Hinata and NH will always be obnoxiously popular. If you want to roll your eyes, go look for fanworks where Naruto is with Hinata and bashing Sakura is a stated goal that they even acknowledge they're doing on purpose. There are thousands.
But if you wanna read NS where bashing Hinata is an explicit goal? Good luck even finding one.
I would say more vocal especially in the US shame they don't put their money where their mouth is.
In fanfics I have probably seen less then a handful of NS bashing hinata mainly because their really isn't a need to. 'Sakura gets together with Naruto,' what does Hinata have to do with it? Nothing, other then offer congratulations since she not really involved in Naruto's story.
Its the reverse for nH it is a miracle when half the plot is not or worse if not the true focus is bashing Sakura. Often the climax is finding ways to kill her in the most brutal fashion possible. Even after the ending where they won. What does Sakura have to do with Hinata and Naruto getting together to these people? Almost everything, since they hate Sakura for representing friend-zoning to them.
Not a good sign bringing in an author who just got his last series axed due to abysmal sales. I cannot wait for Boruto to go out in blistering flames. Maybe don't destroy your entire series for the sake of a one-dimensional background character with very little prior development?
They are probably hoping that somehow him being back on would increase sales. I also suspect he was given orders to speed things up and find ways to boost the series sales. As long as the anime is ongoing the manga will continue. Oh Kishimoto is regretting that decision. Remember, he agreed to nH so that he could end Naruto to both move on to another manga and spend more time with his family.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 28 March 2021 - 06:03 AM.