Results of 'NARUTOP99' Global Character Popularity Poll unveiled, winner to get their own manga by author Masashi Kishimoto

[Lexi.K]

We're getting a Minato manga then? Okay...

Personally, I want a manga that explores the Konoha founders' era. A lot of what's a source of conflict in the Naruto world got started in the times of Madara and Hashirama and Tobirama, and I wanna see how that flourishes.

Edit: Nvm I read it and it's a one shot. What I want requires at least a volume.

Edited April 14 by Lexi.K

[Lexi.K]

On 4/14/2023 at 5:30 PM, Chiharu said:

Yaaas, Minato #1 as he should be

Sakura's popularity has definitely shot up in recent years, which I think is a combination of multiple things. Like, you have Boruto, which, despite being fairly divisive, seems to do a better job at writing her character than Naruto did. You also have all the fanfics from the past few years that focus on her and turn her into a stronger character and give her the development Kishimoto never did. Also, in general, I think a lot of anime fans have developed a more feminist mindset in recent times? At least, gen z has. Like, you don't see people openly hating on female characters now as much as they did back in the early to mid 2000s.

So basically, all those factors combined have resulted in Sakura becoming a much more popular character in recent years.

I never understood Sakura hate. Yeah, her development as a character is inconsistent and frustrating, but those are issues of Kishimoto's writing. People have hated on her as if she had killed babies and what not lol.

I've seen two kinds of Sakura haters:

1. The ones that hate Sakura but praise Hinata in the same breath, even though Hinata has little to no depth or development as a character, she's just a Naruto simp. It's like a part of the fandom likes Hinata's submissiveness, but hate female hot-blodded characters like Sakura.

2. SasuNaru shippers that take their frustrations out in Sakura bc they hate the way Naruto ended. I dislike the Naruto ending as well and ALL ships except Shikamaru and Temari are forced and make no sense, but it's not Sakura's fault Kishimoto forced that ending so everyone would have kids and keep the franchise alive lol.