I'm not going to defend Kishi, but he's not siding with NH at all. Remember the post Gaiden interview. He's in America, which is thought to be the heart of the Hinata and NH fandom. He has to behave on foreign soil even if he has to tell BS lies to talk in a positive light about NH. Just watching that video with Sawyer, Kishi played him for a fool.
Kishi is not telling us the whole story about why he told his wife that he modeled Hinata after her. In fact she knows that she's model after Sakura that Kishi had explained that he changed the heroine due to Sakura being hated because she was not popular. And he gave up.
The thing I find it funny that his first comments were about him being set up by someone and believe that it was fake audience in America. From what I heard, there were more NS and SK that approach Kishi (amazing if it's true).
would not be surprise that he referring to NH and SS fans.
The best part the interviewer caught Kishi in his snare when he specifically asked which pairing is more like his family. When Kishi made the comment that his wife was strong spirited woman, the interviewer connected the dots, "So she's like Sakura."
Shut down Kishi *laughs*
Well at least he confirmed what I've been saying he has a type "strong spirited women." Also good job interviewer.
He said years ago that his wife was the one who suggested he added Naruto's mother into the story, and he said that he based her (kushina) off of his wife...a character who husband (minato) said Sakura reminded him of his wife (kushina).
As for the other bits kishi can't go stirring up trouble in the states by pissing of the American fans. Remember they are the reason why the ending happen, and SP and SJ would not be happy to hear how he spat on nH and SS over here.
As for him believing that the audience may be plants well... look at the sales the last made in the country that in theory was the biggest support of nH it made about 32 time less what it made in Japan the fan base they pissed of with the ending. After a year of negative reaction towards the ending for everyone he knows he probably figured that maybe their wasn't even that big a fanbase of nH to begin with and people their talking about the glory of hinata where just people payed by SP and SJ to say stuff like that to convince him it wasn't the case.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 17 October 2015 - 05:23 AM.