It's kind of surreal to have this feeling... They say all good things must come to an end, and well I never imagined this would be the way everything comes to a close like this.
Some of you may've noticed that on twitter I've been making a lot of NaruHina retweets, posts, and replies within the past 24-48 hours.
Posted Yesterday, 07:00 PM
just a heads up, if anyone follows me on twitter notices me retweeting NaruHina stuff just know it's super intentional.
Doing a little experiment trial to see how much attraction that'll get towards the shippers to a post I made earlier in the day, "What do you think of NaruHina?"
So don't worry I haven't abandoned NaruSaku, and switched sides. I am still and will forever die on the hill NaruSaku should've been caon, and I'll always ship no matter what.
Nothing about the retweets or me commenting on NH posts is meant to be taken seriously.
Edited by LuckyChi7, Yesterday, 07:01 PM.
Truth is my little experiment is gonna be based on a video I have in mind, but it's not the entire truth to be honest.
I have been keeping something hidden since around time I recorded the last Naruto Anniversary Podcast with the crew in September, the passing of my late grandmother, and the recovery process of my surgery the day before thanksgiving last year to the middle of March this year.
In this 8-month time period I've made notes of myself here and there taking more of a liking towards NaruHina, and I thought it was just me going through my recovery process and me going through grief from my grandma's passing. But the truth is there are certain moments that NaruHina has ironically made me a smile, they kind of hit me deep.
- No 615 isn't one of them before anybody gets the wrong idea.
- Most of it stems from the small moments Naruto and Hinata during Part 1, and when Hinata watches Naruto from a afar when he leaves the village with Jiraiya, and of course the pain arc confession was moving in it's own way. and relatively one or two moments from the last - the scene where Naruto tells Hinata he loves her kind of got me, and the scene Naruto and Hinata are casually talking in the abandoned city mainly.
- No not the genjutsu scene, and definitely not the scarf (still pretty dumb if you ask me).
I know this is gonna come as a big shock to a lot of you, but I want to be a 100% when I say this, but the love and passion I've had towards NaruSaku has slowly been depleting over these last 8 years after the ending in 2014.
Honestly, at first I thought it's because I've fallen out of love with the series and Naruto as a whole, and during this whole recovery process I slowly realized it wasn't the series I was falling out of love with... It was how much I adored NaruSaku as a pairing.
I can already tell by this point a lot of you will say "we've lost LuckyChi he no longer ships NaruSaku and has switched over to being a NaruHina fan"
I wasn't lying when I said yesterday that NaruSaku should've been canon and that's a hill I'll die on, and there is still a part of me that really cares about NaruSaku it was big deal for me back in the day.
Everyone on here knows just how much it meant to me, but that fire isn't as hot as it once was. The best comparisons, I can make this to is All Might from My Hero Academia when it comes to One for All and the time limit... how there are only like embers left keeping the fire alive.
I'm not gonna say it's gotten that low where it's about to burn out, but if I am to give it a rough estimate of where my stance is on the pairings it would be like this:
90% of me has gotten to really appreciates NaruHina now.
The last 10% of me still adores NaruSaku.
There's a tiny fire that still being lit!
I could also imagine, "Oh LuckyChi just say you ship NaruHina now, & let us be."
It's not that easy for me, I have really come to appreciate and enjoyed conversing with every single person on here from James S Cassidy, lkmnjh, BlueStarSaber, Chatte ,MangaReader, Vanitas, Bryon, NFK, and many others.
I don't want me liking NaruHina more than NaruSaku be the thing that breaks our long history with one another because you guys honestly are some of the best and I don't want to lose that connection.
I know many will just say LuckyChi7 is a NaruHina Shipper now, and if you want to view me in that light that's fine. But I promise I won't ever be like those diehards who harass others for having a different view. At most I'll just address my point about NH over NS and just go about my day that's it. No Harassment whatsoever <- already had this talk with Chatte.
With me being completely honest here I have to address 4 major questions:
Now that I ship NaruHina:
1. Has my opinion changed on the ending?
- Absolutely not I still think it's very problematic and riddled with plotholes
- Sure it's kind of cute to see them breaking down at neji's funeral, but it doesn't excuse Chapter 700 for being an advertisement for Boruto.
- It still should've been Naruto's coronation of him being announced as the new Hokage. Be it with Sakura or Hinata.
2. Do I forgive all the problems in Part 2 (especially the first half)?
- No that's still an issue and needs to be heavily tweaked to show the characters grown and developed over the course of the story. NS or NH, makes no difference to me.
- And yes I'm looking at you, the scene of Naruto hyperventilating because can't accept Sasuke dying." <- sighs... still hate that scene to this very day.
3. Will I now be a Sakura basher?
- Come on guys, this should be obvious Sakura was my favorite female character. Bashing her would be the last thing I ever do especially given how much I defended her over the years.
- Sure, I may show a bit more favoritism to Hinata from on out, but if I say anyone calling Sakura useless or outright insults her worth then you better believe I'll stand up for her no matter what.
4. What about your fanfic The Tales of Sachiko Uzumaki?
- I haven't forgotten about that, in fact I'm gonna be relaunching it with Chapter 2 for sometime in June.
Thank you all for taking the time in reading this message it has been a lot of fun, and if you guys wish to keep in touch with me like on skype or discord about other series just dm me and we'll chat.
But If you feel it's best to part ways with me because I stan NaruHina more than I do NaruSaku from this point forward all I can say is:
I wish you all the best of luck in life and your future endeavors towards great success. It truly has been such a memorable experience NaruSaku community!
Thanks for having me over the years,
your fellow Yotuber,
LuckyChi7
Edited by LuckyChi7, 28 June 2022 - 06:31 PM.