Ok, I'll ask the person later; however, I cannot guarantee that he will know the stats. He's simply telling me what he witnesses over there, which I still think tells me a lot more than a few stupid tweets translated by google.
From what I've gathered so far, many people are definitely unhappy and shocked about it. He said that many Japanese people are still very insular in their beliefs; these asspulled pairing did not sit well with them. Besides couples, we all know that Japanese people view mangas very differently than people in the western world since they are able to understand the cultural influences in Naruto.
I'm just gonna quote what the person said: "People Are just talking about how stupid and down to kitten it all just went. The story total deviated from it's core roots and foundation. Relegated naruto to a background character towards the last few chapters of his own story. This is the first time I have ever read an manga ending where the main character is just eye candy and a fixture in his own manga."[/size]
Apparently, some mangakas are going to redraw the ending- of course, not canonwise, but that tells you that even mangakas hated the ending.[/size]
Thank you for the assistance with this. The statistics are important for reasons already mentioned. Hopefully the Japanese fanbase does what it can to ensure that their voices aren't left unheard. The betrayal and confusion felt needs to be realised by Kishi, the editors, Pierrot, and whoever else collaborated with them to create the filth in those chapters.
Is there any chance that we'll see Kishi go down this route some time later on by creating his originally intended ending?
