| It’s always amazing to see how much people can | | | | ‘I’ll-sacrifice-everything-for-you’ love. And |
| get riled up over Naruto’s love life. Indeed, | | | | though Sasuke knocked her out, he does leave her |
| Naruto’s love life is the subject of many debates | | | | with a thank you which is enigmatic and poignant. |
| and flame wars in the internet. Either way, we can’t | | | | Until now, even with Sasuke’s defection, he is still |
| deny the fact that the whole ‘romance’ aspect | | | | the biggest hindrance to any possibility of Naruto and |
| of the anime makes it more interesting. And, since | | | | Sakura getting together since Sakura obviously still |
| Naruto’s the main character he has to end up with | | | | loves Sasuke and there are always these tiny clues |
| someone, right? | | | | that he might love her back. All it takes for them to get |
| There are two girls in the series who posses the | | | | together is for Sasuke to finish with his goals and have |
| possibility of ending up with Naruto. Unless, the author | | | | time to ‘restore his clan’. |
| Kishimoto throws in a new female character onto the | | | | And though Sakura is warming up to Naruto, it mostly |
| mix. | | | | seems like friendship and not ‘romance’. Sakura |
| Haruno Sakura | | | | loves Naruto but only as a friend it seems like moving |
| Sakura is and has always been Naruto’s crush, | | | | forth even at Naruto Shippuden. All of Naruto’s |
| even from the beginning of the series. Although she is | | | | advances seems to fail as Sakura rejected him softly |
| Naruto’s teammate but she wasn’t not | | | | without much emotion. |
| necessarily his friend at the beginning of team Kakashi. | | | | Hyuuga Hinata |
| In fact, Sakura displayed a lot of hostility towards | | | | Then there’s Hinata. Hinata is a shy girl who, unlike |
| Naruto in the beginning of the series, owing perhaps to | | | | all the other academy girls, had a crush on Naruto |
| Naruto’s reputation as the academy’s | | | | since the very beginning. She never looked down on |
| ‘deadlast’. However, she warms up to him as | | | | Naruto although she is way smarter then Naruto. On |
| the series progresses and starts to care for him as a | | | | the contrary, the crush she has on Naruto is so huge |
| friend. Sure, if you look at it this way, these two seem | | | | that she faints whenever she’s on a close |
| like they’re headed for the holy matrimony. | | | | proximity to Naruto. |
| Naruto’s the main male character and Sakura’s | | | | Unbeknownst to Naruto, she is one of the first people |
| the main female character and they would probably | | | | who have ever acknowledged him besides Sasuke. |
| end up together, right? Wrong. Things aren’t that | | | | Hinata admires him for his courage, strength, |
| simple. | | | | determination, and confidence. These are qualities |
| Ir’a given fact that Naruto has a crush on Sakura, | | | | completely opposite of her that she lacks greatly of. |
| but Sakura is in love with Sasuke instead; Naruto’s | | | | Naruto inspires her to be more than she is and it |
| direct rival. He is everything he is not since start. As a | | | | always pushes Hinata to be a better person |
| genius, Sasuke is also good looking, and powerful | | | | Naruto and Hinata have their moments. The most |
| without even trying. Sasuke does not blatantly return | | | | important one is probably the ‘blood oath’. And |
| her affections but there are little clues in the series | | | | all throughout the anime, Kishimoto inserts fluffy |
| where you’ll see that these two; Sakura and | | | | Naruhina scenes, especially in Shippuden. In my opinion, |
| Sasuke definitely have something together. In fact, | | | | all it takes for them to get together is a confession of |
| Sakura and Sasuke’s relationship is one of the | | | | some sort such as Hinata finally gathering enough |
| most romantically developed in the anime what with | | | | courage (which fits well with her theme) to walk up to |
| the hug in the forest of death where it is only through | | | | Naruto and tell him she loves him. |
| Sakura’s hug that Sasuke, possessed by the | | | | We'll have to watch Naruto to see what happens |
| cursed seal, comes to his senses. There’s also | | | | essentially but my verdict would be that Naruto will |
| Sasuke’s acknowledgement that Sakura is one of | | | | probably end up with Hinata and Sasuke will end up |
| his ‘precious persons’. And then there’s this | | | | with Sakura. |
| huge matter of Sakura’s confession of love, true | | | | |