And saw how making a public statement (Jump Festa 2009) just made the Pierrot guys get even worse. Made him decide this time instead a public statement, he'd do what he could to curtail that, and to pacify them give them blatant Hinata fanservice, while he made sure the character interactions he wanted would happen.
The obvious narusaku stuff that will happen with this plot is cool and yeah can't wait to see it. But you know what? I'm even more excited that there is a good chance Sakura will interact with Minato. I never thought that would happen, but now it looks there's a good chance it will. The characters have somewhat similar thinking styles and I so want to see a scene where they are brainstorming for a solution to break Tobi Madara's genjutsu while Kushina and Naruto just look on amazed at Minato's and Sakura's rapid fire exchange of ideas... Basically taking what would normally be just silently going on Sakura and Minato's brains and making it a "spectator sport" for Naruto and Kushina.
