I just watched a Harry x Hermione video and all 101 reasons why to ship it and I started to realise that pairing is like NaruSaku. I'm very disappointed that it didn't happen. I hope NaruSaku becomes canon soon or we will have the same fate as Harry Potter.
I don't understand how people can reach such an extreme conclusion. Harry/Hermione is really not like NS, except in the sense that they are two-thirds of the trio of lead characters. Sure, you can find some similarities, but there are just as many if not more aspects that are not similar.
Like Ron, Naruto is considered to be the classless, hot-headed idiot. Ron-haters say that Ron was a stupid, inept slacker who would never have amounted to anything if he hadn't ridden on the coattails of Harry and Hermione, but Naruto would not have made it as far either if not for the help, inspiration, support, and competition of Sakura and Sasuke.
Ron and Hermione's relationship had an argumentative, combative element like NS. Hermione was a classic tsundere, but focused on Ron rather than the main hero. From the moment they met on the train, Ron was the hapless loser on the receiving end of Hermione's haughty condescension that masked her own insecurities.
By the time we got to Goblet of Fire, the tsundere's confused and frustrated feelings burst out in a tantrum that should have left readers in no doubt that Ron was the one for whom Hermione had romantic feelings.
I see the arguments for H/Hr to be the same as NH and SS. You can prefer a pairing, and find a lot of reasons to support your way of thinking, but it doesn't change the fact that the characters aren't written that way.
Did you know J.K Rowling said she regretted pairing Hermione and Ron
Actually, she didn't say that at all. When that interview hit the news, as usual most of the media chose to spin it in the most sensational way possible, and misled a lot of people as to what Rowling actually said. You have to read the full transcript to get the real meaning of her comments.
In context, her comments suggest that Hermione might have had a calmer, more compatible life with Harry, because she and Ron were opposites in so many ways and over time it might have been difficult to deal with their differences.
But even after expressing her doubts about the longevity of Ron/Hermione, Rowling concluded by saying, "Oh, maybe she and Ron will be alright with a bit of counseling, you know. I wonder what happens at wizard marriage counseling? They’ll probably be fine. He needs to work on his self-esteem issues and she needs to work on being a little less critical."
Of course that part wasn't a quote that could be sensationalized, so most people never heard it.
Well technically, people see it as Ron x Hermione, so we're safe?
In a way, I guess. But the "safety" comes from what's actually written in the story. People can scream H/Hr all they want, and swear up and down that it was better, should have happened, etc., etc. (like NH and SS do), but the bottom line is that the story was written with Ron/Hermione as endgame just as Naruto has been written with NS as endgame.
I really hope Kishi doesn't get tempted by fans to make NH and SS canon like J.K. Rowling with HarryXJinny and RonXHermione. I do enjoy the set pairings, but I was so surprised when Hermione got with Ron. I was like when did THAT happen? It seemed like HarryXHermione was end-game, as she had planned, but J.K. Rowling changed it for the fans.
I don't know how this stuff gets so twisted up. Rowling did not change anything in her story for "fans." She wrote exactly what she planned to write -- which is Ron/Hermione -- and has said so many times, most recently in the February interview:
"What I will say is that I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment. That’s how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione with Ron."
So this rumor that JK Rowling bowed to the pressure of Ron/Hermione fans and didn't write her vision is just a load of crap.
That doesn't make sense... If Kushina meant "find a girl who truly loves you," she would have said that.
I agree completely. Kushina's words were specific to include personality for a reason. We are meant to realize that Kushina's personality was a big part of what Minato liked, and a big part of what made their relationship work.
And really, personality is the biggest difference between Sakura and Hinata as they are written. They are both nice girls, fighting for good, who come from good backgrounds, both intelligent, etc. The big difference is in the way they assert and express themselves.
The icing on the cake is the fact that most of Naruto's interactions with Hinata are rooted in her inability to function in ways to which he can relate. Right off the bat he thinks she is "dark" and "weird." She offers to let him cheat (and therefore risks his dream), she faints when he tries to speak to her casually, she constantly doubts herself and others, and wrings her hands even in the middle of battle, requiring pep talks and continual reassurance.
Meanwhile he thinks Sakura is amazing (able to walk up the tree first, able to save Kankuro from the poison), and when his clone encounters her at the hospital tent he remarks in a pleased sort of way that she doesn't need help. Her confidence and capability adds to his own.
Yeah, it's not just about Kushina wishing for her son to choose someone who is loving, but someone who is like her -- someone she could relate to, and be able to rest at peace in the knowledge that he was partnered with someone who can carry her own weight and have enough left over to lend him the support he needs to become whatever he wants to be.
Just my opinion.
