Oh, god, don't get me started on that. HINATA DESERVED AT LEAST A FULL CHAPTER OF FIGHTING WITH PAIN BEFORE SHE GOT KILLED.
AT LEAST.
*sigh* It's the same thing as Naruto stepping in as Hinata's proxy to resolve things with Neji after Neji beats the crap out of her. Yeah, Hinata learned that she could change herself, but she was still bloodily and humiliatingly beaten by an opponent that she was absolutely no match for, and in the end, she wasn't even the one who reconciled matters between herself and Neji: Naruto ended up taking over that job for her, which, IMO, he had no right--I don't care that Neji's "fate is inescapable" thing touched a nerve with him; Hinata was the one who'd been living with Neji's hatred for years, not him.
In the end, Hinata's role is really just to become a catalyst for Naruto to fix things, including problems that she should have been allowed to solve herself. Her fight with Neji and her fight with Pain really are the same thing once you boil it down.
Feh. I really gave up hope a while ago that Kishimoto would do anything great with Hinata and am now just waiting to see what kind of hideous plot nonsense he'll inflict on Kabuto: if Hinata does do anything significant (and no, getting together with Naruto will not be counted as significant) I'll be shocked. I still follow the chapter summaries when they're posted, but don't read the actual chapter themselves unless there seem to be particularly interesting bits in them.
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AT LEAST.
*sigh* It's the same thing as Naruto stepping in as Hinata's proxy to resolve things with Neji after Neji beats the crap out of her. Yeah, Hinata learned that she could change herself, but she was still bloodily and humiliatingly beaten by an opponent that she was absolutely no match for, and in the end, she wasn't even the one who reconciled matters between herself and Neji: Naruto ended up taking over that job for her, which, IMO, he had no right--I don't care that Neji's "fate is inescapable" thing touched a nerve with him; Hinata was the one who'd been living with Neji's hatred for years, not him.
In the end, Hinata's role is really just to become a catalyst for Naruto to fix things, including problems that she should have been allowed to solve herself. Her fight with Neji and her fight with Pain really are the same thing once you boil it down.
Feh. I really gave up hope a while ago that Kishimoto would do anything great with Hinata and am now just waiting to see what kind of hideous plot nonsense he'll inflict on Kabuto: if Hinata does do anything significant (and no, getting together with Naruto will not be counted as significant) I'll be shocked. I still follow the chapter summaries when they're posted, but don't read the actual chapter themselves unless there seem to be particularly interesting bits in them.