Does Naruto love Sakura or Hinata?

By what the manga has shown, he is still in love with Sakura and she is growing very, VERY fond of him so NaruSaku takes the win by a mile.

When Hinata got her butt handed to her by Pain, that was a straw that broke the camels back moment for Naruto. Kishimoto could have literally put any character in her place and the result would have been the same; a friend of Naruto's get's taken down by the guy who killed his sensei/godfather and 2/3 of Konoha resulting in too much Kurama chakra coming through Naruto's weakening seal.

(The fact his seal had been in a constant state of deterioration prior to his meeting Kushina often goes overlooked by the NH crowd) When we look at the Shukaku fight, Naruto not only mentions saving Sakura more times than Konoha, he crawls on his chin to make sure she is safe.

The handhold with Hinata served two purposes; to transfer chakra (he also holds Shikamaru's hand in the exact same way as Hinata's, then proceeds to give everyone handclaps - again to transfer chakra) and to give her character closure. Hinata wanted to hold Naruto's hand and stand by his side as an equal. She acomplished that. And really, if a handhold means THAT much, well, Sakura has HInata beat. Many times, Naruto would hold Sakura's hand and vice versa as they hurried each other through towns and trees. And hugs trump handholds anyway. More personal. Sakura has gotten way more hugs than Hinata.

The slap to Naruto's cheek by Hinata is really an epic fail on the part of NH fans. They seem to praise Hinata for her physical violance against Naruto yet they bemoan Sakura for it (forgetting she is a Tsundere type just like Kushina). That is hypocrisy. Ignoring that, Sakura has Hinata beat on firsts with this as well. Long before Hinata, Sakura smacked naruto on the cheek to remind him of who he was.

That's literally about all the "development" between Naruto and Hinata thus far. Now, all Hinata has left to do is make good on her words not to pursue Naruto anymore.

Since there isn't enough room to fit all the NaruSaku development, I'm going to just pick a few examples out of the 600+ chapters worth of their development.

We of course have the parallels that so many NH fans complain about yet use themselves. NaruSaku is a blantant parallel to not only Minato and Kushina but Sakura's parent's as well. Sakura's father is a goofball like Naruto and her mother is more-so serious like Sakura. Of the films done, Kishi had the most creative control of Road to Ninja and he filled the entire movie with obvious examples of the similarities between the couples.

In manga, we have Kushina ask Naruto to stay away from weird girls. Naruto calls Hinata weird. She asks him to not fall for the first girl that comes his way. Hinata is actually the first girl to come his way. All other times, he has gone to Sakura.

Finally, She asks him to find a woman like her to love. (Sorry NH fans but she never said "find a woman like Minato to love" so that whole Naruto=Kushina and Hinata=Minato thing you rant about is really invalid)

Saku and Kush both have the same fiery, caring, hates to lose attitudes. They both use verbal expressive when excited (Dattebane/Shannaro) as well as identical phycial expressions such as the bicep flex. Both fit the scarey mom troups used heavily in the series (Anko, Ayame, Ino, Ino's mom, Sakura's mom, Tsunade, Kurenai, Shika's mom, and so on) Both had physical aspects they were picked on over. The first boy to compliment Kushina's hair was Minato, the first to compliment Sakura's forehead was Naruto. Both womean started out not liking their blondes. Kushina admits to treating Minato exactly as Sakura treated Naruto. She also says he grew on her and she eventually came to love him.

The Iron Country confession shows that Naruto wasn't upset about Sakura saying she cared about him, it was because of what she said about Sasuke. When she tries to kill the Uchiha, she is saved by Naruto paralleling how Minato saved Kushina from the Uchiha trying to kill her.

Other characters have noted the closesness of NaruSaku. Iruka, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Yamato, Sai, and even Sasuke have all made remarks. The most telling though was Minato who asked if Sakura was Naruto's GF. He agreed she was and she didn't deny it. Minato then notes how similar Sakura is to Kushina. Now, Minato knows about medic nins. He also states he knows all of what Naruto has gone through. There is only one reson why he would ask if Sakura is his GF and not just a friend or medic nin. And since Naruto hates liars and those who joke about love, there is no reason he;d lie or joke to his father.

Hinata And Sakura

Sakura And Hinata

I can't believe that this is still an open question but I just want to say that I think TheSage is on something and I'm not just saying that for what recently is happening in the manga either. I could argue about NaruHina vs NaruSaku for hours but I really wanted to address the one reason I even clicked on this link when I googled to see what episode was out now.

NaruHina fans are excited about the slap because it was HINATA that did it. We don't praise the slap we praise the fact that SHE was the one to do it. The least likely character to actually want to hurt Naruto actually did and it was for a good reason too. She did it because she saw Naruto's beliefs wavering and knocked some sense into him before he did something stupid and set him straight unlike Sakura beats on Naruto all the time for stupid reasons!

Also if he's going to talk about firsts, who was the one who said they loved Naruto first (other than his parents)? And Hinata actually meant it unlike Sakura who only said that so Naruto wouldn't go after Sasuke.

And who the f*** is he to say that the handholding is for closure? It means a number of things, some of which I agree with him about but closure is the wrong word to use.

I have soooo much more I'd like to say but to be honest I'd rather not turn your question into a shipping war thread.

I actually don't think we'll even know the answer to that question to be perfectly honest. I think all we're going to end up seeing is Naruto and Sasuke kicking *** and then we see peace between all of the villages and Naruto becoming Hokage and that's it.

Naruto had a crush on Sakura, but he ended up married to Hinata.

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Does Naruto love Sakura or Hinata?

Well I saw the Pain fight and after Hinata said her ninja way he looked shocked and he had four tails right after she was struck down by Pain. Then he rejects Sakura after she tries to convince him that she loves him I am confused.

He end up with hinata! WARNING SPOIlERS! In the movies and in the ending of the series too I think, you can tell Naruto start to have strong feelings for hinata, but I think he had those feelings for her a lot time before but he just didn't know it, because he always was protecting her so.. Yeah and in the last movie they kiss! And they end up together!!

Naruto loves Sakura, and we know that he's NOT the kind of person who changes his mind and feelings easily. I don't think he will stop loving Sakura just because she is infatuated with Sasuke and Hinata is always the one chasing him. He would have given up chasing Sasuke if that's the kind of person he is. I believe that Sakura is the one he really loves.

oh if you watched the episode "The Kunoichi of Nadeshiko Village" (ep 235), you will know that Naruto really loves Sakura. He actually admitted that it was kind of one-sided on his part and also said that Sakura keeps on chasing Sasuke and trying to win his love. After narrating how he fell in love with her, he said that he made up his mind and he will also do his best to win Sakura over.:">

at the end of the episode, it showed Jiraiya telling a woman that he already committed his heart to someone (that is tsunade) and despite of knowing that tsunade won't return his feelings, he will keep on praying for her happiness.

"That's why, for now.. I'll just keep watching over her."

"..nothing would make me happier if she chooses me someday." - Naruto :")

Naruto and sakura are meant for each other but on the other hand hinata just has a crush on him.it's true that sakura like sasuke like not love but that's only because his col and cute but Naruto has really strong feelings for sakura but she just does not notice but after Naruto won the fight against pain sakura went up to him and hugged him.and when sakura confessed to him he was happy but also confused he did not reject her if they were not in that situation then he would have said yes or kissed her or something they are meant for each other u just have to see it.NARUxSAKU forever

You guys didnt even think that 1st love is just a one sided love. Now naruto has two kids with Hinata, what can you say abou it? NaruSaku retards..