I actually won't be surprised if i see naruto still loving sakura in boruto or maybe dying for her to protect her or Sarada or sth like that

like if kishi cared about naruhina as Naruto's true feelings he would have at least showed Naruto loving hinata but no

not after pain ark not after the war not even until the last movie when he said hinata is so strong she doesn't need me to walk her home





when sakura told naruto that he has to be with hinata just look at naruto's face after she says her feelings for sasuke won't change no matter what . he looks all sad.



(and yes that is the whole point of the romance aspect of a story. the more pain the the boy goes through for the girl the more valuable he becomes as a person)



And hell:



Sakura asked the person that loves him to bring back the person she loves

(if naruto's love was about rivalry with sasuke he would be like well sasuke is gone now why do i even bother...but no he does not care about himself he wants sakura to be happy and safe



even in the last when Naruto realises that sakura's feeling for sasuke hasn't changed Naruto doesn't force himself to her...but it doesn't mean that he isn't sad about sakura not loving him...just look at his face



do u actually think if naruto believed sakura actually loved him he would be with hinata?



the exact moment after sakura's fake confession Naruto thought "No sakura-chan would never..."

he finds out the truth after he thinks about what sai told him about sakura loving sasuke



The biggest sacrifice of naruto was living without his love just for her to be happy...and she even wasn't



in kishi's novels that follow it is said that Naruto doesn't love hinata he " took on the burden of marrying her to punish himself for not noticing her sooner" and in sakura's novel she is depressed about how sasuke isn't relationship savvy and wished he was more like Naruto"