Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-945885-20140723175903/@comment-8284722-20141017180735

I don't see a deal with whether or not his hand is bandaged; it's fine with me. If I really have a problem with Naruto's costume, it's the overcoat and scarf. Seriously; it's not THAT hot out. I would get rid of the scarf (that's just silly; he isn't Mikasa Ackerman) and at least make the overcoat orange (he's supposed to be "The Orange Hokage" after all). Oh - and he and the rest HAVE to be jonin by now (if he's still a genin.... I don't even know WHAT I'm going to say).

I'm going to go ahead and say Sasuke is not with Konoha. For one, his face is just as blank, beaten, and angry as it has been the whole series. And since he wears the forehead protector on his forehead, he couldn't have returned to the village. Either he's evil, or he became good but is simply no longer in Konoha, like Jiraiya and Tsunade.

As for the "first love", that's actually pretty ambiguous. I'm going to go ahead and say it's from Naruto's perspective, since the franchise isn't called "Hinata". But still - WHO? As for why Hinata is turned to the side, I'm pretty sure that's just for promotion and has nothing to do with Naruto; I've seen MANY promotions that do similar things. You guys are saying it has to do with her being the female protagonist of the film, but I highly doubt that. Typically, the movies often introduce a new character as the lead female (Shion 1st, Amaru 2nd, Sara 4th, Ryuzetsu 5th) who for whatever reason develops feelings for Naruto. If that is what plays out here, albeit that Naruto reciprocates the feelings, I'm going to get SO mad. All that character development, all those years - just for THAT to happen??? Anyways, I'm going to say that Sakura is the female lead of the film, not because I'm NS (which you guys have labeled me as; PLEASE let's not talk about it), but because she's the female lead OF THE WHOLE FRANCHISE.

For some reason, I feel that the moon falling out of the sky doesn't have enough "conclusionness" (for lack of a better term). If it somehow relates to a final battle against Akatsuki, then I'll be satisfied, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.