Early this year, Hayao Miyazaki-sensei talked about the problem with anime industry, and his words basically were this:
According to Miyazaki the quality of anime is suffering because industry staff is made up of “otaku,” or people who obsessively love anime.
The term “otaku” has a rather negative connotation in Japan and is used more to classify fans who obsess over something (this need not be anime). Miyazaki’s specific concerns are over the lack of attention paid to people in real life. He said people in the industry “don’t spend time watching real people” and can be characterized as “humans who can’t stand looking at other humans.” He then called the industry “full of otaku.”
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Little we knew we were going to live this with the Naruto ending and specifically Naruto The Last.
You may be asking, what has to do Miyazaki’s statement against otaku ruling anime industry with Naruto’s ending?
Simply: Is a reflection of what happened.
As I said in a previous post of mine, Naruto the Last is basically Studio Pierrot’s self fulfilling fantasies with Hinata. They destroyed the conclusion of a story, and destroyed the personalities of the three main characters because their favoritism towards a secondary character. A secondary character who also happens to be part of the “moe” archetype as well is voiced by a very famous seiyuu/J-POP idol.
It’s not a problem if the mangaka or the studio has a favorite character, the problem is when they ruin a story because their favoritism towards that character. And Studio Pierrot/Shonen Jump editors apparently didn’t thought that a better way to conclude Hinata’s character would be her overcoming her crush towards Naruto, becoming strong and a wise young leader for her clan. Instead, the best way for them to make her shine is reducing her as a damsel in distress who also has to lose her memory so Naruto can fall in love with her. Because apparently she without Naruto is nothing. Because it seems that the only way to exploit her character is giving her her “trophy” while overshadowing the protagonists.
Based on what I have said above, it seems that they don’t really care about Hinata as a character, but instead see her as a “kawaii” archetype that sells and that’s why they have to make a rushed, bad ending that in turn goes against the three protagonist’s character journeys to match their projected fantasies with Hinata, or at least how they see Hinata. To satisfy the desires of those fanboys that obsess over Hinata for what she represents (ie-moe) instead of what she is (her character).
Their obsession with Hinata destroyed Naruto.
That’s an otaku.
Sadly, Miyazaki-sensei is right. We got the proof in front our noses.
Money and otaku killed Naruto.