Well, I don't think Kubo is entirely innocent, either. Especially of late, with all the gore porn. But he's nowhere near the same level of IN YOUR FACE HORRIFYING MISOGYNY.
On Hinata: If she had actually died, I would have been mad enough to spit blood. As-is, it's just pretty standard Kishimoto stuff. You hit the nail pretty hard on the head that it isn't really character development. You could, at most, charitably call it the result of off-screen character development. But off-screen it is, because Kishimoto can't be bothered to pay any attention to his female characters.
It's also pretty disgraceful that she gets casually one-shotted while even freaking Konohamaru managed to do something. I know you can argue that Konohamaru was fighting a weaker Pain etc, but it still reeks of bullshit.
As for Sakura...basically what you said. There was absolutely no reason for her to break down and cry, and it really undid a lot of her character development in part two. Seeing as how she's the only female character to get and character development, that's a fucking travesty.
No reason, of course, except to undermine her as a character and a fighter. Not that Kishimoto really treats her like one. She hasn't gotten a single fight scene since the Gaara rescue arc, and even there it mostly wasn't her fight anyways (Read this for more details on my thoughts on that)
Incidentally, I'm curious about how you knew to come sniffing here. I don't usually post my meta anywhere public.
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On Hinata: If she had actually died, I would have been mad enough to spit blood. As-is, it's just pretty standard Kishimoto stuff. You hit the nail pretty hard on the head that it isn't really character development. You could, at most, charitably call it the result of off-screen character development. But off-screen it is, because Kishimoto can't be bothered to pay any attention to his female characters.
It's also pretty disgraceful that she gets casually one-shotted while even freaking Konohamaru managed to do something. I know you can argue that Konohamaru was fighting a weaker Pain etc, but it still reeks of bullshit.
As for Sakura...basically what you said. There was absolutely no reason for her to break down and cry, and it really undid a lot of her character development in part two. Seeing as how she's the only female character to get and character development, that's a fucking travesty.
No reason, of course, except to undermine her as a character and a fighter. Not that Kishimoto really treats her like one. She hasn't gotten a single fight scene since the Gaara rescue arc, and even there it mostly wasn't her fight anyways (Read this for more details on my thoughts on that)
Incidentally, I'm curious about how you knew to come sniffing here. I don't usually post my meta anywhere public.