Rtn is not Canon. That's why sakura and to some extent Naruto behave out of character in order to create conflict. Just like the last and Naruto sequel.
There's this artwork Kishi make when war arc happen that show sakura hitting Naruto in the beach when Naruto play blindfold watermelon smack. She did that because Naruto almost hit Sasuke. It kinda bad joke because i never see Kishi never do that in any Canon work. Perhaps that the sign that Kishi out of favor to sakura and to some extent ns.
Like I said, Kishimoto said that Road to Ninja was stuff he wanted to do, but couldn't.
This kind of puts Road to Ninja in a kind of "limbo" striding between canon and non-canon. I have to wonder if RtN Hinata is a representation of the Pro-ender NH fandom as a whole. She is violent, threatening, dresses slutty, and a real kitten. It is almost like a mocking effort to make Hinata look really bad on purpose.
Fans: "We love Hinata and hate Sakura because Hinata is not a kitten and a slut like Sakura is."
Kishimoto: "So what do you think of this?" *makes a story where Hinata is truly slutty and truly a kitten who threatens Naruto to love her or else just like her fandom says "Make NH happen or else"*
Fans: "OMG, this Hinata is such a bad ass"
Kishimoto: *sigh* "I give up"
Really thinking about it, I can see where Kishimoto truly gave up. No matter what, people will still say Hinata is the best even if she becomes exactly what they accuse Sakura of being. She could literally be just like the girl from the horror movie Misery by Stephen King by breaking Naruto's legs threatening to do more if he doesn't love her and people will some how still love her and praise her as being a perfect girl. This is how pathetic the Naruto fandom has become. Hinata can do no wrong even if she was like Madara himself all the while Sakura could do nothing right even if he changed her. To me, Kishimoto kind of saw that the fandoms didn't care what he did or what he truly wanted to express and he gave up.
It always puzzled me why Hinata still had a crush on Naruto in Road to Ninja while everyone else was the exact opposite in every way.
Sasuke was an asexual who didn't care about women.
RtN Sasuke is a playboy and a womanizer and loves every woman.
Naruto was a goofy, knuckled-headed, highly expressive boy who had no parents and was in love with Sakura
RtN Naruto aka Menma is a stoic, rigid, unethusiatic, had parents, and really expressed no feelings to anyone that we know of. (Sasuke without the revenge more or less)
Sakura was in love with Sasuke
RtN Sakura was in love with Menma
Hinata was shy, reserved, heavily dressed, and had an obsession with Naruto.
RtN was open, loud mouthed, slutty dressed, a kitten, and had an obsession with....Menma?
Why does both Hinata's have a crush on the same man while everyone else changed their view points on their love affairs. I really think RtN Hinata is not really an opposite of who Hinata was, but basically a personification of her fanbase. I believe Kishimoto openly mocked the NH fandom that he knew and saw and they don't even recognize it.
Edited by James S Cassidy, 21 February 2018 - 05:23 PM.