To be fair, Sakura always loved Sasuke, so the movie won't be OOC for her. Hinata always loved Naruto, so she'll also be in character. Sasuke, I assume, will be like pre-Shippu Sasuke, personality wise lol
Also, on the 'this is just one huge masterfully planned out prank to make NS canon"...again, the guy said he couldn't write romance because it embarrassed him. He's not the kind of writer to go through this intricate and convoluted plan just for romance. Something he admittedly left out of his story.
Let's take MLP and its fandom for an example. MLP is a cute show for little girls and is straight forward with its messages. The fandom thinks it's really deep and complex, and continue to get upset when the show does things for its real audience, little girls. They read way too deeply into a show that is, well, shallow with its story telling. It's the same with Naruto. Naruto was a regular Shonen manga for children about a magical ninja who talked to his enemies instead of just defeating/killing them. The romance was an afterthought/subplot that Kishi wasn't really comfortable doing. It's not any deeper than this.
The movie is Naruhina centric because Naruto is the main character, and who he falls in love with is going to be the main focus. If Kishimoto says Naruto loves Hinata, not Sakura, then he loves Hinata. It's his story, he's the writer. Naruto isn't a real person, and thinks/feels/does whatever the writer decides. We may want/wish otherwise, but that's the canon. You can move on, you can love and enjoy your ship in fanon, or you can only disappoint yourself clinging onto false hope. The choice is yours to make.
Problem is that he come out and say is not comfortable with romance after he screw up the romance plot, which is quite convenient if you ask me. You not comfortable with romance, don't tease any pairing at all in your story. Look at one piece, does luffy as a love interest. No. If he hang up with Nami or robin at the end, would I care. No. Even if he hook up with Hancock or any girl, I don't care, they werent any romance plot in it (though if I hae to chose, I prefer him with Nami) . But it won't appear as screw up at this
Sakura being a fangirl wasn't part of most her character in Shippuden. We saw her evolve from that. I won't repeat myself for like the 4th time. But she seem to have mixted feeling for Sasuke and Naruto. She had perspective and Kakashi said twice that she doesn't have romantic feeling for him. She wanted to save him. Don't say it's part of her character, it's wasn't until 699. Where everything goes backward.
NH and SS are canon due to asspull, somebody sold out. I agree that Kishi may not even at 100% in this decision, but in the end, he give in. NH is canon due to cash. SS out of conveniency, like Karin disappear out of convenience.
Don't ask people to accept it. We have to live with it though. Those who wants to pursue with theories and hope, GO AHEAD. WE NEED DREAMER LIKE YOU IN THIS WORLD. I use my rage to create a fan ending, not only to make NS happen, but to answer IDK, most of the plothole this ending have. WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NARUTO HOKAGE CELEBRATION. We can move on too, but understand that after 15 years of reading a story(in my case more like 8 years) , even if he had it's good moment, it's harder to get over the disappointing ending (especially after an horrible war arc) . I was too lazy to start any fanfic, thought I read it for like 3 years and I was afraid to disappoint. But after seeing this, I said screw this, I can do better.
Do what you want people. Even in the mangaverse failed us, the dream still stand for me. Maybe one day, after Naruto popularity dry out, we'll have the truth and maybe even the ending we deserve.
Kishimoto created Naruto and Sakura, his ending made them OOC as hell. I still love both those character and believe in them, The Naruto I've read for 8 years never give up, he help me get through my microbiology program, so I won't give up on them either. I make their happy ending happen and I'll still hope one day, they will have it for real. For now I'm done with Naruto.
Edited by archangel, 20 November 2014 - 03:39 AM.