Sasuke and Sakura being together seems natural for me... It's true that it could have been better explained... I still think that the "Sasuke problem's ending" was too rushed... but well. I think they end together because Sakura never stopped loving him, and at the end that makes him love her back. Sakura and Naruto? That doesn't make sense, would have been stupid. She never looked him that way. Why insist on making two good friends a couple when it's obvious there's nothing?

Naruto and Hinata was obvious since the beginning... and more since the Pain and Naruto fight. From that point those two had some "moments" that confirmed this was gonna be the outcome. I dind' find it surprising at all.

I read people saying it was absurd that Chouji married Karui. Why?? Chouji never showed interest in any particular way, and I found this outcome a smart way of uniting different ninja countries.

Sai and Ino? Not a crazy ending for me, either. Ino was never gonna end with Sasuke, that was 100% for sure hahaha And Sai is somewhat like Sasuke... but completely different, you get me? Those two had one funny moment when Sai called her "gorgeous" implying she was ungly lololol and then she imagined him and Sasuke fighting over her.

Most of the pairings at the end made no sense if you consider the rest of the manga. The only one that truly made sense was Shikamaru & Temari. Hell, Chouji ending up with a girl from the cloud village made more sense than some of the bigger pairings. Sai and Ino? What?

While I have my personal ships, I'm looking at this from a story stand point.

Hinata and Naruto - while I guess somewhat more plausible, it never felt more than a one sided crush to me. They barely ever interacted and it felt nothing more than that. Also I'm aware of the movie that shows them get together, but that was after the fact and frankly only find to fill in character development that wasn't in the manga.

Frankly after all he went through with her, Naruto should have ended up with Sakura.

Sakura and Sasuke - This pairing made no god damn sense to me. Sasuke shows he doesn't really her and tries to kill her on multiple occasions while Naruto is there to save her ass. He even symbolically stabs her in the heart so she doesn't interfere with their fight to the death. She has to have some form of Stockholm syndrome for it to make sense because there's no way she would be with him otherwise. Even after they are married, he neglects her and their kid Sarada.

Frankly Sasuke should have died.

Oh my childhood finally came to an end. Some people may be still be raging due to the pairings like Sakura didn't end up with Naruto or Karin should have went with Sauce. But was that the main point to this series? No. It was about Naruto never giving up on your dreams. Did it include being married to Sakura? No. It included with becoming hokage which was achieved and never forgotten about. That was the main point of this series. We got villains like kaguya, madara, orichimaru, obito etc. Also saving a friend from going to the dark side. Did Naruto achieve this? Yes. He did save sasuke. Did it take awhile? Yes it did. Did sakura dream come true. Yes. Did sasuke dream came true? Yes. A sad yes. Kishimoto already had the ending he wanted and I believe it was done well. And thank god it didn't take not 100+ volume to accomplish that. Unlike another series about pirates tho that one is still a fun but slow series. But the ending ended quite well and I thank him for creating this series cause it change the world.

to ignore every sacrifice his brother made, by intending to destroy the village and everyone in it.

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