History ShipTease / Naruto

* In chapter 69 of the manga, when Mitsuki asks Sarada how she feels about Boruto she bounces back his question, saying that his "eyes light up" around him.

* Their relationship is not totally one-sided as Boruto very clearly also values Mitsuki and gets easily depressed when Mitsuki is injured or absent. When Mitsuki was injured by Kakashi in their academy graduation exam everyone in the class was trying to cheer up Boruto (who thought he lacked conviction to become a shinnobi after losing to Kakashi). Boruto was still hesitant and moody before hearing Mitsuki wake up and after being reassured that it was worth it and that he only learned how to do something for others from Boruto himself, he finally cheered up and lead the final charge against Kakashi to take the bell. Same for when Team 7 lost to Deepa and Boruto would get frustrated at himself for being weak and letting Mitsuki get injured.
* Boruto was also very despondent when Mitsuki left the village without telling anyone why and would walk around Konoha and their usual hanging spots just to sorely feel Mitsuki's absence and regret not having paid more attention to him before he left. After he and Sarada left the village too to find Mitsuki Boruto wouldn't stop thinking about Mitsuki to the point fans started a game of how "how many times did Boruto say or think Mitsuki this episode".
* Boruto and Mitsuki are often seen around each other in their time off missions. It started off as Mitsuki tagging along with Boruto and Shikadai's shenanigans but evolved organically into a "just need to find one to find the other" situation.

* [[spoiler: After the manga timeskip, when an enraged and borderline suicidal Mitsuki chases him down to try to kill him in name of (who he thinks is his sun) Kawaki, Boruto defeats him without harming a single hair on Mitsuki and correctly identifies his mental issues, telling him straight on that Kawaki was not going to illuminate him no matter how hard Mitsuki tried to stay close to him and that "I'm your sun, it's that simple" confirming that he already accepted and embraced this role long ago.]]
* [[spoiler: After their manga fight and declaring himself to be Mitsuki's sun, Boruto states that he always believed Mitsuki to be a person capable of shining on his own but if he really needed a sun in his life then Mitsuki was "welcome to come to him anytime" before Boruto left the village again.]]
* [[spoiler: There is some controversy about the translations of Eida and Mitsuki's conversation in chapter 8 of TBV because the original japanese statement did not have a defining pronoun ending in the "why do you love Kawaki"/"why do I love Kawaki" debate between different translations. Essentially, this changes nothing because they're both discussing the merits of being artificial beings (Eida as a cyborg and Mitsuki as an artificial human) chasing after the concept of love and the importance of realizing their self-worth before anything else. The entire conversation boils down to the parallelism between Eida loving Kawaki blindly and Mitsuki loving Kawaki (that he thinks is Boruto thanks to Omnipotence) and Eida even calls them out with "wow we're totally having a love talk aren't we" and Mitsuki blushing in response.]]

* In episode12 when their friendship was still relatively new Boruto brings Mitsuki to his home for dinner and Himawari comments how he finally brought a friend home with Boruto acting defensive about it but Hinata was also excited about having her son bringing a guest over. It was also the first formal meeting between Mitsuki and Naruto, with Naruto asking Mitsuki to "be good" to his son while Boruto argues that he's the one that's good to Mitsuki.

* Though he ultimately has complex feelings over the start of their relationship, Mitsuki frequently refers to Boruto as "his sun" in the early parts of the anime, and Sarada bounces back his question about her feelings for Boruto in chapter 69, saying that his "eyes light up" around him.
* Mitsuki likes to hang around Boruto most of the time to keep watching him and learning how to essentially be a human and even though at the beginning of their friendship Boruto would find his "sun" declarations a bit weird he never expressed disgust or offensiveness or told Mitsuki to back off.

* When Eida brainwashes the entire world into believing that Boruto killed the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, the only ones unaffected are Sarada and Sumire. Sarada then begs her father, Sasuke, to believe her that Boruto is innocent. She awakens her Mangekyou Sharingan in the process, established to awaken when a Uchiha experiences an intense feeling of ''love''.
* After the {{timeskip}}, Boruto returns to the Hidden Leaf Village and speaks to Sarada. The first thing she does is rush to hug him warmly, telling him that he's late. In a significant moment, Boruto ''hugs her back''.

* Eida's power makes anyone instantly fall in love with her, the only exceptions are Otsutsuki clan members or their Karma vessels, but it's shown that Sumire who is confirmed to have feelings for Boruto is immune to it... and so is Sarada as well.
* When [[spoiler:Eida brainwashes the entire world into believing that Boruto killed the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, the only ones unaffected are Sarada and Sumire, and Sarada then begs to her father, Sasuke, to believe her that Boruto is innocent, and in the process she awakens her Mangekyou Sharingan, which is established to awaken when an Uchiha experiences an intense feeling of ''love''.]]

* Though he ultimately has complex feelings over the start of their relationship, Mitsuki frequently refers to Boruto as "his sun" in the early parts of the anime, and Sarada bounces back his question about her feelings for Boruto, saying that his "eyes light up" around him.

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* It's well-known that Masashi Kishimoto purposefully had Naruto and Sasuke kiss early on because he thought there had been no rivals who kiss in manga, saying additionally that it set up tension between Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, and that it was something he wanted to surprise fans with.

** In the ''Bounty Hunter Arc'', Hinata has cooked some Naruto-shaped rice balls and offers them to her crush. The latter takes a bite from one of them and enjoys it so much that he compliments Hinata by telling her that she's "gonna make somebody one heck of a wife", making her blush heavily.

* In one of the early {{filler}} arcs of the first series, Naruto and Team 8 go on a mission together. One scene includes Hinata practicing a new move naked under a waterfall at night. Naruto goes outside to pee and spots the girl, who he stares at in wonder until he accidentally scares her off. Naruto never learns that the girl was Hinata.

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** Hinata defending Naruto from Pain while [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove sincerely confessing her love to him]], Naruto [[DespairEventHorizon instantly activating his six-tailed state]], transforming to his [[UpToEleven eight-tailed state]], and [[DarkestHour completely losing his will to live]] and [[FromBadToWorse nearly releasing the Nine-Tails]] after [[BerserkButton Pain stabs Hinata]], and both [[TearsOfJoy crying in relief]] when they learn the other is safe afterwards.

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* ''VideoGame/NarutoUltimateNinjaStorm3'' has the mission "Super Maiden Showdown''. Ino and Sakura question Naruto on whether he prefers outspoken and confident personalities like them or quiet and shy ones like Hinata's. This'll lead into a two-vs-two battle. If you said you prefer girls like Hinata, then Hinata will thank Naruto afterwards. After Naruto runs off, Hinata monologues that she couldn't say what she wanted to but that she's still happy.

* There was a fair amount of this between [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto and Sakura]], although, in retrospect, almost all of their moments are negative and not very romantic, largely because they get ruined as soon as they come and are often PlayedForLaughs for the sake of comic relief. It starts with Naruto thinking that he likes her a lot because she's pretty in her debut, and then realizing in Chapter 3 that the only reason he has a crush on her is because [[LovingAShadow he merely wants to win her over to beat out his rival Sasuke at something for once]]; Sakura blushing when Naruto was fighting Zabuza and wondering since when he made her blush; Sakura willing to let her team fail during a test to protect Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage[[note]]That moment is lessened because she calls it an "impossible dream", which shows that [[CondescendingCompassion she actually doesn't have that much faith in him achieving that dream]][[/note]]; Sakura going on a date with him in Part I[[note]]That moment is lessened because the entire time, she speaks about her worries over Sasuke, which depresses Naruto[[/note]]; Sakura blushing when Naruto returns to the village after the three-year TimeSkip[[note]]That moment is lessened when he tells her that [[IdiotBall she hasn't changed at all since he last saw her]], and then is completely ruined when he tries to use a new Sexy Jutsu and [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale she angrily punches him]] as a result[[/note]]; Sakura trying to calm him down when he was out of control by the Nine-Tails and being willing to give up the hunt for Sasuke because Naruto was hurt[[note]]That moment is unquestionably ruined when he smacks her hard enough that he almost kills her, then he doesn't remember that he attacked her, and then he barely reacts when Yamato told him about it later[[/note]]; Sakura going to feed him when he is unable to move an arm[[note]]That moment is ruined ''twice'', when Sai comes along and tries to feed him instead, and then later when Kakashi actually does feed him[[/note]]; Sakura hugging him after he defeats Pain[[note]]That moment is lessened because he does not reciprocate the hug, which, in hindsight, [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] their ShipSinking in the subsequent arc[[/note]]. There was also a scene in which Sakura [[HeroicSelfDeprecation laments being only able to do small things for Naruto]] as she was healing him after he gradually grew into his four-tailed state. Yamato then says what she can do is less important because, according to him: "I can tell just by watching you, Sakura, just how much you--" ''(Naruto wakes up, interrupting him)''. [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated in several post-series interviews]] that [[RedHerring all of the above]] was [[TrollingCreator deliberately written]] to make their definitive and repetitive ShipSinking in Chapter 469, the epilogue, and ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'' all the more noteworthy.

* In Manga Chapter 56, While Sumire gives Kawaki an injection, she reassures him that he doesn't need to worry about her medical skill, and besides, tending to him means she gets to ask him more about Boruto. Kawaki respond by asking if she likes Boruto and she freaks out and begs him to keep her crush a secret. Sumires' boss, Katasuke, comments to himself that her crush on Boruto is "so very obvious" anyway.