I'll copy and paste what I sent to another user on this forum.
To me, chapter 700 looks like nothing more than a continuation of IT. Hinata will play a big role right? Then the last two chapters leading to the movie could be an invitation in the form of the dream in Hinata's infinite tsukuyomi. The movie could start with her dreaming chapter 700 and then waking up. Hence the start of her REAL character development that doesn't focus on her love around Naruto, like in chapter 700.
With this reason I can understand why these characters were terribly OOC.
Naruto-the way he was portrayed was absolutely terrible. He was alone all his life and now he not only neglects his own son, but don't even try to understand why his son is doing what he is doing, he hits him, tells the son to deal with it, and in return his son wrote "sh*tty dad" on his face. Come on. Iruka would have taken chibi Naruto to Ramen. Hiruzen would have laughed. And Naruto....he doesn't even take his son to treat ramen for a parent-son bond or don't even laugh at the jokes his son does. This is OOC beyond comprehension. But it all makes sense if it's Hinata's dream. The girl never really understood Naruto.
Not to mention, he never achieved his goal of ending the cycle of hatred did he?
The kids-Unless your mother is a jinchuuriki you don't get whiskers. Also, there is no way that a blue eyed kid is born from a Hyuuga. But that's okay because Hinata wants children like Naruto so it makes sense that she'll try to make the kids look as much like him even if it defies human nature. And their names are only relevant to their mother. Hinata's name means sun, and her daughter's name is Himawari (sunflower). Bolt is an English version of Neji.
The Taka-Hinata doesn't really know the members does she? It's understandable that they don't appear.
Sakura-Hinata doesn't really know how much Sakura actually distrusts Sasuke does she? She doesn't know the CPR and Sakura's resolve to make Naruto Hokage right? Makes sense that she made Sakura cleaning the house instead of supporting him. And lol, the girl who is supposed to surpass Tsunade and the other member of the neo Sannin is dusting the shelf instead of curing people and helping the world. This might be Hinata's portrayal of married woman, but I doubt Sakura herself would agree to this lifestyle.
Also, everyone looks older. Except for Hinata and Naruto. It's like time stopped only for those two. Another reason I believe she's idealizing this whole thing.
Anyway, the whole thing is understandable when I see it as Hinata's IT.
Kishi will give her the character development she deserves, but it's not going to be about her ending up with Naruto. It will most likely be her protecting her family and becoming the clan leader she was supposed to be. It will be about how she didn't live the life she did in IT.
As for Sakura, if we're lucky we might be able to see her development as a kunoichi, a genjutsu user, and a medic who surpasses Tsunade.
Only my two cents on trying to understand why Kishi did what he did.
Edited by ramenanmitsu, 08 November 2014 - 12:41 PM.