I will never understand why so many people like Hinata so much...

Trickster · Jun 30, 2018

I'd argue that it's generally pretty hard to wrap ones head around why anime fans like a lot of the things they do. The biggest anime shows like Naruto Shippuden, DBS, or One Piece are, or were, absolutely terrible when it came to big things like the writing and story, pacing, or animation. But that hasn't stopped anime fans from being dedicated watchers for years and years

As for this specific character. Look at it this way - Sakura spends the entire series thirsting for Sasuke, even after he's tried to literally murder her and has gone full on villain mode. Hinata on the other hand at least has the good sense to fall for good guy Naruto, even though he's someone that everyone else treats like crap out of pure fear and ignorance.

Clearly both characters are terrible. But Hinata at least wasn't the absolute worst female character in the series

Deleted member 5596 · Jun 30, 2018

Coyote Starrk said:
Also Sakura ending up with Sasuke ends up being great because we got Sarada. Who is easily the best character in the new series.

Obviously she's Karin daughter, I don't care what the shitty series says about it. Clear as fuck.

Booki · Jun 30, 2018

TenTen is the only chick worth a damn because Kishimoto didn't spend any panels shitting on her.

She took her one L during the Chunnin exams and disappeared. There's still hope for her ass.

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

SSJDio said:
She's an inoffensive, anxious, innocent character who has qualities that are associated as weak, but has moments where she overcomes. It's not hard to get.

Best summation I've seen. It's like using energy to bash Shizune. It's like, why?

Android Sophia · Jun 30, 2018

Oh, hi.

Twelve year old Hinata was basically me at that same age, personality wise. So she became my favorite character almost instantly.

I also really like her romance with Naruto, and I wasn't fond of Sakura at all starting out.

I wish Kishimoto had done more with her, however. Studio Pierrot did Hinata better than he ever did, with the additional filler and the 10th movie.

captainpat · Jun 30, 2018

SSJDio said:
She's an inoffensive, anxious, innocent character who has qualities that are associated as weak, but has moments where she overcomes. It's not hard to get.

Pretty much. She's a cute character who tries her best what's not to like? Plus there's a ton of filler stuff that fleshes her out a bit more. Man, people here have been really stretching with these naruto hate threads.

mugurumakensei · Jun 30, 2018

Everybody knows Hinata and Sakura are just Naruto's and Sasuke's beards. It's why they're both never around their family.

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
TenTen is the only chick worth a damn because Kishimoto didn't spend any panels shitting on her.

She took her one L during the Chunnin exams and disappeared. There's still hope for her ass.

Uh ...

There's this.

And her internal commentary during the Naruto / Neji fight that made people dislike her.

Fj0823 · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
TenTen is the only chick worth a damn because Kishimoto didn't spend any panels shitting on her.

She took her one L during the Chunnin exams and disappeared. There's still hope for her ass.

She's on the verge on Bankruptcy in Boruto isn't she?

Coyote Starrk · Jun 30, 2018

Big One said:
I can't stand neither Hinata or Sakura. They're just so poorly written and fit two sexist ideas of what female characters need to be, rather than becoming something more than just someone to get in a relationship with the central characters. Both of them fit two different male bravado sexist fantasies and I've never been a fan of their character arcs.

You are 100% right about Hinata on that point but not with Sakura.

Sakura went and made herself far more than just Sasuke's wife. She was trained by the 5th Hokage, was a student of the 6th and went on to become the best medical shinobi the leaf village has.

But like I said you are 100% right on Hinata.

Moara · Jun 30, 2018

I'd say most of it comes from the fact that she's obsessed with the main character. That's it, really. It's a self-insert thing. It's why trashy LN shit is so popular.

She's a pretty bland, nothing character. But at least she's not Sakura, so that's something, right?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AlexFlame116 · Jun 30, 2018

.....Oh wait this a NaruSaku thread isn't it.

Coyote Starrk · Jun 30, 2018

Relaxed Muscle said:
Obviously she's Karin daughter, I don't care what the shitty series says about it. Clear as fuck.

I mean you can choose to ignore canon and facts and think that if you want I guess lol

Uzumaki Goku · Jun 30, 2018

I love how apparently if you bash Hinata, you're automatically a NaruSaku shipper.

Lotus · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
TenTen is the only chick worth a damn because Kishimoto didn't spend any panels shitting on her.

She took her one L during the Chunnin exams and disappeared. There's still hope for her ass.

The idea that TenTen only took one L is hilarious

Her irrevelancy to the story is an L. Hell, Kishimoto even trolls us by having her front like she's about to use those Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths at some point, only for nothing to ever come out of it.

And then of course, he gives her one last L with this:

Girl can't even make a living because the world's no longer in a place where they'd want to regularly buy weapons. Those treasured tools remain in the background, never to be used again.

TenTen's a failure.

Fj0823 · Jun 30, 2018

AlexFlame116 said:
.....Oh wait this a NaruSaku thread isn't it.

The NaruSaku Team already imploded on GAF, far before GAF's own Implosion

Verelios · Jun 30, 2018

iAmPossum said:
i only ever dug temari

Inkblots said:
Whatabout

Tace said:
Temari was the real bae

Yep, best relationship in the series. Shikamaru stays winning

Booki · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
Uh ...

There's this.

And her internal commentary during the Naruto / Neji fight that made people dislike her.

That's the L I'm referring to. 13 year olds have bounced back from worse.

Fj0823 said:
She's on the verge on Bankruptcy in Boruto isn't she?

She's a war veteran in her early 20s and no kids. She's free to live life! What's Neji up to?

E: Y'all some bullies. I'm tryna get TenTen some shine and y'all hit me back with facts. Keep hope alive.

crimzonflame · Jun 30, 2018

TenTen was my fav :(

captainpat · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
She's a war veteran in her early 20s and no kids. She's free to live life! What's Neji up to?

He's taking a nap.

Lotus · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
I love how apparently if you bash Hinata, you're automatically a NaruSaku shipper.

It's more like I got a good memory regarding your past posts about her lol :3

Also Google exists

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
I love how apparently if you bash Hinata, you're automatically a NaruSaku shipper.

YOU BROUGHT UP SAKURA IN YOUR OWN OP!!!

You literally described her like Sakura's Jan and Hinata is Marsha.

Fj0823 · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
That's the L I'm referring to. 13 year olds have bounced back from worse.

She's a war veteran in her early 20s and no kids. She's free to live life! What's Neji up to?

Tace · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
I don't. Don't put that one. I'm just here for the salt while point out people's poor understanding of the series.

"It's not like I like Hinata, she's just inoffensive. She's like Shino." - My first words in this thread.

Good for you. I feel bad about laughing at earned salt though, Kishi could've handled the relationships a lot better

Lotus said:
What? Jiraiya and Tsunade was never a thing. Obito and Rin is a laughable "parallel" on so many levels, I don't even want to get into that. Minato and Kushina, sure, Kushina even wanted Naruto to find someone like her as she took her dying breath, so... 1 out of 3?

Regardless, Kishimoto was never obligated to make Sakura endgame. What he was obligated to do however was actually write a good potentially romantic relationship with whoever he ended up choosing. He didn't do with that either character. Hell, he couldn't do the bare minimum of letting Naruto remember Hinata's confession.

In the end, both characters were defined by the men in their lives. But at the same time, one of them was Sakura. So it was definitely a case of picking the (much) lesser of two evils lmao

I hope you got low expectations for MHA lol

Think about Naruto, he was the one to succeed where others failed. That's why I listed Jiraiya/Tsunade and Obito/Rin as parallels, because he did master sage mode where Jiraiya couldn't and become Hokage like Obito wanted. It's not a stretch to assume he would get Sakura considering how Kishimoto set up the series up until that point. You are right she doesn't have to be endgame and she's trash anyway, but it just makes it more egregious that he put on those parallels.

That's my whole problem with the thing. I wanted an actual good romantic relationship, and we didn't get that with any pairing. So in the end we have one trash character and one character who is barely a character at all.

It'll probably come back to bite me, but MHA can't get any worse than Naruto Shippers lol

Deleted member 5596 · Jun 30, 2018

I think the main problem is how Hinata was written rather than the type of character she is, Kishi (and well all big 3 mangas) treat their female characters like shit, with stupid character arcs or just downright sexist trope fodder. Hinata has another whole issue in how badly written is her relationship with Naruto, she's infatiuated with him for years, he in love with a different person, they barely interact in years of manga and somehow they end in love, because Hinata protects Naruto a couple of times or something...

Android Sophia · Jun 30, 2018

Tenten really should have had more screen time. Give her the treasured tools earlier and let her be badass.

Naruto's biggest flaw is that there were too many "supporting main" characters that Kishi just didn't know what to do with.

Coyote Starrk · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
She's free to live life! What's Neji up to?

This made me cackle like a madman lol

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

Tace said:
Good for you. I feel bad about laughing at earned salt though, Kishi could've handled the relationships a lot better

Think about Naruto, he was the one to succeed where others failed. That's why I listed Jiraiya/Tsunade and Obito/Rin as parallels, because he did master sage mode where Jiraiya couldn't and become Hokage like Obito wanted. It's not a stretch to assume he would get Sakura considering how Kishimoto set up the series up until that point. You are right she doesn't have to be endgame and she's trash anyway, but it just makes it more egregious that he put on those parallels.

That's my whole problem with the thing. I wanted an actual good romantic relationship, and we didn't get that with any pairing. So in the end we have one trash character and one character who is barely a character at all.

It'll probably come back to bite me, but MHA can't get any worse than Naruto Shippers lol

You realize you're doing the thing you keep accusing people of.

Fj0823 said:

What the hell?

Lotus · Jun 30, 2018

Booki said:
What's Neji up to?

Wow, you went there.

Tace said:
Think about Naruto, he was the one to succeed where others failed.

I don't think that applied to love interests tho lmao

Tace said:
That's my whole problem with the thing. I wanted an actual good romantic relationship, and we didn't get that with any pairing. So in the end we have one trash character and one character who is barely a character at all.

At least you have Shikamaru and Temari? Kind of?

Tace said:
It'll probably come back to bite me, but MHA can't get any worse than Naruto Shippers lol

If he doesn't "deliver", then hey, ya never know...

Fj0823 · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
Hey everyone, Imma make a thread

You realize you're doing the thing you keep accusing people of.

What the hell?

Don't judge

Tace said:
It'll probably come back to bite me, but MHA can't get any worse than Naruto Shippers lol

No because it's either Ochako or self imposed solitude due to Heroism, there's nothing more there

Fudgepuppy · Jun 30, 2018

SSJDio said:
She's an inoffensive, anxious, innocent character who has qualities that are associated as weak, but has moments where she overcomes. It's not hard to get.

This + a lot of viewers are vicariously living through Naruto, so the thought of someone like Hinata liking them was exhilarating.

Uzumaki Goku · Jun 30, 2018

Tace said:
Good for you. I feel bad about laughing at earned salt though, Kishi could've handled the relationships a lot better

Think about Naruto, he was the one to succeed where others failed. That's why I listed Jiraiya/Tsunade and Obito/Rin as parallels, because he did master sage mode where Jiraiya couldn't and become Hokage like Obito wanted. It's not a stretch to assume he would get Sakura considering how Kishimoto set up the series up until that point. You are right she doesn't have to be endgame and she's trash anyway, but it just makes it more egregious that he put on those parallels.

That's my whole problem with the thing. I wanted an actual good romantic relationship, and we didn't get that with any pairing. So in the end we have one trash character and one character who is barely a character at all.

It'll probably come back to bite me, but MHA can't get any worse than Naruto Shippers lol

Who's who?

Tace · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
Hey everyone, Imma make a thread

You realize you're doing the thing you keep accusing people of.

Just say what you mean man, I'm not in the mood today

Uzumaki Goku · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
YOU BROUGHT UP SAKURA IN YOUR OWN OP!!!

You literally described her like Sakura's Jan and Hinata is Marsha.

Well, because liking Hinata and bashing Sakura seem to go hand in hand.

Tace · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
Who's who?

Sakura is clearly trash. Hinata is just there.

Android Sophia · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
Well, because liking Hinata and bashing Sakura seem to go hand in hand.

It's totally possible to like both!

I do now, if only because Sakura has become a much more endearing character in post-series content.

Lotus · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
Well, because liking Hinata and bashing Sakura seem to go hand in hand.

It goes in hand with all of the female characters.

Like so:

Tenten sucks... but at least she isn't Sakura.

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

Tace said:
Just say what you mean man, I'm not in the mood today

Did I not do that?

PeakPointMatrix · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
Pain's arc entire budget went to HER moment,

Patently false. Her fight with pain got a handful of minutes of key animation, while Naruto six tails vs Pain had an entire high budget episode with animator Norio Matsumoto at the helm. He did some great experimental animation that really elevated it to one of the most memorable fights in shonen.

Uzumaki Goku · Jun 30, 2018

Sophia said:
It's totally possible to like both!

I do now, if only because Sakura has become a much more endearing character in post-series content.

Too bad she married her would-be murderer.

Deleted member 5596 · Jun 30, 2018

Coyote Starrk said:
I mean you can choose to ignore canon and facts and think that if you want I guess lol

Actually I stopped reading Naruto before the whole Boruto shit, lol. I don't really care, is just funny to me how even Kishi had to clarify it, because she really looks much more like Karin.

captainpat · Jun 30, 2018

Uzumaki Goku said:
Well, because liking Hinata and bashing Sakura seem to go hand in hand.

After the finale. Liking Sakura and bashing Hinata went more hand-in-hand.

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

PeakPointMatrix said:
Patently false. Her fight with pain got a handful of minutes of key animation, while Naruto vs Pain had an entire high budget episode with animator Norio Matsumoto at the helm. He did some great experimental animation that really elevated it to one of the most memorable fights in shonen.

Really? I don't think Shippuden ever topped Naruto vs. Sasuke 1. That shit changed my life.

crimsonECHIDNA · Jun 30, 2018

I dunno, I never liked Hinata. Basically a lot of the same shit people criticize Sakura for applies to Hinata as well, but it gets downplayed in her case because she was basically "My first Waifu" for a lot of anime fans lol

Joker Code · Jun 30, 2018

Because she is great

Tace · Jun 30, 2018

Shin Bobo Dakes said:
Did I not do that?

No.

somerandomweirdguy · Jun 30, 2018

Because Hinata even if underused is never offensive, and has a great part in Naruto's development through Neji in part 1. Whereas Sakura has a bullshit win against Ino in part 1 (when Ino was clearly the better ninja, but Sakura whipped out a plot device that never returned), whined and moaned the rest of part 1, then had one cool fight vs. Sasori, and then went back to whining and moaning. Hinata didn't do shit in Shippuden but neither did most of the side cast, including the rest of her team. Sakura is a main character while Hinata is a side character, they get judged to different standards.

Nothing Hinata does is half as obnoxious as the "RAH NARUTO YOU'RE SO DUMB" proceeded by "comically" beating him up that gets repeated ad nauseum throughout the anime.

I'll take a wallflower that pines over a dude that inspired her over a character that pines over a dude because he was sexy and then never lets go even after he attempts to murder her any day

Deleted member 4034 · Jun 30, 2018

crimsonECHIDNA said:
I dunno, I never liked Hinata. Basically a lot of the same shit people criticize Sakura for applies to Hinata as well, but it gets downplayed in her case because she was basically "My first Waifu" for a lot of anime fans lol

Like?

captainpat · Jun 30, 2018

Relaxed Muscle said:
Actually I stopped reading Naruto before the whole Boruto shit, lol. I don't really care, is just funny to me how even Kishi had to clarify it, because she really looks much more like Karin.

Dude she looks like a girl version of Sasuke. The only reason why people think she looks like Karin is sole because of the glasses.

FormatCompatible · Jun 30, 2018

Tace said:
So true, but I'm also not wrong. That would be like Goku and Bulma being teased and THEN he ends up with Chi-Chi. Like, what was the point?

That's not a great example when that happened way worse with Bulma. Freaking years of a relationship with Yamcha only to end up out of goddamn nowhere with Vegeta. Even Hiromi Tsuru-san (RIP) and the rest of the cast were confused haha.

How did you feel about her not marrying Yamcha, and suddenly marrying Vegeta?

The marriage to Vegeta was a surprise. (laughs) The other cast members thought Yamcha and Bulma would get married, too. So everyone was taken aback! Even Furuya-san, who plays Yamcha, and Horikawa-san, who plays Vegeta, went "Whaaa—?!" (laughs)

Yamcha getting screwed at every turn till the end.

I will never understand why so many people like Hinata so much...

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