The Neji and Sakura part had me sighing and laughing, the ending where he says he created an amazing piece of work...I just can't handle stupidness..
I think the only amazing piece of work in that interview is Kishimoto himself. How can the guy be so...clueless?
It's obviously bollocks, because he never made Hinata into the heroine. Heroine isn't a position that can be swapped at a whim, allowing another character to take the previous one's place. Heroine is a title earned through the story by the action that a character takes. Hinata did nothing to earn that title, and it shows by how fragile the support beams for the series now stand with her in that position. All it would take is a slight push, and the entire thing will collapse in on itself, and there has been plenty of evidence to suggest that the process has already begun. The opportunity for her to legitimately take on the role passed her by years ago, and it's far too late to build her up to be one now.