Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4437326-20150209145643/@comment-24357950-20150227001705

Quite frankly, I hated pretty much everything about Naruto since the war started and only sticked along because I wanted to see the how the story continues, but I never doubted Kishimoto's abilities to write a good story. He is so very talented, and it's easy to tell when you look at wonderfully authentic characters like Zabuza and Danzou. Even the fights were so very interesting, especially when I think of the fights in Part I, like "Tsunade vs. Kabuto", "Shikamaru vs. Temari", "Neji vs. Hinata", "Lee vs. Gaara" etc.. He just became... lazy over the time. When I look at horrible authors like Oda and his disgusting "masterpiece" One Piece, which he refers to as art, with its absolutely weird, childish and flat character concepts, its completely instable and ridiculous storyline and its complete lack of authenticity, I really feel confident to say that Kishimoto is very talented.