During this period Ino's attraction to Sai grows into something much stronger as following the war, they begin to bond and form a much closer relationship with each other and eventually fall in love.īlank Period Arc Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness Later, Sai and Ino along with everyone else are released by Naruto and Sasuke from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and all the shinobi who participated in the war return back to their normal lives. In Sai's dream, Ino can be seen blushing at Sai's presence and describes his smile as 'beautiful'. When stuck in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Ino dreams of Sai fighting with Sasuke for her affection whilst her father, Inoichi cheers her popularity on. Ino telling Sai he has a 'Beautiful' smile. In the anime, while Sakura and Ino were fighting, Ino called Sakura 'Billboard Brow', and Sakura called Ino 'Ino Pig', and Sai noted the information down in his notebook, saying he will call them by their nicknames, causing both Ino and Sakura to punch him in the face.īirth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki Arc Sai, having read in a book that you can form closer bonds with people by giving them nick-names based on their perceived personality traits, calls Ino 'Miss Beautiful' (gorgeous in the dub), causing her to blush and become flustered whereas Sakura becomes enraged as Sai previously called her 'ugly' and Sakura was gleefully expecting him to do the same to Ino, not expecting Sai to have learned his lessons on honesty.Īfter Shikamaru diverts Hidan away leaving the rest of Team 10 and Kakashi to fight Kakuzu, Team 7 arrive as back up and Sai can be seen stood in front of Ino to protect her. When Team 10 and Team 7 all go out to dinner, Ino sits next to Sai and begins flirting with him. Ino blushing after Sai calls her beautiful. Ino, who has already become smitten upon meeting Sai, devises a plan to sit next to him so she can flirt with him as both their teams are invited to go to Yakiniku Q by Asuma. Sakura tells Ino that although Sai is attractive, he has poor social skills but this doesn't deter Ino from her interest in him. Ino can be seen staring and blushing at Sai's presence when they're at the hospital and she compliments his looks whilst talking to Sakura. Here, Ino encounters Sai for the first time and she quickly becomes captivated by him due to finding him attractive. When Sai visits the hospital with his teammates in order to be introduced to his new team leader Kakashi following their failed mission, they also run into Team 10 when Asuma barges into Kakashi's room uninvited. Ino being smitten with Sai at Yakiniku Q. Their Relationship Part II Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission SaiIno (サイいの SaiIno) is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Sai and Ino Yamanaka. 2.4.10 Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny.2.4.9 Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust.2.4.8 Kakashi Retsuden: The Sixth Hokage and the Failure Boy.2.4.7 Shikamaru Shinden: A Cloud Dancing in Forlorn Falling Petals.

2.4.4 Boruto Novel 3: Those Who Illuminate the Night of Shinobi!.2.4.3 Boruto Novel 2: A Call from the Shadows!.2.2.5 Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding.2.2.3 The Beast that was Shot by Love!!.2.2.2 Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze.2.2.1 Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness.2.1.4 Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki Arc.2.1.1 Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission.

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