It means that something pretty big had happened the previous chapter, and that Kishi feels the need for it to be highlighted with a color page. Naruto/Hinata holding hands would be this "big deal." Then well, we would all know that that wasn't just to show chakra transfer, lol.
By 442 page 1 we can all accept that Sakura loves Naruto do to the fact that after acknowledging Hinata's feelings she wasn't happy about them and even learning such revelation she still decided to hug Naruto in such a passionate way? A mean we have so many color page and no one ever acknowledge this before they just liked them, but now because it's about Naruto Hinata holding hands it means that Kishimoto is presenting his final pairing.
Kishimoto spend so much time showing that Naruto love for Sakura is Selfless.
Hinata>>>>Naruto, selfish to a point, only cares about being with Naruto and nothing else not even change when her cousin just die, her one track mentality not even lost focus on Naruto or her feelings. 2, 3 or 4 minutes after he die she didn't gave a kitten about him. If Kishimoto wanted to nail that point then I applaud him, but if he see this as a great romantic moment then I feel pity for him.
Sakura>>>>Sasuke, childish, Negative and self destructive.
Sasuke>>>Sakura, do I need to mention this?
Naruto>>>Hinata, good friends respect her.
Sakura>>>>Naruto Do I need to elaborate hear too?
We don't know what will happen in the end, but one thing for sure, Kishi invested a lot of time on Naruto and Sakura dynamic when he could focus instead on NH and SS.
It's very smart to be open minded since it help you deal with stuff you didn't wish to see happening, but always using negative speculation is ridiculous for a pro NS fan, it's almost like people just don't have faith that NS will happen, if that is the case why bother pointing up your negative views when others wants to look on things a positive way.
If you don't have faith in your pairing just take a step back, because you are not helping.
Sorry all I just needed to get this out my chest.
Edited by Don-kun, 02 January 2013 - 02:38 PM.