Well, we all know that crappy ass moment where Hinata slapped Naruto was considered to be the turning point in their relationship, and fanboys everywhere began creaming themselves.
*stretch*
You must be new to the series.
Please review - each and every time we get a "Naruhina" moment - there is a "narusaku" moment that follows within a few chapters.
This was hardly unexpected. And, as predicted, it was even more shallow than the previous examples (which actually had Sakura showing affection for Naruto).
Yet, in chapter 631 we also see a NaruSaku moment where Minato reveals that she reminds him of Kushina. And we all know Kushina told Naruto to get a girl like her.
And, of course, that is what makes a relationship.
Please... let's review the time-line... at what point would it be possible for Naruto and Sakura to become boyfriend/girlfriend? At what point would naruto have allowed this idea to enter into his head?
Simple answer: we're dealing with a Japanese pun that Naruto answered like a dolt.
More concrete than that crappy ass slap? Yeah! Does it mean it's the final pairing? Hell no!
I fail to see what is concrete about it. When one applies a little bit of computation power (known as 'thought' to organics) to the suggestion... one runs into an irreconcilable problem in the timeline. Sakura was shown to be thinking of Sasuke when she turned down a relationship offer by some random ninja during the war. Mere weeks before that, Naruto had told Sakura to stop lying to herself and turned down her offer to form a relationship with him and "come home."
It doesn't make any sense, at all, for him to be answering in the affirmative to a direct question about Sakura being his girlfriend.
And the parallels between Kushina and Sakura are largely irrelevant. Naruto isn't Minato - and even more important than that - Sakura and Naruto do not share a bond similar to the one Minato and Kushina did.
I don't care for either pairing, but I thought it would be amusing to point this out to the annoying fanboys of Naruhina
I always enjoy giving trawls a catch they don't quite expect to deal with.
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