Naruto's "joke" in chapter 631 & 632

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Let me just clean up the bullshit.


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This is what Naruto looks like when he's joking / not serious / lying about his relationship with Sakura. You can tell he's lying not only by his words but by his expression and posture as well. There's always some kind of "tell" when he's joking. He's got a cheesy smile, or he's doing something completely outrageous, or he's sneaking around, or he's generally being a doofus.

Then there's #631....

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We get a significantly different expression and response from Naruto. He is as sober as a judge here. The look on his face is serious. The words he uses are serious. There's no hint of joking whatsoever. HE IS NOT JOKING.

Chapter 632

The comment Naruto made in #632 -- "I'll never, never turn on Sakura-chan again... she'll pulverize me...." or "Ne-never again... I can't ever poke fun of Sakura-chan again... otherwise she'll turn me into a stain...." (depending on the translation) -- WAS a joke. You can tell by the "lady lips" caricature of his face and the overall silliness. He's referring to all the stupid jokey crap he's done over the years to get a rise out of her -- the Oiroke no Jutsu, teasing her about being strong, etc. -- NOT his feelings for her.


Remember his reaction in #469? How he told Sakura -- twice -- that joking about something like loving him or choosing him over Sasuke wasn't funny? Right. But we're supposed to believe he turned around and "joked" about Sakura being his girlfriend to his father? Please.


As far as I'm concerned, trying to link the obvious joke in #632 to Naruto's answer to his father in #631 is either willful blindness or a desperate attempt to invalidate Naruto's declared feelings for Sakura.
 

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Very well done, nice research and adding all of this together. Ya' sort of got into Naruto's mindset. And.. Log out now.. Before you get spammed to all Hell.
 

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Kishi just wrote that in so that the pairing tards wouldn't abandon the manga. I mean, that's what it comes down to.
Kishi has to go back and forth between Sakura and Hinata, otherwise he might lose a good amount of the fandom (for stupid reasons, but still).
 

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I think it's obvious that Naruto loves Sakura, just some fans started to push their own feelings onto Naruto and then got mad. In chapter 632 he obviously seeked Sakura's attention "Sakura-chan...I'm here too..." :O
 

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Kishi just wrote that in so that the pairing tards wouldn't abandon the manga. I mean, that's what it comes down to.
Kishi has to go back and forth between Sakura and Hinata, otherwise he might lose a good amount of the fandom (for stupid reasons, but still).

Doesn't change any of the facts.
 

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He was either joking or lying, because she isn't his girlfriend...

But yah, he still loves sakura I think.
 

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i really am confused who naruto likes now....nice thread OP
 

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I can't believe people are still arguing about this crap.
 

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He was either joking or lying, because she isn't his girlfriend...

But yah, he still loves sakura I think.

That's why he says, "more or less". Meaning he hasn't got confirmation from Sakura.
 

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Doesn't change any of the facts.

A fact had irrefutable proof. You have given us a single scene, out of context, and then a second one I'm the middle of a huge battle that decides the date of the Narutoverse.
 

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NaruHina, thats all Ill say
 

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Kishi said on a few occasions he is not worried about pairing people.
That is not to say that pairings can't or won't be made.
I think he is just trying to keep us on our toes.
In the end he will be with hinata she has come to his rescue twice and shared a deeper moment then him and sakura ever did and were to think just because he spurted that one line that it will undo everything hinata has said and done for him ?

Naruto will eventually recognize hinata as the one for him just give it time.
 

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No, he does have confirmation from Sakura....he knows she loves Sasuke

Doesn't change the fact he still loves Sakura. You think he'll just settle for Hinata? no.
 

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