Okay so rieriebie sent me this link about an interview with Kishimoto. I really have no time to search for any news about The Last coz I’m very busy packing up my things for my flight later to Manila. So, thanks dear for the update! :)
So it seems, Kishimoto had already decided that Naruto will end up with Hinata even during the early stages of the manga and that his intention for showing up Sakura’s comparison/similarity with Naruto’s mother Kushina is only to entice everyone that Naruto would hook up with Sakura.
As for the movie, its main intention is to finally obliterate everything about the thought that Naruto liked Sakura and to properly explain how Naruto fell in love with Hinata so as to be fair with the readers.
Well, what more can I say? It’s technically endgame even before the shipping wars started! Nothing less from the most strategic manga-ka of Japan! LoL
But seriously, it’s really amazing how Kishi defended NaruHina and clarified everything about his real intentions with NaruSaku. At least NH fans don’t have to waste their effort and time debating with NS fans because the creator himself had already spoken up on their behalf. No offense to NS fans, but it just goes to show how smart and more logical NaruHina fans are because they were not deceived by Kishi’s misleading plot ;)