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Oh, I see. Since they do it to us, it's ok for us to do it back? Double standards?
Personally I don't vouch for that behaviour. I firmly stand against character bashing, so I don't consider it is ok bashing one character in oder to make another looks better.
Some fans' attitude makes it mightily tempting, though.
Not matter what, we shouldn't stoop down to that level.
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Thanks for the alternate trans; I saw it earlier and felt it is probably closer to what Kishi was trying to get at. It is a lot more vague about the love issue, as I'd expect. Naruto is close to Sakura but she still has an attachment to Sasuke. That's what we have been seeing. I'm glad Kishi was trying to make Sakura look better with her hug rather than saying she was unpleasant
Mmm... It sounds more believable, and it fits with what has been shown in the manga.
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hmmm, not too big a difference to our interview although the person translating didn't over do the anti-narusaku theme. they were actually pro narusaku. i think this interview is slightly more reliable??
Although it sounds more accurate and more believable (Kishimoto would most certainly not bash his own character), we shouldn't tell it is more reliable only because it looks pro-NS.
My stance hasn't changed. Whatever is told in interviews should be taken with a grain of salt, especially if they are fan-translated.
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HAH! And there goes all the hopes I had down the toilet.
Why? It doesn't sound bad at all, and it is only an interview anyway, so he won't reveal anything big.
I guess you were being sarcastic?
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At least Sakura won't be a big cry-baby anymore.
She never was depicted like a crybaby. Think about it. Naruto cries -a lot-, Sasuke cries, Shikamaru cries, Choji cries, Ino cries, Gaara cries, Itachi cries, Zabuza cries, Jiraiya cries (IIRC), Tsunade cries, Konohamaru cries, Nagato cries (again, IIRC)... a ton of characters have cried once or several times, in times of great grief or emotional distress, and it has never been depicted like something negative or a sign of weakness or pitifulness.
Honestly I don't think Zabuza, Itachi or Gaara look like cry-babies only because they often cry.
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As I said before. No difference from whats come before, and even further confirmation of what we allready knew.
Agreed.
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as to Hinata. simply put it is doubtful she will face further consequences for her decision regarding sasuke.
Simply put shes not that important to the story anymore. Her relevance to the story ended the moment she confessed. quite frankly any further discussion regarding Narutos love life and feelings can easilly be done by Sai or Shikamaru, or even Kakashi and Yamato.
Again, agreed.
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Hell even Ino has more plot relevance now then hinata does, and the main Team 10 story ended with Kakazu and Hidan.
And she has been more important since the Chuunin exams. Ino had strong ties to one of the main characters and a crush on another of them (and unlike Hinata, she proclaimed her affection to her crush back then), and she has participated in the main plot more actively than Hinata.
Do you want one example? Back in the Forest of the Death, Team Ten ran into Orochimaru's henchmen, saved Team 7's lives (and Ino forced her team to intervene) and witnessed the effect of the Cursed Seal. Team Eight almost got murdered by Gaara... and that is it.
Or the first Sasuke-searching arc? Ino warned Sakura Team Shikamaru had returned, and later she was waiting for news in the waiting room along Choza. We never saw Hinata visiting Kiba (we only heard she had visited Naruto when he was asleep, fainted, and didn't visit again).
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I never think about that. 
