Refer to Moe-like characters, Hinata isn't a very successful one. Honestly she is the worst example of the trope.
These are moe-like characters I can see many fans like (and probably fantasize) since they are either popular or nearly iconic for many people to recognize. I don't see the appeal of Hinata at all because she wasn't even an important character, didn't get any development (unfortunately that went to her design up until now) until Executive Meddling got involved at the very last minute which is a very stupid move. If they really wanted Hinata be that important to the entire Naruto franchise, they should've told Masashi way back during Part 1 to give her at least some appeal. But still, I wouldn't care, she isn't all that and she still isn't but the fandom, well, what's left of it, fail to see it since they complained or wanted Sakura off the main cast.
That is one of the reason she is huge in the states but not that big in Japan. In the States they never seen a moe character or at least not one to the extent of Hinata. So the beta males started to idolize her as their perfect woman. But for Japan? She so bland and forgettable even by the standards of a moe character. The only reason some of the people SP was obsessed with her was they are otaku who like moe and she had soo little personality that they could turn her into their own perfect moe girl for their inserts.
http://tvtropes.org/...ki.php/Main/Moe
A common definition is that Moe is the ability of a character to instill in the audience an irrational desire to adore them, hug them, protect them, comfort them, etc. To evoke a sort of Big Brother Instinct, in men and women.
Moe characters are, generally speaking, cute. Moe characters are implicitly youthful, congregating to high school age and below. Adult female characters who qualify are almost always in their low twenties. Any characters older than that have this fact unmentioned, or the character's appearance is altered as little as possible regardless of the actual time that has passed. Moe characters often take many characteristics, tropes and forms of appearance from the Bishoujo genre.
Their personality will reflect an "innocent" outlook on something vital, such as about romance. A related implication is that moe characters are virgins, though mostly in Japan, where virginity and purity still remains important to a girl's appeal.
The classical Moe character is highly associated with innocence, shyness, humility, submission, helplessness and woobie characteristics (e.g., Fragile Flower, Shrinking Violet, Extreme Doormat, Dojikko, The Ingenue, the Healing-type genre, etc., usually drawn with Tareme Eyes), although this does not need to be always the case. In many other, more modern variations, there is also a trend towards more upbeat and extroverted personalities that are far more unique, noticeable and recognizable (such as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and the more benign variants of Tsundere) although these variants do have a risk of getting kinda annoying or tasting like diabetes. Other contributions to uniqueness can also come in the form of quirks, reliance on Costume Exaggeration, odd language, strange hobbies and the like. Occasionally, these quirks are completely unrelated and seem a bit disjointed.
If a character is plain, they are "loudly plain" in the way Hollywood Homely characters are "ugly"; sometimes they're just more moderate than the rest of the cast, and the writers implicitly suggest the audience is kind for liking the character for being plain.
I say he give up on the story back during the obito reveal or the forced kaguya thing.
The Kaguya part because that's when he had to follow what they were planning in the last.
Don't want to sound negative but what if its never resolve? Kishimoto gave up on this story ever since the ending of the Naruto manga and I highly doubt whoever is in charge of it will bother since they like the pairings the way they are now. Believe me I would like for nothing more for Naruto to just kiss Sakura's forehead and then kiss her lips in a passionate way but the damage has been done and I see them no need to give the pleasure to the NS fandom.
Pretty much. He really just wants to leave and go work on his next manga in Yahagi's magazine. But SJ won't let him because they worry that if he left Boruto it would collapse. So he is stuck in limbo as the "Editor and creator" of Boruto while he would rather be doing anything else.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 24 January 2017 - 03:31 PM.
with no real anime knowledge
