Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-8284722-20141222195100/@comment-8284722-20150105221101

@ZKenpachi Just because Kishi chose not to kill her doesn't mean she's immortal. As Hisana said, "Rabbit Goddess" was just a title. Even gods can die.

@Hisana Almost didn't respond to your thing about the women. Anyways:

Rin: How would it be selfless? It wasn't for any legit reason, and Kakashi's reasons for rejecting her were actually rather good ("I wanted to abandon you"). Rin does have a bonus though: unlike Sakura and Tsunade, Rin chose to acknowledge Obito from the beginning. That made her death all the more tragic.

Tsunade: I wouldn't call wallowing in despair, gambling, wandering aimlessly, and drinking as being strong about Dan's, let alone Nawaki's, death. She became stronger when she found a grandson in Naruto. And she was about ready to move on and give Jiraiya a chance - but of course, "the frog at the bottom of the well drifts off into the great ocean". And when she was crying over the time she first met Jiraiya, my heart totally sank. I have more about this, but for shippy content I won't say it. Let's just say it involves Jiraiya's thoughts while he is listing out all the failures he made in his life just after Pain stabs him with the chakra shafts.

Ino and Karin: already went over these.

Hinata: Pardon me, but I'm going to go ahead and actually say something about Hinata. And I'll make it quick. Name one instance when Hinata was talking about someone/something other than Naruto and/or herself. One. ONE! I am willing to bet money there's not one. That, my friend, is obsession, and I want to change that.

Here's the thing. I like good romances. I really do. But not all romance has a red thread of destiny involved or follows a Disney Princess storyline. It's hard. Realistic. Changing. And Kishi just didn't do a good job at it. I'm sorry, but that's what I believe. Why else were people ratting out on him and the HIMYM writers all last year? Because of poor romantic character finale decisions, that's why! At least you acknowledge it was sort of sexist, I'll give you that.