The reason for why the film is inapplicable to the cnaon timeline is that it violates Naruto's established inability to use clones at the beginning of the manga. Readers are lead to believe that Naruto was a dimwitted underdog who began with nothing but the clothes on his back and a fiery will to change himself. What The Last tries to do is subvert his first actual accomplishment by retroactively writing that Naruto was able to use clones from early childhood when he apparently already had an established connection to Hinata when in the manga his knowledge of her was limited to his perception that she was awkward and quiet.The crap from this film is not coincident with the manga. It spits in the face of what was established because Pierrot can't separate their hormones from their wretched skulls. When events from the film are contradictory to the manga, the order of importance dictates that the manga's explanation comes first, regardless of Pierrot's petty attempt at claiming their anime is important to the story Kishi established.
Fair enough. I can agree that if the movie contradicts the manga then manga is more credible than the movie. But then, what are you going to make of Hyuuga's Tenseigan abilities? There is nothing in the manga that states this can't happen.
Resentment felt towards Hinata only escalated into a raging wildefire once the actual contents of the film were revealed and people came back from the theatres realising that they had been duped by false advertisement. General opinion seemed fairly modest before the 24th of November and 6th of December came around.
I think you misunderstood my post earlier. Resentment towards her character existed before the movie. The resentment towards the NH pairing was AFTER the movie.
General opinion seemed fairly modest regarding the pairings, NOT the character.
In fact, from your own account, it seems that most people were more interested in vilifying Sakura for her lack of acknowledgement towards Naruto in the last two chapters.
Could you quote me from earlier? I don't think I said that. I think I said that I saw some comments of people feeling sorry for Naruto and hated on Sakura for her fake confession. Which turned into Naruto hate and victimizing Sakura's character in the LAST. And I also posted some comments about people saying that chapter 699 resets her development but that was nowhere near as "most".
The supicious placement of Hinata in the promotional content may have caught the eyes of the Japanese fandom, but how many of them could have anticipated that it was to be her role to butcher the sanctity of the characters we know for her own benefit? It was assumed that her role would be greater since Toneri was established as a villain interested in the Hyuga - not that "Hyuga" would mean Hinata alone while her emptyheaded pining for Naruto takes centre stage.
True story.
Words coming from the studio that is already reaping the benefits from their underhanded tactics. If the backlash is severe enough, they may just distance themselves from the comments given by two men to preserve whatever dignity they have left before it's destroyed in their next scheme, after which they will attempt to protect themselves again and the cycle will go on for the 12 movies that are rumoured to be in development.
I doubt it. What is your reason for thinking that SP would make a rational decision? So far, we only have proof that they've done anything but that.
Frankly, I never cared for Neji myself. To me he was just a Hyuga equivalent to the Sasuke archetype with an added quirk of being a loyalist dog to Konoha who thought he and his clan were better than they actually are (this is prior to the bastardisation that takes place in The Last). Neji's legitimacy as an important player in the game dried up sometime at the end of Part 1.You'll have to forgive me because I don't recall Neji's face being in the last popularity cover that Kishi drew. It could just be a memory lapse brought on by my utter contempt for Kishi and Naruto though.
He was ranked number 7 in the total character poll and that was BEFORE he died protecting Naruto. And SP and Kishi yet decided to kitten on a number 7 character for number 6.
The fact that they feel it important enough to go out of their way to bribe for fradulent reviews and automated machines is a clear indicator for all of this negative reception actually having an effect on them. It's perceived as a threat to the benefit of their film. While that may not be the sort of consideration from Pierrot that most of us are hoping for, it's a sign that they are able to recognise us.
I understand what you mean. And I must agree. They recognize the dissatisfied fans.
This is only a thought, but I believe that it's going to take more than just a 2 or 3 second cut of Sasuke to pique the curiousity of fans. If the rumours about Sasuke being the sensei of the Hinata spawn are somehow proven accurate, that may be enough for a percentage of the disenfranchised to reconsider their stance on not watching it.With a newly reformed Sasuke taking up the mantle of sensei, some might even begin to see him as being a combination of his old personality with the responsibilities, grit, and intelligence of a teacher like Kakashi who he was once likened to. Two popular characters in one!Such an event wouldn't earn back everyone, of course, but it may just be enough to salvage the studio's reputation if they feed the Sasuke fans (and by extension, Kakashi fans) what they want.
Then what do you think are the percentage of Sasuke fans going to watch a movie? I've seen Sasuke fans already predicting that this new movie is a lame attempt of SP trying to damage Sasuke's character so a NH kid and Naruto would look better. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I doubt Sasuke fans are going to give SP a second chance. But then again, I don't know how a Sasuke fan feels anymore because I stopped being his fan at chapter 698 when he threw away his resolution like dust and ended his character. But if I were them, the more they try to cater to us, the more furious I'll become of how they're trying to toy with us so we can fill their pockets when we already did so with this whole Sasuke merchandise in the LAST.
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