“Girls like Hinata don’t really exist”
Ahhh yes, the favorite excuse of the NaruSaku stan. “Hinata was created to be a perfect, demure wife to Naruto!”
Hinata was not “born” insecure, quiet, and devastatingly shy. Hinata was made that way. She was systematically abused by her father and cousins. She was broken down to the point where even talking was difficult, hence her stutter. Hinata had major self worth issues; her own father didn’t care if she lived or died, and she knew this (heard it with Kurenai). Her family was cold, and taught her to be demure. This was the culture of the house she grew up in, and a lot of aristocratic families raise their children like this. Hinata grew up thinking her entire life was a mistake; was told she was weak and useless as an heir. When you’re told this as a young child, would it not make you lack self worth?
Hinata, at the start of the manga, had 0 self confidence. Do girls like this not exist? Are there no girls on the planet that have massive self worth issues? Are there no girls that think they are weak, and have trouble speaking, because they feel no one cares about what they have to say?
That is bullshit. I knew plenty of girls like that, and I still do. Only, Hinata had a single ray of light, and that was Naruto Uzumaki. He taught her how one could be confident in the face of adversity. How you could still love yourself when no one else loved you.
Just because you are used to consuming media where characters are just tropes with no real reason for being the way they are, doesn’t make Hinata one of them. She has quantifiable reasons for her personality. She is not just a shitty trope like a stupid harem would have. Hinata, even though she is a character in story, could easily be a character that relates to people with family issues and self confidence issues. She spoke to me.
Let me say this: Hinata had her entire character arc finished in party 1. For those that say, “Hinata never changed as a character,” I remind you to read part 1. In the fight with Neji, she entered the fight weak. She entered it expecting to lose before it even began. She entered the fight a gloomy, dark person.
She left the fight with a new goal; a nindo. She left the fight with determination in the face of death. Hinata grew. She grew into a person who wanted to better herself. And then people expected it would be an easy, quick change? Of course not. She wasn’t going to be completely different in part 2. Its hard; changing yourself is hard. People will continue to make mistakes, but Hinata refused to give up even when she felt that way. She matured into a woman who knew when to put her foot down. Just because she doesn’t talk loudly, doesn’t mean she is a push over. This was clearly shown when she saved Naruto, when she snapped him out of her depression, and basically the entire “The Last” Movie. She grew past that. Hinata grew into a beautiful woman.
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