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I hate when they say it because they’re painfully mischaracterizing Sasuke and making him more an asshole than he actually is. I’m not even arguing abt him being in love with her, I’m arguing abt him caring abt her and having her in high esteem.

Part 1 Sasuke clearly cares for both of his teammates, so yes even Sakura: he calmed down when Sakura hugged him, he thanked her, he noticed when she was feeling insecure and encouraged her, said to Naruto he didn’t want to lose any other precious comrades, the anime even failed to convey some of his expression towards her, the hand scene looks way harsher than it actually was. Part 1 Sasuke is kinda an asshole but he is also precious and still caring for his teammates, it needed a curse mark and fucking Itachi reminding him with another torturing genjutsu so he could go back on track.

In Shippuden he even thinks of them as a whole team. he also goes completely nuts and barely acknowledges anyone besides Naruto at some point, but seems bent on killing pretty much everyone. In war arc where he is more sane he goes to say he doesn’t care about anyone nor saving sakura yet it genuinely makes me laugh when people fuckn BELIEVE him, him the one who always wants to distance himself, a true fake till you make it.

He acknowledges Sakura’s power, is the first one to move and save Sakura when Madara stabs her while Naruto and Kakashi are still shocked yet ppl ignore this and just look at Sakura’s limited prospective, ppl use the argument where he says he just protected Kakashi and Sakura bc they were next to Naruto, then next thing Kishi makes a point with Naruto talking abt “body moving on its own” and Sasuke can’t even contradict him. He catches her and for no other reason Kishi draws these two just standing there looking at each other. They use then genjutsu scene as if Sasuke actually fuckn killed her and wasn’t AGAIN trying to severe a bond that reminded him of his family by spilling shit out of his mouth. He then apologizes to her, somehow ppl found the way to villanise the forehead poke, completely ignoring that for Sasuke is quite an important gesture that he is replicating and a sweet way of refusing saying “next time”, doesn’t matter if fuckn Itachi then went forehead to forehead to simbolize no barrier is between them, that doesn’t mean the forehead poke isnt smth Sasuke sees as precious and yes, a way to be gentle and refuse, and OFC he is putting distance, he is saying Sakura can’t come with him, yet that doesn’t strip away the fact of how important this gesture is to him and HIM sharing it. Also why would he be gentle and saying next time if he hates sakura. tf? He also uses the forehead poke on his DAUGHTER, and now next thing ppl are gonna say Sasuke is a dad who hates his daughter. Wow he is such a great man in your prospective, why do you even like him if you think this man isn’t capable of care and love besides one person (Naruto. and maybe two bc of his dead brother)?

Sasuke quite clearly cares about Sakura and recognizes her abilities, Sasuke isnt certainly going to marry someone he fucking hates or can’t stand to be in the same room with bc believe it or not this god-like man is capable of escaping a marriage.

Now I can instead listen to ppl saying he isn’t IN LOVE with her, like if you just look at what just Kishi gave us. Yet there are a myriad of other antisasusaku reasons that make way more sense that one could headcanon to explain why Sasuke isn’t in love yet still married Sakura other than Sasuke fucking hates her and Sakura somehow coerced him (a ninja trained in espionage, to hide, incredibly strong, who is mostly out of the village) into marrying her.

comic i drew last year but i still like it a lot. based on that scene from wfkbj (except the last few moments) which made me go, “this is so ss…” (though to be fair, i say that about a lot of things)

A very noticeable instance comes directly after Naruto and Sasuke’s rooftop fight, where in seeing Sakura is noticeably shaken after seeing two of teammates nearly kill each other, Kakashi tells her everything will be alright. He specifically tells her in the Viz Media translation that “Everything will be as it is before.” And of course, Sakura is reassured by Kakashi, but considering she later brings up her issues with Naruto, it shows that she still has reservations that she didn’t feel comfortable expressing to her teacher, which makes sense. Naruto is Japanese fantasy society based on those very customs, and in a culture that heavily values age-based hierarchies, I imagine that Sakura probably wouldn’t question a trusted mentor figure to his face.  

She attempts to talk to Sasuke into seeking help and telling the adults about the curse mark during the final leg of the exams, but he flat out refuses because it would mean resigning and having to put his personal goals on the backburner. She reaches out to Kakashi at least twice from what I remember, and both times seem to have done not much. She finally confides in Naruto, but he idolizes Sasuke so intently that he just doesn’t seem to believe it’s even possible for him to fall victim to the seductive nature of Orochimaru’s offer. It’s actually kind of amusing how Sakura seems to gradually begin growing out of her idyllic view of Sasuke before the reality of it all hits Naruto near the end of the Retrieval arc. She is aware of the fact that Sasuke could very well fall into Orochimaru’s clutches, and she took the signs he was putting out seriously enough to follow him on the night he left to the village gate. This is no doubt in part to the fact that Sakura has had moments alone with Sasuke where he reveals the more concerning parts of his personality; the awakening of his curse mark, for example, happened while Naruto was unconscious.

MAY YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR HYPERFIXATION

This is like saying, "Here's a story that's like a thriller, but I FIXED it by having the serial killer go to therapy instead of trapping victims in his evil maze and dismembering them."

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The thing a lot of people don't seem to get is that the entire appeal of a Regency romance is watching a deeply repressed, perfectly controlled, buttoned up, straight-laced person who has never expressed an emotion before fall so hard for someone that something in them just breaks and they come completely unhinged.

It's a very specific kink that this genre is tapping into.

meiyoukongju Off the top of my head, these are some examples of Sasuke showing he cared about Sakura, beginning with 3 of the most explicit examples. And I just wanna show that he cared, not that he was in love with her. Sorry that it’s rather long :P

- Sasuke cheering Sakura up by complimenting her genjutsu skills after noticing she was upset in chapter 36:

- Sasuke describing Sakura as someone “dear” to him in chapter 133:

This was reiterated in chapter 177, when Kakashi stated that they had both found “precious” companions, and Sasuke thinks of Sakura and Naruto:

- Sasuke sincerely thanking Sakura for everything she’s done for him in chapter 181 (bearing in mind she’s the only person he’s ever thanked in the whole series):

Here are several less explicit examples, but they definitely show that he cares for her more than he allows himself to admit:

- Stepping in harm’s way to shield Sakura from an attack in chapter 10:

- Sasuke waking up from slumber with the 1st thing on his mind being to get revenge on Sakura’s behalf because she’d been beaten up, and then breaking the guy’s arms, in chapters 55 and 56:

He looks pretty pissed doesn’t he? XD Also remember how this contrasts to Naruto, and how when he woke up, the first thing he thought of wasn’t why she was so beat up, but rather how Sakura’s hair had changed, and Sasuke wasn’t impressed:

- Sakura being the only female Sasuke is content with being in close physical contact with:

- Sasuke being unable to forget the close bonds he has with Sakura and team 7, no matter how hard he tries, in chapter 414:

- Sasuke smirking when Sakura went smashy smashy during the war, liking what he see’s and respecting her strength in chapter 632:

- Sasuke talking bullshit about only saving Sakura because she was close to Naruto, and the latter calling him out on his bullshit, by comparing it to Sasuke saving Naruto on the bridge, essentially saying Sasuke’s body moved on it’s own to save Sakura, and Sasuke having no answer to this, in chapter 680:

- Sasuke thanking Sakura once again for saving him in chapter 685:

- Sasuke’s leg shaking during Sakura’s confession, showing her words mean something to him, in chapter 693:

- Calling her annoying with the EXACT same pained, fake smile that Sakura showed Sai earlier on, further showing that he’s almost acting against his will:

- And Sasuke comparing Sakura’s love for him to the love he had for his family, showing that he considers her feelings to be very genuine, and not some fantasy of love that he had earlier bullshitted about:

And of course, the cause of all this hiding of emotions being the curse of his clan, explained in chapter 419:

This caused Sasuke to feel the need to shun the love Sakura offered him. It was inevitable; Sasuke’s cold demeanor and dark path were chosen for him the moment his clan was slaughtered by Itachi. Hagoromo acknowledged the tricky situation Sasuke was in when it came to love:

But Hagoromo was hopeful that Sasuke would be able to embrace love again after he was redeemed, “a love different from the one he had for his mother”, implying a romantic love:

And that’s what happened in 699 and the epilogue:

She is the only character in the entire show that has an "inner Sakura" who is way more outgoing and boisterous, and pushes Sakura to take chances and risks that she wouldn't ordinarily take on her own, including some key character development moments.