Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1872728-20151008094957/@comment-734582-20151012081542

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: I'm just disappointed that as the main character in the series, Naruto rarely got the chance to shine on his own. Oh that i agree with. I was heavily disappointed that in stead of trying to fill the gaps in his jutsu arsenal and strategies, we in stead saw him walk down this one-dimensional path of just throwing more power at things. I still remember the revelation i had when i saw Minato's jutsu, as Hiraishin and Rasengan made so much sense as a combo, but naruto just lacked powerful gap-closers. Well naruto lacked a lot of jutsu types actually.

I'm just starting to believe that Kishimoto was running out of ideas at the end. Part I is just so full of different and creative characters with different and creative jutsu. Part II starts off fine (Akatsuki is one of the best bad guy groups i've seen) but then just seems to hit a brick wall.