That's nice but you forget one thing-- Naruto manga isn't real life
Literary works only ever depend on one person- the one who is writing them. We can sit here and talk about what is right and what is wrong all we want but in the end, the author's mindset is what everything depends on.
One of the reasons I had the a lot of faith in NS was because I believed Kishi was an very good writer who had an amazing understanding of human-bonds. After watching RtN my respect for Kishi increased ten-fold simply because I have never seen an anime movie that portrayed bonds so deeply. Its why I believed he would never make NH/SS canon because from a bond perspective they don't make any sense.
But unfortunately I guess I misunderstood/ over-estimated Kishi.
To write about the characters that long, you do start to care about them. After all he views them as his "children". It's not about having respect for Kishi because I've said on here before, I don't. I never will. I'm looking at his work and the proof is in the pudding. His interviews are irrelevent to me because when I read/watch Naruto, I don't see Kishi pulling the strings (excl. 699/700) I see the characters moving on their own. You're not wrong about your statement that it depends on the author's mindset, you're totally right.
Kishi introduced Sakura for one reason, Naruto love interest. He's not going to (I believe) abandon all that for a side character like Hinata, at least not by choice.
I feel that I subconsciously understand everything that's going on. Like everything that Kishi has said, all the promotional material, the "spoilers" etc. I feel like I understand them and their purpose. I could be totally wrong, but I'm not convinced that I am.
Kishi isn't an amazing writer but I have to say he's not a bad one either. Pre-699/700, he made some mistakes sure, but he's also created characters that we know and love. I've got to see this through to the end, I at least owe the series that has been a big part of my life that.
I'm still confident in NS. I believe in NS. I was just reading a manga (beautiful manga) and there were huge obstacles between these two people but they overcame it. Same with
. There is always going to be conflict, but more often than not, the couple that started everything together, end up together.
Edited by applesauceful, 05 December 2014 - 02:41 PM.