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I can't believe the editors decided to publish that 😭 Kishimoto has often linked fighting/getting stronger with feelings of excitement for both Naruto and Sasuke so it's definitely a running theme for them. The last straw being chapter 175/700 is so funny.

Although not a constant topic of discussion, threads on Naruto's relationship with Sasuke comes from time to time but very rarely is there any honest discussion on it in regards to the actual work, generally speaking there's an underlying homophobic sentiment to it, they label Naruto as psycho lol and are much more likely to emphasize Naruto as gay than Sasuke.

But yes that particular scene and line is definitely one of the most talked about. But what's baffling is that it's an expression usually used on female characters

Here are some some reactions to it.

Like they will forever be resentful of the fact that he has everything they want for Sakura in canon, and thus they have to leech off of his character moments and dynamics.

Naruto is the only one canonically confirmed to physically look like Kushina while ALSO being similar to her in personality. There is no such indication for Sakura in the manga at all, given that the only person she's physically compared to is Mebuki, her irrelevant mother. Naruto is consistently compared to both Minato and Kushina. He is the only one paralled with them in a significant way. His parallels with his parents are reinforced throughout the manga, with everyone from Tsunade to his parents themselves remarking on the intentional similarities. Kishimoto having a distinct artstyle, does not a parallel make.

Naruto is the only who who meaningfully helped Sasuke and helped him not feel alone. This is confirmed by Sasuke himself saying repeatedly that Naruto was his one and only friend. This was confirmed in his conversation with the sage and reaffirmed throughout VOTE 2, most notably in his statement to Naruto before he attempted to strike at him. Naruto is the only one who Sasuke considered a weakness. Naruto is the only one Sasuke meaningfully thinks about outside the context of Team 7. Naruto is the only one said to be changing Sasuke's heart and goals. Naruto is the only one who never gave up on Sasuke. How is this even an argument. Aside from the fact that Sasuke says so verbatim, we quite literally see as much during the 5 Kage Summit arc. Sakura quite literally attempts to kill Sasuke 2 times, and almost gets killed both times because of her insufficiency.

Sakura is not the only Team 7 member who became strong without "external power" like Kurama. Sakura was born with perfect control, an immanent ability. She is not like Rock Lee. The difference between Sakura and Naruto is that Naruto actually trained meaningfully. Sakura, who had no motivation on her own accord and chose to get stronger primarily for Sasuke, was trained by a legendary sanin and spent all of post timeskip getting defeated by everyone from Omoi to Kabuto, or his ass in any case. She said she would get stronger to help Naruto and ended up sitting and crying for help during the Pain arc. She said she would protect Naruto by killing Sasuke and ended up having to get saved twice, by Kakashi and Naruto, during the 5 Kage Summit Arc. During the war arc, she put down the mentor she learned from and immediately and repeatedly had to be saved. There are no panels of post time skip Sakura training, whereas there are multiple of Naruto training during his power ups. We see him train for sage mode. We see him train for the rashenshuriken. We see him train to utilize his 9 tails power. Naruto at his weakest, the beginning of Kazekage Rescue arc, was able to adeptly put the plan in motion to get the bells from Kakashi. Sakura with her book smarts was not able to do the same.

They need to learn the difference between assumptions and inferences of conclusions drawn from the manga with reasonable textual evidence to support. Everything I've stated is shown and/or stated in the manga whereas they have to rely on 192928838 different novels and fillers and fanfics in defense. Is it not ironic that the people who whine about "canon" can only use extra canon source material in defense 🤔

?????? The fanfics they wish were canon (the only semi-plausible part being the one where Sasuke sees a shadow of his family in Team 7 + because he never individuates Sakura)

Vs. THE ACTUAL MANGA where Kishimoto gives Naruto and Sasuke sun and moon tattoos to solidify their status and yin and yang soul mates