I haven't thought about Dragon Ball for a while now But I'm extremely sad that this legend passed away this year on the month of my birthday. Rest in Peace Toriyama-sensei, you were part of my childhood and many successful Shonen manga owe their being to you.

What bothers me about neutrality with fictional romance and taking it for as it is that viewers often forget the context of such things. Yes Naruto is a shonen battle manga that does not focus on romance as a theme per say but again there always that difference from other shonen manga that don't care about romance and make couples last second or treat it as a joke at best. Naruto has ALWAYS had feelings for Sakura and it is not a silly childhood crush or a fleeting feeling that he was not serious about or else there would never have been a POAL in the first place. Naruto shows complete selflessness towards Sakura and maturity in putting her happiness above his own. Sakura in turn shows that in her worst circumstances when she is most vulnerable and lost and upset and powerless it was Naruto that comforts her and listens to her problems. that lays the very foundation of how close they become throughout the story. I'm not going to repeat the moments they have together because it would just be redundant at this point. Think of it like this, What if Rurouni Kenshin remained unchanged in it's story and plot but Watsuki decided last second that Kenshin is would be happier with Megumi as his wife because she is more feminine and does not emasculate him, or maybe she looks more like his first wife and chucks all that development with Kaoru out the window. That is essentially what Naruto did at the end, it chucked the development between Naruto and Sakura out the window for a side character that has no real importance to the plot and for the main character in general. What if Slam Dunk resolved the love triangle with Kaede getting together with Haruko despite not showing any affection for her and doesn't care about romance in general and Haruko saying Hanamichi was only shallowly interested in her? Again That is what Naruto did. Naruto is not like other shonen series in that there is not romantic development at all and the author can slap together couples however they feel last second and whatever pleases them. Naruto had a love interest and they developed together progressively throughout the series and they owe a large part of their growth to each other. Typical romance writing in fiction, even if there is not an emphasis on it. This is different from Dragon Ball where Goku had no such moments with Bulma so who cares if he married Chichi? 

I know I haven't posted for a while But I just want to put that out there. In terms of Neutrality, context is very important if not everything

I think the opposite, Naruto and Sakura would have had a better chance if Sasuke did stay in the village. Most of the drama surrounding the three of them after the time skip is due to Naruto and Sakura having regrets about not stopping him. I have a feeling had Sasuke not left Sakura would see more and more that Sasuke is not prince charming and how exhausting it is to chase someone when he is not reciprocating her feelings like he did(Naruto) on their first day as a team. Not to mention She already was seeing Naruto in a different light after her saved her from from Gaara. Long story short anyway.

Well we'll just see  where it heads towards the end. I am just most invested in 2 things. Dechako (other ships if any confirmed too lol) and if there will be a sequel series.

We're waiting til August but hey at least The quality will be better

Oh there is going to be a crossover comic with TMNT and Naruto.

 

https://x.com/Discus...044787269423203

.... It's a good thing I don't read American Comics then

I'd say karma if it's true If not, god speed, I'm still not watching. Naruto is dead to me. If it works out I want no part of it and if it bombs I point and laugh my @$$ off, so It's a win for me in any case. Because either I'm not gonna support a cash grab soulless franchise that has no substance to it anymore or I watch them get their just desserts. One or the other 

Fans if the Pokemon anime... I have terrible news. Rachel Lillis the voice of Misty died of cancer.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!  

Well well well.... Where is the true love now? That said, this speaks to me as pure incompetence. I have no empathy points for this explanation. Just saying. 

It doesn't help that we know that this was just more damage control on his part to cover the asses of WSJ's editors because he gave into external pressure from them and SP.

This is all true. This is just more damage control, but disregarding it, it would still not be a respectable or even good choice to be made public. To those not knowing he caved into the gaslighting of SP and his Editors at WSJ, post Yahagi, it seems like he is either a coward or he doesn't respect his fans, not even the NH shippers. He gave Hinata a pity-cookie because he felt sorry for her and did not actually believe in the romance between her and Naruto, SO EVERYBODY LOSES. No one should care about the manga at this point, and this is beyond Naru-Saku getting shafted, this shows COMPLETE disregard even for the fans that believe in the shipping couple that Hinata-horn dogs both at WSJ and SP were appealing to. So I really just can't.... find anything nice to say here. I would be curious to how Hinata fans would react to this though.

Sounds like he is saying people like Naruto over other manga because it is simple. Would help to know what the question was or the interview.

 

OK. It was an interview in 2019 on a radio show called Izakaya: Denfaminicogamer. And he was asked why was Naruto more popular than One Piece overseas? Answer. it is simpler.

 

https://news.denfami...iew/191227f#i-6 Supposedly, it is in here.

 

Well, I'm not going to disagree with the reading comprehension.

YUP. Naruto is a simplistic manga for simplistic morons I say. You are either a reader for the greatest fictional couple ever made, Hinata Huyga-chan-megami-hime-sama and her vicarious cup of courage turned boy toy trophy husband, OR you are an illiterate Buffoon for not seeing the true moral and message of the story was the former. Naruto is a simple story for simps, TG FOR THAT. *sarcasm*

Simple or not, the reading comprehension is STILL f-ed up because many fans and the people BTS complained about and for Hinata, as like she was really that important to the franchise. When we know in actuality, she wasn't.

And that is why I treat the entire franchise as a joke. You are either invested in a character whose presence and importance to the plot was never there to begin with and flog that importance over the head of everyone else until they comply/give up on the story all together, OR you are treated as an idiot for not seeing how important Hinata Hyuga-chan-megami-hime-sama was to get everything she wanted and was Naruto's stealth "true love" and were too blind to see it. You lose either way, and wonder why you bothered with it. You were either reading for a side character that never mattered or you were one of the many many MANY long time fans that got screwed over investing your time on the series BECAUSE said irrelevant side character had to be catered to. It felt like a waste of time in the grand scheme of things because you were cheated out of a proper resolution to a story you WERE passionate about, or you now find out Hinata's love never meant anything, and she only got together with Naruto because OF PITY and not because of genuine love. Hinata got the man of her dreams because she never gave up? I thought the idea was "they were always in love..." So I'm just laughing at the whole thing. READING COMPREHENSION AT IT'S FINEST FOLKS

I feel that the Last Portrayal of Naruto is more so an egomaniac that hypocritically does not believe in what he preaches and only loves hearing the sound oh his voice being right, but definitely it was done to not make Hinata seem like a silver medal

No comment until I see it for myself.

been a while since I posted here, Ha! I have a new couple that I want to happen so bad but nothing confirmed yet. For those that know, in "The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak" I am all for the MC Van and the heroine Agnes. I really enjoy all of the moments between the two of them so far. There are a couple of circumstances with the two of them that are giving me "NaruSaku vs. NaruHina PTSD". 1. Van has an ex-girlfriend/Childhood Friend Named Elaine and a vast majority of Fans in the west favor her way more and feel Van Should get back together with her. This triggers the whole "Sakura versus Hinata" debacle for me because it is so similar with Elaine still longing for Van but she is not his emotional anchor or keeps him grounded when he is vulnerable like Agnes does, and doesn't have prominence in the story and there is a secondary reason why they dismiss Agnes' Feelings for Van which is 2. There is an 8 year gap between Van and Agnes. Van is as of now 25 and Agnes just turned 17. Now I am not promoting the the whole *censoring word* with a minor or anything but I feel that the dynamic between them is very wholesome and more about true love than it is with Elaine. And it bothers me that they dismiss Agnes' relationship with Van because of the age gap. I just wanted to rant here a little bit XP But I honestly feel that their relationship is a good solid one that will last. Admittedly though that for all other games in this series except the earliest ones, The main love interest for the MC of each story arc or at least the one that is most hinted at isn't the most popular. But anyway, This is THE OTP for me at the time

Okay my thoughts on chapter 431. It didn't change how I felt towards the ending much. Deku losing his powers and is stuck with a teachers job feels like a forced " imitating" All Might life story and goes against the beginning of the series with Deku's declaration that he became the no.1 hero. It is very funny how Shoto was adamant about not becoming like Endeavor yet he still holds the no. 2 position as him. I understand that he doesn't care that much about it at this point and is just happy to live out his dream but it is still too much of a forced Generation Xerox on this plot line too. Bakugou being rejected by Deku to join his agency I feel thematically makes sense and those that are butt hurt by it were over analyzing their dynamic in my opinion because I feel that even though Bakugou apologized, there is still too much baggage between the two of them to go back to being straight up friends, despite what Deku says and the friendship being pushed. I don't accept their current relationship at the start of the series being calle d friendship. Deku and Uraraka becoming canon (The highlight for me, honestly) in the way that it did, well, I'm not saying it couldn't have been handled better I'm not against it at the same time. While they are close, they have also always been "twice shy" when it comes to their feelings and I feel thematically it is about Ochako letting go of her lingering regrets and move on with her life on a much more happy note. 

Everything wrong with SasuSaku besides being a wish fulfillment of “changing the bad boy” is the same reason that NaruSasu’s "quasi brotherhood" is toxic and unbelievable. There are little to no positive mutual moments to rectify or enforce it. If you need your audience to overreach, overanalyze AND over reason why a relationship works the way it does and force the issue down their throats then you are doing something wrong as a writer. I summed that up, and I doubt that it took more than 20 seconds.