"Masashi Kishimoto creator of Naruto, who openly declared the he liked Shounen-Ai, his favorite pairing was SasukexNaruto and that he was going to give the Manga an end of that Nature.Though its going to be an open ending, it will be preceptiple that Sasuke and Naruto end up together"
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"A group of fans asked Kishimoto what he though about Fanfics and other stuff of this pairing.He simply responded that it was his favorite pairing and that he always collected stuff of it.In addition he stated that he wanted to give the Manga a Shounen-ai ending" (Confirming it twice)
After the interview Kishimoto revealed that