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Sakura was always popular in Japan save for certain lulls because she wasn't doing anything. Western/US fans hated her and were convinced everyone one else must hate her. I think the big example they like to use was one of the last character polls while the manga was running and Sakura was #11 with Sai which they convinced themselves that means Sakura isn't even popular in Japan. When it was more, 'she was liked, they just liked another character more than her, often Naruto/Sasuke/Kakashi, but she was never hated.' While comparison Hinata fans often love her the most or love only her, so they always voted for her, she had a small but dedicated fanbase in Japan. Which is often why Hinata would rank high in polls while certain conditions are required for Sakura to though when those happens, she beats Hinata easily. This poll which is female characters so no Naruto/Sasuke/Kakashi, or that poll two years ago for 'which character would you like a one shot of' she got third behind Minato and Itachi. There were others over the years but I've forgotten the details of those.

 

Sakura in Japan. An interesting take on her archetype for the time. A tsundere that wasn't in love with the main character from the start and he had to win her affection; making the romance more interesting and worth investing into compared to most shounen romances. A heroine that had to join in the fight and be involved in combat during a time when shounen really didn't have their female characters fight. Even when that changed, she was still unique because she had a lot of uncertainty and doubt but still had the resolved to improve herself to help out the people she cared about. Something resonated with female readers and is hard to replicate even for modern shounen heroine.

 

Sakura in US. Filthy useless ugly slutty abusive friend-zoning whore who should die a thousand death!!! 

 

Hinata in Japan. One of the most generic examples of her archetype ever made. Generally forgettable and uninvolved in the story till the very end and doesn't have much character. Though is great for fantasizing your perfect dream girl because you can make her anything because there aren't that many details that will contradict your fantasies.

 

Hinata in the US. Most perfect woman to have ever existed. The story should-no, is about her. It about her getting everything she wants. She deserves it. She is entitled to it. For being so perfect despite being the most abused and oppressed character to have ever been written. No one have ever suffered more than her and she never deserved it.

 

With those lines of thoughts in mind. Is it a surprise there is confusion between the Japan/Kishimoto and the American fanbase?

 

Sakura lowest point of her popularity was the ending because she backtracked to square zero of her character arc. It improved since because of the fact they refuse to use her in the sequel means she isn't tainted by the issues it has, because she is not involved, and her daughter is well behaved and well received compared to Hinata's spoiled brats.

I find it funny that the same things you say about Hinata, Naruhina, Sasusaku, and Sakura in the U.S. are extremely similar to what happened in my country, Brazil

The ending of Boku No Hero Academia is similar to that of Assassination Classroom, but very poorly executed.

Nagisa = Midoriya

Karma = Bakugou

Kaede = Uraraka.

I regards to comic book and manga sales. I'm not entirely trusting those that are saying that comic are losing to managa because of the "woke  agenda", because those type of people have agendas themselves.

So I went and tried to find someone that rather neutral when it comes to the topics of manga vs comic or woke vs anti woke, which lead me to comicstorian with these two videos.

The first one here explains that while managa is on the rise, marvel and dc still have the highest market share even if they have gone down a little bit due to ruse if over comic companies like image and idw.

Graphic novels are more on the rise over units sales and manga counts as graphic novel sales, as they don't sell single issues in the USA. Which as a result manga like my hero academia counts as one series comic to individual comic series on one character, but add all the series for a  charater like say like batman he outsales my hero.

Though manga is selling better in Japan than comics in the USA, but comics aren't as dead as people me them out to be.

Here is the link to the video that explains it better than me
https://youtu.be/myX...9_ykeWOgROYUjt1

This video is a follow to last in response to some arguments. Like comic book stores closing and how some individual shops closing does not mean comics as a whole dying or that some have more manga volumes on the self rather than comics ignoring how comics and manga aren't exactly sold the same way in the USA. Also how some modern art for comic arenmore inspired by Japan just means that art is more diversifying in comics rather than Japanese art style taking over.

How comic individual sales have become more harder to track after the pandemic. But also explains that manga are selling better in local comic shops than comic is due to some things like manga series being more easier to track than certain comic stories when customers don't know which continuity they belong in. Also that managa has their animes to promote them. Which comicbook companies don't really market some of their stuff properly like manga do with anime. Though the xmen 97 comis might due well due to the show.

Here is the link to the video that explains it better than me.
https://youtu.be/zki...3ge55RIvDg6zXRf

Personal fir me I'm enough images transformers and ultimate marvel line coming out, as the morden spiderman has gone to the toilet with zebb wells run.

Now as for Disney last year wasn't a good year for them for the 100th year anniversary, with only really gaurdians of the galaxy volume 3, loki season 2 and that Disney special celebrating 100 years of Disney doing well.

But for this year so far I would say they are doing well with films like inside out 2, kingdom of planet of the apes and now deadpool & wolverine all have currently made it into the top 10 highest grossing films of the year, with inside out 2 currently the highest grossing film of the year making 1.5 billion at the box office.

The only real failure so far is the acolyte which has divided star wars fans once again, now I don't know how Disney will react to this bit I guess it depends how the other show does this year that's coming out.

For tmnt x naruto crossover, I think they might try to skip the romance just because it problematic. For sakura I could just see them making her interact with April O'Neil.

Many people believe that Western comics are limited to Marvel and DC publications. However, there are other publishers and a variety of genres available. This limited view leads them to think that the Western comic market is small. Although it is not as large as the Japanese market, it is sufficiently broad to allow these major publishers to achieve significant profits.

And it is difficult to know about sales because now there is the digital medium, which has been gaining ground in the US, Japan, Korea, and other countries. Just note that when Kimetsu made a huge impact in the physical media, people found it incredible because, up until that moment, the physical media market was declining.

Another point is that Japanese manga has a consolidated animation industry that helps sell their manga, while the Western animation market died in the 90s.

And Japan has been gaining competitors, such as manhwas, which are popular for their artwork, ease of reading, and novelty factor. Additionally, they have the marketing of live-action adaptations via K-dramas (which have become quite popular in the West), C-dramas, and animations.

I was following a pairing thread on Twitter and saw several fans mocking  NaruSaku  because their relationship blossomed primarily due to Sasuke's absence.

 

Despite many NaruSaku fans hating Sasuke for being an obstacle to the couple and his return definitively crushing NS's chances.

Ironically, Sasuke was the character who helped NaruSaku the most. Not Sai, Yamato or Minato.

 

it was only during his absence that Sakura and Naruto started to grow closer, with the goal of bringing him back. The Promise of a Lifetime (POAL) was made,etc.

Along with his entire transformation into a major antagonist force trying to destroy the village, including trying to kill Sakura, which gave the NaruSaku fandom hope that Sakura would eventually abandon her feelings for him and fall for Naruto.

 

However, this wasn't meant to be. Sasuke returned to help during the war, was redeemed, apologized, and Sakura jumped into his arms, effectively ending NaruSaku.

 

 

 

Here's the question:

 

In a scenario where Sasuke stayed in the village and continued to develop his bond with Sakura without events like the Uchiha clan massacre, Orochimaru's cursed seal, Itachi's torture, or Tobi's revelation about the village and the Uchiha massacre,

 

 

Would Sakura have still developed some kind of bond with Naruto, with Sasuke closer to her like in Part 1? Or is NaruSaku entirely dependent on Sasuke's absence?

 

 

 

SasuSaku was a very strong couple in Part 1, while NS was almost nonexistent. It was only in Part 2 that NS started to gain traction in the story and by fandom due to Sasuke's absence and crimes.

Se Sasuke não tivesse ido para Orochimaru, tenho a sensação de que ele se tornaria cada vez mais uma versão ninja de Rukawa, e o final de Naruto seria semelhante ao de Slam Dunk.