As a SasuSaku fan, I honestly feel Kishimoto screwed my pairing beyond belief in Gaiden. I don’t care what the excuse was, having Sasuke leave for over a decade, him not knowing his own daughter, Sakura once again having to be alone was inexcusable and nothing will ever make it up for me. The most depressing part is that I find it impossible to look at SS the way I used to. Everything SS went through I thought would be made up for in time, together. But no, Sakura was alone all this time. Mess.