I said I wouldn't participate anymore, but as expected I love this place too much. So I'll just stay to give my input.
And here is something I've noticed. Since the chapter was released I read several times here how Naruto doesn't trat his son well enough, not happy etc.... And the same for Sasuke who leaves his kids and all.
Well here is something that proves that theses kids are well cherished by their parents:
I saw the raw of some pages and:
- Boruto calls his father 父ちゃん"tou-chan" which is a very affectionate way to call your father, like Naruto calls Minato.
- Himawari calls Hinata ママ"mama" which is an even more affectionate to call your parents.
- Sarada, she calls her parents ママ"mama" and パパ"papa" as Himawari, it proves that she loves very much her parents and that she's very attached to them.
So now, I don't know if it was convincing enough, but the truth is that it shows how these families are happy, at least their kids, but I'm sure that their parents are as happy as them.
I understand where you're coming from Kaguya-hime, and I agree with your mindset: it's better to accept reality and move on. I'll accept the fact that this is the ending that Kishi has chosen and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. But what I won't accept is me trying to convince my better judgement that maybe this was a good ending. It was not a good ending. It was misogynistic and disgusting and I found it degrading towards women. When a person threatens your life and the lives of everyone you love and then try's to kill you on multiple occasions, and regards your entire human worth as useless, you really shouldn't end up marrying that person and starting a family with them. I understand that forgiveness is important, and it's okay to forgive but it's never okay to forget. So what Kishi did to Sakura is disgusting and I'll never accept that this was the right course of action for her. I only wanted the best for her and when I saw her genuinely being happy and smiling all the time when she was around Naruto, I logically thought that they should end up together. So even if Kishi portrays Sakura as "happy" with her new family within the manga, I know realistically she wouldn't be. But it's not only Sakura but all the females have been reduced to nothing but housewives. This is what people mean when they say that Kishi is sexist. I personally don't believe that he's sexist, but just very traditional in the sense of Japanese culture. But that isn't the way things are in Japan anymore. It's 2014 and he should evolve with the times.
Edited by Diadochi, 08 November 2014 - 10:09 AM.