I am going to say this again. The jump from Naruto being on the ground along with Sasuke to them both standing and saying "Let's go" is weird. There is something missing. Even if not for a pairing moment, it feels like there is missing panels of them actually waking up. It's too huge of a jump.
I have a funny feeling this will play a role later down the road and the "Wake up scene" will be fleshed out. Just remember that just because we don't get it now, doesn't mean we won't get it at all.
They could have confessed their love right there for all we know....I know a stretch, but you can't tell me "That's it." I know Kishi's style too much now and I know he likes to withhold information till a certain point in time.
I am confident we will see something happen with these scene later down the road. Not now, but later...
BTW, No offense, Smiter, but I think I was ambiguous enough to not actually consider what I said to be a "spoiler," but whatever. Just saying.
There is nothing strange about the scene. You think there is, because contrarily to the tough faces some of you are putting up, the truth is all of you expected more from this moment.
The main pairing, with the hero and the heroine resolved off panel or in flashback? That's ridiculous.
there was a parallel, between 2 side-characters =sakura & karin
There is a moment, you have to take a step back and evaluate. Kishimoto did chapter 615, regardless of there being a war and Neji dying just a chapter before. Hinata is a secondary character and it may have been platonic, but what NH had is way more important and substantial then some character placement and some speech bubbles looking vaguely alike.
This was a disappointment and it is obvious Kishimoto tiptoed around NaruSaku it for some reason. Parallel panels aren't development and they could be there for the Sasuke and Naruto comparison, nothing more. They aren't necessarily pairing related, yet some of you think this is on equal measures with something with substance.
Edited by GoogleIsMyFriend, 09 April 2014 - 09:25 AM.