Board Thread:Naruto 7: Discussion/@comment-24516546-20141107133049/@comment-2156952-20141205131339

Another interview: http://eiga.com/movie/79681/interview/

Simply put: ''Naruto ending up with Hinata was decided in the very early stages of the story.

Naruto being close to Sakura was a deliberate mislead, that’s why the scenes of Sakura being compared to Kushina were introduced.

The Last Movie is not only the story of Naruto falling in love with Hinata, but it is the story of Sakura & Naruto parting ways.

He felt the story of Naruto falling in love with Hinata has to be propely explained, or it wouldn’t be fair to the readers. That’s why the Last Movie exists.''

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