side this whole entire time. I'm such a blind idiot to not even notice this." :|
Psst. Doesn't Kiba or one of the other guys sort of like Hinata anyways (I'm not sure.)
One would argue that Kiba, at least, has feelings for Hinata. However, there's really no evidence of this other than his protectiveness of her in the Chunin Exam. I would say that he doesn't because not only was it never mentioned that Kiba may sort of like Hinata, there's currently been no future Kiba>Hinata interaction that would outright state or suggest such a thing. =)
3: She always ignored him in the first Naruto-series, even when he needed someone the most. Hinata were always watching him, even though he didn't know.
Heh. OK... that's amusing. Sakura ignored Naruto at the beginning when he need it the most. When Naruto needed someone to care Hinata didn't ignore him. She just watched him... OK... I'm sorry...what? _O-