Don't take the title so literally. It's just to grab attention. I was bringing up two scenarios people have not noticed. And if you don't think 1 word can make difference then I don't know what to say.Sakura fans have tendency to like her for something she is not written, or better say they hope to be written. They talk about her "potential" "further development" "unknown feelings" etc. while these are simply are not expanded or given much effort by author. She got decent amount of panel time, she was there in every arc. But her characterization, depth and development falls behind characters like Nagato, Obito, Sasori, Gaara, Gai, Lee, Neji, Kabuto etc. who had less panels and spotlights in few arcs.
"That's not her fault that's Kishi's fault" well no shit he writes the characters and storyline and that's how her character went down. How "wrong" she is written is how she actually is. Just grow up and accept it. I like what if scenarios or small head canons, i like some characters for this (for ex. Murasakibara from KnB) despite lacking development but indirectly saying author is wrong and character is actually different than what have been shown is pure denial.
Title is "Sakura's development in 693" but it does not mention much of her development. The fact that it depends on the speculation of single word "love" and how it might have been used shows how much she lacks in development.
Kishi had stated himself that people don't understand his portayal of Sakura, he wanted to show her as a heroine with her confessiom but people took it the total opposite. So when I say Kishi is doing it wrong, I am talking about how he handles things, he sees it this way and thinks its good and everyone sees it in the wrong.
I can see how Kishi wants to actually portray Sakura and I can see these traits you seem to think we magically see in her.
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