The more I think about it, the more I am convinced Kishimoto tried to sabotage his manga. I just have this funny feeling that he wanted NS to be together, but in some way shape or form they told him he couldn't. I strongly believe Kishimoto purposely made the last chapters suck because he wanted Naruto to end by his hand and not continue in someone else's where it could be butchered. This would explain why everything end so badly.
I know it sounds like a conspiracy theory, but for some reason I can't bring myself to think Kishimoto would do this to his own manga on freewill.
He wanted to show that SS and NH were a terrible coupling, but his editors or someone made him do it anyway. It is not the first time I have seen this happen. Maybe someday we will know the truth, but now...
This reminds me of Tomino and Gundam Victory, and I want to believe this is what happened. Some believe NarauSaku is what he meant in a RTN interview about doing something he wasn't able to do in the manga. Also, why he changed Naruto's design last minute with the haircut would make more sense if this is true, as a show of change that "this isn't the Naruto we've come to know."
still pissed about this ending. like how could you kitten up that badly?
Many I'm sure still are, myself included.
Edited by DattebayoXShannaro, 09 November 2014 - 05:12 PM.