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Sauce doesn't even exist in the pilot (and neither does Sakura.) Naruto is Kishi's self-insert (didn't he draw himself as Naruto once?) and he's also partially based on his kid, so I don't think Kishi hates him. However I do think he might dislike Naruto the manga. Based on the pilot and concept stuff Kishi comes off as a closet furry who wanted to draw a furry manga about shapeshifting anthros and fat dragons and shit, but instead he was forced to copy other shounen and pander to shippers, coomers, and fujos. I can't find the source for the life of me, but he's on the record saying he's bad at drawing girls and always struggled with making Sakura look cute, also he enjoys/is good at drawing kids and old people. Which explains why he seems to hate Sakura and other female characters so much. The entire manga seems like a far cry from the stuff he wanted to draw.