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Blooming was uploaded one 25th of June, 2003. After some time getting completely hooked on Naruto, I concluded Sasuke & Sakura represented my favorite pairing in the series and the one I was more excited about getting development. After checking they didn't have a fanlisting yet (manga fanlistings and Naruto were yet to become REALLY popular), I went ahead, applied for it... and got it.

And I couldn't have been luckier. Some time later, Sasuke & Sakura became my top manga OTP and the only pairing I cared in Naruto. Honestly speaking, they are no longer my top OTP ever, but they're still second and I wouldn't give them up for my life.

This layout you're seeing represents the fourth I've done for this fanlisting so far. Images were scanned by me from the Naruto artbook and several volumes of the manga. The version's name, back to back, is kind of obvious, but I couldn't come up with anything better. However, I still like the listing's name quite a bit. I think "blooming" does a nice work reflecting Sasuke & Sakura's relationship. And also, think of Sakura's hair... really reminiscent of cherry blossoms (especially the scene in which she cuts it... which is really important to the relationship, coincidentally).

The layout was made using Photoshop 6 for the graphics and notepad for the coding. Resources are listed here. Please, don't steal anything. That's just lame.