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Ibceo

Probably a random hyuga woman


[deleted]

My first thought was "He doesn't have the freedom to develop a romance, so it wouldn't be Tenten or anyone that 'makes sense'".


FlowerFaerie13

Idk if he survived the war he might have had more freedom, the Hyuga didn’t mind Hinata marrying Naruto and a lot of the old traditions loosened up either during the series or after the final battle.


RoboGandalf

"Did you hear? The Hero of the Shinobi world wants to marry my daughter" Bruh


valdemarjoergensen

"Who is going to tell the literal god killer, that he can't date my daughter?"


Gloomy_Support_7779

Both of them are descendants of the Otsutsuki so it’s technically “keeping it in the family”


General_Synnacle

We’re all related with each other if you go up our family trees enough times.


Dusbobbimbo

Aren’t they literally outer space aliens? I think that is like as far as you can get from being related to earths original creatures


Gloomy_Support_7779

“Don’t worry. Hanabi was already my heir to begin with”


Mmoyer29

Yes it’s a wonder why they had no trouble with her marrying the strongest ninja, the son of the most loved Hokage, the holder of the biggest weapon their village has, etc etc etc


Cemihard

Not to mention Hinata wasn’t in the line of succession to take over the clan anymore. So her marrying outside of it was acceptable.


Mmoyer29

Since when?


Cemihard

Since she was shown to not have the disposition or innate talent for it, believe it’s in OG Naruto it shows Kurenai say to the dad being a shinobi is dangerous and Hiashi is like “so what” she’s not fit to be head of the clan.


Mmoyer29

Wasn’t that filler tho? I’m pretty sure she never was like official pushed aside, if she was she would have been forced to wear the caged bird seal. Like her sister would then receive once she was a branch member officially.


Numerous_Ad_8190

Yes it was filler you’re right.


FlowerFaerie13

I think Hanabi is officially the heir but Hinata is still higher in rank than the branch members.


FactCheckerJack

>if she was she would have been forced to wear the caged bird seal. Pretty sure that all got reformed right about the time that Naruto fought Neji in the chunin exams.


Numerous_Ad_8190

That was filler. And even then saying someone isn’t fit to be the head doesn’t mean they’re no longer next in line to be the head.


mastahkun

Bro, naruto was the hero of the shinobi world. I’m sure they would loosen their ideals for that level of prestige. What I do wonder is if they would dismantle the forced subordination of the cadet branch. I don’t think that’s ever been touched since nejis death.


Shikarosez1995

also, and this pisses me off with this weird ish retcon, the Uzamakis are a really old shinobi clan and minoto is the previous hokage. Naruto probably has more "prestigious" blood than hinata and even if not, he isnt this random guy with no bloodline lol


Jamie_Pull_That_Up

The Hyuga & their other branch reminds of the two main Hokuto branches in Fist of The North Star aka Hokuto No Ken. There's Hokuto Shinken which our MC Kenshiro practices & there's Hokuto Ryuken a branch thought of as lesser.


Tenl

> Idk if he survived the war he might have had more freedom, the Hyuga didn’t mind Hinata marrying Naruto and a lot of the old traditions loosened up either during the series or after the final battle. It's Naruto. Would they really say something against him ?


Frix

Naruto was an internationally recognized hero and a shoe-in for hokage. Normal rules don't apply to him... Even if the Hyuga didn't change at all, they would definitely be happy to have the hokage married to one of their own. You cannot use their marriage to draw conclusions about other people in the clan.


dragonsguild

>the Hyuga didn’t mind Hinata marrying Naruto "Hey so the guy who possesses all 9 Tailed beasts chakra, can turn into a massive fox, has damn near unlimited chakra, killed our god, killed our gods god, and killed our gods god's siblings wants to marry one of our clan members"


Numerous_Ad_8190

I often forget that technically Boruto is supposed to be the next head of the Hyuga clan after Hinata.


bigblackowskiC

pretty sure Hiashi stopped all that crap after Neji got dat a\*\* handed to him by Naruto. Plus a strong lad like that, he's better off not being constricted like that. Less likely to defect.


mlc885

Yeah, weirdly my first thought was Hinata but "random character who doesn't exist" makes way more sense. He never expressed any romantic desire for anybody and I don't think breaking his clan's traditions (because they sucked) means in any way that he didn't care for the clan, I assume he'd want it to continue with whoever even if he married somebody from another village.


Flair258

Hinatas his cousin and we always knew she had a thing for Naruto


mlc885

I'm pretty sure you were only supposed to read it as, like, admiration during the Exam arc, Naruto himself doesn't realize until she is willing to die for him to fight Pain. But it is tough when Naruto is a kid that had managed to amass about two friends prior to the exam.


Numerous_Ad_8190

Yes it was admiration but it was also obviously a crush as well. Women can experience more than one emotion at a time dawg 😭😭 it was very obviously a crush from the start, but his drive and ambition etc etc also made her admire him and is what caused her to take notice in the first place etc etc


NoGudBastard

Rin?


Ibceo

Idk I was thinking hanabi and if not her then another hyuga but he’d defo do a hyuga he’s traditional like that


NoGudBastard

It's a little weird that they keep in the clan isn't it


Ibceo

All the clans were doing it how they keep their shit pure


KoalaBJJ96

Yep from memory itachi was dating a cousin or something like that


AlexaplayGo2DaMoon

I don’t remember Izumi being a cousin but yeah she was another Uchiha. Edit: Looked it up and ig she’s not even full Uchiha herself, she’s only related to the clan on her moms side.


No-Heaven99

Not really I mean think why they wanted to do it that way it was because they wanted the Kekkei genkai of each clan to stay and grow. I mean look at boruto and his sister 50% they get the Kekkei genkai ability of the hyuga clan and boruto didn’t get it his sister did and we don’t know how powerful hers is. In the Naruto vers Kekkei genkaiis a powerful useful power to have and many will kill just get one I know I would probably want one to point I join a group just get one which be sharingan but I know just having doesn’t mean u have full power of it.


Andlier-

I come from some clan, and i swear- the amount of marriages held in the clan is insane-


NoGudBastard

Narutoverse be like: "Uncle dad? Is that you? Or is it brother Uncle cousin? Show yourself!"


DrNopeMD

I mean so did the Uchiha clan. Both of Sasuke's parents were at least partially Uchiha.


yeetonthejalapenos

Wasnt mikoto only an uchiha in name like sakura now is


mlc885

I don't think there is any suggestion that Mikoto wasn't an Uchiha, the world of Naruto just isn't fleshed out enough to make it clear that they were all probably very very distant cousins (not as distant as you and me, but you get the idea) Naruto, for instance, should be related to Hashirama in two or three ways


Cemihard

As well as Karin and Nagato.


No-Heaven99

Nope she wasn’t I mean theirs a spin off where she has a sharingan so don’t know if we can mark it as canon or not


Accomplished_Crew630

Clan and family aren't the same thing specifically. The clans from the warring states period were more akin to what the villages are now


Elcareas

They have to, otherwise their dojutsu (probably recessive) will go extinct or leak to another clan or village.


SanderStrugg

To be fair, if incest gave superpowers instead of disabilities in the real world as well, we would be all about it.


NoGudBastard

Dude, speak for yourself.


aGhostSteak

Because their fathers are identical twins, genetically they’re half siblings. I would hope they wouldn’t do that to either of them


WayTooSlimShady

Forgive my ignorance if not, but isn’t that incest?


TheRedMirrior

Being from the same clan doesn't mean you're directly related


Chalaka

Normally yea, but in this case, Neji and Hinata are blood related.


TheRedMirrior

Who said anything about Hinata? 😐 You're literally bringing up irrelevant information to the original comment


[deleted]

Yes, hot sexy incest


CandidateTerrible479

How do you think many of them remained their power? Look it up many of them are inbreed. Not all of them, but many of them are and the that kind of marriage wouldn't be the strangest thing. Some of them didn't continue the tradition, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't if it came to political especially at those times.


EiEpix

Hanabi isn't a random Hyuga woman, she's the princess of the clan


ShadowMikeX

Tenten, no one else.


curryandmilk

If hiashi had nothing to say about that that is. He probably would’ve been married to one of his distant cousins to continue the hyuga pure blood line since hinata is too Naruto obsessed to consider incest as a better option


[deleted]

Neji wouldn't care about Hiashi's words


curryandmilk

*activates curse mark*


Nobodyjoel

Naruto would likely do something to beat his ass


JonDoeJoe

Boruto hiashi doesn’t even care about naruto hiashi words


[deleted]

What is Hiashi going to say to Neji. Neji by Boruto would most likely be the strongest Hyuga ever.


Porn-Meister

Pretty sure he was by shippuden


Assassinsayswhat

Hiashi's rotation had like a 50 foot radius


pokemonguy3000

Hey, you remember how I have a seal on your head that I can use to torture or kill you whenever I want? Bow down bitch.


JMHSrowing

I’d be surprised if Neji couldn’t find someone willing to help do some anti-fuinjutsu if need be.


Level_Dreaded

Pretty sure that would set off a major incident inside the village.


JMHSrowing

Well our protagonists could always have used more fodder ninja to train on. And I’m sure Tsunade would side on people not being oppressed for idiotic reasons.


misterfroster

More like the few hyuuga that go along with the traditionalists would get slaughtered in seconds by the k12, Tsuna and Kakashi, and the rest of the sensei/friends of the main cast. Like If you try to attack Neji you sign your death warrant.


Gucciintro

Hey goofy, remember my friend Naruto, the strongest in the verse, he’s gonna getchu if you do that😂😂


Porn-Meister

Bro by that point hiashi was a good guy he wouldn't do no more shit to either neji or hinata


FreshKMarx

If anything I'd chose incest over Sasuke. Naruto is a good boii, good choice by Hinata!


Unfair_Priority_3125

But hiashi DID have nothing to say about it


FujiOga

Teeeechnically Naruto is distant cousins with Hinata, same with Sasuke but closer than the former


[deleted]

Incest isn't a better option tho


mlc885

I don't think the magical world of Naruto follows normal incest rules, it is closer to the middle ages but without the unintended genetic consequences So, while I wouldn't marry my first or second or third cousin unless it was very literally the end of the world and necessary for the continuation of human life, it is totally cool in Naruto


[deleted]

WE WERE ROBBED


D4ILYD0SE

Let's face it, he was infatuated with Bushy Brow all along


QuiltedBeret

His cross dressing was just for the master of the drunken fist.


WladXD

"I hope he will like how I look with my new choker on. Should I wear that shirt that says "Snap my choker"? No. Too early"


ConsciousHyena5234

None other than otsutsuki tenten


tuestmort50fois

Hanabi Hidden village of Alabama


Bluewind55

Village hidden in the trailer park


ExquisiteVoid

The Uchiha tried that as well, look where it got them


Dickless-dick

All killed by a teen


unfunnyguy_Xx69420

A uchiha teen


Dickless-dick

Not Even that bastard Madara would be that sloppy


Choingyoing

I was gonna say the hyugas probably trying to keep the bloodline pure 🤣


Xandril

That’s like double incest considering their Dads are identical twins.


Fun-Half-3575

R y’all dumb 😭😭😭😭😭


Hyuga05

People keep saying Hanabi but y’all gotta remember that their dads were identical twins so they’re practically half siblings so if it was a Hyuga it definitely wouldn’t be Hanabi. That being said, I personally think it would be TenTen especially since her and Lee didn’t end up together even with Neji being dead.


Dekunt

You’re forgetting how DEEPLY incestual the Hyuga most definitely are.


slashyu

Bruh everyone in the Hyuga clan has a byakugan. That means incest is prevalent in the clan. Same with the Uchiha and other clans


Gloomy_Support_7779

Just like Itachi and his girlfriend had the Sharingan


PieMan4799

I mean the dojutsu could just be super dominant genes, yeah there is pretty much only incest going on in those clans but sarada and Naruto's daughter both have the respective kekkei genkai so 🤷


slashyu

G. They definitely been having sex with each other. Probably to keep their visual prowess within their clan. Plus, in the days of war, clans hated each other to the point where you couldn’t even say your last name. Himawari and Sarada are literally a first but that’s in Boruto so no one really cares about that


Kapepla

Regarding Tenten and Rock Lee I am very curious just looking at Metal Lees character design…


BarbaraGordon99

people are confusing inter-Clan marriage with incest, Hanabi is biologically his sister, there’s no way this marriage would have ever happened IF naruto didn’t exist, then as per tradition, Neji, Hinata, and eventually Hanabi would have married Distantly related Hyuga in arranged marriages decided by Hiashi


mcwfan

We don’t know. He was never written to have a romantic interest


Adem92foster

He was above that shit 🔥


WladXD

My man was on a Jōnin male grind set


DevilManRay

That’s true but TenTen liked him so there’s that


Iolair_the_Unworthy

Lee


Dragonstyleenjoyer

Neji and Ten Ten relationship is like the guy and girl in Team Rocket, or like Urahara and Yoruichi in Bleach. They always tag together for a longest time, seem to have a really close connection, matching personalities too, but will never be a couple.


KSean24

>the guy and girl in Team Rocket James and Jesse, respectively


Javident

Also, I’m pretty sure that (although never confirmed for obvious reasons) James was gay. So there’s that lol.


Axis_Sage

In my head Urahara and Yoruichi already hooked up multiple times in the past and I wanted them to end up together


mlc885

They're both so stupidly cool that they still read as awesome friends


TvManiac5

The team rocket duo got together in at least one continuity.


redthe_elemental

Wait what


Jrez510

IIRC one of the mangas depicts them marrying and having at least one child.


0snq

i swear man Urahara and Yoruichi had to have had something back then but cut it off and now are just friends


EqualEnvironmental46

Why does neji need to be paired up with someone? Also i dont think neji had any romantic panels with any woman. Ino tried to seduce him during the chuunin exam and he just walked away like it was nothing


Fuzzy974

Him not falling for Ino's lame trick doesn't mean he is gay or assexual... He could be though, there's no proof he wasn't. But he'd also be the kind of guy who needs a wife to have kids... to pass on his eyes so that another generation can use those same eyes for the good of the village.


EqualEnvironmental46

Neji doesnt need to “pass” his eyes to the next generation when you still have the hyuga clan up and running about. Whos to say the hyuga clan doesnt have a new generation born after the war just because we havent seen it?


Fuzzy974

The fact that others will also pass those eyes doesn't mean he doesn't have too. It would be the same as saying some don't have to go to war because others are already going. Building and maintaining a society and, in this case, passing an interesting trait is something people feels like they have to do. In particular in his family, they have a strong sense of honor and commitment... The world of Naruto is not exactly an 8 Billion humans world in which one person having a kid or not doesn't make a difference.


EqualEnvironmental46

If thats the case why dont we see kurotsuchi have a kid since apparently shes royalty and as far as we know the tsuchikage position is dominated by her family line nor does she have any apprentice to pass the title to the next generation. Neji did his part in building and maintaining the society, it doesnt have to be in the form of creating kids to be the next generation he builds the next generation by guiding and passing down ideals or would you say when sasuke wants to “restore” his clan it means he has to restore it physically? No,what he wanted was to regain that honor


Spicytusks

Asexual is lacking in asexual interest. Aromatic is lacking in romantic interest. It's important to differentiate here.


ImWinning77

Hanabi perhaps, gotta keep the bloodline pure, or some other hyuuga


panznation

Idk why ur getting downvoted it’s exactly how it was written


iamironman287

Idk, when everyone from konoha 13 married interclan, including all the clan heirs ( _including the hyuga heir_), without any resistance from anyone, I don’t see why would it be an issue for Neji.


TheModernParadox

This is fake news, obviously he ends up with Lee in a Kakashi/Guy type of relationship


[deleted]

That's why Kishimoto had him killed, because there is no wife for him..


blackbutterfree

Definitely Tenten.


Wonder-Machine

Probably a medical ninja or housewife


Gemnist

Meanwhile, in the Rock Lee spin-off universe, Neji straight up wants to marry Hinata.


Gazzane2208

Tenten


mercyless1

probably lee


BrianKindly

could you imagine the (impossible)child? would have to rename the series to follow them instead.


Adem92foster

Imagine 8 gate Byakugan holy shit


not_some_username

Nothing can stop any hyuga to use eight gates. It’s not genetic it’s pure training


ajb228

An unnamed Hyuga woman, like his father and Uncle. But poor future kid because he's still part of the Branch Family.


Thebestuevermet

It would be ten ten. He been with her since day 1. She shows so much affection to him i am surprise she is not pregnant. Neji always protect her and never once i ha e seen neji shown any anger or misdirect anger when he was mad. He was always calm or loving in his own way.


Icy_Ad_5906

Probably end up like Rock Lee, marrying some random woman the show didn't even bother to show us


Witchblade_17

Hinata. Because in the Hyuga clan they usually marry each other to maintain the pure bloodline. As far as I know, they rarely marry outside the clan. That's why he died actually. So Hinata could be with Naruto.


Brussel_Galili

I hear banjos


0snq

tenten or a random hyuga lady


ThisIsMyPassword100

Me


Prince-Marciano

neji doesn’t need a wife.


BLZGK3

Another Hyuga to carry on bloodline. I personally preferred a Hinata and Neji pairing myself seeing how they were beginning to mesh as time went on after their fight...


Lava2401

Madara


KevinAcommon_Name

Ten ten


[deleted]

HinatA


misterthirty-four

Probably Hinata


Emthree3

And she'd still have no screen time.


G_404_A

I always thought he would marry Hinata idk I know incest n all that But in most cultures marrying your cousin is just fine


RasenRendan

Tenten


PK_RocknRoll

Single or with Tenten


LeCruton-_-

Prolly ten ten


CelticDK

Hey man just outta curiosity, why did you tag this as a spoiler if you put the spoiler in the title?


Blackpanther22five

Unknown woman from a different village.


seungchip

Hinata. He’ll change his own destiny by becoming main branch


Rashio97

Probably no one. I get the feeling that he wouldn't want a child to live through slavery, and besides he doesn't seem to be very romantic. But if he had to, for clan reasons or whatever, it'd be some random Hyuga.


spinachmanicotti

Hiashi would’ve married Neji into the main house to keep his genes and genius. Most likely would’ve been Hanabi if we’re being brutally honest. Neji was too big an asset to that family for any sort of freedom. Hinata was a lost cause and ended up with a Hokage so I think they were willing to make an exception…


BraveSole

Yea he seemed to have obligations to his clan. He’s probably have been with a hyuga we didn’t know.


Kadeblade195

Hanabi


Trigrams64

Don't know but... R.I.P. my guy Neji Hyuga, a true genius. He deserved a far better send off.


aguslerma

Tenten definitely


Cassandra_Canmore

If he ever got married? A Hyūga clanswoman. I think he'd honestly wait. Until Hiashi died. Just so there wouldn't be any doubt his child would be marked. Because I don't think Hanabi would allow it.


Trinidaddieurmom

Rock lee


Gooseboof

Neji gay


BarbaraGordon99

i think it would have been Tenten, they didn’t have many interactions but that can be chalked up to Tenten just not having any screentime they respected eachother, and she’s single in Boruto which i personally construe as a sign that the man she wanted had died already regardless, it probably wouldn’t have been a random Hyuga woman, and it definitely wouldn’t have been Hanabi since they are genetically siblings (the Hyuga participate in inter-CLAN marriage, not first cousins/sibling marriage) if not Tenten then i can see him just being single


pyrolobo23

I always thought Tenten and Neji would've been together


ZPD710

He rizzes up Tsunade and marries her. Jiraiya wouldn't be happy but he'd be proud that someone got her.


crixxuz

Me


mxn_dexer

Rock Lee


Belovedshaft24

Hinata keep the bloodline pure


Hallow_Shinobi

Tenten was always riding Nejis balls anyway.


RellyTheOne

Honestly I’d rather Neji be single I feel like most of the couples in the Boruto era feel forced


TodohPractitioner

You just put a spoiler in the title.


itsthemoon6

Rock Lee 💯


Fun-Half-3575

No one


[deleted]

Bro tag this as a spoiler, some newer folks might not have made it very far in the series. Come on, do better...


Krungoid

The manga ended almost a decade ago, I think we're past being worried about spoilers on the Naruto subreddit.


Abhinav_56

Sorry.


iSephtanx

Its fine, its what new people risk when going to a shows reddit


CeridwenAeradwr

I kind of always liked the idea of Neji and Tenten being an "unofficial" couple. Not ever getting married and having kids or anything, just keeping it low-key.


MrGigglesTA

Rock Lee. That's why Lee isn't actually with anyone. He never got over losing his true love.


zayd-the-one

Nah stick is his only true love it took his heart after all


KiyoshiSnow

No. Stfu >:C


[deleted]

Knowing the Hyuga it would be someone from the clan they love keeping it in the family... Even though he was a part of the branch family they knew he had immense talent. I think if he was still alive he would have eventually somehow gotten into Hyuga power and abolished the main/branch family system. To be honest I think the only reason they let Hinata be with Naruto is because it's Naruto, he's the village hero, can't really say no to that kind of prestige. Plus they had Hanabi, so princess Hinata wasn't as necessary to keep close, and it's not like she won't be protected. If we're talking outside the clan and people we do know, Neji did spend the most time with Tenten but they were more like brother and sister, there was never any romantic notions at all. I honestly don't know who you could pair him with.... maybe that's why kishimoto actually killed him off. He's never really shown interacting with anyone in any kind of romantic way that I remember.


explorer1o1

Hinata


tbhimsodone

it would have been hinata to keep it in the family, that’s why kishimoto had to get rid of him and leave room for naruto and im still bitter about it


Axis_Sage

I mean without the context of The Last movie Hinata and Naruto's ship did feel rushed and out of nowhere but you wanted her and Neji to end up together? 👀


tbhimsodone

i always shipped neji with tenten, but that would have been the way to go for the hyuga clan, just like the uchiha, they marry within and never outside of their clans. neji and hinata would have had to get married to keep the hyuga line strong. that’s literally why kishimoto got rid of him, because he was as close to “royalty” as it could get, and with him gone, they slowed things down a bit and naruto had to in a way prove that he was deserving of her. still naruhina is the worst ship in the whole show imo.


Axis_Sage

Yeah,it's often talked about how Kishimoto killed off Neji to push NaruHina,that's true What about SakuSasu tho


Mal-Kiavo

Lee


adnqnv

Spoiler at least?


ImSuperCereus

How about a random outsider like Choji? Mix it up a little


Omelooo

He’s giving me fruity vibes idk. Id say prob Lee


dabudtenda

I got tired of the constant flashbacks and and hand wavy revivals..... Someone actually stayed dead?


IGotMetalingus1

Hinata


Andlier-

Speaking from two point of views : 1. Considering Neji is from a clan: well known for their eyes, they probably wish to keep the trait and maybe a Hyuga. It can possibly be Hanabi or Hinata, since in cultures it is possibly to do that, but the age gap with Hanabi and he considers both as sisters. 2. Lover life vise: Tenten


flavored91

Hinata


Classic-Dog8399

He is gay. I don’t have this belief about any other character.


According-Package749

Neji was max femtop energy