Oh the problem is not so much how much panel time she had, it was the direction that the story and character development was going towards which was indicative that she did not have support from Kishi since the beginning at all to be the heroine or love interest. Why I say that is because for example. Sharon Carter in the MCU appears less than Hinata overall (correct me if I'm wrong) and yet she was instantly established a at potential love interest for Steve/ Captain America. But back on on my point. Hinata WAS NOT THERE for Naruto when he is in emotional distress or is depressed about something. A key factor to Shonen heroines usually, if they are not the most significant of characters in the story is that they are a constant and prime emotional support for the MC whether or not they are the intended love interest. Hinata DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT. At least not significantly more than any other K11 members. Lets be honest, it was Shikamaru that got Naruto out of his depression over Jiraiya, so does that make Shikamaru the "love interest"? No? then why does Hinata's half hearted speech about Neji's death count then? It wasn't even her that got him out of that funk, it was Kurama. He dialogue to try get Naruto back into the fight was't even motivational. Compare how chrasimatic Sakura's speech was when she was telling the whole army about what motivates NAruto to fight and to try protect every single ally's life on the battle field. Notice the difference?
What debunks Hinata as the love interest too is she gets no significant romantic moments with Naruto either. And her fanatics can say all they want that the series is not a romance manga but GUESS WHAT? Naruto is not the romantically chaste type of character that does not know was romantic love is, nor is he romantically abstinent that he eschews pursuing a relationship to focus on his goals or work. And that is particularly significant because if Naruto is not the typical dense shonen hero romantic-wise then whom he is attracted to and whom he gets some romance hinted moments with is quite indicative then. And no Naruto is not naive about relationships like pre-pubescent Goku, because he asked his own mother how she fell in love with his father. So that shows he is not ignorant of Hianta's feelings for him, he just doesn't care. You CAN'T TELL ME that Hinata confessed straight to his face and he did not know what she meant then afterwards he asks how his parents fell in love and still displays jealousy towards Sakura. there is no excuse, HE WAS NOT ATTRACTED TO HINATA. If he was he would have done something about it earlier because whether you think his love for Sakura was genuine, he always made the first move to try get her attention. That he DID NOT with Hinata tell me all that I need to know about how he regards her. She's a no go to him.
Ultimately what I'm trying to say is that Hinata is neither heroine nor love interest and it for so much more reasons other that how many panels she was on in the entire manga's run. It's all in the writing. Anyone that says otherwise is either delusional or in denial
Well said man well said. That was a great post and was right. People make hinata too overhyped and overrated. Also the neji death thing makes no sense either when you bring up Jiraiya he was fine with that but neji dies and Naruto just gives up I'm sorry what no that's is dumb and out of character for Naruto. I know this isn't canon but Naruto accepted Ryu death in blood prison fine.
Actually, that is not even close to 29%, but I see where you might have done wrong. You probably divided 13,728 by 484 and got 28.88888 repeating I am guessing, yes? Well, that just means it takes 484 X 28 to equal 13,728. What we need to find is what 1 our 28 of times is. So we need to go further.
Percentage
Value 1 = 13,728
Value 2 = 484
Percentage calculations
Value 2 / Value 1 x 100 = %
484 divided by 13,728 = 0.035
0.035 x 100 = 3.5%
If the numbers are correct, then Hinata was in less than 3.5% of the manga. To double check, I am going to calculate what 29% of 13,728.
100 - 29 =71.
So essentially, what is 71% of 13,728. If it comes out to anything more than 484, then it can't be 29%. In my old job, I used to have to calculate knocking off 30% off the price of furniture. I did this by multiplying the price of the furniture originally by 0.7. Basically asking "What is 70% of X value?"
13,728 x 0.71 = 9746.88
13,728 - 9,767 = 3,961
So if Hinata really was in 29% of the manga, she should have been in 3,961 pages. That is a huge difference between 484.
13,728 X 0.035 = 480
Sorry if I am sounding a little arrogant, but I am trying to be accurate which is why I am showing my process. So, Hinata is in more than 0.36%, but for the so called herione of the series to be in only 3.5% of the manga? That is REALLY pathetic.
Wow I really didn't go far enough with that. I think I did divide the pages total and by how many she was in. Plus I never said mine was accurate either.
But thanks for the help James cause that just proves hinata was even more pointless.