Kishimoto was misguided on his statements on popularity in japan since over there people who like Hinata are the few otaku who like Naruto, I think he was watching the western fandom instead
Or its the voices in his head the are feeding him the wrong information. Not to mention that he's too much on a traditionalist that doesn't know how to use a computer. The ironic thing about that is why does he ave a keyboard on his desk next to where he illustrates manga?
LOL you guys, look the SS fandom reached the point of complete desilusion
hahaha
Well there is Onodera from Nisekoi, she is kind of like Hinata
I wonder how many people have stopped watching manga in general due to the shock from NARUTO.
My ex-best friend told me he doesn't want to have anything to do with Japanese culture after the NARUTO ending. I guess for some people the shock are bigger than others.
It's a pity though because I'd say NARUTO would be ranked very bad in terms of quality of story in comparison to the others.
Actually, its the opposite. I was already falling out of the manga industry and NS becoming canon would have been the last draw. But the Naruto ending has forced me to invest reading more manga than ever before lol. I just don't read the ongoing manga because like Chatte, I don't trust the mangakas at all. I just read the ending summary for each completed manga to see if there's anything similar to Naruto. Granted I took a chance with Neon Genesis Evangelion because people say the ending was kitten, but nothing pairing related like Naruto. Although the end sucked, its nowhere near as worse as Naruto's and not a complete waste of my time.