Naruto's romance subplot focused on his love for Sakura at first but eventually ended up with Hinata. Kishimoto chose Hinata as Naruto's partner to reward her for always supporting him from the ...

However, in doing so, Kishimoto paid a heavy price, and that was the neglect other characters in Naruto faced as a consequence, especially the third member of Team 7, Sakura Haruno. In fact ...