Naruto being able to let his guard down completely with Hinata is what I'm talking about. He tells her the truth. With Iruka, Naruto has developed a close bond with him. naruto trusts iruka and he used to trust mizuki but Mizuki was... well we all know about mizuki... My point is that Naruto felt he could trust Hinata without even knowing her all too well. He could just be himself around her without criticism, without having to hide what he truly feels.
It's amazing how people change it from "first person" to "first person he didn't really know". Naruto didn't even know Iruka all too well back then either. Their "close bond" happened after the whole Mizuki ordeal. Naruto trusted Mizuki as a teacher, which isn't the same as trusting him enough to let his guard down. Point is, they still count as the first people.
When Hinata said Naruto might be able to beat Neji Naruto gloats that he's strong. Hinata tells him that when he cheered for her she felt as if she could become stronger and Naruto laughs and says that he's "influential". Hinata was outright telling Naruto he was strong enough to maybe beat Neji who was maked as a genius and that he made her feel strong. Naruto felt that Hinata was getting the wrong impression of him and he told her so. So it may not have been because he felt as if he trust her enough to let his guard down without criticism, but more because he felt too humble to lie to someone who thinks he's very strong. Then Hinata explains what she thinks is "true strength". The strength to get back up and keep trying and not the strength Naruto thought she meant.
Naruto made the blood oath for Hinata. For her honor. For her justice. He also did it because he did hold a grudge against Neji for doing what he did to Hinata as well as others. But that doesn't make it any less for Hinata.
I never said it made it "no less for Hinata". The blood oath was never for just Hinata in the first place even though it seemed like that. This was shown when he explained his grudge to Neji. The blood oath from the beginning was dedicated to all losers. You asked if he's ever made a blood oath for anyone else and I showed you that he did.
Naruto asked "Where is Hinata? Is she watching?" When he used "where" he was wondering where she was, looking to see if he could spot her. He wanted her to see what he did for her.
I already said he's wondering where she is. For someone who wanted her to see what he did for her, he doesn't actually go look. He doesn't even try to see her amoung the crowd. He's more intent to stay where he is and bask in his victory. He even goes back to stand with Shikamaru and Shino instead of finding Hinata.
Actually, I know this may seem funny, but it could be a possibility that Naruto knew Hinata didn't die.
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Naruto says "Did I destroy Hinata and the rest of the villagers?" He's wondering if he KILLED them all. But the slug says no was harmed. Everyone was safe. So maybe naruto knew Hinata was alive after all as you can't really destroy the dead....
Whether he knows or not she was dead doesn't change my earlier point. Naruto would go Six-Tails if Pain gave them the same treatment. Hinata wasn't dead, but it's not nice to see a friend get tossed away and stabbed.
"Did I destroy HINATA and the rest of the villagers?" Those are Naruto's words. Yes he cared for all the villagers, but Hinata was the one ringing the bell the most in his mind.
Yes he's feeling dread but also heartache.
How does it show exactly that Hinata is "ringing the bell most"? He spots the village and thinks of Hinata. He wonders if he destroyed Hinata or the village. His entire worries are for both.
Yes, dread and heartache for Hinata and the village.
? Naruto was clearly talking to Hinata...
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I believe that when you are able to read one another's eyes, it means you have a deep bond/connection. Naruto was able to form that with Hinata without even trying. You don't have to spend a huongous amount of time with someone to develop a bond. Look at Shikamaru and Temari in Naruuto Part 1. They didn't know weach other very well yet they still developed a bond.
The "eyes" scene wasn't just "shoved in there". It's Kishimoto. He wouldn't just shove something irrelevant in there.
Whether he was talking to Hinata or not he arrived with the intent to save everyone. Hinata just happened to be the one in danger.
No, you don't have to spend loads of time to develope a bond. I agree. But to know someone so well with hardly any effort requires some understanding. Naruto sees that Hinata felt down on herself and since Hinata usually is down on herself that would not require any sort of bond to know that. If Kishimoto wanted to show that sort of special connection he should have used an example Naruto would not know of Hinata.
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personally find that the whole "in your eyes" scene is just shoved in there." is what I said. I was just giving my view on that scene. I say "shoved in there", because he hardly gives NaruHina the time of day then decides he's going to use some eye connection that people usually see as "special between two people". I don't know Kishimoto and wouldn't know what his intentions were.
The thing is that on Naruto's feelings, we have no idea what they are. Naruto clearly rejected Sakura in her confession, tellung her to stop lying to herself. And Naruto hasn't responded to Hinata's confession, meaning he hasn't found the right answer yet. Since he hasn't rejected Hinata or told her to stop loving him and let him go, then that means that Naruto is CONSIDERING his feelings for her and what could (maybe) happen.
Naruto rejected Sakura's confession. He did not reject her. It's an entirely different thing. Because there's no panels showing Naruto even remembering Hinata's confession we can't be certain he's considering his feelings. Why would he anyway? He has to give it some thought because she sacrificed herself and confessed? He may not have rejected her, but if he is considering his feelings he's still left her hanging.
Um no. And of course there have been no panels on Naruto's feelings. Kishi wants to leave things hidden until the very end. We haven't been reminded of Naruto's feelings in over a 100 chapters unlike Sakura and Hinata whom we have constantly been reminded who they love. Naruto hasn't been as constant with his feelings. Thiings could have changed in the last 100 chapters as a lot of things have happened since then like Sakura' confession, the meeting with his mother, war...
It's funny how people say that Kishimoto wants to leave things hidden when it comes to NaruHina. But when Sakura lied to Naruto in her confession and Naruto told her not to lie to herself almost everyone goes "Ah-huh! So ends NaruSaku!". Without even thinking Kishimoto is hiding something, they automatically think it's the end of the NaruSaku pairing.
Yes, "could have". Until we see that things have changed they are still the same. Naruto like Sakura, Sakura likes Sasuke and Hinata likes Naruto. Everything is as it started.