It's not just the western hemisphere that's gone all pissed. A good portion of the Japanese think it's awful too. But take this info with a grain of salt, because 1. Gaara has a huge fujoshi fanbase so, most of the anger may come from the more rabid fangirls. 2. It's based off unreliable translations, so there's still a lot unknown.
But the info so far is moderately credible. It's best to wait for a full translation before getting the big picture in full. But I'll repeat: things do not look good now. Pissing off Gaara's fanbase is the same as pissing off the whole fanbase, since Gaara is the LEAST divisive character compared to others.
God ! What have they done AGAIN ? !
It was a reaally reaaaally bad idea to write a book about Gaara's love life, and they made it worse by pairing him with someone...
Seriously, it is just like marrying Sasuke to Sakura, when he is the kind of guy who would stay alone rather than bothering himself marrying a girl he tried to kill.
Anyway, I wish good luck to SJ to handle this.
Edit: just read on tumblr that apparently she gets kidnapped...don't know whether it's true or not, but that wouldn't surprise me....
Edited by ichigo500, 05 June 2015 - 02:50 PM.