Since the beginning of history and later in Naruto Shippuden, Masashi Kishimoto has dealt several times with Sakura’s feelings for Sasuke, with whom she was always in love and never reciprocated until the end. But how did she really feel about him and how far was she willing to go?

Often mistreated and viewed as one of Naruto’s most useless characters, Sakura actually played a major role in the story. At some point in the story when Naruto was still wanted by the Akatsuki and Sasuke was some kind of refugee, Sakura has decided to kill the former Team 7 member. At that time, Tsunade’s student was also heavily criticized for not being able to go beyond her feelings for Uchiha, but on the occasion of Chapter 693, when the two left for the final fight with Naruto, she revealed an important detail herself. In particular, he therefore used the specific Japanese term “sashichigaeru” what does that mean “kill each other“or”sacrifice yourself to hurt someone else“.

She knew she had no chance against Sasuke, but her intentions were definitely those of kill each other and die together. This underlines the depth of his feelings, namely those of a woman who had never really known the truth about Sasuke, Itachi and the Uchiha clan. A deeper character, in love with the man who pushed her away the most and for whom she would have been ready to die by her side.

On the other hand, did you know how that particular Japanese word is used? Please let us know as usual with a comment below.


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