Well it seems obvious that Kishi values this antiquated ideal of love unlike most of us here. And if popularity is the true motivator for the ending then Kishi will force Pierrot to swallow their abhorrence towards Sasuke for the sake of their profits. They pander to the disgruntled Sasuke fans with actual worthwhile content in the movie then they have an audience that's willing to listen.
But how much of the Sasuke Japanese fandom has been damaged? Are they wiling (those who wasted their money) to subcumb to SP's BS so easily. I'm not going to feel any pity for them whatsoever because people should learn from their first mistake when deceived.
what I have read here? Slam Dunk???!
SD is far the best shonen spokon manga that I have ever read.

And Hanamichi Sakuragi is absolutely the greatest main character of all shonen manga. 
naah. He is very proud of its finale I bet he is chatting with his wife on their honeymoon in hawaii islands now. "Ehi Honey. My Naruto finale is better than our nights here!!! MHUAUHAUHAUH"
Good. If he's on my Island, I will personally throw rotten tomatoes in his face and tell his wife to divorce this scumbag and then walk away laughing.
Don't let me be mean....don't let me be mean...OK.
Let me be mean.
I have a hunch it wouldn't be much too difficult...you know...for the finale, ugly as it is, to better than.... 
(e la moglie intanto: 'Ma questo cannone spara a salve!!
NOOOOOOO'.)
The first part....makes so much sense....I'm baffled.
Oh God It could be, it could really really be true.
It would make sense to have a non-canon The Last, for pure fan service for Hinata. That's probably why this movie is so gross and shoujo like...
Well, colour me shocked, you've opened my eyes, and now everything makes sense.
I don't suppose anyone monitor us but NS lurkers and trolls tough.
Crazy isn't?
The only confirmation we had is that Kishi wanted to end the manga with Naruto and Sasuke's battle and Naruto giving Sasuke the headband. That's the only sure thing, however, Hayate Date said that the ending is the same Kishi told him about some years ago with "minor" changes.
Aka the pairing dynamics. The man waited until he saw which pairing fandom brings him more money, who'd be dumb enough to milk some money from and went from there on, thus ta da, new audience, retconed 15 years of serialization and all that shiz.
Come on, the math is not hard. Money makes the world go round, it's not that hard, I told you.
Before that way back in the thread. I think the discussion was right before SP Directors damage control Tweet back in Novemeber that he told the fans that SP was not aware of Chapter 700 of the children and whatsoever except Bolt and Hamawari. We were discussing that Chapter 700 was planned just three months before it was published.