One thing I don't really understand in anime or manga is why love and romance is viewed as something weird or something that needs to be done at the very end of the show. I get Shonan is more focused on action, but whenever it's just none-stop fighting, it gets very dull and boring after a while. While romance is not something EVERYBODY is going to like, it doesn't mean it HAS to be just lovey-dovey stuff. There can be playful flirting, arguments, teasing, comforting, or even just sitting down to have a one-on-one chat between two characters to act as a break from the plot and fighting, and it gives an opportunity to explore other characters a bit more and offer some relief from the overall plot.
I think this is one thing that kind of puts a lot of people off about certain anime/manga is the fact that romance is written so awkwardly. If two characters like each other, and it's blatantly obvious they like each other, just put them together!
Looking at you, Fairy Tail!
They stereotype that adolescent males as being uninterested in romance. Despite the fact there are many MANY romance manga under the Shonen genre. Well long story short anyway.
This isn't a great Year for NH.
First Hinata was ignored in the 20Y video anniversary.
SS Manga.
Sakura beating Hinata by a large advantage in the global poll.
Official merchandising Videos ignoring NH as the supposed "main" couple in the series.
Now Pierrot is trolling them.
They made Naruto being too harsh to Hinata in Anime version. He called her a idiot and made her come back to the Kitchen.
NH stans are furious.
Hinata isn't really a good mother.
She never thinks in her daughter when she wants to die for Nardo.

This the couple that they wanted. That's all I'll say on that, because I just don't care anymore. If there is any unhappiness and discord on the couple right now, tough beans. I give no sympathies.
Edited by Phantom_999, 20 March 2023 - 08:33 AM.