Yes, he did say something to that effect. If I remember the context correctly (I don't have time right this second to find the link to the interview, although I'm sure it's on this board somewhere), Kishimoto was talking about how Hinata was acting more like a heroine at that point in the story (the Pain arc) than Sakura was, but that he intended to make Sakura seem like more of a heroine going forward.
The point of his comment was to more or less defend Sakura and to reiterate that, despite Hinata's popularity and how fans clamor over her, Sakura is the actual heroine of the story.
If anyone can easily produce the link to that interview, please do so.
That actually comes from the infamous rabid naruhina shipper's deliberate mistranslation of the Jump Festa 2009 interview. A sasunaru shipper called them on the false translation and gave an accurate translation, even though that shipper was not a fan of Sakura, that person was disgusted by the naruhina deliberate mangling of the interview. What Kishimoto was actually talking about was the letters he had received from the Japanese rabid naruhina, Sakura bashing readers saying that Hinata was much more a heroine than Sakura, etc... Kishimoto stated he had thought he was writing her heroic but he would write her even more heroic from now on, would focus on her even more. This is the same interview where one of the voice actors said they thought Sakura was lying when she confessed to Naruto, and Kishimoto refuted that and stated that "on the contrary I was writing her as honest and surprisingly determined girl." Kishimoto also showed his annoyance at those rabid Sakura hating naruhina shippers by mockingly stating "Hinata, Hinata, Hinata, who is she?" And then firmly reminding those letter writers "Sakura is the heroine of the story, Sakura is the main female character."
For a Japanese mangaka to be that blunt in public meant he was way more hacked off than he showed. You can see the lasting effects of this by what he did to AU Hinata in Road to Ninja. And also the way Hinata is often the butt of jokes in his assistant's Rock Lee manga. I wonder if his reported comment during Road to Ninja promos about Hinata- that she was merely created to be the obligatory big boobed girl in a Shonen Jump story was another shot at those rabid naruhina shippers who trashed Sakura in their letters.... He certainly doesn't seem to have forgiven them. Kishimoto admitted once in an interview that he does have a bit of a temper, and considering Oda let the cat out of the bag about Sakura looking just like Kishimoto's wife, he might just take insults directed at Sakura by readers badly...
thanks for clarifying everything
, i knew there's something very wrong from the moment i knew about this assert and kishi is totally right about having enough of this, i don't blame him for some fans who have gone too far with this.
I don't have the link, but I did copy down the translation and original Japanese text in case I ever needed it again.
「みんなヒナタヒナタ言うけど・・・」
"Everybody says Hinata Hinata...."
「ヒロインはサクラなので」
"The heroine is Sakura"
「これから意地を見せるところを描く」
"I am going to write her showing guts"
周りからヒロインらしくないとかヒナタのほうがヒロインだとか言われている
People insists Sakura is not heroine like or Hinata is more heroine like
がやはりサクラは自分の中でヒロインなんで、これからヒロインっぽい所見せる
but at the end Sakura is the heroine in myself, so I will show her more heroine like.
great finding paptala XD, thanks.
Thanks. I don't like to bash, but sometimes it annoys me that they are way ahead of game or dismiss certain character development. Sakura's development feels like it's ahead of time in terms of Shounen. I read plenty of them and this type of heroine is something people are not used to. It doesn't help that the manga is very popular, so often new comers aren't used to tsundere character. I am sick of the excuse of "hitting him = not love." It's too bad that this manga came out around the time where new generation think Twilight is hot, body and looks = true love, etc. I don't mean to disrespect people in here or anywhere, but that's how I feel.
I really fond of her character. Do I wish she has more battles? Absolutely. But I am happy that he has that epic battle against Sasori, which I actually considered one of the best fights. I'm glad she got her justice in anime/manga. Anyone else, well you filler it. Yes, that includes Hinata. Anyway, I fond her characters for many reasons, but perhaps I take that discussion in the other thread when I have time.
Back to topic, to be honest, I am willing to use RtN as a evidence on how Kishi sees his characters. K9 are just made to be side characters and they are there to bring audience more diverse in the universe. That's all. Yes, they all get their developments, but I truly believe that this current arc is the final development for all side characters. The last arc or rather, the last phase of this arc will be heavily focus on Team 7, Team Taka (since they are with Sasuke), and final villains. Time will tell and man, I can't wait for next chapters. Again, like I said earlier, for NaruHina, it's now or never.
Bolded,this. This is the one of the two reasons and it's the major one for having sakura bashers. they don't know that there's something called tsundere characters which the main female characters are in manga and anime, and i had enough of it too but now it seems that some fans, who had knew about this info, are slowly accepting this fact, hopefully.
Edited by T XD, 22 August 2012 - 08:40 AM.
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