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[Tsuki Hoshino]

wich ship got canon?

Narusaku. Just take my word for it. Ignore everything else.

[Nyaruto]

 

kittening right 

 

699 chapters can't make NH canon hahahahahaha

The very idea of having to make a separate movie to justify a pairing is just...

[Lady Lys]

I don't really mind Kakashizu, Its just I see Kakashi as a perpetual bachelor...or with Sakura   but it did come out of nowhere, so meh. 

Yeah Kakashizu is ok pst another kakasaku fan here...i crackship like crazy

 

I'm allerigc to NaruHina..it causes extreme rashes and fastidious stomach problems 

[Shizuku]

I introduced naruto to one of my friends last year, she only watched it until sasuke appeared in shippuden. Anyways, she told me she liked ss, but she was like " I like how they look together, but I know they won't be canon". Yesterday, I told her that they ended together, and she said " Seriously? But sasuke tried to kill her... I don't understand". See? Even for non-hardcore naruto fans this ending doesn't make sense.

[choco2]

Damn You !!!! You Rip My Heart Out        F U Kishimoto  F U from the bottom of my heart look what you did to them 

 

your sign 

 

[Michi]

Sorry but can't help it

     

I CAN'T GET OVER THIS PICTURE.

UUUUH MY HEART.

I hope this reaches to people that work with kishi.

Because look kishi...look at what you have kittening DONE.

[tatsujin76]

 
The show is Person of Interest and I'm only on season 3, so no one spoil it for me!!!

A couple in S03 of PoI? I don't remember that, who are you talking about?

[Nar123]

Sorry but can't help it

     

Noooooo
Why did do you do that?

Dammit! Dammit!
kitten you kishi

[TsukiChan ♥]

It's so hurtful going on wikipedia and seeing the bull they now have up..

 

"Before falling victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the still-conscious Hinata mentally called out for Naruto, who immediately hear her voice and want to save her before being stopped by Sasuke.^[33] Inside the genjutsu, Hinata dreams of being a couple with Naruto, while Hanabi and Neji watch from afar.^[34] Naruto also is seen comforting Hinata during Neji's funeral, the two standing side by side.^[35]

Years after the war, Naruto eventually returned her feelings after letting go of his crush on Sakura and fell in love with Hinata. The two eventually married and had a son and daughter.^[36]"

 

Lollll now he magically hears her during IT? I thought he heard everyone?

[MangaReader]

I can't believe Naruto SD is more true to Naruto's character then the actual manga's ending

[Tsuki Hoshino]

Yeah Kakashizu is ok pst another kakasaku fan here...i crackship like crazy

 

I'm allerigc to NaruHina..it causes extreme rashes and fastidious stomach problems 

HOT DAMN WE NEED TO BE FRIENDS ON TUMBLR, SKYPE AND STEAM. 

I can stomach NH...its the SS that makes me want to scrub my soul with acid. 

[Gaara's hair]

It's so hurtful going on wikipedia and seeing the bull they now have up..

 

"Before falling victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the still-conscious Hinata mentally called out for Naruto, who immediately hear her voice and want to save her before being stopped by Sasuke.^[33] Inside the genjutsu, Hinata dreams of being a couple with Naruto, while Hanabi and Neji watch from afar.^[34] Naruto also is seen comforting Hinata during Neji's funeral, the two standing side by side.^[35]

Years after the war, Naruto eventually returned her feelings after letting go of his crush on Sakura and fell in love with Hinata. The two eventually married and had a son and daughter.^[36]"

 

Lollll now he magically hears her during IT? I thought he heard everyone?

The power of love is strong in this one.

[Lady Lys]

It's so hurtful going on wikipedia and seeing the bull they now have up..

 

"Before falling victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the still-conscious Hinata mentally called out for Naruto, who immediately hear her voice and want to save her before being stopped by Sasuke.^[33] Inside the genjutsu, Hinata dreams of being a couple with Naruto, while Hanabi and Neji watch from afar.^[34] Naruto also is seen comforting Hinata during Neji's funeral, the two standing side by side.^[35]

Years after the war, Naruto eventually returned her feelings after letting go of his crush on Sakura and fell in love with Hinata. The two eventually married and had a son and daughter.^[36]"

 

Lollll now he magically hears her during IT? I thought he heard everyone?

Ugh. here comes my allergic reaction....

[Luna]

I'm here crying my eyes out. I'm cleansing my soul with an anime and it has me crying. The feels.



Kyouchi x Aoi< Lovely pairing. Weeps.

[neoshadow]

I guess since everyone is posting their thoughts on the ending I'd do so too, ultimately this is a repost of the thoughts I had when the spoilers were coming out but I thought I'd add a bit to it.

 

Warning this gets a little long and rambly yet even then it doesn't even scratch the surface of how complex my feelings for the ending are.

 

I was never really that active on this site, honestly I got heavily into shipping and out of shipping within a year and a half, I'm not sure why it brought joy to so many people but I after a period I could never really commit to it like I wish I could, maybe it was the fact that my time zones and work hours never aligned with when the site was most active limiting my enjoyment but more probably I think I just grew numb to shipping in general, not the people here, not this site and especially not this community but just the concept of shipping in general.

 

Not to say I didn't want Naruto and Sakura to end up together, I believed they were the best pairing in the series and I still do and I wish oh god do I wish they were canon but sadly they aren't. I consider myself pretty perceptive when it comes to character interactions and details which will become important later so for that reason I don't feel I was wrong to think they would end up together no one on this site should feel that way, they had development and interactions, they had parallels that though lazy as a storytelling technique were effective to convey a message but in the end that's not what Kishimoto felt and all I want to know is why?

 

I've seen many bashing Kishi and not without reason, I can't blame them and maybe I'm alone in this thought, even though his writing has dropped considerably in quality from Part 1 to Part 2 and again around the Pain Arc  I do believe the man knew what he was doing and broadly where he wanted the series to end up which makes it all the more jarring at how it didn't happen which in turn makes me question it, this does not feel like a natural storytelling decision, this does not feel like what's right for the story, in all honesty this reeks of some kind of outside interference.

 

• Maybe it was editorial or tied to the upcoming movie? It makes sense plenty of authors have had their wishes changed at the whim of the editor to please the fans and as much as we all like NaruSaku here I don't think we can deny that we weren't the most popular of the main ships.
• I heard that his assistant who is also writing Part 3 wrote Chapter 700 but I doubt Kishi didn't have a say in it but maybe he left the pairings to his assistant, romance was never the most important part of this series and Kishi resolved the main Naruto and Sasuke plot so maybe everything else got left to another?
• Maybe Kishi just wanted to end it or changed his mind? He began to doubt his own intentions and no longer liked NaruSaku's dynamic or wanted to appeal to as many people as possible, as I said we weren't the most popular, better to go with what will please 2/3 of people as opposed to 1/3.
• Or maybe he just simply wanted to keep people guessing to the end and surprise people and have a shocking ending for the sake of it?

 

Whatever the reason was I believe it had to have been recent, within this year at least even up to the end we had Minato compare Sakura to Kushina immediately after we had Naruto and Hinata hold hands, we had Sakura perform CPR and have a page solely consisting of Sakura and Karin worrying for Naruto and Sasuke, at that point I could see anyone being convinced of what direction the series was going so why have that if it wasn't your intention to have them end up together?

Maybe I'm being a Kishi apologist but I do want to give the man the benefit of the doubt at least for now.

Maybe in a few years when everyone can look at the series with fresh eyes and unbiased opinions they can notice how it doesn't add up and question it, I would love to hear Kishi's reminiscent thoughts on the ending and what he wished he had done or regretted doing or not doing over the course of the series once all this is over I think it'd would be very interesting.

 

I'm not angry I don't feel I ever can be, I'm just disappointed, I didn't get into Naruto nearly 10 years ago because of wanting 2 characters to end up together, romance was the furthest thing in my mind for the series and in all honesty when I did have to think about it back then I was fine with NaruHina and SasuSaku as outcomes just as I was fine with NaruSaku so maybe I will be able to revert back to that more simple time but  I don't think anyone can deny that Kishi planted the seeds for NaruSaku to be a possibility (I won't say an inevitability because there always was the threat of another ship being chosen) but it just leaves me asking why? Why plant the seeds if nothing is going to grow from it?

 

How I feel about the final pairings? I never hated them I just preferred NaruSaku and as I said back 10 years ago I could easily enjoy all 3, I'm just annoyed that whatever development they get happens off screen.

• NaruHina - by the looks of it The Last will deal with Naruto and Hinata's romance but that should not have been relegated to a movie it should of happened in the manga if it was planned because right now we have 699 chapters of barely interacting a then bam they're parents. One positive I can give is I always thought they couldn't work as parents because there wouldn't be a firm hand to their children, I didn't imagine Naruto as a hard ass father but honestly I find it kind of funny, it's like he has a son who's exactly like him at that age and it annoys him and then that positive is immediately taken away by the implications of Naruto being a neglectful father which I don't like. Plus I know this is mean but I really don't like the look Himawari, it's those whiskers they bother me.
• SasuSaku -  given time I could easily like a SasuSaku development that deals with Sasuke trying to regain Sakura's trust and love after what he's done after his change of heart because I actually quite like 698 and post Sasuke but sadly that's not going to happen, Sakura literally jumps right back into his arms as though nothing happened and it ruins Sakura's character in the process.

 

Everyone else just annoys me with the exception of ShikaTema, I was predicting an ending like Digimon Adventure 2 where would get 1 to 3 canon ships and everyone else would have children with unnamed spouses, I find the whole pairing up everyone for the sake of convenience to be lazy, I find it lazy in most fanfics that do it and I especially find it lazy here. I mean Chouji and Karui? Really?

It does annoy me to see Sakura relegated to housewife but one thing that does give me some consolation is you can see her ninja uniform under her apron, so she still looks active unlike Kushina's housewife attire, she's a mother and a provider but she seemingly still is a ninja.

 

The entire epilogue is just too convenient and so much has been slotted into place with no rhyme or reason or development, and everything that was developed that never came to fruition is swept under the rug, never to be addressed and never to be heard from again.

 

As I've said I'm not angry just disappointed, disappointed that my ship didn't become canon but more disappointed for all those that cared about shipping Naruto and Sakura more then I ever did. I really enjoyed reading all your theories or your fanfics or looking at your fanart so thanks for everything guys I really do mean it. It crushes me to see you all so hurt but I hope you heal and I hope you come out of this smelling like roses. Thank you for everything the community of Heaven and Earth.

 

To NaruHina and SasuSaku fans if for whatever reason you're reading this. Congratulations. Maybe you saw something that I never did, the selfish person in me is disappointed that my ship didn't become canon but the selfless person in me is happy to see you guys got what you wanted and is happy that others are happy with the ending and I really do mean that, as much as this ending currently stings for me and as hated as its going to be around these parts the simple truth is that most people will either be fine with the ending or at worst will be ambivalent to it all and in all honesty more people will like this ending than hate it and maybe that's what forced Kishimoto's hand and maybe at the end of the day that's all that really matters?

 

So that's most things off my chest sorry it got so long and sorry if I come off as depressing or a defeatist or an apologist but it is truly how I feel, I made my peace with NaruHina and SasuSaku happening a long time ago and I hope I can eventually return to shipping all 3 like I did once upon a time. NS will always remain my OTP and I will never not enjoy it but I'm going to keep myself open to other possibilities from now on.

 

Naruto has been such a large part of my life that I can't imagine dropping it even now, I will probably read part 3 and when that comes against my better judgement I'll probably end up shipping Boruto and Sarada and maybe this time I'll be right?

 

Once again Thanks everyone

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish.

[MangaReader]

Patrick's ugly barnacle story was better told then this

[4000TMNT]

Wait, there's gonna be a part 3?

[Michi]

The power of love is strong in this one.

LMFAO.

Right. (8

Anywayssss...guys? What are Japanese fans saying about this mess?

[TsukiChan ♥]

The power of love is strong in this one.

 

ugh..

 

Ugh. here comes my allergic reaction....

 

lol :(

[MakeMoneyEatRice]

It's so hurtful going on wikipedia and seeing the bull they now have up..

 

"Before falling victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the still-conscious Hinata mentally called out for Naruto, who immediately hear her voice and want to save her before being stopped by Sasuke.^[33] Inside the genjutsu, Hinata dreams of being a couple with Naruto, while Hanabi and Neji watch from afar.^[34] Naruto also is seen comforting Hinata during Neji's funeral, the two standing side by side.^[35]

Years after the war, Naruto eventually returned her feelings after letting go of his crush on Sakura and fell in love with Hinata. The two eventually married and had a son and daughter.^[36]"

 

Lollll now he magically hears her during IT? I thought he heard everyone?

 

Naruto can read minds now? LOOOOOOOOOOOOL