If we really pay attention it’s easy to see the importance of Sasuke’s ‘thank you’ to Sakura in the series. Most people know how important the forehead poke is but it seems like the significance of Sasuke’s ‘thank you’ is forgotten as a result, in my opinion.
Sasuke thanking Sakura is a sign of his love for her which was to be cut out for the sake of his revenge. It’s his parting words to Sakura in chapter 181, thanking her for everything she had done, thanking her for loving him and as we all know these words were real. He couldn’t embrace this bond due to said vengeance so this is all he could leave.
The importance of his ‘thank you’ is further highlighted when Sakura attempts to take his life to save him from his own darkness in chapter 483. Here the memory of Sasuke thanking her is what stops her as it proves to her that he has good in him and he has genuine love within him. It even is used to show her that Sasuke has love for her, most notably later on in the series.
In chapter 693 the ‘thank you’ is touched upon again and this time it is used exclusively to show that Sasuke cared for Sakura and still has those feelings within him. His ‘thank you’ let Sakura know that a part of his heart is assigned to her and thinks of her fondly even in the midst of his darkness. These words even caused him to pause, shudder and think of his lost loved ones, further proving his important him thanking Sakura back in 181 truly was for his and Sakura’s characters and their relationship in general.
As it was introduced in 181 so too was the ‘thank you’ used again in 699, this time to properly resolve Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship through completing the parallel. Now reformed, Sasuke thanks Sakura once more, this time with his eyes meeting hers, a smile on his face and accompanied by his expression of love, the forehead poke, an expression even better than a kiss. After being emphasised throughout the manga we now see Sasuke thank Sakura again, now free of darkness as we was not in the past. It’s in this moment that we see Sasuke finally express his love for Sakura, which Sakura herself positively responds to. She is in awe and blushes at his words.
Now this is important for Sakura since it reassures her and confirms what she believed since day one, that Sasuke always held here dear to him since 181 and even before that, that she held a special place in his heart and that he truly did love her as she had thought. This serves to confirm and canonize Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship as Sasuke finally responds to her love and confessions, thus showing us all that he loves Sakura as Kishi showed us throughout the manga.
If we really pay attention it’s easy to see the importance of Sasuke’s ‘thank you’ to Sakura in the series. Most people know how important the forehead poke is but it seems like the significance of Sasuke’s ‘thank you’ is forgotten as a result, in my opinion.
Sasuke thanking Sakura is a sign of his love for her which was to be cut out for the sake of his revenge. It’s his parting words to Sakura in chapter 181, thanking her for everything she had done, thanking her for loving him and as we all know these words were real. He couldn’t embrace this bond due to said vengeance so this is all he could leave.
The importance of his ‘thank you’ is further highlighted when Sakura attempts to take his life to save him from his own darkness in chapter 483. Here the memory of Sasuke thanking her is what stops her as it proves to her that he has good in him and he has genuine love within him. It even is used to show her that Sasuke has love for her, most notably later on in the series.
In chapter 693 the ‘thank you’ is touched upon again and this time it is used exclusively to show that Sasuke cared for Sakura and still has those feelings within him. His ‘thank you’ let Sakura know that a part of his heart is assigned to her and thinks of her fondly even in the midst of his darkness. These words even caused him to pause, shudder and think of his lost loved ones, further proving his important him thanking Sakura back in 181 truly was for his and Sakura’s characters and their relationship in general.
As it was introduced in 181 so too was the ‘thank you’ used again in 699, this time to properly resolve Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship through completing the parallel. Now reformed, Sasuke thanks Sakura once more, this time with his eyes meeting hers, a smile on his face and accompanied by his expression of love, the forehead poke, an expression even better than a kiss. After being emphasised throughout the manga we now see Sasuke thank Sakura again, now free of darkness as we was not in the past. It’s in this moment that we see Sasuke finally express his love for Sakura, which Sakura herself positively responds to. She is in awe and blushes at his words.
Now this is important for Sakura since it reassures her and confirms what she believed since day one, that Sasuke always held here dear to him since 181 and even before that, that she held a special place in his heart and that he truly did love her as she had thought. This serves to confirm and canonize Sasuke and Sakura’s relationship as Sasuke finally responds to her love and confessions, thus showing us all that he loves Sakura as Kishi showed us throughout the manga.
