Want to know a favorite argument of mine?
Everyone says kishi is a troll, in truth, he really isn't going out of his way to constantly just torment the fanbase especially the pairing stuff. I mean everyone thinks that, but if all the NS stuff put forward was always intended then he just put it into action over a few ways, including the 469 event as a tensional moment for them to a degree. Kishi has done some bait and switch, but it has made sense in most cases, I mean we knew Sakura had a reason for her fake confession to naruto, yet it was still in his best interest. I mean Sakura has lied to Naruto before, but she has done it to protect him or keep him from worrying. Naruto has done the same to Sakura in a few ways.
The stuff in the manga, I mean i'm sure that the manga and anime staff are aware of what the fandom does but they don't let the fanbase demands tweak the canon material to what kishi and the select other few who decide what goes in the manga actually has to occur, I mean series like Naruto, Bleach, even especially one piece have story bibles, major events written years ahead of time before they come up. Oda from One piece already had the original ending planned so long ago, one piece was originally supposed to be 300 chapters, look how long it is now! Other series, even videogame series like Halo have story bibles they are bound to follow or use.
I mean look at Naruto, look in the further manga chapters, like 5+ years in when the fanbase was well established, espcially since Naruto came to the mass markets like the U.S. and Europe in 2005. Fanbases grew and learned quickly about the series due to the existing content. The developers of the naruto series, yes they know the fanbase and know how parts of it exist. The only in turn, messing that occurs, or fanserive from time to time, its in the stuff that doesn't matter like the anime, fillers, omakes, and other shorts, even games. Remember how insane and offcourse this stuff was in the animated rock lee series? I mean people love Hinata, her fanbase exploded after pain, but nothing real significant besides the short 615 moment came for her, still dwarfed by many other characters and their own respective achievements.
I mean look at avatar the last airbender, the fact that the creators actually made an episode mocking everything on their own series by the fans was so ironically funny, it was the classic, they made fun of themselves and the fans perception of what things should be. This is why the ember island players was such a funny episode, it hit all the right spots on each character to such a degree, it was perfect as the last comedic episode before the impending finale against ozai. It was such a fitting episode, it was perfectly designed to use in various youtube videos to mock M Night Shymalan's butchered movie adaptation.
But the naruto manga, let alone kishi, i'm pretty such he doesn't go out of his way to do all this pairing drama nonsense most fans think he does. This isn't some romance manga full of conflicts and shifting trust and all that stuff you would see in teen dramas. Its focused on action and adventure but drama is there, as drama to the conflicting resolves of various characters. There is drama right now between Naruto and Obito to see what will Obito's next move be? Return to try and make amends by Naruto or just remain alone in his own hate?
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