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EDIT: I'm not saying NH and SS were not obvious endgame(though that's debatable), I'm just saying they did not get proper development. Kishi went "oh shit, I have 44 pages to bring a good love story to light. F-ck it I'll just skip 10+ years, because a lot can happen during that time"
Ok so let me start of by saying that I do not support any pairings, so I'm not a butthurt narusaku/narusasu etc. fan.
It's ridiculous how the pairings, which make up like 1% of the story, have caused so much chaos and a massive rift in the fandom. It's actually worse than all that itachi solo god, prime hiruzen stuff. I still don't understand why some people take their ships so seriously. Let's take a look at the top 4 pairings.
SasuSaku: One sided up until 700.
Sasuke has never shown ANY form of romantic love for ANYONE. He barely acknowledged sakura, and when he did, he did so as a friend. Let's not forget that 2 times he tried to kill Sakura. This pairing makes NO sense at all.
NaruHina: One sided up until 700.
We never got any indication of Naruto having any romantic feelings for Hinata. Kishi never showed Naruto getting over Sakura and made it seem like Naruto just settled for the next best thing. It's unfair to hinata, and the fans that she did not get the respect she deserved. There was development of course, but only from Hinata's side. This was Hinat's happiness over Naruto's.
NaruSasu: One sided.
Ok let's be real guys. You can't deny some of the subtle hints at homoeroticism that kishi had when it came to Naruto and Sasuke's relationship. But that's the thing though. It was subtle, not clear, and Sasuke was never shown thinking about Naruto the way Naruto though about Sasuke. Anything and everything that may have been seen as romantic love between the two was undone at 699 when they acknowledge each other as friends. Plus Sasuke has tried to kill Naruto as well so...
NaruSaku: One sided.
I will admit that early shippuden Kishi may have been trying to ship these two, but he later decided against it. Any development you guys can bring up for this can be dismissed as Love between two friends. Besides any development you apply to Narusaku can also be applied to NaruSasu. This pairing stopped making sense after Sakura was revealed to still love Sasuke, Sasuke was gone, and the minute he showed up, Sakura's feelings for him resurfaced. Besides, Sakura was never part of Naruto's dream.
So as you can see, we never got the development for any of these ships to make sense. The canon ships still make little sense. Granted Naruto and Sasuke got closure on the things they wanted, you still had Sakura and Hinata. After 698 chapters, Kishi found himself at an impasse because he made two characters whose goal was to be with a person, and so by having their happiness depend completely on another person was a bad decision. This is why it Sakura and Hinata are not very well written characters. Kishi either should have started developing the pairings throughout the manga and not just picking and choosing till the last chapter, or he could have provided more character development by showing the characters moving on. The pairings were never a big part of the story, and it's sad that they have caused such a rift in the fandom, when the two main conflicts (Naruto becoming hokage and bringing back Sasuke) were resolved beautifully.
Ok so let me start of by saying that I do not support any pairings, so I'm not a butthurt narusaku/narusasu etc. fan.
It's ridiculous how the pairings, which make up like 1% of the story, have caused so much chaos and a massive rift in the fandom. It's actually worse than all that itachi solo god, prime hiruzen stuff. I still don't understand why some people take their ships so seriously. Let's take a look at the top 4 pairings.
SasuSaku: One sided up until 700.
Sasuke has never shown ANY form of romantic love for ANYONE. He barely acknowledged sakura, and when he did, he did so as a friend. Let's not forget that 2 times he tried to kill Sakura. This pairing makes NO sense at all.
NaruHina: One sided up until 700.
We never got any indication of Naruto having any romantic feelings for Hinata. Kishi never showed Naruto getting over Sakura and made it seem like Naruto just settled for the next best thing. It's unfair to hinata, and the fans that she did not get the respect she deserved. There was development of course, but only from Hinata's side. This was Hinat's happiness over Naruto's.
NaruSasu: One sided.
Ok let's be real guys. You can't deny some of the subtle hints at homoeroticism that kishi had when it came to Naruto and Sasuke's relationship. But that's the thing though. It was subtle, not clear, and Sasuke was never shown thinking about Naruto the way Naruto though about Sasuke. Anything and everything that may have been seen as romantic love between the two was undone at 699 when they acknowledge each other as friends. Plus Sasuke has tried to kill Naruto as well so...
NaruSaku: One sided.
I will admit that early shippuden Kishi may have been trying to ship these two, but he later decided against it. Any development you guys can bring up for this can be dismissed as Love between two friends. Besides any development you apply to Narusaku can also be applied to NaruSasu. This pairing stopped making sense after Sakura was revealed to still love Sasuke, Sasuke was gone, and the minute he showed up, Sakura's feelings for him resurfaced. Besides, Sakura was never part of Naruto's dream.
So as you can see, we never got the development for any of these ships to make sense. The canon ships still make little sense. Granted Naruto and Sasuke got closure on the things they wanted, you still had Sakura and Hinata. After 698 chapters, Kishi found himself at an impasse because he made two characters whose goal was to be with a person, and so by having their happiness depend completely on another person was a bad decision. This is why it Sakura and Hinata are not very well written characters. Kishi either should have started developing the pairings throughout the manga and not just picking and choosing till the last chapter, or he could have provided more character development by showing the characters moving on. The pairings were never a big part of the story, and it's sad that they have caused such a rift in the fandom, when the two main conflicts (Naruto becoming hokage and bringing back Sasuke) were resolved beautifully.
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