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It feels less like a purpose and more like a bullshit limbo Kishimoto stuck her into after chin in exam because he didn’t want to develop Naruto and Hinata relationship, didn’t want her upstaging Sakura and was bored of the Hyuga stuff. And that still doesn’t answer why she couldn’t have some small scenes with team 8, Kurenai or Hanabi, some updates on her progress as a shinobi, maybe a panel or two of her doing stuff during the Pain arc, some concern for her friends during the war. You know, to remind us that she’s a person and has a life beyond the designated ship bait moments.