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Naruto and Sakuras obsession with bringing Sasuke back is stupid; no need to beat around the bush. They were never close friends with him no matter how the story likes to pretend otherwise. But there is some justification in Naruto caring so much for him; Narutos whole shtick is that he was a lonely kid with no friends, and Sasuke was among the first to acknowledge his existence. Having not grown with a family for himself, he sees Sasuke as the brother he never had. Makes sense; Naruto is just a stupid kid with a warped view of friendship. Its Sakura caring so much for Sasuke thats absolutely stupid. Unlike Naruto, she didnt have any sort of traumatic life growing up; no, getting bullied as a kid for the size of her forehead is no real trauma, especially when so many other characters grow up as literal orphans who see their loved ones get killed or find their corpses as children. Naruto cares so much about Sasuke because he was one of the first people to acknowledge him. Sakura cares so much about Sasuke because she thought he was cool. Thats all there is to it. Its a glorified middle school crush that turns into an unhealthy obsession on Sakuras part. And no matter how the story tries to pretend otherwise, they never became close during their time in Team 7.

When theyre first put into a team at the start of the story, Sasuke tells Sakura off for being annoying and misunderstanding of an orphans problems. He opens up to her a miniscule bit when he drops hints that someone was crying the night his clan died, but that wasnt to become friends with her; he was just frustrated at the thought about failing the bell test when she brings up that they dont have much time left, and was explaining why he cant fail. They pass and go on worthless off-screen missions that they dont bring the team closer at all; Sasuke just wants to hurry and do something challenging. For the entirety of the Zabuza arc, their relationship sees no real progress at all; its only Naruto and Sasukes bond that receives any development. Kishimoto wrote Sakura off by making her the first one to master the tree climbing exercise; the whole time Naruto and Sasuke are training their butts off in the forest, Sakura was away with Tazuna. And the whole time Naruto and Sasuke are fighting Zabuza and Haku, Sakura is left behind to guard Tazuna; guard, as in stay behind and do nothing. After the Zabuza arc, Team 7 goes on worthless off-screen missions and as Kakashi notes, none of them were getting along or actually working together as a team. Sakura asks Sasuke if he wants to hang out, and he tells her off again, even calling her the most worthless member on their team. Seriously, its fucking bullshit that the Sasuke Rescue arc wants to pretend that these missions brought Team 7 closer together, because the story shows the literal opposite. None of them were getting along.

When they prepare to enter the Chunin Exam, Sasuke notices her upset and cheers her up by praising her ability to easily see through illusions; a kind gesture on his part, but one compliment doesnt make them close buddies and its pretty clear that he only took pity on her sulking. Just stop and think, if Sasuke truly was impressed with any of her skills, then where was any of that respect when she asked him if they wanted to hang out? Why would he tell her off for being unskilled and useless instead? He only changed his tune after he saw her moping, because he took pity on her; otherwise, hed have praised her earlier instead of belittling her. Its not even like he just discovered Sakura was good at telling illusions; he already knew, as he knew Sakura already saw the illusion without her saying so. The reason he didnt praise her earlier is because just being able to see through illusions isnt actually that impressive; such a miniscule skill doesnt stop Sakura from being a trash ninja, like many characters including herself, Sasuke, Dosu, Zaku, Kin, Shikamaru, etc point out. Hell, its not even like the illusions Sakura can see through are advanced! Lets face it, unless you can see through illusions cast by Sharingan, then fuck your illusion seeing skills.

The exams start, they enter the Forest of Death and only then do they start risking their lives to protect each other. But to say that she truly fell in love with Sasuke here because they were protecting each other is stupid; other people like Naruto and Lee were protecting her as well, and she was protecting them. Despite that, she was never in love with either of them, so obviously that is not the key to Sakuras heart; neither protecting her nor getting protected by her will make her love you. The only reason she was in love with Sasuke is because she thought he was cool. Them protecting each other may have strengthened her already existent feelings for him, as would his pitiful compliment about her ability to tell illusions, but none of it would have meant anything at all if she didnt already like him for being cool beforehand. She was head-over-heels for him right from the beginning; she even flashbacks to their academy days as little kids when she tries and fails to kill him in the Kage Summit arc. We also see her genuinely breaking down upon seeing what looked like his corpse in the Zabuza arc, and tearfully embracing him when he wakes up alive; this is before the Chunin Exam arc. The Forest of Death didnt start shit; Sakura was always in love with this emo loser. Why? Because she thought he was cool. Thats all there is to it. If she didnt think he was cool in the first place, then she would have never been in love with him at all. Thats why her being in love with him is stupid; its a glorified schoolgirl crush.