Shipping Wars

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TheGoldenBoy said:

Completely agree about Naruto. I gained a lot of respect for Sakura's character after the timeskip. I lost all that respect when she still ended up with Sasuke after he legitimately tried to murder her multiple times. Honestly, all of Kishimoto's end pairings for Naruto were either poorly executed or completely random. I'm hoping that Kubo, if he does add romance, decides to actually develop it.

I pretty much feel that same way as you about IchiHime vs IchiRuki. I like IchiHime a lot more, but IchiRuki is still a great relationship and I wouldn't mind one bit if it ends up being the final pairing.

I think the big problem with Kishi's pairings was that it seemed like their feelings were only meant as character backdrops, and he really didn't have a plan for who would get with who. He was teasing every pairing all the way up to the final fight (at least based on what I read, I actually dropped the manga around 600 or so), and the ending basically seemed like he was tossing dice to decide who would get with who. Some I didn't mind (Shika/Tema, Sai/Ino), but the others were just so random, it felt like I was reading some fan-fic.

I could go off on a rant about Sakura, but I feel the same as you. I thought she had a lot of potential, only to be crapped on over and over again. I wasn't as big of a fan of Hinata's character, so I was hoping Sakura would end up with someone she could maximize that potential with. Ending up with Sasuke really ruined any chance of that, which is one of the gripes leading up to me dropping the manga (among other things; I thought the story had some real problems that don't really need mentioning in this thread XD)

I like to give Kubo credit for how he writes ships, as there really isn't anything that would disappoint me. I could also get into Ichi/Nel, Ichi/Yoru, Grimm/Hime, Ulqui/Hime, etc. The only thing I worry about is whether or not the ship will happen before one of the partners dies...which seems to happen a lot XD;