The only time I see love brought up is when they are talking about Sasuke family, his parents and Itachi
All I really remember is that people quoted the databook 2 Sasuke thing a ton as an argument for SS before the ending. However that "with the emotion called love" is new. It used to just be about Sakura filling his lonely existence or something. Though I think it had more to do with Sakura being one of the people who helped Sasuke not feel lonely anymore.
I don't know about the "even" part. You'd need the RAWs and a non-bias translator to figure that out.
I've never heard SS argue the 4th databook line of "Sakura being the last person he wanted to hurt". That's new to me and I used to be very involved with the Naruto pairing debates. Granted it was mostly against NH fans since SS was considered crack at the time.
But Sasuke not wanting to hurt Sakura isn't proof of love??? I think he always acknowledged her kindness and appreciated it, hence his 'thank you' after her confession in part 1. But from what I can see, databook 4 was after the end of the manga. So...it doesn't surprise me that they'd put pro-SS in it when it happened.
Last person he wanted to hurt though...pfft, maybe because she was the last person on his mind. And he was pretty quick and unhesitating in hurting her every time they met in part 2 outside of the War arc.
Wasn't the databook for also have them going on about Sakura loving Naruto as well?
Honestly, I think for the most part the decision to make nH happen was tight lip till the end. Which is why so many people were shocked when it happen and it was never leaked. So, it could have been the databooks writer wasn't informed or was told to hedge the bet a bit. Who knows.
So the word of God then, unless the author says something they disagree with and then they go death of the author. Such a shame we never got to see Sakura's parents in the manga, I also wonder how many fights Sakura would of had if the editors didn't undermine her.
If only the female staff of SP were in charge and not the hinata fanboys we might of avoided this ending. How well is the Boruto anime doing anyway?
I never understood how studio animators/producers and Jump editors thought that the manga/anime USA or global market would be bigger than the one in Japan, did they think they could be like Hollywood Movies or something? Manga and anime while I get is more popular these days, I feel is still niche form of media outside Japan and no where near the levels of main stream as sci fi, fantasy or superhero comic characters have become (with maybe a few execption like Dragon Ball, Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh). Sad that Naruto had to be the lesson it seems.
Were these ten year old from Japan or america?
Yahagi didn't have her do many fights either and it was under his tenure that those two should have been introduced. It would have help just like a lot of changes could have helped.
The anime still exist. That's as well as it does.
Same if someone had put a stop to the Hinata obsession before it got out of hand.
No clue, he just mention getting a letter from a ten year old girl saying she hated Sakura.
Why do people here keep not understanding why the companies support this? How hard is this to figure this out? Naruto was an international seller they cared more about that than the money they were making in Japan. It didn't matter if they made a hundred times the money the made internationally in Japan. They wanted the international audience. because if they are watching Naruto then they may watch other anime. Those companies wanted the return of 2006 when all the world was watching anime. It didn't work. Instead, MHA did that instead so they abandon Naruto except for TV Tokyo because it their biggest seller.
Whenever you wonder why a company has supported a position, no matter how stupid, that answer is always this, "They were told that it would be profitable and it would open up new markets."
Why did Disney support the sequel trilogy, because Kennedy promised that it would interest younger audiences and minorities and women which she convinced them would be worth more than the old fans.
Why did Sony not stop Neil Druckman's take over of Naughty Dog, because he convince them that he would make games that would make them more money like the Last of Us.
Why did HBO never put checks on D&D, because they were convince they were doing fine making them profits from the first four season so they didn't need to worry about the next four.
That's why they supports SP's nH over Kishimoto's NS. SP was promising them more money while kishi just wanted to end Naruto in other words to the companies "making less money from an done franchise."
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 13 November 2021 - 02:19 AM.