Statement: This series would have been better off with no romance focus at all. Showcase bonds but never get deep as in romance and end with no pairings would help the series to be better than today.
Agree. The ending we got alienated half of the fanbase. If there was no romantic pairings, they could have continued the story with another generation, then kept the old fans around to ship the new generation and hope that their fav pairing might get together. Instead they shut the door on the most devoted group of fans.
Statement: When dealing with anime, there are series that you take it serious due to its nature and there are series that are over the top that you can throw your brain out of the window and enjoy the ride. That all being said if you look at Naruto with the latter point of view, this series is much more forgiving; therefore, result as a good series.
Disagree. They started with a good, cohesive story, then bailed on it. Unfortunately, when the good story was deconstructed into the weekly cliffhanger nonsense we got. Naruto's popularity and wide audience came from the Pain arc. After that, the audience may have been there, but the story became a confusing mess of revolving characters, speeches, actions and ships. It was all downhill and intentionally confusing and baiting to their most long-term fans.
It's sort of like waiting so long to go on a roller coaster ride, going over a couple of big drops, and expecting the big finale...only to find out that the last loops were just a slow, winding kiddie ride that they'd hidden from view. A bad story is a bad story. And they way they carried it off made it even worse.
Statement: Have The Last -Naruto the Movie- work differently on Naruto and Hinata's development, it could have been not only a good pairing, but well established reasonable than any other pairings, including NaruSaku.
Disagree. Naruto's story was never set up for Hinata to be a main character. This wasn't a fairytale, with Naruto getting the princess in the end. The goal wasn't for Naruto to be recognized by a traditional clan and welcomed into their family, thus cementing his commitment to doing things the old-fashioned way. Hinata was only supposed to worship him from afar, and use him as inspiration to better herself. Naruto was only supposed to see her as another villager and teammate whom he could give a boost to.
Naruto's story was the under-appreciated underdog who longs to be acknowledged by his village, triumph over his rival and win the affection of the girl who, so far, only has eyes for his rival. And he when he finally gets those things, he wants to become Hokage and do things his own way, surpassing the generations and brutal clan/ninja/village traditions that came before him. That's the summary of Naruto's motivation. NONE of that involved Hinata. Throwing her in a sappy movie at the end changes nothing. The story is not about her. And if it were — if she were heavily involved as a passive, sympathetic heroine from the beginning — I guarantee the Naruto series wouldn't have been as popular as it was.