A few things...
1. Does Japan like the new cast of characters in the spin-off?
2. Do they suspect Part 3 will last long?
3. How is Kishi's reputation doing in Japan?
4. Would a significant role in the new film for Sasuke entice people to watch it?
5. Is any curious to learn what happened to Orochimaru, Kabuto, or Taka?
6. Has The Last changed people's opinion of Nana Mizuki?
I asked the first girl "Sasunaru-wr" she said the following:
1-mixed bag - some like them some don't, same as always - but I think most like the original chars better of course
2-3 is supposed to be short hence d description tankikanrensai (short serialization) so it shouldn't drag on -unless it's popular
3- disappointed fans do not think highly of kishi and news of fan wars are reaching non-fans people's ears so id say not good
4- highly doubt it maybe people would watch it once just to see but if the reviews are bad again... I would think they'd wait
5- no one knows where they are
6-she had lots of fans before the last & I doubt she lost or gained any just coz of this movie
just an addition people who weren't fans of nana to begin with but were naruto fans now don't like her-but no loss no gain
EDIT: She told me this about the filler episode :
the story is strange and somewhat doesn't mesh right with canon so it's making ppl scratch their head but hey the end roll's ok
And I asked her an extra question about what people think about SP doing filler episodes:
_they've lost viewers for sure but some are still waiting to see what they come up with and will watch a few eps 2 test d waters
well they got a lot of flack from the movie so now they're trying to appease fans - yeah right that's going to work *sarcasm
Edited by ichigo500, 08 January 2015 - 12:35 PM.