Ah, okay. What I mean is that for me the bridges are burned. I don't care about any token gestures or attempts at pacifying by producing a poster or a piddling AU. Not that I think they will do it, but if they did It might have meant something then, but now...it's meaningless. I don't want them to bother.
While I agree with you overall, in principle I still feel an apology is due to the series' fans. The destruction and betrayal extends far beyond the shipping aspect. Seeing Naruto's character ultimately assassinated, the entire point of the series nullified, plot threads left unfinished or unanswered, and a jarring final shift in the characters' motivations... faithful fans and paying customers deserved a significantly better return on their investment.
The bridges are burned for me, too. There's no way to put the disgusting, ridiculous genie back in the bottle. But someday I would like to see Kishimoto -- or whichever powers made the decisions to destroy literally everything that made any sense just for the sake of Hinata and her fans -- admit it was an insult to sensible fans and a colossal mistake.
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I read the guy's post, and out of everything he wrote this bit caught my eye: "This movie is nothing more than a fan service wank for those who jerk off to Hinata."
The irrational adulation and sickening objectification of Hinata is, at the core, the reason for the ending we got. Her loud, rabid, relentless fans are in large part responsible for the vomit-inducing train wreck the rest of us were forced to witness.
And my question remains the same: WHY?
What is it about her that fostered so much interest and devotion? I get that a soft, sweet character who loves the hero without reservation might be appealing. But those few qualities were so completely overshadowed by everything that Hinata lacked, and I can't understand her popularity.
In a story about ninja working hard to develop strength, skills, bravery, intuition, a reputation for reliability, selflessness, wisdom, and independence, Hinata is a total failure. And not even a proud failure. She's a pathetic failure, a fact that the movie appears to not only acknowledge and demonstrate repeatedly, but celebrate.
So Hinata -- the whimpering, useless failure -- essentially ends up the central, most important character of a series in which she originally served as the example of what NOT to be. And there are people who are actually happy about this result.
I don't get it and I never will.
P.S. Kind of disappointed that a lot of people on this forum that vowed to never watch this shit, actually did.
I haven't and won't. I never even read the last two chapters of the manga. But some people can't resist looking. It's like Lot's wife or the Nazis on the island in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I know better than to look upon something that by its very design will reduce my IQ and scar my psyche. 
Iron Maiden is pretty amazing. It's one of the few bands I never get tired of listening to. Up the irons! 
Persona 5 hype 
