Naruto & Hinata started dating officially in the movie “The Last: Naruto the Movie”. After the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War, the sixth Hokage Kakashi assigned Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Sai and Shikamaru Nara to rescue the Hanabi.
In the uninhibited village of Otsutsuki, Naruto recognises the feelings of love from seeing Hinata’s memories after being wedged in illusion and spending a good time with Hinata.
At the end, both of them confessed their love, affection and feelings for each other and their relationship has shown with a happy ending throughout the movie.
In the final arc of the series episode 500 of Naruto Shippuden named, “Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding”, we have also seen the couple got married.
What Year did Naruto and Hinata Begin Dating?
Hinata always admires him for his perseverance & enthusiasm though he has lack of aptitude and could not even crack the problems of basic techniques.
On the other hand Naruto does not have shown such a strong feeling from his perspective. However, in many episodes it has been seen that Hinata has a weak corner for Naruto.
In episode 166 of Naruto Shippuden Hinata admitted her love for Naruto and she was capable to pull out few receivers before Pain “kills” Hinata with one of the black receivers.
This moment was indispensable for her as a strong character and many fans also opined about with whom Naruto should engage in the later stage.
This became true when we have got the romantic angle between this couple for the first time in the year 2014 in a Japanese action-romance animated movie directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi and produced by Studio Pierrot named The Last: Naruto the Movie.
At the climax of the movie we have seen them confessing their love for each other and they made the dating memorable for rest of their life by kissing each other.
When Naruto did started liking Hinata?
NaruHina relationship doesn’t happen in a single day, as the writer Kishimoto took ample time to bring up this affair into the limelight. From the initial days we have seen that Hinata has a crush on Naruto.
She cherished the moments lived with Naruto, though she was able to reciprocate her emotions only at the last. However, there were numerous clues were given by Kishimoto throughout the series Naruto & Naruto Shippuden indicating that Naruto would end up engaging with Hinata only.
Naruto and Hinata met each other at their young age. There was always a special bond in between these two characters. The earliest memory together was of Hinata helped Naruto to pass in the exam, Naruto saving Hinata from being bullied etc.
Throughout the series, Hinata acknowledges her feelings for Naruto on various occasions. But from Naruto’s perspective there was no such strong indication was there about his love to Hinata.
Kishimoto hadn’t put much concentration on Naruto’s love life. It is only in the movie “The Last: The Naruto movie” where Naruto officially started liking Hinata and expressed his feelings for her. Later, we also saw that the NaruHina duo ultimately share the long-awaited kiss and got married.
What episode does Hinata confess her love to Naruto?
It is the episode no. 166 named “Confession” of Naruto: Shippuden, where Hinata confessed about her deep love and feelings in front of Naruto. The episode depicts Hinata’s courageous decision to protect her loved one from the cruel Pain.
Hinata knew at that moment that Pain is so strong and had already pinned down the strongest guy of the village, Naruto, to the ground.
She knew well that she is going to die but tried the hardest to change situation of the fight just because she didn’t let her love Naruto to die.
She confessed her love and shown the desperation and strong will power to save Naruto knowing the consequences. As a result of her courage & affection, Hinata managed to overturn the war by bringing kyubi, saving Naruto and others.
Although Hinata expressed her feelings and love for Naruto so many times throughout the series, this is the first time when she confessed her love in front of Naruto in the episode “Confession”.
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What is it that Makes Naru-Hina so Popular?
NaruHina is one of the loved and popular couple all over the world because of their simplicity and pure connection of love and affection. Since childhood Hinata was so influenced by Naruto and Naruto also has opened up lot in front of her love Hinata.
The Naruto series has never been a romantic love story of this duo, but at the end it shows the silent relationship, supportiveness and responsibilities towards each other.
There was never an extraordinary fact about their relationship, but yes, there is a simple but extremely strong bond between NaruHina.
Due to this inherent indication, the fan base of Naruto throughout the world wanted wholeheartedly that NaruHina to become a couple someday.
In the recent Boruto series, we have also seen this couple is sharing the same wavelength of love and faith and happily living together with two kids Boruto & Himawari.
The story of NaruHina may not be the best love story of all time, but it is surely one of most popular couples of all time due to the lucidity and sanity in their relationship.
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Frequently asked questions:
1. Do Naruto and Hinata get divorced?
No, Naruto and Hinata do not get divorced at all. This is a rumour by some fans speculating that the NaruHina duo get divorced due to their struggle in the marriage life.
But, it is not at all true as the couple are happily lived together till the latest episodes and there is no sign of it. Several speculations were going on that Naruto is spending more time with Sasuko and this may lead to the divorce of Naruto & Hinata.
Even there are speculations that Naruto is packing at midnight and her wife Hinata is watching him going out. However, all these stuffs are bogus and there is connection with the reality.
And the reality is that our favourite couple are living together very peacefully and did not get divorced.
2. Is Hinata happy with Naruto?
Hinata has a strong feeling for Naruto since her childhood, though this emotion of love gets is destination after very long period of time. They finally loved each other and married as it shown in The Last: Naruto the Movie.
They have got two children together named Boruto & Himawari. Hinata lives happily with her husband and two great kids.
She knows that Naruto always wanted to become the Hokage of the village, and this will bring lots of responsibilities for him and probably Naruto may not able to give Hinata more quality time.
But, her family and kids have made her life easy and happy and she happily lived with Naruto.
3. When does Naruto see Hinata in Shippuden?
Naruto saw Hinata in the first episode Homecoming in Shippuden. Hinata and Naruto haven’t seen each other for two and half years.
Naruto returned to Hidden Leaf Village after taking Jiraiya’s training session, and catches up with Sakura and Konoha. Hinata hid behind the wall after seeing Naruto after two and half years.
She fainted and fell down when Naruto tried to talk with her. So, this is the first scene in Shippuden where Naruto saw Hinata.
4. When does Hinata die?
This famous character of Naruto Manga & Naruto Anime, Hinata, does not die in any episodes of Naruto or Naruto Shippuden. Although she fought back from the mouth of death in Naruto Shippuden after being stabbed by Pain, but did not die at all and she survived well in the first generation of stories created by the Masashi Kishimoto.
Now, the writer has begun his new generation’s stories with the main character of Boruto, the son of Naruto & Hinata. The fight between Boruto & Kawaki suggested the glimpses of death of few important characters of Naruto Anime like Hinata, Naruto, Sasuke etc.
However, the actual status of Hinata is not revealed yet. This mystery is spreading the rumour as Kishimoto said either Hinata or Naruto would be remaining in the series, but not the both.
Hence, it is not yet confirmed whether Hinata is dead or not, even in the Boruto series.
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