To me, the manga stopped at the chapter 698.
As for what I think, for what it's worth, like the majority of the forum, I think this is the worst ending ever.
I didn't even bother reading, I just checked your reactions TBH, didn't want to read this very bad fanfiction/shojo ending after seeing the spoilers.
There are so many things that doesn't make any sense. I'm not the only one and the first that will say this, will probably won't be the last.
TBH, I would have liked if Kishi never try to make us believe that NS could be the end game pairing if there isn't at least a resolution to all those moments. I would have liked it more if Kishi just developed Naruto and Sakura's relationship as just really good friends without the supposed romance development. What was the point about Sakura's confession ( and what I mean is the 'I love you Naruto')? Why making Sakura thinking that she doesn't want to make anymore mistakes when saying to a guy I love you and turn out that it's not even true, to me that is one really big mistake. Unless Naruto has stopped somehow to love her I don't know why and how but then, what was the point to show Sai's asking Naruto why he didn't confess to her when he saw how much Naruto loved her? There is just so much that doesn't make any sense that I just can't stand it
So the I hate people who lie to themselves was really Naruto's saying that he no longer loves her? What a good closure! * rolling my eyes*
So yeah, all these moments that implies that Naruto and Sakura could end up together shouldn't haven't been there if Kishi didn't even have the decency to make some real closure and not asspull one *sigh*
I didn't even read the 2 last chapters but I did see that, apparently. there was nothing for Naruto and Sakura so I presume that not even their friendship matter to Kishi and that is even more of a piss off then the romance part TBH. Why bother showing Sakura worrying, caring so much for Naruto yet not even have a simple interaction with him in the end, not even a simple thank you Naruto for everything? I presume that we will have some interactions between them in the movie but I don't care, I won't even bother watching this continuation of this very bad fanfiction because Kishi just didn't even bother to make even a friend's bond between them in the end of his manga.
I always believed that the forehead scene would comeback but I never in a million years believe that it could be used for SS. Maybe that was my naive side that did believe so, I don't know and at this point I don't care, all I can say is that a poke in the forehead doesn't even compare to a kiss in the forehead as a romantic development ( probably Kishi will do that in the movie...Sasuke kissing Sakura's forehead....urkkkkkk!!!!)
Sasuke very OCCness, Sakura ( I don't even want to think about it, it make me sick), Naruto asspull feeling toward Hinata...Just thinking about it, even if I didn't even read it makes me sick.
Destroying so much development between characters, making asspull one with characters that almost have nothing as development, not even friendship ( While I see Naruto respecting Hinata as a friend, I never consider them actually close friends...who could blame me for thinking this, no one who has a logical mind I guess), I don't even want to believe that anyone who ever wrote something would ever believe that this nonsense ending is logical and very good.
So yeah, I return to my first statement, the manga end at chapter 698.
I was proud to call myself a Naruto fan once, I even started cosplaying and making costumes thanks to this serie ( my very first was, as my profile picture show, Sakura) . I was extremely proud to defend Sakura when people said bad stuff about her but now, after this ending, I told myself that I would never cosplay Sakura or as a matter of fact any characters in this manga ever again. I planned once to cosplay young Kushina...nope, not gonna do it sadly, I even planned to make the samourai version of Sakura next year because I thought that this was a really good picture of the kunoichi she've become but thanks this asspull ending that is a total insult to the kunoichi that I admire so much, I won't even bother to make it. She wasn't perfect, some development wasn't the best but still, I can say in all honesty that, in general, she did a pretty good job as a kunoichi...what a very sad end to her...a hosewife to ...urrkkk can't even say it, I feel sick just thinking about it.
I'm not a shame to say that I'm a NaruSaku shipper, I will sink with this ship and will continue for a while to visit here because we all can share the same pain and frustration and I guess mostly everyone here need this, I know I do need it.
In the end, I want to thanks everyone that I've met here, even if for a long time I wasn't an active member, I did come often here and just enjoy reading all of your posts so again, thank you to this beautiful community that is NaruSaku shipper
Edited by Serenity Namikaze, 09 November 2014 - 05:39 AM.