If you have read the original manga from beginning to end and cannot see how the character of Naruto has been perversely twisted into something he never was simply for the sake of fabricating a flimsy excuse for why Bolt is a petulant brat, then there is no point in trying to debate the issue. For me, NS was special because of who the characters were. Naruto and Sakura, both great characters who complimented each other so well, are shells of their former selves, so slapping them together for the sake of saying NS happened would be hollow and wildly unsatisfying.
Through the slow-motion train wreck that was Gaiden to the full blown soap opera that is Boruto, Naruto is portrayed as an absentee father who would rather assign a clone to be with his family during his daughter’s birthday party than have the same clone filing paperwork and checking emails at the office, and for no compelling reason. Compare this behavior to his behavior and ideals from the original manga. They’re polar opposites. And for Naruto, the guy who grew up as an outcast without a family, to decide to divorce his wife and abandon his responsibilities because he “made a mistake”? Again,100% the opposite of Naruto’s original character.
Having Kishi admit he made a mistake when he paired NH and SS is unlikely. Not too long ago JK Rowling made a comment that she regretted pairing Hermione with Ron, and wished she would have paired her with Harry instead. Harry Potter fans lost their minds over it, and it was simply a comment and not a rewriting of the story. NH and SS fans would jeer at the pandering to NS fans. Long time NS fans would see it as Kishi trying to put a bandaid on a botched story. So who’s happy in the end?
I’m guessing there are NH and SS fans who are disappointed with the low quality of what their pairings became, and they may not care if the families broke up. But the majority probably don’t care how ridiculous the pairings are because to them it’s more important that they simply happened. Quality of story and character are not high priorities for them. If their pairings were broken up they wouldn’t be on the edge of their seats, they’d be furious and frothing at the mouth.
Trolling pairings is what Kishi excelled at for years in the original manga. On Naruto Forums the NS vs SS debates were venomous. But it kept people reading, and now the new author and artist may likely attempt the same strategy. The difference is that in the original manga the pairings were unmarried young people with no ties or baggage. That doesn’t hold true anymore.
Which leads me to the children in both families, which you completely neglected in your post. You fail to see the negative outcome to a divorce scenario because you are not looking at the complete picture. You argued that divorce is tossing aside one spouse in favor of another. Does Naruto toss aside his children as well, for the sake of a pairing? Bolt’s fascination with and admiration of Sasuke isn’t meant to imply he should be his son; it’s about building drama and tension between him and his father while maybe offering some redemption for Sasuke for all the things he’s done in the past. Bolt can’t even deal with his dad neglecting him in favor of his duties as Hokage. Having Naruto divorce Hinata, marry Sakura and raise Salad, Bolt’s own team mate, as his daughter would be outrageous. And where does Himawari fit into all this? Is she, and all the kids, supposed to be happy by this turn of events? Salad already endured trauma during the silly "who is my real mother" arc when she thought Karin could be her biological mother (more trolling). Now the father she just reconnected with is going to dump her mother and hook up with Hinata? Even if all the adults agreed that divorce was a viable option, it doesn’t work very well when there are so many kids involved.
At least not realistically. As we learned from Kishi, there is always Asspull no Jutsu.
I’m not trying to dissuade anyone from reading the manga and enjoying it as they see fit. Please feel free to do so. But I have no enthusiasm for a second-hand, highly manipulated version of a pairing that I love so much.
Wow you sound like a defeated NaruSaku fan who lost his hope, well that's why i'm on these forums, if you as NaruSaku fans faith that NaruSaku can happen has expired then allow me to renew it! :)
I fail to see how Naruto was perversely twisted into something he never was for the sake of fabricating a flimsy excuse for why Boruto is a petulant brat, I'll give you my assessment, throughout the 700 chapters of the entirety of the Naruto series Naruto and his Ideals and aspirations in life haven't changed, he as always aspired and longed to become the Hokage even as a young boy, he accomplished that goal by carving a path of the trials and tribulations that stood on his path of life he walked on, However as a Hokage you are a single man governing an entire village of dense population and that is what Naruto was trying to ingrain into Boruto's mine "I have to be a father to everyone in the village" despite that all Boruto could think about was himself, Boruto is written and portrayed as a selfish character who only thinks of and for himself and what ever he can gain, that's the reason why he had no qualms about cheating with the Ninja tool
He was willing to dishonorably defeat all of the other competing ninja who actually worked hard to hone their skills, the very skills that pushed Boruto in a corner forcing him to resort to cheating with the said ninja tool in order to defeat his opponents easily for easy victories, this is another example of Boruto's Selfishness, He is willing to sacrifice everyone else's wants and needs so that only his needs can come to fruition, long story short this is a fabrication, all fictional stories are fabrications of events so what is your point ? My point is Naruto isn't completely at fault for Boruto's Petulant behavior, every person will have a different response to any situation they may face, Boruto could have said "My dad works really hard for the village such a caring man" but rather he choose to believe "My dad is selfish he doesn't care for his family but his life dream job, a Hokage, Hag, stupid, geezer, perv!" so therefore Naruto isn't completely at fault for Boruto's Petulant behavior because Boruto made his choice of how to react and respond to his life situation.
You're right Naruto and Sakura did indeed compliment each other well, However I must question about what you said "Shells of their former selves" how so ? Naruto has made it his life priority to become a Hokage, he accomplished that goal, and still is the current Hokage, Sakura's life's goal was to become a great medical ninja, she accomplished that and she currently is the head medical officer of Konoha hospital, Also both Naruto and Sakura didn't accomplish those goals alone, they always had each others back throughout their life time, Naruto wouldn't be alive without Sakura saving his life when ever he is in a grave medical situation, And Sakura wouldn't have even been alive to accomplish her dream without Naruto constantly saving her life from countless village assaults such as the Kyuubi, Pain, ect. which means both Naruto and Sakura have actual relationship development
So therefore your statement about "so slapping them together for the sake of saying NS happened would be hollow and wildly unsatisfying" has no merit because they wont be just "Slapped Together" and be "Hollow" because their relationship has actual development.
I'll also address this of what you said "And for Naruto, the guy who grew up as an outcast without a family, to decide to divorce his wife and abandon his responsibilities because he “made a mistake”? Again,100% the opposite of Naruto’s original character."
ok if you want to say this then by that logic Naruto broke his original character Ideals of never giving up by giving up on his first and ACTUAL love interest Sakura for Hinata because he "made a mistake" of thinking he loved Sakura, this shows Naruto is capable of breaking his ideal of "Never giving up" when ever romance is involved, which means this in no way deters me from believing my theory of Naruto moving on from Hinata so that he can be by Sakura's side in the new Boruto manga.
Also addressing this "Having Kishi admit he made a mistake when he paired NH and SS is unlikely. Not too long ago JK Rowling made a comment that she regretted pairing Hermione with Ron, and wished she would have paired her with Harry instead. Harry Potter fans lost their minds over it, and it was simply a comment and not a rewriting of the story. NH and SS fans would jeer at the pandering to NS fans. Long time NS fans would see it as Kishi trying to put a bandaid on a botched story. So who’s happy in the end?"
I find nothing wrong with putting a bandaid on some damage, because that will cause repairment thats the meaning of repairing, healing what is damaged, I find what Kishimoto is doing to be wise, if he is trying to cater to ALL of his fanbases then that is income and support of his manga series from multiple fanbases, The Boruto manga hasn't been serialized and released yet, which means everyone including you doesn't know of the story plot it will have, so we can't say for sure that NaruSaku will or will not be developed, However since NaruSaku development has been hinted within the Boruto Naruto the movie and Kishimoto's Interviews as I shown within this topic that means that there is footing to assume that the Boruto story plot has a high chance to put emphasis on NaruSaku development which means we can't be too doubtful about NaruSaku moments In the Boruto manga when it's been heavily hinted :):)
Lastly i'll address this "Having Naruto divorce Hinata, marry Sakura and raise Salad, Bolt’s own team mate, as his daughter would be outrageous. And where does Himawari fit into all this? Is she, and all the kids, supposed to be happy by this turn of events? Salad already endured trauma during the silly "who is my real mother" arc when she thought Karin could be her biological mother (more trolling). Now the father she just reconnected with is going to dump her mother and hook up with Hinata?"
Judging by the current status of Naruto and Hinata's marriage even something as tragic as a divorce is a better option than being imprisoned for life in a marriage that isn't stable and failing causing your family members apart of it nothing but strife and resentment, Naruto and Hinata's marriage is doing that bad, lets examine this page from Boruto chapter one:
Judging by this scene, Situations like this within Naruto's family is on going, Look at the extreme tension in this scene, Boruto, Hinata, and Himawari's emotions have exploded which means it was built up which means once again on going, and they will have to continue to endure this pain for an eternity if Hinata stays married to Naruto because she always dreamed of marrying him and having kids and spending time with him but she's not getting that, it isn't the marriage she envisioned so she should see no point in staying married to him,
This situation will happen daily, we can assume so based on the knowledge we have of Naruto's ideal "Never Give Up" which means he will never give up being the Hokage and will continue to be the Hokage at the cost of his family, he rather be the Hokage than to spend time with his wife and kids which means a simple position of power is more important than his own flesh and blood, this is the time Hinata should come to the realization that Naruto doesn't live for her but rather for his ambitions,
Boruto is much happier with Sasuke, Sasuke is like a Boruto from a previous generation, Boruto and Sasuke think alike and have the same ambitions in life which is why they get along so well and reason why Boruto considered Sasuke a better father
I'll say this again, So essentially Boruto should have been Sasuke's son and Sarada should have been Naruto's daughter, but question is... why aren't they ? why have 2 kids of different families think like and act like the father of the other one's family ? this makes me speculate that Kishimoto and Studio Pierrot are indeed trying to break the families of Naruto/Hinata and Sasuke/Sakura by having the family members of these 2 families separate and go their own way to the other one's family to show us the readers that the father and kid of the other family should have been with the wife of the other family
Because of this Sasuke is being a fatherly figure to Boruto something naruto is neglecting and absence himself from causing Sasuke to spend plenty of time with Boruto, Hinata understands Naruto's position and duties as hokage but it still vacates him from his duties as a father and husband 2 things that was Hinata's dream since she was a little girl and she's not getting it! The fact that so far sasuke is replacing and fulling the role of a father to Boruto and his family something Hinata wishes Naruto could do could possibly cause Hinata to start eyeing Sasuke a little ;);) and inevitably cause them to spend time with each other and converse more :)
Happy to see him Hinata ? :)
Himawari is very fond of her mother and brother Boruto and Hinata, so she will follow where ever those 2 go, Sasuke, so I do see a place for Himawari to fit, she wont be swept in a corner alone :)
I'll put this simple as I can, It's either divorce and marry and man who you are REALLY happy with or stay with a man your NOT happy with that is causing you and your family nothing but pain and sorrow,
As for Sarada's situation, she isn't to fond of her father either, she is a polar opposite of him, She idolizes Naruto alot more due to similarities in life ambitions "being a Hokage" so if her mother breaks the vow she made with Sasuke to be by Naruto's Side I fail to see how she would be very emotionally devastated of losing someone she isn't very fond of to begin with
I'll end my rant for now and return later, but I will say to you, never shut off any possibility you might envision sometime in your life, who knows it could be the one that has the truest form and what people will consider plausible :)
when I said "Defeated NaruSaku fan" I was trying to raise the spirit of one who has lost his hope, those words never had any intent to insult,
