#random-ninjas

I do support SasuSaku for the Naruto series. They’re my otp. :3

As for Sasuke and Sakura having a future together, I think it’s a 50/50 chance, and that’s all because of Sasuke. He’s an absolute wild card here and many things could still happen in the manga to drive him apart from Team 7. There’s also a chance that one of them could lose their life in this war too. But I think most of their chances depend on what side Sasuke will choose in this war and I suppose this new found revelation about the Uchiha clan. I personally have a lot of hope though. Sakura still loves Sasuke after all of this time and I think that reassures me a bit. As long as she’s not giving him on him and continues to try for him, I have faith for the pairing. 

A lot of people have used the Uchiha revelation to declare that Sasuke loved/loves Sakura, but my view is that I really don’t think Sasuke has been or is in love with her. I was really shocked people started using the new chapter to justify their pairings because I think it mostly applied to Itachi and the Uchiha clan for Sasuke. Ever since losing his clan, I don’t think Sasuke has allowed himself the time to think of such things as romantic relationships. Most of his mind has been on revenge for his clan and then revenge for his brother up till now. I think Sasuke has basically loved his family, his revenge, and his brother most of all. However, I also view that Sasuke thought of all the members of Team 7 as important people to him once. He declared that Sakura was a precious person and has been willing to give his life for hers before. So I think that tells us what an important person she was to him, and hopefully, can once be again. Though it still sits wrong with me to say that he loved/loves her. I know a lot of people have used the forest of death scene as an example of Sasuke’s love for her, but I still don’t think that was love. I think that was just watching someone you care for greatly for getting hurt, and getting angry about it. I’m sure that some of the Uchiha curse played a part in Sasuke’s reaction against the sound ninja who hurt Sakura, but I just have the hardest time saying Sasuke loved Sakura then and there. Part of the reason too is because I don’t think their relationship was fully developed at that point. Sakura was still seeing Sasuke in a bit of a fangirlish light, almost, and it wasn’t until after she saw him in the forest of death in his angered state did her feelings really become more than that, I feel. I think she felt a lot for Sauske back then, but before that moment, I think it bordered on a crush. After that, I think is when it really developed into something more. She knew he wasn’t some dark, cool guy then, but someone who had his inner struggles and wasn’t perfect. Her perception of him was broken, but she came to love Sasuke for who he was after that. She didn’t give up on him then, nor has she given up after all he’s done now. 

If things were to fall into place and Sasuke did return to Konoha one day, I don’t think SasuSaku will get this big romantic ending, to be honest. I expect something more subtle. Because Sasuke and Sakura have to build back up the bond that’s been destroyed and reaffirm their trust in each other before I really think they can move into a romantic relationship. I think we have to go through a bit of a healing process because Sasuke also will have to sort out some of his own issues. But if Sakura has been there for him all this time, ready to forgive him, I’m sure she’d be there for him during this too. And that they could slowly move into a more serious relationship eventually. But I don’t think Kishi is going to take the time to show us all of that. So I bet if SasuSaku does happen, we get a big battlefield moment between them during this war, like NaruHina got, and then something small later, like them sitting in a hospital room together and just a tiny subtle hint that something would happen  between them in the future. Something akin to that, before the manga ends. That, or the last chapter will be something like a time skip and we’ll just get some hints of what happened between characters. I would love it if Kishi gave us more, but I’m always afraid I may be expecting too much because this is a shounen manga at the end of the day. 

However, Sasuke can still make a wrong move here again and decide to help Madara and Obito, and go down as a villain  I would prefer to seem him redeemed in some form, even if it ends with his death or him not returning to Konoha. But Sasuke doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to picking sides, so once again, I’ll say that it’s all 50/50 for me because of him. I think Orochimaru may become something he’ll have to deal with too, sooner or later, so Sasuke might have yet another obstacle to overcome there.