Sakunaru War Room I

[Izanami]

Welcome to the first of the many to come threads dedicated to the Naruto pairing Sakunaru, the relationship between Sakura and Naruto. Here you can discuss with other shippers about their relationship, we do not allow bashing but you are allowed to debate with other shippers, just keep the flames down.

Also feel free to share any work or creations you have made, we would all love to see them. Have fun everyone!

[syarafire]

NaruSaku is one of my (many) OTPs. =)

I love the way they interact with each other before and after the timeskip, particularly after. When they're older, you can tell that Sakura holds more than just a grudging respect for Naruto. While it may not be "love", it's obvious that her feelings have matured into a real friendship. And the same with Naruto: before the timeskip, he had more of a crush on Sakura than he had real feelings for her. But he seems to have matured in his relationship with her, as well. Although he's still immature with the Sexy Jutsu and such, he's a lot more respectful and serious with Sakura.

I have a little drabble on ff.net that can be interpreted as NarutoSakura if you tilt your head and squint a little. Click here for icky drabble.

[Paraiba Ocean]

Ooh look, I get to stir up trouble. Jk.

Personally, I don't like NaruSaku that much (or SakuNaru...whatever). Why? I kinda think that Sakura doesn't deserve Naruto. I mean, lol, Naruto is kind of a goof, but for the first part, she was all "OMGOMGOMG SASUKE! MARRY ME! LET'S HAVE LOVE CHILDREN." And she was kinda mean to Naruto.

Maybe the more I watch, the more I'll change. I can agree he's more mature and respectful and serious with Sakura.

[Empyreal Maiden]

Yeah, Sakura was never one of my favorite characters which is mainly why I don't like her with well, anyone. She's gotten better but I still think that she is a bit self'centered and because of her quick to anger nature, her being in a healthy relationship seemse odd to me.

[syarafire]

I admit I'm not much of a NaruSaku shipper pre-timeskip, since I see Team 7's relationship as a vicious cycle of OMGMEAN. Naruto likes Sakura, who despite ocassionally trying to be nice insults him and ignores him; andSakura likes Sasuke, who is rude, uncaring, and bitter towards her for the most part.

Post-timeskip it's obvious that their team dynamic has changed. Being patient and not quick to anger isn't the be all, end all to a healthy relationship. Characters like Sakura, who are quick to anger, are more interesting to see in relationships, in my opinion. Also, I think Sakura's anger is directed more at the right sources post-timeskip: at Sasuke for leaving, at Orochimaru for causing the mess in the first place, and at Akatsuki for wanting to take the Kyuubi and therefore kill Naruto. Of course, she still punches Sai and Naruto on occassion, but for the most part I'd say they had it coming. If she really was angry with them, she'd punch harder; we know she can.

Maybe that's just my rabid Sakura fan mentality kicking in, but oh well.

[Paraiba Ocean]

I just think Sakura seems too unstable for a relationship. Her anger may not be directed at Naruto, but even so...who knows what will happen if some Sasuke equivalent, short the betrayal, comes bopping along?

[syarafire]

I don't think Sakura's that superficial--to her, nobody can replace Sasuke. If someone like him came around, she wouldn't flock to him like a fangirl. Perhaps if she was still twelve, or somewhere in the early years of her training with Tsunade, but I think she's above meaningless crushes now. She was perfectly willing to fight Sasuke herself to bring him back; I think she's a more mature and well-rounded character. I'll agree with the instability, though. She seems to have violent mood swings, but I think it's part of expressing her true emotions--she's just getting used to it, since she used to have Inner Sakura to hide how she really felt.

In short, I think all three main characters have been mean to each other at one point. I don't think it's fair to say that Sakura doesn't deserve Naruto because she did some stupid things when she was twelve, because then it's just as fair to say that Sasuke doesn't deserve Sakura because he repeatedly pushed her away and was blatantly rude to her.

[Paraiba Ocean]

Maybe. I would like to believe she's matured, but still...just because she's 15 doesn't mean she can't be superficial or find herself attracted to another girl with foolish fangirlish crushes. I'm 15 and I have them.

A guy can just have a facade that's deceiving and she might be smarter about it in the future, but she's not invincible.

[syarafire]

Oh yes, there's no denying that. But that's more of a fault of youth than a fault that's specific to Sakura--I can imagine any of the Rookie Nine having a fangirl/fanboy crush like that. We've already seen it of Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Naruto.

I would personally like to see a Naruto/Sakura fanfiction that also leaned towards one-sided Sakura/Sai. (I'd totally write that. But I'm far too lazy.)

[Empyreal Maiden]

I think Sakura has gotten a lot better and I do like her with Naruto but I'm not the biggest fan of her character. Maybe I've just always had a chip in my shoulder from the first few episodes but to me, she seemed spoiled and only concerned with Sasuke. I like her with Naruto because he's the underdog. Sakura still has some feelings for Sasuke but Naruto has liked her for a while and i really want him to be happy because he's gone through so much.

[syarafire]

I've loved Sakura from the beginning, honestly. She reminds me so much of myself.

I stole got an awesome colorbar. =) I'm seriously in love with this thing right now. Like? And I'm also listening to the Avenue Q soundtrack, which is...reminding me of Sakura/Sasuke? (To be fair, it's the serious song. >_>)

[Empyreal Maiden]

I love your colorbar as well! It's really sweet. I just think that NaruSaku would work better than SasuSaku because to me, Sakura seems like she'd want to change Sasuke and he doesn't seem to want to change; he only wants to get stronger.

[Izanami]

Even though I admit I was not too crazy about Sakura in the beginning she is one of my favorite characters, even though she is learning how to handle controlling her emotions she now is able to speak her mind this is shown since she no longer needs inner-Sakura.

Sakura and Naruto have developed and were willing to change while Sasuke, well did not, he only cares for restoring his family and becoming stronger. It is as if he does not care about his character or others around him at all, which is why I am not too fond of Sasuke. But I do agree that Naruto would be better match with Sakura then Sasuke.

[Megami Kira]

I myself, not big on the Sakura, she's ok with Naruto, depending on hoe everything's put together, if I had to put her with some... most likely Rock Lee... I love Lee... ok I'm back, but yeah, I really, [i]really[/i] don't like Sasuke with Sakura, but I [i]did[/i] run into a good fic with that pairing, I liked it anyways, kinda OOC though, mostly Sasuke, but it was done well

[Empyreal Maiden]

I think the main thing that SakuNaru fans have against SasuSaku is the fact that Sasuke so far hasn't shown interest in a relationship and has shown no effort to change in order to create a healthy one. Sakura and Naruto are willing to make adjustments for the ones they love while right now, Sasuke is so self-centered he isn't willing to care about others at the moment. I agree about Rock Lee as well, I love Rok Lee he is just adorable. He's one of my favorite characters!

Welcome to the forums Megami!