I soon expect Kishimoto to say something really infuriating when he is promoting the Part 3 miniseries that SP will probably milk into a 400 episode anime that is 90% filler. That will bring a bunch of discussion.
Plus, I imagine some will jump onto the Part 3 shipwars. I don't think there will be many Bolt × Salad shippers here.
Unless they manage to introduce an entirely new rogue's gallery in this post-apocalyptic era of harmony then their options for antagonists will be limited to whatever nefarious scheme they can trump up with Orochimaru and his inner circle of fiends. It won't justify anything more than perhaps a few volumes worth of content, if that. Moreover, Kishi has already stated that the spin-off would only be for two months. Assuming the publications are weekly as they were for the original manga, that's only 8 chapters - nothing more than a glorified version of Kakashi Gaiden except with Hinata spawn at the helm in a modern-like setting.
Admittedly, I will find it interesting to see whether or not the same dissenters of NaruSaku who thought of the relationship as abuse will cry foul if anything occurs that shares in such a dynamic. Poking holes into their hypocritical notions of love between those two creatures might even become a regular event here on the forum.
Oh, and who exactly is there to contest the male Hinata spawn with? Only six other notable spawn exist from the original cast. From those, you have the female Hinata spawn (its sister), the fat lovechild of Karui, and Kurenai's daughter. Insane as he might be, I can't envision Kishi breaking any societal norms by having two actual siblings born from the same womb enter into a romantic relationship with each other. The lovechild appeared to be more interested in telling off its worn out playmates than romance. Kurenai's daughter actually seems to be a girl who's interested in her work more than relationships so I find that unlikely as well.
Who knows? Perhaps the spawn will die before those spontaneous desires of lust conceived on a superficial foundation begin to transform it into a scumbag like its seed giver.
Edited by Atheck, 18 January 2015 - 06:03 PM.