Yea, you and I differ on the 'soft' thing. When I look at those panels I see childlike and meek....there's a huge difference between being soft and meek. As if even if she wanted to hug him she couldn't unless he wanted to. There is no emotional freedom..ah! that's the term I've been looking for....emotional freedom on her part....but meh, we'll see what the movie brings.
Yeah our way of looking at that panel is entirely different(maybe, I can understand why Mikasa is your favorite character.lol)
Yes there is a difference between being soft and meek, but I termed it as soft, because I think Sakura has gone through a lot, due to Sasuke and she is the type of person who always looked towards him, cherished him and on top of that accepted the way he is, but at the same time, went as far as to completely abandon him('kill him', rather I should say).
I agree, there is less emotional freedom, but you expect it to be like that, considering the type of person Sasuke is, but it isn't as less as you are making it look like.
Yeah, 'Last' will go in more details of that stuff, but if you ask me personally, I can't call a relationship being screwed up just because there is one dominant partner.