I'm neutral towards Hinata. The way the anime team is pushing her though, won't do it for me, and will have the contrary outcome. I never liked to be told what to like. I can reach that conclusion on my own. Her tities and being passive may not be enough and I might come to resent Hinata if this continues.
There's nothing to Hinata than her feelings for Naruto either. From spoiler providers, the movie plot isn't signficant and what is there is poorly executed, it's there as background for Naruto and Hinata interaction. It was not necessary to have a full movie with Hinata or NaruHina. It should have been a balanced script. Hinata and NaruHina are now the icons of shafting Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi and Team 7. Even the other leaf teens deserved screentime, but only Hinata gets to have anything. Hinata's been revealed to be the main character's love interest and that is important of course, but that shouldn't take the priority nor should it be all that we see.
Hinata's still as Naruto-centric as ever according to the movie. It amuses me that Junko called it out on her interview, one track mind and self-centered. To be fair, making Hinata more than pairing fodder feels fake as well since she has never been anything more than that. This new episode that is Hyuga centric... The beloved elder sister? Isn't she a black sheep according to this movie? Wasn't she shafted for Hanabi when they were young? SP can't make it consistent. I still remember when Tsunade's fight with Pain was cut by the editors, but now a full movie has been dedicated to Hinata and romance, fillers are being dedicated to Hinata and the relationship with her sister (that never existed before). As if anyone who watched this series was interested in Hinata or Hanabi more than anything else.
I don't think the movie will flop. It was marketed as something more than Hinata and NaruHina, so people will go nevertheless because they haven't seen the spoilers. Even if they don't like the movie, japanese fans are way more mellow about things than westerners, I'll be very surprised if there are major complaints. However, I'm seeing a few pissed off already. I didn't expect that.
I've met only two Karin fans who were normal, every other was as crazy as she is. So I'm not surprised a regular Karin fan would do something like this.
Edited by shisui, 28 November 2014 - 07:25 AM.