i believe kishi said the last is about kushina and naruto parting (he said this in an interview and while working on the last he also insisted on sakura and naruto parting too) so because she represents sakura she also is a casualty in the quest to remove anything that would take naruto from hinata
Oh I didn't know about the Kushina part, but I did know about the whole Naruto and Sakura parting.
Which is such a stupid idea anyway... cuz... okay, have them not be in a relationship. But why you have to destroy the friendship as well? Is it THAT threatening?
I swear Kishimoto just makes me facepalm sometimes.
I wonder what kind of contract he had with SP/Shonen Jump to make him go against his own nature that bad. What were the legal terms, how long is he bind by those terms etc.
Cuz otherwise there's NO WAY ON EARTH a man would 'sell out' like this. To the point where you create a disruption in your own household.
I don't even want to imagine what his wife felt to be honest.
Because in the end this is a thing of fundamental principles & convictions, you know? And to see the man whom you married basically alluding that you are a terrible person makes you sick to your stomach.
I mean he did confirm the Kushina = Sakura parallels and then he says that Sakura would be a terrible woman if she moved on from Sasuke to Naruto. OH REALLY? Since when? In what kind of skewed world?
I sometimes can't with him, I swear...
In a way I do understand that because of editors and western fanbase he was pushed into this and had no choice, and in this respect I feel for him, very badly. I don't even want to imagine how it was.
But at the same time, when my fundamental convictions and principles come into play and situations like this attack that very thing, I don't know man, I would've put a stop then and there. All up to that.
Not to mention market wise a totally open end would've been okay for everyone. I still don't understand WHY they didn't do that. Because this way his reputation would've stayed somewhat okay - i mean, in the end we could've gone past some plot holes, and everybody would've been somewaht happy. No one really got what they wanted (pairings canon), but they did at the same time (open end that leaves it all up to imagination).
It's just baffling me. Because I myself worked in marketing. And marketing works hand in hand with sales, so I have an idea or two about how these things are going.
They could've easily done an A/B testing situation. See the reception to any of those and THEN decide which route to go.
But instead no. They chose one version, stuck with it, only to explode back at them and leave this series nothing but an empty vessel.
No wonder Boruto is all about vessels now.
Because the very essence of the characters has been wiped out in order for those editors that fantasized about all kinds of stuff to pour out their own fantasies in these new empty vessels.
Man, I swear, Yahagi was THE MAN of this. His participation in this is what made Naruto what it was.
As soon as he left, things turned to kitten truth be told.
I will laugh so hard if Kishi comes out one day to say that he hates the ending and was forced by SP to do this stupid ending.
I mean, I know this will never happen, but I can dream it, I can dream it, and I do, and in my dreams, it is sweet, but it's also like James said, we have Fanfiction to do our own NaruSaku stories, I know I will keep doing them.
Sadly I don't think he has the guts to do so. He isn't that gutsy as his main character, sadly. Otherwise we wouldn't have been in this situation.
It would be gold tho. Imagine the kitten fest following thereafter. And i'd be interesting to see the reception of that, truth be told.
I wonder if how this would affect his reputation as a mangaka. Because right now it's sketchy and his name doesn't hold weight anymore.
If it would've done so, his other manga wouldn't have flopped and Boruto would have at least the reception Naruto had. But instead NOPE.
So that' be interesting to see.
As for fanfictions, truth be told, I'm happy we're out of the bonds of canon. We can play free with our imagination as of right now.
It's because of this that I'm not plotting two fanfics - one after the war and one long after Shinachiku's generation. As in basically Shina/Hanami's kids with Arashi as a main character.
And it's nice not being bound by canon and basically get to use all my ideas about Sakura there. Because OH I'M SO gonna have her get some MF power-ups.
So yeah, screw you canon. Don't even need you anyway. I'm so much happier in fanon.
Edited by Chatte, 21 September 2020 - 09:26 AM.