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Originally Posted by aiko_chan

Spoiler for Recent manga chapters:

ooh! shiho! is it the um de-coder girl with thick thick looking glasses who's working along with them to break jiraiya's code? she's okay for me. not too big a threat though xD imagine what it'd be like when she meets temari somehow walking alongside shikamaru.

Spoiler for recent manga stuff:

Probably look something like this.

Temari: "What is THAT?"

Originally Posted by aiko_chan

I personally go for SasuSaku because I like how it's partially changed Sakura into a more mature *ahem* character, and in my opinion, it's a pretty smexy pairing : D

but i'm recently infuriated with kishi

Spoiler for Manga Chapter 412:

Karin having the ability to heal just by letting someone bite her, in my opinion, rips off Sakura's character. This isn't just for the SasuKarin/SasuSaku thing but in general, wasn't a high ability in medical ninjutsu supposed to be Sakura's breakthrough? And now, it's like nearly any kunoichi can do it. And the fact that anyone has to BITE her to be healed is just...

Spoiler for recent manga stuff:

Kishimoto loves to mess with pairing fans. Just like Shiho was created to mess with Shikamaru x Temari, Karin is around to make Sasuke x Sakura fans sweat. Even though chapter 412 might have converted some people to liking Sasuke x Karin, I don't see her as a threat.