In order for nh to become Canon, ss need to happen first. That is from narative point of Naruto story.
That is why ss become "Canon" in chapter 699 with the brotherly forehead poke.
Sakura is a threat that need to be eliminated one way or another.
I am going to have to go with Phantom on this one.
If we are going to go by the "narrative point" of the story then NS and SK should have been canon long before NH and SS was even considered considering several important narratives such as Naruto's love for Sakura and him being the main character, Sakura changing her feelings over the course of the manga, and several other points. Also rule of anime thumb "First girl gets dibs," which seems to be the case. Even if the girl in the story is not the first girl to be introduced, the first girl would be the first girl he had a connection with.
However, we know the narrative revolved around the pairings and not the other way around. Seeing how Naruto the Last was in production two years before the ending of the story, we definitively say that NH was planned long before Kishimoto made any choice thanks to the people at SP and possibly SJ. They already had the plot of the movie and then said "Okay, Kishimoto. Your job is now end the story like this so the movie can be put in somewhere." And boom, chapter 699-700. Why else would he put the obvious forced time skip and explained nothing only for later stoies such as the movie and the Hidan novels to "explain" it.
They WANT you to believe the narrative followed a certain way, but we know the actual truth and the truth is in the pudding when you read the manga. Sasuke has no care for Sakura throughout the entire story UNTIL chapter 699. Before that, she could have died any where along the lines and he would not have shed a tear. He also had Karin so it is not like Sasuke was going to end up alone. Coupled that with Kishimoto saying things like "Sakura is a drug addict, any reason SS would be canon is non-existent, and he felt pity for Hinata." Also coupled with the obvious "I planned from the beginning, I planned from the middle, I planned during the war arc, I planned somewhere towards the end" he has constantly pushed after the story ended when in previous interviews he said he had no invovlement in NH or he didn't care to write anything about Naruto and Hinata getting together it was all a product of Studio Pierrot.
No, see, they tell you that SS is now together so Sakura is off the table, but in reality they forced NH together and made SS as a "pair the spares." The whole thing centers around NH and Hinata getting her way. Think about it. Pierrot didn't care about Sasuke, Sakura, or even Naruto for that matter. They didn't care about the dynamic bonds Naruto had. All they cared about was Hinata and they fully admitted this. They were so bias for Hinata that nothng else mattered.
Search your feelings...you know this to be true.
Can I just say that death would've been better for Sakura, can I say that? And I'm not saying this I have something against her, you know damn well that I don't.
But in a series where living means hell on earth. Death doesn't seem like a bad alternative.
You know you f'ed up big time when death seems like salvation.
Naruto and Sasuke dying after their battle would have been a more satisfying end. Naruto would have gotten what he wanted, Sasuke would be reunited with his family, and Hinata would be miserable.
Happily ever after as far as I can tell.
I know people to tell me we can't hate on these characters, but I still hate Hinata. The pro-enders NH fans did not deserve to win. They did not deserve to have their so called "goddess" win everything and they are so blind to how miserable Naruto is in the narrative that they ruin the name of being a Naruto fan. At times, they make me wish I never got into Naruto in the first place.
Then they pull kitten like this:
And you have to wonder how depraved these people are. The girl legends are into? So you are saying that the other female characters of actual anime legends don't count?
I guess they think Goku is not a legend and Chi-Chi is not the girl.
I guess they think Superman is not a legend and Lois Lane/Wonder Woman are not the girl.
I guess Guts is not a legends and Casca is not the girl.
Take every single anime character you know and throw them out the window because only Naruto is apparently the "Legendary Anime character" and Hinata is "The girl legends love."
I think she is more of the "The girl legends settle for when they don't get the girl they love."
Edited by James S Cassidy, 23 February 2018 - 07:35 PM.