The TOXICITY of Canon SasuSaku | A Timestamped Analysis Essay 

Sasuke's relationship with her feels like an obligation than actual love. Like him giving her a ring is more of "oh i'm suppose to give her jewerly".

I personally think Sasuke should have stayed single, he would just have made any relationship he was in toxic.

The fact that they don't even have a wedding pic and sasuke didn't even know how couples work..is the biggest proof they're not married, they just live in the same house which is maintained by Sakura. And yet people think they're ‘perfect’ is beyond me. 😂

I am convinced that Kishi did not want this ship to happen. So he purposely makes the ship as horrible as possible.

Kishimoto was extremely biased towards Sasuke and it shows in all Sasuke's relationships. He betrayed Naruto? Naruto thinks he is his best friend. He tried to kill Karin? She forgives him almost instantly. Sakura actually isn't the most egregious example. Sasuke killed Kimimaro's master (Orochimaru). Despite this, Jugo is loyal to Sasuke because..he thinks that Kimimaro would want that. He abandoned Jugo and Suigetsu (he would've used them as meat shields like Karin if given the chance) but they still came crawling back to him. He even makes the villains obsess over him. He betrays Orochimaru but Orochimaru later on comes back, and wants to help him.

Honestly, the major issue I had with this couple isn't the couple itself, it's the fact that the story made it seem like Sakura was destined to get over Sasuke at some point and notice Naruto. Like I get the idea of it but just like NaruHina, Kishi prioritised trolling over actual quality writing again with this one. Because at one point, Sakura tried punching Sasuke when they first reunited to protect Naruto from him and tried to kill him herself for his sake. Hell, he even had Sakura willingly try to feed Naruto in Shippuden after he injured himself, she never did that with Sasuke ever. It was such a huge contrast from when she was hesitant to feed Naruto back when Kakashi was first training them too. She even threatened Sai after he noticed how worried she was about Naruto. He intentionally insulted him in front of her because he knew she was ready to defend his honor. Hell, Naruto is the reason why she even decided to become a damn medical ninja. She couldn't stand seeing her friend get hurt over and over for her sake so she wanted to stand by him and help him in return. Also what the hell was that talk about feelings with Yamato when Sakura was crying about not being able to properly help Naruto again after turning four tails? And while on that subject, the hug, why was she the one that got to hug him after he defeated Nagato and not Hinata? I thought that was supposed to be Hinata's moment? Wasn't the plan this whole time to be NaruHina/SasuSaku, what the heck was that? Everything she did was for Naruto, never Sasuke yet her feelings said otherwise? That's what frustrates me because Kishi is having her say one thing but has her do something completely contradictory. Like if she's supposed to be in love with Sasuke, why are the most selfless and romantic looking things she's done throughout the series was for Naruto and not Sasuke? Like yeah the fake confession thing was bad but that doesn't really remove all of the things she has done for Naruto throughout the series. She went from seeing him as a major nuisance to actually wanting to see him achieve his goals and be happy to the point where whenever somebody questions Naruto as a person, she's ready to defend how great of a person he actually is. She has never done that with Sasuke, heck, I'm pretty sure she doesn't even approve of his "goals" and has never shown to give him support out of selfless reasons. She only wanted to "support" him because she apparently "loves" him, that's it. Meanwhile, she supports Naruto 24/7 without any reason other than she just wants to see her friend succeed in life. And it's not like that's just limited to Sakura either. We've seen time and time again how much Naruto was willing to set aside his own feelings if it meant making Sakura happy. Their supportiveness of one another is mutual, unlike SasuSaku which had nothing until Boruto tried to do damage control. And people wonder why some people like NaruSaku over SasuSaku? It also doesn't help that Sasuke has treated her like complete crap throughout the entire series. Like Naruto at least was indifferent towards Hinata for the most part, Sasuke straight up tried to kill Sakura on multiple occasions. It feels like Kishi wanted to do the Vegeta/Bulma thing with this couple but he failed to realise that Vegeta has never treated Bulma poorly. For one, he never attempted to murder her once. Sure he insulted her when they first met, but he was quick to bend to her will after she showed no signs of backing down. Not to mention Vegeta as time passed actually grew to love his family and acknowledged how much he's been lacking as a husband and a father and tries to make up for it. Never seen Sasuke do that because just like the excuse with Naruto in Boruto, he's always "busy"..... sigh... Like yeah, he clearly loves his family now but they never show it. Kishi really has a huge exposition problem with this kind of stuff. Also, unlike Bulma is with Vegeta, Sakura feels like a completely different character with Sasuke. Every time she's with him, she becomes a complete doormat that feels like a stuttering Hinata clone. Her spunkiness and opinionated nature goes out the window as soon as he's in the picture. Also, it's small but I like how Kishi completely forgot that it was Naruto that complimented Sakura about her forehead disguised as Sasuke so does Sakura still not know that yet? Lol If you ask me, the story should've ended with Sasuke dead because I feel like that was the only way he could actually be redeemed because talking about this now, I'm starting to have problems with his friendship with Naruto. Because honestly, Shikamaru looks more of a best friend to Naruto than Sasuke ever was if you really sit down and think about it, lol Or the other alternative would be like if the idea was to have Sasuke be shy around Sakura, why not have instead of having Sasuke question why she even likes him, have him show some form of regret of leaving her? Have him wonder why he feels heavy every time his thoughts go back to Sakura? Have Sakura actually call him out on his wrongdoings and show him flabbergasted by it. Instead of trying to stab her, have him hesitate to even touch her right before Naruto makes the save. Just SOMETHING to show some form of attraction from his end. With Sakura, just don't have her be a friggin doormat around him. Have her treat him like how she treats Naruto and Sai, that way it would feel more natural. I would've loved to see Sakura put Sasuke in his place the same way Bulma does Vegeta when he acted out and it would help with her character development too. There's a reason people love that relationship, especially in Dragon Ball Super while SasuSaku remains controversial even to this very day...

as a former Sakura who was with a Sasuke I am happy to say I have been with my Lee for 13 years this December and I whole heartedly endorse this video’s message

Dude I finally found a Sakura Stan that speaks out my mind. It’s so rare to find other Sakura Fans that don’t like SasuSaku

Sasuke feels jaded and depressed to me, it seems like he gave up on everything he ever wanted. He wanted to repopulate his clan so he would need a girl for that at one day but he get's forced into a marriage, a daughter and that's it, once she grows up to marry, Uchiha name is gone. He seems completely antisocial, not even understanding the basic human interaction, yet alone a romantic one. Sakura should've just moved on, that would be the best character development for her.

Everyone trying to be sorry for Sakura when the only reason this relationship even exists is due to her insane obsession with the dude. It's Sasuke that I feel bad for who was forced into this by the author even though he made it clear many times that he isn't interested, I guess that was his punishment at the end of the story.

I love Sakura and I love Sasuke, but together….. no, not really.

sasusaku always felt to me like the "girl who doesn't like guy eventually gives in to his so-called affections because the guy won't leave her alone" trope but, like, with opposite genders so it's okay and good actually /sarcasm

I’m gonna be honest, if Kishimoto said Sasuke was asexual and/or aromantic. I would have completely believed him. He just never, throughout the entire series, ever expressed any feelings towards anyone (and yes that also includes Naruto. His feelings towards him were entirely based around brotherhood and mutual respect. Love never entered the equation and the few times it did, like their kiss, it was treated as a joke by Kishimoto. Seriously, Naruto is one of the most heteronormative series in anime. I highly doubt that he ever intended for there to be any homoerotic subtext between them) and that never changed from start to finish.

Sasuke SMILED TO KARIN!!. Sasuke and Karin makes sense. At least they have both the same past, both activated for each other a whole power.. he said many times, thank you karin, went to her to see if she's okay,. Said sorry to her and karin can sense chakra so it was very genuine. Taka is perfect for sasuke and Karin suits him so much. Shes very confident, even argues with sasuke. Sasuke listens to her and even agrees with her... so much more happend between them.. even suigetsus statement implied they slept with each other in the hideout. Also why would sasuke be impressed by sakuras healing when he literally puts he's teeth in karins body to suck her chakra out to heal. He already has seen more haha. I mean even the biting to heal is so sexual and her moaning.. him saying to karin that he NEEDS her. In the manga it's said that the only kunochi Sasuke has acknowledged is karin and to him karin is the strongest (said in the manga), tobi said in danzo arc, that karin is sasukes personal favorite. Please do a video for SK oh and sasukes genjutsu to sakura.. it just shows he hates sakura.

I do not understand how people can claim they love Sakura and still ship her with Sasuke. I see what Sasuke gets out of the relationship. She loves/cares for him unconditionally, she forgives him no matter what, she's essentially a submissive wife in Boruto. She puts his happiness above her own, she never gets angry or even upset over his absence, she isn't allowed to miss him. Sakura has much better options, even the man who proposed to her in the War arc would have been better for her since he actually appreciated her more than Sasuke ever does in Boruto. Despite this, Sasuke and Sakura have the most fanfiction/fanarts. It's only Sakura fans who make this stuff. Sasuke fans rarely ship him.

It's toxic, the author probably made them together for fan service because many fans wants them to be together. Sasuke cared for Sakura platonically. But never in a romantic way. This is always in the too 10 worse anime couples in history. Most likely self inserts like this. They insert themselves to sakura and ship her to sasuke because they like the idea of hot bad boy with a regular cute girl. That's why most sasusaku fans are girls

Something about you talking about Karin and Sasuke had me thinking... What if the writer actually intended for him to end up with Karin at one point? Considering she's revealed to be an Uzumaki it would have made their union all the more important since she's related to Naruto, solidifying their bond as brothers more impactfully

The only reason why Sakura ended up with Sasuke is because Hinata ended up with Naruto...but this is not gonna change the fact that Naruhina is a fanservice couple it is underdeveloped because it wasn't planned. Naruto spent the entire manga ( years in-universe) loving sakura he loved her all the way up to the end of the war arc. Hinata was very clearly meant to be a side character with an unrequited crush, but she became a victim of her own popularity and go shoehorned into a position she was never meant to be in. I was super confused when I first read chapter 700 naruto never had any interest in hinata and sasuke any in sakura, yet out of nowhere they're married because they need kids for the sequel series, Boruto Fans didn't want to see Sakura with Naruto, I remember Kishimoto's interview in jump fiesta 2014 at the end of Naruto with Kobayashi, he literally admited that he has received a lot of hate letters from fans about Sakura, and that Hinata like Sakura didn't anything but her popularity just kept going up for reasons he ignored and that part way the story he started thinking whether he should make her the main heroine instead or at least gradually write her into direction of the heroine. At the end of the interview he downright confirms that the reason he did so was because Sakura was hated and he was pushed into making Hinata the new heroine of Naruto.

I absolutely HATE this ship being cannon (and boruto as a whole, but that's not the point) There's just too much wrong with it. I hate not only that it was obviously done for pure fan service rather than to contribute to the story, but I also hate the message it perpetuates. Of course, fiction is fiction and it shouldn't be that deep, but it bugs me so much to see how this just reinforces the idea that in order to have a fufilling life and be respected you must get married and have kids. In order for Sasuke to be redeemed he must marry the woman he rejected over and over again and have a child. Anyone with a brain can see that, while Sasuke has improved himself and became a better person he is absolutely not suited to be a good husband or parent. The way in wich he neglects his daughter is proof of this. Why couldn't he live a good and redeemed life without the need of having a traditional family when he never showed any interest in this in the first place? Not to mention the trauma and pain he caused to Sakura and showing her still loving him and wanting to be with him is just a terrible example for young impresionable girls. IDK that's just my perspective.

finally someone who understands me and loves sakura who understands that both NH and SS are both bad

Unrelated but im so upset they made sasuke do the itachi forhead poke to sakura like what ?!?! It made absolutely no sense ? Itachi used to do it to gently push his brother away its not a fucking love gesture ! Cmon kishimoto do better 🤦🏽

The fact that Sakura fans who claim to genuinely love Sakura are happy with her ending up with Sasuke despite the latter trying to kill her multiple times, belittled her disrespected her, was okay letting her roasted in lava or being stabbed.. just because she eventually got the man she had been pining for.. IS pure garbage. She had little to no dignity as well as self-esteem at all but people don't think about it. Glad you are one of those Sakura lovers who knows how terrible SS is..

You explained why I think their relationship is badly written and why I don't like the Sasusaku pairing, without hating Sakura or Sasuke. Finally someone who likes the characters but finds their relationship underwhelming. I feel relieved. Thank you.

It's interesting to see Kishimoto's feelings about relationships portrayed in his characters and the relationships he writes. I wonder how much of the story would have changed if he had learned more about relationships and their dynamics and played cleverly on that 🤔

considering how in love kishimoto was in love with sasuke, there was no way any half assed woman written by the man would ever be good enough for his baby boy. but since there was no way he was going leave sasuke unpaired in the end, he might as well pair the poor excuse of a man with the most popular female character in the series. honestly, i wouldnt be suprised if sasuke was revealed to be canonically gay, cause his relationship with sakura feels like the most self destructive case compulsory heterosexuality. hell, most of the canon relationships feel like they dont like each other, let alone love

Do not forget that in Boruto episode when Sakura was talking with Ino, she says to her that their date lasted ONLY one minute!!! I was mindblown when I watched it🤯

And I know you already pointed it out but I cannot stand the constant hypocrisy people have and continue to have when it comes to romance in this series. Like why is it that whenever Naruto's feelings for Sakura are discussed, people are so quick to sweep it under the rug and say he only "loved" her for shallow reasons because he didn't really know anything about her (which is BS, they've had the most screetime together in all of Team 7) but not with Sakura and Hinata? I've literally seen people ask if Naruto gets with Sakura, what happens to Hinata? Oh, so he's allowed to move on from his childhood crush but Hinata isn't? Sakura isn't allowed to move on despite the fact that it literally wasn't explained what she liked about Sasuke other than he's hot. Honestly, it really feels like most people are projecting when it comes to the romance in this series and that's why this blatant double standards keeps happening instead of trying to see the writing as it is...

After going through both pairings again, I just noticed another factoid about them. By any chance, did you also notice that both Naruto and Sakura didn't try to pursue one another simply because they both thought they would both be the happiest with the person that apparently "loved" them from the start? I don't know about you but the more I think about this, the more I notice why Kishi has failed to make both NaruHina and SasuSaku look legit. By trying way too hard to troll people and appeal to angsty teenagers, he unintentionally made NaruSaku look like the healthiest pairing out of all of them. At this point, they look like they're each others' "the one that got away" even when it's unintentional. It's hilarious how Naruto stopped trying to pursue Sakura because he thought she would be happier with Sasuke and Sakura didn't try to make a move on Naruto because she felt bad for Hinata and thought she deserved him more. Seriously, why is their supportiveness of each other mutual while NaruHina and SasuSaku has to be one-sided messes? Was Naruto even aware of Hinata's goals? And I'm still convinced Sakura never approved of Sasuke's goals until he had a change of heart at the last second....

No one will hate Sakura more than Sasuke and kishi

Wow I finally found a SasuSaku critique video that actually touches on the real things issues with the couple, instead of just hating mindlessly on one character or the other or trying to push some other ship. Basically problems can be summed up as: Its way too one-sided and the ass backwards way of trying to address it have only made it worse.

Honestly sakura and Lee would have been cute

Finally someone saying what needed to be said

1 year later…..Sasuke took of with Boruto and is now a tree…nothings changed between him and Sakura

When you said SasuSaku fans are teenagers to young adults, it becomes clearer. At that age, I used to enjoy wattpad that was full of vampires kidnapping bland girl or possessive alpha werewolf stories or bad gangster boys 😅, it is the age range and they will hopefully grow out of it.

If only more people in the fandom could debate why they think a couple is bad/wrong/toxic/unhealthy like that with out pulling other characters into it or personally attacking IRL people that would be nice but much like asking Sasuke to care about anyone but himself( and Naruto) is asking WAY too much. 33min time stamp I have to say i has been a while since i laughed so hard at what is really a serious moment but so many people think this is ok for a relationship. No doubt Sarada has seen/herd her mother crying herself to sleep at night as that has always bugged me about the SS couple no photos as well as zero content for 12-13 years not to mention all of the excuses and reasons she tells to Sarada and herself as to why Sasuke is never around is just sad and depressing. Often times i refer to Sasuke as the sperm donor and Naruto as her father see as he is the male figure in her life she looks up to. There is so much trash in Boruto that i am glad i gave up on it early i really tried but more aliens/god at the end of season 1 was enough for me now i think we god androids so it sees more like a bad knock off of "Give me DBZ with out copying DBZ" also is Aida? ment to be a succubus and yet no one see this weird she is hanging around the kids....outside of the gifs/clips of Sarada and Sakura fighting i want to learn nothing else about the series. Lastly why was any of this called Naruto when it has always been about Sasuke and the Uchiha? Like do anyone know who the Uzumaki are who Uzushio was attacked? Does Naruto even know Karin is family? because dam that last one one would think he would be over the moon to learn he had family In close i think as you said Sakura would of been better off with Naruto Lee alone or as i have often done with Kiba anyone at this point is better than Sasuke as all three named would of cared for and been there for her not to mention the fact Sakura and Naruto's friendship does not really exist in Boruto *sigh*

Nah, Sakura shouldn't have ended up with sasuke, but I'm so glad she didn't end up with Naruto either. She beats Naruto up all the time for the smallest things. Kakashi even keeps track of how far away Naruto lands after getting punched by Sakura. She treated Naruto terribly when they were young, jt wasnt until Sasuke called her annoying that she tried to be nice to Naruto. Only good ships are minato with kushina and shikamaru with Temari

Objectively speaking they look really good with each other. Like it shows in the fanart, the light and dark color contrast between the two. But when you watch the show it’s a completely different story.

as a fellow sakura stan, SHE DESERVED BETTER. her and naruto would have been a much more fulfilling couple. i feel having her recognize naruto and truly develop feelings for him as she understands him more and more would’ve been so much stronger. and i actually think that ability to overcome her love for sasuke and look at him in a much more objective way would be even more interesting. imagine the conversation between sasuke and sakura after he kills danzo if she’s actively holding him accountable and having a real conversation with him? even as an audience, going on that journey WITH sakura and having our idea of sasuke transform through her eyes would be really compelling. and it would help balance out the favoritism sasuke is handed throughout the whole series and change the dynamic between the three of them!!! sasuke should’ve ended the series either dead or in prison! the way naruto ends…man it just feels like nothing had any real weight to begin with. like nothing really mattered 🤷🏿‍♂️ i feel like the ending ships only emphasize this. one of the only characters that is done justice throughout this whole series is shikamaru!!! moral of the story is: don’t go to naruto if you’re looking for a good love story 😂

Honestly, the cute filler interactions between Sakura and Sai had me rooting for the two of them to get together out of team 7. It's crazy that Kishimoto has said that he knew from the beginning that NaruHina and SasuSaku were where he was taking things (in the latter's case, he outright told Sasuke and Sakura's voice actors early on that their characters were going to end up together), but this isn't reflected at all in the actual development behind any of the big 2 canon couples. That, and he's also admitted to deliberately doing things like paralleling Sakura to Naruto's mother in order throw people off on who Naruto would end up with. If even half the effort Kishimoto put into setting up NaruSaku as a red-herring went into NaruHina and SasuSaku, I think far less people would have been upset with those pairings being canon.

I think naruto and sakura should been together

Ino is really better than Sakura in that case , she forgot about this toxic guy and got a nice boyfriend like Sai

Honestly it feels like their entire "love story" is just Sasuke can use her to regain the uchiha clan 😂

It funny how Naruto and Sakura put them self in the toxic relationship with sasuke even tho he told them to leave him alone but ppl still shit on him but dont hold the two dummies accountable Good video you explain yourself well

i love karin but i dont ship Sasukarin because she deserve better. Yet, i cannot help but feel that SK was supposed to be the end for sasuke. thats what kishimoto was aiming for in my opinion

Tsunade only taught Sakura to grow up and be a women, and Sakura cheated on her and the reason why she did is to want attention from Sasuke.

Sakura doesn't love sasuke she likes the idea of sasuke she likes that he is cool and handsome but doesn't understand him or know him as person the proof is when she made funny of naruto for being a orphan not understand that sasuke is also an orphan that shows she doesn't understand sasuke feelings and sasuke never showed interest in sakura thier relationship is toxic and unrealistic they were forced together for the sake of the plot at the end so the writers cloud bring sarada in next generation

I wanted Sakura and Naruto. 😊🩷🩵

First. Also, I _totally_ agree. Sasuke should have gotten together with Naruto (am a NaruSasu shipper), and Sakura _should have remained single._

Naru- Hina is a genjutsu couple😂

That's what happens when you go for looks and ignore all other traits. Like sakura literally just liked Sasuke because he looks good, just cause he looks cute. Also he might be forced by Kishimoto to marry sakyra lmfao

Sasuke deserve better than Sakura she’s even worse than before ugh 😩

13:14 Thank you so much!! Thank you for addressing how Sarada is literally a mini Karin and how Sakura's outfit looks alot like Karin's.

They just don't want to make Sasuke "affectionate".

Ever since the chunin exams when they first met, I have always envisioned the idea of Rock Lee and Sakura becoming a thing. I feel as if everyone has just forgot it or completely disregarded it and it really breaks my heart. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the idea of SasuSaku because they would've totally been a badass, sexy couple. But I would take Lee and her any day over this bullshit.

SasuSaku is by far the WORST pairing to ever exist in anime history and this is a hill I am willing to die on. When you have even the writer himself, Misashi Kishimoto, openly admit that Sakura's love for Sasuke is more akin to addiction and any reason would be contrived you have done something VERY wrong. (For the love God, Yes Kishimoto actually said this. Look it up. This was around the NYCC 2015 interviews he said all this.) Not only that, but even Kishimoto's own wife protested to NaruSaku not happening according Kishimoto himself. The only reason SS got canon was I believe to get Sakura AND Sasuke away from Naruto so Hinata can have a chance because we all know that if Naruto truly had a choice, he would pick Sasuke and Sakura any day over Hinata. Combine that with the blatant denials of "Sasuke didn't know he loved Sakura. He loved her since the beginning. They understand each other." Did you all really read the same manga? Chapter 693 Sasuke says and I quote: "Did she have fun living in her fantasy world? I see no reason why she should love me and I have NO REASON why I should love her." How much clearer can you get? The man cannot say no loud and they still act like he was indecisive. Like he didn't know. Oh and all of this even after Naruto openly admitted and telling Sai that he loved Sakura. Sai: "Even I can tell that Naruto is in love with you." It got so bad that in the Naruto the Last movie that had to make Naruto believe he didn't know what love was and he only loved people due to his rivalry with Sasuke which makes him an even bigger scumbag than any other character in the series. Like, what was the point of all this drama if it meant NOTHING? I can go on and on, but people love being in denial and I am sick of Naruto anyway. This was just the cherry on the top of this horrible sundae that is the Naruto story.

I dont understand why people like them together? Like he has never showed one piece of love to her and has treated horribly and tried to kill her on occasions. The fact sakura only liked sasuke for his looks is shallow and is infatuation, not love. There they are married and he never shows affection to his wife and never spends time with his family and never thinks of them, if it wasnt for sarada searching for sasuke, sasuke probably wouldve never came back and his excuses are being gone and are sus. The fact they barely know each other and their own daughter has even said that their relationship is not normal. No attack on the characters, im just telling the truth what the shitty ass relationship is and how terrible it is and good reasons to be bias against it.

The fact that there wasn't a single picture of Sasuke in his house is extremely painful

i agree 100%. I’ve always hated this ship because it makes no sense. plus rock lee was RIGHT THERE

I wish so hard that Sakura married Rock Lee, their daughter would basically be Perona from One Piece. Just take a look and tell me I'm wrong!!!

It's just breaks my heart that how better sasusaku could have been but it's just tragic😢

he didn't smirked. Ss stans changed the panel and edited it. He's looking like always giving zero shit. Its just a line He never wanted to rebuild the clan. He wanted to rebuild the dignity of his clan. Hes not even wearing his clan symbol anymore

Kishimoto almost lost a family because of this.

I discovered Naruto back in 2006 when I was a wee 12 year old lol. My cousin had been in the middle of watching it, so the very first scene I ever saw was Sakura’s inner monologue about raising her hand for Naruto during the chunin exams. I remember asking my cousin “does she like him?” I’m almost 30 now and have been pretty much obsessed with Sakura and Narusaku ever since (even tho the ending made me so angry I took a 9 year break 💀) so needless to say this video had me giggling and kicking my feet on this fine Sunday afternoon. Excellent points all around.

Having kids just for the clan to live on is not a good idea especially in Sasuke’s case. So I don’t really care if Karin has kids or not but if she choose to have kids, I hope it’s not for the clan to live on and she just wants kids because that’s what she wants and is ready for. And the comment about Sakura should have married Naruto, Lee, or Kakashi… She should definitely NOT end up with Kakashi. He knew her since she was a kid and he was very much a grown man at the time. And he was her teacher. That’s creepy.

still think naruto x sasuke makes the most sense even if i do not ship them

It doesn't help that Sasuke and Sakura ship just plays right into the incel talking point about looks being all that matters and it doesn't matter how toxic you are and having that insecurity being vindicated in media like this. I think thats an underlying reason why talking about this ship frequently brings out toxicity among the fanbase. It truly was a horrible ship.

the only thing is that sasuke saw how useful karin's ability so he pulled up all his act to smitten her and she is willing to give in . i mean this just my thoughts

Sakura is a wilted flower alongside Sasuke plus all sasusaku moments are non-canon fillers

I felt so vindicated watching this😭😭

Saying this before watching the video: Looking back on it, NaruSaku does seem much more canonically proven through actions than SasuSaku. Even then though, I never really picked up on it and just thought that they were being best friends. Honestly, as much as I enjoy Naruto and Sakura's relationship (minus when they randomly make Sakura do controversial things towards him like that insane fake confession), I much prefer them as a platonic duo. Apart from Jiraiya and Naruto, Sakura and Naruto have always struck me as more of best friends or family than any other two characters. In my opinion, a large part of their relationship's beauty is how Sakura never drastically changed her mind regarding how romantically attracted to Naruto she was, regardless of whether he was an overdramatic child, or dependable leader. They give familial vibes, which I love. Regardless of how prevalent NaruSaku is, I think we can all agree that both Sasusaku and NaruSasu (SasuNaru?) are incredibly, painfully toxic and unhealthy.

Amazing video! Finally someone who really loves Sakura like me and and that acknowledges that both canon pairings are forced and meaningless. Like you, I love the character of Sakura, from the first moment I saw the anime I literally reflected in her and being her fan I always hoped the best for her and her character. Sasuke does not fulfill this role, on the contrary, it represents the obstacle to his maturation as a character; in fact, every time his character is placed next to him, his development regresses and it is a fact. Many Sakura fans say that if you don't appreciate or accept Sakura's love for Sasuke then you are not a fan. Well, I always say that Sakura's character is not based only on appearances but you have to see the substance of the facts. A thousand times it is said that she loves Sasuke ok but a thousand more it is confirmed that she continues to love him for no reason, that her love for him stems mainly from a rivalry with her best friend, that her love is portrayed as selfish and superficial (written by Kishimoto himself in his sketches and reiterated in an interview after the last that Sakura is emotionally obsessed with him not in love). Furthermore Sakura, through a growth path, recognizes that Sasuke does not consider her that way yet she continues to humiliate and bow down to a man who has never given her attention and chapter 693 was the culmination of her disaster as a character. Speaking of SR is a simple fic written by a SS fan and its anime adaptation was done solely for the purpose of earning more profit due to the huge fan base of this couple, it cannot be taken as part of the story as it literally contradicts the canon, is not written by Kishimoto and literally tends to destroy the character of Sasuke and Sakura. I loved your analysis, good, now I have a look at the video on NH too. This video would deserve more view

I wouldn’t say that Sasuke doesn’t love her tbh. They had their Moments in OG and stuff but I definitely wish NaruSaku would’ve been canon.

From the very first point of 'Sakura doesn't know Sasuke well' I was really awed by this review. You hit on some very powerful arguments as to why Sasusaku doesn't quite work well. Especially as she was more a Sasuke fangirl than someone who genuinely knew him, I can imagine that made it even harder for the two to connect.

No idea if you are still reading comments on a video this old, but I wanted to say thank for voicing pretty much every reason SasuSaku is in my opinion one of the worst pairings I ever seen in any work of fiction in my entire life. I think a big part of why it irks me still almost 10 years later is that while I have seen relationships that were as bad if not worse than SasuSaku like the relationship between Light and Misa in Death Note and the relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn from Batman. But I do not believe I have ever seen a work of fiction with a relationship this bad where the source material itself did not make it clear that the relationship was deeply unhealthy at best and made it clear that there was no excusing the abuser's shitty behavior.

Love this video! Always hated this toxic couple. Sakura shoukd have ended up with Rock Lee, they would have been an amazing power couple. Sasuke should have ened up with Karin so Sarada can be powerful AF, Uchiha and Uzumaki can finally be together

I watched this to the very end. And girl, you are very right. You made every point. As much as I am not a Sakura fan, thanks to your video, I was able to be more sympathetic with her despite everything being her choice. It is sad that actually she wins nothing out of everything in total. It also opened my eyes to how toxic Sasuke is as a man in a relationship, despite the fact I am actually not ever a shipper of those two, I can only see people ship them because of how they visually compliment each other in terms of character design and colors. To be fair, I don't pay much attention to Sakura in the show, and when I do, she acts like a hopeless romantic and does incredibly self damaging decisions I can't get behind. Nonetheless, I do see that Sasuke is a serious part of the problem. My full conclusion, in short, is that Sakura and Sasuke are not ever going to be healthy or a good couple. There is no amount of redeeming that can ever occur that would make these two together, ever be good for each other. Especially when love is built with reciprocated feelings not by one sided ones. They are the worst example of how a relationship should be. It is just very sad.

Sakura is my favourite character I don't care what people saying her trash or something else Sakura is a good girl

This video was CATHARSIS. My childhood crush on Sakura was (is) real and I'm convinced I only ever shipped Sasusaku cause I wanted to see her happy

But what really strikes me in the heart with pure Anger is that sakura only Had a crush on Sasuke for His charm 😢 and plus Sasuke was pushed into getting with sakura, SasuKarin forever. It's like if sakura was a pretend mom To Sarada, Karin should've been the true Mother of Karin honestly. why get pushed with a girl who never understood His past or what He wants To Do with His own life and only Have a crush on Him for His charm and power? That's Honestly messed up...SasuKarin OR Sasuhina should've happened.

Honestly, I'm right there with you on having been an early fan of Sakura. I was...13? 14?...when the anime was localized for the States and besides Naruto, latched onto Sakura. Even then I recognized that Sasuke did NOT reciprocate Sakura's feelings toward him, and hoped her arc would involve maturing and growing to love Naruto. And I felt the Chunin Exams were going to the start of that journey; and I was _half_ right, before I ultimately became sadly mistaken. To me, the real problem(s) with Sakura's character, the ones that get the fandom to meme Sakura into oblivion, is that 1) Her name isn't Naruto or Sasuke therefore she isn't allowed to outshine them in any respect, and if anything has to be reduced to a tool to highlight (mainly) Naruto's development, and 2) Actual *years* of character development were thrown out the window in having her get with Sasuke. The only reason I can think Kishi made SasuSaku canon would be because he decided to make NaruHina endgame, and decided to throw Sakura a romantic bone (pun somewhat intended) by having her get her misguided girlhood dream - Sasuke. I don't even think there needed to be big tweaks to the canon story and presentation thereof to deliver a NaruSaku endgame that would have been emotionally fulfilling and healthy. Have Sakura be the one to free Naruto during his battle with Pain and then get impaled, because that makes so much more sense storywise, with their relationship having so much more development, that the emotional impact of Sakura sacrificing herself for Naruto in that moment is there for both us the readers and Naruto, to justify his rampage; as the scene exists in canon, it only works for the Hinata stans. When Sakura makes her "fakefession" to Naruto, have a panel where Naruto's lip is quivering and he's tensing his fist, because the girl he's in love with just bold-faced lied to his face about liking him, which in his mind means she really doesn't love him back. When Naruto swoops in to save Sakura from Sasuke, give a quick panel of her looking up at him blushing and a look that can be interpreted as "Oh my..." When Sakura rejects the love letter from that Iwa ninja, don't linger on her and show us what she's thinking; keep it a mystery. The biggest thing I think would need to be changed is fleshing out the moment during the war when she's manually pumping Naruto's heart. When she's afraid he's going to die, I'd invoke that Trinity-Neo scene from the first Matrix movie. But instead of an outright love connection, she tells Naruto all the things about him she thinks are wonderful: his determination, his kindness, how he never gave into darkness despite how much he had been mistreated all his life. As the climax of that moment, she tells him she won't allow him to die, not before she's had the chance to apologize and make up for what she did in the Land of Iron, and she's fine if he hates her afterward, as long as it means he's alive. From there, Sakura doesn't do any confessing to Sasuke during the final showdown with Kaguya, or offer to join him on his journey of atonement. The biggest change would be The Last movie, with the whilole structure needing a ground-up reworking. Here, it would be about how Naruto and Sakura's relationship officially blossoms into romance, as well as Hinata's reaction to it and her emotional arc to move on, and tie up loose ends on the Team 7 triangle. They can also expand Sasuke's role - after he's found a collapsed Hiashi, have him offer to join the mission; this could make things awkward between him, Naruto and Sakura, mainly on the latter two's end, but it can also serve as an opportunity to highlight their growth and maturity that they're able to work through it and resolve the issues, rather than leave them simmering beneath the surface like they did as kids. And since Sakura is taking the place of Hinata as Naruto's love interest in this movie, Sasuke can take Sakura's canon role as the one who encourages the romantic development. For the climax of the fight with Toneri, when he's drained Naruto's chakra, have Sakura use Yin Seal: Release, and transfer her chakra into Naruto, who uses it to form a giant pink Rasengan that resembles a flurry of cherry blossom petals blowing in the wind, before Sakura uses the last of her strength to fling Naruto at Toneri to land the finishing blow. Also, take out the red scarf subplot because that was *not* a good look for Hinata; Kushina scarf supremacy. For the ultimate ending (the New Era), Naruto and Sakura have their two children. Not much really needs to change with Boruto beyond the shape of his face and eyes, I guess. The biggest difference would be their daughter, who I would make look like a pink-haired Kushina, or a redheaded Sakura (where the Uzumaki red hair gene works like IRL red hair which can skip a generation). I imagine her name being Konohana, combining the mythological theme of Kushina with the cherry blossom theme of Sakura, while also mirroring the Third Hokage and Konohamaru where a child is given a name with "Konoha", after the village. And just imagine it - ninja who could move around the battlefield with Flying Thunder God Technique, while throwing punches able to shatter boulders.

the real problem about sasusaku (for me at least) isn't as much as it being toxic but it's because it's just has no good reason to enjoy. if it was toxic BUT they both had a plausible reason where I could see why they'd want to get together anyways I wouldn't mind at all (they're not real who cares) (although having a problematic topic such as a toxic relationship being treated as the good endgame in a franchise meant for a younger audience is Not Good) but the thing is that: there really isn't any good reason for Sasuke to like Sakura, and even less reason for Sakura to like Sasuke in the first place, but that infatuation remains because other than that, Sakura doesn't have anything at all. She doesn't have a hobby, a motivation, a goal, or a secret, anything that isn't related to her love for Sasuke. (Her favourite food doesn't count) (also that's a problem all girls in Naruto have tbh their objectives and wishes are either all related to a boy or they have nothing at all) Sakura doesn't know anything about Sasuke because Kishimoto doesn't want to let her grow past her puppy love crush, Sasuke knows nothing about Sakura because there really isn't anything to know about. They have cute moments in Boruto, sure, but they give me "couple that divorced amicably but they still try to keep a civil relationship for the sake of their child who they both genuinely love" and in the end, their cute moments together are just rainbow sprinkles on top of a shit cake. Sure, I love sprinkles, but I'd have to eat shit first to enjoy them, which is a pity because both of their characters AND the ship in concept are things I'd probably enjoy very much

I loathe SakuSasu, I wish Kishi would had the good sense of having Sakura move on and find her own happiness either by herself or with someone else. This is such a bad decision no matter what angle you try to look at it, this pairing should not have happened.

29:06 Sasuke is the embodiment of a deadbeat dad. He is Ging Freecss from Hunter X Hunter levels of deadbeat dad.

Dawg….it’s 2am I’m high as shit rn the office was crazy today day off tomorrow and I’m sittin here watchin a Naruto shipping video when i don’t relly car about ships in Naruto…. Yea I prolly won’t remember what’s in the video but you deserve a likes 😭😭

It's soo true i don't get it why kishimoto decided to make sakura have like those eye wrinkles, it makes her look so tired and sad, she looks older than tsunade and mei even though shes younger. I mean why did they have to do my girl like that, it's a blasphemy at this point 😭😭😭😭😭

In Naruto i was like okay this is childish but whatever. But in Shippuden I was like what in the name of toxicity???!

I haven't finished the video yet and I've never been the biggest Naruto fan (mostly because of the lack of development for the female characters) but your points seem very valid to me as well. Now I've never personally liked Sakura mainly because of the orphan comment and how she repeatedly hits Naruto for no reason. Her infatuation with a man who's blatantly disrespected her and tried to kill is mind boggling to me. I do think Sasuke is even worst (I have my own problems with him) and I had a hard time understanding why they even got married, and from what I've seen Sakura is a single mother anyways. Sasuke has shown more affection to Naruto than his own wife, it's very strange to me. It seems as though they only got together so that Sasuke could repopulate the Uchiha clan. But let's be honest Sakura got what she wanted and (deserved) because she continuously chases Sasuke who shows her no affection and barely does anything. If she would've seen the red flags beating her in face she could've ended up with Lee or literally ANYONE else. In the end she got the man and everything that she wanted, his emotionlessness and carelessness.

No she should NOT marry kakashi

I feel like no anbu team could do the reconnaissance since dimension travelling is involved. However, that is still a viable option given that most of Kaguya's and Kuro Zetsu's activities took place on earth. You could have Sai leading an anbu team to investigate while Sasuke takes a month off, but nope! Gotta have some nonsense going on.

To be fair about the only 1 uchiha thing sasuke in the war arc and after that is a totally different person then when he was as a 13 year old. For example he’s willing to off himself at the final valley with Naruto if that means that their would be peace in the world.

Same girl 😑

What gets me is that there were opportunities to build their dynamic. It would be interesting is Sakura got over Sasuke and only then he realizes what a badass she is. They both mature, figure out what they want, and only then get together. And let Sakura call him out on his shit, not be infatuated with him like a schoolgirl. As it stands, I like the fanfic, but keep the canon away!

Me personally I don’t mind the ship, I just think a lot more really could have been explored with it. And that’s where I see Kishimoto’s problem with creating ships and writing female characters. If anything it just pains me to see Sakura having to raise Sarada all by herself 90% of the time.

I personally stick to the head canon that Sasuke would have been on the Omni man grind if he weren’t married and left dozens of red eyed aliens in the other dimensions he travels to and created an inter dimensional Uchiha clan. The loyalty is about the only thing I will grant this mess of a couple, and that’s the bare minimum expectation.

I'd love to see a video about Naruto ships u actually like and why🤔

I agree with everything in this video except for one thing. You said Sakura deserved a man like Naruto or Lee yet that isn't true in the slightest. She constantly made fun of them and squashed all of their attempts to get at her. Then when they stopped, now people wanted them to get with her. I personally like Sasusaku as a couple not because i like them, actually the opposite. It basically shows that Sakura got what was coming towards her. She finally got to be with who she wanted to and it destroyed her and her family. Sarada legit didn't even know if she was her mother for God's sake. On top of that, she barely meets her dad after 12 years only for him to put a blade to her face.

The remarks about ring value and how the guy has to do everything... what is the kids say? "Yikes"?

If I'm being honest for sakura, I'm in between. I hate and love her at the same time, I don't necessarily just hate sakura. The thing is when I first got into naruto 3 years ago, I had feelings for her and I had a crush on her back then. But now a days since I been watching the anime and the way I seen her act kinda led me to hate her. I know I see sakura haters everyday and that I have negative thoughts on sakura, I still like her for some other things.

0:28 Yep Sasuke got tired and seddled for Sakura. And here I thought Sakura baby trapped him. Which isn't that far fetch.

You missed when she smiled when after she decimated the battlefield during the 4the ninja war!