Yes he does. He specifically told us NS fans that do not trust what we read in the manga. he did not say precisely what we shouldn't trust. I'll say its the final two chapters. Look how the way he drew that chapter as if he gave up and wants the series to burn because SP has ruined his story out of pure profit.
Kishi is echoing the words of his assistant who claimed that we were improperly reading the manga this whole time. Misinterpretation came from our end when we assigned truths and meanings to the personalities of characters and events of the manga where in actuality there was nothing. By not taking these misdirections at face value and recognising the fervency of certain female characters' affections for the object of their desire, we could have come have to terms with the true ending for what it was and not allow ourselves to sink into the wallows of disappointment when our believes are proven false. At least, that's probably how the new world order that Pierrot helped develop out of inaccuracies, favoritism, and filth would want us to believe.
No, I'm not. I belive that decision to switch heroines happened around the time we got the chapter with alliance rushing to the battlefield and infamous "I will hold your hand" comment. I don't remember which chapter it was but it came out around 2 years ago, the same time they decided to make the last.
Hiretsu-kun mentioned that SP were the ones to suggest the movie will be about love, so original script is theirs (or more accurately that dude who wrote that lousy fanfic of a novel). Hiretsu-kun just provided character designs and was a supervisor for the script deciding which parts to leave, add or change. So it's him to blame for that terrible story.
You say that and yet we have a paradoxical cover showing up literally in the following chapter after that dramafest with Team 7, including Sakura, posing in uniforms and the slogan "make your move, heroes and heroines" in big, bold letters plastered on the front of it for everyone to see.
If Kishi truly intended for the torch to be passed to Hinata as early as 2011/2012 then why create that cover art? To mislead readers, lead them into a false sense of security and direct them away from the true intentions? He had ample opportunity to paint Hinata in a bolder, more independent light yet he refused to. He even had the audacity to continue giving Sakura notable accomplishments and screen-time while Hinata resigned herself to the back with the fodder.
While Kishi might have spoke of one intention, his actions lead one to believe that Sakura was going to remain the heroine for the duration of the manga no matter what.
Edited by Atheck, 17 December 2014 - 01:06 PM.