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I don't know, it's like they're praising the ideas that Sakura's fans have about her and her family more than anything else. What's with the "people say shit about my family" thing in Sakura?😭😭 Sakura talking about Itachi to Sarada? It's fine, but she's giving her the little bit of knowledge she has to make her daughter feel calm, and everyone's like, "Wow, Sasuke is so close to Sakura"

Hi anon!

What does feel ooc is Ikemoto allowing Sarada and Sakura to interact or just giving Sakura more than one page. When I saw the preview, I thought, "Oh great, Sakura was finally given a role and time to speak with her daughter." Feels crazy, right?

I know some Sakura fans wanted her to trust her daughter and husband, but at what price? Is that really the interaction they wanted? What is there to praise? The sneak peek was fine. It sounded like Sakura was going to warn Sarada about the use of the MS and tell her to use it only as a last resort.

Then, I expected some kind of development like "I'm going to train in a new technique" or "I'm going to search for a solution." Then nothing, nada, niet.

I think they released the "right" panel to make us hopeful. Because seriously, why would Sakura fans praise the following?

Are they really happy about Sakura claiming that she would cast everything aside for Sasuke in Naruto? The same fans who swear that Sakura isn't obsessed with Sasuke? And Ikemoto is stating, through Sakura herself, that yes, she is. And is it, of all Sakura's traits, a good thing that Sarada inherited that one? Not only that, but she's comparing Sarada fighting for a boy to Sasuke fighting for justice and revolution, and to Itachi who committed a massacre for the sake of a village? Like, really?

Are they really happy that Sakura doesn't even try to convince Sarada not to use the MS again? Just because she's aware of the danger? She's not only risking blindness, she plays with her health. She fainted every time she used it. People in Naruto can actually die from chakra exhaustion... but that's fine if she's aware of the risks.

Sakura is again put in a position of passivity, resigned herself to "I can't do anything" and hiding her true feelings. So she didn't mature, good I guess.

I think since the timeskip, people are judging Sakura because of Sasuke's choice to help Boruto (someone they all think killed Naruto), which makes him, in theory, a traitor. Same with Sarada; we're shown Shikadai thinking of Sarada (and Himawari) as idiots because they support Boruto. So I'm guessing that's what she means by saying that people talk shit about her family.

On the surface, it may sound nice, giving Sakura some space and exploring some of her feelings on the situation, but when you think about it for more than one minute, it's just bad and sad. Like Sakura, you're a doctor (Tsunade ordered Naruto not to use Rasenshuriken for his health despite creating it for Sasuke's sake) and a mother; you're allowed to tell your daughter that you're worried and don't want her to use the MS.

However, we don't mention that she abandoned her daughter to her fate and then had to be hospitalized. the anime resolved that by having her leave Himawari with Sakura But in the anime, she isn't there✌🏻

She has done nothing for her children; she sent her son to look for his father in another dimension with villains who terrorized the village, almost destroying it, because she couldn't save her husband's ass

then she tried to abandon her daughter again, but Naruto had to restrain her. Can't she have even a shred of common sense and realize that her children are more important than a man who is the savior of the world? In any case, let him die, girl! you have two children

In the manga, she only cries because her absent husband isn't with her family. She doesn't offer words of encouragement or try to explain to Boruto what's happening; she just cries and says, "It makes me sad too that he's not at home" Girl, you're his damn wife what the hell are you saying?🤦🏻‍♀️

I've seen the manga and some profiles about her and it's incredible how she stays still when Naruto stops her when she's watching her son about to be beaten up by an unknown orphan boy !!!

Her shyness and submissiveness is unbelievable. You're not 12 anymore, friend. Do something that matters besides cooking. You can't do it like a ninja anymore, do something like a mother what a disgusting character for women🤢

sHe didn't do anything for his disrespectful, foul-mouthed son either, but he can slap a kid who isn't his blood relative lol

In the manga, she's only seen serving; she has no relevance and is only important because her son must have the powers of his clan's lineage. It's not even her; it's her clan and all of its blood on them🤨

Seeing Hinata fans talking about Sakura's family when Hinata's family was saved by Sasuke, who had to tell his son the story of his father to calm him down and help him understand Naruto is infuriating...

Hinata is Naruto's wife in canon!! Are you telling me she's not capable of telling her son that so he can understand Naruto? I've seen them all showing pages of the manga where they're very happy, but then we find out that Naruto still isn't going home, he sleeps separately from them and his wife, and he begins a connection with his family for a orphan boy

these are the same people who mock Sakura's blood in Sarada and call her the worst mother

Hi anon!

Because they want Hinata to be better than Sakura. That's plain and simple. Sakura is the female character we see the most in Naruto, and they want Hinata to be the main female girl/heroine (she was one in The Last, and only because she's the love interest). Also, Sakura's writing and character have been criticized for years, so they want Hinata to be at least better than Sakura (she isn't).

I think Ikemoto/Kodachi tried to make her more focused on her children than Kishimoto did. But the damage has been done with the movie (which shows that Naruto is still her first priority). I mean, there's a scene in the manga where she cries because she's worried for Boruto's safety on a mission, but in the movie she "sends" him (well, it was Sasuke's idea in the first place) on a dangerous mission to save Naruto. In the scene you mention, when she wants to go on the mission, she wants to help both Kawaki and Boruto. The time she slaps Kawaki is a weird moment, because she never reacted that way before. But at least this shows her motherly instinct.

I never understood the point of the "Hinata passes on her good genes to Boruto and Himawari" argument or even the "Boruto is a prodigy from Hinata's side" argument, when it doesn't even make sense. Hinata herself isn't a prodigy or particularly good at anything. And her good genes were useful? To attract Momoshiki's interest? Okay... Maybe if the Jougan gets confirmed in the manga, but for now, it never really helped Boruto.

I often see these images of hinata fans wanting to portray her as a kind of boss by defeating her "cheeky" sister ⇀⁠‸⁠↼⁠‶

the general context is that Hanabi realizes Hinata has a sad marriage where naruto isn't home, and that upsets her....

hanabi is sad for her sister and asks her to come home and that she takes her nephews to the hyuga clan, leaving naruto behind ~⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠~⁠ 

I don't think Hinata comes across better in that context. I mean, then she gives a speech about not leaving naruto because she loves him... even though he hurts her? knowing that he is also hurting his children?

I'm glad it's a novel, but knowing that for this fandom novels are taken as titles and canon....

Hi!

I'm fine, and you?

I've seen those pictures on Pinterest. I love how they make it sound like Hinata won quickly when in the novel the "fight" sounds quite long. And at one point, they are out of breath... anyway, that whole thing is stupid. Like, they're adults and from the same family. Can't they simply talk? Apparently, it's better to fight your sister at a hot spring, after taking a bath...

I mean, Hinata could have easily said she was actually happy before Hanabi decided to fight. Those light novels are really weird. Because it tries to follow the manga's story, but at the same time, it wants to show the NaruHina family in a happy light. Like Gaiden and Boruto (movie and manga) clearly show that they aren't happy (Hinata included), that Naruto (while caring for his children) doesn't make much effort... Hanabi says that Naruto doesn't come home and is busy, and that Hinata and the children aren't happy. Okay, but at the same time, Naruto creates Parent/Child Day just to be with his children and Hinata is claiming she's happy (and it's implied that it's still the same between Hinata and him since their honeymoon). If Hinata is truly happy, why does she hesitate to answer Hanabi's questions at first? Why can't Hanabi see it? Why is the fight needed then? Why does Hinata need to win the fight to prove it? So drama for nothing, right?

I don't see anything wrong with this, but why is it that every time I see praise for Hinata it has to do with food?

I know she doesn't appear in the manga, but fans really chose the tag for "kitchen monster" and "byak monster " ༼⁠ ⁠~⁠ ⁠•́⁠ ⁠ₒ⁠ ⁠•̀⁠ ⁠~⁠ ⁠༽

Hi!

Do they really call her "kitchen monster" or "byak monster"? I know some parts of the fandom make fun of her for being a housewife and sometimes call her "Hinatits". Eh, that's so weird.

Hinata being good at cooking is not a bad thing at all. Naruto and Boruto praising her for those skills is kinda normal. You see only that because in the manga, she's kinda getting praise for that specific aspect. Like I remember Naruto telling Kawaki that Hinata cooks well, and most of the time, she's preparing meals. And well, in real life, women tend to be the ones who cook the most at home. But, well-known chefs are mostly men. And what if Hinata had a job related to cooking? I don't know, like having her own restaurant, teaching how to cook in her free time, or having her culinary show on TV (we see Naruto and Boruto answering interviews, so why not?). I think I've seen her being a baker in a few fanarts like Orihime... I don't know, if she didn't want to be a kunoichi, she had other opportunities. But I don't think Ikemoto or Kishimoto even thought of that. And even then, there are other things a housewife does than cooking or preparing meals... (teaching/training their children for example?)

‘Just like your father, you always stand up against something impossibly overwhelming’

‘No matter what kind of shame they try to pin on you…. Your fathers brother was the same’

Is that her saying she knows the truth about Itachi now?

Hi anon!

I invite you to read @anastasiia37 post on the subject. They analyzed the original text and came to the conclusion that Sakura doesn't know the truth about Itachi.

I think it's important to remember that Sarada in Gaiden didn't know a damn thing about the Uchiha clan and their history. And she was 11 or something.

Between this moment and that discussion with Sakura in Boruto's last chapter, there's no mention of the Uchiha clan or the Uchiha history. Not in the manga, at least.

The line about Itachi really comes out of the blue. And worse, there's literally no reaction to that. It's like she's talking about the weather or something. The whole thing is so weird.

1) In Gaiden, it's established that ChoCho knows more about the Uchiha clan than Sarada. 2) The Uchiha clan, besides Sasuke and Sarada, has never been talked about. 3) So there is no implication that Sarada knows more about her clan, we're led to believe that since Gaiden, Sarada didn't get to know more. 4) It's hard to know if she was even aware of the MS price.

From those panels, it seems to me like it's the first time they've really talked about that. There's no "Like I already told you"; it sounds like she's informing her that she's going blind.

Anyway, let's continue... 5) What Itachi did to his clan is not a random thing. It's a huge deal. He massacred his clan. And even if they're at peace, it's recent history. So it's not something you mention like that. 6) So why mention it like this? 7) Why is no one reacting to it in one way or another?

The Itachi line is so randomly used, I don't see the point of even having it in the first place. It doesn't make sense. There's really nothing to celebrate. The writing is lazy. Sakura is again stuck in a passive role where she realizes she can't do anything, and Sarada doesn't seem to grow.

There's also the possibility that Konoha knows about Itachi stopping Edo Tensei. When Naruto broadcasted his biggest regret to the whole army (not talking sooner to Sasuke), Itachi appeared in Naruto's thoughts. But do her words imply that? Idk.

Have you seen Ikemoto's new interview? he says Boruto is a mix of hinata and naruto and because of that, naruhina fans are harassing sasunaru or narusasu fans

Fans interpreted it as him talking about his appearance, but to me, Ikemoto is talking about Boruto's powers, which he did have thanks to Hinata and naruto

But I don't see why they're harassing sasunaru fans; they're very annoying

Some fans said that Boruto looks more like Naruto than Hinata, and they got upset

Hi!

I've seen some excerpts of this interview. But it's an interview of the editors... not Ikemoto. They literally present themselves at the beginning of the video:

If they want us to believe that Boruto is a perfect mix of Naruto and Hinata, then they should show that in the manga. The "defined/delicate facial features like Hinata" are from the light novel, the one for the movie Boruto. But in the movie, whose script was written by Kishimoto and Kodachi, Boruto is directly compared in personality and appearance to Naruto. Not once, not twice, not three times, but four times (and it includes Hinata herself).

Hinata/NaruHina's fans care this much about interviews because they know that in the manga Boruto looks like Naruto with Sasuke's techniques and attitudes. Those interviews are performative, and the fandom knows it; they just don't want to admit it.

I don't want to be pessimistic, but I feel like Ikemoto is going to reduce Himawari and her power as the new jinchuriki to just medical service, please! there's nothing wrong with this because it gives us another perspective on Kurama's power. but we know that it works as a healer for its wielder

At least I'm used to seeing Kurama in fights and fights, but its previous wielder was naruto, a man. Himawari feels like a girl; I feel like Ikemoto won't make her explode the same way...I don't think it would be fair just because she's a girl

yes, Kurama did have female wielders at one point, Kushina was one of the best, but they were under Kishimoto's control; Ikemoto is much more sexist than him in that regard 😬

It's quite curious because Boruto and Kawaki are in battle zones while she's healing the others and naming the characters

Hi anon!

In this house, we are allowed to vent. No problem for that.

To be honest, I find Himawari to be a huge disappointment in general. Himawari has an overpowered Byakugan that changes her personality when activated? Let's give her Kurama instead for fan service without any challenge at all. Why does she get the Kyubi? Oh well, let's give the reader different theories without anything definitive. What will she train in? To control chakra... okay? For what exactly? She's healing people just fine and creating her Bijuu Dama...

I'm not even sure Kurama's chakra healing people is that new. In the war arc, Naruto's chakra (mixed with Kurama's) was regenerating people (unconsciously) while he was fighting Obito and Madara. It's made clear by the narrative that Naruto did help in saving Shikamaru. Both Sakura and Ino knew that. And Shikamaru made a whole speech about how Naruto was doing everything for his friends. The only difference is that Himawari needs contact to heal people. There's nothing new about Kurama in Boruto outside his size (it's perfect to sell toys, I guess). Except if you include him being less intelligent and wise? Because Kyubi can't even tell why he was suddenly born again in Himawari. What a joke!

Himawari is just a reflection of Ikemoto's laziness. He tries to give her Naruto's depth (she has the depth of a glass of water) by saying in an interview, "Oh, she's living on her own because she didn't want to leave her house" instead of showing it. Instead of developing her powerful Byakugan, he went the safer route by giving her Kyubi. Because of fan service, nothing else. He perfectly knows that developing her Hyuga roots wouldn't sell one bit with his lazy writing. The moment she healed Inojin (the first time), I knew she was going to be mostly the healer of the group. She could be fighting while healing people. Yeah! Maybe it's going to be her development later, but I have little hope.

Mine is:

Logical break

Couples (ships)

The narrative

the difference between personality (power) and genetics

Hi anon!

The art style, I guess, isn't ugly per se, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. I really dislike the big eyes that all the women share for whatever reason, the lack of emotions in the characters (they all look aloof, have the same facial expressions, and sweat on almost every panel), the minimalism, and the haircuts. Some characters don’t look like their old selves; I barely recognize Hinata or Sakura, and Himawari, until the timeskip, I don’t understand. She’s supposed to be 9 or 10, yet she looks like a toddler. I swear, I thought she was 6 or 7.

The writing is weird lately (or weirder if we can say i). It's lazy (e.g., Boruto, Sumire, and Inojin getting new techniques or science because Kashin Koji saw it in a future or Himawari's power-up), forced (like the Sumire and Sarada conflict, Konohamaru and Moegi's little romance, and Ino refusing to work with Shikamaru again suddenly), takes no risks (with Kurama coming back in Himawari, Inojin not dying, and Naruto being sealed away while Sasuke is just in a tree instead of killed), and feels very Boruto-centric lately (like for example Sarada).

Before the timeskip, I liked Mitsuki, Kawaki, and Sarada well enough. I even think that Sumire is better written than Hinata (I'm only comparing them because they're both love interests for the MC). Overall, I think the writing is lacking in many elements.